U.S. steps up search in Europe for Iraqi officials

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: May 8, 2003| Author: Bill Gertz The Washington Times | Copyright information

U.S. intelligence agencies are intensifying the search in Europe for officials of Saddam Hussein's government who fled Iraq with the help of French passports, U.S. officials said yesterday.

The search efforts were strengthened after intelligence sources reported that France's government secretly provided fleeing Iraqi officials with European Union travel documents in Syria that allowed them to escape to other countries, said U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

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