we are here to cement bilateral relations between iraq and germany. tions are deep rooted in history and today we are a part of the international coalition and so is germany in the face of this. germany has been providing assistance to iraq in terms of intelligence security training and so far there is a solution to provide weapons to iraq to the peshmerga. and it is being provided to the iraqi government in iraq. cementing our relation is very substantial as we are facing the threat of i.s.i.l. it is not only a threat to iraq but it is the entire region and the global security and there is a great deal of cooperation between iraq and germany in terms of intelligence and namely the foreign militants who are representing large number of places and coming from different world countries including germany and crossing from syria into iraq those foreign militants and operatives they are wreaking havoc and killing iraqi infrastructure and iraqi people and i informed america those foreign fighters were fighting under dash the i.s.i.l. panel, are very dangerou

they are holding the main road between iraq and syria and that part of this isis threatened territory. and the strategic importance here, if these fighters in northern iraq can continue to hold that position continue to control that road it is possible that isis could be split in half between these two countries. between iraq and syria again instead of how it has been for months now which is them controlling territory in both countries as a way this erases the border. >>> we joined kurdish fighters in northern iraq. america's closer allies and travelled to their front line position just outside of mosul. the captain explained why they fought so hard to take and hold this ground. >> this position is strategic because from here we control the road from syria, he said. now we have cut it off, cutting the road means the kurds have severed isis's main supply line and isis wants it back. >> there was just a incoming round and luckily it overshot this position. you see where the fighters are looking. let's find a more secure area. >> the kurds fire back to keep back isis. sometimes mortar at

between iraq and syria. close to where more than 220 crifnlts werechristians were abducted by the group two days ago. >>> president obama is given one more day of funding for homeland security. congress now has seven days to find a longer term solution to the department's funding problems. kimberly halkett has the story. >> a stopgap for the department of homeland security for seven days. that means the border patrol, coast guard will go to work as they always expected to but now they know they will be getting a paycheck. what this also means is there will be continued debate on capitol hill how to fund this department for the next seven days. that's because there are many on capitol hill that feel this funding should be tied on an issue on immigration. that that that is the executive order put in place late last year that would many have a path to citizenship to those who entered the country illegally. to roll back this executive action that they say is unconstitutional that the president did not have the l

it's a main supply line between iraq and syria crossing sinjar city. another mass grave, the conflict in northern iraq continues. the 1,000km front line. the community pays a heavy price. >>> a syrian government jet targeted rebels in the south. activists say 12 were killed and dozens injured in air strikes on a rebel held area. duma another stronghold has come under attack. 10 people were killed, dozens injured, including women and children. an air strike in damascus killed and injured dozens. it was to the east of the capital. >>> al jazeera journalist peter greste spoke of his relief of being released after 400 days in an egyptian gaol it was with incredible angst he left two colleagues behind. in his first interview he asked for egyptian to free mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. stephanie dekker spoke to peter greste about the moment he learnt he was being released. >> look i can't tell you how relieved i am at being free. i didn't expect. we were settling in for an appeared of months behind prison for the retrial. to be out now, today, with a

a main supply line between iraq and syria cross the sinjar city, so yet another mass grave the conflict continues in northern iraq. the yazidi community did pay a heavy price over recent months. >> the war in syria has had a devastating effect on the fishing industry in lebanon. fishinger man used to cross into syrian waters where the catch was better. as we report now on the lebanese-syrian border, that all stopped when the conflict began. >> it's a cold morning on the sea in northern lebanon. these fisherman have more serious things to worry about their camp down 70%. they've always relied on syrian borders for catching big fish, they say the coast is less polluted and unlike lebanon the sea hasn't been overfished. >> when we used to go into syria, there were more fish and we could make a living. since the crisis, the syrian navy stopped us. sometimes we go in 200 meters and they shoot at us, not to kill us, but to make us go back. >> they used to catch $500 worth of fish a day now lucky to get $100. >> this is as far as lebanese fishermen can go, 300 meters from the syrian border. be

