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director of policy at the kurdish policy foundation and via foam, malak, a young activist in basra, iraqsked we hide his identity out of concern for his safety. thank you for all being here. malak, you have asked that we not identify you. what is happening on the ground in iraq that's making you so afraid office to be honest, it's just a precaution. i mean it may not jeopardize my safety. it's just as a precaution because we are basically in a war zone at the end david you can't be social. being on something. >> you are on the ground there. we have been talking about the group called islamic state. how are local populations reacting to them there i can speak about it most of the time because i am available here, you know. i am not really sure how it is up there where they are. in basra, i can honestly feel the people real ready to talk about them taking over basically. >> we have -- we have a lot -- go ahead. go ahead. >> hello? >> go ahead. we have a lot of community interest and community questions, lisa. people want to ask, iraqis what's happening on the ground. we have mikey on faceb

government still has the money to get that ninety five percent of production is located in basra which is controlled by the government in other regions the oil production is in significant. oil production was suspended in kirkuk due to an explosion on the export oil pipeline. but there is no oil production in other territories. are taking place. ninety five percent of iraqi oil production is concentrated in my son's city and was. under government control and. jerrold thank you so much for this wonderful interest thanks for explaining us what's going on in iraq we're talking tonight jim bad former mayor of the iraqi town of tal afar is our base in america and scholar there it's been great talking to were talking about what's going on inside iraq well as this would ever ever take over the iraq and what's in store for iraq that's it for this edition of. time. rise of the islamic state or are you sis in the middle east is said to reorder political realities in the region the west feel colonial agenda for the arab world is coming to an end it would seem the arab spring has been replaced wit

but as i drive around baghdad or basra or other places over the last year, it's a checkpoint army. and i've said that. and you cannot take on an isis if you've been in static position on the defense and not trained for offensive operations. what is troubling, as you ride up to these army checkpoints, there are shia religious banners almost at every one, across baghdad and certainly in basra. there must be a fundamental change in the nature of these forces, not only in the government but in the forces to allow participation by a sunni and kurds in this unified effort that it would require. >> well, i appreciate your insights. i'm not a military guy, but i will say that when an american soldier volunteers, joins, he fights for a cause, for a principle, for a set of values. he fights for his nation. he or she fights for their nation. if the job is just a job, then it doesn't turn out the same way. and if it's difficult to get an iraqi army if you don't feel you are fighting for the totality of a country, shia, sunny, and kurd. and that's a real problem and that's a real problem. anyho

basra is all video transformers separators the finance company reveals plans to make drones that can fix themselves and change shape there in a mission. we released video shows the moment see passenger planes almost collided at barcelona airports one was crossing the runway on the ground as the other came and so on the boeing from a russian airline pulled up at the last minute avoiding the argentinian advice spanish tried controllers and says the city would not have provided box aviation expert chris kate told us the ground control boss to blame. control can quite clearly be at fault because both of these airplanes were on traffic control instruction at the time so the jets landing would have been listening to the. traffic controller giving them instruction and the argentinean jets would probably have been listening to ground control giving him instructions on what to do and quite frankly the takeoff on the ground the argentinian judge should have been given instruction to hold church of the runway the two pilots in the jets not noticed the argentinian jets crossing the room why it m

but as i drive around baghdad or basra or other places over the last year, it's a checkpoint army. and i've said that. and you cannot take on an isis if you've been in static position on the defense and not trained for offensive operations. what is troubling, as you ride up to these army checkpoints, there are shia religious banners almost at every one, across baghdad and certainly in basra. there must be a fundamental change in the nature of these forces, not only in the government but in the forces to allow participation by a sunni and kurds in this unified effort that it would require. >> well, i appreciate your insights. i'm not a military guy, but i will say that when an american soldier volunteers joins, he fights for a cause for a principle, for a set of values. he fights for his nation. he or she fights for their nation. if the job is just a job, then it doesn't turn out the same way. and if it's difficult to get an iraqi army if you don't feel you are fighting for the totality of a country, shia, sunny, and kurd. and that's a real problem and that's a real problem. anyhow,

