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Saddam uday alive Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.msnbc.com/news/897268.asp http://www.msnbc.com/news/897268.asp Report: Saddam and Uday alive NBC, MSNBC and news services Wall Street Journal cites 3rd-party source; U.S. officials skeptical May 23 — Saddam Hussein’s eldest son, Uday, is alive and considering surrendering to U.S. forces, according to a report in Friday’s Wall Street Journal. The paper cited a third-party source who also said Saddam is alive, although in questionable mental health. THE REPORT said Uday is hiding in a Baghdad suburb, and has asked through intermediaries what charges he would face. According to the unnamed source, Uday is afraid Iraqi citizens will kill him if they find him. A relative of the Hussein family told the source Saddam is also in suburban Baghdad, the Journal reported. U.S. military and intelligence officials in Washington said they had no information on the report, but they told NBC they doubted the two were hiding out on Baghdad. One official added, "It's always possible Uday is negotiating privately with some third-party intermediary, but if he is we're not aware of it." A top U.S. military commander in Iraq also said that he did not know of any talks going on to secure the surrender of one of Saddam's sons. Lt. Gen. David McKiernan told the Associated Press that no one had brought such an offer to him. He said that he would be willing to "facilitate" such a surrender, but added that it would have to be unconditional. NO. 8 IN CUSTODY Meantime on Thursday, the U.S. military said its forces had captured a former regional commander in Saddam's Baath Party who is on Washington's list of most-wanted Iraqis. The U.S. Central Command said in a statement that Aziz Salih Numan was a Baath Party regional command chairman responsible for west Baghdad. He was also a former governor of the southern cities of Karbala and Najaf. The statement said he was number eight on the wanted list. It said Numan was "now in custody of Coalition Forces" and that he was captured on Wednesday near Baghdad. The United States issued a list of most-wanted Iraqis after ousting Saddam on April 9, three weeks after U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq. But Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said that there is a list of some 200 former regime officials who coalition troops are seeking -- -- not all of whom have not all been identified publicly. It is not known how many people on that list have been taken into custody. NBC's Carl Rochelle at the Pentagon, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. MSNBC Terms, Conditions and Privacy ©2003

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