He was nicknamed "red devil" according to the press. He was the king of clubs on the Pentagon's deck of cards after the beginning of the US intervention in Iraq in 2003. Former close associate of former President Saddam Hussein, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was killed during a military operation, according to the governor of the Iraqi province of Salahuddin north of Baghdad. The local leader also said that al-Douri was considered the mastermind of the Islamic State in Iraq group.
Information about his death was then denied by a representative of the Baath Party, the former ruling party of Saddam Hussein.
The Iraqi authorities have repeatedly announced the death of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. But this time, a picture of a man with the same features and the same red hair as the former top official was broadcast by the television channel Al-Arabiya.
According to the governor of the province of Salahuddin, DNA tests were performed and the result is known "very soon."
With Reuters
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