Saddam deputy al-Douri killed

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former top adviser to Saddam Hussein and the highest-ranking member of the Iraqi leader's regime to evade capture, has been killed in an Iraqi security operation, Iraqi state-run television reported on Friday.

Al-Douri, who the U.S. military said helped finance a Sunni insurgency in Iraq after Hussein's regime fell in a 2003 U.S.-led invasion, served as a military commander and effectively was Hussein's deputy.

He also was the “”king of clubs”” in a deck of playing cards used by American troops to identify the most-wanted regime officials.

Friday's state TV report said al-Douri played a leadership role in various terrorist organizations that opposed the Iraqi government.

Al-Douri was vice chairman of the country's revolutionary command council in Hussein's regime.

The U.S. military had said that after Hussein's regime fell, al-Douri helped finance a Sunni insurgency with money he transferred to Syria before the government collapsed.

(Source: CNN)
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