On handing over Ode and Qusai bodied

A spokesman for the American occupation forces in Iraq said that work is still underway to draw arrangements for burial of deposed President Saddam Hussein's two sons Ode and Qusai, one week after their killing by the American forces in al-Musil to the north of Iraq.

The spokesman told journalists in Baghdad that the occupation forces are making vast consultations with religious leaders, tribal chiefs and members of the Iraqi governing council in order to get their advice on how to proceed forward in the burial process of the two bodies.

The spokesman said that several persons in and outside Iraq asked for getting the two bodies, but the spokesman indicated that the American occupation forces are not in the position to decide who is eligible to receive the bodies.

The American occupation forces said earlier it will keep the bodies of Ode and Qusai until their relatives ask for receiving them.

In a related development, an American official said that the US Secretary Of State Colin Powell agreed to hand over the sum of 30 million dollars to the Iraqi who lead the American forces the hiding place of Ode and Qusai and that resulted in their deaths. The US administration announced a reward of 15 million dollars for information leading to the arrest of Ode and Qusai while another reward of USD 25 million was allotted for showing the place where Saddam Hussein is.