the corruption and did lipping with nouri al-maliki, is that something that the united states can deal with or will it be beater that that is something that has to happen. >> it's a difficult situation. >> we looked at u.s. situations with nouri al-maliki. the obama administration paid far less intentions. with bush we heard from people that there wasn't a clear american signal about what the u.s. wanted. he started making the moves where he was sectarian, going around the military command chain, appointing his own shia commanders, and the u.s. never really sounded the line. some say if he complained, it wouldn't really matter, but i wouldn't say that the handling has been effective. >> moving forward, does the united states believe that nouri al-maliki can help to form the unity government. >> the public line is the u.s. says we don't choose iraq's leader, iraqis choose whether nouri al-maliki stays or goes. my sense is they wanted him to go. the u.s. doesn't have much credibility. for four years he's been doing these things upsetting sunnis, and the u.s. has not stopped him. nouri al

across several cities, that the reason for the situation is the failure of the prime minister nouri maliki was the authoritarian approach that maliki has taken as far as he is concerned that has led to this problem. there was a message directed towards his own people, towards the kurds of iraq, saying it was never his intention to move unilaterally towards independence, and that the decision taken to start preparing for some sort of proposed referendum was done because he was forced to do so, because, he said, that we're seeing an iraq that is splitting up, and increased violence, and animosity towards parts of society, and it was only then that it became clear as far as the kurds were concerned that they needed to start preparing for their own state. >>> still to come here on the program, the un names its new envoy to syria. we're live on that in new york. >>> and the french government plans to crack down on its nationals traveling to the middle east. ♪ >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspectiv

levels, and they want to get out and see for themselves what the military them. >> you bring up nouri al-maliki, the iraq parliament is supposed to meet tuesday to start the process of electing a prime minister. is nouri al-maliki still expected to win a third term. there's a lot of push against them. he's been very sectarian, hasn't included the soupies and the kurds. heats has the largest block of parliament. >> he has the largest block of seats, he's a long way from a majority. we are hearing that his participation collision partners are not willing to play. certainly the sunnis and the kurd will not accept any government with nouri al-maliki, and a lot of the fellow shi'as said they don't want to make a government with them. we are hearing that a couple of other names, shia leaders who might come forward and topple nouri al-maliki. >> lots of developments there seemingly, by the days, and by the hours. rod of the "new york times", plarure to have you -- pleasure to have you with us. thank you for joining us. >>> for more, soim joined by washington d.c. by the former director of the countert

how much pressure will it put on nouri al-maliki, the call for him to stepdown? >> well, he's already an embattled prime minister. even though he's won an election, technically speaking, many dismissed it as not being free and fair or having the right amount of credibility required for him to go on with a new political mandate. nouri al-maliki has large swathes of the country which is un the control of armed rebels that people know little about. he has a kurdish region that all but threatens to tear away. he has in baghdad sunni communities disenfranchised and do not want to partake and cheea opposition to his -- shia opposition to his premiership. they have been vocal in the past few days with the deputy governor, a shia who came out resigning because of the total airian rule of nouri al-maliki. he is under a lot of pressure. but he still enjoys the support of international powers. he enjoys the support of iran, to some extent of the u.s., and so long as he has that backing going for him, he'll battle it out. that's what many are telling us. that so long as the

now, ban ki-moon met with prime minister nouri al-maliki, and met with the speaker of the iraqi parliament as well as the acting foreign minister, trying to put pressure on iraqi leaders and the prime minister, but prime minister nouri al-maliki remains defiant, not only now, but before when president obama had made similar remarks with regards to nouri al-maliki, with regards to the iraqi leaders, that they need to sit together and inform an inclusive government that needs the aspirations of all iraqis. they all disagree on the prime minister himself. they have no intention of ending his aspiration for a third term. he made it clear that he wants to be a prime minister for a third term. >> they managed to pick a new speaker. the next stage is a new president, and the president has to be a kurd. >> the parliament session has started. there's 102 candidates for the presidency. now, with regards to the iraqi constitution, the president can be any iraqi regardless of his or her ethnicities. now, the tradition, the political tradition is that the president is a kurd. there are differences with

