Iraq Government Retracts Claim Top Saddam Aide Held
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Iraq's government said on Monday it had  not captured the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the  run, in an embarrassing climbdown a day after top officials  reported he had been seized in a raid by Iraqi forces.
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BAGHDAD -- The US military detained the son of one of America's closest political allies in Iraq for several hours yesterday, raising the ire of Shi'ite Muslim officials and straining delicate relations with Iraqi leadership. The American ambassador here quickly apologized for the incident.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi authorities claimed on Sunday to have captured Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most wanted member of Saddam Hussein's ousted dictatorship, but there was confusion over the report, as the Iraqi defense minister said word of his arrest was "baseless."   There have been incorrect reports of al-Douri's arrest in the past as U.S. and Iraqi forces hunt for the man who was once one of Saddam's most senior deputies...
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Reports that Saddam Hussein's former top aide Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is in custody prove unfounded.
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Iraq was scrambling to confirm on  Monday whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the  run had been captured, after a day of government confusion with  top officials making contradictory statements.
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Iraq was scrambling to confirm on Monday whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run had been captured, after a day of government confusion with top officials making contradictory statements.
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Friday it was suspending its participation in cabinet because of legal steps being taken against one of its ministers, deepening the sectarian gulf between the country's politicians.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi&#39;s cousin has been released by his kidnappers, the Iraqi leader&#39;s office said Saturday. Ghazi Allawi, 75, had been abducted by gunmen from his Baghdad home on Nov.
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The Foreign Office has refused to discuss reports that Iraq hostage Ken Bigley managed to escape briefly before being recaptured and beheaded.
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A third Iraqi suspected of planning an attack against visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi during a visit to Germany has been remanded in custody, the German federal prosecutor revealed.
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A senior Iraqi official said Wednesday that a decision had been made to release a top female germ-warfare scientist for Saddam Hussein, but Iraq&#39;s leader and US officials
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Italy&#39;s government dismissed reports Wednesday that it paid $1 million to free two Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq and held for three weeks before being released Tuesday.
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Conflicting reports Sunday night, that the most wanted man from Saddam H ussein&#39;s regime in Iraq has been captured. Iraqi officials said all day they had the man, now they&#39;re backing off from that claim.
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Medical tests have shown that a man being held in Iraqi custody is not former president Saddam Hussein's deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Interior Ministry spokesman Sabah Kadhim said Monday.
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Saddam Hussein is being held at the U.S.  military base of Camp Cropper, near Baghdad, a top Iraqi  official said on Tuesday, confirming his long-suspected  location.
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Iraqi security forces detained an aide to the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid early Thursday at a gas station south of Baghdad, state-run television and a security official said.
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(Baghdad, Iraq-AP, Sept. 5, 2004 7:20 PM) ) Iraq&#39;s defense minister is casting doubt on the reported capture of Saddam Hussein&#39;s former right-hand man.