also north of baghdad, iraq's biggest oil refinery was shut down last night. it's foreign staff evacuated. it's one of the price of the oil. the company increased production. >> bp's assets are down in the south, down near the kuwait boarder. they are a long way from the trouble of production being increased per response from the government. it's a long way. we're vigilant. we haven't missed a beat so far. >> reporter: the white house announced president obama will meet with leaders of congress to consult them about the situation in iraq, as administration weighs what the u.s. response should be. for "nightly business report". >>> still ahead, revolutionaries and vis narcoticries, three companies that could alter the way corporate giants do business. >>> general motors ceo mary bar -- barra is set to testify over a faulty switch. the defected is linked to at least 13 deaths. bar barra outlines the policy changes gm has made and a victim's compensation fund that will process claims starti augut 1st. there is a similar defect in 3.4 million cars that causes the

and i expect militias and the military, the police to regroup in baghdad, already seeing this happening. in the city just north of baghdad, because the -- isil is threatening the mosque, and they actually stopped the security forces have stopped from entering so we may -- i think they are starting to stiffen a little, how -- >> it is not done with it's advance, with more to come. >> lathe, i think if we had had this conversation, before, a lot of people would have with said no, they can't take mos ukrainiansl either. there is an iraqi national army there, is it a mistake to underestimate this force, and it's competence. >> well, i think that there is more to come, with those advances they have made, the force, the strength, is going to be amplified and magnified by many many folds. i think they have been grossly underestimated. i think many policies circles including a u.s. force, iraq maybe can live with another fringe group. here is there, i think what they did not realize, this is no longer a terrorist group. this is an army of ten to 15,000. they have command centers communication centers. they have suppli

baghdad this weekend. >> we want to break it down to make it easy. the areas in red are the territories that are captured by isis. it stretches north of the iraqi capital into syria. >> nic robertson is in baghdad. he joins us by the phone, on the phone rather. nic, have the militants advanced or has this advance stalled? >> reporter: it's slowed down, suddenly that's the case. the iraqi prime minister says he was drawing a line in the sand in the town called mara, about an hour and a half drive north of baghdad. yesterday, just while we were walking in baghdad, young men volunteered to join up the new militias, just as we were watching that, an order was issued to the iraqi army in a town called baqaba, three hours drive north of baghdad, they were told to evacuate their base, take all their weapons with them, because within an hour the isis fighters moved in. the iraqi government had drawn a line in the sand. isi is now taking control of the base, that is about 45 minutes' drive north of baghdad. that is a significant move. also this morning, a car bomb in the center of baghdad killing one person, wounding four others. victor, ch

also coming up, iraq's government is on the offensive holding back an advance by sunni rebels north of baghdad. on the run from pakistan's northwest tribal region as the army targets fighters there. >> reporter: the rivalry between brazil and argentina is as historic and undisputable and it's based mainly on their competitiveness on football. >>> fans in argentina, not only for the big world cup match. >> hello, and thank you for joining us. they came together to mourn the dead. 49 people who lost their lives when their plane was shot down in ukraine. they called on their government to do more, to bring stability to a country rocked by division and violence for months now. meanwhile the defense ministry said more than 250 separatists have been killed in what it calls a counter terrorist operation over the weekend let's go to eastern ukraine. the 49 soldiers were shot down, and separatists have also suffered heavy loss. >> that's right. they held a press conference today, and in the past 24 hours more than 100 people were killed as the ukrainian military moved in to take control of two towns ju

people from districts and villages north of baghdad are fleeing fighting between government troops and rebels, many are seeking shelter in kurdished controlled areas. imran khan - update us on the latest you are hearing from the fighting. >> well, that's right. the sunni rebel offensive continues across the north of iraq. what we hear is in dhuluiya there have been clashes between rebels and kurdish, peshmerga forces. there was a friendly fire incident when iraqi helicopter, gunships, accidentally fired on kurdish peshmerga force, killing six. what we are hearing is 70km north of baghdad, camp ashraf, near vacouver had two shells fire on the camp, killing six. sunni rebels trying to maintain and mound their offensive. what we are hearing in mosul is there's anger at the statement that i.s.i.l. fighters, ym , saying that -- islamic state of iraq and levant, saying that people must be more religious, they must go to the mosque, and women cover up. most are angry, because moosual is a multi -- mosul is a multifaith and ethnic community. >> we have the u.s. warships getting into position.

