A half-brother and former adviser to Saddam Hussein has been captured in Iraq, sources in the interim government said today.
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti was number 36 on the US military's list of the 55 most wanted people in Iraq.
Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan, a half brother of Saddam Hussein
No other details were provided. An official announcement would be made soon, the sources said.
"Sabawi is captured, he's a big catch," one official in the government said.
Several months ago the interim government said Ibrahim was one of at least two former Baath Party officials directing the anti-American insurgency from Syria.
Ibrahim's brothers, Watban and Barzan, are already in custody at a US military-run facility on the outskirts of Baghdad and are due to be tried in coming months.
Most of the people on the 55-most-wanted list, issued during the war to overthrow Saddam's government, have been captured or have given themselves up.
Only about 10 people remain at large.