The United States officially confirmed on Sunday that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was arrested near his hometown of Tikrit, more than nine months after the Saddam regime was toppled.  

Here are the 40 most-wanted Iraqis captured or killed by the US-led coalition forces:

No. 1: Saddam Hussein, president, captured on Saturday.

No. 2: Qusai Hussein, Saddam's son. Killed July 22.

No. 3: Odai Hussein, Saddam's son. Killed July 22.

No. 4: Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, presidential secretary, Saddam's cousin. Taken into custody June 17.

No. 5: Ali Hassan al-Majid, presidential adviser, Revolutionary Command Council member. Also known as "Chemical Ali." Taken into custody on Aug. 21.

No. 8: Aziz Saleh al-Numan, Baath Party Baghdad region command chairman. Taken into custody May 22.

No. 9: Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi, retired RCC member, a leader of 1991 suppression of Shiite rebellion. Taken into custody April 20.

No. 10: Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti, secretary of the Republican Guard, Saddam's son-in-law. Surrendered May 17.

No. 11: Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti, Special Republican Guard commander, Saddam's cousin. Captured on July 23.

No. 12: Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti, who headed Iraq's air defenses under Saddam. Taken into custody April 23.

No. 13 Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al Sattar Muhammad, armed forces chief of staff. Taken into custody May 15.

No. 17: Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti, air force commander. Central Command he's in coalition custody on June 14.

No. 18: Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi, Baath Party military bureau deputy chairman. Taken into custody June 9.

No. 19: Abdel Tawab Mullah Huweish, deputy prime minister. Taken into custody May 2.

No. 22: Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti, deputy head of tribal affairs, Saddam's son-in-law. Taken into custody April 20.

No. 23: Mizban Khadr Hadi, RCC member. Taken into custody July 8.

No. 24: Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, vice president, RCC member, only Kurd in Saddam's hierarchy. Taken into custody May 2.

No. 25: Tariq Aziz, deputy prime minister. Taken into custody April 25.

No. 26: Walid Hamid Tawfiq, governor of Basra. Surrendered April 29.

No. 28: Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, deputy prime minister, finance minister. Taken into custody April 18.

No. 29: Mahmoud Diab al-Ahmed, interior minister. Taken into custody July 8.

No. 30: Ayad Futayyih Khalifa, Quds forces chief of staff. Taken into custody June 4.

No. 31: Gen. Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib, director of military intelligence. Taken into custody April 23.

No. 32: Lt. Gen. Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Saadi, presidential scientific adviser. Surrendered April 12.

No. 33: Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi, presidential adviser, oil minister. Taken into custody April 28.

No. 34: Gen. Hussam Mohammed Amin, head of monitoring directorate, chief liaison with U.N. weapons inspectors. Taken into custody April 27.

No. 35: Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih, trade minister. Taken into custody April 23.

No. 37: Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, presidential adviser, Saddam's half brother. Taken into custody April 13.

No. 38: Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, presidential adviser, Saddam's half brother. Taken into custody April 16.

No. 39: Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, reputedly scientist in biological weapons program, first woman elected to Baath Party's national command council. Taken into custody May 9.

No. 42: Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim, Baath Party regional command chairman. Taken into custody April 17.

No. 43: Humam Abdul-Khaliq Abdul-Ghafoor, minister of higher education and scientific research. Taken into custody April 19.

No. 45: Nayef Shedakh, Baath Party regional chairman, Najaf governorate, reported by Iraqi television to have been killed in battle for Najaf.

No. 46: Sayf al-Din al-Mashadani, Baath Party regional command chairman. Taken into custody May 24.

No. 47: Fadil Mahmud Gharib, Baath Party regional command chairman. Taken into custody May 15.

No. 50: Ugla Abid Saqr, Baath Party regional chairman. Taken into custody May 20.

No. 51: Ghazi Hammud, Baath Party regional command chairman. Taken into custody May 7.

No. 52: Adilabdillah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti, Baath Party regional command chairman. Taken into custody May 15.

No. 53: Brig. Gen. Husayn al-Awadi, Baath Party Regional command chairman, senior officer in Iraqi military's chemical weapons corps. Taken into custody June 9.

No. 55: Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal, Baath Party Regional command chairman. Taken into custody May 24.

(Xinhua News Agency December 15, 2003)