BAGHDAD, March 23 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government posted big rewards Wednesday for the arrests of former Iraqi Baath officials, including Saddam Hussein's deputy Izzat Ibrahim Douri. The government offered $200,000 to $10 million for information leading to the capture of six wanted officials accused of leading and financing violence in Iraq. Two toll-free telephone lines were set up for tipsters.
The biggest bounty of $10 million goes to the capture of Douri, who is accused of embezzling money and financing terrorist attacks against Iraqi forces and multi-national troops. The other wanted figures are Mohammed Younes al-Ahmad, a former member of the Baath party leadership, Rachid Taam Kazem, also a fomer Baath official, Abdel Baki Abdel Karim Saadoun, who is accused of recruiting terrorists, Ahmed Hassan Abidi, a former intelligence officer, and Ibrahim Mahmoud Mashhadani, a senior former member of the Baath. |