Media say �most wanted� Iraq fugitive and alleged insurgency leader died
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, former No. 2 to toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and allegedly a leader of the Iraqi insurgency, has died, according to media reports Friday.
Arabiya TV and Agence France Presse both reported al-Douri�s death but provided no details. Both said they were quoting from a statement by Iraq�s dismantled Baath Party.
�The leader of the resistance died on Friday, November 11 at 2:20 am,� Agence France Presse reported, quoting the statement that it said was signed by the �Baath command.�
Al-Douri was the most senior member of the former regime still at large and had been a top insurgent leader. He is number six on the U.S. military�s list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis, with a $10 million reward offered for his capture.
Following the capture of Saddam Hussein on Dec. 13, 2003, he became the most wanted man in Iraq.
A U.S. intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told NBC News that U.S. authorities have no information to confirm the reports of his death. However, members of the former Baath Party also told NBC�s Baghdad bureau that al-Douri had died.
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