Former Iraqi oil minister surrenders to occupation forces

The American forces announced they hold Amir Mohammed Rasheed, the former Iraqi minister of oil who was also the advisor of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the US central leadership in Qatar said using the full name of the former Iraqi oil minister which was very often used "Amir Mohammed Rasheed al-Obeid surrendered on Monday and he is currently held by the coalition forces." The leadership gave no further details.

Rashid is on the list of the US most wanted Iraqi officials.

He was seen for the last time in an oil refinery station in al-Doura on March 25th surrounded by trenches filled with burning oil with the fall of bombs at the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

With the surrender of Rashid, the number of Iraqis who are in the hands of the American- British coalition forces reached 15 out of 55 wanted.