and the deteriorating security in the country's second largest city of mosul. of iraq and syria are now believed to control the city's airport, tv stations, major government buildings. the gunmen freed about 1,000 prisoners. civilians by the tens of thousands, they are now fleeing the city. peter brooks is the senior fellow for national security at the heritage foundation it also a former deputy secretary of defense, former officer of the cia. peter, were you an officer or analyst? >> officer. >> all right. so let's talk a little bit about iraq. this is heartbreaking. the united states spent ten years there, we assumed that iraq would emerge a peaceful stable democracy after the hundreds of billions of dollars the u.s. invested. the 4,500 u.s. troops killed, tens of thousands who came home without arms or legs or burned, posttraumatic stress. look at this disaster. we just heard hillary clinton in her new book saying she regrets she voted to authorize the war in iraq at the end of 2002. was that whole war a disaster? >> no, not at all. >> what did it accomplish

the islamic extremists have been advancing south toward baghdad since capturing iraq's second largest city of mosul last week. the al qaeda-linked militants have strengthened their base in the civil war in neighboring syria. the group joined syria's anti-government forces and became significantly stronger. they recruited foreign fighters and secured arms and money from other countries. the militants have also been gaining more influence because of growing antagonism between iraq's shia muslims and sunnis. the sunnis have been unhappy with prime minister nuri al maliki's preferential treatment of the shia majority. sectarian divisions deepened after a political bloc led by maliki won parliamentary elections in april. analysts say the militants have played on sunni dissatisfaction and managed to gain ground in sunni-populated areas. u.s. president barack obama has suggested he needs several days to figure out how to respond to the iraqi insurgency. he ruled out sending ground troops. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to

operations in areas where the leader of the pakistan taliban is to be hiding. >> using pakistan's largest city in karachi to raise funds. fighters made $1.2 million from kidnappings alone. >> a police sweep in one of the karachi slums searching for fighters. it's part of an ongoing operation against criminals in the city. 20million people are expected to be living in pakistan's largest city. police say this search was successful. weapons were found and suspects were arrested. over the last few years taliban fighters have come to karachi after operations to the north. >> the largest population outside of tribal people south and north. they have the highest numbers of taliban fighters. >> the fighting sears the extra burden of terrorism operations. many people simply don't trust policemen and the taliban know it. >> they can make watch thousand in a few threaten phone calls. the tal taliban moved to kidnapping extortion where they raised $1.2 million. >> taliban and other groups can generate millions of dollars. besides kidnapping, they urge their oh host nation or they will suffer demise. >> de

it is not just the second-largest city in iraq, it is also the capital of the province. if you look at a map of iraq, south of the province is the province of an bar. both of these provinces share a border. iraqe islamic state in they have effectively seized control of the city of falluja, and they control large parts of the capital. now that this insurgency has moved into a racks we don'trgest city, know right now what the isi is planning to do. this is a huge territorial gain for the group. is the isi going to hold on? or are they going to just send a message to the iraqi authorities and abandoned it? in any case, the message to the authorities is loud and clear -- iraqi security forces are absolutely no match for the fighting power of the isi. if you take a look at these onslaughts, it shows that they have fighting power and amazing military strategy. last week fighters launched an attack to the south of most so. basicallyes are saying that that attack on thursday was a diversionary tactic to draw the forces into central iraq. also that this massive attack could be co

more than 20 million people have been estimated to live here in the largest city. the search was successful. weapons were found, and six suspects arrested. in the last few years many fighters came to karachi after military operations against them in the north. >> the largest population outside of tribal people from south and north waziristan are in karachi. they have the highest numbers of taliban fighters. they come here and become guests. law-abiding sit dispense are helpless in the face of those that use intimidation and exploit loyalties. policing is difficult as crime fighting carries a burden of counterterrorism operations. corruption within law enforcement is helping criminals. many people do not trust police men and the taliban know it. >> karachi is the economic hub for the taliban, extortion is easy, it can make $5,000 and threatening phone calls to the businessman. taliban moved to kidnapping. our assessment from the last 8-10 months is they generated $1.2 million in ransom. >> taliban and other groups generate millions. despite kidnappings and extortion

