turn into actions and all those who attack civilians and properties shall be punished severely. >> as militia men celebrate taking back areas of tikrit, the battle to overtake the sectarian divisions is still far from over. al jazeera. >> >> those people live on the remote pacific islands have spent a second night in emergency shelters after struck by one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded. they say people died when cyclone pam hilted idol. aid agencies say entire villages have been destroyed. it made landfall on friday, winds at 270 kilometers an air. in the days ahead, it is expected to continue heading towards new zealand losing strength as it does so. the aid agencies believe this will be a serious humanitarian crazy, and with communications largely down, it is difficult to know the true extent of the damage. here's richard martin. >> it's more than 24 hours since psych loan pam hit this tiny island nation. winds of 270 kilometers and hour tore through homes destroying livelihoods. many of the quarter of a mile people who live here were forced into shelters for a second night. do

they're calling for more militia reinforcements as well as explosives experts. they need them to go neighborhood to neighborhood, essentially, street to street, and clear some of those explosives before the iraqi troops and militiamen can move further in. militia commanders say that's expected to take a few more days. but then again the worry is who is going to maintain control of the city? which force will be able to hold it after they drive out isil. isil has been engaging in battles in other areas where they're driven out. near kirkuk there have been battles with peshmerga forces. in samarra there were airstrikes that followed an attack on an army post. isil managed to capture more than ten iraqi soldiers. and that's not the only place. in the north in the town of gwer 40 kilometers from erbil they say that isil has blown up part of a bridge. that bridge was previously blown up by peshmerga forces, but then to halt the advance of fighters to erbil. the fact now that isil has destroyed the remaining part of that bridge could indicate they're coming back into ar

as iraqi troops and shia militia members have gone in to tikrit. they can't advance because of explosives and the snipers. the iraqi army called for reinforcements. they are expected to make progress. clearing neighbourhood by neighbourhood, and basically it is a rough oud line of when the army expects to raise the iraqi flag. it doesn't mean the battle will be over. >> and the force that is taking on the i.s.i.l. fighters in tikrit is interesting, isn't it. it's made up of a wide variety of forces and components if you like including a controversial iranian-backed sunni shia i should say militias. when they asked for more support, is that what they are requiring. did they want more shia militia men to join the fight? >> they want more of everything. we have to be clear t doesn't involve the kurdish forces or peshmerga, or the american air streaks. there are a lot of different comments. recently. veli sadiki, who -- mok tar al-sadr said he would send fighters. he said he is reactivating forces. they are several hundred fighters, and men other group

the president put local militias in charge of all government institutions in aden. the group is known as popular committees, and is it responsible for security. they have gone to meet some field commanders. >> these are the men in scplau order from southern yemen. the militia has been controlling the city for months. now they have replaced the security person. the committees are a key factor. security. they were able to defeat terrorists more efficiently than countries and governments much. >> on the president's orders the popular committees guard the airports and public institutions. >> translation: we welcome the committees among us. they are useful. we had a lot of weaknesses. they helped, especially in matters of crime and illegal weapons. >> the popular committees were created in 2012. the purpose was to fight against al qaeda. they are said to have shown efficiency and made success. that's why they rely on them now, for protection and to deep security in aiden. >> we saw the aggression that took place and in northern provinces. we can't let the same thing happen in aiden. regarding

he described the tripoli government as militia and implied that they were terrorists.hink his speech was very, very inflammatory and may it's a put those talks announced just moments earlier at some risk. and when the special representative of the u.n. spoke to the security council, he actually condemned that government in tobruk for recent air strikes that have taken place on the airport on the outskirts of tripoli, what was the military airport, and he said those were most unhelpful, and regrettable. >> thank you very much james. that's our diplomatic editor james bayes. >>> inside libya an attack on an oil field by fighters affiliated to isil has destroyed all equipment at the site. according to the oil minister, there were no casualties from the attack but the field was set alight. on tuesday there were fighting between isil-al fill lated forces and members of the government. >>> at least 30 miners are missing in ukraine, after a blast in the rebel-held donetsk region. they are calling on russia's president to tell rebel fighters to give access to rescue workers. >

