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High-level insurgent leader killed in Iraq

Saddam Hussein’s former top deputy was reportedly killed in a clash against Iraqi forces in Tikrit on Friday. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri had become an ally of the Islamic State, leading Sunni extremist groups against the Iraqi government. Judy Woodruff talks to retired Col. Derek Harvey, a former Army Intelligence officer, about what al-Douri’s death means for Iraq.