Former Iraqi Vice-President ‘Captured’
And he was turned over to U.S. forces, the sources said, with no further elaboration. It turned out later that he was detained, along with his male sons, some friends and companions.
Ramadan, a close official to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his vice president for 12 years, is number 20 on America’s list of most wanted and the 10 of diamonds in the deck of playing cards depicting the suspects wanted by U.S. forces.
“With the arrest of his vice-president, I believe the net is tightening around Saddam,” Rafiq Al-Samara’e, former Iraqi intelligence chief, told Al-Jazeera.
Saddam is still at large four months after the U.S. forces rolled into Baghdad, April 9 allegedly mainly for his ouster.
“Now that Saddam might be arrested, or liquidated, is more potential than in any other time,” Samara’e added.
“The capture of Ramadan is also a fresh key crackdown on a new circle of the former regime,” former Amer Al-Nafaq, a London-based political analyst, said to the Qatar-based satellite channel.
Ramadan has been Saddam’s second in command for 12 years, a clear indication of the great influence and senior position he held in the ousted President’s inner circle.