when the malicious came, they were destroyed. -- when the militias came, they were destroyed. >> as weheaded toward the village, we saw the yellow flags of the pro-government militias. they still controlled the area at the time of our field investigation in mid-october. once inside the village, we saw homes still burning. it was nearly seven weeks after the siege of amerli was broken. other homes and buildings showed signs of arson. black suit marked the windows and doors were flames had engulfed the interior and charred the outer walls. i many of the houses, militias spray-painted names of their groups. we analyzed satellite imagery recorded and found evidence of a systematic and sustained campaign of arson and demolition that lasted over two months after the end of the siege of amerli. we also analyzed 500 kilometers square radius of amerli, which confirmed destruction and 30 out of 35 villages. most of the damage was caused by arson and intentional demolition inflicted after isis had fled the area. >> those 20 families living over there all fled when the militia came. >> iraq clearl

as explained on the first briefing that the jet fighters controlled by the houthi militias were targetedestroyed as they are on the ground. since then, none of the yemeni jet fighters have been used by the houthi as we have gained total control of the yemeni air space. >> i'm with reuters. do you have any information on how close this is doing to aden? and do you think that your operations can stop them from taking control of aden? >> first of all, i want to compel the operation itself -- the main objective is to protect the government in yemen. there is some elements of the houthi militias reach the -- some of the area around aden, and the air base. they were attacked by the coalition, now the air base is under control of the yemeni army. we will continue to target their movement -- their -- their concentration of forces until we clarify all of the area that they are controlling now. >> reporter: just a followup if they do manage to take aden will that represent pint at which you reconsider the campaign? >> please could you repeat again. >> reporter: if they do still manage to capture a

one of the things that they are focussed on is what's as those militia members and troops go further into the city and surrounding areas. we are hearing reports of villages in the fighting. revenge or just as a consequence of fierce fighting between iraqi forces and militias. there's potential to beat them and that is something that everyone is concerned about. >> some residents fear that militias fighting alongside forces to quarry out revenge attacks. we have this report. >> reporter: holding the flag of the islamic state is a victory sign for the iraqi soldiers and militias. they have retaken areas a few kilometres from tikrit. an i.s.i.l. held city. >> translation: the mobilization of militia men. they were able to achieve great victories. >> reporter: this is an up to on the outskirts of the creek. people are afraid of revenge attacks. some of that fear is already evident. this sunni neighbourhood reportedly burnt down near dick rit. the threat to the civilian population is great. when mir abbing stopped they issued awe warning. the leader of the movement urged the government to

as of yet. just slight injuries. >> but there are fears if tikrit falls, shia militia will take revenge on the sunni population for being seen as sympathizers of isil. the iran-backed militia is fighting along side, number around 20,000 and there are around 2,000 sunni tribesmen involved in this defense. stephanie dekker, al jazeera. >> we have more from northern iraq. >> there are iraqi troops in tikrit, but not yet in huge numbers that would be needed to be able to announce that they have taken the city back. this has been a stronghold for many months, among the tactics that we've seen clearly over the past couple of days there are explosion along key roads and in buildings, but it is clear that isil is on the defensive now as tikrit has seen fighters leaving leaving. and one of the things that officials are focused on as well is what happens as those thea militia memories and iraqi fruits move further troops move into the area. we hear revenge of the consequence of the fighting. there is huge potential here and something that everyone is worried about. >> at least five people were killed in attac

that the iranian backed militias may act eventually just as isil fighters act which is not friendly to local population. if you will certainly -- there's also reports of house militias the revenge killings and the likes by the new forces. in fact, one of the shiite leaders themselves, has already warned against the kinds of crime against the local population, that the new forces entering there might be committing. so against the back drop of that violence that we have seen in the country over the last dozen years i think many among the sunnies might view the forces as invaders rather than liberators. >> what is the danger here with isil fighters who are now pretty experienced. but presumably outnumbered you would expect those to win but a fight against isil won't be easy for them. >> there is no future for isil in iraq or anybody else. the question is at what cost. those fighters are ready to die for what they believe in and to maintain control of those areas they also thrive on this violence, and the costs they are ready to pay and exact on the local population is so high that one won

