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The Baath Arab Socialist Party in Iraq announced on Monday the death of Izzat al-Douri, the second man in the regime of former President Saddam Hussein.
The party’s “Qatari leadership” mourned the party’s current Secretary General in an audio statement that was broadcast on social media sites and broadcast by Iraqi and Arab media, without the statement explaining the causes of Al’s death. -Douri or your location.
According to local sources, al-Douri died in the Iraqi province of Salah al-Din and was buried there by some members of his family.
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For its part, the party’s “national leadership” in Jordan said, in a statement posted on its Facebook page: “With hearts that believe in God’s judgment and His destiny, the national leadership of the Baath Arab Socialist Party mourns the children of the Arab nation, the people of Iraq who resist, all the free peoples of the world and the militants of the Baath. In the squares of the Arab world, and outside of it, the death of the party’s general secretary, Professor Izzat Ibrahim, within occupied Iraq.
Douri, born on July 1, 1942, is believed to have suffered from leukemia and therefore required blood transfusions every 6 months.
The league visited the Austrian capital Vienna in 1999 for treatment. The Austrian opposition demanded his arrest on the grounds that he had committed war crimes, but the government allowed him to leave the country.
Sources close to the party confirmed to “Irm News” the validity of the news of the death of Al-Douri, who had already spread many rumors in recent years about his murder or arrest.
The party said in the statement: “Today, the Knight of the Resurrection and the Iraqi National Resistance, a symbol of courage, heroism and sacrifice, came down from his horse, the faithful and passionate leader, Comrade Izzat Ibrahim, who is in the highest peaks of glory and generosity, firm and patient, believing in the march of the resurrection and the right of their nation and free people. “
Al-Douri, who is the second man in Saddam Hussein’s regime, and the sixth wanted person on the United States’ list of former regime figures, who remained in hiding for the past period, with the exception of the official statements he publishes. , some of which supported ISIS after its control of various cities in Iraq.
Al-Douri is one of the leaders of the Iraqi Baath Party and participated with Saddam Hussein in the “Revolution of July 17, 1968”, which established the regime of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and the Baath Party.
Al-Douri turned to religious mysticism and encouraged and supported Sufi activities and religious shrines, as a way to confront extremist ideas that sought to overthrow the Baathist regime.
