Posted on 04/17/2015 8:02:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
BAGHDAD (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.
"For sure this will have an impact on them ... There will be a break among them," he said.
Baghdad has mounted an offensive against Islamic State and former Baathists once loyal to Saddam Hussein to retake territory in Iraq's Sunni heartland captured by jihadists last summer. Al-Douri was believed to be a key figure in that insurgency.
While Baghdad has announced al-Douri's death several times before, this time photos were circulating showing a man with similar features and red hair like al-Douri's. DNA from the body will be tested to confirm it is him, al-Jubouri.
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I was over at BBC Twitter saw this
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for later
This guy was Saddam’s VP and wanted for a long time. US raised the reward on his head to $10 million in November 2003.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=27756
He was believed to have fled Iraq and gone to Syria early in the war, but returned in recent years to lead the joint resistance of ISIS and the former Baath party.
Al-Douri, 72, was the King of Clubs and #6 on the Iraqi Most Wanted List.
Ezzat the last one . . . of the cards . . . . ???
I believe the top 13 have all now been captured or killed.
Highest remaining at large from the original deck is now:
No. 14/Jack of Clubs
Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hasan Taha al-Rawi
Chief of Iraqi Republican Guard (RG)
3 of the Jacks are still at large:
No. 14/Jack of Clubs
Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hasan Taha al-Rawi
Chief of Iraqi Republican Guard (RG)
No. 15/Jack of Hearts
Rafi abd al-Latif Tilfah al-Tikriti
Director, Directorate of General Security (DGS)
No. 16/Jack of Diamonds
Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti
Director, Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS)
The prize. It was purportedly one of his agents who met and escorted the 9/11 planners when they gathered in Malaya.
Al-Douri had been placed in charge of Northern Iraq during the war in March 2003 but retreated to Syria before Mosul fell to coalition forces in April. Because Turkey denied the US troops access at the last minute, Mosul and Northern Iraq fell only after Baghdad as all US forces came from the South.
2 weeks before the war, he shouted “Shut up, you monkey!” at a Kuwaiti diplomat.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/03/05/fight-erupts-at-muslim-nations-meeting/
Al-Douri became the most wanted man in the deck of cards after Saddam’s capture from a spider hole in December 2003.
Of course the irony of all this is that while Al-Douri may have been the leader of ISIS/Baath resistance, the US air power is now assisting Iranian ground forces to take over the country!
“Alleged” death photos.
“An Iraqi Ginger?”
I’d say he was more of an Albino than Ginger; although he got ginger hair and beard.. but his skin pigmentation or lack of, looks more albino.. mutation.
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