and we will pacify fallujah. >> and u.s. two long and bloody battles to retake the city. nearly 70 americans lost their lives liberating fallujah, and hundreds more were left seriously wounded. ten years later, fallujah falls back into the hands of an enemy. this time it's isis. just a few days after fallujah fell, the president talked about the threat from the terror group in an interview with the new yorker magazine. he said the analogy we use around here sometimes, and i think is accurate, is if a jv team puts on lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them kobe bryant. >> i was disappointed. i was disappointed that he said that. i don't think he was well served. >> the need for intelligence surveillance. >> lieutenant general michael flynn had a front-row seat to the rise of isis. he led the defense intelligence agency until late last year. >> we failed to understand the enemy that we faced. >> flynn says intelligence officials had warned the administration that isis was growing more dangerous before the president made his in

strikes against the islamic state in iraq in the levant 23 soldiers died near fallujah fightersbro boxingear the chrysing. six suicide bombers have attacked an army base in tikrit. 13 soldiers died there. it happened after another attack that killed 18 people. more from baghdad. isil fighters succeeded in larging three major attacks. the first one was in the province when six isil fighters were wearing suicide vests infelt at any rated inside the 34i89 base. it three were killed in fire and the three of them reached inside the space according to our security forces secure. >> isil has claimed responsibility for an attack on egyptian soldiers in the sania "penguins of madagascar." they say they have killed ten soldiers. only one was killed. friday, egyptian airstrikes hit a number of targets in the area. dozens of soldiers were killed last year. in sinai. syria's opposition is trying to agree on who should be part of upcoming direct talks for the assag government. a meeting in riyadh. it wants an inclusive syria which will keep state institutions intact. preconditions must be met to stop g

isil fighters killed 50 iraqi soldiers in three separate attacks. 23 soldiers died near fallujah the day after isil claimed control of a bridge. this video shows bombers fighting army barracks near the crossing. >>> six suicide bombers attacked an army base in tikrit. at least 13 soldiers died. it happened shortly after another attack that killed 18 people. al jazeera has more from baghdad. >> isil fighters succeeded in launching three major attacks in three different places in two provinces. the first had six isil fighters wearing suicide vests succeeding in infiltrating inside the military base north of tikrit. according to the government three were killed in crossing fire between iraqi forces and those people and the three of them reached inside the base and the blew up themselves. according to security forces, our security team force from the city, at least 13 people were killed and 10 from iraqi security forces. >>> isil claimed responsibility for attack on egyptian soldiers in the sinai peninsula, saying it's killed 10 soldiers in rafah. sources in egypt say only one was killed

that's a lot of people, but like you say, fallujah hasn't fallen, nor mosul. once we see operations in those areas, we can expect that figure to go up as well. the u.n. doesn't have 8.61 million at hand. it needs to ask for that from international community, which is suffering from donor fatigue. they're saying that they need this money for their own backyard and there's a lot of concern, particularly here in iraq. although they said they need the money, they might not be able to raise this money. particularly when you look at the crisis in the region, in syria and iraq. the funding crisis has been going on for two years. these programs are not funded enough. they said they need this amount of money but where is that going to come from >>> yes. that is the question. what happened in the anbar province. what do you know? >> reporter: these attacks will continue once the iraqi army continue to move into the last remaining neighborhood in eastern ramadi. they currently control about 95% of the city. they have replaced a lot of the iraqi units with police units fo

half were killed near fallujah.or attack elsewhere leaving 18 dead. 40 people have been arrested after demonstrators set fire to the saudi embassy. they were angry at the execution of nimr al-nimr and other men. a human chain has been formed to highlight the suffering in a besieged city in yemen. houthi fighters are fighting saudi-led forces for control of thies. united nations has been requested to help stop the issue. saudi-led coalition spokesman spoke to al jazeera just a short while ago. he was defending the coalition strikes in yemen and he says the united nations report in december that more than 100 tons of aid was delivered to thies in yemen was contradictory. >> it belonged to the united nations. they signed an agreement. they send the shipment to the ports and the airport, but necessity did not get on the ground. with this food and medicine, to give to the people. why did they not come down preventing people the medicine >>> another book publisher in hong kong has mysteriously disappeared. he is the fifth

before you get to mosul, you have to take over and clear fallujah and make shore anbar is secure andhift over to the tiger's valley. they are only as far as tikrit. they still have a long way before they approach mosul. there is still a lot of fighting to be done, a lot of logistics and a lot of training. the iraqi army, although they could take ramadi, they are not in a position to take mosul. i think the iraqi defense minister xlam th minister claim they are going to do this in 2016, it is a bit ambitious. >> you make a good point of fallujah. that has been in the hands of isis two years to this month, january of 2014. is that realistic they can take that and hold that before getting to mosul? >> they have to. they have to clear that whole pocket west of baghdad before they do anything. ramadi is the first step. once they have that, they can pivot and come back down towards baghdad and trap the people in fallujah and kill them. you are seeing how difficult this has been. very small numbers of dedicated suicide bombers can do much more damage to a large force. it is going to be slow

