Central Command chief Gen. Tommy Franks denied that he has asked for more troops to be sent from the United States to Iraq. In a briefing on Sunday, Franks also denied reports that his request was denied by the Defense Department.

Franks also dismissed reports that his forces have taken what he described as an "operational pause" near Baghdad as Central Command waits for reinforcements.

U.S. officials said a Kuwaiti truck driver ran down a group of soldiers in the Camp Udairi military base in the sheikdom on Sunday. Up to 15 soldiers were injured, several of them seriously.

This was the first attack reported on U.S. soldiers in Kuwait since the start of the war against Iraq. Last year, two U.S. nationals were killed and nearly a dozen were hurt in several attacks attributed to Al Qaida insurgents in Kuwait.

British officials said the Iraqi general was captured in fighting near the southern city of Basra. They said he was a commander in the regular army, rather than the elite Republican Guard.

British troops have been fighting Iraqi military and irregular forces around Basra while artillery pounded positions in the city. On Sunday, 22 Iraqi T-55 tanks were destroyed by British forces.

"The Islamic warriors who have come to Iraq have come from all Arab countries, without exception," Iraqi military spokesman Hazim Rawi told a news conference in Baghdad on Sunday. "More than 4,000 have already come to Baghdad."

Rawi did not identify the countries from which the Arab countries had departed. But Western diplomatic sources said volunteers have come from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.

U.S. officials said the military has not found any evidence that Saddam remains an active ruler. They said there has not been a verifiable appearance by either Saddam or his two sons since the massive bombing attack on his headquarters on March 20.

"Where is Saddam?" Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld asked on Sunday in an interview with Fox News.

Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, agreed with Rumsfeld. He said none of the footage of Saddam aired on Iraqi television demonstrated that he was still functioning. The appearances were taped and could have been completed on the eve of the war.