BAGHDAD, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Medical tests have shown that a manbeing held in Iraqi custody is not Saddam Hussein's former deputy,Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Interior Ministry spokesman said.  

   "The person that has been arrested, after appropriate medicaltests, was not al-Douri but somebody related to him, who is also wanted by the state," the spokesman said.

    On Sunday, Iraqi officials said they had nabbed al-Douri duringa raid on an area north of Baghdad, but later Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem al-Shaalan said the arrest was baseless.  

    The announcement followed 24 hours of confusion during whichseveral officials said Ibrahim had been captured.

    American officials believed al-Douri is playing an organizingrole in the 16-month insurgency that has plagued US forces in Iraq. Enditem