DNA tests to confirm capture of ‘king of clubs’

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.

American military officials said they could not confirm the capture of red-haired al-Douri, number six on the wanted list – the king of clubs in the deck of cards – and US forces have offered a 10 million dollar bounty for his arrest.