i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. 130 additional u.s. marines and special forces have been sent to iraq will stop defense secretary chuck hagel made the announcement tuesday speaking to marines at camp pendleton in california. >> i recommended to the president and the president has ahead and me to go send about 130 new assessment team members of to northern iraq in the erbil area to take a a morelook and give in-depth assessment of where we can continue to help iraqis. nowthe threats they are dealing with. >> the news comes one day after the was confirmed the cia was directly arming kurdish fighters who are battling sunni militants of the islamic state who seized live -- large swaths of iraq and syria. would also announced they send arms to the kurds. the guardian is reporting the u.s. is preparing to send the iraqi government a shipment of missiles, guns and ammunition but it is waiting to do so until haider al-abadi officially

. >> i'm nermeen shaikh. as the 72 hour cease-fire in gaza enters its second day, palestinian officials have been meeting with prosecutors at the international criminal court to push for a probe of alleged war crimes committed by israel during the 29-day offensive that left 1900 palestinians dead. on tuesday, foreign minister riad al-malki said his administration was making efforts to have palestinian become a member of the icc. part,course, from our everything that has happened in the last 28 days is clear evidence of war crimes committed by israel that is tantamount to crimes against humanity. it is not that i am saying as a beinginian, but it is said by many observers, international experts of international law, who have described this as a war crime. as a result, there is no difficulty for us to build a case. the evidence is there. it is clear for people to see and collect. >> israel said it attempted to civilian casualties and accused hamas of putting its people in harm's way by launching rockets within