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U.S. Still Hunting Iraqi Guerilla Leader

The U.S. military denies reports that Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most wanted man in Iraq after Saddam Hussein and an alleged mastermind of guerrilla resistance, has been captured. After some 1,000 U.S. soldiers raided Hawija, near Kirkuk in the north, sources in Iraq's Governing Council said al-Douri had been captured or killed. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

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