Iraq Releases Terminally Ill Saddam Aide

[maddezmom]

By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi authorities have released a top official in Saddam Hussein's former regime — one of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis on the U.S. military's "deck of cards" — because he is terminally ill, the justice minister and the suspect's lawyer said Sunday.

Ghazi Hammud al-Obeidi, former regional chairman in the southern Iraqi city of Kut for the former ruling Baath Party, was the first to be released among detained former regime members who were on the most-wanted list.

"Ghazi al-Obeidi is suffering from cancer and according to my information he has been released for health reasons," Justice Minister Abdel Hussein Shandal told The Associated Press. "Only for health reasons."

Shandal did not elaborate, but al-Obeidi's lawyer, Badee Izzat Aref, said he was released on April 28 because he was suffering from what appears to be terminal stomach cancer.

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more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_release

[dubyaD40web]

1. Broken Link

Try this one:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_release

[maddezmom]

2. thanks, fixed it

:hi:

[d.l.Green]

3. READ: "We don't want to be responsible for his medical treatment."

He certainly is not going to die in peace on the streets of Iraq...