Ousted Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein is being held at a U.S. military base in Qatar, a British newspaper reported Wednesday.
Following his capture by U.S. forces late last year, Saddam was first moved to a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Gulf for investigations, The Independent said.
He was then -- at a time not specified by the report -- moved to Qatar under great secrecy, with even the state's royal family not informed of his presence. According to the newspaper, Saddam is held under high security at a vast American air base in Qatar.
In December, Qatar dismissed news reports that Saddam had been moved to the emirate, while Iraq's interim Governing Council insisted that he was still being held in Baghdad.
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