[73][74] However, former U.S. intelligence officials believe it was filmed in Damascus, Syria. This was due to the fact that both al-Douri and Hussein came from the same Tikriti tribal background. In 1987, he issued a directive authorizing chemical strikes against Iraqi Kurds in "designated zones," resulting in the death of some 80,000 civilians and the destruction of 4,000 villages. Following the execution of Saddam Hussein on 30 December 2006, al-Douri was confirmed as the new leader of the banned Iraqi Ba'ath Party on 3 January 2007. He also hailed the Saudi-led alliance targeting the Houthi militias in Yemen. [56], According to a leaked U.S. 2009 telegram cable published by WikiLeaks, al-Douri fled to Syria in the spring of 2003, the cable however would admit that his whereabouts between 2003 and 2009 were difficult to pin down. On Iran, al-Douri called for the "Iraqis in Al-Anbar and Karbala to strongly fight the Persian criminal plan, which aims at swallowing Iraq." He added: "If it [U.S.] did not move to save Iraq and its people from Iran's hegemony, control and occupation, and to stop bloodshed, destruction, burning and the changing demographic, then Iraqi people should resist [the occupation]." [42][better source needed] However, in an interview on 26 May 2008, al-Douri boasted that his resistance was not supported or incubated by any outside powers. U.S. officials claimed that he was involved in the subsequent Iraqi insurgency against U.S. forces, directing and funding attacks, as well as brokering an alliance between Ba'athist insurgents and militant Islamists. Al-Douri reportedly received treatment for leukemia for several years according to Baath Party commander Essam Alrawi. Al-Douri's influence with Hussein was so substantial that he could even levy a condition, that the union would not be consummated, and later made a successful petition that his daughter be permitted to divorce Uday. Iraqi government officials confirm the death of Saddam Hussein's top senior official, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who was killed in an operation outside Tikrit, Iraq. [79] According to the Soufan Group, al-Douri had close ties with senior ISIL officials Abu Muslim al-Turkmani and Abu Ayman al-Iraqi. [104], In June 2018, Raghad Saddam Hussein was reported to have sent a note of condolence to Al Douri's family, with the source saying that "Douri died of a hematological illness at a Tunisian hospital. Thereafter, until the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Saddam's power was absolute, and Douri's new status as RCC vice chairman, Saddam's principal deputy, enforcer, and likely successor, remained unchallenged. These comments sparked the Kuwaiti representative to stand up and protest to which al-Douri responded "Shut up, sit down you small American agent, you monkey!" The Arab Socialist Baath Party in Iraq announced the death of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, at the age of 78, without clarifying any circumstances surrounding his death. In the audio, the Baathist leader comments on several recent events, refuting reports that he had been killed last month. SHOTLIST APTN Baghdad, 12 November 2005 1. "Everyone can hear the sounds of danger echoing daily and threatening this country," al-Douri says during the hour-long broadcast. [14][106] It is unknown what he died of. In the video, released just before the Iraqi Army Day on 6 January, Douri claimed to be somewhere in Iraq's Babil Governorate. "[92], In November 2005, Arab media reported that al-Douri died of natural causes, probably in Iraq. [35] One of al-Douri's wives and a daughter were captured in the same month, to be questioned about his whereabouts. His death was announced by the Baath Party, which is now banned in Iraq, in an audio recording posted on Facebook. The announcement of Douri's death prompted Saddam's daughter Raghad to post a Twitter tribute to "the brother and real supporter for my father during his rule and after." [77] On 13 June, a Twitter account, @wikibaghdadi, claimed a "Meeting between ISIS and Naqshbandi Army near al-Qayara area south of Mosul had taken place with representatives from Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. [84][85], In May 2015, an audio recording alleging to be that of al-Douri, criticized both ISIL and Iran. Most of his fellow countrymen, by contrast, are likely to conclude that his courage, heroism, and sacrifice were more beneficial to Saddam than to Iraq. "[38] During the interview, al-Douri made the following demands: Al-Douri was reportedly the head of the Iraqi rebel group Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order as well as the Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation based on his longstanding positions of leadership in the Naqshbandi sect in Iraq. [88][89][90][91], In April 2018, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri released a new video commemorating the 71st anniversary of the Baath party and vowing that U.S. President Donald Trump "will never attack Iran until the Resurrection Day. Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that his country is banning the import of U.S. and British vaccines, even as Iran continues to face one of the worst COVID-19 crises in the world. [6][7][8][9] The Shiite militant organization Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq has alleged that it killed him and transported his apparent body to Baghdad to confirm its identity. Slim to the point of cadaverous, intense, hawk-faced, almost totally bald, and sporting a bristling red mustache, Douri's devotion to Saddam was absolute and enforced with the loyalty and rigor of the fanatic. The first visual evidence of his survival surfaced on 7 April 2012 when a video posted online[71] showed him giving a speech. Reports soon surfaced that he had links with the jihadist group ISIL, helping them take the city of Tikrit and coordinating attacks against Iraqi security forces. [25] When the Kurds