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Baghdad: The US military in Baghdad on Thursday denied that Ezzat Ebrahim Al Douri, Saddam Hussain's former vice president, had been arrested in Salaheddin.
Iraqi army officers also denied the report, although Iraq's national security adviser Muwaffaq Al Rubaie said the army had arrested a group of terrorists and will conduct DNA tests.
"We can say at this stage that he is not under arrest for the coalition forces and we do not have any reports about the arrest by Iraqi security forces," the US military said in a statement.
Al Douri became the most-wanted former regime figure in Iraq after Saddam's capture in 2003. He is believed to have played a role in financing militant attacks.
Al Douri has been the only member of the former leadership headed by Saddam who had remained at large.
The U.S. army responded to inquiries by The France Press agency via e-mail saying, "We are aware of the information circulated by the press, about the arrest of Izzat Al Douri.
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