Saddam's key aide surrenders: Report

A key member of routed Saddam Hussein's government gave himself up to US forces on Saturday, German public television reported.

A key member of routed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government gave himself up to US forces on Saturday, German public television reported.

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Lt. Gen. Amir al-Saadi, a special adviser who oversaw Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs, turned himself in peacefully to US forces in Baghdad, according to the ZDF broadcaster, which said al-Saadi had asked it to send a television crew to witness his surrender for his own safety.

ZDF said Al-Saadi, who has a German wife, told their correspondent in an interview that he had no information on the fate of Saddam.

In a summary of the interview released in Berlin, he insisted Iraq had no chemical or biological weapons and that there had been no grounds for an attack on his country.

Explaining his decision to surrender, al-Saadi said he was a member of neither Saddam's Ba'ath party nor the Iraqi secret services and felt no guilt, according to the report.