Byssus
06-18-2007, 04:48 AM
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Izzat (Ezzet) Ibrahim al-Douri (born July 1, 1942) was an Iraqi military commander and was vice-president and deputy chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Following the execution of former President Saddam Hussein on December 30, 2006, 'Izzat was confirmed as the new leader of the banned Iraqi Baath Party on 3 January 2007. Younger figures such as Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali are thought likely to be serious rivals for his position, as Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri is believed to be ill with diabetes.
His family hails from the region around Tikrit, where his father worked as an ice seller, he is apparently known as The Ice Man because in his youth he sold blocks of ice from a donkey cart and later worked as a teacher. At the time of the invasion, 'Izzat, along with President Saddam Hussein and Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, were the three surviving plotters who brought the Ba'ath Party to power in a coup in 1968.
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Izzat (Ezzet) Ibrahim al-Douri (born July 1, 1942) was an Iraqi military commander and was vice-president and deputy chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Following the execution of former President Saddam Hussein on December 30, 2006, 'Izzat was confirmed as the new leader of the banned Iraqi Baath Party on 3 January 2007. Younger figures such as Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali are thought likely to be serious rivals for his position, as Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri is believed to be ill with diabetes.
His family hails from the region around Tikrit, where his father worked as an ice seller, he is apparently known as The Ice Man because in his youth he sold blocks of ice from a donkey cart and later worked as a teacher. At the time of the invasion, 'Izzat, along with President Saddam Hussein and Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, were the three surviving plotters who brought the Ba'ath Party to power in a coup in 1968.
(Wikipedia)