More jihad rhetoric being employed by Ba’athists after Saddam’s number two dies. From Australia’s The Sunday Times:
Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, the fugitive former deputy of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, reportedly died as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a surprise visit to the country.
“To continue the jihad (holy war), the Baath party regional command has decided to hand over responsibility for leading the resistance factions in Iraq to Abdul Kader Talab al-Duri, deputy to the secretary-general of the party,” the statement said.