and it was used in kurdistan to destroy 5,000 villages in kurdistan and to use chemical weapons. in 2004 - i'm coming to this - the kurds decided that they were not going to agree to central control, even though that's what the americans want. they decided the way to go is to control their own resource, and, yes, i helped to bring in the first company, and in these - normal arrangements, there was a - you know, i got a significant financial benefit, nothing like the amounts that you are describing there. >> thousands of millions. >> not even that. i will not go into it. it's a confidential settlement. the point is i've been open about that. the point is though, that this was a decision that has enabled kurdistan to not be dependent on baghdad so that - because baghdad is not paying the budget. kurdistan can export 50,000 barrels, it doesn't need baghdad. it is a way to take care of million and a half sunnis that are in kurdistan now. it is a pipeline to what every kurd wants, which is independence. i don't think anybody doubt that if there's a referendum in kurdistan, that the vo

but now i can only find work two to $300. >> in iraqi kurdistan unemployment and poverty are rising. more than a million iraqi refugees have flooded the autonomous area and that is causing tension. >> refugees from syria are better off than iraqi idps, they are lucky given more advantages. there is nothing to make their lives more difficult. everything is getting easier for them. >> with the kids in school, many parents in the area have plans to return to syria they believe the times will be better there. kim vanel. al jazeera turkey. >> four million syrian refugees are struggling to survive in turkey lebanon iraq egypt and is bejordan. >> in the case of syria it's imperative that international help is made available. >> most of the refugees from syria are currently living in just five countries neighboring syria and the international community has not provided resettlement places for those place or release settlement people any amount that need to be resettled according to the u.n. refugee agency, the u.n. isn't funding these neighbors to cope with this burden. the u.n. application

how do you get yourselves into kurdistan? >> there will be obstacles but we can't let fear stop us bill. >> i wish you the best but i hope you figure it out. i don't want to hear a report three months from now you're being held in a cage someplace and set on fire. >> it's not going to happen bill. >> thanks for coming on. >>> coming up which republican presidential candidate has the plan to fight terror. right back with that debate. >>> thanks for staying with us. continuing with our special edition of "the factor," the growing terror threat. the issue is front and center in the 2016 president campaign with the republican candidates having different views on how to confront it. do any actually have the right plan to win the fight? here deanine borelli. you stay ted cruz brings it the best of all the candidates. why? >> we have researched this as conservative review. with ted cruz. he stands for israel. he is someone who has strong sanctions against iran and russia. he agreed with those sanctions. he is principled someone who

i've looked at camps in kurdistan. i remember just sitting a sea of fans last year in northern jordan where the syrians have come, i think the camps in turkey -- tents. if you want to think about it, the nightmare, think about all those young men in those camps, very little to eat them very little jobs money, but radical preachers. people talking to them about settling scores. it's a formula for not just another four eight years but a generation of nightmarish problems. we saw what happened when the palestinians went into cans and had radicals banging them every day about the struggle. i think it's already, i fear it's already too late to have caught that in the deradicalization phase. you will now have to think about harder key measures but surely getting people back into syria you know, a settlement is urgent and serious i think for the humanitarian mission. we've got to get people back to their homes, to regionalize so the kids can go to school again. >> we are many years away from that. all the way in the back of t

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g which it cards a terrorist organization link today the kurdistan workers party or the p.k.k. another agenda. >> translator: the u.s.-led coalition is giving the y.p.g. a lost help. 80% of the coalition bombings help the kurds and the y.p.g. is a threat to all people. arabs, turkmen, the kurds are trying to create a state and they are ethnically cleansing areas. >> reporter: syrian kurds have pushed deep in to the mainly arab province the group's main strong hold in syria. the capture of the province's border crossing was praised by u.s. officials who said it was a main supply line for from where isil brought in foreign fighters and surprise. by capturing here, the y.p.g. didn't just close an isil supply route it opened a land corridor between two kurdish administered districts, this has raised concerns in turkey. the president erdogan has said turkey would not accept any move by syria's kurds to create their own state. believed to be the kurds' next target, it is the last isil-controlled crossing on syria's border with turkey. and its fighters are seen in the distance plantin

they are supporting us, providing all the -- big numbers to live in security and stay in kurdistan.ntil now the people are coming from baghdad through the airport, crossing all this hundred of the kilometers, which we expect and we ask of the government they have to be to help them in the baghdad and close to baghdad because they are from ramadi and close to baghdad. they have to stay there because it's going to be difficult for them to leave and -- >> governor, governor, if i can interrupt for just a moment, if the last year's a reflection of the future, are you concerned that isil will continue to take more ground, more significant chunks of ground? >> sorry because i can't heard very clearly. >> i will gladly repeat the question. absolutely governor, are you concerned that isil will continue to progress and gain more ground and take more cities? >> what happened in ramadi is something of a surprise to everyone when isis occupied after when the iraqi forces with the militia -- they have a good progress even into -- the situation from area to area will be changing. now the number o

