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 isis first marched across northern iraq reports that al douri s group in particular had really at least tacitly, if not actively allowed isis to come through. there are reports of al douri s group fighting alongside isis but in recent months we heard