jordan do not go after isil isil is going to come to jordan's borders because it is sandwiched between iraq and syria where isil controls territory. jordan was part of this coalition to strike isil inside syria and iraq for fear isil would eventually try to enter voluntary daneian territory. >> all right, thank you. let's cross to our middle east analyst rejoining us via skype from london. if you were listening there from amamman, there's a school of thought that isil's objective was never to really have that female suicide bomber sajida al-rishawi released, it was more to sow divisions been jordan's public opinion and turn them against the government. >> oh, yes definitely. this is a very active theory here. i would like to add that it, that the islamic state would like to send a message to all the members of the coalition saying that we will not give any mercy to any pilot or any soldier who will fight us. i think it is very clear message here. this pilot was bombing us, bombing our bases and particular in syria and we are not going to deal with him the same way we dealt with the other ho

main supply line between iraq and syria crosses sinjar city and yet another masked grave and conflictrthern iraq continues and there is 1,000 kilometer front line here and the yaziti community did pay a heavy price over resent month. >> reporter: they called on the u.n. to scrap its inquiry into alleged war crimes during the conflict in gaza in 2014. benjamin netanyahu made the call following the resignation of the head of that inquiry on monday. the canadian academic william had bend accused by israel of bias because of consulting work he had carried out for the palestinian liberation organization in 2012. >> reporter: i did a legal opinion about the international criminal court when the palestinian liberation organization was advising people on the issue of ratifying the rome statute of the international criminal court and they asked me for a legal opinion and i delivered it. it was a small consultant and i do it all the time for governments and of course what happens in the past is put aside when one is sworn in as a commissioner. i took an oath to be an independent, an impartial m

. >> and the propaganda war between iraq and i.s.i.l. >> tonight in our context segment we are talking a closer look at northeastern nigeria where boko haram has make an effort to carve out a islamic state. >> group set off a bomb that killed at least one person. this follows several days of fighting in the region including an attack on the city of bosso. >> in cameroon, reports say between 20 and 30 people were taken captive and that the bus was driven across the border back into nigeria. last week a boko haram attack on fotocol killed nearly 100 people. >> a source told al jazeera nigeria will try disarm all boko haram camps in six weeks. haru matassa reports. >> they say they're going to try to defeat boko haram within six weeks. they know it's a difficult task, but convincing nigerians that they can do it will be harder. together with forces from chad and cameroon and african union they are trying to identify the camps where the boko haram fighters may be hiding and living and then from then on they want to contain the situation. people who fled to northeast where the boko haram at

because it's such an important area for isil, a main supply line between iraq and syria crosses sinjar city. yet another mass grave the conflict in northern iraq continues. there's a 1,000-kilometer front line here, and, you know, the yazidi community did take a heavy price over the last few months. >> the strehl prime minister has called on the u.n. to scrap its inquiry during alleged war crimes in gaza in 2014. benjamin netanyahu made the call following the head of that enchiropractory on money the canadian academic. he'd been accused of israel by bias because of consulting work that he'd done for the palestinian liberation organization in 2012. >> the israeli government is very pleased that he has resigned as head of the u.n. inquiry of war crimes. in a statement released by the prime minister's office today on tuesday, benjamin netanyahu said that he was biased against israel and went on to say that united nations should scrap the investigation altogether. this investigation began in august shortly after that conflict between israel and hamas ended and is only a month away from bei

if isil is defeated in hasaka and sinjar it would seriously restrict it's freedom of movement between iraq and syria. they need to cut the group's supply lines before any major military assault. >> hasaka is a hundred kilometers from mosul in iraq. but defeating it here would weaken them there. al jazeera, bay root. >> three men have been arrested in the u.s. charged with entiring to support isil. this is the official complaint filed against them. two men were taken into custody in new york while thanking to fly from syria to join the group. the theirs suspect is believed to have helped organize the trip from florida. the new york police commissioner bill brattan said that they alleged to commit the attacks from the u.s. >> the idea that it was quite plain based on their own statements that if they were not able to go, that they would seek to acquire weapons here and guns and machine guns, and seek to attack very specifically police officers. and so that those aspirations were mate quite clear from the case. >> what more can you tell us about the suspects? >> well, they're arraigned two of

