Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, April 29, 2003
US Says Iraqi Former Oil Minister Surrenders
The US Central Command said on Tuesday that Amer Rashid Muhammad, a former Iraqi oil minister who was also a presidential adviser to Saddam Hussein, has surrendered.
The US Central Command said on Tuesday that Amer Rashid Muhammad, a former Iraqi oil minister who was also a presidential adviser to Saddam Hussein, has surrendered.
A statement by the command in Qatar said that the former minister, number 47 on a US list of the 55 most wanted members of the Saddam regime, surrendered on Monday and was in custody, but giving no further details.