as saddam hussein s number two deputy was allegedly killed by iraqi forces and shia militias. calling him a criminal, his death was announced on friday in iraq television. aldouri was a top military commander and a leader in iraq s baath party. he was also the so-called king of clubs in the infamous deck of playing cards used by american troops in the invasion to identify the most wanted iraqis. after the hussein regime fell, aldouri became a leader and key figure in the sunni insurgency including groups that support isis. he was seen or heard in a number of video messages over the years, taunting iraqi and american official, and blasting iraq s government. while baghdad officials have announced his death several times before, this time, state television showed pictures of a
has been dead many times and brought back to life. saddam hussein s former right-hand man, reports he was killed, but also photographic and video evidence we ve been looking at that do show what appear to be the body of an elderly man with a beard that is clearly dyed red and does appear to resemble the former baathist official who famously called a kuwaiti official, before the u.s. invasion of iraq, a monkey, and a puppet of the u.s. at an arab summit. what is striking about this, if, in fact, he was killed, it highlights the fact that a man who was dubbed the king of clubs in the u.s. military s deck of cards of most wanted, iraqi outlaws, a man who had a $10 million u.s. bounty on his head, succeeded in surviving in iraq, which has been a very turbulent
al douri was the king of clubs in the deck of cards of the u.s. most wanted members of the iraqi regime before the fall of saddam hussein. just in the last two days, the u.s.-led coalition launched fire air strikes and only two near ramadi. blasting general dempsey for disregarding ramadi s strategic importance calling it an insult to those killed in iraq battles al qaeda there and a gross mischaracterization of the situation on the ground down. general dempsey, senator mccain said, is in denial. iran is marking its national army day by flexing its military might for the world to see. kicking off feastiveties. showcases military ware made in
department. laura, these forces did face a lot of violence. and whatever you call it, should they be prepared for the kind of things they end up seeing? absolutely. they should be prepared for the incident of being prepared to just having an excessive display of force. they have military tanks in the community before you ve seen that level of violence i just think is too much. and it set the scene for a conducive use of force. because it sends a symbolic message that we see you as enemies, and not as american citizens just practicing their rights to protests. laura mcneal, lieutenant general mark hertling, thank you both. saddam hussein s right-hand man was reportedly killed by iraqi forces. we re going to have more on the man famously dubbed the king of clubs by u.s. troops. plus, an espn reporter for a
refinery in central iraq. also under assault by isis. once the iraqis have full control of baiji, they will control all of their oil infrastructure both north and south and deny isil the ability to generate revenue through oil. with all eyes on the terror group, a nearly forgotten enemy killed in an iraqi security operation, saddam hussein s former number two. known as the king of clubs in the u.s. most wanted deck of cards. aced out of the picture. the pentagon says that ramadi is still contested. they say the baiji oil refinery. the central part of the refinery controlled by iraqi forces. look at this now you have isis assaulting ramadi here. they re assaulting baiji here. we have the attack on the u.s. consulate up here in erbil. in addition to the major cities in syria, raqqa and mosul. the areas in red that they control and the areas in orange that they have influence, even as u.s. officials claiming that