Six times in the last 10 months, US forces say they have come tantalisingly close to catching Izzat al-Douri, Saddam Hussein's former right-hand man and the second-most wanted fugitive in Iraq.
LIzzat al-Douri, Saddam's former right-hand man
But each time he has managed to slip away, though on some occasions the Americans claim to have been so close that they found the dinner still on his plate.