further east rebels say the video shows the aftermath of an attack between the towns north of baghdad. the attack left several soldiers killed and wounded. in the capital more volunteers joined the army to fight, waiting for training and weapons. >> we are receiving huge numbers of volunteers from different areas to send them to the training center. while these men cheer before joining the battle, iraq's crisis is worsening. >> the pressure on prime minister nouri al-maliki is only mounting. there are calls on the prime minister to resign. now he remains defiant, not bowing to pressure. the prime minister is said to be looking into his own options to form a wider coalition to form government. now the united states has called on iraqi leaders to unite and then focus their fight on fighting the i.s.i.l. fighters, because this crisis is threatening integrity and pushing the country towards a civil war. >> secretary of state john kerry has been meeting with the new leadership in cairo, he has revealed half a million in military aid to egypt has been released. michael jordan reports. >>> i

the town of televon fell just before dawn. 250 mimes north of baghdad. the residents confirmed its capture. militants from the islamic state of iraq are known as icl. video from iraq's defense minister released yesterday reportedly showed aerial assaults north of baghdad. defense ministry statement said cachets were destroyed in a large number. additional military personnel have been sent to protect the u.s. embassy and employees have been moved to more stable areas. >>> three u.s. ships are waiting for instruction in the persian gulf. secretary of state john kerry is calling for allies in the region to play. republicans blame president obama. >> this administration from secretary clinton to president obama has repeatedly understatemented -- estimated the threats by america. we need air power immediately to stop the advance towards baghdad. >> president obama is leaving southern california this morning in the men time to head back to washington to figure out how to stop the crisis in iraq. the white house said president obama got several updates. he's bee

of baghdad and military is building up forces north of baghdador a counter offensive and militants are in control of the area in the other province and the latest town to fall in rebel hands is talapa and they said it averted ats salt over health of tribal fighters and the town is a corridor for rebels to conflict hit syria and we have director of research at the institute for near east and gulf military analysis and joins us live from dubi and good to have you on the program and sunni fighters have just taken control of the three big areas north of iraq that they control and do seem to be gaining momentum. >> reporter: they have actually been on a tsunami for the past week and they are picking up a lot of equipment and finances and information that is leading to them to capture more cities and towns as they begin to encircle baghdad from the north. >> do you think they will reach baghdad? >> reporter: there is every indication they are going to try to do that or at least to harass baghdad but for the isis ideology and drive and to capture baghda

are seen and north of baghdad. i think they were mobilized for a simple reason, that they saw that there is no hope that this government led by nouri al-maliki was going to change, or if it didn't change it was going to change its policies because it went back on every single promise that it made to them. >> do you think if the u.s. get involved this could reignite a march back into syria? >> the americans have lost all credibility in the middle east, and any interference by american forces be it on the ground or the air is going to be counter productive because it's going to be seen, here we go, this is america siding with one faction against the other, and the other will be seen as the righteous one. i don't see at any point america strikes. if we look at the past and specifically 2008 and 2007 the americans have substantial number of troops on the ground in iraq, and they were not able to defeat the armed factions who are fighting against them. and until such time that they formed groups who sided by them in fig

scott, the militants have reached the outskirts of samra, which is just 80 miles north of baghdad. samra is home to one of the holiest sites in shia islam, and there are fears this could reignite deadly tensions. >> pelley: holly williams in northern iraq for us tonight. this is largely a war between two branches of islam, the sunni and the shia, which split hundreds of years another roughly similar to the way catholics and protestants divided christianity. the governments of syria and iraq are largely shia. the attacking force is sunni. that force calls itself the islamic state of iraq in syria. elizabeth palmer in syria tonight has more on them. >> reporter: along with territory, the isis fighters took prisoners as they swept through northern iraq this week. the group has an especially brutal reputation. online pictures appear to show the bodies of the iraqi police and soldiers they murdered along the way. in an online message today, the isis spokesman warned its fighters would march onward to baghdad and beyond to the muslim holy cities of kerbala and najaf. for 10 years, they h

moving on sunni militants have attacked iraq's largest oil refinery in the north baghdad is now on high alert with isis to harvest closing in on the capital meanwhile the pentagon is beefing up security so far the u.s. president has stopped short of sending in combat troops but as they say catherine off reports that may change. armed to the teeth determined to carry on the march across iraq the islamic state in iraq and syria also known as isis is quickly emerging as one of the world's most powerful jihad is groups the groups goal just what the name implies an islamic sunni caliphate stretching across the middle east isis already controlled large swaths of land in syria and iraq and barr province last week they moved on iraq's north. seemingly overnight isis captured the second largest city of mosul more than half a million residents were forced to flee. we were afraid of isis and its camp because they have no mercy there are people they killed they have no conscience that was just the start after mosul a lightning speed advance towards baghdad with cities and towns falling to isis alon

sunni militants have attacked iraq's largest oil refinery in the north baghdad is on high alert with isis jihad is closing in on the capital and well the pentagon is beefing up security so far the u.s. has stopped short of said begin combat troops. but few were debating the power of isis and that the syria conflict gave them force here's a few facts you might not know about the radical group and now rival of al qaeda the islamic state in iraq and syria splintered off of al qaida but even for them isis tactics were too violent and isolated local populations the kurds matter in this fight and have taken advantage of the chaos in iraq to occupy kirkuk and may prove to be a serious military threat to the militant group it's clear iraq's army isn't coping but the size of its forces is much larger than isis and just proves how organized the extremists are talking seven thousand militants or at least an estimated first a quarter of a million iraqi troops unlike some other islamist groups fighting in syria isis doesn't depend on foreign aid to survive some say it's created a mini state that'

american's evacuated from baghdad as a sand of the worst barbaric terrorists marchs from the north onto baghdad to reclaim iraq. they've released prisoners and they've added thousands of fighters to their ranks as they move through the country. they are the richest terror group in existence. 5,000 citizens have fled mozal in fear of them. as they continue their march, the u.s. moves an array of aircraft carriers and destroyers into the north arabian sea and the persian golf. we spent $1 trillion. the blood of 4,500 men and women. and 32,000 of us injured in iraq let obama left irrack contrary to the advice of military leaders and those like senator mccain who said he left too earl early when mccain stated on the senate floor three years ago that the decision to do a complete early pull out was dictated by politics not our national security. senator mccain said that history would judge president obama's leadership with the scorn and the disdain that it deserves. america left iraq as a state not able to stand on its own. the head of this band of savages is a man named abu al bagadi. the n

baghdad on sunday the violence comes at the backdrop of intense fighting across the nation driven by sectarian tensions jihadist militants from the group known as isis overrun several cities in the country's north know the threat to close in on baghdad the country's leadership has called on volunteers to take up arms to quash the militants onslaught according to reports the iraqi army has managed to stop the advancing militants some fifty kilometers away from the nation's capital concerned over the developments in the country know the u.s. stated that it's sending an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf artie's report has the details but while leaving 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 on hoth a million people have already escaped from iraq's second city mosul off the i.s.i. al force the army to retreat reports say gunmen 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 mussel kidnapping th

the religious authority in nejef, north of baghdad, where the grand ayatollah som is base, says this is not a call, hope this is not leading to a civil war. they are calling on all iraqis to volunteer and join the government forces to stop the advancement of the rebel forces. however when you speak to the other sects, the sunni community say well this is interpreted perhaps as a sectarian calm because not -- call because not a lot of sunnies will answer that call and join the volunteer call to join the iraqi security forces. >> we have seen tens of thousands of volunteers rushing off, being given new uniforms. is there any structure in place to give them training, to give them weapons, to actually equip them for a battle, against a very battle haireddenned -- artenned and insurgent force? >> that was the concern raised by many people. there was a leading shia figure, his name faisil, he led one of the militias in the country. the fact that the grand ayatollah made that call and tens of thousands of people answered it makes it very urgent for the government to train those people, to t

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i talked to a soldier today who was from the north of baghdad. he was trying to find a way to get back to baghdad, but he was afraid he could get imprisoned for deserting the iraqi army. >> thank you for that update. take care of yourself. >> tanks a lot. >> as we've been reporting, there have also been objections of kurdish embassy staff. first off, why are these jihadist targeting turkish nationals? and what is ingres -- what is ankara saying about the abduction? >> they fed into the hands of the islamic group. they remain there despite the rapidly deteriorating situation. ankara at the moment is saying that there is something in the number of 49, including family members, are being held in their quarters. and that they have not been harmed. they also understand there have not been any more talks of negotiations or what they want. he has been speaking with his iraqi and u.s. counterparts. he has also given a warning that if anything happens to any of the embassy staff, then there will be an immediate response from turkey. [no audio] the fact of

