Former Saddam deputy arrested

Saddam Hussein’s former second-in-command, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has been arrested in northern Iraq, an Iraqi defence ministry said today.

Former Saddam deputy arrested
Sun, 05 Sep, 2004 - 13:46

Saddam Hussein’s former second-in-command, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has been arrested in northern Iraq, an Iraqi defence ministry said today.

Saleh Sarhan told al-Hurra television that al-Douri was captured while in a clinic where he was receiving medical treatment.

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