April 18, 2003

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Iraq i Police arrest Saddam Hussein 's former finance minister, Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim Al-Azzawi in Baghdad, and turn him over to U.S. Marines.

United States forces announce that a "disease control" plant in Baghdad has been raided by unknown persons, and strains of Cholera , Black Fever , HIV , Polio and Hepatitis may have been lost. {Link without Title}

DNA testing proved that the bodies found on the shores of San Francisco Bay were those of the missing Laci Peterson and her unborn son. Peterson's husband, Scott , was arrested in La Jolla, California and returned to their home town of Modesto, California for trial.

United States Army troops found over $656 million dollars in United States and Iraqi Currency in sealed metal boxes in several bricked up cottages on the grounds of the homes of members of the Iraq i elite in Baghdad . Preliminary indications were that the money was real uncirculated bills, and not Counterfeit .