far as the yemeni army weapons and calgary, when the militias returned over the government they takever supplies, the yemeni army with limited supplies that has now still supports the legitimate government is confronting the militias, and whoever finds it or supports it, i wish to confirm, there arey are now losing their ability over land. they are suffering grave losses whether it's the houthis, themselves, or their loyalists, the pressure is increasing daily, their movement has become very slow. they are very -- they are making erratic decisions. they have random movements and pressure will increase in the forthcoming days until yemen is again safe and secure. >>> okay. we will leave that briefing there. brigadier general siri giving update on the operations in yemen. let's bring in once again retired jordanian air force general with us in aman. what did you make of what you heard there? especially right at the end, the houthis making erratic movements. it's clear from what the brigadier general said they are under pressure. >> of course they will be under pressure. you know using

this comes as iraqi forces and iranian-sponsored militias are making advances against isis in tikrit. joining me now is adam schiff a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you very much for being with us. let's talk first about boko haram. is this really a publicity stunt by them? is it a publicity stunt to help isis? is this propaganda? because are they not -- they're not really going to be operationally engaged, are they? >> well i think in certain -- in part absolutely, it's propaganda boost i think for both of them assuming this video is accurate and i have to reason that it won't. boko haram is under a lot of pressure. there are african nations joining from niger, cameroon and chad. so it's facing a lot of external pressure. isis similarly, in syria and iraq particularly now in iraq facing a lot of pressure in tikrit by the kurds, by forces in syria as well. so both are under extreme pressure from within and from without. so this holds a propaganda boost for both. i'm not sure we'll see great command and control of boko haram by isis but we will see, i th

later, posing as a militia man he infiltrated the nazi death camp. he made his way to london, and he showed his documents. they immediately sent the following cable to the world jewish congress in new york. jews in poland, almost completely annihilated. stop. read report. 10,000 jews dead. stop. forced to dig their own grave. hundreds of children thrown, alive, into gutters. death camps. treblinka district. thousands dead. mass graves. murdered pregnant women. stop. jews, dragged into death chambers. thousands, daily victims throughout poland. stop. believe the unbelievable. stop. six years later, on may 14 1948, the declaration was issued that began the state of israel. jews had dreamed of being a free nation in their own land. a vision articulated by theodore hertzel. the declaration's authors called this dream a greater urgency. the savagery he'd witnessed was an impetus behind the creation of the institution where i represent the u.s., the united nations. i begin my career as a journalist. moved by the harrowing images of prisoners in concentrati

representatives from libya's rival government are meeting in morocco to end the political crisis as powerful militiasht for control of libya's oil friends. now here say report. >> reporter: they are walking to the meeting hall. but libya's feuding factions are not yet ready to sit together to talk about a way out of a conflict. this is the go between. united nations representative is meeting here with members of the tripoli-based government, recognized as legitimate by the country's constitutional court. >> translator: we came here because there is a crisis in libya. the others don't want to talk to us, they want chaos to continue. they continue to bomb our cities but we want this round of talks to succeed. >> reporter: the u.n. on voir moves to another room to talk with members of the internationally recognized government of tobruk. libya has two governments and two armies. they have been fighting each other for control. >> translator: the fact that we are here means we are building trust which hasn't been the case in the past. all the parties want to solve the problem implement a ceasefire, form a

is back sunni arabs in yemen in iraq it is fighting on the same side as shia militias who have been helping the iraqi army, which is trying to kick isis out of tikrit. holly williams is following this. >> reporter: u.s.-led air strikes targeted isis fighting positions around tikrit, which was captured by the extremists in june. the strikes were requested by iraq's government after iraqi leaders earlier said they didn't need u.s. help to win back the city. instead, iraq turned to military advisers from iran to help its fighting force of more than 20,000 men many of them shiite muslim militiamen with iranian links. a condition of the u.s. strikes is that the militias go home. just outside tikrit two weeks ago, an iraqi general bahaa al azawi confidently told us that victory was days away. but the tikrit offensive stalled, even though one senior iraqi politician told us isis may have only 20 fighters left in the city. >> there are very few. they're using snipers and boop trap buildings. >> reporter: saad al muttalibi admits iraq's army is feeble despite $20 billion spent by the u.s. to train a

