1: Baghdad , Iraq ( CNN ) Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , a former top deputy to Saddam Hussein and more recently a key figure in Sunni extremist groups battling the Iraqi government , has been killed in a security operation in that country , Iraqi state-run television reported Friday . 2: Al-Douri was the highest-ranking member of Hussein 's regime to evade capture -- the  King of Clubs  in a deck of playing cards used by American troops to identify the most-wanted regime officials . 3: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was the highest-ranking member of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 's regime to evade capture .
1: a former top deputy to Saddam Hussein 2: the highest-ranking member of Hussein 's regime 3: the highest-ranking member of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 's regime