Key fugitive Saddam aide 'dead'
One of Saddam Hussein's closest aides, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has died, Iraq's former ruling Baath party says.
The leader of the resistance... died on 11 November, at 0220 [Thursday 2320 GMT]," the statement said.
There are no other details. Relatives - as well as Iraqi and US officials - could not confirm Mr Douri's death.
Mr Douri, 63, was the most senior figure in the former regime still at large. The US had offered a $10m reward for information leading to his capture.
In recent years he was accused of financing insurgent groups in Iraq.
More details at BBC News.
The leader of the resistance... died on 11 November, at 0220 [Thursday 2320 GMT]," the statement said.
There are no other details. Relatives - as well as Iraqi and US officials - could not confirm Mr Douri's death.
Mr Douri, 63, was the most senior figure in the former regime still at large. The US had offered a $10m reward for information leading to his capture.
In recent years he was accused of financing insurgent groups in Iraq.
More details at BBC News.
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