[Dog]

He is dead!!!!

DEBKA has just posted this tidbit.

Iraqi police officer: Saddam Hussein’s 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

Looking for comfirmation!!!!!

[MEG33]

I looked at google news.The Telegraph story indicates this is from an Iraqi source ,with our military claiming no knowledge.

[John H K]

Iraqi police officer: Saddam Hussein’s 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.)