-- separated iraq? secretary carter: i think we're all aware that it is very difficult to govern iraq in a multisectarian manner. we thought about the alternatives to that. i'm sure we have for years and i'm sure you have as well. we are trying to assist prime minister abadi in governing in a different way from the way maliki governed which as senator sessions noted led to the disintegration of the iraqi security forces, the sectarian coloration of them and that's what ultimately led to their collapse in sunni territory. senator manchin: i've been asked the question -- you just reminded me. they said didn't we see signs , that maliki was incompetent, that he would have gone strictly to a sectarian position as he did not for a strong united iraq, did we not, with all the people we had there, did we not see that coming and could not averted that from happening? secretary carter: i can only speak for myself in that regard and i was not closely involved in that in the time -- and at the time i certainly had

-- separated iraq? secretary carter: i think we're all aware that it is very difficult to govern iraq in a multisectarian manner. we thought about the alternatives to that. i'm sure we have for years and i'm sure you have as well. we are trying to assist prime minister abadi in governing in a different way from the way maliki governed which as senator sessions noted led to the disintegration of the iraqi security forces, the sectarian coloration of them and that's what ultimately led to their collapse in sunni territory. senator manchin: i've been asked the question -- you just reminded me. they said didn't we see signs , that maliki was incompetent, that he would have gone strictly to a sectarian position as he did not for a strong united iraq, did we not, with all the people we had there, did we not see that coming and could not averted that from happening? secretary carter: i can only speak for myself in that regard and i was not closely involved in that in the time -- and at the time i certainly had

>> i said three years for iraq. isim and i have also described isil in general as a generational problem because of its allure in notably the sunni sective islam. look, we just have to have a sunni partner in order to address this challenge of isil. so although i have said three years for iraq, it's more like a generation which i suppose is loosely 20 years. to address the violent extremist allure of isil in the sunni world and that allure will only be stripped away when someone actually takes care of them and governs them. to your question, are there points at which we should and would consider the introduction of additional u.s. military combat capabilities? the answer is yes. i think you have seen us do that in the raid that we conducted into syria to capture and kill the group affiliated with abu saef and the financial yoirk of isil and i think that we are always on the alert or always on the lookout for those opportunities and can use our capabilities as necessary to deal with those. >> you feel you are in a po

of iraq. most of the iraqi territory was already under its boot. thousands of iraqi troops and thousands of iraqi civilians had already been either displaced or slaughtered. so he came in under a very, very difficult moment, and i think in stark contrast to previous systems of government in iraq, he sees the future of iraq as one that divests authority from the center in order to empower reliable governance in the province. he talked about this, it's functioning federalism. he's been clear. but of course he has a skeptical power base that operates from a long history of concerns about what the other components within the iraqi society really intend to do over time. that skepticism is something that we have to recognize. it's a skepticism that, by committing ourselves to the political process of iraq, in supporting prime minister abadi's effort at functioning federalism, in being quick in the process of stabilization, in the context of liberated populations, it creates the operationalization, t

remember he said there were two big judgments on iraq weapons of mass distraction and iraq and al qaeda. on iraq and al qaeda what we said was what the analysts believed was there were some distort restrictions between iraqi intelligence and al qaeda but as of 2002 there was no current relationship between iraq and al qaeda. there was no iraqi involvement in 9/11. there was not even an iraqi foreknowledge of 9/11. they were surprised as we were. that's what we said. scooter libby did not like what we said. he believed there was a connection. he thought we were wrong and after we put this paper out and said what i just said the call that my boss and told her to withdraw the paper and fix fix it because it was wrong. we just put our hands up and said no i'm not doing that. i told you earlier we are nonpartisan and we call it like they see it. we are the umpire and we are the refereeing please call it like we see it. we didn't budge. scooter libby called john mclaughlin was the deputy director of the cia to complain about the paper and george tenet and john mclaughlin said no, stop. and pr