them to seize power. >> we are getting reaction here to nouri al-maliki's word. there is only one wordic use to describe the reaction, and that is surprise. many politicians are wondering what the prime minister nouri al-maliki is referring to in his statement. there are no, they said to me, no islamic state or rebels in kurdish territory. they wonder where that came from. they say they're surprised that he went that far. who is he really aiming the statement at? thnow in you want to win the islamic state, you have to inlist the help of the islam, sheiks. they said they won't help until nouri al-maliki goes. they say he is partially to blame for the crisis that iraq faces, and they've been incredibly critical. it's likely to be aimed at them. this is also likely to be aimed at the kurds as well because they pursued a policy of looking a at a referendum. now they used to be very good friends. they fought against saddam hussein together. but their relationship has faded. 9 words we've heard is very strong. >> another heated debate in washington, right now senators a

nouri al-maliki and his supporters are blaming the saudis for the rebellion.or more on the divisions malic is a political analyst and he joins us now live from beirut. thank you very much for joining us on the show. iraq played by a lot of sectarian. now the shiite groups are attacking each other. are the shiite communities becoming divided. >> they are not as homogeneous as one thinks. iran has had - spread its influence after the american invasion to the shia community in iraq, but their interpretation of shiitism is not heeded by most. the the main maja is what is called a quiet maja. they don't really interfere in politics as much. we are seeing some disenchantment among young ayatollah, something like what happened a couple of days ago, a young ayatollah coming out and saying we are arabs before we are she items. we belong the arab world, we don't want to fight the sunnis. we can't overestimate what is happening, but, yes, there is disenchantment with the situation and the whom onlieny of iran -- whom onlieny of iran. they are taking small substance in th

prime minister nouri maliki is under intense pressure. khan has the latest from bagdad. >> a disappointing performance by iraq's parliament. many here in iraq are wondering just quite what went wrong. they were supposed to meet, and elect a speaker of the house, that then triggers a constitutional process, giving them 45 days to elect a prime minister. they net -- not very long, but they didn't come up with speaker of the house. now both the international community and iraqis are going to be disappointed. the international community has been pushing hard, saying we need to get an elected government in place so we can move on and give you more help in the crisis that iraq faces. the iraqis themselves were looking forward to seeing a speaker of the house, giving them some hope that their government was going to be formed quite quickly. in 2010, it took them nearly eight months to form a government. this session has been delayed a week, so we'll see what happens then. but a lot of iraqis very disappointed right now. >>> there is a kurdish gr

opposition to prime minister nouri al-maliki is portrayed at sectarian. pitched against nouri al-maliki's support base. however, for many in iraq, particularly among shias, the sectarian divide came about as a result of problems and is not the reason behind them. strmpingts ali al-sistani believes that iraq's problems are not sectarian. just as there are sunnis, there are shia who oppose the government. they are brought subdivision and death to iraq. until a few days ago. this was the deputy governor. >> translation: through the past year in office, it became clear that nouri al-maliki's government was killing the people. as a politician i cannot be part of a government that kills its own people, or used to make our people suffer. >> he is in hiding following the destruction of his home. his followers belief this is outrage ours, and they say what he needs most more than ever is a leader that pulls for team work. >>> tensions are rising in eastern ukraine. russia is accusing ukraine of firing across the border and causing casualties, moscow says one of its

the iraqi prime minister that they were harboring islamist tororists, going so far as describe nouri al-maliki as hysterical and urging him to stand down. nouri al-maliki said the northern region was a haven for islamist extremists, accusations that appear to dampen any prospects of sectarian reconciliation or political progress for the country. -- to talk more about it. tell us about this initial accusation on the part of nuri on maliki, that iraqi kurdistan was a haven for islamist extremists. >> we should note that this is not the first time that this kind of official accusation -- the iraqi army accused the kurds of alliance with the islamic state and with we shouldups, but note that this group does not need a haven. it controls the territory starting from aleppo in syria to frontier.n this is not true. we should know also that the ards are not homogenous as population, with only one political aim or aspiration. we can find shia kurds, sunni kurds, and, among them, there are some jihadi kurds. among these jihadis, some are in the islamic state, but this doesn't mean kurdistan as a state or

now prime minister nouri maliki and the kurdish president used to be very good friends. they fought against saddam hussein together. but their relationship has deteriorated as of late. these words are perhaps stronger than we have heard before. >> outsourcing it making it tougher these days to find a job, but one area is bouncing back. >>> and washington has program in place to help americans in need, but wait until you hear how much they having spent on people who didn't deserve. >>> the government says it paid out about $100 billion last year to people who may not have been so deserving. unemployment benefits went to people who had jobs. the house committee said to hold a hearing on improper payments this afternoon. >>> the u.s. and china holding high-level talks in beijing. kerry is saying the u.s. hoping to build ties with china in which both countries will benefit. those meetings will go on until thursday. >>> some chinese companies are starting to see the u.s. as a good investment. a new chinese copper plant in alabama could help create hundreds of jobs. andy galla

