A file photograph shows Izzat Ibrahim chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council during a military celebration in Baghdad February 16, 2003
Reuters: Hussein aide, insurgent leader al-Douri reported killed in Iraq: Iraqi governor
(Reuters) - A former aide to late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and a leader of Iraq's insurgency, Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, may have been killed by Iraqi forces and Shi'ite militias involved in an operation against insurgent forces.
Raed al-Jubouri, the governor of Salahuddin province, told al-Arabiya television that al-Douri had been killed, and the station broadcast a photo of a dead man who looked like al-Douri.
"This is a major victory for those involved in the operation," al-Jubouri said. "He is considered a mastermind for this terrorist group," he said, referring to Islamic State, an offshoot of al Qaeda which has taken swathes of Syria and Iraq.
More News On The Death Of Izzat Ibrahim
Saddam's ex-deputy Douri dies as suicide bomber in Tikrit -- Rudaw
Top Saddam aide Izzat al-Douri reportedly killed -- Al Arabiya
Iraq's Saddam Hussein loyalist killed near Tikrit -- Al Jazeera
Iraqi Officials Say Saddam Deputy Killed Near Tikrit -- AP
Top Iraqi militant Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri 'killed' -- BBC
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, 'mastermind of Islamic State in Iraq,' reportedly killed -- UPI
Saddam Hussein's notorious ginger deputy Izzat Douri 'killed fighting with Isis' -- IBTimes
Hussein deputy al-Douri killed, Iraqi state TV reports -- CNN
Saddam Hussein's former top aide killed in Iraq military operation -- FOX News
4 comments:
Groundskeeper Willie is dead.
ofs
I never pictured you as a Simpson's fan OFS. You made my laugh for today.
I'm not the satirist
I once was, but I love
the Simpsons and grew
up on Mad magazine.
On a more serious note.
I had recently wondered
when ISIS would turn on
the Baathist/Iraq Republican
Guards/Mukhabarat who have
contributed to their
success. It's about
time for the revolution
to start devouring itself.
Why was Izzat at that spot.
Who killed and who may have
set him up?
ofs
Why the Baathist have not risen? That is a good question.
MAD Magazine .... I paid good money as a teenager to get one copy of MAD Magazine when I was about 15 years in a "back alley" in Moscow .... and it was worth the money. The work that those guys did .... priceless. But I always loved the Spy vs. Spy segments. :)
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