or maybe a separated iraq? >> i think we're all aware that it is very difficult to govern iraq in a multi sectarian matter. we thought about the alternatives to that and i think we have for years and i'm sure all of you have as well. we are trying to assist prime minister abaddi of governing in a different way from the way maliki governed which led to the disintegration of the iraqi forces, the sectarianism of this and led to their collapse in sunni territory. >> and also along those lines and i've been asked the question, and you just reminded me didn't we see signs that maliki was incompetent and he would have gone strictly to a sectarian position as he did, not for a strong, united, iraq did we not, with all of the people we had there, did not see that coming and could not have averted that from happening. >> i can only speak for myself and i certainly had that certain about mr. maliki and many of you met with him and i met with him several times and it was quite apparent to me. prime minister abaddi said he

kurds, who have autonomy in northern iraq. turkey fought an insurgency on its own territory, taking the lives of 30,000 people. over the past few years turkey forged a relationship with iraq's kurds, yielding 6.2 million barrels of oil, worth $600 million through a pipeline. the iraqi kurds in turn use that money to finance kurdish peshmerga fighters battling i.s.i.l. forces. >> it provides an economy for the kurds, it provides a benefit to turkey, which has a big oil need, of course. and it's also a way of the putting the - you know, the dampers on kurdish ambitions within turkey itself. the kurds in iraq will not encourage that. >> in the latest development turkey has agreed to let u.s. war planes use the american air base to strike at i.s.i.l. targets in northern syria. the stated goal is to create a safe zone in syria along the turkish border. free of i.s.i.l. fighters and controlled by so-called moderate syrian insurgents. the turks hope it can be a new00m for the estimated -- new home for the estimated 1.7 million syrian

or maybe a separated iraq? >> i think we are all aware that it is very difficult to govern iraq and a multi- sectarian manner. have we thought about the alternatives to that? i think we all have for years and i'm sure all of you have as well. we are trying to assist the prime minister and governing in in governing in a different way from the way malik you governed which, as senator sessions noted, led to the disintegration of the iraqi security forces, the sectarian coloration of them and that is what led to the collapse in sunni territory. >> been asked the question. didn't we see signs that malik he was incompetent? he would have gone strictly to the sectarian position as he did not for a strong united iraq? with all the people we have had committed we not see that coming? >> i can only speak for myself and i was not closely involved. to govern iraq from the center, center but in a decentralized enough way that the kurds kurds sunnis command shia each had a no space to carry on their own welfare and the way t

ert of southern iraq. this is camp bucca, an american prison. during the iraq war, the most dangerous jihadis were locked up here. up to 20,000 of the country's angriest men. some of the men that worked at camp bucca called it simply camp hell. it wasn't just crowded, it was violent. in 2005 riots broke out. detainees wint on a rampage, take -- went on a rampage, taking over whole sections of the camp. they massed outside the fences firing into the crowd. at least four prisoners were killed. >> now, this is camp bucca. >> major general doug stone was brought in to fix camp bucca. even he was wary of the inmates. here he is giving cnn's nick robertson a tour in 2008. >> we got about 2,000 identified al qaeda here in the theater interment facility. >> everyone is crowded around looks at us now. >> right. this is not a place you want to hang around. so we don't want to stand here that much longer. they will now organize around us. >> there were beatings unexplained prisoner deaths and several jihadis escaped. into this quad dron one day in early 20

there's a limit, unlike peshmerga in iraq. there's a limit do where and how much territory the kurdish can transgress. they are divided among themes. other kurds are opposed to them. there's a limit. in some areas, i.s.i.s. upgrades in sunni areas. and you need to work with those sunnis in the areas. who are locked in. unless you do that you can only clear a small strip, but not be able to push them back. the problem with us is we have an approach that is different. where the islamic state of iraq and syria - we don't recognise the borders, we demolished them. the situation in the white house, they exist on paper. >> are we seeing limits of what you can do from the air. there have been hundreds thousands of sortees, can you defeat anyone from the air? >> no we have seen the limits of what air power alone can do. we are getting to a point where with the fall of ramadi there was an administration that you can't get anywhere without the ground forces. we are seeing the iraqi security forces making small gains and the u.s. coaliti

