Confirmed: Izzat al-Douri, former Saddam Hussein deputy, killed by
Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq forces
By Amre Sarhan - Apr 19, 2015 2
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi
Shia paramilitary force, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (League of the Righteous) claimed responsibility
for the killing of Izzat al-Douri who was the Vice President of Saddam Hussein,
asserting that his dead body was sent to Baghdad.
The Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq bloc
spokesman, Naeem al-Aboudi, stated in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “The
Islamic Resistance Movement Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq conducted a tactical operation in
the province of Salahuddin, [and] through which it had managed to kill the
criminal Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Vice President of Saddam Hussein,” pointing
out that, “The operation was done by Asa’ib al-Alam and Asa’ib al-Jabour which
have recently joined the movement.”
Aboudi added that “it was
confirmed that the deceased body is Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former top deputy
to Saddam Hussein. His body was sent to Baghdad ’s
mortuary.”
On Friday 17th April, the
Governor of Salahuddin, Raed al-Jubouri, announced that Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri,
Former Saddam Hussein deputy, was killed in a military operation in the area of
Hamrin Mountains
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EXCLUSIVE: Izzat Ibrahim
al-Douri, Saddam Hussein’s VP, has been killed according to Governor of Salah
al-Din
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri’s son
reportedly killed in Tikrit
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