there is a region where the violence is fillspilling across borders not only between iraq and syria fraifrl but other names in that same region. in iraq we have been the prospect of working with the government in a fashion that provided it governs in a non-sectarian way, an inclusive way. it gives us a partner on the ground that however weakened is established and can be built up. that's exactly what we are doing with our coalition partners in the iraq context. we are training advising equipping, assisting the iraqi security forces, providing active sport from the aran das a consequence, we are already seeing progress in pushing isil out of numerous parts of contested areas. in syria, the challenge is different a government that has violated all norms and lost its legit mattis to govern and instituted violence against its own people. that's not a partner for the united states or any other member of our coalition, and yet, at the same imperative remains, not only the opportunity to degrade and defeat isil from the air joined with our efforts to cut off the foreign fighter flow and the financ

they control 30% of that province strategic province bordering iraq allowing the group to move between iraq and syria. we don't know if they killed the people if they are alive or if i.s.i.l. is ready to engage in a prison swap. so far the group has not made demands. >> as far as the battle against i.s.i.l. how is that going. what protection is being made? >> well, like i mentioned, i.s.i.l. controls 30% of the province, they cannot afford to lose the territory. it means a major supply route that links the stronghold to a stronghold in iraq. mosul will be cut, severing the supply links. we saw the iraqi kurds pushed towards mosul. in syria, you have the syrian kurds on the defensive. now, is this all part of a broader military plan in the run up to every ground offensive in mosul? it's too early to say. the u.s. led coalition had this in mind. and one of the most important supply lines runs through the province. >> thank you for that. zeina khodr in beirut >>> a taliban suicide car ball attack killed two people. the bomber targeted a vehicle from the turkish embassy. it's the first known at

the propaganda war between iraq and i.s.i.l. >>> welcome back. we are following the news out of denmark. police are investigating a second shooting outside a synagogue in copenhagen. we understand one person was shot in the head two officers wounded. police are looking into whether this shooting is in fact lipped to an earlier -- linked to an earlier attack at a free-speech forum at a cafe. it's early in the investigation. one man was killed in that shooting. three officers injured. the suspect is still at large. we'll go to copenhagen throughout the hour on al jazeera america. >> also substantiate. iraqi officials are trying their best to counter-i.s.i.l.'s campaign. one effort included a tv show that ridiculed i.s.i.l. and its leaders. jane arraf has more from baghdad. >> in is one of the front lines in the fight against i.s.i.l. a statement on iraqi television videos are part of an effort to counter i.s.i.l.'s wide-ranging campaign. it's aimed at undermining the appeal of the islamic state of iraq and levant. it's most effective weapon a satir

phil we heard the foreign minister say, that border between iraq and syria has been so ydyied up theyiraq. >> it shows resolve that we were uncertain about. you have the emotional response in syria. clear reason why syria is the headquarters for isis leadership serious location of the murder of the pilot. go across the border you get into a different kettle of fish. a location where the americans interest fein intervened. you are going into a sensitive area that's governed by a shia government. member jordan is a sunni state. this is a show that the jordanians are in the game maybe more than we expected. >> peter, isis propaganda they like this notion that they are fighting the united states. when jordan gets in there and fights them that's a different set of propaganda challenge for them isn't it in. >> yes and no. they regard these arab regimes as puppets of the united states. they will say the saudi king is basically a puppet of the united states. the jordanian king is. it's not a new propaganda problem. that's how they see the world. >> colonel, is there a possibility there can be

. >> the problem remains that there's a false separation between iraq and syria, and the idea that air power alone will be enough to really dislodge it. the results have been uneven so far, and as everybody says if this is going to go on it will be a long hall. >>> ian black, middle east editor from "the guardian." thank you for joining us. >>> still lots more ahead on al jazeera, including a medical milestone for the developing world. doctors in india carried out a successful double hand transplant. plus... >> i'm in venus, where two city tried marks carnival and high tide happen on the same day. >> in sport novak djokovic wins a record fifth australian open title. pash- >>> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. al jazeera journalist peter greste has been released from an egyptian prison and is on his way home. he has flown to cypress and is expected to continue to australia. his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still in gaol in egypt, where they have been held for 400 days. >>> the nigerian military is trying to repel boko haram fighters from the easte

cutting the road means the kurds have severed isis' main supply line between iraq and syria and isis wants it back. there was an incoming round. luckily it overshot this position and the kurdish fighters are looking at the smoke. there comes another round. let's try to find a more secure area. the kurds fire back to keep back isis. sometimes mortar attacks followed by ambushes. the kurds took this base and have already lost three men holding it. they'll lose many more they say, unless they get a lot more help from washington and soon. kurdish officials we've spoken to say they're disappointed deeply disappointed that they're not getting more support from washington to fight the ground war that kurdish troops are involved in. these troops are loyal to the u.s., they're brave, on the front lines. so far they are getting some air strikes and that outpost that woef just featured in the piece was established with the help of u.s. air strikes, but that's not enough. they say they want a lot more weapons, better coordination and a real commitment from the united states to fight isis with re

cutting the road means the curds have severed isis' main supply line between iraq and syria, and isis wants it back. >> there was just an incoming round in this area. luckily it overshot this position. you can see where soldiers there, kurdish fighters are looking at this there comes another round. let's try and find a more secure area. the curds fire back to keep back isis. sometimes mortar attacks, followed by ambushes. the curds took this base have already lost three men holding it. they'll lose many more unless they get more help from washington and soon. the officials say that kind of attack happens all the time sometimes twice a day for that particular outpost. kurdish officials are shocked they're not getting more support, more weapons. yes, there are u.s. advisers here working with kurdish troops there are american air strikes helping kurdish forces, but not getting the weaponry or sophisticated weaponry to turn the tide of this war, and that is disappointing to say the least for many kurdish officials. they say they the kurds, are the only ones actually fighting. they're loya

there must be huge and very powerful liaison between iraqs and peshmerga. i think this between the two forces must be powerful, must be watertight. we don't want problems in terms of liberating mosul or anything in that sense. andic that the initial coalition air campaign must be very well organized within our own troops on the ground. i'm pretty sure we can liberate mosul with a minimum of casualties and costs. and we can cause a lot of damage to the dash because their center, their ideological center. if we damage a weapon and i'm sure we're going to do it. >> mosul will be back in your hands by the end of the year? >> i hope so. we are working to do before that. >> the iraqi prime minister. >>> stay on bbc world news. still to come. india calls for the legalization of prostitution. [engine revving] [engine revving] [engine revving] ♪ introducing the first-ever 306 horsepower lexus rc coupe with available all-wheel drive. once driven, there's no going back. lease the 2015 rc 350 for $449 a month for 36 months. see your lexus dealer. ♪ it was the best day

and putting up a fierce battle because it's such an important area for isil a main supply line between iraqyria crosses the line and another masked grave and conflict continues and there is a 1,000 kilometer front line here and the community did pay a heavy price over recent months. >>> an explosion in the egyptian capitol near a busy scare in the center of cairo and security increased at the airport and there is a concern about safety in the country since the over throw of mohamed morsi in 2013. israel prime minister called on the u.n. to scrap inquery into alleged war crimes during the conflict in gaza in 2014 and benjamin netanyahu made the call following the resignation of the head of that inquiry on monday academic has been accused of bias because of consulting work he did for the palestine liberation organization in 2012. >> i did a legal opinion about the international criminal court when palestine liberation organization was advising people on the issue of ratifying the rome statute of the international criminal court and they asked me for a legal opinion and i delivered it it was a

cutting the road means the kurds have severed isis' main supply line between iraq and syria. and isis wants it back. >> there was just an incoming round in this area. luckily it overshot this position and you can see where the soldiers there shall the kurdish fighters are looking at the smoke and there comes in another round. so let's try and find a more secure area. the kurds fire back to keep back isis. sometimes mortar attacks followed by ambushes. the kurds took this base and have already lost three men holding it. they'll lose many more they say, unless they get a lot more help from washington and soon. >> richard, it's very -- >> there are as you know american military -- go ahead. >> they are really challenging. if you look at the base the vehicles that are put together with slapped on armor, they are running low on ammunition. and there are american advisers military advisers here in erbil and here in kurd. >> stan: the kurdish fighters meet regularly with them and i can tell you because i've spoken with some american advisers they are very frustrated. they feel they

army divisions to that task and our security forces there must be huge and very powerful liaison between iraqd peshmerga. i think the alliance between the two forces must be powerful must be watertight. we don't want problems in terms of liberating mosul or anything in that sense. i think that the air campaign must be very well organized within our own troops on the ground. i'm pretty sure we can liberate mosul with a minimum of casualties and costs and we can cause a lot of damage to their daesh, because their certain of -- their ideological center. if we damage a weapon in the process. i'm not sure what to do it. >> mosul will be back in your hands by the end of the year? >> i hope before that. >> that was our john simpson. >>> yet another snowstorm expected to develop across the united states, this could mean some areas could see their snowiest winter on record. for states on the eastern coast, this is the fourth winter in less than a month. blizzards with near whiteout conditions and there have even been lightning strikes in coastal areas. let's get more on this from our chris forks from

iraq in the fight against isil. that talk was the main talking about point between the iraq prime minister and the german chancellor angela merkel when they met in berlin. abaddi has called for more support from the international community to stop the fighters from making further advances. he says germany has promised help in supporting iraqi troops combat isil. >> they are prepared top provide all forms of assistance, military intelligence and security. they also require a great deal of training for our security and police personnel to gain control of the areas liberated where isil fighters have been forced out. these areas are under the control of security forces, family the police. that's why we're sacrificing assistance in terms of training. >> in syria, more than 70 have been killed in government airstrikes east of the capitol damascus. the government said this is in response to thursday's attack on the capitol by opposition rebels. we have a report. >> in the moments after the bombardment, panic sweeps through. homes, businesses, entire streets are decimated. bodies line the streets. >> we were hit by more th

it's been really used to transport isis militants, artillery and also vehicles back and forth between iraq syria. so taking back control is a major victory for those kurdish forces and the people's protection units with help from syrian christian militias. other towns have been major major battlegrounds because also, the names may sound familiar because over the past week, this is where isis militants early monday morning abducted more than 250 at this point, that number could be much higher, syrian christians. we are talking about men, women and children. according to sources, at least one source of mine, and witnesses on the ground those people have been divided up, men taken to a mountainous region the women and children divided among the cluster of towns and villages in the northeast part of syria. at this point, there has been no contact with or communication from all of those people. so their fate remains unknown. really, the concern and the threat at this point is whether isis will release another video threatening their lives or possibly even worse. >> john the radical islamic terr

and we have a nice, clean boundary between syria and iraq anymore i actually think we're going to see potentially a breaking apart of this thing. now, to answer your question about -- >> charlie: you think we'll see -- right now i.s.i.s. controls land between syria and iraq. >> mm-hmm. >> charlie: you think what's going to happen? remember, e.r. the former director of the defense intelligence agency, and the right hand of stan mcchrystal in iraq and afghanistan. >> and other jobs, too. >> charlie: yeah. i have been at this a long time. >> charlie: so tell me what you think's going to happen to -- >> i don't see us returning that picture on a map again in any -- >> charlie: because we can't? because of the scale of the problem right now in that region and, unless there is, as i said earlier, an international alliance that's formed and it's got to be formed pretty quickly, and our problem is we just don't lack internationally the ajillty to move that fast to bring something like that together. i mean, how long have we been talking about building a military force or some type of force to

iraq. if isis manages to get this it will be a huge win for them because it means all the border between syria and iraq will be under their control. it's a very well defended place up till now and presence of the syrian government army there. >> in terms of those taken captive, what can be done for backup? there's talk of some sort of prisoner swap. is that likely? >> the relatives we have been speaking to are very tight-lipped about this. they're not telling us if there is any attempt to negotiate or agree on a prisoner swap. i assume this is going on in the background but we haven't heard it confirmed. >> thank you. bbc arabic. >>> let's look at other news this hour. the government of hong kong says it will help make $37 million available for businesses interrupted by protests. money is on the way to restaurants, hotels travel agencies and transport operators. >>> a venezuelan police officer has been arrested after a 14-year-old boy was shot during a western protest. the president has condemned the killing. killing! the administration says it's the latest sign of political -- >>> found dead

