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Saddam's No 2 may have surrendered to coalition forces in Iraq: Kuwait TV
Kuwati TV ^ | 16 December 2003 | AFP

Posted on 12/16/2003 4:51:25 AM PST by 11th_VA

KUWAIT CITY : Saddam Hussein's fugitive number two, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, may have surrendered to US-led coalition forces in Iraq, Kuwait Television reported on Tuesday, quoting its correspondent in Baghdad.

The correspondent said on air that "the information is not confirmed and is confusing." He said that according to the information, Duri had given himself up on Tuesday morning and that no more details were available.

An official at Kuwait Television later told AFP that the station's correspondent was quoting Iraqi sources that had told him Duri had surrendered.

Number six on the US wartime list of most wanted Iraqi officials, Duri is now the highest-ranking official of the former regime still at large.

He has a US$10 million bounty on his head.

Ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was captured by US forces near his hometown of Tikrit on Saturday. - AFP


TOPICS: Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alduri; iraq; mostwanted; saddam; viceisclosed
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To: 11th_VA
Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri aka Krusty the Clown. Some have said he resembles Krusty the Clown. I hope there is a future episode of The Simpsons where Krusty visits Iraq on a USO tour and gets mistaken for Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri. Meanwhile Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri makes himself look like Krusty and takes his place on the USO tour.

Izzat Ibrahim al-Krusti?

21 posted on 12/16/2003 5:26:54 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Ladies and Gentlemen....WE GOT HIM!!!)
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To: PJ-Comix
Is this the guy who was supposedly co-ordinating the attacks?
22 posted on 12/16/2003 5:27:08 AM PST by 50sDad ("You used ALL THE GLUE on PURPOSE! It's a MAJOR AWARD!")
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To: 11th_VA
I found this:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105877,00.html

Report: Papers Link Saddam to al-Douri

Tuesday, December 16, 2003



WASHINGTON — Secret papers found in Saddam Hussein's (search) hiding place reveal that he had regular contact with the leader of the terrorists who oppose the U.S. presence in Iraq, military officials told The Post.



The papers prove Saddam communicated with Izzat Ibrahim al Douri (search), his former deputy in the Ba'ath Party - the political organization behind his reign of terror.

Details were sketchy, but the documents show Saddam was more deeply involved in the resistance than previously believed, the officials said.

And the farm complex in Adwar where Saddam was found hiding in a "spider hole" Saturday may have been a terrorist meeting spot.

People coming to see Saddam could get there by boat on the nearby Tigris River (search), the official said.

Saddam's communication with al-Douri is just part of a treasure trove of secrets found at the hiding place - which led yesterday to the arrests of two key Iraqi terror leaders.

U.S. officials said that crucial documents, found in the Butcher of Baghdad's briefcase, included a list of six names, including two financiers, two bomb makers, and the two arrested resistance leaders, described as distant relatives of Saddam.

The documents also detailed the structure and financing of eight to 12 vicious terror cells around Baghdad - of which the U.S. had known little.

The information should bring more arrests in the coming days, said officials.

"Some were things we already knew about and we just needed the intel to go after them. I think we'll get some significant intelligence over the next couple of days," said Gen. Mark Hertling of the Army's 1st Armored Division.

Uncovering Saddam's involvement with and knowledge of recent Ba'athist death-squad activities remains the first priority of CIA agents interrogating Saddam.

"I'm sure he was giving some guidance to some key figures in this insurgency. When you take down a mob boss, you don't know how much is going to come out of it," Hertling told reporters.

But so far, Saddam remains grumpy and uncooperative, sources said, spending much of Day 2 of his sessions with the CIA refusing to say much beyond "rote" political rhetoric.

"He's been fairly defiant," an official told Fox News. "While he's talkative, he's provided nothing substantial. His comments are self-serving, lengthy rationalizations of his behavior, and he punctuates a lot of it with wise-ass and deflective remarks."

When he was first found, Saddam immediately offered to negotiate, according to some reports.

Saddam, who was initially interviewed at a secure holding facility at the Baghdad International Airport, has been taken to a secret location inside Iraq.

According to U.S. officials briefed on the interrogation sessions, the ex-tyrant has gone through a series of wild mood swings since being captured on Saturday.

He was first reported to be "bewildered" and "disoriented" when he arrived in Baghdad.

But after a shower and nap on an army cot, he was defiant as he met with members of Iraq's governing body, claiming he was a "fair and just" ruler and that people found in mass graves were "thieves and army deserters."

"I found a very broken man," said governing council member Muffaq al-Rubaiye.

He said Saddam would not look at Iraq's political leadership during their meeting and seemed to be trying to make eye contact with Paul Bremer, the chief U.S. administrator in Iraq and Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.

"He was, I think, psychologically ruined and very demoralized. His body language showed that he was very miserable. He felt safer with the Americans," Rubaiye added.

Looking ahead, U.S. officials said they plan to treat him the same way they treated top Al Qaeda prisoners like 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheik Muhammad, meaning his interrogation could last for months and that he could be subjected to physical and psychological pressures.


For more news, entertainment and sports coverage, click here for NYPost.com.


