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Former Baath official and deputy to deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
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File picture dated September 5, 2004 of Izzat Al-Douri, who had been the most senior aide to Saddam Hussein. (Reuters)
Opinion: A Relic of the Past
Izzat Al-Douri was a figure of little consequence when he was the deputy of Iraq’s late President Saddam Hussein, and he has been of little significance since the Ba’ath Party collapsed and his president and other commanders were executed. What brought Douri back to...Caption:
A destroyed car is moved from the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad’s Allawi neighborhood, in Iraq, on Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Insurgents look towards Baghdad as Douri praises ISIS
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi forces repelled an attempt by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to capture a town on the road to Baghdad on Sunday, as a senior former Ba’athist admitted for the first time that he had allied with the organization. Sources said...Caption:
File picture dated September 5, 2004 of Izzat Al-Douri, who had been the most senior aide to Saddam Hussein. (Reuters)
Iraqi Ba’athists among ISIS Emir’s top aides—source
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former senior Iraqi military officers and members of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s now-outlawed Ba’ath Party are among Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Emir Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s top aides, a member of the party told...Caption:
Iraqis gather at the site of a car bom in Al-Nasr neighbourhood in the northern Iraqi town of Kirkuk on September 5, 2013, which killed two people and wounded more than 15. (AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM)