Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

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:

============

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
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-85 next last

1 posted on 12/02/2003 2:40:47 AM PST by GulliverSwift
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift
Tuning in but haven't found it.
2 posted on 12/02/2003 2:43:41 AM PST by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MEG33
Here's an article posted by kattracks

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1032180/posts
3 posted on 12/02/2003 2:46:03 AM PST by GulliverSwift (Howard Dean is the Joker's long-lost twin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift; kattracks
I heard it on MSNBC just now..
4 posted on 12/02/2003 2:47:11 AM PST by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MEG33
FOX NEWS ALERT!

Report: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Possibly Caught


5 posted on 12/02/2003 2:49:52 AM PST by RobFromGa (Bring Us Your Talented Individuals, Your Visionaries Yearning to Be Free. Keep the Huddled Masses)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift; kattracks
You beat Kattracks. Has that ever been done before?
6 posted on 12/02/2003 2:49:52 AM PST by leadpenny
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift
Top Saddam Deputy Possibly Caught, Politician Says

Dec. 2 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Izzat Ibrahim, a top lieutenant of Saddam Hussein and one of the most wanted men in Iraq, may have been killed or captured in a U.S. raid in the city of Kirkuk, a member of the Governing Council said Tuesday. "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," Mowaffaq al-Rubaie said, adding that he had been in contact with U.S. forces. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Army. The U.S. military said last month that Ibrahim was directly involved in attacks on U.S. troops, and put a $10 million price on his head. U.S. forces said they detained Ibrahim's wife and daughter in the town of Samarra. November was the deadliest month for American troops since the start of the war that ousted Saddam, with at least 74 killed in action. Occupying forces also suffered their deadliest single attack during the month, a car bombing in the southern town of Nassiriya that killed 19 Italians and nine Iraqis. A reward of $25 million is still outstanding for information leading to the capture or death of Saddam.


7 posted on 12/02/2003 2:50:47 AM PST by kattracks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift
While we wait...

SADDAM'S ASSASSIN

Dec 2 2003

Dictator's loyal pal is leading attacks on US troops

By Keith Mcleod

RUTHLESS hardliner Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is now the most wanted man in Iraq after Saddam Hussein himself. US intelligence sources believe Saddam's henchman orchestrated many of the attacks on Allied soldiers since the war ended, including yesterday's assaults on two US convoys in the northern city of Samarra.

Soldiers killed 46 Iraqis many of whom were wearing the black uniforms of the Fedayeen militia during the co-ordinated strikes.

Middle East expert for military magazine Jane's Defence Weekly, Hazhir Teimourian, said: ''My sources in the Kurdish regions to the north say al-Douri has tried to flee the country but has been thwarted.

''He obviously feels he has no alternative but to attack American and softer civilian targets.''

Al-Douri, 61, was Saddam's most trusted aide during 30 years of dictatorship.

He was one of the key plotters of the 1968 revolution in Iraq that brought the Baath Party to power.

He held the key role of deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces and was also vice-chairman of the revolutionary command council.

Al-Douri was one of Iraq's most aggressive hawks during the eightyear war with neighbouring Iran, which cost hundreds of thousands of lives with no gain for either side.

Within months of that war ending in 1988, he turned his attention to Kurds in northern Iraq.

Thousands of men, women and children were killed in a chemical attack on the town of Halabja.

At the start of the 1991 Gulf war, as a chilling warning to other Kurds not to rise up against Saddam, al-Douri told them: ''If you have forgotten Halabja, we are ready to repeat the operation.''

The son of an ice seller, al-Douri was born in 1942 near Tikrit, Saddam's home city.

He joined the Baath Party and quickly moved up the ranks.

After planning the 1968 coup, he served as both agriculture and interior minister.

In the latter role, he gained a fearful reputation as the regime'senforcer. Ordinary Iraqis who were seen as any kind of threat were arrested in the middle of the night and tortured under his reign of terror.

Despite his distinctive ginger hair, unusual for an Iraqi, and suffering from leukaemia in recent years, al-Douri has proved an elusive target for his enemies, though he has had a few lucky escapes.

