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...will lead them to the guy. After Mahmud's arrest, say U.S. officials, he was taken to a site near Baghdad International Airport, where military and intelligence investigators began pumping him for information on the whereabouts of Saddam, his two sons Uday and Qusay, and the 23 other top henchmen still at large. As Saddam's closest adviser and consigliere--a source close to the family told TIME that even Saddam's sons needed Mahmud's permission to meet with their father--Mahmud is one of the likeliest figures to have remained in contact with Saddam after he disappeared...
...only weapons of mass destruction I need to validate the war in Iraq are the two hands of Saddam [COVER STORY, April 21]. Every day we see evidence of atrocities committed by this evil man and his henchmen, from torture chambers to tattered and starving children. The world will be a better place without Saddam, the personification of evil. MARY ELLEN LUKASIEWICZ Cumberland...
...Queen tries to test Lilybell by placing a pea under her mattress, but the prince’s servant and rapper, Pea-Ditty, manages to confuse the Queen’s henchmen into putting him under the mattress instead. He wakes the potential princess so she can pass the test, and they all live happily ever after—except for the henchmen, who get fired, and the Queen, who must sleep on the royal couch for some weeks to come...
...American pressure still has a purpose. The noisy accusations that Syria may be harboring Saddam's henchmen are intended to ensure that Assad doesn't do so in the future. "What you want to do is send a clear signal to Assad that if Saddam wants to come to Damascus, he's not welcome there," says a U.S. official. Washington also hopes to strong-arm the Syrians into giving up some of their worst habits--such as sponsoring organizations like Hizballah, which the U.S. labels a terrorist group, and the violent Palestinian activists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as well...
Twelve years ago, during the first Gulf War, Marine pilot Clifford Acree was tortured by Saddam Hussein's henchmen for 47 days. He was subjected to mock executions and systematically starved until he began eating the scabs off his own body. Along with 16 other POWs, Acree filed suit to claim compensation from Iraq's $1.7 billion in frozen assets. But they may never see the money. On March 20, President Bush confiscated Iraq's assets "to assist the Iraqi people and for the reconstruction of Iraq." Bush's order made an exception for cases in which the courts...