[link|http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-war-leadership-strike,0,6649545.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines|Here]. The URL will change.

April 7, 2003, 9:43 PM EDT

WASHINGTON -- The United States struck a "leadership target" in Baghdad Monday, military officials said.

The target was believed to be one or more of the top government or military leaders in Saddam Hussein's regime, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The strike was the result of "time sensitive" intelligence, meaning information which needed to be acted on quickly, the officials said.

The military officials said they did not know the identity of the target of the strike, or whether the target or targets had been killed.


FWIW.

Also, NPR is saying the Administration is saying an Iraqi leadership target (including Saddam and his sons) was attacked, but they didn't know if there were any casualties there.

Regards,
Scott.