Article: Iraqi authorities claim to have captured senior member of ousted regime.

By Evan Osnos, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 7--BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities said Sunday that they captured Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most senior member still at large from Saddam Hussein's ousted regime, though one top Iraqi official later disputed the report.

Unlike after the capture of Hussein, no television footage of the man suspected of being Hussein's right-hand man was released. Inundated with questions, the U.S. military announced it knew nothing about a capture and did not have al-Douri in its custody.

"We are sure he is Izzat Ibrahim," said Ibrahim Janabi, a top adviser to Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. ...

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