[blam]

"They said the body bore signs of torture, with hands and legs bound together."

Just for the fun of it apparently. Sick Islamic bastards!

[blam]

Saddam top aide's capture denied

BBC

A reward of $10m has been offered for Douri's capture

Reports that Saddam Hussein's top aide Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is in custody in Iraq have proved unfounded. Initial announcements by the Iraqi authorities suggested he had been arrested on Saturday while receiving treatment at a clinic near Tikrit.

But the US military have made it clear he is not in their custody, and the Iraqi national guard later denied involvement in any operation.

There have been several previous false reports about his arrest.

Mr Douri - known as Saddam Hussein's enforcer - has been described as the most senior figure in the former regime still at large, and the most wanted.

Mr Douri was Saddam Hussein's number two in the Revolutionary Command Council, and is sixth on the list of 55 most wanted members of the regime. The top five have all been captured or killed.

He is accused of financing insurgent groups, and has a $10m price tag on his head.

[nuconvert]

alDouri and 80 others captured plus 70 of his men killed .....

What a haul! Great Work!

[nuconvert]

PonG!

[basil]

Personally, I would prefer that they had killed the 80 others that they took as prisoners. Sure would save a lot of trouble in the long run.

[tiki]

-151 more terrorist in the world making it a little safer for school children. Monster pigs who deserve to wallow in their own slop for the rest of their lives.

[Savage219]

Shi'a districts residents fired AK-47s in the air in celebration. ........ i've always wondered why you don't hear of people being hit by falling bullets from all of the Arab shooting celebrations.... oh well

[No Blue States]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri (born July 1, 1942) was a military commander under the Iraq Saddam Hussein regime until 2003, and was vice-president and deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council.

His family hails from the region around Tikrit, where his father worked as an ice seller. Al-Douri is one of the three surviving plotters, along with former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Taha Yassin Ramadan, who brought the Ba'ath Party to power in a coup in 1968.

Following the coup, he continued to retain a prominent position in the Ba'ath regime. He played a key role in the chemical shelling of rebellious Kurdish villagers near the city of Halabjah in 1988 that resulted in the deaths of 5,000 civilians.

In Austria he has been implicated in war crimes. Following the Gulf War, he was frequently sent abroad to represent Iraqi interests. His daughter was briefly married to Uday Hussein al-Tikriti, a son of President Saddam Hussein. In 1998, he survived an assassination attempt against him in Karbala.

On March 20, 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq, leading to the toppling of the regime of President Saddam Hussein on April 9. Following the fall of Baghdad, al-Douri went into hiding and has been charged by U.S. officials to be involved in directing the subsequent Iraqi insurgency against U.S. forces. He is believed to be directing and funding guerilla attacks as well as brokering an alliance between Ba'athist insurgents and militant Islamists. Other reports, however, suggest that he is suffering from leukemia and is directing all his energy to avoiding capture.

He is the King of Clubs in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. Following the capture of Saddam Hussein he is now the most wanted man in Iraq.

He was widely considered to be the right hand man of Saddam Hussein.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri?

Yes, I believe it is.

[shield]

Good job...troops!!!

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS...THEY ARE DOING ONE H3LL OF A JOB!!!;o)

[JediForce]

DNC Talking points : We question the timing of this capture. We believe that it was timed to take away attention from Hurricane Frances.

Tom Dasshole's office responds...." I am deeply saddened by this situation and question the timing of this."

Kerry Campaign response: " I served in Cambod..er..ah..Vietnam.

[shrinkermd]

This was also the home town of Saladin the man who beat the Crusaders centuries ago. Saddam took great pride in that even though Saladin was rumored to be a Kurd.

[nuconvert]

Oh, CRUMB! They're backing off this story.......

[WayneM]

Only 70? I guess things can't always go well.