. >> i am with a news network from iraqi kurdistan. i have two questions. you seem to agree that in order to liberate the areas under daesh we would need to have the par participation of the sunni forces. but i would like to know your assessment of prime minister abadi's reachout to the sunnis. hasn't it been slow, too slow so far? and whether the united states can do more to make sure there's a sunni force, you know being formed. and do you believe the united states should arm directly the sunni forces or go through baghdad? and the second question is there have been a lot of talk about creating zones like the kurdistan region which has been a model of stability for iraq. do you believe that sunnis want that? the sunnis initially when iraq was invaded, they were opposed to that. are they more in favor of that idea now because they believe that they're marginalized in the shia-led government in iraq. thank you. >> translator: the first question gives me a chance to speak about the accusation daesh wanted the shia, to blame shia and to say that the sunni has

the kurds are only fighting for kurdistan. and the iraqi army are quite runners, not such good fighters. they don't need training they need the courage to stand up and fight. no amount of training will do that. what we are doing will have some tangible impact on the ground in this conflict. a lot of others believe it to. we have a lot of support. we do our work for free we get our funding for support. we have over 500 applicants most of them former military who signed up for the opportunity to go and work for us. >>> if you were captured who negotiates. do you expect the government to? >> no i have left instructions with my family that if i'm captured doing what i believe in not to have the government negotiator try to rescue me. it's my responsibility. if i die for a cause i believe in, i accept the consequences of that as a fighter, i stand with the men that i support and accept the risk that they accept. and don't want to be treated differently if captured. >> thank you so much for joining us from philadelphia >>> thank you

this sector is controlled by the patriotic unit of kurdistan. one of the two kurdish parties in northern iraq. the american volunteers are not welcome on other front lines. the iraqi government doesn't want foreign groups on the ground. this doesn't concern the men. they say their decision to come is nothing to do with politician or money. for these volunteers, they say it's not a job, it's a duty. they say the islamic state of iraq and levant is a danger to the world, not just iraq. the u.s. has been bombing i.s.i.l. from the skies, and has ruled out deploying combat forces as part of a strategy to defeat the group. the americans who are on the ground don't represent the government, but say their presence is a message that troops are needed if the war is to be won. >>> not all of the volunteers have served in the military. earlier in month deon broomfield a man from massachusetts was killed fighting along side the kurdish troops the first american to die fighting i.s.i.l. courtney kealy looks at foreigners fighting on the front lines. >> report

kurdistan, it strikes me now because of the dispute, it is thriving.he lesson there is that we are very good at removing the taliban or whoever it is. real change after that had to come from within. charlie: with a plan. [laughter] ben: that definitely helps as well. but support the right people who have the country's interest at heart and are streetwise as well, people who know who to deal with and not to deal with. charlie: you never have those kinds of relationships and bonds. ben: i have some friends who work for ngo's in a rack in afghanistan and the best example i can think of is emergency. he operated a number of hospitals in afghanistan during the taliban era and now. just a tiny fraction of the money that we spend daily in afghanistan. if your interest is in nationbuilding. in the long run that is how you reduce extremism in countries like this. providing a better way of life. education, health care. support people like that. charlie: in the absence of doing that is how the taliban rises. ben: the taliban are doing a better job of providing se

this is iraq broken into isil held areas, and iraqi kurdistan and iraq. and a proxy category for the region, and southern iraq, sliding coming back since the disaster september 13th meeting as maliki was in the full thrust of governance. the disputed areas, isil held territories, much lower in their sliding rate, since september of 2013 through december of 2014 to jog your memory, august is when the prime minister took over june july is when mozilla went to isis. this is six months and still fighting is low in known and shia areas. let's look at confidence in the military. similar dynamic where the shiite majority areas in baghdad and southern iraq seeing significant improvement, some improvement in disputed areas but i still held and iraqi kurdistan pretty significant loss of confidence and the military. the total, national average, notice on this slide and i should have showed you the previous wide almost tells you nothing. there's not a fluctuation on this level of analysis but when you look locally you see a lot. confidence in national government, nat