the offensive includes fighters from shia that litsch as fightingshia militias fightingalongside theernment. >>> some are planning to boy death netanyahu's talk speech to congress. he is said to argue against any deal with iran. >>> christina kirchner was heckles during her state of the union address. she's facing increasing criticism after a prosecutor accused her of covering up an investigation in to the 1994 bombing i've jewish center, lucia newman reports. >> as she prepared to address congress to the very last time. not a visible hints of distress that christina kerr, her and her government have been under. this since the my steer yeah death of the prosecutor who accused her of trying to cover up iran's alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the jewish community center. three hours in to her speech she lost her composure when opposition deputies held up signs alluring to the bombing. >> translator: i have always talked about this and asked for justice. i have accused the intelligence services of trying to cover it up. i don't need anyone to come here and talk to me about it.

that includes more than 2,000 sunni volunteers as well as kurdish militia.y're backed by jets and helicopters, going in strong after the first shelling of northern and western districts of tikrit on saturday. speaking ahead of the offensive, the iraqi prime minister laid out his strategy. >>> today, we are launching this big and significant operation to liberate our citizens inial salahuddin province. the priority we gave to the armed forces and all the forces taking part alongside them is to preserve the security of our citizens. our priority is to liberate our people from injustice and terrorism of the islamic state. >> well i've been hearing from the bbc's ahmed maher that the government's battle in tikrit is intended to lay the ground for retaking mosul. >> reporter: government forces backed by an alliance of thousands of volunteers many from the shia community, but also have sunni tribal fighters have been the gearing up for the largest battle which is the battle of mosul in the north. mosul is iraq's second largest city and a stronghold for the so-call

as well. this is probably the reason why we're not seeing u.s. air strikes in this area before the shi'ite militias deal poorly when they take over the sunni areas and treating them as enemy combatants. the united states is careful in getting involved in the sectarian violence. this will be a big test if they take tikrit. how will the iraqi army treat the sunnienni members of tikrit. will they treat them well or poorly? at the same time sunni fighters who are battling against isis and other parts of the country will be watching this closely to see how this army treats their sunni brothers if they takeover. christine. >> thanks, ian lee in cairo. watching that offensive. >>> vatican officials say isis threats against pope francis are real. the head of the vatican police force says they are not just making threats against a propaganda campaign but there is no specific plan for an attack. pope francis is fully aware of the risk but doesn't plan on compromising his style of ministry. >>> the federal death penalty trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev set to begin on wednesday. in court on monday the prosecution a

there have been as many as 80,000 mobilized in grand ayatollah sistani's call to arms for shia militiaas)[֖ popular mobilization forces, some have not. for iraqis under arms there's a significant shia population in the iraqi armed forces, both the counter terrorism services and the regular armed forces. about 80% of the iraqis in uniform are shia. >> and what number would you put on that? >> i'll have to get back to you with an exact number of the iraqis under arms. >> would you guess 10,000 to 80,000? >> it's upward of that. >> it's upward. what is our current guesstimate on isil forces in iraq? >> the numbers vary sir. i would defer to my intelligence committee colleagues about their best guest estimate. i've seen a couple,000 numbers. we can get back to you with a detailed classified answer. >> okay. are you guys watching the budget negotiations up here? it's okay to admit that you're watching them. >> my -- my portfolio on the joint staff is not being mindful of budgetary -- >> do you feel like you have enough money to prosecute -- how many -- we don't call them boots on the groun

militias do not have a promise. they have signed with other political parties of the yemeni people. the responsibility we shouldered required us to maintain patience and self-restraint as we are adamant to maintain security of our home lands. yet it was the houthi militias that broke the promises violating the pledges. they are the students of iran. i - to them i say by your political wrangling and the conflict, it has destroyed the country. it was you who violated the sovereignty. and you are held responsibility for all what has taken place, what has taken place, and what will take place - what will take place. you should listen to the voice of reason together with your allies. i call for the resolve stone operation to continue until this gang vendors, give up their arms and withdraw from all the provinces, state institutions and facilities occupied by them. and to lay down their arms - heavy and medium, and those seized. allow me from this podium to address my fellow country men and yemeni armed forces. to them i say you are the linchpin of security of yemen. your responsibility today is huge. safeguarding security. protecting the state institutions protecting your f

