Iraqi Baath Party announces death of top adviser to Saddam Hussein
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri escaped the 2003 US invasion and led the Naqshbandi Army's insurgency against Baghdad.
The remnants of Iraq's Baath Party announced the death of a former top adviser to Saddam Hussein, Field Marshall Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, on Monday.
“Today he dismounted his horse, the knight of the Baath and the Iraqi national resistance,” a website affiliated with the outlawed party declared.
On Monday, Hussein’s daughter Raghad tweeted a message of condolence to supporters of the Baathist regime. It is not the first time in recent years the conspicuously red-haired former general has been reported dead, but the party has denied previous reports. So far, no evidence of al-Douri’s death has publicly surfaced.
Unverified audio and video recordings of al-Douri continued to be released, some with commentary on events in Iraq’s tumultuous post-invasion years.