half were killed near fallujah and six suicide bombers attacked a camp in tikrit. >>> protestors in yemen are calling for urgent human assistance. a human chain has been formed to highlight suffering in taiz. the u.n.'s world food program is appealing to all sides to allow in humanitarian aid. last week the organization delivered supplies for more than a million people in the province but was unable to reach 400,000 people trapped in the city. >>> the spokesman for the saudi-led coalition blames the united nations for failing to distribute aid in yemen properly. >> what happened i see taiz last week is a shame for the international community. by relating their duty toward the yemeni population, i think the united nation given the opportunity to get in yemen, we give them the opportunity to get to the airport but they did not do their job. they are not on the ground. they keep talking but they are not doing anything on the ground. let me ask you why they didn't go under the flag of the united nation to taiz to distribute the humanitarian aid. >> we are joined by skype from a senior spokesw

controlled areas in fallujah and of course mosul. >> yes.ll and it draws attention and it undermines the iraqi government's claims to have won in ramadi. i mean ramadi was there earlier this week having declared victory. but the fact that you are reporting today there is still fighting going on under mines the credibility of the iraqi government. with fallujah where fighting has been going on there for almost a couple of years and almost two years now and will continue on this small scale and what the iraqi government is trying to do is to screen these areas so that the degrade the islamic state slowly so the number of fighters that are deployed in these areas becomes lower and lower. but at a certain point the iraqi government will always and it attacks and may see an attack on mosul later this year but at that point they would hope that islamic state is down to a relatively small number of fighters who can do this kind of harassing but are not able to take great swayeds of territory we saw last year and the year before. >> we have seen the

military attacks in northeast of fallujah. >>> yemeni forces call dusk to dawn curfew. air strikes of the saudi led coalition have resumed following an end to ceasefire in places since mid december. bombing for nine months. >> translator: first they hit the gas station with two missiles that burned the entire station. the windows from the homes nearby were blown out. and the home was destroyed and after about half an hour the plane came back and hit the home and the gas station again with what seemed to be the largest missile ever to hit yemen. >> fighters linked to the islamic state of iraq and the levant have launched a second attack on an important oil facility in northern libya after a failed attempt in october. two soldiers died in the assault on the oil facility near the town of al sidra. after setting off a suicide car bomb, forces were attacked. >>> libyan city of benghazi, confusing reports what brought down a mig 21. fighters from the benghazi council armed group. the group loirchgd the i.s.i.l. ilinked to i.s.i.l.also claimin. >>> a powerful explosion rocked

the authorities in the iraqi city of fallujah are urging the government to help. people say there are 5,000 families are trapped. they're demanding the u.s. led keelgs intensify i.s.i.l. the area was captured by the armed group in 2014. falling oil prices and the rising costs of the war against i.s.i.l. means the government is finding it hard. civil servants have had their pays cut and are getting paid every 6 weeks instead of four now. >> reporter: this lady works for the government. she wanted a job in the government because of security. the budgets has caused a restuk youring of the state's finances. that meant a 25% pay cut for her and she gets paid over 45 days instead of monthly. >> translation: there is a big fear amongst the employees. most of the employees are totally dependent on these salaries. if they are being cut, then we won't survive. so the government is effectively forcing people to seek other options. maybe even terrorism. >> reporter: government leaders say that as soon as oil prices rise, salaries will be restored to previous levels and paymen

money is not there yet, it needs to be raised, and we have not seen the gaul of fall huge -- fall of fallujah, sparking another crisis, and iraq's second-largest city of mosul is under occupation by i.s.i.l., we'll be seeing a liberation of that city, or an operation against that city, some point this year, according to iraqi forces, sparking another humanitarian crisis, and the u.n. will have to re-assess figures, as will the government. >> the saudi-led coalition says it will investigate the deaths of civilians killed in air strikes in yemen, and regreats the civilian -- regrets the civilian death, and adds that the military experts would give advice on how to avoid casualties, more than 100 bombing raids violating humanitarian law was identified. destroying refugee champs, marriage centers, schools, mosques - it was claimed >>> three have been arrested in central india after app thousand kilos of explosives were discovered. 132 detonators were found. the explosives were transported without the proper documentation. >>> on monday, in the u.s. state of iowa, the people there will become the