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when i talk to people they say to me, pittsburgh argued fighters in iraq. the iraq. the pyd are good fighters, tough, tough. nobody likes to nobody likes to say so, but they are trained by the pkk which has been a a mortal enemy of the turkish government. considered by the church the terrorist group. from turkey standpoint you have this man -- band south of there were increasingly controlled by a group that is trained and to some extent run by people they regard as fundamentally dangerous. turkey has some choices to make. arguably that is a good thing because they will have to make choices with us about their security and hours. i guess i would come back to the basic puzzle here with syria which is getting buy-in from all of the key players, rusher's interests are directly threatened by the collapse of the aÇai version. turkey, you know, which has a ragged a ragged, unstable border and newly emboldened kurdish militias overthrow bush are no matter what. the beginning to wonder -- they need to work together acceptable figures people who are members of the opposition w

it would be their part of iraq, much as kurds feel erbil is their part of iraq. it's bottom up inside-out. and then there's the part that involves the regional allies. for iraq, syria libya it is going to take a commitment by the united states, russia, saudi arabia iran. somehow there's going to have to be a formula where those powers can sit around a table and come up with agreements that they are prepared to back up. i think those are the two elements of how you would make this work in iraq. i think it's going to take discipline and time. it's probably the job of the next president of the united states, but i think that's when it comes, that's what it will look like. >> any comments here, steve? >> i become concerned over the last several years that we as a country have lost our ability to develop a tapestry of policy and strategy. in other words, for all of us who have had children and grandchildren, you know small children soccer in which there's the ball, everyone goes to it. i'm talking about trying to weave together the programs because all these are relat

most constitutial elements of iraq don't even believe in iraq anymore. not even the shia that run them out of tehran. it's a little attachment to their country. it's a little bit they stuck on the edge of the house. so, we have to be part of the political solution that convince them iraq has a future. and i don't think actually despite the sectarian history and the desire for blood feud and revenge, i don't think that's a hard argument to make on one foundation. if you really take emotion out of the equation, there is not one actor in iraq who by themselves can defeat isis. it's just a fact. i don't care who you are. i don't care whether you're a good sunni whether you're a shia, whether you're a kurd, whether you're a yazidi. only by coming together can that happen. but it has to happen with our troops imbedded as advisors. that's the only reason mow sul fell. the iraqi army was 900,000 men in uniform. 900,000. a couple hundred thousand took mosul. that's absurd. all the tribes could run home to momma because we weren't there to shame them, as i'm sure

and the levant in syria and against kurdish fighters in iraq. the strikes against isil were the latest in a campaign that began early on friday after a suicide-bombing at an allies rally in southern turkey. the campaign has expanded to target bases in northern iraq belonging to the kurdistan workers party or the pkk. it has put an end to the fragile cease-fire bringing fears of renewed violence. >> turkey is at war on two fronts. it's jets are now hitting targets across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil and syria turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. they declared the already 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. >> turkey has talked about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see the vanishing of the threat, of course we'll make a reassessment. the third wave of operations is a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey isil declared war when it was in a cultural center on monday. but many here believed turk

and iraq's shia-dominated government. iran has weighed in on the side of houthi rebels in yemen triggering a sectarian proxy war with sunni dominated saudi arabia. voices inside iran say it's now willing to use its influence in cooperation in the areas consuming the middle east today. >> today iran has emerged as a major player. the islamic refltion has a lot of influence in -- revolution has a lot of influence in many parts of the islamic world. there are a lot of areas where iran can play a very prominent role in sorting out conflicts, resolving outstanding issues, particularly in dealing with peace and security in the region. >> well up next, centuries of mistrust between sunnis and shias is threatening any hope of peace in the middle east, but the divide goes beyond religion. i'll explain when we come back. >> brittany menard's decision to take her own life last year. sparked a national debate. >> brittany didn't wan't to die, the brain tumor was killing her, she simply took control over how that process would go. >>

