what did he actually do in the country for saddam hussein? what was his job? >> his job was to do things that saddam didn't want to do himself. basically was not that effective but he was saddam's let's say tool or messenger. after the invasion of could you kuwait he was saddam's merger to the saudis. he delivered messages on behalf of saddam. actually he didn't have any great authority. no one under saddam had authority except him. >> what about these reports and ties to isil? what do you make of them? >> we've read a lot of reports about him working with isil. and from sources within mosul i got a lot of confirmation that his group were actually participating with isil. >> his militia group. >> exactly. >> what were they doing. >> you would see them in check points in mosul. which proved at that time that yes, he had some kind-- >> affiliation. >> alliance or affiliation yes. >> put the news of al douri's death, if it's proven flu the dna testing put his death in context. what does it really mean? >> it has some kind of symbolic significance, to be honest wit

izzat ibrahim al-douri was once a top deputy to saddam hussein. he's been on the run since 2003 and recently suspected to be allied with i.s.i.l. al-douri was killed in fighting near tikrit. jeavmentjamie mcintire has more from washington. >> reporter: antonioantonio iraqis have killed al-douri, his distinctive red hair, al-douri was killed in a fight between iraqi forces and i.s.i.l. fighters. once hussein's right and man one of the highest ranking men still unaccounted for the king of clubs, in the deck of cards the military gave to their troops so they could recognize the 52 most wanted. suspected of leading a sunni insurgent group. a lead of an old baathist group. when it took over mosul. when once al-douri's demise would take much flow, it is of little interest and no longer tracking if he was still at large and state department has no confirmation and no prepared statement. >> if it's true, it would be great for iraqi security force he but i just don't know yet. we're looking into it. >> almost all the original 52 cars in the deck have been

and not about saddam hussein but us and signy. and so on so. it was sunni and in the sense of local communities for that and every sense of the word. now come to the stage. and and' jordanian or like jihadi activities and 1980s he went to afghanistan to join the mujahedeen in afghanistan. what happened was that immediately. there was a strange encounter between osama bin laden and others, clearly like the differences between them terms of what jihad would mean and why we have the jihad. osama bin laden and then. and would define that with al-qaeda and isis today. other times. osama bin laden. or al-qaeda sees the anything and the name indicates al-qaeda. so it will join the jihadi movement. they want to trigger. repeat the word that we are a trigger. that we will want to popularize jihad. and to encouraging those muslims to join in the jihad. on the other hand focus odd the shiites and he thinks that and are challenged by the shiites so he sees shia as the threat that has always exist and has to be dealt with. they believe that it is the enmeef

problems in iraq today. >> well, you know, if you live there, as i've lived there, and you see what saddam hussein did to that country and did to his people, you don't rue the day we got rid of hussein. he was a hideous character. at the same time you do have the impression that the u.s. didn't understand what we were dealing with that. we thought that somehow, if we got rid of saddam hussein, there was this sort of level of middle class and issues-based politics yearning to flourish in a democratic environment. in fact, when you get rid of governance, even bad governance, as was the case with saddam hussein, you end up with people taking refuge in old loyalties. those old loyalties tended to be sectarians. people became a little more shia and sunni. i guess you can lay blame on the united states, to be sure. but i get a little tired of this blame game stuff. it's mainly in washington. but i see there's a little bit of it in providence, rhode island. by the way, the capital of my home state. so i think it's kind of necessary to figure out, what are we going to do now? how will we go forward with t

saddam hussein's key lieutenant, a man with isis connections. what does this mean for the fight against terror? >>> it can happen to anyone. the words of the tulsa reserve deputy who shot and killed an unarmed man as he speaks publicly for the first time. what he says happened that day. >>> it's time to end the anguish. an emotional plea for the parents of the 8-year-old boy killed in the boston marathon bombing. his face still mets my heart. why they say they do not want dzhokhar tsarnaev to get the death penalty. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. we have breaking news for you this morning. word that one of the most infamous killers in iraq is dead. iraqi tv is reporting that izzat ibrahim al douri was killed in a military operation near tikrit. al douri was a key aide to saddam hussein. you can see him there. a serious player. the king of clubs in the u.s. military's deck of cards of most wanted iraqis. he was part of the insurgency during the occupation and more recently he had been connected to isis. he could have be

