BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities said Sunday that they captured Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (search), the most wanted fugitive from Saddam Hussein's ousted dictatorship, but the Iraqi defense minister later said word of al-Douri's capture was "baseless."
The U.S. military said it could not confirm al-Douri's arrest and said he was not in American custody.
Past reports of al-Douri's arrest have proven false. But several top Iraqi officials said his capture was all but confirmed in a raid on a clinic near Adwar, al-Douri's hometown, in the region of Tikrit (search), where Saddam and many of his top officials were from. Saddam was captured Dec. 13 hiding in a safe-house near Adwar.
Allawi said its true.......who the hell knows anymore.
Kaslin that was directed at you personally....