not only the second largest city but gee gravellingcally, ethnically, reledgeously, a key city in the country. >> absolutely. >> what do you make of this development? >> i think it's extremely serious. as you mentioned, mu mosul is, commercially on the trade routes between aleppo and the med trainian and it is a very important city historically. it's a large city and it's very important as a city where kurdish parts of iraq come in to contact, the fault line, with sunni arab elements and there is a s shiia population. >> a relatively small force of isil and related and supporting militias. >> uh-huh. >> took over a big city. the iraqi army evaporated. what does that tell you about the tate of play, both in baghdad and in the ongoing efforts to stand up national institutions? >> well, this was something when i was in iraq for five years, our team was working on all of the time, and it was a tough job then and it's clearly still a tough job. i don't understand fully the military operations that occurred in ninevah and mosul but the fighting apparently lasted for four or five days, casua

one of the largest cities in iraq. en more significant given mosul's geography, its ethnic and religious make up? >> absolutely. it was a key target for them always. it was in the north. it's a disputed city. not sure whether it's part of iraq proper. it's a city ripe for taking over for somebody like the leader of the isil. he knows he goes in toy city toy like, which isth nikolai missed and the curds will have to get involved in it. the kurdish military forces are on stand by to come in and they are negotiating with the iraqis, it's one of those -- you've got it say it's one of those flash points really of what -- in iraq what could turn a conflict from this low-level intense conflict in to all-out sectarian war it just needs a spark. is. il hat not only been going after so mull, they are done it in a smaller city of 600,000 people, but it's where one of the most venerated shia shrines is, in 2006 that shrine was hit by al qaeda in iraq and that sparked the sectarian war which nearly brought this country to its knees,

prime minister asked for a state of emergency as the fighters of the islamic state overruns the largest city>> how is a lightly armed group take over a city of nearly 2 million people. >> there are words that the congress was briefed on the taliban swap. >> not one member of congress. >> the idea they couldn't trust us not to leak things is just not true. >> a new partnership between google and autism awareness group. >> a human je gnome is huge. >> google has the opportunity to be a leader in medical research. >> we have a political upset, house majority leader eric cantor lost the primary in a political unknown. cantor considered a rising star in the party, called the detiet disappointing and the surprising loss is sending shock waves through the gop establishment and joins us the jason johnson. jason, good to see you, shocking is one of the most overused words in tv news, but apply here, how did this sneak up and surprise everyone? >> no one thought that eric cantor was at risk. this is something he could have seen coming. this had to do with throwing the weight around and the people push

islamist militants have effectively taken .ontrol of mosul vital areas of the country's second-largest city. militants are thought to be linked with an al qaeda affiliated group, the united states of iraq in the moveon. -- in the levant. overwhelmed. driven back. the army retreated to the outskirts of mosul. the islamic state of iraq in the levant, the black jihad he flagged the telltale sign. fighters torched police stations, freeing prisoners and taking control of the airports. withn were owned -- armed grenades, sniper rifles, and heavy machine guns. police said snipers used cranes blockck walls -- to roads. the militants said they had come to liberate the city, as soldiers and police fled. prime minister nouri al-maliki said the government would provide weapons, urging citizens to stand and fight. >> the council of ministers declares the ultimate state of emergency, and is doing all that it can to deal with the current situation. these grave circumstances require rapid measures to protect national security. and our citizens. >> fighting rommel's will has already forced thousands of fami

. >> fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant overran the second largest city. >> the obama administration is deeply concerned. >> how was a lightly armed group able to take over a city of nearly 2 million people? >> syria is worried some members of congress from briefed on the swap clearing bowe bergdahl. >> i'm concerned with an administration telling 80 or 90 people, but not a member of congress. >> the idea that they couldn't leak things is not true. >> a partnership with google. >> to develop a collection of autism genomes. >> it's massive, over 3 billion chemical bases of information. >> google has a capability to be a leader in medical and scientific research. >>> we beanyone with an upset. house majority leader eric cantor lost his primary election to an unknown backed by the tea party. eric cantor, the second-most powerful republican, considered a rising starter called it disappointing. a loss to david brat is sending shock waves through the establishment. jason johnson joins us now, an al jazeera contributor and professor of political science. shocking. it's an ove

