US forces capture key Iraqi general as battle against resentment continues

US forces yesterday said they had captured another wanted Iraqi general, as American administrators tried to curb mounting resentment among ordinary Iraqis by restoring vital services to battered Baghdad.

The US military held General Hussam Mohammad Amin, a key figure in negotiations with the UN inspectors who hunted banned Iraqi weapons before the war toppled Saddam Hussein.

Amin, number 49 on a US list of 55 most-wanted members of Saddam's administration, is the 13th known to have been caught. A US military source said he was caught west of Baghdad on Saturday but declined to reveal who captured him.