in iraq isil loss at the mosul dam. isil lot at mt. sinjar. isil has lost repeatedly across the kirkuk province they lost at tikrit. they have lost more than a quarter of the populated areas it had seized in iraq. in syria isil lost at cobanni, and recent losses including a key city denies a supply route to raqqa. so these are reminders that isil's strategic weaknesses are real. isil is surrounded by countries and communities committed to its destruction. it has no air force, or coalition owns the skies. isil is backed by no nation. it relies on fear sometimes executing its own disyou will luciened fighters. the brutality on which alien yates those under its rule, creating new enemies. >>> instead we're intensifying our efforts against isil's base in syria. our air strikes will continue to target the oil and gas facilities that fund so much of their operations. we're going after the isil leadership and infrastructure in syria, the hard of isil that pumps funds and propaganda to people around the world. partnering with other countries, share mo

we must address long-standing grievances of iraq minorities and expand the sunnis and kurds to iraq's military structures and disarm iranian militias. in syria, moderate and extreme elements of opposition have made gains against isil and regime, but isil remains a dominant force in western syria. absent of anything, any change is unlikely. the assad regime remains in the seat of power in damascus. despite these territorial shifts, a defeat on the battlefield is not the most likely end to the battle in syria. a political solution addresses grievances and broad range of consistencies in syria is the only pathway for a sustainable solution. when i met with military and political leaders in iraq earlier this year, they emphasized the u.s. and coalition forces are at the beginning of a multiyear campaign against isil. they stressed the need for patience. i hope you will provide what to expect in the long fight in the months and years ahead. i look forward to your testimony sen. mccain: i welcome mr. carter. secretary carter: thank you for the opportunity to come before you an ashton b. car

against kurdish fight necessary iraq. in the latest of a campaign that ban on friday. the campaign has expanded to iraq belonging to the curd stance workers party or the pkk. this puts an end to the fragile cease-fire. from southern turkey,. >> turkey is at war on two fronts. it's jets are now hitting targets across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil and syria turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not phased and talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrees or the vanishing of the threat then of course we'll make a reassessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey isil declared war when it bombed a cultural center in the border town on monday. but many here believe turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight agains

syria and iraq turkey has been reluctant to involve itself militarily.il now. on friday it announced it has begin air strikes against isil in syria, and carried out operations across turkey. more than 297 suspects are in custody. some are expected isil members, but there are members that are members of the pkk. isil has been blamed for a suicide bomb which killed more than 30 people in the turkish border town. the turkish president urged his country to trust him and his government. >> translator: these are the steps against our national security. our state and government will take needed action against any attack no matter what it is. it is not only for last night. we will take the necessary precautions for our nation's security and peace. last night was just the start of this, and we will keep going in the same way. we're a different struggle from now on. we will do whatever is needed in this struggle. our nation should trust their state. >> tom akerman joins me from washington, d.c. has there been any reaction to turkey's decision to hit back at isil f

we have to sell the concept of the functioning iraq. we have to jettison once and for all -- i know it is apocryphal lly an arab, but the idea that my enemy is my friend is complete hogwash when it comes to iraq. the idea that karen, because they are killing sunni extremists are our friends, you have to be smoking some become and is not tobacco to believe that. lisa: ok, we have a question over here. >> yes. i'm with the 21st century wilberforce initiative. i am wondering if the panel could speak to understanding this i delay knowledge be here indr. gorka you mentioned how the narrative of information for wharf where we are putting out is completely insufficient to combat what isis is doing on social media. how can the narrative be better influenced to counteract that? is it going to require educating people any very secure context that cosmology teleology eschatology are still important and they are important in this situation? mr. gorka: buy the book. how many theologians does the pentagon have? i do not mean chaplains. i mean theolog

now while iraq has certainly strong ties with iran and iran's influence in iraq has grown since the 2003ere are obviously concerns on the grounds, iraq is suffering from major sectarian divisions but i think iraq's point of view is simply this if iran can help them in their fight against the islamic state of iraq and levante then they will certainly welcome that in any way that they can. however, again as we have been repeating many other nations in the region very concerned still about this deal. >> thanks so much. security is tight in bolivia capital as protests or miners over government investment continue and clashes in the streets. protesters have blocked access in and out of the mining, city and people there demanding hospitals, roads and international airport be built in their region. this is a rural area known for its mining, resources but suffers a lack of development and lagging behind the rest of the country and we are there and sent this report. >> reporter: this is one of the entrances to the city here about two kilometers from the center of the city. people are keeping it b

will abandon iraq as it did in 2011. >> obviously iran, iraq war in the 1980s.you think iran has bigger describes on -- designs on iraq? >> iran sees iraq as its backyard, back garden. and it's according to lebanon. i think that has been demonstrated very well in front of the eyes of everybody. the corridor of the -- the corridor was established through iraq and syria. i think and encouraged by the deal that they are making or have made with the u.s. in terms of the nuclear deal. even before that they started in yemen in bahrain, and eastern saudi arabia. and they have ambitions throughout the area. and i believe russia is a partner and a culprit in this expression. dreams. mediterranean red sea wants to control the straits of hormuz to control international trade. this is a real threat. this is a real threat to world peace what is happening today in iraq. >> sir, thank you very much for joining us and good luck and i hope, you know, i hope things get better in iraq for you and for the people there thank you sir. >> thank you so much. >> tonight there is a brand

carter will be going to qatar and iraq. qatar has similar concerns as saudi arabia does about iran's role in the wider region. there are concerns that iran plays a destabilizing force in countries like iraq and syria and lebanon. but his reception in iraq is likely to be very different. iraq and iran are very close and have been since the 2003 invasion. the two countries are also working very closely together against the threat posed from the islamic state of the iraq and levant group but there are sectarian concerns in iraq and mr. carter will reaffirm the u.s. military commitment to the region and, indeed his commitment to countries like israel and saudi arabia, qatar and jordan. here this deal is a good thing and could possibly bring some calm to the unrest that we've seen over the years. >> the african union mission in somalia has denied allegations of mass shootings on tuesday. 4 people were killed when africa union troops open fired on young men playing football. well, they have strongly refuted the allegation that tr

ramadi and other key territory in iraq and controlling every border post between iraq and syria. the lack of a coherent strategy has resulted in the spread of isil around the world. to libya, egypt, nigeria and even to afghanistan where i visited last weekend. there are troops are supporting our afghan partners in sustaining a stable and democratic future but even as isil and the taliban threaten this future the president remains committed to a drastic reduction of the us presence in the end of 2016, before the afghan government and security forces are fully capable of operating echktively -- effectively without our support. this would create a security vacuum and we have seen what fills similar kinds of vacuums in syria and iraq. given your experience in afghanistan, general dunford, we'll be interested to hear your authorities about the appropriate u.s. and coalition presence going forward. meanwhile, iran continues to threaten peace and stability across the middle east through the support of terrorist proxies, pursuit of nuclear weapons and developing the missiles needed to de

in iraq. >> with the u.s. going forward how is that likely to affect things? >> here is the deal, what we have in iraq is a situation with the iran people on the same side and you have u.s. led air strikes and commanders and forces brigades helping out the forces. what iraqis would like to see post the agreement is more cooperation between those two countries and groups of people to try and defeat i.s.i.l. the coalition, the u.s. led coalition air strikes are working in certain places and managing to cutoff i.s.i.l. supply lines and on the ground fighting is done by iran backed malitia and security forces and what they would like to see and also what the iraqis want to see is much more trade and technological assistance between iran and iraq and we need to be able to be a part of this we are partner in this but want you to have a closer working relationship than you have had in the past. >> joining us live there from the iraqi capitol baghdad. al jazeera senior political analyst is giving his perspective on all of this for us from london and in terms of the la

