Saddam's deputy tells his followers Americans are facing defeat in Iraq (al-Douri)

Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | July 8, 2007

[HAL9000]

Excerpt -

BAGHDAD: An audiotape said to be of Saddam Hussein's deputy said his group will keep fighting until the last foreign soldier withdraws from Iraq, saying the Americans are being defeated.

The audiotape purportedly from Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was obtained by The Associated Press in Baghdad on Sunday. It was impossible to determine its authenticity, but several Iraqis familiar with al-Douri's voice said they believed it from his.

It was also unclear when the audiotape was made but the comments referred to Saddam as a "martyr." He was hanged Dec. 30 for his role in the deaths of more than 140 Shiite Muslims more than 25 years ago.

In the tape, the speaker said that the leadership of Saddam's former Baath Party declared that "its only alternative is Jihad (holy war), and escalating Jihad, until the last soldier of the enemy flees the land of Iraq."

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[Sundog]

Nice.

Could the AP give us an update on the villages wiped out by Al Qaeda or give us an update on the rumor they have kidnapped boys, roasted them, and fed them to their families as a part of the persuasion to help them with their cause?

[Asclepius]

... saying the Americans are being defeated.

He must be watching e.g. CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, or listening to US senators or members of the house.

[John Valentine]

Saddam's deputy tells his followers Americans are facing defeat in Iraq (al-Douri)

This is wrong. Americans are facing defeat in the United States Senate.

[SevenMinusOne]

Exactly - The MSM are ugly and pathetic. They are doing all they can for our enemies within the PR aspect of this WOT.

[rfp1234]

[Anti-Bubba182]

" It was also unclear when the audiotape was made but the comments referred to Saddam as a "martyr." "

At least they believe Saddam is dead.

Al-Douri was weird looking for Iraq with his red hair. I thought he would be one of the first to be found because of his appearance.

[elhombrelibre]

This guy is probably in Damascus. Nonetheless, it is to people like him that Harry Reid are willing to turn Iraq over to out of sheer hatred for Bush.

[VR-21]

Sounds like he’s planning to run for Bloombergs office.

[jveritas]

Yes he is living in Syria. Typical delusional Arab, they never know when they are defeated. The Arabs like this idiot have been saying for four years now that the US is defeated in Iraq and that the US will withdraw very soon also the traitors and defeatists in our midst have been saying the same, but yet our brave troops are still on the offense in the heart of the Middle East annihilating the terrorists.

God bless our brave troops and President Bush.

[CarrotAndStick]

[Allegra]

Al-Douri was weird looking for Iraq with his red hair.

Light eyes and light hair aren't unheard of in Iraq, but you're right - red hair is very unusual.

[syriacus]

If we had not invaded Iraq, Saddam would have been cruising for trouble on the world stage by now. It was apparent that containment was failing more each day.

Saddam was thumbing his nose at weapons inspectors.
Uninspected planes were flying into Baghdad.
Saddam was shooting at our planes in the no-fly zone.
VIPs with connections to world governments were being "paid off" in the oil-for-food scandal.
Saddam was giving thousands of dollars to families of suicide bombers.
Saddam was brutalizing his own people and using them as guinea pigs in the development of his weapons.

Democrats who pretend things were going well in Iraq before we invaded are crazy.

Hillary Clinton doesn't care to fight for the right of Muslim women to make choices about their government through voting.

Even Obama, who acts like he is the new Abe Lincoln, doesn't seem to care that his father's people, the Muslims, were under Saddam's heel.

Hillary Clinton doesn't care to fight for the right of Muslim women to make choices about their government.

[elhombrelibre]

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri and Senator Reid are two men with the same goals.

Thanks for the insight Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri's location. I'd like to see his sleep interrupted one night by a JDAM.

[elhombrelibre]

Do you think that there was a Celt in the woodpile?

[Killborn]

There are quite a lot of people who look almost Western/European in the ME, especially Israel and Palestinians. At first glance, one wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between the two.

[jveritas]

Amen.

[elhombrelibre]

Here are some pictures of our Iraqi allies - ordinary citizens - in Diayala taking the fight to al Qaeda found on Iraq Slogger.

Obviously, this is bad news for comrades Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Reid, Pelosi, and many RINOs.

[jveritas]

The Surge is working great.

[Americanexpat]

So when does this guy become a marytr?

[RightWhale]

Most of the American Army will be withdrawn from Iraq. That is already being labelled defeat. What would victory be? Staying in Iraq forever?

[HAL9000]

red hair is very unusual.

It's probably dyed with henna.

[Mr_Tiki]

No, I believe he is in the Yemen. The Iraqi president also pointed this out some time ago. It is also clear from al-Douri’s rhetoric that his branch of the Baath party are anti-Syrian. Yemen is known to host some of the anti-Syrian Iraqi Baathists, although the authorities there denied the presence of Douri. But I don’t think they are telling the truth.

[herMANroberts]

Is this guy’s hanging scheduled yet?

[Mr_Tiki]

There are some ginger-haired people in Iraq, though not that many.

[elhombrelibre]

We’ve pretty good relations with Yemen. Why can’t we get him handed over to us?

[Marine_Uncle]

Anymore I take most of this stuff with a grain of salt. The broadcast could simply have been cleverly put together so that those in the Saddamist side of the resistance will think the old goat is still around and controlling stuff, as a moral boost. Then again. Perhaps he is alive and well, and is running part of the operation from Yemen, Syria, where ever.
He could be hunkered down in some very well concelled bunker in or around Tikrit for all we know.

[Mr_Tiki]

Good question. Probably because the Yemenis are denying that he is there. I read a lengthy report some months ago about the rivalry in the Baath leadership, with some leaders being pro-Syria and others are anti-Syria. Yemen was highlighted as the base for some of the anti-Syrian Iraqi Baathists

What is more important in my view is the presence of numerous other insurgent supporters in Jordan (another US ally). These include al-Qaeda supporters as well as Saddam’s daughters, which are still politically active. There ought to be greater pressure from the US on Jordan to hand over these thugs. Iraq already asked Jordan in the past to hand over some of those suspects but received no response from the Jordanians.