. >> the militias as i mentioned are under pressure, they are trying to enter cities and transfer the pattle as a violation of international law. >> we have not identified who is responsibility for this attack. whoever is responsible, this is a violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. this camp as well as the hospitals that have also been hit, are under protected status and should not be hit. so whichever forces are hitting them, are in violation of the law there should be accountable for that, and ultimately, they all such attacks have to crease. >> still more to come, including iraqi security forces reach the center of tikrit in their push to retake the city from isil. and the south african inquiry into the deaths of dozens of striking minors killed by police in 2012 what lessons will be learned. there have been celebrations after the country's main only six candices was declared the official winner of the presidential election. the victory marks the first time in nigeria's history that a ruling party has been voted out of power. in other news, nearly two dozen

not more compelling to that of yemen, which has extended to undermine the national security as an armed militiaroup have perp trited a coup -- perpetrated a coup with the hope of gobbling up the riches of the country and sidelining the people and where yemen is prone to external intervention. all efforts aimed at national dialogue were exhausted, and all attempts to steer away from armed conflict were exhausted. that's why it was necessary for decisive firm action be fishiated, where egypt took part with the participation of other countries and international countries with the aim to maintain integrity and independence of yemen, and the interests - and to maintain the interests of the yemeni people. so that the state can redoor ith authority on all the yemeni home sail and stability. the developments in libya is dire and it is no secret that the stability and security in libya comes as a top priority not only for egypt. but the region in its entirety. and in the right of the shared goals and common future. in addition to other considerations relating to international peace and security that has

what lead the libyan house of representatives to classify the alliance of the dawn of libya as terrorists militiasot think that there is anybody who denies that that definition applies perfectly to that coalition. this applied after they have burned the tripoli airport, and the houses of [ inaudible ] of tripoli, the houses of government officials, and the overtaking of state institutions in the capitol against the oil crescent, therefore the house of representatives was not wrong at all, despite the objection by some members of this council. ladies and gentlemen, the libyan people feels that the international community has failed them because of the absence of sufficient support for the house -- for the elected house of representatives, and the government it produced and because of the silence by certain countries that support the militias that seek to defeat and remove that house of representatives, the parliament and which encourage the militias to continue their occupation of the capitol and the state institutions. in fact there are those who are changing fact and overlooking crimes in order t

i hope we never coordinate or cooperate with shia militias. as in any long-running conflict battlefield success can ebb and flow. at the moment some of the momentum appears to have been regained. no battle determines the outcome of a war, and iran makes it clear it will continue to balance influence in the middle east for years to come. >>> world leaders are in switzerland attempting to hammer out the framework. secretary of state john kerry and his counterpart zarif took part in the talks. iran said its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposers, some fear they are seeking weapons. >> syria's president is looking to end the war. he has had no direct contact with washington but is willing to open a dialogue with the u.s. if it does not threaten the sovereignty. >> we could say every dialogue is a positive thing. we'll be open to any dialogue with anyone in the united states regarding anything, based on mutual respect. >> earlier this month the secretary of state says the u.s. must negotiate with the government. kerry's government was walked back

backing president hadi as the houthi militia surged toward aden. we believe he has fled the country along with the regional diplomats based in aden. concerned about the arabian influence in the country on the state of chaos on the southern border. the great foe, iran and the influence it has there, of critical importance to the saudis. as i say in the background you have the u.s. talks going on with iran as well. so what happens next in this country is going to be incredibly important, not just for yemen and for this region as a whole, but going forward for the world. this is a critical situation. it couldn't be anymore important at this point. >> saudi arabia launching air strikes in yemen. becky anderson thank you. >>> in iraq u.s. war planes launches positions on tikrit. iraqi forces have been fighting to retake the city for weeks. isis fighters are holding their own. the pentagon resumeing a leading role in the offensive. in the iraqi city of mosul dropping leaflets. >>> the u.s. soldier rescued from the taliban, five years in captivity, now ch

