Saddam cousin Chemical Ali caught
Former Iraqi official Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali for his use of poison gas in attacks, has been captured.
British military officials had believed Saddam Hussein`s cousin was killed in a bombing raid near the southern city of Basra in early April.
Ali was number five on a US list of the 55 Most Wanted Iraqis.
He was widely feared, and got his nickname for his role in 1988 chemical weapons attacks that killed thousands of Kurds in northern Iraq.
CNN said he was captured "several days" ago, but could give no details.
General Richard Myers, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in June that interrogations of Iraqi prisoners indicated that Chemical Ali might still be alive.
In addition the gas attacks on the Kurds in the north, Al-Majid was also linked to the bloody crackdown on Shiites in southern Iraq after their uprising after the 1991 Gulf War.
He was governor of Kuwait during Iraq's seven-month occupation in 1990-1991, which led to the first Gulf War.
He served as defence minister from 1991-95, as well as a regional party leader.
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