U.S. military officials say they believe the capture of Saddam Hussein's finance minister may lead them to billions of dollars the Iraqi dictator is believed to have stashed overseas.

Military spokesmen for the U.S. Central Command said Saturday that Hikmat Ibrahim al-Azzawi was taken into custody after he was arrested by Iraqi police. Mr. al-Azzawi is the latest of the coalition's list of 55 "most wanted" Iraqis to be captured. Saddam himself remains missing and unaccounted for.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says conditions for civilians in Iraq are at a crucial stage, and measures must be taken quickly to re-establish safety and public order. The Red Cross is urging U.S. forces to restore electricity, water and other essential services to Baghdad.

The first major post-war convoy of food aid headed toward Baghdad from Jordan Saturday.

More aid may also start flowing soon from southern Iraq, where the British military says it has reopened a rail link between the city of Basra and Iraq's only deep-water port, Umm Qasr

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