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Saddam Deputy Possibly Captured or Killed (Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri)
MSNBC
| 12/02/03
| Reuters
Posted on 12/02/2003 2:40:46 AM PST by GulliverSwift
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:
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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 for Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri and other top officials of the former regime following intelligence reports he was in the region," said the official.
The operation was concentrated on the town of Hawijah, 45 kilometres (nearly 30 miles) to the west of Kirkuk, and the village of Rashad, 60 kilometres (nearly 40 miles) to the south, he added.
Duri is Saddam's longtime deputy and alleged paymaster of many attacks on US-led coalition troops. He is the highest-ranking official of the former regime still at large, apart from the ousted president himself.
Earlier this month, US commanders posted a 10-million-dollar bounty on Duri's head and sent in warplanes to destroy two of his homes near the town of Samarra further south that they charged had been used to mount attacks.
TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: aldouri; alduri; douri; duri; elvisbinladen; iraq; izzatibrahimalduri; saddam; saddamites
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To: prairiebreeze
Here's a thread
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:35:36 AM PST
by
MEG33
(Deleted but not defeated over Hillary)
To: MEG33
Let's hope this proves to be true. We're taking the major players out of action, one at a time.
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:39:04 AM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: MEG33
I'd like to see confirmation from one of our guys, but if we've got him alive, I want him squeezed good.
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:40:49 AM PST
by
Catspaw
To: Peach
It would be great to catch him..good to discombobulate the fayadeen.
44
posted on
12/02/2003 4:41:58 AM PST
by
MEG33
(Deleted but not defeated over Hillary)
To: Catspaw
I am trying to keep my positive thinking cap on until denied.I was getting too gloomy!
45
posted on
12/02/2003 4:43:26 AM PST
by
MEG33
(Deleted but not defeated over Hillary)
To: MEG33
Thanks. His name is spelled differently in the article i posted. Didn't turn up in search
Prairie
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:48:58 AM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(They aren't attackers, militants, assailants, insugents or resistors. They are THE ENEMY!!!!)
To: Dog
Iraqi police officer: Saddam Husseins top deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was killed in US search operation in the town Hawijah 30 miles west of Kirkuk and Rashad 40 miles to the south. Saturday
WOW! DUMBKA is amazing! They can read the Reuters wire and repeat Reuters without giving them attribution!
(They went ahead and said he's "dead" instead of "possibly dead," I'm sure, so that if he is dead they can pretend to claim they "broke" that he's dead, and if he isn't, people will forget and simply blame the people that actually broke the story, Reuters.)
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:50:47 AM PST
by
John H K
To: prairiebreeze
Hoping this is true!
48
posted on
12/02/2003 4:51:37 AM PST
by
MEG33
(Deleted but not defeated over Hillary)
To: GulliverSwift; All
Who's got a link to the Iraqi leaders playing card status page?
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:51:43 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
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To: MEG33
Me too MEG. Me too.
Prairie
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:52:12 AM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(They aren't attackers, militants, assailants, insugents or resistors. They are THE ENEMY!!!!)
To: FreedomPoster
It would be on Flengineer's homepage.Right at the top.
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posted on
12/02/2003 4:57:56 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
Thanks!
52
posted on
12/02/2003 5:07:48 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
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To: FreedomPoster
Your welcome.
53
posted on
12/02/2003 5:08:31 AM PST
by
MEG33
``There was a major action against a highly suspicious objective last night in Kirkuk and it is very possible that Izzat Ibrahim has been captured or killed,'' Reuters cited the council member, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, as saying in the capital, Baghdad. Al- Rubaie said he had been in contact with the U.S. military.
The U.S.-led coalition last month offered a $10 million reward for information leading to al-Duri's capture. Al-Duri is ``directly implicated'' in some attacks on coalition forces, and the U.S. seeks his capture or death, Brigadier General Mark Kimmett said in announcing the reward. Al-Duri is the highest- ranking fugitive from the regime after No. 1-ranked Hussein.
There was no immediate information on al-Duri's fate as a result of the search, a U.S. military spokesman in Kirkuk said in a telephone interview. The hunt was led by the 173rd Airborne Brigade, using Black Hawk helicopters, with support from the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and police, another spokesman said. (rooters) Last week, U.S. troops arrested a wife and a daughter of al-Douri in an apparent attempt to pressure him into surrendering.
In Baghdad, workers on Tuesday began dismantling four giant bronze busts of Saddam Hussein that have long been a Baghdad landmark.
The workers used a construction crane to take down the busts in the Republican Palace, in yet another move aimed at eradicating the former leader's influence. The U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority announced last month that it would dismantle the 13-feet-high busts. It was not clear how long the operation would last.
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posted on
12/02/2003 5:11:12 AM PST
by
anglian
To: GulliverSwift
Bye Bye!
I really hope these reports are accurate!
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posted on
12/02/2003 5:18:58 AM PST
by
CurlyBill
(Voter fraud is one of the primary campaign strategies of the Democrats!!!!)
To: anglian
Al Duri may have been killed or captured. This is not news. This is the possibility of news. Saddam's WMD intentions may have been documented. Syria may have helped Saddam buy banned missle technology. Howard Dean may have a secret life crossdressing as streetwalker named Alice. May or may not means nothing.
To: GulliverSwift; FL_engineer
You may want to keep an eye on the FReeper pager today just in case this can be confirmed (at the moment, it's "The king of spades may have been killed or captured" - emphasis added).
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posted on
12/02/2003 5:31:06 AM PST
by
steveegg
(Property tax freeze? Since Craps Doyle vetoed, RECALL - countdown is now 35 days (late update))
To: CurlyBill
I hope they beat him like a red-headed step child!
(With apologies to any RHSC in the group.)
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posted on
12/02/2003 5:32:30 AM PST
by
ISonnet
To: FreedomPoster; MEG33
FL_engineer's been paged so he can keep a close eye on this "maybe" big story.
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posted on
12/02/2003 5:33:30 AM PST
by
steveegg
(Property tax freeze? Since Craps Doyle vetoed, RECALL - countdown is now 35 days (late update))
To: steveegg
Good call.
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posted on
12/02/2003 5:51:20 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
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