they control iraq's second largest city and other areas. and hundreds of thousands of people are trying to flee the violence. >>> there's new information out of ukraine tonight about the human contact on the russian border. 270 deaths in donniest, and 60 people were wounded. the fighting has intensified between the government and rebel forces and thousands of people have been seen fleeing to northern ukraine. and the death toll includes several women and children. >>> in brazil, earlier this evening, there was a world cup -- light show. the colorful lights reflected off of the statue that looks over the city. the opening is hours away. the government is beefing up security ahead of the matches, and we're in rio de janeiro with the latest many. >> john, it's just a few hours now until kickoff, and brazil is bracing for the best and also the worst. the social net works are calling for protests in at least half a dozen cities, including in sau paolo, wherent inaugural game will be held. security is extremely tight around that stadium where tha

they've seized territory, including the second largest city, mules. but military action is not -- mosul. but military action isn't the only option. >> iraqi officials have proven unable to defend some of the cities. >> reporter: three years after president obama pulled u.s. troops out of iraq, the growing crisis there now threatens america's national security. the president and his advisers are discussing a range of options, including air strikes to help iraq fight off the supermilitant group that's captured the second -- sunni group that's captured the second largest city, mosil. >> this should be a wakeup call. iraq's leaders have to demonstrate a willingness to make hard decisions. >> they've long resisted calls to help their sunni rivals, things that could bring stability to the country. >> what we've seen from the prime minister is this is a man very reluctant to bargain with rivals. >> he has an interest keeping iraq free of militants. >> united states and iran have a conflict of interest. >> reporter: they say it was a mistake not to leave some

dozens of anti if you prefer that gathered in front of the group headquarters in switzerland largest cities eric demonstrators marching in solidarity with brazil's anti-world cup protests that have criticized the management of the ongoing tournaments the huge cost of the games has also caused large clashes in several cities in brazil over the last couple of months. christian legislators been shot dead in an attack by his own bodyguard in pakistan according to reports the provincial member of parliament was trying to stop the guard from shooting his nephew the country has seen the killing of several christian representatives over the last few years. israeli army has stepped up a search for three teenagers who were kidnapped in the west bank thursday night militants linked to the islamic state of iraq and syria admitted to being behind the abduction they say it's a retaliation for the i.d.f. killing three of their members earlier several rockets were fired from gaza into israel israel's air force has reportedly launched attacks on militant checkpoints. coming up out here national how the trad

in iraq than in syria. >> now they're in control of mosul, and that's a big deal, one of the largest cities in iraq, but is it more significant, given mosul's geography and the ethnic makeup? >> absolutely. it's a key target because it's in the north. and it's a disputed city. whether it's iraq proper. for taking over for somebody he goes into the city like that, which is ethnic, and he makes the kurds have to get involved. and the kurdish military forces are on standby now to come in and negotiate with the iraqis. it's one of the points in iraq that could turn the conflict from this low level, but very intense conflict into all out sectarian war. it just needs a spark. they have been trying to go for this spot. not only in mosul, which is significant, a city of 2 million people. and they have done it in samara as well. it's 600,000 people. but it's one of the shrines, and in 2006, that shrine was hit by al qaeda and iraq, and that spot, sectarian war, which nearly brought this country to its knees. last week, they stead they were going to try to do that again. and here in mosul, it's key b

. >>> islamic militants linked to al qaeda have moved into iraq's second largest city. >>> and the operators of the international airport in dubai are setting their sights on becoming the world leader in passenger traffic. >>> the captain of a fishing vessel is accusing the chinese of more aggression. now, vietnamese newspapers are reporting that a chinese ship ram add vietnamese fishing boat, this time in the gulf of tonkin. the chinese ship charged without warning he said. he said they sprayed mens of his crew with a water cannon. the gulf is off the vietnam and china. but he says they were more than 500 kilometers from the paracel islands. crews have been locked in a stand off ever since. each side has accused the other of ramming their vessels. both sides are trying to drum up support at the united nations. they're trying to explain their positions to other member states. they hope the dispute will be resolved peace fully. the secretary general is ready to mediate if the two sides ask him two. chinese delegates have written a document outlining their position. they accuse the vietnamese

