Saddam puts bounty on enemies' heads

Saddam Hussein today put a price on the heads of Allied troops, offering a reward for any Iraqi who shoots down a British or US aircraft, or kills or captures a pilot or soldier.

Any Iraqi who kills an Allied serviceman will receive 25 million dinars (about €13,000).

But the reward will be doubled if the enemy is taken alive, said Saddam’s decree, which was published by the state-run Iraqi News Agency.

The decree contained a list of reward categories:

:: 100 million dinars for shooting down an enemy fighter plane.

:: 50 million dinars for shooting down a helicopter.

:: 10 million dinars for intercepting a missile.

:: An Iraqi who shoots down an enemy fighter jet or helicopter is to get 50 million dinars if the pilot is captured and 25 million dinars if the pilot is killed.

The same reward applies for capturing or killing enemy soldiers on the ground, the Iraqi leader decreed.