at 13% of people in iraqi kurdistan approve. may 2014, even worse.int where barely a majority in baghdad and only a majority in the south approve. very promisingly, at least initially, in december of 2014, a huge resurgence of a chance for this new political leader to strike a new page. i would challenge us to think about how much should we stake as policymakers, on these very fleeting approvals and disapproval. my argument would be, we are a lot better off focusing on those issues. so much of our rpms as washington tends to be focused on this part. using the right metrics bread-and-butter issues, and iraq as the example. [applause] mr. hadley: thank you so much. i would now like to turn to our studio in cairo. would you tell us your own views about what public opinion is right now in the region? what our citizens in the region thinking about right now? how does the line up with what you just heard and what we have seen in terms of the polling data? are you with us? >> yes. it's hard for me to tell you what every citizen in the region thanks. i would

this is iraq, broken into isil held area, disputed areas, baghdad, iraqi kurdistan, and southern iraqe i am using based obviously on proxy or dummy categories for regions of the country. but baghdad predominantly shia, slightly predominantly shia and southern iraq overwhelmingly shia are the only two regions where we've seen thriving come back since that disastrous september 13 reading as maliki was in the full thrust of his approach of governance. iraqi kurdistan and the disputed area, isil held territories still much, much lower in their thriving rates since september 2013 through december 2014. to jog your memory, august is when prime minister took over. june-july is when mosul went to isis. this is six months after prime minister abed ii is in office. let's look at confidence in the military. again, a similar dynamic where the shia majority areas excuse me baghdad and southern iraq see a significant improvement. some improvement in the disputed areas. but again isil-held in iraqi kurdistan, still some pretty significant loss of confidence in the military. you'll notice that very l

. >> am joined on the line by a french journalist based in iraqi kurdistan. thank you for joining us. the kurds, of course, have had a lot more success when it comes to battling isis militants -- more success compared to the iraqi army. they managed to kick them out of the city. what lessons can be learned to help the iraqis hoping to retake most? -- to retake mosul? >> they were actually going out and defending their own, but the thing is -- kurdish forces are not stronger than the iraqi army. >> they are not stronger, but they have managed to reclaim territory, something the iraqi army seems to be struggling to do. >> that's right, but the big difference is that the trouble is cities like mosul or tikrit, [inaudible] l2 isis in august last year british forces are battling them. at the moment, kurdish forces have achieved their goals, but their goals are less ambitious than those of the u.s. army. >> what about the international airstrikes? are they helping? >> without the additional airstrikes, they never would have been able to go out and take back the run

this sector is controlled by the patriotic union of kurdistan one of two kurdish parties in northern iraq. the volunteers are not welcomed on iraqi front lines. the iraqi government does not want foreign boots on the ground. this does not concern these men. they say what they do are not concerned with politics. >> they say that isil is a danger to the world not just iraq. >> they have ruled out combat forces to defeat the group. the americans who are on the ground don't represent their government, but they say their preference is a message that troops are needed if this war is to be won. al jazeera southern kirkuk. >> a funeral has been held in jordan for iraq's former foreign minister tariq aziz. jordan agreed to take the body for burial following a request from aziz's family, many of whom live there. he was a top aid of saddam hussein and spent time in prison after hand and himself over to force in 2003. >> the "world health organization" said they're holding an emergency meeting on tuesday to discuss the middle east respiratory outbreak or mers. >> at this market in seoul they bro

this sector is controlled by the patriotic unit of kurdistan. one of the two kurdish parties in northern iraq. the american volunteers are not welcome on other front lines much the iraqi government doesn't want foreign groups on the ground. this doesn't concern the men. for these volunteers, they say it's not a job, a duty. they say the islamic state of iraq and levant is a danger to the world, not just iraq. the u.s. has been bombing i.s.i.l. from the skies, and has ruled out deploying combat forces as part of a strategy to defeat the group. the americans who are on the ground don't represent the government, but say their presence is a message that troops are needed if the war is to be won. ja you can get the latest details on the website on all the stories, updated on a minute by minute basis. aljazeera.com. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera": international piano superstar lang lang. >> the art, you know, it's about, you know... the distance and in and out, big picture, precision. >> billions of people around the world have seen him perform.