even a set of air strikes as militants threaten to storm baghdad, after overtaking iraq's second largest city. >>> also this hour -- >> reporter: it looks like protesters want to start moving and there is pushing back and forth, as you can see. got to go! >> welcome to the world cup, a cnn crew caught in the crossfire with protesters. isn't this supposed to be about soccer? >>> and a humanitarian crisis right here in america. it's growing worse by the hour. unaccompanied, undocumented children, moms with babies, pouring across the border by the hundreds. wait until you hear what the border patrol is doing with them. hello, everyone. i athle 'm ashleigh banfield, it's june the 12th. it was bound to happen and others say it was bound to happen when next door neighbor syria fell into a civil war but either way it is happening. a familiar sound. there's breaking news yet again from iraq, highly armed and highly trained and highly motivated fighters tearing across the northern half of the country. their name tells you exactly what they're about. the islamic state of iraq and syria, islip as they'r

the second largest city, mosul, is now in the hands of a group inspired by al qaeda. took over that city in an attack that lasted just a few hours. the group is auld the islamic state of iraq and levante. it has intensified its fighting in iraq since april when elections put their political rivals in power. imran kahn reports on the violence today from baghdad. >> reporter: in the early hours of tuesday, fight presser the islamic state of iraq and the levante launched you one of the boldest attacks in the north. 1300 fightsers besieged the city and within a few hours took over at least 75% of it, according to local sources. iraq's army and police forces also abandoned their positions. within a few hours then a prison break freed 2,400 prisoners. then the provincial government was taken over quickly followed by two tv stations and some banks, a few hours later iraqi prime minister addressed the nation. falling for an emergency session of parliament. >> translator: we call upon the parliament to declare a state of emergency. >> reporter: he also put the country roy maxi

the militants captured iraq's second largest city mosul earlier this week. they pushed south to tikrit. they're now about 100 kilometers from the capital baghdad. government commanders ordered helicopter crews to attack and they dispatched units for street to street fighting. sunni muslims make up much of the populations of the cities that have been captured and many are critical of the government of prime minister nouri al maliki who is a shia. shia form the majority in the cities to the south and military officers are recruiting volunteers to join in the fight. u.s. president barack obama says what he's seen suggests iraq is going to need more help. >> i don't rule out anything because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold. >> drone attacks are believed to be one option under consideration. white house officials say they're not considering sending in ground troops. the militants only started their offensive a few days ago but what's happening has already pushed up oil prices. ai uchida joins us now. giv

. >> a full city, the second largest city in iraq. strategically very important city in iraq. i think this is significant. it's really hard to overstate how important this is and a "the washington post" piece published this afternoon said, in effect, what you have with this terrorist group is a state without a declared state. i mean, they have got so much territory. they have massed so much territory between syria and iraq that it's effectively a state. i would argue that this is what happens when you seek to end wars, not to win them. that's what we have seen president obama do. and you look at the state in iraq, the fact that we don't have status of forces agreement that we never got one, that was a failure of the obama administration in the first term. the fact that today we are announcing, in my view, the premature end of combat operations in afghanistan. the fact that the president has, in effect, declared the end to the war on terror, we have stopped fighting. they are going to continue to fight. they are trying to amass territory and peter bergen, al qaeda expert who sa

subway workers in sÃo paulo have suspended their strike just two days before brazil's largest city hoststhe first match of the world cup. but the workers there are demanding a wage rise by thursday or they say they will walk off the job again. >> there have been more protests over the costs of the world cup, with one ngo mounting a demonstration on the copacabana beach, they are trying to draw attention to the money being invested in the football tournament instead of in schools, hospitals, and public infrastructure. for the latest on that story, let's go to our world cup reporter in rio. titus, let's talk about set here. he says he wants to stay the president of fee for for a fifth term. how is that going down in front of the congress tomorrow? >> i can tell you that in rio, fee for is not -- fisa -- fifa a particularly popular right now. this just goes to show how out of touch he is with those in this country and the rest of the world. but most importantly, i think, what we have seen in the likes of their failing to back him, for the first time it is not just the fans who are sick of h

