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Izzat al-Douri, Saddam Hussein's right-hand man, 'killed in shoot-out'

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Video. Izzat al-Douri, Saddam Hussein's right-hand man, 'killed in shoot-out'

Updated: 17/04/2015 - 19:44 GMT+2

He was on the US military's most-wanted list: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former henchman of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, has reportedly been killed

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