Saddam's Inner Circle • SADDAM HUSSEIN • QUSAI SADDAM HUSSEIN • ODAI SADDAM HUSSEIN • ALI HASSAN AL-MAJID AL-TIKRITI • ABED HAMEED HMOUD • IZZAT IBRAHIM AL-DOURI • TAHA YASSIN RAMADAN • TARIQ AZIZ • NAJI SABRI • TAHA MUHIE-ELDIN MAROUF • GEN. IYAD FUTIYEH AL-RAWI • SAADOON HAMMADI

Was: Deputy Head, Baath Party Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri  (Photo: AP ) Al-Douri met Saddam in the early, underground days of the Baath Party, and became the deputy head of its ruling council when Saddam seized power in 1979. One of a few old comrades to survive Saddam's frequent purges, Al-Douri, presided on special tribunals that tried Saddam's opponents and issued death sentences. His daughter is married to Saddam's eldest son, Odai.