US-Led Forces Said Having Captured Iraqi Generals

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US-Led Forces Said Having Captured Iraqi Generals

American-led forces have captured more than half a dozen Iraqi generals and are questioning them about chemical weapons and tactical battle information, defense officials said Tuesday.

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American-led forces have captured more than half a dozen Iraqi generals and are questioning them about chemical weapons and tactical battle information, defense officials said Tuesday.

Although some are cooperating to some extent, none has given information that has led invading forces to hidden chemical weapons that the Bush administration says Iraq has, the officials said.

Meanwhile, a separate long-term campaign to win high-level military defections has had no visible success.

The generals surrendered or were captured by US or British forces, two Pentagon officials said on condition of anonymity. They were taken from locations around the country and hold ranks of one-star to four-star generals.

A general captured in the last 48 hours gave interrogators tactical information that will give coalition forces an advantage, Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said at the war's command center in the Persian Gulf emirate Qatar. He did not elaborate but said the invasion force is being helped by captured civilians as well as military leaders.

Help from local populations figured in several successful raids against paramilitary and Ba'ath Party leaders and helped the work of special operations forces, Brooks told a news conference Tuesday without elaborating. Help from captured military leaders has led to the discovery of ammunition caches and articles related to weapons of mass destruction such as biological-chemical protective suits, Brooks said.

Source: agencies

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