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Al Arabiya Reporting Al Douri May Have Been Captured

Al Arabiya:
A person who is suspected of being former Iraqi Vice President Ezzat Ibrahim al Douri has been captured in Hamreen in the governorate of Salah El Din in Iraq, according to security sources who spoke to Al Arabiya TV. The sources said he will be transferred to Baghdad for DNA tests. Al Douri's "representative" in Damascus, a person identified only as "Abu Ahmed" denied the news in an interview with al Arabiya and called the reports a "media fabrication." He claimed al Douri is in good health in a safe place, according to al Arabiya. (read the article>)

An English language report (Telegraph UK)

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