Top Iraqi army official captured by US forces

US forces captured a senior Iraqi Republican Guard official yesterday, one day after killing Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay in a four-hour gun battle.

But the bloody insurgency showed no signs of letting up, as attacks claimed the lives of two more American soldiers.

The commander of coalition forces in Iraq, Lt Gen Ricardo Sanchez, said the deaths of the two sons may be a “turning point” in the campaign against the remnants of Saddam’s regime.