article_snippet.sent: Both Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri and Saddam came from the same Tikriti tribal background.
article_snippet.sent: Saddam daughter was briefly married to Saddam's elder son, Uday, who - together with Saddam brother Qusay - was killed by US forces in Mosul in July 2003.
article_snippet.sent: Saddam was then deputy to Saddam when Saddam was deposed following the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: Salahuddin governor Raed al-Jabouri said soldiers and allied Shia militiamen killed Saddam in an operation east of Tikrit - a city that was recaptured by the government two weeks ago.
article_snippet.sent: Salahuddin governor Raed al-Jabouri said: 'This is a major victory for those involved in an operation east of Tikrit - a city that was recaptured by the government two weeks ago.
article_snippet.sent: Saddam, who was number one on the most wanted list, was the Ace of Spades.
article_snippet.sent: The aces of clubs and hearts were his sons Qusay and Uday respectively, who were both killed in Mosul in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: the Ace of Spades was Saddam's presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti.
article_snippet.sent: Saddam's presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti was executed in June 2012 after being sentenced to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal.
highlights_snippet.sent: He was one of Saddam Hussein's most trusted henchmen in Ba'ath Party .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Had a $10m bounty on He head and was one of the US's most wanted men .
  