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From the Telegraph.

No details of Abid Hamid's capture were released by the Pentagon. But yesterday a huge operation was launched.

American troops raided two farmhouses and found £5.3 million in US dollars, up to £250 million in Iraqi dinars, quantities of British pounds and euros and £600,000 in gems.

Up to 50 people believed to be part of Saddam's security or intelligence apparatus or members of paramilitary groups were taken prisoner.

"I believe over the next three to four days, you will hear much more about the number of senior Iraqi individuals we have detained here over the last couple of days," said Maj Gen Ray Odierno, commander of the US 4th Infantry Division.

He said it was believed that part of the money was intended for funding bounties to be paid for killing American soldiers. The operation, one of the biggest since the fall of Baghdad, will raise morale among coalition troops struggling to deal with continued unrest.


I think Saddam and Sons are next, and when Saddam shows up in cuffs, or in a box, I think a lot more people will start talking.

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