BAGHDAD, Iraq — Documents bearing the seal of Saddam Hussein’s secret service were seized early Saturday by U.S. forces during a raid of a Baghdad community hall.
The documents, which were handed over to senior intelligence analysts, mentioned Iraq’s nuclear program and may possibly contain information regarding Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction (search).
About 50 soldiers from the 1st Armored Division stormed the building at about 1 a.m. after sealing off part of Baghdad’s Azamiyah (search) district — a center of support for Saddam’s ousted regime. The neighborhood was where Saddam — or someone presenting himself as the Iraqi leader — last appeared in public before the capture of Baghdad on April 9.
Man, oh, Maneshevitz, it would be nice if this leads to huge stockpiles of WMD. But we’ve been burned on promising stories before, so we’ll see.
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