prime minister nouri al-maliki, whose sectarian agenda is glamed for fuelling the crisis told iraqis that fighting the islamic states should take precedent. nouri al-maliki offered amnesty to sunni tribesman in western iraq who fought with islamic state fighters and said he hoped the new government could be formed next week. for more information on iraq i'm joined by jessica lewis, research director, a former u.s. army intelligence officer in iraq, great to have you with us. with nouri al-maliki saying that a military solution needs to come first, is he trying to scramble and hold on to power that many including the u.s. want him to give up. >> i think that is possible. and i think that it's a tall order for the sunni population to which he is messaging with this amnesty proposal is clam as to -- callous to nouri al-maliki's proposals. i'm sorry how that will differ with the model of a new government in place. it's worth asking whether or not a new government is something that would achieve a different response from those who have taken up arms against the government. it's not likely

you have nouri al-maliki, the prime minister elect, a shi'a, trying to form a coalition. he is under tremendous pressure, not just from the americans who made it clear they would like him to go, but others in his own factions. the sunni tribes made clear that they will not support a central government in baghdad as long as nouri al-maliki is at its head. >> thank you so much. >>> joining us now is retired generated mark kimmitt and has return friday a trip to iraq yourself. we are hearing so many voices while you were away, talking about nouri al-maliki must go. as the parliament is formed here, what do you hear on the ground happening? >> i think we are hearing the same thing. all the concerns in iraq seem to be focussed on nouri al-maliki, but he should not be held to blame. parliament bears some of the blame as well. >>> is there an option coming to fore if that is the case? >> we will see. there's a lot of political horse trading in baghdad. i think we'll see tomorrow whether a government will be seated, whether the sunnis will boycott. if the government is ceded, thi

it is nouri maliki -- >> you think we're blaming nouri maliki for the mess in iraq au because he is brown that what you think? >> i think we always blame our o clients. >> that is a generalization. >> our clients has been to be brown, i hope nouri maliki read about vietnam.ma he got a bullet in the head by . kennedy. he had failed in vietnam. we had not failed, we were perfect. >> america hass, made mistakes vietnam. i think the iranian war -- hold on a minute. in retrospect, the iraq war was a mistake. there is a difference in doing a mistake, and doing something inherently evil, anybody else who went into iraq, would take t the oil. instead, we turn over the keys to the oilfields of iraqis, use it, sell it, burn it. so iraqi uses it against us. >> you're saying that the oil is there, and iraq is using it as they see fit? and shell and mobile has nothina to do with it? people like hall -- haliburton made money -- >> let me ask you this, at the end of the cold war, russia is free, are all of those countries better off or worse off because we won the cold war. >>>> i don't think we won the

weeks later they share the toppling of the nouri al-maliki regime. beyond that they don't have the same vision for the future. the group known as islamic state of iraq and levant started a campaign to get rid of dissent to its rule. >> translation: masked fighters are looking for and arresting former barthist and officers of saddam's army and tribal leaders, exposing their own views on people, telling tribes to lay down their arms. we will not accept this. >> reporter: this former general prefers to remain anonymous. his former cousin arrested. >> translation: mosul, is where the leader of the self-dlarld islamic state chose to make his first public appearance. this video after he declared a calafat and demanded muslims declared allegiance to him. >> reporter: many sunni groups have in the heeded the call and that is why the islamic state has been arresting former bosses and tribaledliers, saying it's a -- tribal elders, saying it's a scare tactic. it's hard to gauge public opinion, the city is off limit to journal lifts and people are fearful to spe

nouri al-maliki was elected the new prime minister of iraq. >> nouri al-maliki was so unknown to so manypeople in the bush white house that they weren't even using his right first name. he finally actually had to correct them and tell them that they weren't using the right name. and i think it tells you about how little theununderstood about him when he first came to power. they were so happy to have somebody. >> narrator: maliki was so inexperienced, the president himself scheduled frequent video conferences in order to school the new prime minister in the art of politics. >> but the president wanted to help him be a leader, what do you do, what don't you do. >> the idea being to kind of mentor him, to sort of bring him along. this is bush teaching maliki politics. >> democrats took control of the house for the first time in 12 years. >> narrator: that fall, president bush was learning a political lesson of his own. >> democrats will have the upper hand in the new congress... >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> narrator: congressional republicans suffered an

