the jihadist groups now said to be in control of illusia and iran mahdi is of the islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as isis is seen as a formidable fighting force and its militants among the most radical self in syria isis silva dates back to the elie years of the iraq war it was formed in april of two thousand and four by sunni insurgents and soon after pledge allegiance to bin laden two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in twenty thirteen its military successes against assad gained strong influence in syria which saw it add love wanted to its name and of course in the latest developments the group has taken control of illusia and other parts of the problems in iraq and proclaimed and islamic state geo political analyst and publisher of the trend journal gerald's the land predicts the situation will only get worse the country is in total turmoil it has not ended since the invasion began and it keeps declining the tribal warfare gets worse and the government is really helpless to do anything then you're hearing from the united states people like joh

two major cities in iraq ambar province illusia and ramadi iraqi forces and anti al-qaeda sunni tribal leaders that retaken some parts of those cities but the isis fighters are holding straw it was an obvious ten years ago it should be now george w. bush's invasion of iraq was a complete and utter disaster that has made their country a more dangerous and more violent place and a stable democracy in the bush it is pro nice rumsfeld and wolfowitz promised would come after we knocked out saddam that looks as far away as ever instead iraq is once again teetering on the edge of all out civil war the capture of flu shot in ramadi by islamic radicals caps off a year of bloodshed for iraq according to the united nations twenty thirteen was iraq's deadliest year since two thousand and eight with nearly nine thousand people killed most of them civilians of nine hundred fifty nine people and seven hundred fifty nine people were killed just last month tensions between minority sunni's of the ruling shiite government of nuri al maliki given new fueled by the war in neighboring syria have risen to a

to add levant to its name and of course in the latest developments the group has taken control of illusia and other parts of the province in iraq and proclaimed and islamic state now more perspective now on the group and what it's aiming for in iraq with andrus like a go a former danish intelligence officer who served they could have you with us this afternoon the capture of the city's what does it tell us about how powerful al qaeda has grown well basically i think it turns a lot more about how weak the iraqi government and iraqi government forces are because the fighting ability of the of the isis for instance is very strong but very contained true to localized battles where the iraqi army really are supposed to be in control of the car but it is the. think it shows a lot more about the the willingness of the isis to fight. the lack of credibility towards the iraqi army and the united states that said it was equipping the iraqi army to you know against potential offenses like this but if the united states couldn't eradicate al qaeda what chance is the iraqi people or the iraqi army have

drones and other weapons to the iraqi government after al-qaeda linked militants claimed the city elf illusia are to correspondent paula slayer has more on the struggle for power. well the situation certainly is becoming increasingly volatile but we've now heard from the iraqi prime minister it is him urging all those who have joined a kind of to give up the fight he has hinted at the possibility of pardoning these militants if indeed they do so they are facing a massive siege that has been launched by the government troops i think he was speaking in his weekly televised address and he volunteered that it was to continue what he calls the sacred war against al qaida is the local branch which is known as the state in iraq and they live and he also said that he would continue to finish the push to retake the key and boss cities and ramadi which were taken over by the militants and that the militants had to commute from as they new independent state what we see happening now is that all kinds of things militants are trying to capitalize on the sick tailgated tension that is currently inside iraq

war in iraq added two years ago al qaeda has taken over the city illusia the u.s. is sending drones to the iraqi government but not true. at least for now what this means for the region coming up. and did you hear about the polar vortex if you turn on the t.v. this week you've seen the mainstream media obsessing over the whole we'll take a look at how the media has.