Iraq Govt. Seeks to Confirm if Saddam Aide Held
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Iraq's government was scrambling on  Sunday to confirm whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide  still on the run had been captured, as confident statements  that he had been seized gave way to doubt and confusion.
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The US government is under pressure from political opponents on whether Iraq's poll can be held as planned.
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BAGHDAD - Former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein met a defence lawyer for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.
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Japan's government said it was trying to confirm news reports that the Islamic militant group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi had taken a Japanese citizen hostage in Iraq and threatened to behead him.
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Iran is to make a formal complaint to Iraq over the arrest of several nationals by US troops in Baghdad.
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Iraq is scrambling to confirm whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run has been captured, after a day of government confusion with top officials making contradictory statements.
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The government said Monday it was investigating reports that members of a London-based radical Islamic group have been in contact with militants holding a British hostage in Iraq to urge his release.
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U.N. and U.S. officials that Iraq's interim government may try to eliminate candidates through pressure on the electoral commission.
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The chances of trying former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2004 are remote, a US official said Friday, casting doubt on remarks by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi who said the trial could begin as early as October.
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CANBERRA - Australia&#39;s foreign minister says it may be several days before the government can verify whether two Australian security guards have been taken hostage in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - In a day of conflicting statements, Iraqi authorities first said, then denied they had captured Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most senior member still at large from Saddam Hussein&#39;s ousted regime.
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A general in the Iraqi National Guard is  held by the US military over  suspected links to militants.
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Iraqi authorities are struggling to clear up the confusion over whether the most wanted member of Saddam Hussein&#39;s ousted dictatorship has been nabbed.
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Australia was investigating whether a foreigner found dead in central Iraq could be one of two Australians allegedly kidnapped in the country earlier this week, officials said.
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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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International aid organisation CARE is trying to secure the release of its Iraq director who was kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday morning.
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Iraqi and U.S. forces arrested a man believed to be the most-wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run in a bloody raid in which 70 of his supporters were killed and 80 captured, the Iraqi government said on ...