nouri al-maliki is aggravating the sectarian divide by marginalizing sunnis, nouri al-maliki promised to fight the rebel group islamic state. people there are reports that an iranian pilot has been killed. this has thrown their role into the limelight. >> the reason the iranian role is secret is rainians are worried about -- iranians are worried about escalation, bringing them in will spark a further sectarian war than is already happening. that's the reason it's a secret. the real reason they are here is to protect the shia shreaps. iraq is home to -- shrines. iraq is home to some of the holiest shrines. it's a red-line protection. it is key. if they are not protect or hit by the islamic state, they want to the destroy them. it will spark a sectarian wore and close the region as well. >>ar being dropped for a week, a group of indian nurses is home. the women, 50 of them, touching done after boarding a special flight an friday. the nurses were stranded at a hospital because of ongoing voms in iraq. the foreign ministry says 40 instruction workers are being held captive. >>> in ukraine

. >> i think between nouri maliki's failures, we have a huge mess. >> criticizing rand paul's stands on iraq. >> obviously, senator paul leaves something to be desired new this is the firsthand to hand combat of the 2016 republican race. we must engage. we need to send clear messages and powerful messages. >> what do you say to those who say you were so wrong about so much, at the expense of so many? >> i fundamentally disagree. >> and in the battle for the cause of liberty and the peace of the world. >> you destroyed iraq. >> iraq just had its deadliest month in nearly ten years. a third of the country is now controlled by islamic extremists, but in dick cheney, all this has nothing to do with the war started by the bush administration. this month, former vice president dick cheney alongside with his daughter, lin, and wife liz, took us down memory lane, if memory lane was a river in egypt, denial. before that, this happened. >> arrest dick cheney, war criminal. you destroyed iraq. you destroyed iraq. >> and three minutes later? this happened. >> we call for -- >> i wondered why the

the leadership of moment nouri al-maliki. there was a stable situation left to him 2010-2011, and the security situation was relatively good, and there was an opportunity to move towards political inclusion. the job was not finished at that point in time, and prime minister maliki's sectarian authoritarian agenda undermined the opportunity to bring that country forward. >> we're going to take a short break. when we come back, you know, colonialism has created lines around the world. in some places it has led to successful states. in many others it hasn't. we'll talk about the middle east that came out of the first world war at about the time the world is marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of that war. this is inside story. stay with us. >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. the newly elected iraqi apartment met with a goal to form a more inclusive government. after an hour of debate sunni and kurdish representatives walked out and lacking a quorum the session was ended after just a week. we're looking a

many mps want nouri al-maliki to step aside. he insists op staying on. i can't iraq's former foreign minister asked nouri al-maliki to apologise for saying the kurdish authorities in the north were sheltering extremists. he was removed on friday as he, too, is a kurd. the dispute comes at a time when kurdish fighters are battling sunni rebels in areas bordering the semiautonomous region. the video tape shows them engaged in a fire fight. meanwhile, the oil minister of iraq's kurdish region says the area will general enough revenue to be self-sufficient by the end of the year. kurdish forces took over two fields near the city of kirkuk. it's seen fighting between the iraqi armed forces and sunni rebels. the kurds say they are trying to prevent the fields falling into rebel hands. >> it's self-sufficient in terms of revenue, yes. baghdad made the wrong calculation. they thought they'd strangle us by cutting the budget illegally and constitutionally as a punishment. they have miscalculated. they fight back and we will live and match that expectation that we

in a statement on iraqi stv, nouri al-maliki vowed to continue to fight the armed group, calling itself the islamic state, until it's defeated. nouri al-maliki's coalition of shia parties has been accused of stoking tensions in iraq by marginalizing sunnis. >> a police officer has been killed in a blast in bahrain. the explosion took place in east dakar. there are no claims of responsibility. bahrain's government faced regular protests by people demanding more right for the shia majority. >>> the price of fuel in egypt has gone up by as much as 78%. the oil ministry announced a major price hike in an effort to cut $6 billion in energy subsidies. half of the population lives below the poverty line and relies on subsidies for wheat and fuel. the deficit stands at $35 billion. 20% of the budget is suspend on energy subsidies. the government is planning to raise trist yit prices. -- electricity polices. sammia is the founder of democracy for egypt and says rising fuel costs is not the way to increase the economy. >> the economy is number one for abdul fatah al-sisi's survival, if he has a c

