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Saddam hussein capture date12/31/2023 Islamic State allianceĪnalysts long maintained that IS was also heavily comprised of former Baathists and that the alliance with the Naqshbandi Army stemmed from this. Around the same time, the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order emerged as an armed group - thought to be led by Douri - espousing a mixture of Islamic and Baathist ideology in opposition to the occupation forces.Ĭomprised of former Baathists and military personnel, the group in part played a role in defending Naqshbandi sufi members from attacks from militant groups - but it would eventually become more notorious for forming an alliance with IS and aiding them in capturing the city of Mosul in 2014. In 2006, following Hussein's execution, he was proclaimed the new leader of the Baath Party. 'Saying that the members of are officers from the Iraqi army is unacceptable because it is intended as an insult primarily to the Baath Party and then the great Iraqi Army and the national regime'įollowing the overthrow of Hussein in 2003, Douri managed to avoid capture and become one of the most-wanted figures in the former administration, hunted by the US-led coalition. In 2000, Hussein unveiled a copy of the Quran he had commissioned, with the words reportedly inked in his own blood.ĭuring this period, Douri was able to build support in Iraq for the Naqshbandi Order, a sufi organisation to which he belonged. The campaign, largely seen as a cynical move to undermine the growing popularity of Islamist movements in the country, was overseen by Douri and introduced harsher punishments - such as beheadings or amputations - for crimes such as theft and prostitution, and placed a greater emphasis on Islam in the education system. In the 1990s, the erstwhile largely secular Baathist government began to introduce Islamic-inspired laws and religious symbolism into public life, as part of its Return to Faith campaign. He was also one of the architects of the Anfal campaign, which saw hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Kurds killed between 19 in what many branded as genocide.ĭouri's main legacy, if any, is the state-approved introduction of Islamic fundamentalism into Iraqi society, something to which historians point as a major factor in the rise of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and, later, the Islamic State group. Over the next 35 years, as a government official and vice-chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, Douri became one of Hussein's most loyal henchmen, and played major roles in the wars with Iran and Kuwait. 'The Iceman'īorn near Tikrit to humble beginnings, Douri - nicknamed "The Iceman" due to his previous profession delivering ice - first became a government minister in 1968 under Hussein's predecessor, President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, following the 17 July coup that brought the Baath Party to power. The statement did not disclose any details about the circumstances of Douri's death. "In the face of this momentous event, we are confident, fellow militant comrades, that you will follow the will of our late comrade who called us all, may God have mercy on him, to abide by principles, to be patient and calm, and to adhere to the principles of the Baath, its ethics, organisational traditions and values, to continue, perpetuate and enhance the momentum of our struggle for our people," said the statement. In a statement released on Facebook, the now-banned Iraqi Arab Socialist Baath Party described Douri as " the knight of the Baath and the Iraqi national resistance" and said he had joined Hussein and other fallen Baathists in the afterlife. While his body was no longer there, it was an act of poetic justice for many that Hussein's celebrated final resting place suffered the same fate as the scores of villages that were destroyed under his iron fist.Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the vice-president of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council, Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, attend a military parade at Baghdad's Victory Square, 31 December 2000 (AFP) Several months afterward, the mausoleum was destroyed in an attack, leveling it beyond recognition (via South China Morning Post). Though immediately interred in a posh mausoleum, Hussein's surviving family and Sunni allies felt that his resting place would eventually be the target of vandalism and moved his remains to an undisclosed location in 2014. On December 30 of that year, he hung from the gallows. The high court upheld his conviction and death sentence and ordered that his execution be carried out before the end of 2006. Following the guilty verdict, Hussein immediately requested and was given an appeal to the Iraqi Supreme Court. According to BBC News, Hussein was found guilty of the murders of 148 Shia Muslims in Dujail in November 2006 and sentenced to death by hanging.
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