The King of Clubs is dead

From the NY Times: “Death of Hussein aide is confirmed”

Former officials of the Baath Party confirmed Saturday on their Web site the death of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the last of Saddam Hussein's inner circle still at large in Iraq and a man long sought by the American military command as the effective leader of the Baathist insurgent underground here.

American officials are commenting, but it’s believed that Ibrahim was a “crucial figure” behind the Iraqi insurgency.