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Supporters quoting donald trumps words. there is no video, but denotice his rhetoric used by isis is not dealing with reality. >> we have breaking news to go to. pete snyder, joe trippi, thank you. >> it is sheriff is talking about what happened in the car crash on the las vegas strip. >> we have her properly identified she is believed to be from oregon and well do what we can to determine her back growned. and we are not 100 percent ruling out terrorism.

General mark hertling. general, thank you for being with us, first of all, what do we know about this isis branch in afghanistan? >> early on, christi, they have suggested, they being isis, suggested they are expanding into afghanistan. the commander has said that hes concerned about that. but hes not sure whether or not its truly isis or just some offshoot of the taliban trying to grow in stature and status. so were a little concerned about that in terms of actually naming the organization. but...

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Town that receives daily international flights at its international airport. in a city that hosts international hotel chains, and despite close proximity to isis front lines in the war in iraq, which are located in some instances only about 45 minutes drive away, erbil was considered quite safe. despite this war footing. so were already getting reports that perhaps the kurdish peshmerga are trying to retaliate. reports that theyre carrying out a joint operation with iraqi security forces and mil...

Generally scary they appear. >> general hertling, stand by. >> we want to move over to iraq now, we have new details coming in an attack near the u.s. consulate in the kurdish iraqi city of erbil. isis now claiming responsibility for the suicide car bomb blast. officials say at least four people were killed, 18 injured but all u.s. consulate personnel are safe and accounted for. lets bring in cnn international correspondent ivan watson. ivan, what else do we know about this blast? >> good mornin...

As saddam husseins 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 iraqs 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...

Ivan talked about general al douri being killed. this was an individual who we began to look for when i was in iraq in 2007 and 2008. he was on the original deck of card, and he was one of the few people who were not captured. we always suspected he was in kirkuk and the isis state coming out of mosul. so, all of these things are starting to fit together. isis has continually gotten stronger in this sector. >> now, lets move quickly to australia. police there have arrested five people in a count...

I guess the islamic state is now taking credit for it, three guys in an suv attempted an operation. i think they were going to, first, attack the front gate of u.s. consulate or ram it with a car bomb or some style like that. luckily the peshmerga forces saw it happening before it did. and before they could really attack the consulate defenses. >> now, isis is also claiming they carried out this attack until afghanistan that killed so many people. how significant is it that we have both of these...

Saddam, it was a fairly significant thing. in terms of practicality he was not a significant member of the islamic state. he worked with a group alongside them. basically, i think he turned into somewhat of an irrelevant figure. he was also quite old, 75 years old. >> mitch, thanks for that. good to see you this morning. >> thank you so much for having me. lets bring in cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling as well. lets start with isis claiming responsibility for the attack in...

That had allied and had intentions with isis. so its not likely, even if hes been killed, that that will dramatically change the situation on that blood battlefield in iraq. >> thanks for that information, ivan watson. well be checking back with you. we have another story we want to get to you. police stop an isis-inspired attack. australian officials have arrested five men after a major counterterrorism operation there. the interests which involved about 200 office, as we understand it. took ...