monday >>> iraqi government leaders are being urged to immediately intervene and liberate the city of fallujah from i.s.i.l. control. seven fighters were killed in the latest fighting. around a5,000 families are related to be trapped there. city leaders are demanding the u.s. led coalition intensify attacks on i.s.i.l. turkey says 20 fighters have been killed after they attacked the army in the southern cities in diyarbakir and another. they were 20 p.k.k. fighters. thousands of people have left the area, which is mainly kurdish, because of an extended curfew. nearly 600 people have died after the military launched an offensive in the region a month ago. heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in the occupied west bank in gaza. many had to be rescued from their flooded homes. flash floods have spread through geelong in australia. there will be a keen up in millions of dollars. more than 150 houses have been flooded and dozens of cars submerged. the australian bureau of metrology described it as a one in 50 year event. the system of processing refugees in offshore detention centers need rethi

iraqi government leaders are being urged to intervene immediately and liberate the city of fallujah from i.s.i.l. control. seven fighters were killed. around 5,000 families are reported to be trapped there. city leaders are also demanding the u.s. led coalition intensify air strikes on i.s.i.l. fighters. they captured the city in the province in 2014. iraqi military says six soldiers have been killed after being attacked by i.s.i.l. near ramadi. their convoy was hit by two bombs in the village of the east city and the army says it has lanched an offence-- launched an offence on the town just outside ramadi. government workers in iraq are paying the costs of the rising costs of the war. civil servants have had their salaries cut and get paid every six weeks instead of monthly. >> reporter: this woman works for the government in baghdad. she was happy to get a government job because it provided security and a regular pay check, or so she said. the price of oil has caused a pay cut for her and she gets paid 45 days instead of monthly. >> translation: there is a big fear amongst the employee

we haven't seen the fall of fallujah yet which would spark another humanitarian crisis. also mosul is still under occupation by isil. we will be seeing perhaps a liberation of that city or at least an operation against that city at some point this year. that will spark another humanitarian crisis and the u.n. will have to reassess their physician as will the iraqi government. >>> russia rejected causation that is one of its jet violated turkish air space, deepening the wrist between the two countries that began after turkey shot down a russia fighter jet. president erdogan sent a warning to moscow. >> if russia continues to vital turkey's sovereignty, they will bear the consist senses. such irresponsible behavior will not improve to the relationship between nato and the russia. on the con vary, it will do harm. >>> the commander of part of a group fighting against houthi rebels was killed in aden. >>> authorities in el salvador say more than 6,000 people could have the zika virus. the disease is suspected of causing children born with underdeveloped heads and brains. the

also, we haven't seen the fall of fallujah yet which will spark an international crisis. little still under occupation by isil. we will be seeing perhaps a liberation that have city or at least operation against that city some point this year, according to iraqi sources that will spark another humanitarian crisis and the u.n. will have to reas their physician. >>> still ahead on the program, we're going to tell you why monday's caucus vote in iowa is so important in the race for the white house. >>> i'm in india's capital. one third of all people have reduced lung function because of air pollution this winter. >> isil carried out an attack during talks aimed at ending syria's war. >>> in nigeria, boko haram is said to be responsible for an attack. >>> more than 6,000 people in el salvador are thought to have the zika virus. the government's advising women not to get pregnant p.m. we have a report. >> soon to be mothers in a hospital in el salvador, all worrying about the same thing, the zika virus is spreading fast, transmitted by mosquitoes. scientists thinking if the mo

in fallujah five have been killed in air strikes. medical sources say a woman and a child are among the dead. around one million protesters have gathered in rome demanding a bill to be dropped that will legal lis same sex unions. our correspondent has more from rome >> reporter: tens of thousands of people from all overity lee descended on rome on saturday to demonstrate a proposal by the government that will eventually grant legal recognition to same-sex couples, giving them the right to also adopt bun of the partner's biological child. that is the most contentious issue in that law. many families i spoke to say they don't object to rights to same sex couples but they do object to a child in adoption. they say a child should have a mother and a forth and that is, of course-- forth, and that is, of course, a stance that has been maintained by the church and that's one of the reason that pressure from the catholic church and the influence by the church on italian politics and public opinion is one of the reasons why italy is still the

in fallujah five have been killed. medical forces say a woman and a child are among the dead. around one million protesters have gathered in rome demanding the italian government drop a bill that would legalize same sex unions unions. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people from all over the country descended on rome on saturday to demonstrate against a law proposed by the italian government that will eventually grant legal recognition to same-sex couples giving them the right to also adopt one of the partner's biological child. that is the most contentious issue. many families say they don't object to rights to same sex couples but they do in relation to adoption because they say the child should have a mother and a forth. that is, of course, a standard that has been maintained by the catholic church and the vatican and that is one of the reasons the pressure from the catholic church and the influence by the church on the italian politics and public opinion is one of the reasons why italy is still the only country in western europe not to have a law that grants rights to sam

also we haven't seen the fall of fallujah which will spark another crisis.aq's second largest city of mosul is still under occupation by isil. we will be seeing a -- perhaps a liberation of that city or at least an operation against that city at some point this year. according to iraqi sources, that will spark another humanitarian crisis and the u.n. will have to reassess their figures as will the iraqi government. >>> palestinian police officer has been killed off he opened fire on an israeli checkpoint. he wounded three israelis during the attack in the occupied west bank near the illegal settlement there. palestinian officials say the man had worked as a body guard for a palestinian prosecutor. our correspondent stefanie dekker is in west jerusalem. >> reporter: this is the second time that a palestinian authority security officer opens fire on israeli soldiers when it comes to the latest wave in violence, lets me just read what was paste odd his facebook page just before he carried out this a being at that. he said unfortunately i don't see anything wort

isil fighters targeted army barracks and killed eight soldiers southeast of fallujah city. 11 soldiersere injured. near ramadi, 13 were killed and 18 injured when the iraqi security forces tried to form a village, isil fighters destroyed the oldest christian church in iraq, the monastery was reduced to roll. it was built more than 1,400 years ago on a hill above mosul. isil fighters who control large parts of iraq and syria have destroyed historic buildings they consider contrary to their interpretation of islam. >>> iraq's foreign minister vowed to go after those fueling sectarian divisions in his country, making the pledge north of baghdad on tuesday. government backed shia fighters have attacked sunni owned businesses and mosques in that town. civilians are getting caught up in the crossfire. they're having to flee. >> the streets look calm for now but the mood remains tense. while many school children are back in classrooms and bakeries are selling bread once more, the remnants of last week's sectarian violence are easy to spot. from the wreckage of a cafe attacked by isil because

fighters targeted army barracks and kim killed soldiers southeast of fallujah and 13 civilians killedothers injured when iraqi forces tried to storm the village and much more ahead when we come back china detains a swedish rights activist for violating laws it claims put national security at risk. and the charity efforts of the world's second richest man have been criticized and we will tell you why. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. ♪ hello again and the top stories on al ja

in fallujah five people killed in coalition airstrikes which also detroit five houses and a mosque. sources say a woman and child are among those that died there. palestinian journalist on hunger strike in an israeli jail is said to be close to death and so weak that he can longer speak. he is a news reporter for the saudi channel. and he is protesting against a six-month sentence refuseing all food and until treatment since notch. he is one of 680 palestinians being held under administrator tension without charge or trial. the head of the prison saturday is calling on palestinians to support him. >> translator: he is in a very critical condition as he could die any minute. but he is in high spirits accord to this lawyer who met him on thursday, he was firm and very determined his demand was freedom or death. he is not the first to go on hunger strike but as everyone knows the pal tin. >> stacey: inning i didn't knows have a lot to worry about. i hope there will be more popular support. >>> about a million people got together in rome to protest a bill if approved would legalize same

in fallujah, iraq, it is still 65. >> wow, that's still an extraordinary thing. >> yeah, i know.ime. there's still drugs. there's still the alcohol problems. i think the fact that we are a bat -- helps us because we had the commonwealth games here, and i loved that everybody tried not to shout in the street and swear and sell stolen goods in public. i loved how they had this covert operation of "let's be nice for a week." i loved that. >> main course, jamie goes for pan-fried brill. i can't pass up the fabulously loved dish, lobster thermidor. without irony, the lobster is scottish, as is the cheese, the eggs, everything, really. >> do you have anything to say on the glaswegian diet? >> the diet, it's really interesting. >> the story is that health wise, as far as heart problems, right behind tonga for all time worst, least healthy. >> it's a bad thing. it's really weird. because when i was a kid, we were poor, we ate fist, butter beans. then we would have liver and onions and potatoes and cabbage and peas. somewhere from the mid '70s onwards it just became crap. now you have a g

despite being mainly lead by the reconstituted iraqi army, and it is a model for what might happen in fallujahnd mosul, but it does require -- and the sunni tribes people joined in the operation. that's what you need. you need sunni allies. so he is afraid that this kind of reprisal against sunni mosques is going to prevent the rise of sunni allies with the iraqi government. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> the world food program has been told it killed 32 people. they have described terrible conditions in madaya, adding that its workers saw a teenager die of malnutrition. >> reporter: the bombs and guns come and go, but hunger has been constant for many in this town. now for the first time in months, people in madaya are getting outside help. truckloads are streaming in, although for me it's too late. community workers say hunger has killed more than 30 people in the past month. >> translator: when we entered madaya, we heard of children in need. we saw the cases ourselves, and hoped we could get them out of madaya to be taken care of in our centers. >> reporter: that will require pe

