Seized Saddam's top bodyguard arrested after dawn raid AMERICAN MILITARY CHIEFS CONFIDENT THEY ARE ON EX-DICTATOR'S 'COATTAILS'

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: July 29, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ONE of Saddam Hussein's closest bodyguards was arrested today as the US military continued to raid homes in the heartland of the former Iraqi dictator's supporters.

The dawn raids in Tikrit, 100 miles north of the capital Baghdad, are part of a massive push by American Special Forces - codenamed Task Force 20 - that are hunting Saddam.

The raids are concentrated in two areas - in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit and in Baghdad. The US has refused to discuss the raids which have been taking place virtually around the clock over the past three days.

However, there has been a growing ...

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