Was: Deputy Head, Baath Party Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri


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| 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.
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