iraq, three different doors in afghanistan. the afghanistan fighters, there is no doubt with the proper leadership, they will continue to fight will stop the difference between afghanistan and iraq is the afghans having nationalistic pride about it. i am not sunni, i am an afghan. they had this ride and they are -- bride -- pride. they can carry the day with the right leadership. >> we are moving to know troops outside the capital, it appears to a normal state department relationship with the afghan government soon. that is in two years. i just think that is taking a risk. i hope that you will make clear your views from a military point of view. the american people i think will support it. i think we can have bipartisan support for a more realistic approach to the drawdown in afghanistan. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator. >> thank you. thank you, general campbell. i appreciate the time we spent together yesterday going over a challenging problem and that is how we do the requisite oversight of what we are doing in afghanistan and how as we pull into the back and allow the afghan forces to take the lead, how you protect data that could make them more vulne

iraq. fit loses the border crossing, it means it loses a main supply route between syria and iraq, so the fighting is on going. he has said that we need to find some sort of truce in aleppo to make sure that it doesn't fall in the hands of isil, but what he's actually asking is the government and the rebel to say work together against isil and both sides have rejected that. >> despite hopes however slim of some kind of temporary ceasefire in syria the fighting continues for the moment. rebel groups have made some progress, it's thought in the northwestern province of aleppo, as caroline malone reports. >> >> some of the casualties of syria's civil war laid out in the village, medics say these are the bodies of regime soldiers killed by rebels while fighting in aleppo province. >> the head of forensics started receiving the bodies of those killed from the regime forces in the north countryside since wednesday. there have been a lot of casualties on all sides here recently. many groups want to take control of the province and its important supply routes. forces fighting for syrian president, bashar

iraq in their fight against isil. that was a main talking point during meeting between the iraq prime minister al abadi and german chancellor angela merkel when they met in berlin. there is a call for support from the international community. germany has promised help in com boot troops fighting isil. >> they are prepared to provide all forms of assistance, military intelligence and security. we'll require a great deal of training for our police and security personnel to gain control of areas lib rated when isil fighters have been forced out. these areas are under the control of security forces, namely the police and that's why we're seeking assistance in terms of training. >> we have more from erbil in northern iraq. >> iraq yet again asking for more help from the international community, in the words of the prime minister al abadi, we are facing a well-trained enemy an enemy developing quality weapons. at the end of the day isil has not been able to take more territory. we've seen the kurds here in the north manage to recapture a number of villages, the iraqi forces backed by shia militias capture a number of areas in the

yet, it is a region where the violence is spilling, not only between iraq and syria, but other nations in that same region. in iraq, we have the prospect of working with the government in a fashion that provides hope and a nonsectarian way, and inclusive way to give us a partner on the ground that, however weakened, it is established can be built up. that is exactly what we are doing with our coalition partners in the iraq context. we are building up, assisting the iraqi security forces, providing active support from the air, and as a consequence, pushing at numerous contested areas. in syria it is different. we have a government that has violated all of the norms and lost its legitimacy to govern. it has implemented horrific violence against its own people. that is not a partner, for the united states or any other member of the coalition. but at the same time, we need to not only take the opportunity to degrade and defeat isil from the air and cut off the financial flows and cut off the support -- we ultimately need partners on the ground, and they are building from a lower base, no q

we need to do to defeat iraq and syria were isis is to understand that some level at the border between iraq and syria we have to look at the entire organization. i agree iraq first but we need to think about how we attack the entire rotation make sure we no longer controlled territory. that's a military objective but it means we have to move into syria also. >> which is attacking a sovereign state. we are attacking mad and that opens up another can of worms. dr. rand. >> i would disagree with my colleagues. >> did you say disagree? >> again there is preliminary evidence that is working. this is what the president is recommending as a way to defeat that so this combination of limited airstrikes. with the coalition partners on the ground has killed 7000 isis fighters. >> , and they have grown out of that though? every time you kill one you get 10 or 20 more that join the cause so are we winning? >> and it does help the iraqi forces the kurds and the iraqi serb forces retake key strategic area so in my mind they strategy should be assessed based on how well it's working and so far there is sig

