Former deputy to Saddam Hussein rails against Shiites, Iran
(NEWSER) - He was the king of clubs. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's government still at large, appears to have turned up in an online video posted yesterday, railing against Iraq's government, reports the AP . In the hour-long video, which appears on a website linked to the Baath party, the man criticizes Iraq's Shiite-led government and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, as well as meddling by Shiite neighbor Iran. Al-Douri has not been seen in public since the invasion of Iraq nine years ago, but he has made several audio tapes and is thought to be a major financier of Iraq's Sunni insurgency. More»