the islamic state of iraq and levant overran saddam hussein's hometown in june.urity forces are trying to reassure people it's safe to return. >> translation: we are in control of security. we control all the government buildings, and we have secured the residential areas. >> the iraqi military victory was helped by u.s.-led coalition air strikes. evidence of atrocities was discovered in a mass grave, believed to contain the bodies of soldiers, committed by isil. >> i came to this place to look for my nephew. i was told he was killed and buried here in tikrit. >> reporter: iraq's p.m. visited the kurdish north, and repeated a promise that the iraqi army would work with the kurdish forces to take back control of the province. >> translation: we are here to cooperate and coordinate a joint plan to liberate the people. we'll work with all the sides and sects to liberate the area for the benefit of its people. >> the streets of tikrit may be quiet now. i.s.i.l. controls huge areas, and various areas north of the iraw. >>> next door i.s.i.l. leap-frogged from the nort

al douri wanted to see a return to the sunni-led regime that was such as it was under saddam hussein. isis wants an islamic caliphate. they might have worked together to overthrow the current shia-dominated government but that was the end of it. even in the last few months and weeks, there were very serious signs of strain in that relationship reports that maybe al douri was calling for air strikes against isis. so this is constantly shifting allegiances and alliances there. but it looks like iraqi security forces managed to get al douri at this time. >> finally to you. you mentioned the deck of cards and maybe he wasn't the key player or as strong as he once was. what about these other faces from this famous deck of cards? where are they now? >> well, you know, a lot of them, operational security laying low, and fomenting stability locally. certainly the nonprofit i work at stability institute, we haven't seen any indications these guys have global aspirations or are closely affiliated with isis. in fact i would even caution that the removal of this guy from the battlefield, we have

the deputy of saddam hussein later linked to isis.ouri was the king of clubs in the deck of cards of the u.s. most wanted members of the iraqi regime before the fall of saddam hussein. just in the last two days, the u.s.-led coalition launched fire air strikes and only two near ramadi. blasting general dempsey for disregarding ramadi's strategic importance calling it an insult to those killed in iraq battles al qaeda there and a gross mischaracterization of the situation on the ground down. general dempsey, senator mccain said, is in denial. >>> iran is marking its national army day by flexing its military might for the world to see. kicking off feastiveties. showcases military ware made in iran including anti-aircraft n guns and a wheeled tanks. >>> and xenophobia continues to grip the country. some south africans accuse african immigrants of taking their jobs and committing crimes and now six people are dead because of that violence. we were on the ground in johannesburg as attacks unfolded there. [ chanting ] >> reporter: prepped f

>> well this is ibrahim al douri, old right-hand man of saddam hussein. according to iraqi officials, there was an operation that appears to include both iraqi military and these paramilitary shiite forces. they somehow hit a convoy in which al douri was traveling. it's not confirmed at this point if this is indeed him. in the past, we've gotten reports that he's been killed and he's reappeared. so his dna is going to be sent to baghdad to be checked. now, this was a man who has evaded first the u.s. and then iraqi forces from 2003 until today, perhaps. and he had very close ties with isis although he was the head of his own military organization that functioned in that area. he's a man who does have ties with isis has cooperated and worked with them but we understand from on nervousers and analysts that ties between his group and isis have been becoming a little less smooth in recent months. >> had been fraying. that's what i heard. as we await the dna test results, colonel, many of the isf defectors who went on to join isis, you know in the very beginni

during saddam hussein's rule it was sunnis who were favored over shia. now, during the fight against isil, the iraqi government - dominated by shia - is receiving more support and weapons from the u.s. >> the u-s is stepping into an extremely bloody civil conflict and we're funding and arming kurdish and shiite militias to attack sunni areas. iraqis will not see this as a fight against extremism _ especially iraqi sunnis will see this as a fight against their neighborhoods. the us is only taking sides in a sectarian and ethnic conflict, supporting some extremist groups against other extremist groups. >> abu ali once fought in saddam hussein's army. he asked us not to show his face for fear of retribution from the militias. he said that shia militias that had formerly fought u-s forces in iraq are taking advantage of u-s backing to target sunnis. namely asaib ahl al haq. >> the shiite militias that have been funded and trained by the iraqi security forces and now by the u.s. have committed gross violations. human rights watch has documented murders and cr

