IRAN - Sept. 19 - Saddam Defence Minister Surrenders.Former defence minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad, number 27 on Washington's wanted list of Iraqi fugitives, turns himself over to US troops in Mosul and is met by Maj. Gen. David Petraeus This page has been semi-protected, meaning readers without Wikipedia user accounts or with registered accounts less than four days old cannot edit this page. David Howell Petraeus , commander of the 101st Airborne Div. (News of the capture was a boost for US forces after they suffered their deadliest ambush (language) AMBUSH - A language for linear programming problems in a materials processing and transportation network. ["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)]. for weeks overnight. Guerrillas near Tikrit killed 3 soldiers from the 4th Infantry Div. and wounded 2. US soldiers near Tikrit also opened fire on a car carrying an Italian diplomat who holds a senior position in the CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. , killing his Iraqi translator in the latest in a series of fatal blunders by American troops. Washington hopes the capture of Saddam's defence minister will close the net on the deposed dictator dictator, originally a Roman magistrate appointed to rule the state in times of emergency; in modern usage, an absolutist or autocratic ruler who assumes extraconstitutional powers. From 501 B.C. until the abolition of the office in 44 B.C., Rome had 88 dictators. , who remains on the run despite a $25m price on his head. The US Army said later Ahmad was brought to Baghdad for questioning. The surrender was negotiated through an intermediary after Petraeus sent a letter to Ahmad last month offering him "a simple yet honorable alternative to a life on the run". The mediator mediator n. a person who conducts mediation. A mediator is usually a lawyer, or retired judge, but can be a non-attorney specialist in the subject matter (like child custody) who tries to bring people and their disputes to early resolution through a conference. , local Kurdish human rights official Dawood Bagistani, told a news conference he had received assurances that Ahmad would be removed from the list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis and would not be charged with war crimes. The US Army said only he would be treated "decently and humanely". US officers in Tikrit said 60 suspected guerrillas had been captured during a night-long battle that followed the attack on American troops. The ambush brought to 76 the number of US soldiers killed in guerrilla attacks since May 1. Many Iraqis accuse US troops of being too quick to open fire and failing to follow rules of engagement. Human rights groups say many civilians have been killed. The US says it keeps no figures on civilian casualties Civilian casualties is a military term describing civilian or non-combatant persons killed or injured by military action. The description of civilian casualties includes any form of military action regardless of whether civilians were targeted directly. ). |
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