[TexKat]

After giving this entire story some thought and research I began to doubt the whole thing due to there not being any other account of the so called opertion going on in Tikrit and no pictures other than older photos of al-Douri

Iraq national guard commander denies capture of Saddam deputy

A senior commander in the Iraqi national guard has insisted his officers have not captured Saddam Hussein's deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri.

Major General Ahmed Khalaf Salman, who is commander for the central region where the capture reportedly took place, says the guardsmen were wrong to announce they had apprehended him or participated in any such operation.

He says Iraqi forces did not take part in any operation and did not capture al-Duri.

Earlier, Iraqi officials said Ibrahim was captured in Tikrit, Saddam's hometown and powerbase north of Baghdad, in which 70 of his supporters were reportedly killed and 80 captured.

06/09/2004 01:53:18 | ABC Radio Australia News

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Major General Ahmed Khalaf Salman, who is commander for the central region where the capture reportedly took place, says the guardsmen were wrong to announce they had apprehended him or participated in any such operation.

Sounds like the Guardsman had heard about Kerrys approach to getting ahead and were trying it out!!!

ROFL!!!

[BOBTHENAILER]

Too bad if this is really not true.

[TexKat]

But, but, but we have been kicking some serious Mouqsadrislamic booty in Sadr City today.

A U.S. soldier speaks on a radio on top of a Bradley armored vehicle in the center of the Shi'ite populated district of Sadr city, Baghdad, September 5, 2004. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby