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Former Iraqi Finance Minister in U.S. Custody

NPR | By Jackie Northam,

Lynn Neary

Published April 18, 2003 at 10:00 PM MDT

The U.S. military announces that Iraqi police have arrested Hikmat al-Azzawi, the former Iraqi finance minister and deputy prime minister, and turned him over to U.S. Marines. And a cache of hidden cash is discovered in the walls of one of Saddam Hussein's palaces. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Jackie Northam.