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Saddam's Half Brother Captured

Allied forces have captured a half brother of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq, a U.S. official said Sunday.

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Allied forces have captured a half brother of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq, a U.S. official said Sunday.

Watban Ibrahim Hassan, who had in the past served as an adviser to his half brother, was captured near Mosul as he apparently tried to flee to Syria, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Hassan had fallen out of favor with Saddam in 1995 and was dismissed as Iraq's interior minister, head of the regime's secret police and other domestic security agencies. Saddam viewed Hassan as a threat and kept a close watch on him, the official said. Saddam's son Uday is reported to have shot Hassan around the time of his dismissal as interior minister.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday that several top Iraqi officials had made it to Syria, with some remaining there and others moving on to different countries.

Rumsfeld said he did not have solid evidence about the fate of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but "that regime is history forever... He either is dead or he is going to be caught; we'll find him, the world will find him."

Source: Agencies

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