as i of spades, saddam hussein was killed in 2003, his songs were killed after. now with the as ace of clubs is gone. >>> joins us tonight from washington d.c. sir thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. >> good evening. >> now izzat ibrahim al-douri has been reported dead several times before. we're going to way for dna tests. do you think this time he really is dead? >> the initial signs are certainly positive but as you say we've seen this movie before. i've probably seen him declared dead seven or eight times in the last decade so like you i will wait for the dna test. >> i guess if he is dead, it will be the feather in the cap of the iraqi army. but aside from the symbolism how big a difference would this actually make to the fight against i.s.i.l? >> i think this will be most symbolic mostly a symbolic victory. even when a leader is fully engaged like saddam hussein or zarqawi or osama bin laden removing them has very little effect. new blood moves up. don't get me wrong we're all glad he's gone if he is gone. in terms of the day-to-day operati

he was the right-hand man of saddam hussein, the most wanted there. there are other people who are still at large but they're much lower in rank, many of them believed to be perhaps somewhere in syria. may not have anything to do with the ongoing insurgency in iraq. al douri was a particularly well-known figure because of his role in the baathist party. now what we understand about the operation and this is all coming from iraqi sources at the moment iraqi state television was airing the news that he was killed in what was described as a surprise operation between iraqi security forces and shia militia. he was apparently killed somewhere between tikrit and kirkuk. no report on who else was killed in that raid and they're saying at this point that while they think it's him, they think it's al douri they can't be 100% sure until they've done dna tests to identify him as izzat ibrahim al douri. >> a lot of these former saddam loyalists, they've joined forces with isis right? >> well you know, yes, and no. this is -- all kinds of shifting alliances. when

part of what is driving isis's success is the growing role of former officials from saddam hussein's military, members of the once dominant baathist party. they are now playing a key role within isis. liz sly of the washington post wrote about this and joins us now via skype from beirut lebanon. first of all, how are they involved? where are they involved? and what role does they play is this. >> well they're involved in every level of the senior leadership, most of the senior leadership are farmer baathists, officers in the army senior leaders of icist served in saddam hussein army they left their jobs after the deba'athification in 2003. they went to various-- with insurgency, maybe they left the insurgency maybe they went back but in the past few years we've seen an aggressive attempt by the current leader of isis to recruit them into the links of isis. and really the organization is run and controlled by iraqis. >> srennivasan: now there were two big rounds of deba'athification we took them out in 200 by the u.s. governmentnd again in 2011 by maliki the prime minister. so what di

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saddam hussein obviously being the top person there. i want to bring in atika shubert joining us.t to bring in atika shubert who is with us now. what are some of the details of how this went down and who killed him? >> we're still getting those details in. it's been reported on iraqi state tv that iraqi security forces were involved together with another militia conducting what they're describing as a surprise operation. now, it happened in between tikrit and kirkuk. it's interesting. it's sort of an area that's more remote. it's not exactly clear what happened or how he was killed. all we know it was in a surprise operation. clearly for iraqis they say this is an important blow against isis and they are specifically saying they are describing him as a terrorist. they are making that link very clear. >> it's interesting. does he have any -- you're right. obviously as the one who created this particular state, does he have any direct connection to the concept of creation of a -- >> he was a believer in the baathist regime. it was about reclaiming that. what his role has always been

what was his role under saddam hussein?was the vice president under saddam hussein and importantly he was responsible for the islamic revival campaign that burnished the image of the regime and established islamic sunni credentials. and that became the base of opposition to the u.s. presence the islamic opposition. izzat ibrahim al-douri. >> what did he do? >> he immediately set up the resistance, the sunni arab resistance and it was based on a number of different aspects. reestablishing relationships with military intelligence officials on one hand, and then using the mosque, the religious elements in the society to build a network of networks of opposition across multiple provinces. mainly based north of baghdad in the sunni heart land. woodruff: and when did that mean for u.s. forces who were in iraq. >> well, he organized across multiple provinces along with others in the baath party and assistance of those who were in damascus, a fairly decent network of opposition, in each province at the grass roots level building up

