The Associated Press

Another top aide to Saddam Hussein on the U.S. most-wanted list has been taken into custody, the U.S. Central Command said Friday. At a Baghdad mosque, thousands of worshippers protested the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

The latest member of Saddam's inner circle to be captured was Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim, a senior leader of the shattered Baath party who was handed over to U.S. forces overnight by Iraqi Kurds.