'Key fugitive Saddam aide dead'

BBC ^ | 11/11/05

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One of Saddam Hussein's closest aides, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has died, Iraq's former ruling Baath party says. "The leader of the resistance... died on 11 November, at 0220 [Thursday 2320 GMT]," the statement said. There is no independent confirmation.

Mr Douri, 63, was the most senior figure in the former regime still at large. The US had offered a $10m reward for information leading to his capture.

In recent years he was accused of financing insurgent groups in Iraq.

Kurdish threat

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was number six on the US list of 55 most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's regime. The top five have all been captured.

[freebird5850]

Which is why we should step things up.

[OneRatToGo]

That would make him an ex-fugitive.

[TASMANIANRED]

May he rest in eternal hades.

[budman_2001]

[TheDon]

He also had close ties to Islamists and was reported by Saddam's state-run newspaper in 1993 to have hosted a conference of over 1000 terrorists urging them to "conduct holy jihad against the United States".

Come now, we all know Iraq had no ties to Islamic terrorist organizations. < /rat meme >

[duckman]

"Yep, it is the red-haired creep"

How do you not find a red haired Arab? Has to stand out in a crowd.

[Right Wing Assault]

Somebody missed out on 10 million bucks!

[Kaslin]

Rooters also reports it. Here is the link from Yahoo. Senior Saddam aide dies: report

And this is posted in Iraq The Model

Friday, November 11, 2005

The rat of clubs is dead!
Saddam’s deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri has died.
No details on the cause of death were revealed.
AFP, via al-Hurra TV.

May he rot in the deepest hole of hell.

Posted by Omar @ 20:40

[Recovering_Democrat]

Ted Kennedy & Dick Durbin take to the floor of the Senate to demand an investigation!! Was this murderous torturer denied his Miranda rights????!!??

[TravisBickle]

We already got his former son-in-law.

[GSlob]

So the parrots are squeaking in chorus, which is not new, but encouraging [at least the parrots are, or seem to be, alive]. I'd like to see the body, and the DNA confirmation.

[penowa]

Didn't they tell us a long time ago that this guy had leukemia or cancer of some kind and was in Syria where he could get treatment?

[dc-zoo]

So Al Douri is Al Dead? Excellent!

[Wiz]

ping!!!

[Wiz]

ping

[Dog]

Wiz has this been confirmed?

[poindexter]

He slipped on a bar of soap?

[conservative blonde]

I guess that means he won't get his 70 virgins.

[Calpernia]

Another thread on Izzat here too:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520276/posts