they are willing to attack the second-largest city, one that would have serious offenses. leader, us about its who was now far and away the most dangerous man in the world, the most successful terrorist leader possibly in modern times. iraq split into component parts? >> people have predicted that and have been proven wrong. i believe iraq can hold together as a country, but the fact that it's second biggest city can fall to a terrorist group suggests a lot needs to be done, repairing relations between the sunni and shia, kurds and arabs, before the country can return to normal. >> did the u.s. decision to fully withdraw from iraq healthy extremists? >> is certainly did, but it is not as if the u.s. had a choice in the matter. the government of nouri al-maliki wanted the americans to leave. they gave assurances to the iraqi people that they can keep terrorists at bay after the americans left. they have patently failed. >> is a the refusal of the government to share power with sunnis that is driving the resentment? >> it certainly created the atmosphere in which isis drive

in brazil the celebrations are being overshadowed by massive street protests in the country's largest city of san paolo the city was brought to a standstill over the past few days this transport workers striking. crowds also took to the streets and police for them back there we are back with more news here on aussie international after a very short break. so we leave the. motions. your party is that. no one is asking with a big they deserve answers from. ok so five are killed in slovyansk by kiev on the shelling residential areas of the besieged. the city center one hundred days to decide scottish referendum players campaigns for unity dependents. water wars the un warns humanity faces a possible for survival. what other media turns a blind eye to you get. to have you with us here on the program. chinese companies are on a shopping spree in the u.s. investment doubled in twenty reaching a record high of fourteen billion dollars and the chinese have been buying up. food to entertainment the biggest was last year's deal the acquisition of america's largest coal producer smithfield and in the

iraqeep through northern and claim the largest city.appen sooner than financial markets expect. >> eyes on the prize. john malone seeks a major stake in f1. good morning to our viewers in europe. good evening to those in asia. a warm welcome to those waking up in the united states. i am olivia sterns. this is "the pulse." coming up, my one-on-one with samuel l jackson. i sat down to discuss his role in the star wars franchise and how he managed to get that purple saber. later on, we will ask to be ambassador to the u.k. what the legacy the world cup will leave behind for brazil. take theurgents largest northern city. ryan chilcote joins us with the details. how concerned should we be about the violence we are saying? hug withs up with the samuel jackson? what is up with that? >> after sitting down for 15 minutes with him -- of course. he is very open, warm. >> back to oil. volatility is back. we started the week with oil the most stable it has ever been. and a half,ast hour i have watched you go all over the place. brent, as high as one

>>> the militant group even al qaeda considers too extreme now has taken over iraq, the second largest citysul, city of 2 million people in the south threatening to capture more and more iraqi territory. there are fears that this group, the so-called islamic state in iraq and syria, could establish a haven and attack against the united states. what do we know about isis? what do we know about its leader. brian todd is following this part of the story for us. you've been studying it in recent days. what do we know about isis and its leaders? >> speaking to u.s. officials about this man an experienced and enigmatic figure, called the world's most dangerous man by "time" magazine, the new bin laden. he is as you said the leader of the islamic state of iraq, isis we've been calling them and born in 1971 in iraq. according to information on an jihadist website. he has a phd in is islamic studies in baghdad and formed his own loose group before joining al qaeda after the u.s. led invasion in 2003. in 2005, he was captured by u.s. troops and held for four years at a prison camp in southern iraq. h

resentment for years to come it sounds incredible that the government could lose control of its second largest city how could that happen. well it's lost control of several cities for several months now this is been growing and the weaponry seized in mosul like weaponry seized elsewhere by this organization much of it being originates in the united states of america and which is now continuing to arm the iraqi government in baghdad even as these forces reach its borders sending in the drones now to be used by the government in baghdad as well as possibly sending anti-aircraft weapons to fighters in syria then the solution always seems to be more weapons more weapons until it gets so out of control that you send in forces rather than weapons we've been through this cycle over a period of decades with u.s. interaction with iraq and it has produced nothing but failure and i think it is a quick council place to this last question we saw army troops fleeing their position but more interesting and more worryingly five hundred thousand people civilians fleeing is this the thought of a humanitarian crisis.

