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<p>WASHINGTON — Secret papers found in Saddam Hussein's (search) hiding place reveal that he had regular contact with the leader of the terrorists who oppose the U.S. presence in Iraq, military officials told The Post.</p> <p>The papers prove Saddam communicated with Izzat Ibrahim al Douri (search), his former deputy in the Ba'ath Party - the political organization behind his reign of terror.</p>

<p>The U.S. military found a treasure trove of documents on Saddam Hussein when he was captured -- some of which could prove that he had been commanding and financing guerrilla attacks against the coalition, Fox News has learned.</p> <p>Earlier Tuesday, there were unconfirmed reports that Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (search), No. 6 on the U.S. military's 55 Most Wanted (search) list, had turned himself in. But Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told a morning news program that the report was unfounded.</p>

THE reputed head of the Iraqi insurgency surrendered to US forces at dawn yesterday, Al-Arabiya television reported last night. The reported surrender of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking member of the former regime still at large, follows the arrest at the weekend of two leaders of the insurgency along with Saddam Hussein. Anti-US raids continued last night in Iraq, with two US soldiers severely wounded in an ambush in Hussein's home town of Tikrit. The injured troops, one with head wounds, were rushed on stretchers to a US Army 4th Infantry Division base for treatment. The latest attack on...

US closing in on Saddam man 06/12/2003 17:04 - (SA) Baghdad - US troops acting on a tip about one of the wives of Saddam Hussein's fugitive number two Izzat Ibrahim on Saturday detained the brother of a security guard from Ibrahim's office. The detention was the latest step in a massive country-wide manhunt for Ibrahim, who has a $10m bounty on his head. Troops took away the man, whose name was not immediately available, after they raided a house in southeast Baghdad on Saturday afternoon. "The other brother, who is not here, worked as security in the office that...

Aide to Saddam's number two detained December 3, 2003 - 8:42AM US troops detained the private secretary of Saddam Hussein's fugitive number two, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, during a massive sweep in the Iraqi town of Hawijah today, police chief Awad al-Obeidi told AFP. "Saad Mohammed al-Duri was arrested in a house in the Hawijah area, where he was hiding," Obeidi said in Iraq's northern oil capital by telephone. Kirkuk's police chief, General Turhan Yusef, said $US40,000 ($55,134) was found in the man's possession, which was "suspected of being used to finance attacks on the US-led coalition". The police general said...

Saddam No.2's aide detained From correspondents in Kirkuk, Iraq December 3, 2003 US troops detained the private secretary of Saddam Hussein's fugitive number two, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, during a massive sweep in the Iraqi town of Hawijah today, its police chief Awad al-Obeidi said. "Saad Mohammed al-Douri was arrested in a house in the Hawijah area, where he was hiding," Obeidi said in Iraq's northern oil capital by telephone. Kirkuk's police chief, General Turhan Yusef, said $US40,000 was found in the man's possession, which was suspected of being used to finance attacks on the US-led coalition. Across north-central Iraq, more...

Iraq's King of Clubs Said to Have Evaded U.S. Capture US troops conducted a massive raid near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk today, but denied reports that Saddam Hussein’s right hand man – the King of Clubs in the most wanted list – had been captured. A member of Iraq’s Governing Council said Saddam Hussein’s top former deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri – the most wanted man in Iraq after the deposed dictator – was the target of the raid. But US army spokesman Sergeant Robert Cargie said “We get our information from the 173rd (Airborne Brigade) and the 173rd...

They just quoted the US military. Izzy has not been captured.

KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. troops may have killed or arrested Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam Hussein's top former deputy who is suspected of leading the anti-U.S. insurgency, an Iraqi official said Tuesday. Officials of the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad said they had no information on the report. Al-Douri, No. 6 on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis, may have been arrested or killed in a U.S. raid in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, a senior Kurdish official in Kirkuk said on condition of anonymity. "I heard he might have been killed or captured," the official said, citing sources in his political...

I just saw something on MSNBC that Saddam Hussein's top deputy may have been captured or killed. Here's an older article about the search for him: ============ US launches massive search in northern Iraq for Saddam's deputy KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - The US military launched a massive search operation around Iraq (news - web sites)'s northern oil centre overnight in its intensifying hunt for Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, a senior police official said. "It's the biggest search operation ever launched around here," the official in Kirkuk told AFP, asking not be identified. "They're searching...