dozens of families have been threing the city as isil battles militia loyal to the tripoli based governmentill to come, edging closer, we'll get the later on iran's talks. and the severe punishment for a bar manager and two staff who have been convicted of insulting buddha. >> this wrecked building is one of three that make up the page primary school, until last week, 160 small children studies here. that building is totally wrecked and this roof has almost totally peeled away. perhaps the island hardest hit, by the cyclone. we flew down on a small propeller plane with eight seats with only those sorts of small planes can get in here at the moment waxer is really feed redirect examination the big military planes with aid onboard. the priorities are the roads. the shelters foods and medicines and and the tents at the immediate response, they are really needed. >> believe it or not this school is one of the least damaged buildings. many are standing totally flattened and on the road we came across a family sitting in the ruins of their home. trying to salvage some timber. this house i called

the shia led militia is seen as potentially destabilizing. but it is the shia militia doing much of the fighting and dying in the war against islamic state. these are some of the thousands who the party lost their lives leaving women and children behind every >> a few thousand miles south of iraq, another conflict is ending. the president of yemen has asked sunni gulf countries to step in and fight shia rebels across the country. they say they will take necessary measures against those rebels. american and british forces pulled out of the country because the situation was deteriorating so fast. the united nations has warned of the verge of civil war. i spoke with the lead director of the program for international studies. how much of a concern is it what is happening in yemen at the moment? >> it is a concern not only because of what is happening but what might happen. if you have a full-blown war between the saudi's and the iranians, which is what this is increasingly turning out to be this will be very bloody. it's going to be bloodier than

america sees the influence over the shia led militia as destabilizing. it is the shia militia who are doing much of the fighting and dying in the war against islamic state. these, the faces of some of the thousands who already lost their lives leaving grieving mothers, widows and children behind. bbc news tikrit. >>> we have news. we know new zealand is going to play in the world cup final. they have just beaten south africa. the margin of victory, four wickets. that doesn't tell even half of the story. 298 to win. they hit boundaries of the third to last and second to last ball of the match. 299. they will play in the world cup final, either australia or india. >>> israel denied the report about the fights on talking over tehran's nuclear program. they told bbc the claims reported in the wall street journal, in his words, are utterly false. they wanted details to build a case against the nuclear deal with iran. richard is here. we have known for some time that the americans spy on their allies. still, surprising that israel would spy on its major ally. >

and one of the things that the group is focused on as well is what happens as the shia militia members and troops fall into the city and the surrounding areas. we are hearing reports of the capture of villages in the fighting. in terms of revenge or just the consequence of fires fighting between iraqi forces and i.s.i.l. there's a potential here and that is something that everyone is concerned about. >> thank you for that. >> hillary clinton defended her use of a personal email account while serving as u.s. secretary of state. the republicans accused her of trying to block transparency. comey reports. >> reporter: former u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was the the u.n. to speak on women's issues. the big draw was outside the event. the media descended in throngs to here an explanation for using a perm email account for official business while secretary of state. speaking about the issue, secretary clinton insisted she broke no rules. >> and i got to work as secretary of state i opted for convenience to use my personal email lent which was allowed by the state bept cause i thoug

an iranian general who is rarely seen on camera is leading the militia man as osama ben javid reports. >> iraqi forces making headway despite suicide attacks and booby trapped buildings. >> translator: i think a side has turned in tikrit and with it be libertied soon. >> reporter: many believe they deserve more credit for capturing land from i.s.i.l. instrumental by general sulemani sulemani influence goes beyond the battlefield. many believe he is used as a propaganda tool on social media. forces battling i.s.i.l. >> translator: the shia need experts, they need mujahideen? in the future you will be able to help more the suppressed people of yours the iraqi people. >> reporter: the u.s. led coalition is relying on iraqi boots on the ground to take back areas but without the support of shia militias, iraqi troops have struggled against i.s.i.l. iraq's sunni neighbors allege these arms are an extension of i.s.i.l. militia. >> translator: iraq must build a status for cousin sulemani for what he has done for us. the iranians are helping us in exchange, for nothing. >> iraq's government ha

