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| Iraq : Former Saddam deputy a father at 61 |
| 2005-06-26 |
| Baghdad, 24 June (AKI) - Toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's former deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, aged 61, the highest-ranking former regime official still at large, got married and recently had a baby daughter after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported on Friday, quoting sources close to Iraq's insurgency. The US has a 10 million dollar bounty on al-Douri, who is accused of being one of the key organisers of the insurgency around the Sunni strongholds of Samarra and Tikrit. Al-Douri, who is the current secretary general of Iraq's disbanded Baath party, is one of 55 on the United States' set of playing cards depicting the most wanted members. So far, 44 of these figures have been caught or killed. The Iraqi Baath party's leadership, which is currently scattered inside and outside of Iraq, allegedly sent its congratulations to al-Douri on the birth of his eleventh daughter, named 'Tahir' which means liberation in Arabic, al-Hayat reported, quoting sources in London. Al-Douri also allegedly visited his wife, who is believed to have given birth to Tahir in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul before fleeing to an undisclosed location, al-Hayat said, adding that aside from a a stomach complaint, al-Douri is reportedly in good health. He has contacts inside and outside Iraq who are giving economic and political support to armed insurgent groups, according to al-Hayat. The former chairman of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council and deputy chief of the armed forces, al-Douri is considered to have been Saddam Hussein's right-hand man. He was born in Tikrit, Saddam's home town, and was a key commander in the suppression of the failed Shia uprising in 1991. He is also alleged to have used excessive military force against the Marsh Arabs of the south. He escaped an assassination attempt in Karbala in 1998. War crimes charges have been issued against him in Austria. (Ajd/Aki) |
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