<p>November 27, 2003 -- BAGHDAD, Iraq - American troops hunting for a top Saddam Hussein deputy who's masterminding anti-U.S. attacks arrested his wife and daughter in an apparent attempt to pressure his surrender. Troops of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division in Samarra, 70 miles north of Baghdad, arrested the wife and daughter of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a top Saddam associate, division spokesman Lt. Col. William MacDonald said Wednesday.</p>

TIKRIT, Iraq - U.S. troops arrested the wife and daughter of leading Iraqi fugitive Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who is suspected of masterminding some of the attacks against coalition forces, a U.S. official said Wednesday. Al-Douri's wife and daughter, whose names were not immediately available, were apprehended Tuesday during a raid in Samarra, 70 miles north of Baghdad, according to Lt. Col. William MacDonald, spokesman of the 4th Infantry Division. A man identified as the son of a physician was also taken into custody, he said. Al-Douri, No. 6 on the list of the 55 Most Wanted regime figures, has been...

The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq Nov. 26 — U.S. troops arrested the wife and daughter of a top Saddam Hussein deputy suspected of masterminding attacks on U.S. troops, and a major pipeline linking northern Iraqi oilfields to the country's biggest refinery was ablaze Wednesday. Hours after large explosions shook the center of Baghdad near U.S. headquarters, the visiting British foreign secretary said Iraq will be a safer place once the U.S.- and British-led coalition hands over power to an Iraqi government. Troops of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division in Samarra, 70 miles north of Baghdad, arrested the wife and daughter...

Coalition Puts $10 Million Bounty on Former Regime Official By John D. BanusiewiczAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2003 – A key member of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime now has a $10 million price on his head, Coalition Provisional Authority officials said at a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, today. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, former vice president of Saddam's revolutionary council and No. 6 on the coalition's most-wanted list, is believed to be behind some recent attacks against coalition forces and Iraqis, said senior coalition spokesman Dan Senor. In the Defense Department's 55-card deck depicting wanted former regime officials,...

AMERICAN and British intelligence are in secret negotiations to seize Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man. General Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam’s former deputy, is believed to be at the pinnacle of a pyramid of terrorists, mercenaries and supporters of the old regime waging war on allied forces in Iraq. Exclusive interviews with Paul Bremer, who runs the US-led coalition provisional authority, Dr David Kay, head of the Iraqi survey group that is searching for Saddam’s weapons, and senior military and intelligence officers in Iraq have revealed that the Americans have stepped up their efforts to seize al-Douri and stem the flow of...

Saddam 'not organising' Iraqi anti-US resistance By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad 04 November 2003 A senior Iraqi official said yesterday there was no truth in claims by the Pentagon that Saddam Hussein and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, one of his aides, were orchestrating anti-US resistance in Iraq. In an interview with The Independent, the official - a veteran opposition leader to the former Iraqi regime now working for the Governing Council, who did not want his name published - believed the organisers of the resistance came from "the middle levels of the Baath party". He said: "Saddam Hussein is not able...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A former Iraqi general, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, is reported to be coordinating attacks in Iraq by foreign fighters and Iraqi regime loyalists, a US defense official said. "There are reports that the al-Douri is coordinating the attacks," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The reports in military channels fingering al-Douri as the coordinator of the attacks probably came from the recent capture in Mosul of a former secretary of al-Douri and two senior members of Ansar al-Islam who were close to the general, the official said. Number six on the US list of 55...

A SENIOR member of Saddam Hussein's ousted government is believed to be helping coordinate attacks on American forces with members of a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda, a senior defence official said. Two captured members of Ansar al-Islam have said Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is helping to coordinate their attacks, the official said today. That information is the first solid evidence of links between remnants of Saddam's regime and the non-Iraqi fighters responsible for at least some of the attacks on US forces and their Iraqi allies, the official said. Pentagon officials say Ansar al-Islam, which operated in northern Iraq before...

Ba'ath official held as soldiers die Oct 2 2003 American soldiers have arrested a suspected former Ba'ath Party official in northern Iraq, as three American soldiers were killed in separate attacks. A soldier from the 1st Armoured Division was shot and killed while on patrol in the al-Mansour district of western Baghdad, the US command said. A female soldier from the 4th Infantry Division also died when a roadside bomb exploded about 300 yards from the main US base in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown. Two other soldiers were wounded in the blast. Another soldier from the 4th Infantry Division died...

<p>MOSUL, Iraq (AP) U.S. forces have detained an aide to one of Saddam Hussein's most trusted advisers who is high on America's most-wanted list of Iraqis, a U.S. commander in northern Iraq announced Thursday. The U.S. military also issued a televised plea for the former Iraqi defense minister to surrender.</p>