i think iraq is a corrupt place. it's got a name iraq. it's really split up into thiefdoms. >> a lot of iraqis that view themselves as iraqis. >> frankly, people are starting to give of on that. if the bullet is fired in the air. they run and give over our equipment. iraqi send seashellessentially exist. they meet with iran. if you get the reuters article that i wrote, that i was interviewed for, from july of '04, everything i said turned out to be exactly correct. i said that iran is going to take over iraq with the oil. and i said there will be remnants of oil that other peoples will take over. and you know who that is that's isis. >> two quick things again, the general saying they brought in exxon in 2007, 2008, exxon was there, look, we don't want to get involved. >> because they don't want to be involved politically. now they'll get involved. >> you say send in troops. ring the oil field. general hurtling. 30,000 americans, 60,000 iraqis guarding them. >> then i am a better general than the general you are talking about. >> i want to

that brings us to a question about iraq. what about our iraq first policy?s there a danger in focusing so much in iraq and leaving so much in syria untouch snd and how do we deal with the iraqi government? it's a complicated relationship dealing with the iraqi security forces. there's a lot of complications here. >> let me take the second part of that first. syria is such a complicated subject. i'd almost like to separate that and come back to it. thinking about the slow progress in iraq in many ways the lack of progress in this year and what to do about it, i tried to think about the fundamentals and to talk with people smarter than me about this issue. one of them is sitting in the audience ambassador fily. steve hadly a number of other people in and out of government. trying to think how could you take the elements of our strategy, which seek to keep iraq together in some way, that seek to avoid this idea people have of you know lines in the sand being just scattered to the winds and plunge the whole region into uncertainty and chaos. how would you preser

with regard to iraq and this isis situation, isn't it true that the threat in iraq is not just a threat to iraq but it implicates the national security interest of the united states and that we have a national security interest in seeing and blocking a takeover of iraq by this extremist group, isis, who chops off heads and does other extreme things? >> senator, i would agree that the issue of isis has both regional issues and creating regional instability but we have u.s. national interests in a stable iraq that's not a sanctuary for extremists. >> i think it's a mistake sometime to just sit back and say we're going to wait on the iraqi army to get its act together. we've trained the iraqi army for over a decade. they have battalions and companies and organizations. they're not well led and their morale is not good. they have an army. the question is can we help encourage them to be more effective in fighting back against isis? would you not agree? >> i do agree with that senator. i would just say despite the challenges, we have had as you know some thousands of men and women from the u

the other question about democracy in iraq important to remember the idea that iraq was being the perfect laboratory for creating a democratic regime goes way back to the 1980s 1980s. state department fixture the idea that iraq was one and country in which even under saddam's survival stable civil society that would make cultivating relations with iraq easier and supportive but also could lead to the evolution of a democratic iraq. one of the factors which helped undermine that if you read miss flies recent book on the outcome of the war for one of the things that helped to undermine the stable civil society where the sanctions, the un sanctions imposed after the 1st gulf war which deeply impoverished iraq destabilized iraqi society achieved people talking about professors wondering well-respected professors at iraqi universities wandering the streets begging for money. thethe degree to which saddam hussein in power holding the sanctions regime did go a long way i think, to creating conditions that made the us mission pacifying the country and establishing a knew stable government that mu

and the levant in syria and against kurdish fighters in iraq. the air raids are the lightest that began early on friday after a suicide-bombing at a rally in southern turkey earlier in the week. it's put an end to the fragile cease-fire raising renewed fear of violence in turkey. 6 occura day after beginning a air campaign with isil and syria, turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk party positions. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not phased and talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or the vanishing of the threat, then of course we will make a reassessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey isil declared war when it bombed a cultural center in the border town of suruc on monday. but many people here believe that turkey's decision to fight in the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening s

