American occupation launches a campaign of research in Karkouk
News reports on the killing or detaining deputy chairman of the Iraqi Revolution Leadership Council in the former regime, Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, in Karkouk quoted member of the Interim Governing Council in Iraq, Muwaffaq al-Rubei, saying that the American forces launched on Monday in Karkouk a large operation and it is probable that Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri,had been killed or jailed.
Al- Rubei stressed that the American forces launched operations against certain areas where Izzat Ibrahim is expected to be, noting that he is in contact with the American forces. No confirmation was issued from the US army.
An official in the Iraqi police announced that the American forces started on Monday in Karkouk, to the north of Iraq, the largest operation carried out so far to capture al-Douri.
The official, who asked not to be identified, said that it is a vast search operation for Ezzat al-Douri and senior army officer in the former regime. He said that this operation is based on intelligence reports, confirming that al-Douri is in the region.
The official stressed that the search operations which started by the American army concentrated in Hweijah city, to the west of Karkouk ,and Rashad village, to its south.
The American occupation forces accuse al-Douri of being behind coordinating the resistance operations against the American occupation forces in Iraq.
Earlier, the US army announced allotting a sum of 10 million dollars to information leading to al-Douri's capture.
On the other hand, a spokeswoman for the American army announced that one US soldier died because of his wounds on Monday morning, when Iraqi gunmen attacked a vehicle for the army in al-Jabaneyah, to the west of Baghdad. She added that three Iraqis were arrested and were being interrogated about the incident.