the government suspended its participation, they suspended their participation prime minister nouri al-maliki's government. in response prime minister nouri al-maliki appointed a new foreign minister, a man known for his very close ties with iran. a clear demonstration that the prime minister was not going to back down under the pressure that the kurdish politicians were trying to exert. they say that maliki is to blame for the current chaos in iraq. they said to describe the eight years in rule is a failure. the prime minister on the other hand the kurds have been trying to be opportunistic in light of the crisis, in light of the surge of armed opposition fighters and the sunni groups up north by taking more land. he points to the fact that the kurds just in the past 24 hours or so took over large oil fields in kirkuk. they took over those oil fields because they have credible intelligence that the rebels fighting in maliki's army were planning on moving in on them. the situation remains divide: they have been giving statements that have been scathing of prime minister maliki. all indications

want to return once again to ,he crisis unfolding in iraq where prime minister nouri al-maliki is coming under increasing pressure to give up his bid for a third term in office. there are growing calls to find a new candidate for the post. al-maliki has repeatedly refused calls to step aside. his government has failed to halt the advance of isis, which is pushing towards baghdad. in the capital, troops and volunteers are bracing for battle. >> these young men streaming into a police station in baghdad are determined to stop the advance of isis. they are among thousands who volunteered to fight the sunni jihadists. first, they have to learn how to use a firearm. >> i responded to a call from our spiritual leader, grand ayatollah ali al-sistani, to join the forces. we are determined to expel the .errorists from our country >> the main goal is to keep the militants from reaching baghdad. 100 kilometers north of the capital, soldiers are piling up sand to assist in their fight against militants. in the increasingly important governmentrit, forces said they had beaten back an attack on an air

. >> iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki said that the attacks are a threat to all the middle east. this comes as john kerry met with kurdish leaders. what will would it ultimately take for the obama administration to send in the airstrikes that the iraqi government has been asking for for a couple of weeks now. >> reporter: tony, i have to tell you with each passing day it becomes more and more that the united states government in the form of obama administration is going to insist that iraq form th the inclusive government and do it quickly or there will be no airstrikes. each passing day leads us to believe that you look at this insistence by the united states after the first parliamentary session broke down in acrimony after two hours in baghdad. this insistence. you can look at it as an incentive to get it together, come together and form a government, that tholed be bluffing. if it ever came to the fall of baghdad itself then the united states would come forward with airstrikes. this is the question i put today just a few hours ago to the press secretary josh earnest. >> the v

on wednesday prime minister nouri al-maliki accused kurdish politicians of taking advantage of the turmoil to capture new territory. >> this is unacceptable, rented. the issue of article 140 is not over. kurdish politicians say maliki has no one to blame but himself. >> the president described the situation, the reasons behind that. the failure of the policy, the system, making sure that he has been ruling iraq in the last eight years. his military responsibilities fell out of mosul and the other areas. >> that was echoed inside perimeter, who insisted there was no going back for forces, after taking control of new areas. >> strong words from you'reed kish legs -- kurdish legislators, adamant that they'll move forward, despite words that nouri al-maliki will not recognise a referendum. inside the perimeter, the flag of iraq coming out of the semiautonomous region are hoisted. if the move goes ahead and a referendum is held, it could be a matter of time before this iraqi flag no longer stands. >> let's take you to our correspondent, imran khan, standing by in the capital baghdad. what has b

nouri al-maliki vowed to retake the land. a few days ago the iraqi army used lanes to target the neighbourhood. three missiles landed in a residential area. two people, including an 11-year-old girl were kill. >> we are afraid there'll be more air strikes. the government offered an apology, but that is not enough. >> kurdish officials, however, are confident that iraqi forces cannot return to this region. >> yes, it is a threat. we take it seriously, but nouri al-maliki doesn't have power, and the islamic state group is between us and them. he should attack them first, and then us. >> but kurds do have other enemies on the ground. this is an ethnically and religiously mixed district. a double car bombing targetting a kurdish checkpoint close to a marketplace two weeks ago. people blamed the islamic state group for the attack. that group, and other sunni factions are controlling territory less than a kilometre from the district center. for now the kurds are holding their ground, homing to include the region in their future sta

