Iraqi authorities were conducting DNA tests to confirm the identity of Saddam Hussein’s former second-in-command, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, captured in northern Iraq today.

A glance at the life of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein:

The head of Iraq’s war-crimes tribunal said today that the United States had pledged to hand over Saddam Hussein and about 100 other suspects to Iraqi authorities before July 1, when Iraq assumes sovereignty from its US-led occupiers.

US army engineers have sealed the underground bunker where former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured to prevent it becoming a tourist attraction, a military spokesman said today.

An owner of the farm where Saddam Hussein was captured once served as a guard at a presidential palace, but had no idea the Iraqi dictator was hiding on his land, his wife said.

SADDAM HUSSEIN’S capture followed information from a member of his family.

Saddam Hussein may not be talking freely to his American interrogators, but he has already provided information that led to the arrest of several top regime figures in Baghdad, a US general said today.

HE was grubby, dishevelled and appeared compliant. Those who loved or hated Saddam Hussein could not believe that the man who for decades terrorised his people and neighbours could surrender to US troops without even firing a shot.

Saddam Hussein’s capture followed information from a member of a family “close to him”, it was revealed in Tikrit.

A glance at the life of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein: