Saddam Deputy Possibly Captured or Killed (Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri)

MSNBC | 12/02/03 | Reuters

[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.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Rats, thought this would happen soon. Need to get this guy oput of circulation to see if Saddam is really alive.

[MEG33]

I step away from the board a few hours and look what happens ;(

[TexKat]

Iknew it was something before I left for work this morning when on Fox and Friends there was no confirmation. It appears that the media is going by what some of the Iraqis tell them. They (the media) will never learn.

[Salvation]

Hoping this is true also!

[OXENinFLA]