iraqi soldiers appear to hold back a rebel jans north of baghdad. israel's prime minister is accusing hamas of kidnapping three teenagers in the west bank. hamas members are among 80 palestinianian members arrested by israeli troops. >>> air strikes killed for than 50 foreign fighters in pakistan. u.s. beck fighters that claim responsibility were targeted in north waziristan. >>> well, let's speak more about the event in iraq. we speak to a spokesman from the doha institute, research and policy institute. good to have you with us marr win. let's start with the fact that the u.s. sent an aircraft carrier into the gulf. they said they don't want boots on the ground. what military options do we have. will we see air strikes? >> this is a signal by the americans, that they are standing by their allies and supporting the nouri al-maliki government. i guess now they feel, but the iraqi government is losing control throughout the country, and they are taking much criticism in the united states because so many in america, particularly the opposition, accusi

north. more fighting in samara and more fighting neither baghdad. the grim specter of sectarian fighting. i.s.i.l. claimed to have executed more than 1500 shiez. members of iraq's army claims it cannot be verified. groups of military, appearing to be terrified. men who were herded off apparently to their death. overnight, refugee camps have sprung up, l civilians desperate to get out of the path surnts. >> when the surnt when the insurgents came into the area we heard the accents. we had no more ammunition. and so we came here. >> the latest al jazeera pictures of mosul today, just days after being taken by the rebels. the city is reported to be calmer, people are asked to go back to work. i.s.i.l. and its affiliates are apparently ready to settle in for the long haul and take charge. >> ofor the last 24 to 48 hours we find it's more them, more them, establishing courts, appointing the emir in the area. i think longer they are left alone the more entrenched they become. >> i.s.i.l. fighters looted the central bank, stealing about the equivalent to of $400 million u.s. ransom for hostages.

but in the men time, video from iraq's defense ministry shows an air strike north of baghdad. iraq says the air strike targeted radical sunni militants. nbc news is verifying the date or exact location of those air strikes. we'll have a live report coming up in just about 20 minutes. >>> today court hearing for the san francisco men who -- man who led fbi agents on a nationwide man hunt. a federal grand jury handed down an indictment against ryan chamberlain. so far charged with possession of an illegal device. charge which carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. federal magistrate order chamberlain undergo a psychiatric educational. >>> two people wanted in a deadly road rage shooting in san jose are now in jail. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live where detectives, bob, tracked down those suspects in the central valley. >> reporter: and they were actually arrested last month. good morning to you, sam. not clear why san jose police making the announcement now, look at these mug shots. these are the two suspects we're talking about, they're both men, both

and when we did our detainee transport missions up north to baghdad, because we released no detaineeswe always transferred north of baghdad for the iraqis to do disposition. as we handed them off to the next unit, the chain of custody, he looked back to us, saw our patches and he said "i'll see you in new york." now, again, him knowing we were from new york, i believe that what he was saying at the time was that he thought that he would be out and released in short order. and apparently he was. and he is now in charge of isis. >> did you know, because he spent four years in u.s. military custody at camp buca. did you guys realize then that he was a brutal, brutal terrorist, someone who would go out and create this kind of terror organization? an organization that even al qaeda says is too extreme for them? >> well, we had many of the most dangerous folks in the world there at camp buca. and we had them in a certain area, identified them and put them in a certain compound. to be honest, he was not in that compound. he did exhibit certain events, and he did expect certain tendencies and

so far, it appears their assault has stalled just north of baghdad. . >> ukraine expects to resume talksith russia hoping to end a dispute over natural gas payments. russian gas exporter gazprom has given ukraine until monday to pay up or pay out. they must pay at least part of their nearly $20 billion debt. every single day, blood donations save lives. what happens when there really aren't enough donors? that may not be such a problem in the near future. al jazeera's phil lazell explains. >> it is one of the issues medics have always faced: how to minimize the amount of blood lost during major surgery, especially with demand for donations seemingly insatiable which is why the name hemosep is getting surgical circles excited. born in britain, tested in turkey. this takes the best bits out of the blood that leaves the body and prepares them to go back in. >> what this system will do is it will take the blood and then suck it into the bag. once it's in the bag, the bag will start to filter out all of the water-like solution. so usual left with the clotting factors and the red cells and the

