ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN ANCHOR: As we've been reporting, another card has been removed from the Pentagon's deck of the most wanted Saddam regime officials and this time the arrest was made by Iraqi police. CNN's Kathleen Koch is at the Pentagon to talk about what was at the eight of diamonds.</s>KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Andrea, obviously the Pentagon is very pleased at the apprehension of Iraq's former Finance Minister Hikmat al-Azzawi and the fact that he was turned over by these Iraqi police who had been put on the job by the U.S. military. They're really pleased; they say it shows a lot of cooperation. CENTCOM spokesman that I talked with this morning, said as to what his intelligence value will be Mr. Azzawi is quote, "it's a matter of how much he's willing to tell us and give up to us." CENTCOM spokesman, added that it's also helpful to have another regime leader off the streets and quote, "not to do anything to hurt the establish of the free Iraq." There were two other figures though, who are not on that top 55 most wanted list who surrendered to U.S.forces in Iraq on Friday. The first one, very important. Iman Hussein al-Ani, he's believed to be the father of Iraq's VX nerve gas program. Although U.S. officials tells CNN that at this point, he is saying he knows nothing about any Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program. The second point -- the second person to turn themselves over</s>KOPPEL: Well, something tells me, Kathleen, that those millions of dollars in dinars are probably worth about $5.25 in U.S. at that stage of the game, but thank you very much, Kathleen Koch, joining us from the Pentagon.
Pentagon Pleased at al-Azzawi's Arrest