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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, taun...

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, let's move quickly to australia. police there have arrested five people in a counterterrorism operation. one teenager apparently charged. and authorities say the suspects are indivi...

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 attacks and isis claiming responsibility for both? >> well, one of the things we've seen about the ...

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. let's bring in cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling as well. let's start with isis claiming responsibility for the attack in afghanistan and the u.s. consulate in erbil. do you get the sense or any way to definitively dete...

That had allied and had intentions with isis. so it's not likely, even if he's been killed, that that will dramatically change the situation on that blood battlefield in iraq. >> thanks for that information, ivan watson. we'll 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 place earlier today in melbourne. and investigators say the men were planning to attack police du...