In 2015, Yizat Ibrahim Duri, a close deputy of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who was holding the world's top ten most wanted bounty, was accidentally killed by Iraqi government forces during a skirmish in northern Iraq.
Ibrahim was once a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of the US military, and the US military and the Iraqi government forces affiliated with the US military have searched and surrounded him countless times, and have also killed Ibrahim more than ten times by propaganda.
However, the news that made Ibrahim's enemies ecstatic was subsequently refuted by Ibrahim's actions, who frequently led fighters to attack.
After Saddam's death, Ibrahim never stopped fighting, he persisted in Iraq for another 9 years, through various ways and methods, killed thousands of American soldiers and more Iraqi new government soldiers affiliated with the US army, and finally died in battle, returning the old President Saddam's kindness to him.
Saddam Hussein and Ibrahim
Yizat Ibrahim Durry, who had been a warrior all his life
Ibrahim was born in northern Iraq, near the city of Tikrit in a small place called Durr Village, which was during the old Iraqi dynasty, and Ibrahim's family living conditions were very poor, it can be said that Ibrahim was often accompanied by hunger when he was a child.
As a result of his poverty at a young age, Ibrahim developed a resilient and fearless character, and at the same time, he was also very disgusted by the political corruption that led to social injustice.
As a young man, Ibrahim was a patriotic man who, dissatisfied with the decay and degeneration of the old Iraqi government, joined the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, which was based on young officers.
After joining the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, Ibrahim actively participated in various activities organized by the Ba'ath Party and achieved many achievements, and soon became a well-known activist in the party.
Ibrahim
After the Ba'ath Party came to power, Ibrahim served as a newspaper editor, minister of land reform, minister of the interior, deputy general secretary of the Ba'ath Party and other positions and positions, which can be said to have been dedicated to the development of Iraq's country.
After the outbreak of the Iraq War, due to the strong military pressure of the US coalition forces, the shaky elements in the Iraqi government have emerged.
In a critical moment, Ibrahim, who was deeply trusted by Saddam Hussein, was appointed commander of the Northern Theater of Operations, taking over the military power of northern Iraq and resisting the attack of the Us coalition forces.
However, Ibrahim's determination to fight did not defeat the scientific and technological forces, and under the fierce attack of the US coalition forces, Iraq's backward military command system and strategic and tactical arrangements did not last long, and the strategic points in the north were breached one by one by the US led coalition forces.
Ibrahim
After suffering a series of painful defeats, Ibrahim did not give up, he quickly adjusted his thinking of battle, chose a more suitable way of fighting, integrated the remnants lurking in place, and continued to fight against the US army.
When Saddam Hussein and other leaders were captured and killed, Ibrahim, as the only remaining iraqi government leader on the U.S. military's wanted list, was under great pressure, and under the influence of huge sums of money, traitors could betray him anytime and anywhere.
But 62-year-old Ibrahim, old and strong, remained like a flag inside Iraq, lurking around the U.S. occupiers, leading the remnants of the former Iraqi government forces and forming a new resistance group.
Saddam Hussein
Izat Ibrahim Durry was highly regarded by Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein, the former ruler of Iraq, had a very firm and tight control of power, and without Saddam's approval and trust, few people could have power and status in the Iraqi government of that period. And Ibrahim was the one who was highly valued and trusted by Saddam Hussein.
The intimate relationship between Ibrahim and Saddam Hussein began in 1963.
In that year, the Iraqi Ba'ath Party staged a coup d'état in an attempt to overthrow the then ruling government, but due to insufficient preparation and the excessive strength of the opposition to the coup, the coup at that time failed, and Ibrahim and Saddam Hussein were arrested and imprisoned together.
It is said that prison is a good classroom, during the prison sentence, Ibrahim not only learned and grew, but also became a good friend and brother with Saddam, and the sincere friendship between the two did not change until the death of the two.
Saddam Hussein
In his dealings with Saddam, Ibrahim was gradually conquered by Saddam's temperament, and he admired Saddam's spirit of struggle for the development of the Iraqi country, believing that Saddam was an excellent leader of Iraq, and had been loyal to Saddam Hussein until death.
Saddam Hussein also agreed with Ibrahim's keen thinking and decisive action, and regarded Abraham as his most loyal partner and supporter.
After taking power in Iraq, Saddam hussein entrusted Ibrahim with a heavy responsibility and was quickly promoted.
Ibrahim
Saddam gave Ibrahim the most important trust and great power, even promoting him to the position of his deputy and handing over his most important military power to Ibrahim.
At some point, Ibrahim even controlled more than half of Iraq's military power.
In many political activities, Ibrahim was saddam's number one supporter and follower, and the outside world referred to Ibrahim as Saddam's "right arm" to describe Ibrahim's importance to President Saddam Hussein and Saddam's regime.
In peacetime and in the middle of the war, Ibrahim once controlled important military power in Iraq, but he was always loyal to Saddam Hussein and was a qualified confidant general who commanded the army in place of Saddam Hussein.
Saddam Hussein
Legendary historic resistance field commander
After the defeat in the Iraq War, Ibrahim watched Saddam Hussein captured and hanged, unable to do anything about it, and he turned his anger into an attack on the U.S. military.
The Iraqi underground resistance army led by Ibrahim has been causing trouble for the U.S. military and the Iraqi government forces supported by the U.S. military in various ways.
With familiarity with the terrain and the large number of Iraqi people who supported them, Ibrahim's resistance army was haunted and ubiquitous.
They sniped scattered American soldiers, ambushed American convoys with roadside bombs, and engaged in guerrilla warfare with American troops in complex urban terrain, which caused great headaches for american troops up and down.
Iraq War
On November 11, 2005, Ibrahim's enemies announced in the media: "On arab Iraqi soil, Izzat Ibrahim has returned to the Allah who created him." ”
At the same time, Ibrahim's enemies spoke highly of his life, describing him as "the field commander of the historic resistance movement", believing that the command ability and fighting art he displayed in the underground resistance battle had reached a certain height, and could not be inferior to any historical general.
The "honorary title" that the enemy gave to Ibrahim shows how much the Iraqi resistance movement under his leadership has brought to the U.S. military and other enemies, and has made the U.S. military and its affiliates heartbroken.
Ibrahim
At the beginning of the Iraq War, the US military only paid the cost of more than 200 casualties and more than 30 billion yuan in military expenditure, and easily overthrew the Saddam regime, which also made the US government full of ambition and momentum in the international community.
However, in the subsequent security war in Iraq, the resistance army led by Ibrahim as the backbone of the resistance army caused huge losses to the US army by 4,497 killed and 47,541 wounded and sick.
In order to completely eliminate the resistance movement in Iraq, the United States has spent nearly a decade before and after, spending more than $1 trillion in huge funds, but until the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, the underground resistance movement in Iraq has not stopped.
Therefore, the asymmetric war waged by the United States in Iraq against the resistance led by Ibrahim is also one of the most expensive wars in the world, and the scale of funds spent by the US military operation is second only to that of World War II.
Iraq War
Interpret loyal veterans with their lives
After the defeat of the Iraq War and the fall of the ruling government, many senior Iraqi officials scattered, either shaking their heads and tails to sell rewards to the new elite, or discouraged and gave up the struggle and fled into exile.
At this time, Ibrahim had the opportunity to flee abroad, and the wealth he controlled could also ensure that he would be rich for the rest of his life, but Ibrahim did not give up his determination to fight to the end and restore the country.
The leader of the battle was defeated, Ibrahim gathered the defeated army to continue to resist, hold on to the north, in the face of the enemy's threats and temptations, he used the action of a fighter, gave a resolute counterattack, and has always insisted on not compromising with the US army, so that the US army and the new Iraqi government can not sleep at night.
In order to seize the banner of the Iraqi resistance movement, Izat Ibrahim Duri, the Americans spent a lot of money and effort, they raised the bounty, bribed the informant, released bait, set traps, but these were all dissolved by the sophisticated Ibrahim.
Ibrahim
In the end, the Americans even moved away from the Iraqi pro-resistance population to isolate the resistance from the pro-resistance people, while deliberately leaving Ibrahim a safe exit, hoping that even if the encirclement was unsuccessful, it would force Ibrahim to flee Iraq and thus eliminate the Iraqi resistance movement.
But Ibrahim has been sticking to his promise to Saddam Hussein, staying in the northern part of Iraq, trying to resist the attack of the Us military, no matter what kind of difficulties he encountered, he never wavered.
In this way, Ibrahim persisted in northern Iraq for nearly 12 years, including nine years after Saddam's death, from the age of 62 to 73, until he died in battle there.
Ibrahim and Saddam Hussein
After Ibrahim's death, his body was pulled by the enemy to be displayed, but many people spontaneously went to the scene to mourn Ibrahim, and in the hearts of many Iraqi people, Izzat Ibrahim Duri was an Arab hero who resisted the INVASION of the US army.
From the perspective of a bystander, as a warrior to evaluate Ibrahim's life, he has struggled, fought, glorified, persevered, has always kept the oath and promise of the warrior, Izzat Ibrahim Durry deserves that sentence, the veteran does not die, just withers.
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