BAGHDAD, Dec 14: A cousin of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has been captured in the flash point city of Fallujah, where he was fighting with guerillas, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Tuesday.

Ezzeddine al Majid was arrested in the city last week, Allawi told the interim national assembly in Baghdad. "He is now in the hands of Iraqi security forces. There will be an inquiry and he will be judged.

"The members of the former regime, especially the hard core around Saddam Hussein, continue to do damage to Iraq and the Iraqis," he added. US-led troops killed hundreds of fighters during a massive assault in Fallujah last month, but have continued to face resistance in the flash point city that lies west of Baghdad.

Majid, 44, was accused in July by US authorites of helping organise and arm the resistance in Iraq, according to the New York Times. -AFP