iraq, three different tours in afghanistan. the afghanistan fighters, there is no doubt with the proper leadership, they will continue to fight will stop the difference between afghanistan and iraq is the afghans having nationalistic pride about it. i am not sunni, i am an afghan. they had this pride. they can carry the day with the right leadership. >> we are moving to troops outside the capital, it appears to a normal state department relationship with the afghan government soon. that is in two years. i just think that is taking a risk. i hope that you will make clear your views from a military point of view. the american people i think will support it. i think we can have bipartisan support for a more realistic approach to the drawdown in afghanistan. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator. >> thank you. thank you, general campbell. i appreciate the time we spent together yesterday going over a challenging problem and that is how we do the requisite oversight of what we are doing in afghanistan and how as we pull into the back and allow the afghan forces to take the lead, how you protect data that could make them more vulnerable once they are in the lead and

isis has, or dash has removed a physical border between syria and iraq. they are in iraq and they are in syria. therefore, tough target them wherever they are. >> he suggested that jordan was doing exactly that, but the pentagon has now said that jordan has not been participating in actual air strikes over syria and iraq just in syria. be that as it may there is great support for this operation here in country and very few voices saying do not strike isis. that wasn't the case a week ago. that part has changed, brett. >> the king put out that lengthy statement, among the items in there was really a lot of talk about his religion. you talked about that with the foreign minister, about what this group should be called from their perspective and how it's different from islam overall. >> indeed. the foreign minister said please do not call them islamic extremists. his point is that they have left islam so far behind that those words shouldn't even be used in the same sentence. his point was islam is a religion of peace a religion of honor and a religion of re

will train iraqi and kurdish forces at facilities in iraq. between 20,000 and 25,000 personnel are expected to take part. the u.s. military will support the operation with air raids. american personnel will also conduct intelligence and surveillance activities. >>> pro-russian separatists are keeping up a standoff in eastern ukraine. units holding a town have stopped fighting with the government army. still, they are refusing access to cease-fire monitors. the organization for security and cooperation in europe wants to check whether both sides are honoring the truce agreement. they say explosions thursday in the city of donetsk make them believe the deal has been broken. they want to increase the number of observers in the region to 500 by the end of this month. but they are running into one obstruction after another. russian officials say foreign minister talked by phone thursday with his counterparts in ukraine, germany and france. the ministers agreed to keep working together to ensure both sides observe the cease-fire. they promised to talk agai

is to understand we're putting -- at some level an artificial distinction with -- at the border between iraq and syria. we have to look at the entire organization. i agree iraq first, but we need to be thinking about how do we attack this entire organization and make certain that no longer controls territory. and the ambassador's exactly right. that's a military objective. but it means we have to be able to move into syria also. >> which is attacking a sovereign state, may be a failed state but we're attacking that. that opens up a whole other can of worms. >> i would disagree with my colleagues in a sense that i think -- >> disagree? >> i disagree in a sense that i think there is a strategy, again, preliminary evidence that it is working. this is what the military advisers to the president are recommending as a way to defeat the enemy. so this combination of limited u.s. force with air strikes paired with the coalition partners on the ground has killed 7,000 isis fighters out of an organization that is -- >> how many have grown out of that though. every time you kill one, you get 10 or 20 m

is to understand we're putting -- at some level an artificial distinction with -- at the border between iraq and syria. we have to look at the entire organization. i agree iraq first, but we need to be thinking about how do we attack this entire organization and make certain that no longer controls territory. and the ambassador's exactly right. that's a military objective. but it means we have to be able to move into syria also. >> which is attacking a sovereign state may be a failed state but we're attacking that. that opens up a whole other can of worms. >> i would disagree with my colleagues in a sense that i think -- >> disagree? >> i disagree in a sense that i think there is a strategy again, preliminary evidence that it is working. this is what the military advisers to the president are recommending as a way to defeat the enemy. so this combination of limited u.s. force with air strikes paired with the coalition partners on the ground has killed 7,000 isis fighters out of an organization that is -- >> how many have grown out of that though. every time you kill one, you get 10 or 20 mor