also to come, iraqi government forces hold back an add vance by sunni rebels north of baghdad. >> they are hamas terrorists, carried out thursday's c kidnapping of three israeli teenagers prime minister netanyahu points the finger of blame that hamas calls his statements stupid plus... >> i am from the english mid lands looking at this machine designed for war zones finding its way into civilian hospitals and looking at why recycling blood is apparently the future. >> first, pakistan's government has launched what it calls a comprehensive operation against fighters on the border with afghanistan army commanders are saying more than 50 fighters have already been killed in airstrikes. it's all in response to an attack on the airport last week in which at least 36 people were killed. we will be live with our correspondant in islamabad but this report from erica wood. >> reporter: leaving behind their homes and fleeing violence between the government and fighter groups in north waziristan. some have crossed into af pakis in search of safety. >> our schools are closed. the hospital is close

possible help for iraq as a country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs. plus with scotland to store it in a pan its referendum campaign passing hundred days to go mark this week r.t. hears some of the hopes and fears fueling the yes and no campaigns. which aren't international coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie russia's am a senior cray has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and patio bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister turned up to and his diplomacy consisted of shouting of seeing slogans together with the vandals all scott has the details from. despite the fact that there was no up police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassies should be protected from attack by the host and. despite this lack of police presence one official did turn up that was ukraine's interim foreign minister he was there siding with the demonstrate is he expressed his concern for the safety of the u

possible help for iraq as the country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorist dominate the north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs. of scotland's historic independence referendum now less than one hundred days away r.t. here is some of the hopes and fears fueling the yes and no come. this is the weekly our top stories of the last seven days here from r.t. starting first of all with a story very much in the news right now russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls the russian foreign ministers filed an official protest with kiev he also said members of the national guard were at the forefront of the assault and that ukraine must compensate the damage done is ukrainian counterpart was one of those in the crowd outside the embassy shown to have seen slogans together with the vandals all scots got the details from kiev. despite the fact there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassy should be protec

officials confim forces have captured saddam hussein's former chemical weapons facility north of baghdadthey say the material was so degraded at the time the u.s. was in iraq it was more dangerous to move the aging materials then leave them behind buried in bunkers. the state department issued the following statement. "we do not believe the complex contains cw materials of military value and it will be difficult if not impossible to safely move the materials." they city capture of the facility is a propaganda victory for the isis fighters that militants will not be able to create a chemical weapon out of the material. the facility is in essence defunct. this is how they describe the facility. "two wars, sanctions and oversight reduced iraqi premier production facility a stockpile of old, damage, contaminated chemical munition field in bunkers. a wasteland of destroyed chemical munitions and unusable war-ravaged facilities." in the run-up to the iraq war they were looking for weapons of mass destruction's at the time. this facility did not fall into that facility because it was known to t

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the battle is in a small city a couple of hours north of baghdad.is video from isis reportedly shows sunni fighter s -- fighters on the streets. as of this moment the iraqi colonel says his troops have control and the man who claims to be a militant claims that to "associated press." the end of the story. its not clear how long the military can hold its grip, if it has a grip, on the refinery. there are varying reports and we want get in there. a witness says the extreme ye have the compound surrounded. conor powell is in our newsroom in jerusalem and not to pretend you can learn anything there but i'll ask you why this oil refinery is so critical. >> so, the oil refinery is one of the most strategic parts in iraq because it produces a quarter or are so of iraq's domestic oil capacity, everything from gasoline to cooking oil. more importantly, right now, it's just an hour or so north of baghdad, and the iraqi military have made a big push to retake it. they're staking their mill sort of claim on this ground. if they fail, not only are there think co

baghdad? >> reporter: well, we know that there's been an increasing round of violence just north of baghdad. northeast of baghdad in the city of baku have a. it's an important town. it's 40 miles northeast of the capital. why it's important because it's on the major highway that stakes you straight into the heart of the capital. if isis fighters manage to overrun the town. if they are able to consolidate the power around the town, they'll have a base very close to being able to launch attacks into the iraqi capital. right now according to several sources, they have not taken the town. the iraqi military has repelled the attack. we understand there was an intense few hours of fighting along the border in some of the areas outside of the town. as you mentioned, there was the roadside bomb that took place inside the capital of baghdad. many people are afraid it's the type of violence isis could be behind in the coming days. they may not have the manpower to overrun the capital to bring the capital under their control. nobody is expecting that. there is the concern they can launch these asymmetr