attack on military attacks northeast of the city of fallujah. >>> at least two sunni mosques have been attacked in the city of hilla south of the iraqi capital of baghdad. several walls have been destroyed, reported the attacks are in retaliation for the execution of the senior shia cleric in saudi arabia. al jazeera's willing ibrahi wilm is in the capital. >> are iraqi prime minister said today, our condemned today in a very brief statement, put on his page on facebook this event and he said, described those groups who made dissidents as criminal group and he said in his statement that he made in order to iraqi security forces in the province to chase those people, describing them, they are trying to hit the iraqi national unity. also, iraqi interior ministry condemned the act, what happened as a disparate attempt, some groups they are trying according to interior ministry, some groups are trying to provoke iraqi sectarian group against each other. >> yemeni governmental forces have announced a dowsk dawn curfew in the southern city of aden after fightin fighting bot. saudi led coalit

sounding places that you can keep track of the cities if you are here and you're wondering where fallujah is where kabul is. it hard to fight on in that because you're not familiar with those places may be. it's hard to keep track of, but really important. it's great of fellow authors writing about the same subject because i feel it's in the kitchen and it's in some of the books like the forever war or "the good soldiers," they're coming out after the conflict. it's in the books that you can really feel what it's like and learn what it's like. the news coverage, people were trying, but it was hard to convey the reality of it. and there's this whole canon of books being written now that are conveying the experience. in some ways i think what the book actually winds up being about is as well as much of friendship between these three women. i didn't maybe at the outset think i want to write a book about female friendship and how that helps people get through difficult experiences but that's really the heart of the book is that it's as much about that as anything. >> i think we have time for

iraq, it's - that money is not there yet, it needs to be raised, and we have not seen the fall of fallujah, sparking another crisis, and iraq's second-largest city of mosul is under occupation by i.s.i.l., we'll be seeing a liberation of that city, or an operation against that city, some point this year, according to iraqi forces, sparking another humanitarian crisis, and the u.n. will have to re-assess figures, as will the government. >> the saudi-led coalition says it will investigate the deaths of civilians killed in air strikes in yemen, and regreats . >> stephanie dekker has more from west jerusalem. >> reporter: this is the second time that a palestinian authority security officer opens fire on israeli soldiers when it comes to the latest wave in violence. let me read what was pasted on the facebook page before he carried out the attack. he said - unfortunately i don't see anything worth looking for as long as the occupation remains, muzzling our breath, killing brothers and sisters. this is of huge support. there's close security coordination when it comes to israel and the palestin

the next objective will be fallujah.n some ways, it's going to be tougher because the public is much more supportive of isis. charlie: very symbolic. mike: very symbolic to these guys. the real prize is mosul. the real prize is iraq's second-largest city. that is the iraqi headquarters for isis. that will be much harder. it's much larger. there are many, many more isis fighters, in the thousands, as opposed to a couple hundred in ramadi. what you are going to see on the iraq side is some military progress. i think there's going to be a lot less progress on the serious side. the new president, when they walk in the door, they are going to see isis that has lost territory in iraq, still not defeated, but no real progress in syria without a diplomatic solution, which does not look promising. charlie: which brings me to this conflict between syria and saudi arabia, because it affects that. mike: iran and saudi arabia. charlie: how will that unfold, and what will be the issues facing the new president? mike: let's talk about

says it has gained control of an important bridge near fallujah near central iraq. this video shows bombing. the over pass is 80 kilometers west of the capital and is on the main highway connecting baghdad with syria and then jordan. the army says 11 members of its terrorism force have been killed in ramadi. they died in a antopol attack by-- suicide bomb attack by i.s.i.l. fighters in a government compound. some u.k. soldiers who served during the invasion of iraq in 2003 could be prosecuted for war crimes. the officer-in-charge has told the u.k. press serious allegations are now under investigation. the ministry of defense set up the unit to examine allegations of abuse, torture and murder. from london paul brennan reports. >> reporter: the british soldier filmed here abusing iraqi prisoners was subsequently jailed. nearly seven years after the end of u.k. combat operations in iraq, many other allegations of abuse and murder by british soldiers remains unresolved and unpunished. ihad chief told the independent newspaper: he went on: it now has a case load of more