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it was the right thing to remove saddam hussein from power.nment and the united states military was right to do so. we should be proud of what we were able to achieve in iraq and we should be sorry that we left them alone. because when we left them things deteriorated. the same as they would have deteriorated if in 1955 dwight eisenhower had said you know what we've had this horrible civil war in korea, let's wash our hands of it and go home. the world would look a lot different had he done so. if in 1950 we'd said we've been in europe five years, we've defeated the knots easenazis, but let's go home. we should have stayed there and remained like the iraqis wanted us to. we would not have seen the rise of isis we would not have seen the displacement of millions of people in the country and the death of tens of thousands of people because they believed in jesus or were sunnis or shiite. so i'm sorry, we have a fundamental disagreement on it. i appreciate your service but i'm not going to apologize for our government having done the right thing

tikrit was saddam hussein's hometown. it was handed over to our iraqi forces. the man -- the men in the middle here survive the massacre. >> they promised us we would be sent to our families. they even gave us water to make us feel secure. then they put us in large vehicles, brought us here in titus up. i still have a mark on my cups here. -- brought us here and tied us up. >> he survived, but pretended to be dead. he rolled down into the valley surrounded by his comrades corpses. identifying the debt will be a link the process, but it will allow the victim's relatives to bury their loved ones remains with it to. >> next we had to yemen. the battle for the yemeni port city of aden has turned into a go city, according to red cross officials who say eight is urgently needed. >> rebels are dancing on aden. more than 540 people have been killed in recent fighting. 100,000 have been displaced mainly women and children. >> dish envoy wants to use his toy gun to fight saudi's -- this young boy wants to fight saudi's, he said. he was severely burned -- sanaa was severe

on wusa 9 news at noon, iraq declares victory in the month-long mission to drive isis out of saddam hussein's hometown of tikrit. those stories an >>> welcome back to channel 9 at noon. iraq'siraq flags are going up all over saddam hussein's hometown as isis fighters are fleeing their positions. the city is about 80 miles north of baghdad and lies on the road connecting the capitol to iraq's second largest city of mowsual. that's the next target for iraqi forces. >>> a young syrian refugee is raising her arms in surrender and this video has gone viral. it happened when the girl mistook a girl's camera for a weapon. the photographer says this little girl traveled for nearly 100 miles away to get to this refugee camp near the turkish border. >>> and what a daring rescue at sea. coast guard search and rescue teams came to the aid of a canadian tall ship that ended up getting stranded off the coast of cape cod. they sprang into action after receiving a distress call from the crew. as conditions deteriorated the vessel's engines were disabled and sails ended up wrapping around the mast. the congra

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this week, thousands of civilians were fierced to flee. >>> meanwhile, a top support to saddam husseinding to sources ibrahim aldouri has been killed. >> aldouri is considered one of the most wanted men from hussein's regime. here's cnn's hala gorani. >> reporter: at large for more than a decade, izzat ibrahim aldouri the man who once served as saddam hussein's number two deputy was allegedly killed by iraqi forces and shia militias. calling him a criminal, his death was announced on friday in iraq television. aldouri was a top military commander and a leader in iraq's baath party. he was also the so-called king of clubs in the infamous deck of playing cards used by american troops in the invasion to identify the most wanted iraqis. after the hussein regime fell, aldouri became a leader and key figure in the sunni insurgency including groups that support isis. he was seen or heard in a number of video messages over the years, taunting iraqi and american official, and blasting iraq's government. while baghdad officials have announced his death several times before, this time, state tele

representative zinke: that is a panel from a door in saddam hussein's bedroom. it is a small part. that was definitely part of the attack in 2004. that was one of the non-value items that were brought back. >> what was that like to be in iraq and what was going to your mind during that mission? representative zinke: iraq is a complicated country, it is safe -- a sophisticated in some terms of the very basic and others. iraq has a sunni population which is very proud and currently has been disenfranchised. it has a majority shia population that for many years was put to a sod -- assad. the current crisis of what we face, to a degree was creating a vacuum. it is a battle within islam as it is a battle between east and west. it will not go away unless america leads by example, unless the admin estrogen acts to resolve and -- those folks there were committed to peace and committed to being successful. >> how did the iraqi people view american people? representative zinke: the people there, in all parts, there was a great deal of respect between everyone. a new we were not there to colo