start of iraq and syria or isis seize control of nearly the entire city of mosul iraq's second largest city for the last four days the group has been advancing upon the city and today iraqi military members reportedly fled their outposts handing over control of mosul to the fundamentalists forces this major development comes on the heels of isis taking over two other major iraqi cities fallujah and ramadi keep in mind that this is an organization that regularly engages in beheadings and crucifixions and is so extreme that al qaeda leaders even denounce the group iraqi officials believe it about six thousand members of isis are currently in the country demonstrating just how weak the iraqi army is becoming repellent and faction furthermore there are also reports that isis was also able to capture a military airbase south of mosul in the organizations now in control of army helicopters and planes iraq's speaker of parliament osama. said what would happen is a disaster by any standard the presence of these terrorist groups in a vast province threatens not just the security and unity of iraq bu

>> >>> hundreds of thousands see one of iraq's largest cities after an al qaeda splinter group takes over - they leave the city. >>> you're watching al jazeera, live from doha. korean police raid a church looking for the opener of a ferry that sank taking hundreds of lives. >> power cuts to india. >>> brazil's president defend the billions spent on the world cup. protests continue with a day to go before kick off. >>> welcome to the programme - hundreds of thousands of civilians were fleeing one of iraq's largest cities after the army abandoned it in the face of attacks by rebel fighters. residents of misyou will said that fighters from the armed group known as the imil said they had come to liberate the city. the al qaeda splinter group controlled much of the surrounding province, and the oil refinery. the prime minister nouri al-maliki called for a national state of emergency and international support. mosul was an important focus of the u.s. military's effort to stablilize iraq before it pulled out. a white house spokesman said the iraqi government must act to restore community. >

road step in. >> an armed group is now in control of the second largest city in iraq, mosul. it has taken over key government offices, banks, the airport and police headquarters in a matter of days. u.s. trained iraqi troops have dropped their weapons and abandoned posts in the city. the prime minister has declared a state of emergency. aljazeera takes a closer look at the sudden rise to power have isil. >> thousands of arab and foreign fighters make up its strengths, led by the mysterious figure captured by the u.s. forces in 2005, but later reds. the group has its origins in al-qaeda. the group became known as the islamic state in iraq. the group got a new leader in 2010. >> this is one of the most extremist militant organizations in the jihadist family. >> the group moved into syria, but when he tried to bring another group under his control, al-qaeda defied him. that didn't stop his control. in january, isil fighters sent a large force iraq's anbar province. the iraqi government launched a military campaign against the group but failed to move out isil fighters. over the l

brazilian police reportedly fired tear gas to disperse protesters gathered in the country's second largest city demonstrators marched against management of the ongoing football tournament the cost of the world cup has caused clashes in several cities in brazil and in other countries. up next next on a boy discusses the situation in iraq with a former u.s. ambassador to the country stay with us for worlds of. technology innovation all the developments around russia. that's huge you're covered. on marriage in the financial world. series to goldman i mean it started as a dance only take it no demand for credit not going to get any economic benefit in life there are good and there are books. choose your language. holy week over the internet you'll send us a still some. very. good consensus you can. choose the opinions that you think. choose the stories get in a good night. choose be access to often. hello and welcome to all the part a week ago the ukrainian crisis came to one of the greatest challenges to global peace and security it but thousands of extremists overtaking iraq's second largest city

other stories from around the world and suicide bombing near a military point in libya's second largest city of benghazi has injured several people three soldiers and two civilians are among the wounded it's thought that the troops were targeted for declaring support for a former general one mission military campaign against islamist may. united states has resumed its drone program in pakistan after suspending it last december to allow talks between the government and the taliban at least sixteen suspected militants have been killed in two air strikes that targeted hideouts in the northern waziristan province the drone attacks come after a taliban fighters launched brazen attacks on the country's largest airport in karachi killing dozens. at least seven people have been killed and twenty five injured in a car bomb explosion in the syrian city of homs the attack comes just over a week after the country held its presidential election in may syrian government forces regain control of homes once dubbed the capital of the revolution after a deal allowing the withdrawal of rebel fighters trapped u

