Seraphim
07-31-2003, 03:56 PM
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US soldier stands guard in front the house where Odai and Qusai Hussein were killed last week by U.S. soldiers in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), 400 kilometers (240 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, Monday, July 28, 2003. The house will be demolished, officials said. ( AP Photo /Sergei Grits )
By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has approved the payment of $30 million in reward money to the tipster who supplied the critical information that led U.S. troops to the hideout of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s two sons, slain two weeks ago, a U.S. official said Thursday.
Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) decided to award the tipster $15 million each for information that led authorities to Odai and Qusai's hideout — a total of $30 million, the largest award ever made under the reward program.
The brothers were killed by TOW missiles fired into the villa in the northern city of Mosul where they had been hiding.
The U.S. government's policy is not to publicly identify informants.
But neighbors of Sheik Nawaf al-Zaydan Muhhamad, an Iraqi with ties to Saddam Hussein, have blamed him for tipping off coalition forces that the ousted Iraqi leader's sons Odai and Qusai were staying with him and his family.
They said they became suspicious of the sheik when his wife and their four daughters left the house early the morning of the shootings and did not return.
Three hours after the women left, U.S. troops walked up to the front door, knocked and asked all those inside to come out. Muhhamad and his only son, Shalan, left with their hands on their heads, neighbors said. Coalition forces took them away.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the next U.S. goal is to get Saddam, himself. A $25 million reward has been posted for his capture.
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US soldier stands guard in front the house where Odai and Qusai Hussein were killed last week by U.S. soldiers in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), 400 kilometers (240 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, Monday, July 28, 2003. The house will be demolished, officials said. ( AP Photo /Sergei Grits )
By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has approved the payment of $30 million in reward money to the tipster who supplied the critical information that led U.S. troops to the hideout of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s two sons, slain two weeks ago, a U.S. official said Thursday.
Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) decided to award the tipster $15 million each for information that led authorities to Odai and Qusai's hideout — a total of $30 million, the largest award ever made under the reward program.
The brothers were killed by TOW missiles fired into the villa in the northern city of Mosul where they had been hiding.
The U.S. government's policy is not to publicly identify informants.
But neighbors of Sheik Nawaf al-Zaydan Muhhamad, an Iraqi with ties to Saddam Hussein, have blamed him for tipping off coalition forces that the ousted Iraqi leader's sons Odai and Qusai were staying with him and his family.
They said they became suspicious of the sheik when his wife and their four daughters left the house early the morning of the shootings and did not return.
Three hours after the women left, U.S. troops walked up to the front door, knocked and asked all those inside to come out. Muhhamad and his only son, Shalan, left with their hands on their heads, neighbors said. Coalition forces took them away.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the next U.S. goal is to get Saddam, himself. A $25 million reward has been posted for his capture.