the greatest experiment involved mosul, baghdad and basra. they were doraled into a new country, iraq, ruled by abdullah's brother, king faisel. >> he would rule for them and do the british bidding in iraq, and they would save themselves the considerable expense of declaring iraq or mesopotamia a full-blown protectorate of the british empire. >> a colonist construct the country made very little sense for the religious groups. the map continued to evolve through the 20th century. by the 1940s syria and lebanon were independent. britain lost it's mandate over palestine and transjordan paving the way for israel which grew it's territory substantially during the 1967 six-day war. as for iraq, it was overthrown in 1958 setting the stage for saddam hussein to seize power until he was ousted by the united states in 2003. ethnic and sectarian tensions in iraq flared in the years that followed creating an opening for sunni insurgents from the islamic state to gain a foothold in iraq where they hope to undo the borders laid down nearly 100 years ago. >

i was shocked by it but as i drive it down -- drive around baghdad or basra or their other places of last year to checkpoint army. i have said that. indeed you cannot take on an isis if you have been in static positions are on the defense and not trained for offensive operations. what is troubling is the troubling is you right up to these army checkpoints and there she is religious banners across baghdad and certainly in basra. so there must be a fundamental change in the nature of these forces and not only the governments but the forces to allow participation by sunni and in this unified effort that we require. >> i appreciate your insight. i am not a military guy but i will say when an american soldier volunteers, he fights for a cause or principle for a set of values, he fights for his nation. he or she fights for their nation. if the job is just a job then it doesn't turn out the same way. and if it's difficult to get an iraqi army, if you don't feel you are fighting for the totality of the country shia, sunni and kurd, then that's a real problem and that's a real problem. anyhow

the greatest experiment involved mosul, baghdad and basra. they were corralled by britain into a new country, iraq, ruled by abdullah's brother, king feisal. >> he would rule for them, do the british bidding in iraq and, as a result, they would save themselves considerable expense of declaring iraq or messpotamia a full-blown protect offerate of the british empire. >> iraq served britain's economics but the country made little sense with the various groups hemmed within its borders who have chafed under baghdad's centralized rule. >> the map continued to evolve through the 20th century. as for iraq, it's monarchy was over thrown by a military coup on july 14th, 1958, setting the stage for saddam hussein to seize power until he was ousted by the united states in 2003. ethnic and sectarian tensions in iraq flared in the years that followed creating an opening for sunni insurgents of the islamic state to gain a foothold in iraq where they hope to undo the borders laid down nearly 100 years ago. patricia sabga, al jazeera. one change is that inde

but as i drive around baghdad or basra or other places over the last year, it's a checkpoint army. and i've said that. and you cannot take on an isis if you've been in static position on the defense and not trained for offensive operations. what is troubling, as you ride up to these army checkpoints, there are shia religious banners almost at every one, across baghdad and certainly in basra. there must be a fundamental change in the nature of these forces, not only in the government but in the forces to allow participation by a sunni and kurds in this unified effort that it would require. >> well, i appreciate your insights. i'm not a military guy, but i will say that when an american soldier volunteers, joins, he fights for a cause, for a principle, for a set of values. he fights for his nation. he or she fights for their nation. if the job is just a job, then it doesn't turn out the same way. and if it's difficult to get an iraqi army if you don't feel you are fighting for the totality of a country, shia, sunny, and kurd. and that's a real problem and that's a real problem. anyho

obviously, if you were to ask some of the kurds against who saddam launched genocide or people in basrathe shia area, excluded from government, excluded from their rights of worship they'd probably say no. if you asked the people in baghdad who have had this terrible time in the last years, they'd probably say yes. the purpose of what i'm saying is not a shuffle off responsibility. i take full responsibility for what we did. the important thing is to realize, this is a long-term problem. its root cause is in this extremism. these regimes were information going to be sustained. we removed the one in iraq but the people removed the other ones. and so in the end, the question is, how do we help the region and can we help the region to a future in which this toxic mix of religion and politics is taken out of the situation and people are allowed to have the type of government that a majority of people in the middle east probably want. >> and here at home, the supreme court may be out of session but the fight over coverage of contraception rages on. that's right here next on "andrea mitchell

