one of saddam hussein s most wanted men is now dead. he was one of hussein s top deputies and suspected to come aligned with isil. talk to us about al dori and his alleged ties to isil. well, izzat ibrahim al-douri was part of saddam hussein s regime that was still unaccounted for. this is not the first time that it was reported that he was killed. photos appear to be him. it looks like douri. but dna tests will be conducted in order to confirm his identity. back in the day he was saddam hussein s right hand man. more recently he was believed to be leading a baathist group that was consisted of former intelligence officers and elite droops from saddam hussein s regime. it s a group believed to have aligned itself with isil last year when isil took over mosul. you know, there was a time when izzat birahim s demise would have been big news. the u.n. central command that had been tracking back in the day, tracking the where about it s of all the these saddam hussein loyalists
journalist scott simon who turned to twitter to share his final moments. we begin tonight with the powder keg that is ukraine. a ceasefire is in place. but each side accuses the other of provocation. now hundreds of american troops have arrived in ukraine to train government forces. that has sparked criticism from russia and a warning that could escalate. 300 mayor paratroopers are in ukraine to help train government forces. from the force based in italy it has served in iraq and afghanistan and the first army unit to serve in vietnam. their arrival comes as the fight against the russian backed sprachtsseparatists flares up sporadically. in this village near the border. evidence that the ceasefire is not holding and weapons are used that should not be used. each side is accusing the other of wanting to resume the conflict. russian president vladimir putin went on national tv thursday and denied there were russian troops in the ukraine but the u.s. is skeptical. i expres
many without choice. calling for their release prisoner day. fear is spreading prisoners vowing to stand up against the xenophobic voyages against them in south africa. good evening i m antonio mora. and i m barbara serra. we begin knit with the violence in iraq. the u.s. is condemning the car bomb attack outside the american consulate in erbile. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for the attack and dozens of people died during separate bombings in baghdad. meantime, prime minister haider al-abadi arrived after i.s.i.l. attacked ramadi. and tonight officials are claiming the death of one ever america s most wanted man, izzat ibrahim al-douri claimed to be dead. jamie mcintire with more. this is not the first time officials claimed to have killed izzat ibrahim al-douri, among other thing noted for sporting a head of red hair. others looked like al-douri, they showed a corpse, they need an autopsy to make sure the body is really his. the governor of salaha province say
boston bombing victim are calling on the justice department to spare dzhokhartsarnaev s life. kill switch, shutting down cell phone service during a national emergency. you have to be very sure that when you shut it down, there s a real defensible public safety reason for doing you it. should the government have the power to cut on communication to protect national security? good evening i m antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. he was one of iraq s most wanted men, now he may be dead. 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
lemoin a replica that hemmed win the war of independence more than 200 years ago. so then a series of car bomb attacks has hit two cities in iraq leaving dozens dead. in iraq, two dozen inside a car dealership in the east of the city. no one has claimed responsibility. and the united states has condemned a car bomb attack next to its consulate in erbile, in the kurdish territory. u.s. officials say no consulate staff were harmed. i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for this astack. kim vanel has more now from erbile. reporter: the car bomb went off at about 5:45 p.m. local time in the ankawa district near the u.s. consulate. we were close to the explosion when it happened, very, very loud. local officials are telling us three people have been killed possibly eight more. others injured two americans and other turkish nationals. erbile has been spared much of the violence with i.s.i.l. in iraq. meantime in baghdad at least 27 people were killed in bomb blasts, in the hababe