Iraq forces come up empty in search for Saddam-era VP
Iraqi security forces have carried out an ultimately unsuccessful hunt for the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's regime still on the run, the deputy interior minister told AFP on Thursday. Authorities received information that Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri was hiding out in the town of Dur, north of Baghdad, and launched a cordon and search operation […]Iraqi security forces have carried out an ultimately unsuccessful hunt for the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's regime still on the run, the deputy interior minister told AFP on Thursday.
Authorities received information that Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri was hiding out in the town of Dur, north of Baghdad, and launched a cordon and search operation but did not find him.