of iraq. most of the iraqi territory was already under its boot. thousands of iraqi troops and thousands of iraqi civilians had already been either displaced or slaughtered. so he came in under a very, very difficult moment, and i think in stark contrast to previous systems of government in iraq, he sees the future of iraq as one that divests authority from the center in order to empower reliable governance in the province. he talked about this, it's functioning federalism. he's been clear. but of course he has a skeptical power base that operates from a long history of concerns about what the other components within the iraqi society really intend to do over time. that skepticism is something that we have to recognize. it's a skepticism that, by committing ourselves to the political process of iraq, in supporting prime minister abadi's effort at functioning federalism, in being quick in the process of stabilization, in the context of liberated populations, it creates the operationalization, t

narrator: khalil and his team of yazidi men work from his new home in kurdish controlled northern iraq, away from the frontline with isis. his contact information is spreading throughout isis territory, and enslaved women call him on cell phones they've managed to hide from their captors. >> narrator: he says they get dozens of calls a week from women asking for help. >> narrator: medina and her two children have been held for seven months and moved from town to town. even isis fighters now know about khalil's network. he receives a message from one of them, a tunisian fighter looking to sell medina back to her family. >> narrator: khalil and his team say they don't pay ransoms directly to isis, but they do give money to their contacts who help the women escape. >> narrator: medina and her daughters have tried to escape before, but didn't make it out. her family wants khalil to help them try again. >> narrator: with time running out, khalil speaks to his contact to see if it's safe enough to pick up the women from outside their captor's house. >> (translated): i don't say i rescue the

in the levant in syria and against kurdish fighters in iraq.he strikes against isil were the latest in a campaign that began early friday after a suicide bombing at a rally in southern turkey earlier in the week. campaign has expanded to target basis in northern iraq belonging to the kurdistan worker's party or pkk who's syrian alleys are fighting against isil. it's put an end to the fragile cease-fire raising fears of renewed violence intie from southern turkey dana hodr reports. >> reporter: turksey at war on two fronts. jets are hitting target did across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil in syria, turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not fazed and tong talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease in or the vanishing of the threat then, of course we will make a re-assessment. the third wave of opera

about 75,000 were in iraq before the war. now there are fewer than 25,000. >> during 2006 and 2006 a lot were forced to leave because of random killings we couldn't worship or go to work. sometimes on the basis of identity cards they'd kill us. >> hamad was one of the last of what was once hundreds of silver smiths in baghdad. he plans to leave the country. >> minorities are afraid. they have no tribes to protect them. they are always considered an easy tart. 90% of immigration is due to the security situation. >> baghdad, the second biggest city in the arab world, for centuries was a magnet for minorities, bringing skills and fostering tolerance. >> that was and is known for its multicultural identity. and by tracking baghdad you track the heart of the new iraq. and the new iraq cannot survive without diversity. >> this is one of baghdad's oldest churches built in 1843. the neighbourhood is part of a commercial district known as the arab market. the church next to it is crumbling. these are traditional neighbourhoods, where

we did that in the combat in iraq. and it's only through the past few years we have been able to re-establish our presence in the pacific. we have some options. the other option least favorable is we go all in. we activate our reserves and we go and do what needs to be done. we have done that before too. you can do that for a short period of time but as you mentioned, that is not sustainable. >> what is a short period of time? in your best estimate, i don't want to hold you to it. but we are wrestling with big decisions about the middle east and iran's nuclear capability and there are some in the senate that i believe are tempted by the idea that we can go in and bomb iran and set off what could be a war much bigger than any contingency we have been trying to fight in the last decade in the middle east. how soon would we have to do emergency spending and is that in fact the most efficient way and best way to do it? >> senator, i -- it's a difficult question. i would have to get back to you as far as the details without