fighters killed 50 iraqi soldiers in three separate attacks. 23 soldiers died near fallujah, a day after i.s.i.l. took control of an important bridge. the video showing the group bombing the army barracks near the crossing >>> an attack by six suicide bombers on an iraqi military base left 13 dead. it happened at camp spicher outside a base in tikrit. i.s.i.l. said it was behind the attack, in an online statement. we go to baghdad for more. >> in the last hours i.s.i.l. fighters launched three attacks in three different places in two provinces, the first in a province where six i.s.i.l. fighters wearing suicide vests infiltrated inside spiker military base. according to the government, three of them were killed in crossing fire between the iraqi fighting and they reached inside the base and blew up themselves. according to security forces, a security team sourced from the city. at least 13 people were killed, and 10 from iraqi security forces >>> i.s.i.l. claiming responsibility for an attack on egyptian soldiers, the group saying it killed 10 soldiers in raqqa. only one was killed. frid

meanwhile, several iraqi soldiers have been injured in a camp northeast of the city of fallujah. >>> yemeni officials have announced a dusk to dawn curfew in the southern city of aden, after a night of gun battles killed at least 12 people on both sides. air strikes by the seward led coalition have resumed, the coalition has been bombing the shia houthi movement in the country for nine months. >> translator: first they hit the gas station with two missiles that burned the entire station. the windows from the homes nearby were blown out and the home was destroyed and after about half an hour the plane came back and hit the home and the gas station again with what seemed to be largest missile ever to hit yemen. >> fighters linked to the islamic state of iraq and the levant have launched a second attack on an important oil facility in northern libya after a failed attempt in october. two soldiers died in the assault on the fast near the town of al sedra. the attackers were repelled by forces guarding the oil fort. >>> and a war plane has been shot down near the libyan city of benghazi.

when you hear the city, mosul, fallujah, ramadi, tikrit in isis, all of the financial resources theyi'm angry this president didn't finish the job. nobody seems to talk about that. >> you're right. a great deal of effort and heart break has gone into this. and by pulling out and not providing the kind of support for the iraqi people and iraqi government that he could have, a lot of damage has been done. >> i mean, if you're a parent who lost your son and they won the city and you see the city is now in the hands of isis, i would be so angry over that. >> there are basic problems. people are saying should we do this or that? the problem is that this administration has not fashioned a logical winning strategy. you know, if you don't know where you're going any road will get you there. that is unfortunate because it creates a vacuum that gets filled by people who don't have our interest or values. >> i am so angry over this. go back to vietnam. we could have won vietnam. but it became politicized. iraq became politicized and as a result, we don't finish the job. don't we need to find vi

and, also, we haven't seen the fall of fallujah which would spark another humanitarian crisis among the cities, also iraq's second largest city of mosul is under occupation by isil. we will be seeing a perhaps a liberation of that city or at least an operation against that city at some point this year, according to iraqi sources. >> will spark another humanitarian crisis and the u.n. will have to reassess their as with the iraqi government. >> a palestinian police officer has been killed after he opened fire on an israeli checkpoint. he wounded three during the attack in the occupied west bank near the illegal settlement man world as a body guard in ramallah. a correspondant is in west jerusalem and sent this update. >> this is the second time that a palestinian authority security officer opens fire on israeli soldiers when it comes to the latest wave in violence. let me just read what was pasted on his facebook page just before he carried out this attack. he said, unfortunately, kwho see anything worth living for as long as the occupation will remain and is muz ling our breath, killing

pulled out 58 million americans died there, then this president pulls out early in mosul, tikrit and fallujah and ramadi end up in the hands of isis. it seems to me that if we're going to ask american men and women to risk their lives and shed their blood and lose their limbs, that we ought to define victory. we keep allowing politics to be seen through the -- we keep allowing war to be seen through the prism of politics. and if i'm the mother or father of a kid that lost their lives in one of those city, i'm saying why. do we need to change how we approach war in this country? >> i think we do. i think we need to, first of all, be -- be much more careful about when we use military force and then use it overwhelmingly. we really only won one war since world war ii, and that was the first gulf war. >> yep. >> and that was because -- >> overwhelming force. >> president bush sr. articulated specific objectives, accomplished those objectives and quit. >> are we close to the time where technology where we're not going to have to send young men door to door like we did in iraq, that we can fight an

we haven't seen the fall of fallujah which would spark another humanitarian crisis. also iraq's second largest city of mosul is still under occupation by isil. we will be seeing a perhaps liberation of that city or at least an operation against that city at some point this year, according to iraqi sources, sparking another humanitarian crisis and the y will have to reassess their physician as will the iraqi government. >>> the commander of yemen's popular resistance armed group has been assassinated, killed in the southern port city of aden. he was part of a group fighting houthi rebels two weeks ago. >>> on monday, the u.s. state of iowa will become the first in the country to hold its penaltyical nominating caucus. a win there can make or break their campaign. al jazeera's kimberly reports from des moines, iowa. >> it's in homes like this that the united states will hold its first official votes in its presidential nominating contest. >> where is this caucus going to be held? where are the people going to be? >> right here in the living room. >> this is where the c

