Former Iraq vice president captured

Former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, number 20 on the US Most Wanted list, has been captured, the US Defence Department said today.

Former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, 20th on the US Most Wanted list, was captured in the north of the country and handed to US forces in Mosul today, the Pentagon said.

Arabic TV station Al-Jazeera said he was caught earlier today by troops from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. It said he was disguised as a peasant.