imran khan is standing by, but first to nadeem barber in paris. both presidents really just laying out the stage for what happened in the coming hours. >> that's right. they've been at pains to stress that this is not just a military response to trying to tackle the group that calls itself islamic state in iraq, but also furthering their humanitarian efforts, helping the iraqi authorities, and stressing that now that iraq has a national unity government representing all sectors of society, they are coming on board, bringing more and more arab states to pledge money, perhaps to pledge intelligence supports for the u.s. air strikes, and we are hearing from john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state, participation in future air strikes, although we don't know which those states are for the moment. >> do you think - it's only been going on for a matter of hours - do you think we'll find out at the end of it who will do what? >> nick, i think it's unlikely that the names of the states will come out, linked to x, y or z action. john kerry has hinted, rathe

nadeem barber has the story. >> reporter: he kept it secret but after revelations in the french press, he spoke out. french journal says one of his gaolers was namouche, accused of shooting dead four people in a bruce else museum in -- brussels museum in may, capitaled on security cameras. >> after his rest in brussels, i was shown a number of audio video documents allowing me to identify him. the former officers, police and legal authorities decided to keep this secret. >> a reason for this was that when he and three others were freed in april, they left a number of hostages behind, and wanted to protect them. namouche was one of a few fighters from the islamic state, supervising dozens of prisoners. >> translation: he mistreated me. i don't know if he mistreated other western officers, but i heard him torturing other syrian prisoners. >> namouche was arrested in france, extradited to belgium. the lawyer that represented him says he's surprised by the latest allegations, saying the question of him travelling to syria was never raised. >> it surprises me because if this turn out to be

nadeem barber has the latest. >> for an iraqi counterpart - an appeal to rescue his nation. >> translation: we continue to ask for airborne operations to be carried out. we must not allow i.s. to set up sanctuaries. we must pursue them, cut off finances, and hem them in and stop neighbouring countries joining them. >> this conference was about one thing, fighting the islamic state of iraq and levant or i.s.i.l. hours after the french planes began reconnaissance flights, the foreign minister said a concerted military response was crucial. >> translation: when you face a terrorist group as dangerous as this, a certain number of measures have to be taken, these will vary according to the country. >> from some countries, they hint they take part in airsticks, the u.s. is looking to the -- air strikes, the u.s. is looking for gulf partners for logistical support. for iraq, all offers are welcome, even if we don't know the detail. >> translation: the international community stood together. more than 30 countries are on the side of iraq, prepared to support iraq at all levels, they understand wha

based on the meeting they may have to go alone on that one, nadeem barber reports. >> reporter: for the french president a chance to forget the low poll ratings. his iraqi counterpart - an appeal in helping to rescue his nation. >> we continue to ask for air borne operations regularly against terrorist sites. we must not allow i.s. to set up sanctuaries, we must pursue them, cut off financing and stop fighting from neighbouring countries from joining i.s. >> this conference was about one thing, fighting the islamic state of iraq and levant, or i.s.i.l. hours after the french planes became reconnaissance demright, the foreign ministry said a response was crucial. >> when you are facing a terrorist group as dangerous as this one, a certain number of measures have to be taken of a military nature. it will vary, according to the country. >> while some european countries like france and britain hinted they'd take part in air strikes, the u.s. is looking to golf partners for financial and logistical support. >> for iraq's foreign ministers, all promises of help are welcome, even if we don't k