once second in command to saddam hussein, he had been living as a fugitive since 2000 three. officials say he became a key figure in islamic state. he is believed to have been killed in a military operation inside a hoot and province -- in salahuddin province. >> greek government has denied reports that the finance ministers will have to tap its last cash reserves to pay salaries at the in of the month. if true, that would mean athens might not make debt repayment at the end of next month. impending default is also on the agenda at the spring meeting of the international monetary fund and world bank in washington. the german finance minister said he did not expect any quick solutions. he warned that an agreement on for the financial aid to greece was not to be expected. >> we'll be right back. >> welcome back. both wagon's ceo is staying put. she has survived a management cliffhanger at the german automaker. >> about it we could go, one of the company's most influential board members expressed doubts about her future, setting off a flurry speculation that he could get the boo

he is the former deputy of saddam hussein.n friday afternoon, an iraqi governor told reporters he had been killed in a military operation north of the capitol baghdad. he was also the king of clubs in the famous pack of cards the u.s. issued for members of saddam hussein's regime. >>> the united nationses had -- has launched a new appeal to help people in yemen. it says it needs $275 million over the next three months most of it for food aid. the figure has risen to 12 million in need as a result of the fighting. the u.n. says it needs a hundred thousand tons currently in yemen. >> we have information of about 2 million people who are extremely vulnerable at this moment. we have food stocks that could reach out to about 300,000 people in the coming days. right now, we are -- our distributions are taking place in aden. we have had distributions done to about 2,000 people in aden. however, the security situation is so grave that the -- the people who are out doing the distribution distributions are finding it very difficult to r

in the problems in iraq today. >> well, if you live there as i've lived there and you see what saddam hussein did to the country and to his people, you don't rue the day we got rid of hussein. he was a hideous character. at times, you have the impression that the u.s. didn't understand what we were dealing with there. we thought that somehow, if we got rid of saddam hussein there was this sort of level of middle class and issues-based politics yearning to flourish in a democratic environment. in fact when you get rid of governance, even bad governance, as was the case with saddam hussein, you have people taking refuge in old loyalties. those old loyalties tended to be sectarians. people became a little more shoeia and sunni. you can lay blame on the united states, to be sure. but i get a little tired of this blame game stuff. it's mainly in washington. i see there's a little bit of it in providence, rhode island. by the way, the capital of my home state. i think it's necessary to figure out, what are we going to do now? how will we go forward with this? let the historians sort out some of the

problems in iraq today. >> well, you know, if you live there, as i've lived there, and you see what saddam hussein did to that country and did to his people, you don't rue the day we got rid of hussein. he was a hideous character. at the same time you do have the impression that the u.s. didn't understand what we were dealing with that. we thought that somehow, if we got rid of saddam hussein, there was this sort of level of middle class and issues-based politics yearning to flourish in a democratic environment. in fact, when you get rid of governance, even bad governance, as was the case with saddam hussein, you end up with people taking refuge in old loyalties. those old loyalties tended to be sectarians. people became a little more shia and sunni. i guess you can lay blame on the united states, to be sure. but i get a little tired of this blame game stuff. it's mainly in washington. but i see there's a little bit of it in providence, rhode island. by the way, the capital of my home state. so i think it's kind of necessary to figure out, what are we going to do now? how will we go forward with t

when he was in exile from saddam hussein's regime, he lived in iran.ed by the iranians. >> jon: for an american administration to replace saddam hussein with a man emboldened and indebted to our greatest regional enemy according to dick cheney's own logic, anyone who trusted maliki would have to be naive or deliberately trying to weaken america. >> do you trust nouri al-maliki? >> i do. at this point i don't have any reason not to trust him. >> jon: do you! well, it seems you're getting sweat on your brow! ( laughter ) it seems you're-- ah-- getting a little-- getting a little hot in here isn't it, mr. vice president? strange. i find the temperature... quite mild. ♪ ♪ ♪ hmmm. still not going to confess your disingenuous utterly lacking in self-examination ironic attack on the obama administration? well, i'll have to give up and report to my superiors i couldn't crack the case. ah, what are you going to do? just one more thing one more thing. ( laughter ) one more thing mr. vice president. i just can't it get it out of my mind. can't it get is it out of

saddam hussein in iraq?harlie: they supported saddam hussein in their war against iran, which we did not -- iranians have not forgotten. mr. jarif: we will not forget that our people were targeted by a chemical weapons and nobody raised an eyebrow. these are parts of history nobody will forget. the u.s. should not forget that it supported the wrong people in our part of the world. and continues to. we always resisted extremism in our region. we are the only country that is standing up against this group, this bunch of terrorists. charlie: you are the only group standing against dash? mr. jarif: who is doing it other than iran and the people of syria? charlie: in iraq, when militia supported by iran and iran advises on the front line according to an interview i did with the iraqi prime minister, they have advisers on the front line, americans were engaged in airstrikes with the same objective. the taking of tikrit. is that true? mr. jarif: it is a bit too late. for four years, because of geopolitical consider