and nearby in fallujah five people were killed in coalition strikes that also destroyed five houses ande. a woman and a child are among the dead. >>> a palestinian journalist on hunger strike in an israeli jail is said to be close to death and so weak he can no longer speak. mohamed is the news report for the saudi channel. he is protesting against a six-month sentence and has refused all food and medical treatment since november. he is one of 680 palestinians being held under administrative detention without charge or trial. the head of the palestinian prisoners society the head of a human rights group is calling on palestinian to his support him. >> he's in a very critical condition as he could die any minute, but he's in high spirits accord to the lawyer who met him on thursday. he was firm and very determined, his demand was freedom or death. he is not the first to go on hunger strike but as everyone knows the palestinians have a lot to worry about, i hope there will be more popular support. >>> the palestine liberation organization has welcomed a french call for international invol

. >> warner: in the meantime, there are other battlefield tests ahead, like retaking fallujah, which lies between ramadi and baghdad. >> ifill: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: the best movies of 2015. plus, aretha franklin's stunning performance at the kennedy center proves why the queen of soul says she'll never retire. but first, what kids can tell us about temptation and self- restraint. exactly one year ago, we began bringing you making sense stories every thursday. we kicked off 2015 with economics correspondent paul solman exploring how to fulfill your new year's resolutions. tonight, we thought it made sense to take another look. >> i really want to learn how to knit. >> stay better organized. i'm going to create a schedule. >> try to combat procrastination and really try to focus a little more. >> save more money. >> actually going to work harder. that's - that's pretty much it. >> and how are you going to do that? >> ooh. umm. >> reporter: so new year's resolutions, people make them, and just about as often, they break them. why? >> because they're formulated in a w

first they have to take frn fallujah, secure all of anbar province and move north.e that in place yet. as they move further north it will be difficult. it will be a long time before they set their sights on mosul. >> isis apparently released a disturbing hid joe, men they accused of being spies for britain. one of the terrorists directly threatens uk citizens. ment the prime minister and the british press calling the new jihadi john. is the terror group pushing their propaganda right now the new threats? are they credible? >> i don't think the threats are credible. they've been threatening to attack the west and london for a long time and haven't been able to, citing the paris attack, aside from the paris attack they can't do it. the best is trying to eat itself, this is pure paranoia and they'll collapse under their own violence. i can't tell you when. >> rick, quickly on the escalating tensions between iran and saudi arabia what is the worst case scenario from your perspective. >> the worst case scenario confrontation in the persian gulf i don't see that happening

i think the next objective will be fallujah. smaller than ramadi because they're much more supportive of isis. >> rose: very symbolic. >> very symbolic to these guys. the real prize is muslims. the real prize is iraq's largest city. that is the iraqi headquarters for isis. that will be much harder. it's much larger. there are many more isis fighters there in the thousands as opposed to just a couple hundred in ramadi. i think what you're going to see on the iraq side is some military progress. i think there's going to be a lot less progress in the syria side. so i think the new president when they walk in the door is going to see an isis that's lost quite a bit of territory in iraq, still not defeated there yet but no real progress in syria without a diplomatic solution which does not look promising. >> rose: which brings at least to this conversation right now, this conflict between syria and saudi arabia. does it affect that. >> iran and saudi arabia. >> rose: i mean iran and saudi arabia. how would that unfold and what will b

fighters targeted army barracks and killed eight soldiers southeast of fallujah and 18 others injurediraqi security forces tried to storm the village here and i.s.i.l. fighters destroyed the oldest christian church in iraq, satellite photos show the monetary reduced to rubble and it was built more than 1400 on a hill above mosul and i.s.i.l. fighters who control large parts of iraq and syria already destroyed buildings that they say is contrary to islam. political factions in libya have announced the makeup of a new unity government under pressure to provide stability and encounter the growing threat of i.s.i.l. and doesn't represent libyans fairly and rob reports. >> reporter: a significant step forward in libya's struggle to end political deadlock, the creation of a national government hoping to unite the two parliaments. >> translator: this was not achieved easily and we went through major difficulties, challenges and even slip ups we knew we had to address because we were equipped with the spirit of agreement and knowing the phase our country is going through requires a lot of sel