frontline with the ice lamb i can state of iraq and the levant of he was once the speaker of the kurdistanliament. he says iraq no longer exists. and it should formally be divided in to sunni shia, and kurdish states. he believes this new border should become permanent speaking for him we hear evidence of the mistrust. [ inaudible ] fighter member. they are isis fighter. we have. [ inaudible ] isis not came from the sky. >> reporter: iraq has been at war with itself for many years now there is a defecator partition on the ground. one that separates communities and one that threatens this country's unity. well really this is a long-running problem. the deep mistrust and the danger is when communities start to see each other as the enemy so reconciliation is needed. in fact, isil, it's main source of strength, one of its main sources of strength is exploiting the lack of reconciliation in this country. >> thank you for that zeina holder live in erbil. >>> meanwhile. the u.n. envoy on sexual violence says teenage girls aqueducted by isil are being sold in slave markets. visiting iraq and syri

. >> i am with a news network from iraqi kurdistan. i have two questions, mr. speaker. in order to liberate the areas we would need to have the participation of the sunni forces, and that is also for the long-term stability of those areas. i would like to know your assessment. has it been slow, too slow so far, and whether the united states can do more to make sure there is a sunni force being formed quicker than it has taken so far? and do you believe the united states should arm directly be sunni forces or should go through baghdad? and the second question is about the -- there has been a lot of talk about creating zones, like the kurdistan region, which has been basically a model of stability for iraq. do you believe the sunnis want to that? the sunnis initially, when iraq was invaded, they were opposed to that idea outright, but are they more in favor of that idea now because they believe that they are marginalized with a shia led government now? thank you. mr. al-jubouri: the first question gives me an opportunity to speak about the first question, to blame shia an

. >> i'm here to do what i can to help kurdistan with everything going on, seems like the right thing to do. >> reporter: word of keith broomfield's death came first from kurdish fighters who hailed him as a martyr on facebook and said he was killed while fighting i.s.i.s. militants near the syrian village of kobani. >> kobani put up a hell of a fight there, in a bit of a mess now. >> reporter: broomfield was one of six children, worked for family business called broom broomfield laboratories and suffered life long pain from a childhood motorcycle accident. he texted his family from abroad at first but they hadn't heard anything for months. andy broomfield said he's at peace with his brother's choice. >> he believed in opposing evil, which i believe, too. somebody needs to stand up and oppose evil. >> the state department says the u.s. government does not support american citizens traveling to the region to fight for either side. but it's estimated more than 400 foreigners are fighting alongside the kurds and a handful, like broomfield, are americans. >> pelley: nancy cordes reporting

this sector is controlled by the kurdistan one of the two kurdish parties in northern iraq. the american volunteers are not welcome on other front lines. the iraqi government does not want foreign boots on the ground. this does not concern these men. they say their decision to come here has nothing to do with politics or money. for theme volunteers it is not a job. it is a duty. they say isil islamic state in iraq and the levant is a danger to the world not just iraq. >> the americans who are on the ground don't represent their government but they say their presence is a message that troops are needed if this war is to be won. >> a funeral has been held in jordan for iraq's former foreign minister tariq aziz. jordan agreed to bury aziz at the confident his family. he was a top aid for saddam hussein. the ceremony followed reports on thursday that his remains had been snatched at baghdad airport. >>> an egyptian court has sentenced 23 men to 14 years in jail without role for the deaths of shia muslims in 2014. the four shia muslims included a cleric. she had been angered by a

and the kurdistan regional government another part of compound. there we met mohamed his three daughters and his wife. their home has a kitchen a modest backyard and a wall so they don't have to share requires more than cement. >> translator: in the past when we first got here i.t. was fine because i worked very hard and had a very good income, 800 to 900. but now i can't find a job. i can only find enough work to earn maybe 200. >> reporter: mohamed is accommodated here. most syrians aren't allowed to work. more than a million refugees have flooded the autonomous regions. >> refugees from syria are better than iraqi idps. theyer lucky given better chances and more opportunities. everything is getting easier for them. >> reporter: with the kids in school, many parents have no plans, life will be better here. kim vanel, al jazeera iraq. >>> good to have you with us. i'm reading here, the statement by amnesty in which you are calling for a radical overhaul in policy and practice. what does the correct policy and practice look like to zeal with such

