EXCLUSIVE: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam Hussein’s VP, has been killed according to Governor of Salah al-Din
Izzat al-Duri’s body after his death
UPDATE 2015 April, 18:
Confirmed: Izzat al-Douri, former Saddam Hussein deputy, killed by Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq forces
(IraqiNews.com) Salah al-Din – The Governor of Salah al-Din, Raed al-Jubouri, declared the death of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the Vice President of the Saddam Hussein in a military operation in the area of Hamrin Mountains.
Jubouri said that “Security forces managed to kill the terrorist Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri through a proactive process in Hamrin area near Alas fields,” as quoted by the official Iraqi channel without further details.
For its part, the Iraqi News Agency Alsumaria published a picture of a corpse claimed that it belongs to Izzat al-Douri, former Iraqi Vice President of Saddam Hussein after his death.
Douri was one of Saddam’s most trusted acolytes, helping to lead his 1968 coup. The US set a $10m bounty on him.