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under the bush administration saddam hussein, he had to go.e was a strong man, but when he was there, none of these problems existed because he crushed them. granted, he was brutal. now that he is gone, there is a power vacuum, and it has created a multitude of problems that we help create. host: ambassador hill, do you want to pick up on that? your assessment on how much responsibility the u.s. has in the problems in iraq today. guest: if you live there, as i have lived there, and you see what saddam hussein did to that country and to his people, you don't mourn the day that we got rid of saddam hussein. he was a pretty hideous character. at the same time, you have the impression at times that the u.s. did not know what we were dealing with there. we thought if we somehow got rid of saddam hussein, there was this level of middle-class and issues based politics yearning to flourish in a democratic environment. in fact, when you get rid of governance, even bad governance in the case of saddam hussein, you have people taking refuge in old loyalt

the hometown and political base of saddam hussein.e was famous for his red mustache was king of clubs on the deck of card in the most wanted iraqi regime and fugitives. >>> a large car bomb explode today in the iraqi city right next to the american consul. this is the capitol of the kurdish autonomy zone, officials say that three people were killed, and five were wounded there were no american casualties. >>> word came today from the vatican that pope francis is considering going to cuba before or after he visits the you had in september. of course the pope is credited with playing a key role in helping the u.s. and cuba begin the process of normal icing relations. officials say that talks between the holy sea and cube air still at an early stage. >>> the the first espresso maker designed exclusively for astronauts has reached the international space station. this is video of today's docking of the space x capsule, the supply ship is carrying 2 tons of much needed groceries, equipment, and science experiments but the thing that everyb

izzat ibrahim al duri was saddam hussein's number two, the king of clubs in the u.s. military's deck of iraqi fugitives. after the u.s. invasion toppled saddam, he became the leader of the sunni insurgency that bedeviled american troops and presidents for a dozen years. david martin at the pentagon has more about him. >> reporter: al-duri was the biggest one that got away, the only one of saddam's henchmen to elude american troops during the eight-and-a-half-year occupation of iraq. now, iraqi officials say their troops killed a man with hisis distinctive red hair and mustache. in an operation east of saddam'sh hometown of tikrit, which was retaken from isis earlier this month.or but it is not the first time he has been reported killed or captured, and dna tests have not been completed. on paper, al-duri was the vice commander of saddam's revolutionary command council. more importantly, he was his confidante, and as such, bears responsibility for some of the regime's worst atrocities,fa including the infamous gassingre v of an entire village of kurdish peasants. he me

>> pelley: saddam hussein's right-hand-man, the notorious king of clubs is reported killed. also tonight, the secret service decides the best defense is a spiked fence. a honey of an accident. bees, millions of them, all over the highway. >> take a look at this on my shoald-- aye-aye! >> pelley: the and steve hartman on a different road. the road to redemption. >> reporter: are you grateful? >> oh, man very very. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight, iraq is reporting that one of the most wanted terrorists in the world is dead. izzat ibrahim al douri was saddam hussein's number two, the king of clubs in the u.s. military's deck of iraqi fugitives. after the u.s. invasion toppled saddam, he became the leaderave sunni insurgency that bedeviled american troops and presidents for a dozen years. david martin at the pentagon has more about him. >> reporter: al douri was the biggest one that got away, the only one of saddam's henchmen who elude american troops during the eight-and-a-half-year occupation of iraq. now iraqi

it went through fine tooth comb on what saddam hussein did.member you saying saddam was going out the back as weapons inspectors were going to the front door. can you contrast and compare the inspections in iran that allegedly will start with what we all had to face in iraq? >> well, in your lead-in you had some quotes from the president. i wish that those categorical statements he was making would be true. but this will not be the most intrusive inspections ever, even if iran agreed to everything we put on the table. the case was that in iraq, we could go anywhere, any time and bring anything and even under those circumstances, we were not able to do our job. we were not able to do our job because we didn't have the security council fully backing us. the security council divided, some countries were supporting us, some were not. russia, notably. as you would note in the u.n. experience, they were being paid off by the iraqis. why won't this happen again? i'm not optimistic that all those categorical statements that the president made are goin

