| A person detained north of Baghdad who may or may not be Saddam Hussein's henchman Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri is being given DNA tests to check his identity, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's office said late on Sunday. "Yes, they (Iraqi security forces) captured someone that might be him. They are waiting for the DNA tests so nothing is for sure yet," Allawi's spokesperson Taha Hussein told AFP. Confusion has shrouded the whereabouts of Ibrahim, the most wanted official of Saddam's regime still at large, since a senior Iraqi national guard commander denied reports by his subordinates and the interior ministry that their elusive quarry was now behind bars. The conflicting statements from Iraqi sources came amid US protestations that Ibrahim was not in their custody and that they had received no formal notification of any capture. The feared Saddam henchman accused of bankrolling much of the insurgency in Sunni Arab areas. |