meanwhile, battling isis militants at country's larger oil refinery in boccauc baiji. iraqi tv reports the former right-hand man to iraqi dictator saddam hussein has been killed by security forces. he had become a leader in the so sunni extremist movement. our correspondent joins now from hong kong. to get to this issue of this man for a moment, do we know anything concrete? they claimed he was dead, never turned out. for years the u.s. had a bounty on his head, and how significant is it even if he is dead? i know he had been helping isis, but really is it a significant thing? >> it is important to point out that ib broo hymn -- ibrahim al