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| U.S. Issues Iraq Insurgents Wanted List |
| 2004-02-18 |
| The U.S. military on Tuesday issued for the first time a wanted list of dozens of key figures suspected of leading the anti-U.S. insurgency in Iraq, including a $1 million reward for a senior Baath Party figure believed to be running guerrilla cells. Another set of playing cards! Collect ’em all! The list of 32 wanted people included suspected cell leaders, former members of Saddam Hussein’s military and regional Baath leaders thought to be helping the insurgency, said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations chief. At the top of the list, with a $1 million reward, is Mohammed Yunis al-Ahmad, a former top Baath Party official. Rewards between $50,000 and $200,000 were offered for the others. "He is one of the former (regime) personnel we suspect of significant anti-coalition activities," Kimmitt said of al-Ahmad. "We have reason to believe he has been running cells in certain parts of this country." The military has been compiling the list as it built up a better understanding of the insurgency, Kimmitt told reporters. "Some names keep popping up," he said. Sounds like they have their own version of Thugberg. Until now, U.S. officials have not made public a list of suspected leaders of the insurgency that erupted after the regime’s collapse and has killed more American soldiers than did the invasion that toppled Saddam. The military’s new most wanted list set new rankings of rewards for the fugitives. A $200,000 reward was set for 11 former regional military and political leaders from Saddam regime suspected of "associating" or "providing support" to insurgent cells, Kimmitt said. Among the 11 was Lt. Gen. Hakam Hassan Ali al-Tikriti, a former commander of the military’s helicopter forces and an adviser to the Iraqi General Staff during the U.S. invasion. I think Hakam’s worth a full million. For 200 grand I’d settle for both his legs. Or his liver. Rewards of $50,000 were offered for 20 "individual operatives in local terrorist cells," he said. "These people have been targets for quite a period of time," he said. "We have now offered significant amounts of money for their capture." The United States has also placed a $10 million bounty on al-Qaida-linked operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Cheap at twice the price. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 The sniper tipster is Ron Lantz. He stated that he wanted to either give the entire amount or share at least half with the victims' families (account varies by source). However I can't find any mention of it being paid out. When/If he's ever paid, he may not receive the full $500,000 regardless as there were other people who provided useful tips that led to the information Lantz used to I.D. the car. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-2-18 11:12:57 AM |
| #3 The man who found the D.C. sniper, for instance, never received a dime. If I recall correctly, he declined any reward. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-18 6:55:37 AM |
| #2 I dunno...the U.S. government has a rather spotty record when it comes to paying off rewards. There are all sorts of technicalities that can be used to deny reward payments. The man who found the D.C. sniper, for instance, never received a dime. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-2-18 4:27:26 AM |
| #1 I dunno...the U.S. government has a rather spotty reward when it comes to paying off rewards. There are all sorts of technicalities that can be used to deny reward payments. The man who found the D.C. sniper, for instance, never received a dime. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-2-18 4:27:17 AM |