Posted on 04/17/2015 2:36:54 PM PDT by dead
A fugitive Iraqi militant leader and the former right-hand man of Saddam Hussein has reportedly been killed in a skirmish.
Iraqi officials said Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri had died in fighting with government troops in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad.
Al-Douri, 72, headed the Naqshbandi Order insurgent group, an important faction behind the recent rise of ISIS.
He was one of Saddam's most trusted henchmen, helping to lead his 1968 bloodless coup. Both Al-Douri and Saddam came from the same Tikriti tribal background.
He was then deputy to Saddam when he was deposed following the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Following the execution of Saddam Hussein on 30 December, 2006, Al-Douri was confirmed as the new leader of the banned Ba'ath Party.
Al-Douri was deemed the most high-profile official of Saddam's Ba'ath Party to evade capture after the invasion.
He was ranked sixth on the US military's list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis after offensive to overthrow Saddam and had a $10m bounty on his head.
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I hope this statement doesn’t hurt anyone’s sensitivity.....but I don’t care about anyone in Iraq....this a domestic civil war, 5000 miles away....who cares???
If you think I should be concerned, leave me a note!
Izzat true? Is he merely dead or is he really most sincerely dead?
That’s really a gross photo.
Hell of a special effects job. Danny Trejo said it really creeped him out.
I wonder how they got his head back on.
Izzat a question?
Wasn’t he the little guy who played the storekeeper in Open Range?
Wish you had been in charge and truly against “nation building” - otherwise carry on.
Key Saddam aide ‘died of cancer’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4429608.stm
The real question is why did he live so long?
Heisenburg
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