rebelled again in 1991, al-Douri warned them "If you have forgotten Halabja, I would like to remind you that we are ready to repeat the operation. [2][3], Al-Douri was the most high-profile Ba'athist official to successfully evade capture after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and was the king of clubs in the infamous most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is a Iraq nationality. He was also a ruthless oppressor of Iraq's Shiite Muslim majority and Kurdish ethnic minority. "[101][102][103], On 15 May 2015,[citation needed] a Ba'athist television channel released an audio recording, purportedly made by al-Douri, in which the speaker referred to events that had happened since al-Douri's reported death on 17 April. [107] Al-Baath Party issued a statement following his death, which read: "Today, the knight of the Baath and the Iraqi national resistance has dismounted from his horse". The recording reads: “On the land of Iraq and the land of Rabat and Jihad, comrade Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri got off his horse today, the Knight of the Baath and the Iraqi National Resistance.” Al-Douri, born on July 1, 1942, assumed leadership of the party shortly after … Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri has been a wanted man since the United States toppled Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq in 2003. This saw aspects of Islam fused into the Iraqi media, education system and judicial system. [26], On 22 November 1998, al-Douri escaped an assassination attempt when visiting Karbala. [48] In early 2007, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani claimed that al-Douri was not in Syria, but that he was in Yemen, he says that the Iraqi government has had this information for a while and has been tracing al-Douri's movements. [5][10] According to the BBC, Shiite militias claimed to have killed him, but the Iraqi Baath party denied his death. Al-Douri played a role in the Northern Offensive as commander of the Naqshbandi Army. The then-Iraqi president was forced to give up his office, and Douri and another Revolutionary Command Committee, or RCC, member insisted on immediately appointing Saddam as successor. The cause of death was not immediately known since Douri had been on the run for the past 17 years, but he had been treated for leukemia as long ago as 1999 and, in … Al-Douri appeared on television and other media later, discussing events that took place after his death, so it was soon widely accepted that the body found was not Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. Mashhadi denounced several dozen colleagues by name, who were then forcibly ejected from the meeting and immediately imprisoned or, like Mashhadi, shot by firing squad. [13] According to several Arab media outlets, the Ba'ath party declared that Izzat al-Douri died on 25 October 2020. [21][86], In October 2015, it was reported that al-Douri's Naqshbandi Army was involved in secret discussions with the Iraqi government, alongside other insurgent groups, as part of a move to create a new Sunni force to fight ISIL in Iraq. As vice-chairman of Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) from 1979 until 2003, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, whose death at the age of 78 has been announced by the Ba’ath party, ranked second only to Saddam Hussein.The steadfastness he displayed in backing Saddam’s capture of power in 1979 or in crushing Shia and Kurdish revolts in 1991 led to him being regarded at one time as … He is the'King of Clubs' No. The announcement didn’t give details on the cause of death, but said he died in Iraq. After the … [108], Fall of the Ba'ath regime and Iraqi insurgency, Secretary General of the National Command, National Command of the Islamic Resistance, Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, Преемником Иззата Ибрагима ад-Дури на посту Генерального секретаря партии «Баас» стал заслуженный дипломат Саддама Хусейна, "Saddam's No. "[27], On 5 March 2003, during an emergency summit of the then Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation, al-Douri made a heated address where he accused the neighbouring Gulf states of being "traitors" for cooperating with the United States and Israel. So Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri found himself in 2003, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq deposed his boss, Saddam Hussein. And while his health problems prompted occasional reports of his death, he survived to exploit tensions between Sunnis and Shiites and, in 2014, to help finance and support the Islamic State's seizure of Tikrit. He calls on 'mujahideen' in Iraq to fight the Shia militias and combat Iranian influence in Iraq under the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism created by Saudi Arabia on 15 December 2015. On 20 March 2003, U.S.-led coalition forces invaded Iraq, leading to the toppling of the regime of President Saddam Hussein on 9 April 2003. "[63][better source needed], Despite allegations from U.S. and Iraqi officials that al-Douri was residing in Syria, al-Douri had opposed and even attempted to oust the Syrian-backed Iraqi Ba'athist, Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed, from the party and he had also criticized the Syrian government for being part of an American conspiracy to undermine the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. The speech was released on Al Tagheer, a Baathist channel. [51] Middle East expert Juan Cole believes that al-Douri is likely in the Mosul area and not Syria. The Austrian opposition demanded that he be arrested for war crimes, but the government allowed him to leave the country. [41], According to former intelligence officer Malcolm Nance and a U.S. telegram cable, al-Douri and the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council were rumoured to have developed deep relations with Hafez al-Assad and the Syrian Ba'ath party, despite historical differences between the two Ba'ath factions. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri illness. [64] Furthermore, analysts have noted that "Douri deeply distrusts working with the Syrians because he distrusts the Iranians, who are strong allies with Syria". 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[25][42] Nance would also allege that al-Douri fled to Syria after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where he organised the National Command of the Islamic Resistance which co-ordinated major combat operations during the Iraqi insurgency. Five people died either during or after the violent Capitol Hill siege on Wednesday, including a woman who was fatally shot inside the building, a Capitol Police officer who died as a result of his injuries, and three others who died from “medical emergencies.”. In an interview in May 2008, al-Douri detailed his strategy, indicating that "any negotiations with the invaders without it represents a desertion and treason, and is refused by all national, Pan-Arab and Islamic factions of the resistance. [24] During the 1991 uprisings in Iraq, he was involved in the suppression of the revolt led by the Iraqi marsh Arabs. Like Saddam, he was a poor boy born in a small town near Tikrit; unlike Saddam, he had only a primary school education and began work by selling ice to neighbors. [68], While U.S. telegram cable claimed by at least October 2009 that al-Douri was no longer part of the "former regime elements" living in Syria,[42][better source needed] U.S. intelligence believed al-Douri operated out of Syria until the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, when he may have moved to safe houses across the North-western Iraq province of Nineveh. [76], In 2014, al-Douri returned to Tikrit during the Iraqi Civil War. He was previously thought to be in Syria or Yemen. [80], Al-Douri has been pointed out as one of the main commanders responsible for successful takeover by rebel groups of North Iraq and the city of Mosul in June 2014. Man arranging newspapers outside his shop 3. [54] Likewise, The Times reported that it was believed that al-Douri was hiding around Mosul or Tikrit. Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wished al-Douri “to hell and worsened fate,” on Twitter. In the three years between 1986 and 1989, it was Douri who masterminded Saddam's so-called Anfal Campaign against the Kurds, which drew international attention when, in 1988, the village of Halabja, near the Iranian border, was attacked with chemical weapons, killing some 5,000 men, women, and children. The Ba’ath party, which ruled Iraq until Saddam’s overthrow, issued a statement announcing the death of Douri, 78, but giving no details. Both men had served in the Ba'athist regime under Saddam Hussein, with al-Turkmani being a Lieutenant colonel and serving in the Istikhbarat and Special Republican Guard. In response to the Palestinian protests, Al-Douri was said to have remarked "The Jews will be taught a lesson. 2013–2017 War in Iraq, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (Arabic: عزة إبراهيم الدوري‎ ‘Izzat Ibrāhīm ad-Dūrī; 1 July 1942 – 25 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician and Army Field Marshal. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Biography: In this section, we will discuss the biography of legendary personality Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. [81] The Naqshbandi Army, along with other groups led by former Ba'ath officers, are reported to have assumed an increasingly large role in the governance and administration of occupied cities. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri died. [93] On 17 April 2015, al-Douri allegedly died during a military operation conducted by the Iraqi Army near Al-Alaas oil fields in Hamrin Mountains, east of Tikrit. [12] Al-Douri appeared in videos talking about events that took place after his alleged death. The birth date of Izzat Ibrahim al … During his reported 2015 death, Douri was allegedly hunted down during an operation in Salahaddin province in the Aalas oil field near Tikrit. [18] He befriended Saddam Hussein in 1963, then they both served in the early intelligence apparatus of the Ba'ath Party and participated in what would be known as the 17 July Revolution in 1968. But the death of Douri is a timely reminder that things could be infinitely worse. Despite a $10 million bounty on his head, Douri evaded capture. Iraqi security forces and Shia militias opened fire at a convoy believed to be carrying al-Douri and nine bodyguards, resulting in a 25-minute firefight. The King of Clubs in the deck of U.S.-issued cards identifying regime officials, al-Duri has been a fugitive from international justice for over a decade. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and was regarded as the closest advisor and deputy under former President Saddam Hussein. He stated that one of the ways to deal with the issue in Yemen was to make Iran and its allies adhere to the Security Council decision on ceasefire. [4], Al-Douri was reportedly killed in action—along with his nine bodyguards[5]—on 17 April 2015 in a large-scale military operation by Shiite militias and Iraqi forces near the Al-Alaas oil fields in Hemreen east of Tikrit. Douri was a key figure in organizing the 1979 internal coup that brought Saddam to power. [11] A Kurdish news source also reported that Iraq did not have al-Douri's DNA to confirm his death. [87], On 7 April 2016, he released a video in which he sits at a desk in military uniform, flanked by two bodyguards and reads a statement. [95][96] Before delivering the body to Baghdad, Shi'ite militias did DNA tests on the body and confirmed the results on 19 April. In 2015, Iran-backed Shiite militia Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq claimed to have killed al-Douri in an ambush on a vehicle convoy near the al-Alaas oil field near Tikrit. 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