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01/08/2003
$30m for man who gave up Uday and Qusay
The US Secretary of State Colin Powell has approved the payment of $30 million (£18.65 million) to the man responsible for giving up the sons of Saddam Hussein – Uday and Qusay.
The US has made it known that it would pay up to $15 million for information leading to the capture or location of each. And so the $30 million reward, the largest ever under the US's Rewards for Justice Programme, will be paid to the individual currently being held in protective custody.
It has been widely reported that the recipient is the owner of the home where the Hussein's were killed - Sheik Nawaf al-Zaydan Muhhamad.
The method of payment is "determined by the individual" and can be made in a variety of ways, although the specific details of the method of payment selected cannot be revealed for security reasons.
Mr Powell said: "While we are pleased with the results in this case, Saddam Hussein remains at large. We encourage anyone with information on the location of Saddam Hussein to contact the Office of the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority or any US military commander in Iraq. We will pay a reward of up to $25 million."
Saddam Hussein's sons Qusay and Uday – the aces of hearts and clubs in the US's most wanted cards – were confirmed dead on 23 July by US authorities following a "fierce gun battle" in Mosul, northern Iraq.
Elsewhere, two of Saddam Hussein's eldest daughters have been granted asylum in the Kingdom of Jordan.
Jordanian information minister Nabil al-Sharif announced that King Abdullah II issued an order admitting Raghd, 36, and Rana, 34, when they arrived from Baghdad yesterday.
"They are his majesty's guests for humanitarian reasons," Sharif said.
(GMcG)
The US has made it known that it would pay up to $15 million for information leading to the capture or location of each. And so the $30 million reward, the largest ever under the US's Rewards for Justice Programme, will be paid to the individual currently being held in protective custody.
It has been widely reported that the recipient is the owner of the home where the Hussein's were killed - Sheik Nawaf al-Zaydan Muhhamad.
The method of payment is "determined by the individual" and can be made in a variety of ways, although the specific details of the method of payment selected cannot be revealed for security reasons.
Mr Powell said: "While we are pleased with the results in this case, Saddam Hussein remains at large. We encourage anyone with information on the location of Saddam Hussein to contact the Office of the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority or any US military commander in Iraq. We will pay a reward of up to $25 million."
Saddam Hussein's sons Qusay and Uday – the aces of hearts and clubs in the US's most wanted cards – were confirmed dead on 23 July by US authorities following a "fierce gun battle" in Mosul, northern Iraq.
Elsewhere, two of Saddam Hussein's eldest daughters have been granted asylum in the Kingdom of Jordan.
Jordanian information minister Nabil al-Sharif announced that King Abdullah II issued an order admitting Raghd, 36, and Rana, 34, when they arrived from Baghdad yesterday.
"They are his majesty's guests for humanitarian reasons," Sharif said.
(GMcG)
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