Two more wanted Iraqi leaders in US forces custody

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BAGHDAD, July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. forces have captured former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's interior minister and another wanted top official surrendered, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

Both men were on a U.S. list of most wanted officials linked to the ousted leader's government.

The military said in a statement Mahmoud Diyab al-Ahmed, former interior minister, was captured by coalition forces on Tuesday. It did not say where he was detained.

Ahmed was number 29 and seven of spades on the U.S. "deck of cards" of 55 most wanted Iraqis given to U.S. troops in Iraq.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/4721988.htm

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Better play out the aces now, this won't distract anyone anoymre.

[bowens43]

1. I'm still confused as to what gives the US the right

to capture and hold these people. Are their international warrants issued by some legitimate authority for their arrest? These articles read like this is some kind of victory, I see it as more abuse of US power in an illegal war.