The Pentagon promised 200 thousand dollars for information about Saddam Hussein

The Pentagon decided to financially interest those Iraqis who would like to transfer information about the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein, other leaders of the Baghdad regime, as well as hiding places with weapons of mass destruction.

As the official representative of the US Department of Defense Barbara Barfid, the ceiling of the monetary reward - said for information about Saddam Hussein and his immediate environment - will amount to 200 thousand dollars. Only US Minister of Defense Donald Ramsfeld is authorized to make a decision on the allocation of such an amount.

The amount in which the American authorities appreciated the head of Saddam is very symbolic. The leader of the Al-Qaeda International Terrorist Organization Ben Laden United States at one time appointed a reward of $ 25 million, and a reward of $ 10 million was announced for the spiritual leader of the Taliban Pentagon.

Meanwhile, the head of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, General Tommy Franks, has the right to pass the information of up to 50 thousand dollars for the necessary coalition troops, ITAR-TASS reports.

Finally, American officers who are in Iraq can pay Iraqi up to $ 2500, as well as give them products and essential goods.

Speaking on the same day at a press conference in the Pentagon, the Minister of Defense Donald Ramsfeld said that the United States was going to offer a monetary reward and for the outlines of cultural values ​​stolen from Iraq museums. What amount we are talking about, has not yet been reported.