BAGHDAD: US forces captured Saddam Hussein’s half-brother Barzan here yesterday as they mopped up after a short, sharp war that has set the big powers at loggerheads over the future of Iraq.
US Army Brig-Gen Vincent Brooks told reporters that special forces captured Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, a former head of intelligence, in a raid.
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