struggling to be born how it will take shape with sad rebirth of the middle east with an iraq or syria or kurdistan all the different pieces of east africa certainly north africa are all changing as borderless societies and this goes back over 100 years when the british drew lines on a map it changes as we speak here it will not go back to the way it was but iraq itself could end up for different ways we have to decide how to contain it i had been a big proponent to describe the erev structure arab leaders have said we agree and others have said they had sessions or forums to discuss this but they cannot do that unless the united states gets involved does it mean boots on the ground but they cannot organize themselves the way we can help them that is step one to do that then move in their direction read day take care of their own security responsibilities they can do it. they have to know the united states is there. we provide enormous security umbrella for the middle east to protect everybody from iran it is like we have given that up? i don't know that is what this leaderless summit should have t

most syrians refugees are illegally allowed to work but in iraqi kurdistan unemployment is rising, more than a million have flooded the be autonomous region autonomous region. >> they were given more facilities and wert chance he. asylum letters residency permits and there's nothing to make their life more difficult everything is getting easier for them. >> reporter: with the kids in school many parents have no plans to return to syria. believing life is or at least will be better here. kim vanel, al jazeera northern iraq. >> be amnesty international had described the situation as grossly inadequate. report by the human rights group say 4 million refugees are be struggling to survive in turkey, jordan lebanon iraq and egypt. almost 2,000 have decide so far this year. and hundreds more have decide in southeast asia answer andeman sea. ae-mainly rohingyan muslims. global issues and research, amnesty international she said in the case of syria it's imperative that international help is made available. >> most of the refugees from are syria are currently living in just five countries neighb

this sector is controlled by kurdistan, one of the two kurdish parties in northern iraq.he american volunteers are not welcomed on front lines. this does not concern these men. they say it has nothing to do with politics or money. they say it is not an on. they say it is a duty. now they say this is a danger to the world not just iraq. the u.s. has been bombing isil from the skies. it has ruled out deploying combat forces. the americans on the ground do not represent their government, but they say their presence is a message that troops are needed if this war is to be won. al jazeera southern kirkuk. >> it's been five months since guantanamo bay detain detainees have been moved from cube. there are still 116 people being held. in egypt, 23 men have been jailed for 14 years over the killing of four shiite muslims. they include a cleric when they stormed a house. they had been angered by a shia religious ceremony in mainly sunni egypt. they were ause cued accused of setting fire to a house two years ago. there were reports that tariq aziz remains had been snatched. his body

. >> and spafn is sebastian is heading back to kurdistan on monday to help bring those images to the>>> tim hunt is a nobel lawyer ad specializing in chemistry. the trouble with women in laboratories, is quote you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry. hunt in response from women in the science community was swift they took to social media, with the hashtag distractingly sexy. shini somara, an a advocate for young girls in the science and technology field. what did you think of this nobel laureate? >> i thought they were hilarious to be honest. i loved the responses from female scientists, all the pitches. i was kind of interested to see all the different jobs that women do in science because you never get the opportunity to do it. his comments really kind of spark that reaction. >> shini a lot of people are laughing and joke going this and being quite clever but is there serious sexism in the science industry? >> i think it exists in science. i think it exists in many industries. and you know i was in mechanical engineering and i --

turkey has to deal with the kurdistan regional government in northern iraq, now turkey's witnessing the emerge jens of an autonomous kurdish zone on the border with air i can't. there's growing turkish nationalism within turkey itself. putting all of this together, and there's a fear now in turkey that especially the turkish government that this will fuel kurdish -- the demands for autonomy and if not independence among its kurds in turkey itself. we have to keep in mind that 80% of the kurdish population is kurdish. >> does it have the strength, the y.p.g. to launch an offensive for raqqa the de facto capitol for isil? >> i think that it has the military wherewithal as well as the experience to fight islamic state. i suspect that its campaign will become more and more challenging as it expands further given its limited numbers of syria kurdish fighters and also the fact is that as it goes deeper and deeper into syria, there is a more mixed population and a more hostile environment for its military advance. >> good to talk to you many thanks indeed, turkey analyst from london. >> u.s. i