iraq but not in combat. how do you or does the jury differentiate between ptsd and a true mental disorder? >> well the standard in texas where this case was tried and the crime of committed is a very high bar. and basically the knowing right from wrong. and in this case the things that hurt him were the "new yorker" article where he made a statement that he still coop figure out why he did to -- couldn't figure out why he did it. and the fact he taken chris kyle's truck and led police on the chase. vaps you have videotapes of him jumping on the grown like he knew he had been -- on the ground like he knew he had been caught. the defense had chris kyle's next real time right before he was murdered saying, this guy is straight-up nuts. and clearly, this guy has a mental disorder. i mean there's no question about it. it's whether or not the jury of going to say not guilty by reason of insanity. and when you have somebody who's killed who's an american hero and especially in texas, that's an awfully tall order. >> eddie ray routh got life without parole. of that the right outcome? and when will

bottom-up and top-down, and then develop mechanisms over time to get that political accommodation between iraq's communities that we remove support for al qaeda andin bracket every thing was subordinated to that. the strategy was to go offer after the irreconcilable's. the best agreement was we are going to kick your asked militarily. we've got to move communities to that military accommodation, and the other move was to get people to stop shooting each other because it is tough to come to an accommodation when you are shooting each other. it was to break the cycle of violence. it also drove our security efforts, how do we do development, were all subordinated to a political strategy. that was one of the key lessons to get back to eliot's question and we did make mistakes early in the iraqi war that in many ways made it as hard on us as we could take it. dr. cohen: gentleman over there. >> could you talk more about how the army is preparing its soldiers in the transition from combat operations to the peacetime army, if there is such a thing, so that they do not lose their more riled, they mainta

again, the difference between iraq and afghanistan here is that afghanistan people and the government now do not want the coalition to leave. i think to the average afghan, if they see us continue to go with that -- go at that pace it would lower their morale, give them a feeling that they were being abandoned. but again, i think the afghan senior leadership continues to tell the afghan people there are ways to mitigate, we're going to continue to get better, we appreciate the support, but this is going to be an afghan fight. we've got to take this on. there's a balance there, i think. but they absolutely do understand the sacrifices we provided. there's a difference night and day, again between this leadership we have today and the senior leadership in afghanistan a couple of months ago. >> you talked about the efforts of president ghani and others to reach out to the taliban and try to begin some sort of negotiations. can you give us any insights into how far along that is? >> i'd rather discuss that in a class fied session. >> ok, and to what extent are the taliban, do we see signs

the difference between iraq and afghanistan is that afghanistan people and the government do not want the coalition to leave. to the average afghan, if they see us continue to go at that pace, it would lower their more i'll, give them a -- ormo rale. the afghan senior leadership continues to tell the afghan people there are ways to mitigate, we continue to get better, we appreciate the support, but this will be an afghan side. there is a balance. they absolutely do understand the sacrifices we have provided and there is a difference between this leadership we have today and the leadership a couple months ago. >> you talked about the efforts of president ghani and ceo abdullah to reach out to the taliban and try to begin some sort of negotiations. can you give us any insight into how far along that is? >> i would rather discuss that in a classified setting. >> to what extent are the taliban -- do we see signs their influence about what is happening with isil and the new reports that isil has begun to infiltrate the taliban? >> the taliban and isil are like this. they want to fight each

one of the rare prisoners released was the french journalist before isis made its between across iraq's rarely spoken about his time in captivity. in an interview with christiane amanpour, he said the militants didn't appear interested in religion. instead, he says their talk focused on politics. he described how the hostages were treated in captivity. take a listen. >> all of them had a way of -- >> to put you under their thumbs? >> yes. to put you under their thumb. they want you to be under their orders on everything. they don't like when we start to negotiate, ask, demand. they don't like it. especially the beatles. >> the beatles is the name given to the four brits -- >> because we didn't know their names, so we call them the beatles in everything else. there were three of them were -- >> so john paul george ringo? >> no, that was -- that was nicknames. but they were -- they were violent, and of course when you beat someone up you have to be in better shape. >> so you have to get them strong then beat them up again. obviously he first came to global prominence with that horrendou