obviously if you were to ask some of the kurds against whom saddam launched jep si genocide or people in basra were excluded from government, excluded from their rights of worship, they would probably say no. if you ask the people in baghdad who have had a terrible time over the last years, they'd probably say yes. however, the purpose of what i'm saying is not to shuffle off responsibility. i take full responsibility for what we did. the important thing is to realize this is a long-term problem. its root cause is in this extremism. these regimes were never going to be sustained. i mean, we removed the one in iraq but the people removed the other ones, and so in the end the question is, how do we help the region and can we help the region to a future in which this toxic mix of religion and politics is taken out of the situation and people are allowed to have the type of government that a majority of people in the middle east probably want. >> many, especially in his own country, now blame blair for joining george w. bush and invading iraq in the first place in 2003, which they see as the root

and the shia militia, largely those trained by the iranians, in basra and also in sadr city had beendefeated. >> violence in iraq is on a downward trend... >> the story of hope, a better future in iraq... >> the numbers are starting to change. the violence is beginning to come down. there's the green shoots of optimism in the white house. >> it's a stunning turn, like a light switch being flipped... >> maybe this is the time things are beginning to get better, they hope. >> there has been a sharp decline in roadside bombings in iraq... >> narrator: in december of 2008, during the last month of his presidency... >> president bush made an unannounced trip to iraq sunday... >> narrator: ...george w. bush made one final visit. >> bush's surprise last visit to iraq as commander in chief... >> it's meant to be, in a sense, a valedictory. in effect, the surge has at least seems to have changed things, turned things around. >> the reasons for that trip are, of course, closure. i mean, how could the president who has started the war in iraq, how could he leave office without going back to ira

the blasts targeted restaurants and hotels in the city of basra.the north we learn that an iranian pilot has been killed. initial reports said he had been flying a military jet. it's likely that that soldier was killed on the ground. there are reports that a helicopter was shot down over university in tikrit. >> some people who fled mosul since the up to was taken say they are unsure whether they'll be able to go home. >> every time they went to a new place they asked if people were shiites. i won't go back home. they'll kill me. >>> as many as 500,000 left the city since june. >>> overnight attacks in kenya, where 29 have been killed in two raids along the coast. heavily armed men opened fire, a second attack took place in a police station. al-shabab claimed responsibility saying it's in retaliation for military actions in somalia. >>> pro-russian separatists have been driven out of an eastern stronghold in slovyansk. the president has given them until sunday to lay down weapons. the rebels vowed to continue fighting. we have the day's development

was time for him to go, president assad remains in power, and i know of no one that believes that basra aassad is going to negotiate his departure. in fact, he just orchestrated another -- quote -- re-election. i remember when an american president said that a foreign leader must go, it conveyed a commitment to doing something about it, but instead of taking decisive action in support of the president's declared policy, the administration has simply moved away from calls for assad to step down over the past year. in fact, instead of being forced to step down, assad has continuously gotten the administration to treat his regime as a central interlocutor , first with a chemical weapons agreement through which assad forced the u.s. into acknowledging his legitimacy and ensuring that he would remain in place until the agreement was carried out, then by serving as the sole authority on distribution of aid within the country and now by presenting himself as critical to the fight against terrorism and the al qaeda affiliated islamic state of iraq and syria. so as it turns out, president obam

. >> we see emerging from beirut to basra an infer until crescent where militias loyal to ethnic or religious groups are more powerful than governments. where there is warfare, but even when there is peace it's an unstable peace with militias in real control no matter what the map says about nation states. it's a three-way contest between the moderate sunni, shiite alliance and extremist sunni. i believe that the shiite alliance led by iran is the greater threat to the united states. this does not mean that we should not seek to weaken isis. maliki is not a good guy just because we installed him. his approach to governing is as responsible as any other factor for isis's emergence. in the absence of isis pressure, he would not have changed at all. and now we need a new prime minister in iraq. a distant second best would be some sort of radically changed maliki platform. maliki allows his air space to be used for planes flying to syria from iran carrying weapons and thugs. he's increasingly dependent on iran. we do not want to be his air force. we do not want to see isis expand. we have a tough