least to me and i want to get your reaction that no representatives kurdish representatives from kurdistan they were simply not even invited, not brought along by the government of iraq the government of hider al abadi. should they have been included in this? >> i certainly think should have been included. they've been playing a vital role in iraq and syria. there may have been iraqi sensitivities they were worried about in giving them a seat at the table. similarly, the turks may have been concerned about having a presence there. but nonetheless, the groups like the kurds that are doing the fighting and the dying out there i think deserve to be represented. and this is something i think we have to push hard on more generally. the iraqi government needs to make efforts to bring in the kurds and the sunnis to make sure they're both armed well and have the capacity to fight isis. and in particular with respect to the sunnis until we can persuade the sunnies to peel away the war against isis is never going to be finished. >> i think people are losing the confidence if today's example of preve

nationalist movement party there may be a break on relations between for example turkey and the kurdistan regional government or there may be some minor changes or alterations to turkey's approach to syria which the turks are cooperating to coordinate a number of groups that made some battlefield advances recently. overall, the general tenants of turkish foreign policy are unlikely to change in major ways and the differences between ingres and cairo are likely to remain. despite the coming changes or suspected changes that will happened mystically, the foreign policy is likely to remain in the same band of policies we have seen thus far. charlie: president obama was said to have a good relationship with erdogan and they have talked on the phone as a relationship between two heads of state, but the president was upset about how money foreign fighters were going from turkey into syria and that put some distance between them. guest: it is certainly the case that there has been a cooling of relations between president obama and now president erdogan. they had coordinated rather closely around

i think you'll see -- you have kurdistan up north. you have a divide between sunnis and shias in iraq. you will never further absorb in the future the sunni population into iraq. i think the fight in yemen, far as it is off the map, is significant because people in the gulf will believe iran is behind it. not only will you get an exacerbation of the sunni-shia divide the suspicions about iran in the midst of america negotiating a nuclear deal are going to rise. >> the middle east richard haass said will get worse before it gets worse. >> i think it will on two fronts. first the divide between moderate sunnis and extremist sunnis will last for decades. a lot of the countries, iraq and syria, are going to become more conservative over time. the divide that goes back centuries is rising up everywhere. we saw it in iraq syria, yemen. saudi arabia. we've seen it in bahrain. now we see it in kuwait. it's a remarkable swath of territory. >> would it be overly optimistic to say this has turned in a middle eastern warfare in the middle east. t

and the kurdistan regional government started moving people on, building them more permanent accommodation in another part of the compound. >> there, we met muhammed, his three daughters and his wife. their home has a kitchen, a modest back yard and a toilet they don't have to share, but building a life, he said requires more than ment. >> in the past when we first got here, it was fine. i worked hard and had a very good income, $800 to $900. now i can't find a job. ever since i moved to this part of the camp, i can only find enough work to earn $200. >> his experience is common. most syrian refugees aren't allowed to work, but poverty is rising. more than a million iraqis have flooded the area, causing tension. >> refugees from syria are better off than iraqi i.d.p.'s they are lucky, given more facilities and better chances, asylum letters, residency permits and there is nothing to make their live more difficult. everything is getting easier for them. >> with the kids in school, many parents have no plans to return to syria. believing life is or at least will be better here. >> unrest is

i think what they're acknowledging in that awkward phrase you have kurdistan which will never come backer arab control. shiite stand from baghdad to basra. now the sunnis down the middle whether tribal or islamic state. you're seeing iraq break up into what many people including joe biden frankly said would happen years ago. the three quasi separate co controlled by baghdad but not a unified country. the statute was more u.s. trainers than iraqis being trained. we have 3500 u.s. trainers 2600 iraqis being trained. that's extraordinary. >> it is. well, we'll see. the administration is trying to hold it all together in one iraq policy. next up what happens if the supreme court rules against obama care subsidies? my school reunion. i don't know. who wants to play in idaho? gotta get milwaukee up to speed. we win in flint, we take the lead. we'll close the deal if we just show... when it's go, go to the new choicehotels.com. the site with the right room, rewards and savings up to 20% when you book direct. choicehotels.com test test test test. test test te relook. rethink. reimagine. because

and i think the emergence of kurdistan as an entity is likely to continue. i think that would ultimately be a good thing. i hope we'd support it. we've been too much on the fence on it. the iranians have seized a big chunk of iraq. i don't think we'll get it back from them. the question is what happens to the sunni part of iraq. is it a state controlled by isis or by somebody else? >> fareed i think one day on the show we'll talk about saudi arabia. the group that calls itself the islamic state is never going to be content until it has sway against the city that has the upper hand. i think it will get worse before that it gets even worse. >> worse before it gets even worse. you want to disagree with that? >> i don't want to disagree with that. >> please do. >> i understand you might think that validates your position but i think that the reality is if we don't make gains in the context of the sunni region if we don't solve this problem now and isis establishes this as a base then almost inevitably you end up with what richard is talking about. they'll say, w

