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  • Saddam lieutenant calls for Baath Party insurgents to stop fighting

    11/07/2006 3:29:56 PM PST · by jmc1969 · 42 replies · 2,708+ views
    AP ^ | November 7 2006
    Saddam Hussein's former second in command, now a fugitive with a $10 million bounty on his head, has ordered Baath party bosses still in Iraq to cease attacks, according to government and parliamentary officials who claimed knowledge of the developments. Four officials in the Iraqi government and parliament, each in a position to hear about largely secret efforts to reach accord with members of the Sunni insurgency, said former Iraqi vice president Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri has ordered Baath party bosses still in Iraq to end attacks within the past two days. The officials, who said they knew about the order...