there are reports this morning they control parts of a town 65 miles north of baghdad, the iraqi capital. they've also moved into two towns north of iraq. it's been lightning quick in part because of religious loyalties. they're mostly muslim and the cities they've overrun are mainly sunni. but as they move further south toward baghdad they're going to move into a big shia population. of course, that threatens to reignite iraq's deadly religious tensions. >> now, you've talked to some of the people who are fleeing the cities already taken by isis. what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, hundreds of thousands have fled but many have come to iraqi kurdistan which is relatively peaceful. but most of the people we have spoken to do not blame the militants and they're not fleeing them. many say they like them. instead they're told they're worried about retribution to the iraqi government. they're afraid they will bomb them if they try to force the militants all right. >> all right. holly williams in iraq. thank you, holly. >>> the crisis in iraq has pushed the price of gas to an eight-m

i was on the flight when we trns forred him north to baghdad for final transfer to the iraqis. we built a very solid case for detention with -- regarding him, and we handed over to the iraqi judicial system. their law was immature at the time and their decisions to let him go while personally disappointing i have to respect the decisions of a solgovernmen >> he left a warning for you, ken, before he left. >> yes, ma'am, he did. we did not release any detainees from the camp. we transfer them north to baghdad for final transfer or release to a facility. he knew my unit. i commanded a military police battalion out of new york, was blessed with 500 fantastic nypd and even 500 sailors with me. they did a great job. treated the prisoners with dignity and respect but when we handed them off, he knew we were from new york and he knew he would get out. as he left, he told us, he told me and the soldiers around me, i'll see you in new york. >> that is just chilling. >> so -- >> back at that time and i understand we had no, we were leaving iraq and this is pursuant to the deal, we would

sunni rebels attacked the complex at bigi north of baghdad. iraq's government says its forces beat the rebels back but witnesses say the rebels control the refinery. a reaction from washington tonight. the pentagon says it's increased surveillance flights over iraq but how should the u.s. respond? randall pinkston is there. >> saying president obama had given congressional leaders an update on its efforts to help iraq. emphasizing that confronting the are threat from i.s.i.l. will require iraq's political leaders to come together. for more than an hour, president obama held a closed door meeting with congressional leaders. in a statement the whois said the president -- the white house said the president responded by urging iraqi leaders to set aside sectarian agendas and come together with national unity. with fighters from i.s.i.l. and other groups taking more territory, iraq made formal request for u.s. aid. a national security spokes woman says the president has not made a decision. on capitol hill a tense confrontation as republicans accus

>> reporter: they have made their way into the north of baghdad. ring that there are battles taking place. a town about an hour north of the capital. that is part of the reason why the iranians presumably decided to send those brigades of special revolutionary guard forces into duyala province to push the isis fighters back away from the capital. this also not just to protect the shia shines as you werine, iraqi security forces are not exactly standing up and fighting. another thing to look at is the trajectory that this violence has taken, the way isis chosen to go go through the territory toward the capital baghdad. these are predominantly sunni areas where they do have a certain degree of support from the sunni population and where also even though ic isis is the organization in the spotlight, it is gets support. the battle between sunni and shia is being joined by some well-known insurgent groups prominent during the u.s. occupation of iraq, not necessarily fighting alongside isis because they believe and feel they have to fight for their very e

today advancing on two more towns and opening up the valley leading to baghdad and entire brigade of iraqi solders killed and north of baghdad some of iraq's trained soldiers are maintained to the oil retyperys. and the u.s. wants to stop this is escalating but limit its own involvement. u.s. officials meeting here with iraqi officials are sending in up to 300 military advisers to assist and violence have growing and drivering humanitarian crisis and thousands more forced from their home each day and angry curds are protesting gas start amounts and that is sending food prices through the roof and hive saving medications are now in short supplych the conflict tag a toll with no relief in site. richard canto, "abc news" new york. >>> "good morning america" weekend will have the latest own crisis in eye oak. tune in tomorrow morning 8:00 after "action news." >>> police in philadelphia are looking at surveillance video of a sexual assault of the female dar in rittenhouse air scare. she was followed by a man of the bike and attacked in her apartment. the victim called 911 after the suspect fled her apartment. >> now in