this fight being hampered by the iraqi air force, as well as the advance from the ground by the shia militias and the iraqi army. >> we're just having a look at some of the pictures that have been put out of those air strikes. very clearly targeted, as we see there. should we expect very briefly, should we expect more american-led strikes? >> reporter: yes, most likely. and of course, the americans are portraying this as their first entry into the tikrit battle that may be so in terms of direct participation in this particular battle, but the americans have been bombing areas, other areas in iraq, and that has had an effect of course on islamic state's ability to reinforce in tikrit. >> thanks, very much indeed. >>> now, that furor over the bbc "top gear" presenter who led on wednesday to losing his job, it rumbles on on social media. the producer at the center of the row has been receiving abuse on twitter, but some social media users are now criticizing the people who are attacking there timen. the clarkson story is not the only news of an entertainment departure causing quite a stir on the

but the condition was that there would be none of the iranian backed militias, and as you said, three of the militia groups have pulled out. they claimed all along that they didn't need the u.s. help. but the u.s. was able to convince iraq that with better firepower and planning the offensive was going on. >> as i understand it, at your request, the u.s. led a copy of one of the isil pamphlets dropped over syria this month and what does that show us? >> they mentioned that they were dropping leaflets, and we said, can we get a copy of that in and they produced one. it's a cartoon, it's kind of singlester looking and it depicts a couple of isil recruiters and it says isil in arabic isil recruiting center, and now serving 6,001. and meat gride, and dash, the arabic acronym for isil. and what it's saying, the united states feels like they're losing the alcohol operations war with isil, and feel of better about minting the opinion with propaganda, and the u.s. is trying to combat that, so it dropped 60,000 leaflets from an f-16. >> thank you very much. an army national guard it specialist

libya is fast ascending into chaos as powerful militias fight for control of the oil our report from the capitol. they are walking to the meetle hall but they are not yet ready to sit together, to talk about a way out of the conflict. this is the go between. the representative meeting here with members of the tripoli based government recognized as legitimate by the country's constitutional court we came here because there is a crisis, they want the chaos to continue, they continue to bomb our cities but we want this round of talks to succeed. >> the u.n. envoy moves to another room to talk with members of the internationally recognized government of that brook. libya has two governments and two armies. they have been fighting each other for control the factor that we are here means we are building trust which hasn't been the case in the the past. all the parties want to solve the problem implement a cease fire form a national unity government, and appoint a new prime minister. >> rival factions in the past brushed aside called for dialog. each leg is claimed as the legitimate authori

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as we know the houthi militia group is allied to former president saleh. they granted him immunity in 2011 and probably wanted him to engage in dialogue with them when they asked him to. so it seems this is not just about iran and could also be a very strong message to the former leader. unfortunately, the people are going to suffer from this are the yemeni people as a whole. >> yep, as ever, in all conflicts, it's civilians who get caught up in the middle of all the fighting. >> uh-huh, it seems that that's the case. we have had the houthis expand and take over some military bases. this is very scary because the speaker before me, i heard him speak about targeting airports. when you target airports in sanaa, sanaa airport is not a military airport, it is a civilian airport. what does this mean for people who are trying to flee this conflict? in the past, people in this area have seen nothing but fleeing scenarios. it seems like everybody on the ground is on lock down. >> thank you somer al fandani a yemeni researcher in washington d.c. let's speak to robe

. >> schieffer: do you see these shia militia as being more dangerous than say isis, because i think general petraeus said something to that affect recently. >> i think whether it's more or less you have to look at the core set of problems here, that the shia militia being there continuing to oppress and persecute the sunnis what is causing isis to grow in strength. that's a fact. we look what is happening in tikrit, we look what we expect in mosul to my knowledge i've asked questions of military leaders here and members of the administration there is no clear plan in place for sunni people to take charge of these sunni dominated parts of iraq which is the only thing that would prevent isis from coming back in, even if there is a military victory. >> schieffer: how important is it that congress pass some kind of authorization that the president wants to authorize the war against isis and terrorists? >> this authorization goes to the military question. before we examine that again we've got to look at what are the overall strategy to defeat this threat before we drill down the details

