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...athist insurgents have no intention of joining a political process that was "manufactured by and serves the occupying force," the highest-ranking figure from Saddam Hussein's regime still at large has told TIME Magazine. In an exclusive written interview - his first to the Western media - Izzat al-Douri said the Ba'ath Party will continue "to mobilize and bring together the energies of the people for the fight to expel the occupation...
...national reconciliation program aimed at drawing elements of the insurgency into the political process is the cornerstone of the current Iraqi government's efforts to stabilize Iraq. And despite the government's insistence that there will be no amnesty for former regime leaders such as al-Douri because they are accused of crimes against Iraqis, analysts in Baghdad say the reconciliation program can succeed only if the Ba'athists come in from the cold. But while al-Douri signaled a willingness to negotiate, he insisted the Ba'ath Party would first need to see the U.S. announce a timetable...
REPORTED DEAD. IZZAT IBRAHIM AL-DOURI, 63, former top aide to Saddam Hussein and ranked No. 6 in the Pentagon's Most Wanted deck; by the formerly ruling Baath Party, in a message to reporters. Al-Douri, whose death could not yet be confirmed by U.S. officials, has been at large since December 2003, when Saddam was captured. He was believed to have leukemia...
...Dawr, the town in which the property is located, is the home village of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, number six on the most wanted list of Iraqi political and military officials. Some soldiers on the raid, those who weren't privy to the real target, thought al-Douri might be their quarry. But select officers of the Tikrit-based 4th Infantry Division knew otherwise, and they felt that intelligence collected from Iraqis detained over the past few weeks would yield what they referred to as "H.V.T. 1," or high value target number...
...many Iraqis, the law will never provide the brand of swift justice they crave. And each revenge murder plants the seeds for another. Sitting in the family living room in al-Amiriya, Omar and Mohammed al-Douri show visitors photographs of their late father, recalling how, after retiring from the mukhabarat, he painted the rooms of the house and always ensured that the refrigerator was fully stocked. "He was the tent for our family," says Omar. Asked whether they hope to find his killers, the sons nod purposefully. "The blood of our father is on our necks," says Mohammed...