1990 then they wouldn't know saddam hussein.not go and put the blame on saddam hussein. even if he is blamed, we know he's blamed because of the social in what we see now in the territories. or in the dictatorship or in socially destroying the fabric of society by vul churl violence. we know that, nobody is disputing that. so for the academia, it's clear cut where the foundations and who supported it or not. but for the society, our young one who is seek to be employed and who seeks to have a job and who, by the way, are active in social media. so they have a very good aware rans of what is taking place in the region and elsewhere. they have that it question. we in iraq need to answer that question, post, current and future generations need to answer that question. i will talk about it in sort of five parameters. i think i should finish in about ten minutes. i will give you an observation of my trip. i saw quite a few people and we had our ambassadors conference so i was able to get a good grasp from the top officials as to the

there was saddam hussein, he had weapons of mass destruction.e them to the terrorists and on and on and on. you, a reporter for, what 28 years at the "new york times." you were over in iraq and dealing with a guy and you were dealing with u.s. intel. they mislead you, both of them, did they not? >> actually, he didn't mislead me. he may have mislead other people in our government but he was always pretty straight with me. he said i have someone here i think you should talk to. we can only vouch for he is who he says he is. but you guys have to do the rest. >> so he steered you to iraqis. >> um-huh one iraqi. >> who then told you saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. >> he had done a version of that, yeah. >> okay. and you believed that source? >> well, i was skeptical. i'm always skeptical i did my best to report out his claims. i went to the u.n. inspectors. i went to the cia. i went to people who new knew about weapons of mass destruction and everybody said "on the record," they were quoted by name as saying this looks pretty solid.

most wanted members of the iraqi regime before the fall of saddam hussein. now, in the last 48 hours, the u.s.-led coalition launched five attacks near the baiji oil refinery and only two near the city of ramadi. you see where their priorities are. tonight senator john mccain blasted general dempsey for disregarding ramadi's strategic importance calling it an insult to the families of americans killed in previous war in iraq battles al qaeda there and gross mischaracterization of the situation on the ground now. dempsey, the senator, said wolf is in denial. >> thanks very much. >>> while fighting rages in much of iraq the kurdish capital of erbil has been viewed at least until now as relatively key word relatively safe. more now from our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. who is joining us. learning more how this attack in erbil went down today? more than a lone blast. this was a sophisticated attack. wasn't it? >> reporter: sounds like that wolf. eyewitnesses talking about a few things. one, before the car bomb went off, they report a smalle

we cannot go and put the blame on saddam hussein, even if he is blamed.e know he is blamed because of the social engineering and what we see now in the territories or in the dictatorship or in the socially destroying the fabric of society. we know that. nobody is disputing that. for the academia, it is clear cut where the foundations and whose strength supported -- but for the society, the young ones who seek to be employed and have a job and so on and who, by the way, are very active in social media, so they have a very good awareness of what part they take in the region and elsewhere, they have the question. we in iraq need to answer that question. post, current and future generations need to answer that question. i will talk about it in five parameters, and i think i will finish in about 10 minutes. first is -- i will give you an observation of my trip in iraq. i saw quite a few people, so i was able to get -- as to the status of the country. i will also talk about the current recent military operation in the city of tikrit. finally, i will talk about

know about the attack outside the consulate and can you tell us more about the former aide to saddam hussein>> u.s. military officials don't have all of the details about the bombing. no americans were injured or killed in that attack which was near the u.s. consulate in erbil and kurdistan. they are investigating it and so far three dead five wounded, no americans. >> thanks for that mik. joining us now, retired army officer and director for iraq on the national security council, douglas olivant. we heard isis is trying to take ramadi ramadi, if they succeed they'll become unstoppable. why would taking ramadi make isis so powerful? >> this a bit of an overstatement. this way i want to echo chairman dempsey, if they take the city don't get me wrong, that's bad but that the noz going to shape the ultimate shape of campaign. the forces that are being generated by the united states training effort are going to be available in the next weeks and months and there's going to be more and more and more material that the iraqis are going to have to push against the islamic state. will it be easier if