there has been some organizational support and potentially which command and control as opposed to use the shechem militia elements that remains ultimately to be determined the u.s. role with regard to tikrit has to be considered all over iraq but the question is important as you watched that operation and fold to establish day or continue a close relationship with the combinatory operations center. as they continued with members of the iraqi security forces for the final phase of tikrit i don't want to get into operational detail to the benefit of the enemy betted begin with key intelligence that will targeted their precise air strikes would and because of the iraqi security forces that is unfolding right now. is also specific as a result of the request. >> is it part of the strategy with the iraqi military operations. for urgent to was tempted to salvage the strategy to support the iraqi security forces with what is not insignificant and urban center with the ada ultimately to drive out of the province to meet with senior leaders from the province did last week met with senior iraqi leaders with the of

strikes in iraq in tikrit and we did it to help the iraqi security forces and iranian backed- militia was not asart of the front lines and now we are hearing that the shiite militias backed by iran are starting to quit because of our involvement in iraq. help us through that headline and what do you make of that? >> look, i disagree. what has happen the shiite militia backed by the iranians tried to move twice in tikrit. and the isis and jihaddists are hundreds and thousands or more. it is a military failure backed by iran. and now they need an argument and demand united states destroy isis and then they will move in f and take over. but the mostly shiite army can't occupy the sunni area. we should have sunni forces engaged with isis. >> egyptian state tv said the task of wrapping military force would be military intervention to deal with security threats with arab nations. what about al-qaeda and the terrorist that are out there upon wanting to harm the united states and using these countries as their basis are we less safe now. >> we have united arab force. it may be requested or used in libia

president, the shia militia that are roaming around iraq are committing war crimes as i speak. so you are completely disconnected from the behavior of the people you're negotiating with and you don't understand the iranians at all. you are dangerously in denial or delusional about the threats we face and who we're dealing with. so i'm glad we wrote the letter to bring some certainty to the process. if the president of the united states negotiates a deal with iran and that deal includes lifting the congressional sanctions, and he does it without our input he has changed a balance of power that's existed for hundreds of years in this country. mr. president, we created congressional sanctions by a 100-0 vote over your objection and we're not going to let you tell us we have no voice in lifting the sanctions we've created. we're not going to let the united nations lift sanctions that we created so the iranians need to understand the following. if there is a deal between the p 5-plus 1 and they are telling you congressional sanctions will be lifted by signing the deal, that's not ac

about 3,000 iraqi soldiers and police have been attacking positions as they try to reach the city center they are backed by 20,000 militia men known as the popular mobilization forces and a smaller number, while they aren't lacking in military hardware, they have been slowed down by snipers suicide bombers and bobby trapped buildings. this shows forces stopping bomber ins a vehicle from reaching a military barracks in iraq's western province. in the city center, their commanders are triumphant. >> isil tried to enter the city from all four sides but thank god the local police force and cooperation defended them. we detonate their car bombs. in baghdad volunteers have been cueing up to donate blood for servicemen in the offensive, it is an initialtive organized. all iraqis should participate in this blood donation campaign, this is a simple thing, i off to my country. >> elsewhere the prime minister told a crowd of forces that they had made huge gains but said they also had to protect civilian life and property. >> there are infill traitors that want to tarnish our victories but committing crimes and serious violations. t

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let's continue to listen in. >> the houthi militias are under pressure as i mentioned. they moved the battle inside the cities. that's where there will be some victims. that's their main aim if you follow the media. the coalition work precisely, as you saw, with great precision. there was a vehicle which was targeted after we were sure that this is a houthi vehicle. now, the air force is in the air attacking. the operations that are happening now are not coming from outside the cities. it is run by the militias that were already in the cities. and work is underway to control the matter.

intentions are so high, that some of those people in mosul will probably view the iranian supported militias as invaders, rather than liberators. >> and what about those people that have tried to put together a semblance. factual the foundation in which that was built? >> well, there was a press conference, right, david a press conference that features the americans head of the joint chiefs of staff meaning the head of the american military. and the iraqi defense minister. they are not apologetic about soliciting against isis, that this is what we are going to do, that already the head of the guards is overseeing the fight within iraq. next to him general dempsey said look, unless baghdad tries to resolve the issue the entire coalition against isis will be jeopardized because of this sectarian. >> thank you elsewhere in rye rack, well the army has gained ground on the outsecurities of falujjah, retaking a town just fort kilometers west of baghdad. >> kurdish forces have blown up a truck on a suicide mission. pictures appear to show the truck isil fighters try to capture for the curds who held t

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