He narrowly survived an assassination attempt at Karbala in 1998. And, in 1999, while in Viennagetting treatment for his cancer, he was almost arrested on war crimes charges. He fled Austria just before being served with a warrant.

Al-Douri, whose daughter was married to Saddam's son Uday, was given responsibility for the Mosul military zone in the north when the war started earlier this year.

Last week, his wife and daughter were arrested by US forces.

Teimourian added: ''Everyone thought thecancerwould kill al-Douri but he seems to have recovered.

''It is difficult for him to run because, with his distinctive looks, Syria wants nothing to do with him.

''He is and always has been a thug andayes-man to Saddam. He has held high office but these were really nominal positions since all decisions were made by Saddam or his sons.

''He owes everything to his dogged loyalty to Saddam.

''Even when Uday humiliated al-Douri's daughter in a very public way in ending their marriage, he remained loyal to the regime.''

 


8 posted on 12/02/2003 2:51:52 AM PST by RobFromGa (Bring Us Your Talented Individuals, Your Visionaries Yearning to Be Free. Keep the Huddled Masses)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RobFromGa
Thanks.Hope we have him.
9 posted on 12/02/2003 2:55:49 AM PST by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
Samarra is the town where our troops recently aced a bunch of those fedeyeen. I wouldn't be surprised if al Duri was in the area.

Also, take note of this snippet from another article on the guy - in light of the months we heard from the libs that IRaq was secular and couldn't possibly work with Islamicist terrorists...:

Duri, now 61, was the prime mover behind the ousted regime's adoption of Islamist rhetoric through the 1990s and stands accused by the coalition of playing a leading role in the persistent attacks on its troops.

If I remember right it there have been articles about that said the Iraqi VP who played go-between with Iraq and al Qaeda.

10 posted on 12/02/2003 2:56:12 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift
Allah, paging Allah: 72 more virgins needed, STAT!!
11 posted on 12/02/2003 2:59:12 AM PST by bullseye1911 (Artificial intelligence doesn't impress me, I'm waiting for artificial cunning.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: leadpenny
LOL.

It would be nice if this story can get officially confirmed.
12 posted on 12/02/2003 3:03:02 AM PST by GulliverSwift (Howard Dean is the Joker's long-lost twin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift
Some say its possibly his liason officers that were captured..Fox from Baghdad says tracking it down to comfirm big guy capture.Mentioned they have captured his physician.
13 posted on 12/02/2003 3:08:50 AM PST by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: GulliverSwift
Jim Maceda referred to him as #6, the King of Clubs. Charles McCord said he had been the #2 under Saddam. Dead or Alive, Maceda said it is "a really big catch."

Imus asked him if there is any reaction to Hillary's visit. Maceda said, "not really."
14 posted on 12/02/2003 3:13:41 AM PST by leadpenny
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: MEG33
Hopefully they have caught this piece of sh!t, preferably alive...but I won't shed too many tears if he's worm food.
15 posted on 12/02/2003 3:14:51 AM PST by GOPyouth (De Oppresso Liber! Heather Nauert is all that is woman!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: leadpenny
Imus asked him if there is any reaction to Hillary's visit. Maceda said, "not really."

===
Heheh.
16 posted on 12/02/2003 3:14:53 AM PST by GulliverSwift (Howard Dean is the Joker's long-lost twin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: leadpenny
Nerdwithamachinegun works with the Provisional Coalition Authority and said other than knocking him out of his seating in the dining hall,Hillary's visit was a non event.
17 posted on 12/02/2003 3:20:11 AM PST by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: RobFromGa
Soldiers killed 46 Iraqis many of whom were wearing the black uniforms of the Fedayeen militia during the co-ordinated strikes.

I have serious doubts they were all iraqis.

18 posted on 12/02/2003 3:38:42 AM PST by glock rocks (molon labe)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: MEG33; areafiftyone
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!!!!!

19 posted on 12/02/2003 3:40:41 AM PST by Dog (George W. Bush - - - -" Avenger of the Bones..")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Dog
I looked at google news.The Telegraph story indicates this is from an Iraqi source ,with our military claiming no knowledge.
20 posted on 12/02/2003 3:47:19 AM PST by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-85 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson