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U.S. In Contact With Iraqi Ba'thist Officials

The London daily Al-Hayat reports, citing Western sources, that U.S. intelligence has been holding contacts with elements in the Iraqi Ba'th party close to party head 'Izzat Al-Douri.

Al-Douri was formerly deputy to Saddam Hussein and sixth on the U.S. military's list of wanted men.

Source: Al-Hayat, London, November 25, 2009

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