many of these fighters are affiliated with isil. isil in its earlier incarnation inflicted mass casualty attacks in iraq. over the years 2011 and 2012. it was not until early last year that we began to see a significant increase in its attacks, most notably suicide and vehicle bombs. suicide attacks, we assess, are nearly all attributable to isil, and nearly all suicide bombers are foreign fighters who enter iraq through syria. to give one notable statistic, in november 2012 iraq saw three suicide attacks throughout the country. in november 2013, it saw 50. isil is now striking in iraq along three main lines of corporations. first, it is attacking shia civilian areas in an effort to rekindle a civil war. these are the vast majority of attacks. second, it is attacking sunni areas to eliminate rivals and govern territory. in one 30-day period, for example, isil suicide bombers attacked three small towns in anbar province. third, isil is now attacking the kurds in northern iraq in disputed boundary areas to incite ethnic tension and un

>> what is interesting about isil, they think they may be bigger than al al qaeda. 9 leader of isil leader doesn't care about that. >> as they were kicked out of the club, as you say, i read somewhere in the world of -- this world, it makes them pretty bad people if al qaeda casts you aside. what does it say about isil, do you see them being more of a threat than al qaeda was in the late '90s, early 2000s. >> it's not the same type of threat in that we are very aware of it. what happened to us -- it's very well known that up until 9/11, lots of agencies turned a blind eye to the threat that al qaeda presented. i don't think we will ever be in that type of situation again, but isil is very dangerous. it's well funded and it has lots of foreign money and lots of foreign fighters and it's so geographically close to europe. it's easier to get from syria into eastern europe and then from there to wherever you want to go. >> you know, doug, if the u.s. is not turning a blind eye any longer to these groups, do you feel the united states government is being aggressive enoug

this -- isil is an army. they have .50 caliber sniper rifles to their very well trained and fortified. we have to of the sunnis tribal local people out of a but they will require security support. as he general austin was in iraq last week. we're advising the commanders as best we can build on the lessons we learn in these areas for tactical and strategic patience and for planning and to make sure that civilian casualties are minimized. >> i know how hard you have been working, and to paraphrase ambassador crocker, everything about iraq is hard all the time. so please keep making progress. thank you, sir. >> mr. sherman of california. >> thank you. it was bipartisan support for leaving a residual force in iraq. i require a status of forces agreement with the maliki government. and the status of forces agreement would've had to have included in unity for our soldiers so that they would not be subject to iraqi courts. we asked our soldiers, marines, airmen, et cetera, to take many risks. one of them we don't as

. >> al qaeda's general command issued a statementing distancing itself from isil saying al qaeda doesn't have a relationship with it and isn't responsible for their actions. >> jon: did you get that? an al qaeda affiliate in syria is so extreme al qaeda is like -- [laughter] -- how big of an (bleep) do you have to be before ayman al-zawahiri, the commander of al qaeda says i can't work with these guys. these guys are maieutic. what happened? >> they were beginning to threaten al-saturday herey's -- saturday zsa -- al-zawahiri's authority. >> jon: really. that's the biggest plot twist since the end of grizzl man. really, the guy who wandered into the wilderness to live with bears got eaten by a bear. who saw that coming. what did this particular group do? >> it's killed civilians, beheaded individuals, alienated a local population. >> jon: you know it's a relatively redundant statement. it's beheaded individuals and alienated the local population. yeah, they beheaded individuals but in the bad way, yeah, i can see that as alienating. how forgiving is the local population that beheading is

i think was a tactical mistake on isil's part. it is going be far harder. the one thing that the sunnis likeot like, they do not these foreign jihad fighters. they are trying to gather common cause against them. bombers, theuicide average is 30-40 a week. i do not think this was an exponential rise. i'm hoping 50 will be a cap. we have seen this problem of this phenomenon in the past. what we did was a concerted regional wide effort. witho you get these people the military age males, and we were effective at draining the flow. re-createng to try to that strategy throughout the region. strategy is to attack the south. i would not be surprised if they are on the same plate as 2006. attacked a qaeda mosque, which led to the sectarian violence. they are going to try to attack high profile targets. particularly religiously symbolic targets. i hope i do not think they will be successful. in terms of falluja, yes, we believe soldiers are being held. these extremists are fighters trying to go the army into a direct confrontation. so far, despite some rhetoric, that

isil attacked the south. they are trying to attack the south. you may render after the election of 2005 it was february that al qaeda had attacked the mosque which kind of led to the violence for the next two years. they are going to try to attack the hope right -- high-profile targets. i hope and i don't think they will be successful. i think they have those areas protected but it's definitely part of their strategy. in terms of falluja we do believe they are being held in falluja. and as i said, these extremist fighters are trying to go in a direct urban confrontation. so far, despite some rhetoric yu might see about storming, they are working to secure and i think there will be fighting particularly in the outskirts and then later in the central city but we are going to tighten it sure it is as contained as possible. and non-christians come a very good question. in iraq and throughout the region. when prime minister maliki was here, he announced in the public remarks taking care of a christian community. in october he met with the patriarch,

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and isil decided to go on its own and pursue its independent agenda and that is why a lot of fighting is taking place in syria. it is reflecting the division among the extremist elements. >> does that mean al qaeda and lavont want pursue external operations? do they present an equal threat we should be concerned about? >> i think any group that as origins in al qaeda or associated with al qaeda presents a threat. >> isn't there a concern that by this recent significant and unprecedented action from al qaeda core that they will have something to prove and that may escalate any interest in external operations outside of syria given that is one of the reasons they separated in the first place? >> it is near term concern and a long-term concern. >> so you would argue that this is a clear and present danger and a growing danger if we don't have some effort, and we will not say how that might come together, but try to do something to disrupt their ability to plan and train for external operations >> syria presents a number of challenges to the security of the united states in terms of the s

the iraqi government says it's early and allied tribesmen killed 57 isil fighters in anbar province on monday. afghan president hamid karzai has reportedly been in secret contact with the taliban in a bid to reach a possible peace ofl without the involvement the united states. "the new york times" reports the context could explain karzai's recent refusal to sign a long-term deal to keep u.s. troops in afghanistan, as well as his release of taliban prisoners despite u.s. opposition. than 40 lgbte activists were arrested after blocking the entrance to the idaho state senate. the protesters called for lawmakers to and sexual orientation and gender identity to a law banning other forms of discrimination. the law currently does not define anti-lgbt violence as a hate crime will stop there is no state law in idaho or the federal level to prevent people from being fired or denied housing because of their sexuality. among those arrested monday was former democratic state senator nicole lefavour. >> we are not leaving until lawmakers return to the committee rooms and begin work .n passing a bil

these, in an audio message posted on the internet he told the islamic state of iraq also known as the isilin arbitration with leading clecics and some suspected suicide bombers were behind the assassination of the top envoy in syria on sunday. french politicians are getting ready to vote on extending the central republican they have 1600 troops supporting the peace keeping force there but despite presence the violence is continuing, displacing thousands of people from their homes and tonya page has more. >> reporter: it's tough for people to earn a living in bongi if you are selling wood or bread it's tough and it goes on and this is p 12 district and hundreds are packed and ready to leave and to protect themselves. many people here don't trust the french because at first they only disarmed the celica fighters who mostly have been muslim and some feel they were left at the murder si of christian fighters and trust is so fragile that the local red cross is sent away and some would accept the help of islam. >> al-qaeda and even the devil, you come to help us welcome and you will enjoy, enjoy