islamic militants seized control of mosul, iraq's second largest city with 1.5 million people. the group had already taken the cities of fallujah and ramadi in the west. u.s. forces spent nearly a decade fighting for control of those cities before withdrawing two and a half years ago. in mosul today, we saw sporadic gunfire and burning military vehicles. the insurgents seized police stations, banks, and government buildings. many iraqi soldiers cropped their weapon and vanished. thousands of families are now fleeing the city. prime minister nouri al-maliki ordered a state of emergency, and the u.s. state department called the situation extremely serious. elizabeth palmer is among our most experienced correspondents in iraq. she joins us tonight from beirut, lebanon. liz, it appears that the iraqi army just collapsed in mosul. how big a setback is this for the government? >> reporter: it's a devastating blow. these islamist fighters, which american forces and iraqis died trying to defeat, are not only back there now in control of thousands of square miles of territory. they've be

invasion and occupation of iraq when the second largest city and iraq mosul they fall into their hands. all this training. equipping the iraqi army and the iraqi security forces the united states has done spending honey five billion dollars of taxpayers' money has really gone way back with me there has to be a way to put the country back on track and that the key to that track is really the national reconciliation which is something that the united states when it was occupying bar a party iraq did not really think very seriously also how this our ignoring sexual violence for the sake of making military money a summit tackling the use of rape as a weapon of war seems hoes britain keep quiet about abuses in sri lanka it sold millions of dollars worth of bombs also meet the russian the painter giving a grandmaster as a run for their money his brother is reproduce arts finest works with pinpoint accuracy counting even yes we joined him in berlin after the break. we'll talk about language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports so i'm like. no i will leave that t

iraq and to the militant great degree it's already installing islamic leadership in the second largest city mosul if you don't keep my duty this week isis has also managed to see some american army hardware that was supplied earlier to iraq to help fight the insurgency. has more on. even behind a sovereign stable and self-reliant iraq two and a half years later the people america left behind are running away cleaning for their lives around half a million people have already escaped from iraq's second city mosul off the i.s.i. al force the army to retreat reports a gunman have also seized a nearby oil refinery town iraq's prime minister calling for a state of emergency after hundreds of gunman took control of strategic parts of the northern city of mosul by wednesday militants had seized the turkish consulate in muscle kidnapping the head of diplomatic mission and two dozen staff members some thirty thousand iraqi soldiers reportedly turned and ran as militants from the islamic state of iraq and syria known as isis moved in unleashing an all out assault on the city they've taken control of h

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last week, the militants seized iraq's second largest city, mosul. clarissa ward has the aftermath. >> reporter: on the road into mosul, the charred remains of military equipment left as iraqi soldiers fled. this video, shot by a local journalist for a french news channel, offers a rare glimpse of life in the city one week after it was taken over by the al qaeda splinter group isis. the markets are open and well stocked. but masked gunmen roamed streets. a long line snakes outside the isis recruiting center. here in baghdad, there is also recruiting, as thousands of volunteers join shiite militias. rallies like these are now a daily occurrence. these fighters told us they consider it a sacred duty to defend their city. across town, markets were far quieter than usual today. most people in baghdad don't believe that isis will come marching in to the city, but what they fear is a surge in the number of bombings, and this sea already averages about eight a day. a spokesman for the interior ministry: >> our goal is it to liberate our cities. >> reporter:

hottest let's now take a look at why well firstly the extremists have captured iraq's second largest city and its warehouses giving them cash arms and ammunition and the country's largest oil refinery area is also at peril of being captured by islamist which could endanger the country's already weak economy and the number of militants is growing as a group is said to have released hundreds of prisoners from jail and some of them have joined the ranks paul islamic state in iraq unleavened organization is exploiting and fueling sectarian tensions in society gathering public support among radicalized sunni muslims and finally another branch of the group operates in restless syria just over the border riding a steady flow of reinforcements to iraq investigative journalist robert perry who's a middle east specialist believes iraq is collapsing and the u.s. should take responsibility. well it suggests that the iraqi military is indicate that it's beginning to collapse but clearly this is a very divided country in terms of the question of stability or instability the u.s. invasion in two thousan