the fighters are from the group which is an affiliate of islamic state of iraq and the levant. they attacked 15 check points in north sinai. voluntarily injuries complained what happened. the other than said at least 117 people died in the fighting wednesday, including 17 soldiers. >> moving 140 people killed in a string of attacks in northeastern nigeria, boko haram is blind for the onslaught. a government officials say several mosques were attacked in the town wednesday night. 97 duties and children were filled there. two other killings were also attacked. on thursday, a bomb went off. we have more from the capital. >> more details are coming out about the nature of these attacks in the northeast. we know a suicide bomber was behind the tech on that mallory and happened just a few merits from from the correct point. vigilantes who have been supporting the minute city carried on. eyewitness accounts are emergion. we're getting a picture of extreme violence that took place, apparently when boko haram attacked, they stormed a mosque where they killed men and boys operating. they

portions of iraq. christians many fled during the iraq war and haven't been able to return to their homes, is that right? >> well, i can't give you exact numbers. for sure, some 100,000 people more than 3 to 4,000 people from baghdad left after 2003. and now it is not a matter targeting about the -- on ethnic or religious basis but gangs and mafia for money. and it is just recently, like two weeks and now we are calling government to take care much more and to stop those militia on the streets under the umbrella of popular mobilization. popular mobilization are fighting i.s.i.s. it is not on religious or ethnic basis. >> all right really good to hear from you, that is be joining us from baghdad thank you very much for your time. >>> and still to come on the program. the long wait for help. the people in iraq who are struggling to get even basic aid. plus, green fields, a farming lifestyle. may be surprised when we reveal where this rural retreat actually is. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour wi

i want to ask you about iraq. several others have asked you about it but having served our country in iraq just seeing the director of the fbi, said that isis poses a greater terror threat than al qaeda. that is pretty telling. what is it we need to do in iraq now to address isis the we are not >> my time in iraq is a bit dated although i am someone informed in my job to do what we are doing as far as marines and the joint force. we do what we need to do now we are training the iraqis and insuring provision of equipment and ammunition and supplies, working in their operations centers, advising them, the only thing we are not doing is accompanying them. at least to the best of my knowledge. at the end of the day whether we do or not, they will do this, they have to restore their territory and i believe based on what i have seen them do in the past they have the capability to do that because we have to defeat isis, we have to get them to the point at they are insignificant, some people on the internet saying a bunch

looted from iraq in 2003. many of the sites they came from are now under isil control where there is not much that iraq can do about the looting and destruction. >> two years ago we were fighting smugglers. >> iraq is trying to recover antiquities through legal means. some important pieces stolen in 2003 between the iraq museum was looted or still missing and might never be found. others are still the subject of legal claims. this is the post important piece in this winged beings they believed protected their palace palaces. customs seized it when it came up for sale in 2008. pieces like that have never been registered, and archeologists can never be sure what is missing. >> a lot of these artifacts are looted from the sites directly, not from mys and they don't know that they've been looted until they turn up at auction. >> some are facts to fool buyers. some were not stolen but borrowed. iraq wants everything back. >> we're see serious. most of these pieces are in various countries and we need committees to

general, isis with regard to iraq and syria would you a scribe to the fact in iraq it will require the iraqi having the will to fight and meet isis in iraq to be successful? >> senator, our current campaign is dependant on the capabilities of the iraqi security forces to deal with isis. how much do you think the assad regime staying in power would comp lie complicate the issue of us taking down isis in syria? >> senator, my assessment is it plays a significant role. i think assad's brutality to the people was the primary factor giving rise to isis and one of the assessments i prescribe to. and i think his remaining in power is inflaming people and gives isis the recruits and support they need to operate inside syria. >> i agree with that. then the question is when do we press for assad to exit? any thoughts on that? >> i don't. i am not involved into the dialogue with that regard. the political resolution is one of had lines of effort that is part of the overall strategy and i don't know but i would assume today that issue is being addressed and if confirmed i expect to be part of the