Has this been confirmed?
CNN is quoting al-Arabiya, and MSNBC (I'm intentionally leaving off the "P" this one time) has a more-extensive story citing both al-Arabiya and AFP, but cautioning that the Baathists have claimed Izzy dead in the past to throw us off the trail.
Confirmed? As far as I can see, no.
An article I read just noted this:
"In the past, NBC cautioned, al-Douri has been reported dead as a way for the dissolved Baath party to throw off those searching for him."
"There was no confirmation from other sources and one Web site which publishes regular news releases from Baath party supporters made no mention of the death."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10004587/
I'm not buying it just yet . . .