this sector is controlled by the patriotic unit of kurdistan. one of the two kurdish parties in northern iraq. the volunteers are not welcome on other front lines much the iraqi government doesn't want foreign groups on the ground. this doesn't concern the men. for these volunteers they say it's not a job, a duty. they say the islamic state of iraq and levant is a danger to the world, not just iraq. the u.s. has been bombing i.s.i.l. from the skies, and has ruled out deploying combat forces as part of a strategy to defeat the group. the americans on the ground don't represent the government, but say their presence is a message that troops are needed if the war is to be won >>> the body of tariq aziz arrived in jordan before his funeral. there were reports the remains of the former iraqi deputy prime minister and foreign minister had been snatched at baghdad airport. iraq's aviation authority says missing documents caused the delay. many members of azis's family live in jordan. saddam hussein's former right hand man who had a heart attack at the

nationalists of the nationalists movement party, there may relations between for example turkey and the kurdistanegional government in northern iraq or may be some minor changes and alterations to turkey's approach to syria which the turks are now cooperating with the saudis and countries to coordinate a number of groups that made battlefield advances recently. but overall, the general tenets of turkish foreign policy are unlikely to change in major ways and the differences between ankara and cairo for example are likely to remain, which has effect on turkish relations which has an effect on saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. despite the changes directly in turkey the foreign policy is likely to remain among the band of policies we've seen so far. >> rose: president obama subpoena said to have had a good relationship with erdogan and they talked on the phone as two heads of state, but the president was upset about how many foreign fighters were going from turkey into syria and that put some distance between them. >> well, it's certainly the case that there has been a cooling of relations

having a lot of talk about creating autonomous zones by kurdistan region a model of stability for iraq. do you believe the sunnis want that? but are they more in favor of that because they believe that? >> well, well, the 1st question gives me a chance to speak that the accusation _-dash one of the blame syria and say this in a connection. but i have nothing to do with dash and dash the shia or the kurds or any component. it is as a project that -- not an iraqi. how can we deal with this so that we can insight them, encourage them to confront? able to defeat it. carter, all those carrying weapons. charged of carrying weapons. many of them were tried and detained. now they needed guarantees. who is going to protect them from the state afterwards from the law if there is no mechanism. and they are looking for someone. the most -- the part that they need most is the prime minister. and he is responding to their desire. economic problems, problems related to weapons. the fact of the matter is in my own conviction, the arming of the tribes is not good, is not complete. the question is, coul

to be very effective in yesterday afternoon i had the privilege of hosting the president of the kurdistan national assembly of the city in in my office and he was very open and honest about the strength of the kurdish people, around 40-50 million spread throughout turkey, iran, iraq and syria. he estimated approximately 150,000 kurdish fighters could be ready once called but he emphasized that the greatest limitation was not the number of fighters but their equipment, ammunition, the things they need just in terms of hard support. i guess my first question to you is, we would like to know if the reports are true that the administration lobbied against an effort in the senate and the a to drug on the kurdish peshmerga? and if so why? and what is the defense department doing to ensure the funds and equipment and weapons that we have decent will actually make it into the very committed, capable and effective fans of the peshmerga? >> thank you, congressman, and you're right. committed, capable. the kurdish forces are what we aspire to with respect to their iraqi security forces in general. t

the occurred peshmerga have held the line between their territory and iraqi kurdistan and mosul.ronts they haven't been able to expand which is a positive. what the united states have done is build trenches around the outside of the city. they built bunkers and bar yell calls. they are encouraging all men to grow beards so if there is a ground assault that will confuse people who is a member of isil and who isn't. they are using propaganda to turn people against any ground assault that might come in, so there are a number of things going on. any frontal assault on mosul won't happen in the next few months. they are too busy, iraqi security forces, the u.s. led coalition and shia, because isil holds the two border crossings into syria allowing them into anbar province, has ramadi, that's where the fight is taking place, not in mosul although they have held that area for over a year. >> 2 million people are believed living in mosul under the rule of isil and the humanitarian situation there is said to be bleak. the chief humanitarian official from u.n. i.v.ed iraq and said millions