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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Washington File

20 April 2003

Two More Iraqi "Top 55" Figures Reported Captured

(Minister of Higher Education and Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs) (110)
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) reported April 20 that two more figures
on the "Iraqi Top 55" list had been captured.
Coalition forces have custody of Abd al-Khaliq Abd Al-Gafar, Minister
of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He is number 54 on the
"Top 55" list.
Centcom also reported that the Iraqi National Congress claims to have
Jamal Nustafa Sultan al Tikriti, Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs, and
are turning him over to Coalition forces in Baghdad. Sultan al Tikriti
is number 40 on the list.
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)



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