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BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-22-2005
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
Iraqi authorities have released a top official in Saddam Hussein's former regime because he was apparently terminally ill, Iraq's Justice Minister said Sunday.

Ghazi Hammud al-Obeidi, former regional chairman in the southern Iraqi city of Kut for the former ruling Baath Party, was the first to be released among detained former regime members who were on the list of 55 most wanted Iraqis.

"Ghazi al-Obeidi is suffering from cancer and according to my information he has been released for health reasons," Justice Minister Abdel Hussein Shandal told The Associated Press in a recorded interview. "Only for health ...

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