23 posted on 12/16/2003 5:28:07 AM PST by Forgiven_Sinner (Praying for the Kingdom of God.)
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To: Coop
A coworker just told me this. Fantastic news if true. He's the one suspected of masterminding some or all of the insurgent attacks.
With both The Spider Rat and al-Duri out of the picture, there's a good chance the insurgents will spend as much time bickering and attacking each other as they will committing terrorist attacks. It will really wreck their coherency.

-Eric

24 posted on 12/16/2003 5:29:06 AM PST by E Rocc
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To: 11th_VA
I hope this report is true.
25 posted on 12/16/2003 5:29:16 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: 11th_VA
Yesterday a grim faced Al-Qaetie Couric claimed that Saddam's capture was merely symbolic and that Al-Duri was the real mastermind over in Iraq. Watch for Al-Qaetie Couric to be even more grim-faced with this news.
26 posted on 12/16/2003 5:29:25 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Ladies and Gentlemen....WE GOT HIM!!!)
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To: 11th_VA
Senator Pat Roberts was just on Fox & Friends confirming an unconfirmed report by Richard Armitage that says al Douri has surrendered. Confused yet?
27 posted on 12/16/2003 5:30:28 AM PST by Republican Red (Karmic hugs welcomed!)
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To: 50sDad
He's the one suspected of masterminding some or all of the insurgent attacks.
28 posted on 12/16/2003 5:30:36 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: E Rocc
With both The Spider Rat and al-Duri out of the picture, there's a good chance the insurgents will spend as much time bickering and attacking each other as they will committing terrorist attacks.

They had some video today of a few Baathist loyalists rioting because they felt humiliated by the way Saddam surrendered without a fight and looking like a bum in the rat hole who looked like he went months without a Baath.

29 posted on 12/16/2003 5:32:15 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Ladies and Gentlemen....WE GOT HIM!!!)
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To: Republican Red
The Rats are crawling out of their Rat Holes. Meanwhile here in the states the Rats are highly demoralized.
30 posted on 12/16/2003 5:33:23 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Ladies and Gentlemen....WE GOT HIM!!!)
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To: PJ-Comix
Katie was wearing black again this morning and looked rather haggard, so it MUST be true.



Am I the only person who thinks al Douri looks Irish? You sure don't see many Iraqi's with red hair and freckles.
31 posted on 12/16/2003 5:35:02 AM PST by Muzzle_em
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To: Forgiven_Sinner
If we were able to eventually break down Khalid Sheik Muhammad, which we did, we should have far less trouble with Saddam. He's a coward who feels betrayed by his own countrymen.
32 posted on 12/16/2003 5:35:18 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: PJ-Comix
BUMP
33 posted on 12/16/2003 5:35:44 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
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To: Forgiven_Sinner
"He's been fairly defiant," an official told Fox News. "While he's talkative, he's provided nothing substantial. His comments are self-serving, lengthy rationalizations of his behavior, and he punctuates a lot of it with wise-ass and deflective remarks."

Let's see how wise-ass and deflective he'll be after a few Q&A sessions with Jordanian interviewers.
34 posted on 12/16/2003 5:36:54 AM PST by aruanan
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To: MEG33
News from Kuwaiti sources is usually about as reliable as debkrap. But it would seem reasonable at this point. If true, I think the insurgency is finished.
35 posted on 12/16/2003 5:37:03 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: 11th_VA
This guy is at least as dangerous as Saddam was.
I pray we got him.
36 posted on 12/16/2003 5:38:24 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Ain't Skeered...)
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To: Republican Red
Senator Pat Roberts was just on Fox & Friends confirming an unconfirmed report by Richard Armitage that says al Douri has surrendered. Confused yet?

Please clarify. I presume you meant that Sen. Roberts was saying any reports are still unconfirmed. Yes?

37 posted on 12/16/2003 5:38:30 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: 11th_VA
Fabulous news! If you drain the ~$1 billion in loose cash these old Saddam leader's had to spread around rewarding the insurrection, and these activities will start to dry up quickly. Not that all this stuff will be over, but the intensity and frequency of the attacks is bound to subside, despite the desperate wishes of Demo presidential candidates and French/Russian sympathizers.

Let's project what the next six months might look like: Iraq rapidly rebuilding as the cash authorized by Congress finally gets through the pipeline; Saddam being put on trial and the daily recounting of his crimes and horrors being broadcast to the world; the Iraqi Governing Council finally starting to take some more responsibility in advance of the transfer of power; other Arab states slinking covertly to the US to confess their sins and begging for forgiveness; etc. etc.

And then imagine Howard Dean and his ilk trying to continue their campaign of hatred for the Bush Administration. Sounds like a encouraging period for the USA and its defenders/supporters (too bad, Demo Underground).

38 posted on 12/16/2003 5:40:05 AM PST by ReleaseTheHounds
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To: E Rocc; hchutch
With both The Spider Rat and al-Duri out of the picture, there's a good chance the insurgents will spend as much time bickering and attacking each other as they will committing terrorist attacks. It will really wreck their coherency.

What we should do is release a senior insurgent. Drop him off in front of a known haunt for insurgents. Thank him profusely, and stuff a big wad of cash in his pocket. (c8

39 posted on 12/16/2003 5:40:44 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: 11th_VA
"Saddam's No 2 may have surrendered to coalition forces in Iraq: Kuwait TV"

I would imagine Saddam's No 2 is still in that hole, where he left it when the Americans showed up.

40 posted on 12/16/2003 5:41:07 AM PST by Freemyland
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