so a night raid in east new york looks no different than a night raid in fallujah, long-barreled weapons, kevlar vests. and that's not unusual: it finally imposed on itself. thank you very much. >> and just thank you, everyone, for coming tonight. the only thing i'd like to add to that is i'd like to answer that question. nothing's really settled in american politics. and i feel like that's a uniquely american thing. you know, it's -- in other countries if there's a dispute over an issue, there's a battle. and eventually, one side prevails. and then it's over. and mostly, yes, the losing side goes home, licks its wounds and is sad. but it's over. but the united states, i mean, south doesn't admit that they were wrong during the civil war. they were never -- despite sherman's march, they were not crushed. this resistance is not gone. the confederate battle flag still flies above state capitols. they never got over it. and if you just look at all these, like, battles, it's so hard for liberalism or progressivism to triumph. even when it has the support of an overwhelming majority of americ

died in attack on their convoy, an attack by the state of iraq and levant east of ramadi nearby in fallujahle we are told were killed in coalition air strikes which also destroyed five houses and a mosque, medical sources say a woman and a child are among the dead. plagues of locust threatening to devour huge vegetation in northern argentina, thick clouds of the insects have been seen and local people are working with the authorities there to try and contain these bugs. daniel reports from the providence of santiago. >> reporter: a single locust eats it's body weight in a day and any and all vegetation, in the same day a ten centimeter insect can fly more than 50 kilometers, that is just one locust. multiplied by millions and that single locust forms part of a devastating force. >> translator: huge swarm of flying locust were out here last october at the end of their breeding cycle and laid their eggs and what we are seeing now is the product of that swarm. >> reporter: this region has seen nothing like this since the early 1950s. >> translator: we are going to where the locust are and they

and also we haven't seen the fall of fallujah yet which will spark in the crisis in anbar province alsoargest city of mosul is still under occupation by rice ill, well see a liberation that have city or at least an operation against that city? time this year accords to go iraqi sources that will spark in the humanitarian crean crisis and the u.n. will have to are assess. >>> on monday the u.s. state of iowa will become the first in the country to hold a contest where each party nominates its presidential candidate. in iowa it's known as a caucus for months presidential hopefuls have spent millions of dollars trying to get the iowa vote ores their side. it has a population of less than 3 million, tiny really, some people are asking why iowa matters at all. let's explain that with kimberly halkett who is in des moines in iowa. >> reporter: it's in homes like this that the united states will hold its first official votes in its presidential nominating contest. so where is this caucus going to be held? where are the people going to be? >> right here here in the living room. >> reporter: thi

much of the iraqi top brass, this is now all about the road to mosul on ward from there possibly to fallujah, and in the words of the iraqi prime minister, so iraq of isis presence in the year. they all seem to believe the morale is there, and it's what they're aiming more. >> mosul is the big challenge here. reporting live in bag gahdad. >>> on tuesday we'll have more of her exclusive reporting from ramadi. we'll hear from civilians who were caught up in the fighting, used as human shields and now face more problems. >> what does this group want from the federal government? we'll explore that after the break. >> plus a brutal day for asia pacific stock markets. we're live from seoul, after the break. i am about to embark on a long and dangerous journey. i'm in search for the elusive...affordable 2 bedroom apartment. you know what you should do before you start? what's that? check your credit score. why would i need to do that? somebody else is going to check it, don't you want to know what they might find? sign up on credit karma. credit karma? yeah. huh, that was easy! kinda regret buying

happen in these other territories that they're hoping to retain from isis, whether it's mosul or fallujahsunni tribe to hold the territory. and therefore, giving a lot of families a sense of security, a sense that they have a buy-in to the securing of their country, to the holding of their homes. and that's a hope that the iraqi government has in ramadi, that using the local population, using the local tribal forces would give the families a sense of confidence that would allow them eventually to feel that they are able to return to their homes. >> our senior international correspondent live for us in baghdad. thank you so much for your reporting and context on what's happening there. >>> you're watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead, authorities in the u.s. state of illinois, they are on edge as the death toll and floodwaters continue to rise. the latest for you. >>> plus the u.s. president barack obama, he is expected to announce new executive action on the issue of gun control. we'll tell you about his plan when we come back. jay knows how to keep nice shorts, dad...g. this is what the p

as fallujah has talked about, a strong commitment from this administration, and others in the past as well -- felicia. as being important. but i think we have a state coordinator in illinois in the is a state refugee coordinator in illinois in so that may be a good vehicle for determining whether resources are and advising about how those resources can be accessed. [inaudible] >> give you the mic spent i don't want to give you a history lesson on the state government but there's so much conflict going on. this state has deliberately frozen our funds coming back because we were at $800,000 in my community in arrears. you're talking account of 48,000 people. i was marching all over the place saying, listen, you support us, we will support you. i've talked to the legislation to are from our area and they said we've got to did this come we've got to do that. i'm tired of it. we finally got into a bill, at least past the money that should be monthly income. i was a madman. i ended up writing 34 letters to legislators who i personally contacted come had conversations with, thank you. but de