challenges to global peace and security it but thousands of extremists overtaking iraq's second largest city helped put things into perspective will the advance of isis in iraq change washington political calculus well to discuss that i'm now joined by christopher hill a former u.s. ambassador to iraq and the current dean of the joseph horrible school of international studies at the university of denver ambassador hill thank you very much for being on the show my pleasure now the ukrainian crisis if i could start with that was about security both for russia and the west and i think both sides want very far in defending their security interests and yet somehow despite the continuing blachford in ukraine you know the events in the rack really seem to preserve a security danger a security challenge of a totally different magnitude i wonder if they can be a sort of reality check for some of the decision makers in washington as far as what the real danger really is ok well let me first say that i think the ukrainian crisis is still with us and i think it's in every one interest that ukraine emerg

iraqi forces flee an assault on mosul, the country's second largest city. >> i am not afraid of death, i am afraid of being a slave. i am afraid of living under tyranny. >> an exclusive al jazerra interview with one of the las vegas shooters before they shot two police officers at point blank range. ♪ ♪ >>> tragic developments in afghanistan. just as u.s. and allied forces are beginning their draw down, five american troops were killed. it happened in a remoment area of southern afghanistan yesterday. where coalition and afghan troops were conducting a security operation ahead of this weekend's presidential run off eviction. our mike viqueira is live in washington what information has cam out so far. >> reporter: both afghanistan and the united states have a lot riding on the the election. the individual expected to sign the status of forces agreement. and as a result of that or perhaps because of that, a u.s. and international coalition forces have upped their patrols upping their security ahead of the election. what we know is that as you reported, this was likely friendly fire from

fresh blow to the country struggle against the insurgency earlier they also seized iraq's second largest city of mosul forcing police and army forces to flee some one hundred fifty thousand people are thought to abandon the city the fighters are believed to be from an al qaeda affiliated group that's responsible for a vast majority of bloody and brutal attacks in the country the moves force the prime minister to call on parliament to declare a state of emergency in the north arctic contributor afshin rattansi told us that the latest attack is an especially alarming sign. after that long sequence of events from nine eleven what the whole iraq war was about we've ended up with al-qaeda linked organizations in charge of military helicopters over iraq they have taken over the second or third largest city but the commercial hub. of iraq this is a huge importance it's already raising questions in washington because they were u.s. trained personnel who had to flee for their lives security in the region would obviously be have to have to be sorted out maybe would some go to conference that does not a

meanwhile in the second largest city mosul this goal may already have become reality militants there are reportedly planning to create a new government this is they. resorted to rolling volunteers in the struggle to try to hold back the offensive of the terrorists the radical groups turned the u.s. military campaign in iraq to its advantage seizing american army hardware that was early is supplied to iraq parties what important details. but one leaving behind a sovereign stable and self-reliant iraq two and a half years later the people of america left behind are running away leaving for their lives around half a million people have already escaped from iraq's second city mosul after the i.s.i. all forced the army to retreat reports a gunman have also seized a nearby oil refinery town iraq's prime minister calling for a state of emergency after hundreds of gunman took control of strategic parts of the northern sea. by wednesday militants had seized the turkish consulate in mussel kidnapping the head of diplomatic mission and two dozen staff members some thirty thousand iraqi so

the second largest city in iraq is now mostly in the hands of fighters with isis the islamic state of iraq and syria a group that shares similar goals to al qaeda iraqi army soldiers have abandoned their weapons and fled the city of mosul as sunni militants overran the entire western bank of the city according to government officials militants freed hundreds of prisoners seized police stations banks government buildings weapons depots and mosul airport iraq's prime minister nouri al maliki asked the parliament to declare a state of emergency the fight for muscle was a heavy defeat of baghdad's battle against isis which has tried to seize territory both in iraq and neighboring syria with some success earlier this year the group captured another iraqi city in the west of the country and government forces have been unable to take it back after months of fighting mosul is a lot larger city of course making it a significant to search egypt prize the city and its surrounding province are a major export route for iraqi oil and offer a gateway to syria for more i was joined earlier by retired