. >> in iraq iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki warning that the fighting in that country threatened the entire middle east, and urging the u.s. to up the ante and send in more help. secretary kerry in a meeting this morning. libby casey, the whole world is watching, what is the u.s. commitment so far? >> reporter: u.s. forces are working along two tracks, security and assessing the situation on the ground and working with the iraqi government fighters. they're bracing for any inroads that fighters for the islamic state might make. hundreds of additional u.s. troops are now in baghdad securing the embassy and the city's airport in case the group calling itself the islamic state enters the capitol. >> if the security situation deteriorated rapidly that a quick extraction of american personnel could be conducted in a way that would insure safety and security. >> reporter: with a steady increase of security forces arriving in iraq another kind of help may be coming from the air. bloomberg news is reporting that the obama administration wants to sell iraq hellfire missiles in addition to

nouri al-maliki, of course, there was the election in april. they met yesterday. it resolved in acrimony. now they're trying to form a government. now the u.s. government is loathed to get involved unless they can pull a rabbit out of their habit hat, and it is clear at this point they're not able to do that. until there is unity with iraqis, it is very unlikely that these airstrikes would go forward. the question i pose today to the spokesman today, even if baghdad were to fall, and remember the pentagon said that the isil forces are pressing from the north and the west, would the united states still stand by that? here's what he had to say. >> the vulnerability of one particular city in iraq is one that is difficult for me to assess. but suffice it to say the reason why i called it an existential threat is not just the security situation on the ground but because of the broader conflict that is being played out here. that what isil was doing is that they are perpetrating terrible acts of violence, and they're also trying to play upon the old sectarian divisions

you have nouri al-maliki's forces fighting at one pint, some years ago. this is something that needs to be inspected, but will be minimised because the greater threat is the break-up of iraq, and the forest of militant sunnis, the i.s.i.s. or the islamic state of iraq and levant. that's the biggest challenge. >> i want to go back to nouri al-maliki for a moment. many are blaming him for the violence in iraq, and for the division. even if he were to step aside, would that solve the underlying subdivisions across iraq? >> absolutely not. there'll always be divisions, but the point of ploouristic constitutional processes is to resolve the differences peace reply, constitutionally and democratically. you'll have ideological differences, differences among different parts of the country. self interests were locally driven, but you will have a minimum of agreement op who to name as the prime minister, and to prevent the break-up of iraq into sunni shiite and kurdish reasons that might become independent, as in the case of the northern kurdish region. they'll hav

maliki. we have the report. >> reporter: he says he's a target because he is a sunni, and those from anbar feel particularly betrayed by the government of prime minister nouril maliki. this former officer once served in saddam hussein army. they won't end until the rights are restored. >> translator: we will continue the war. we are ready to deal with modern shia leaders, but iranian influence has to end. maliki has to leave power. >> reporter: for many months of people of anbar protested in the the streets. the government viewed the demonstrations that spread to other sunni areas as a threat. the government responded with force and said it was fighting militant groups. the province is a battleground since the start of this year. armed groups pushed the iraqi army out of the sunni heartland in early june, but opponents of the government say the rel bellion started months earlier in anbar. some 300,000 people were displaced by the conflict there. around 30,000 of them live in the kurdish region in northern iraq. many of them stay in motels. it has been six months now. families have spent most of the savings and have no choice but to return to anbar. they lef

. >> reporter: the legislators in the region here reject the claims made by nouri maliki. in terms of the sectarian conflict and the militants that are across the city. that the region for the situation is the failure of prime minister nouri al-maliki. as one kurdish politician said it was the authoritarian approach that maliki has taken over the past eight years as far as he was concerned that has led to this problem. in the meantime there was a message made. it was made towards his own people. he said it was never his intention to move unilaterally towards independence, and the decision taken to prepare for some sort of proposed referendum was done because he was forced to do so. he said they had seen increase in violence and it was clear that they needed to stop preparing for their own state and not wait for this consensus that was agreed upon many years ago by all sides to happen. >> new revelation suggest prominent muslim americans have been spied on by u.s. government agencies in an attempt to catch terrorists. a site that broke the nsa leak said that. >> reporter: th

elsewhere in the shia-dominated south, there's disagreement about the future of president nouri al maliki, a shia. the leadership is not united on the issue. the biggest is the concern of the islamic state fighters in vast areas of northern iraq and syria. it has already taken mosul and is fighting for control of tikrit. saudi arabia said it deployed 30,000 troops to the border of iraq. iraqi troops have left their posts. that's an accusation that iraq denies. we're in irbil where the kurdish president gave his speech to parliament. >> he has two main messages to the parliament here in the semi-autonomous region. the first was disputed areas like kirkuk which find themselves under the control of the kurdish forces after the withdrawal of the iraqi army following their retreat after the advancement of sunni rebels in the north. those areas barzani says will remain kurdish areas, a direct response to statements made by al maliki on wednesday that says because iraq finding itself in a conflict with militants in the north, it is no excuse for the kurdish politicians to take this as an opportu

prime minister nouri al-maliki is said to be hysterical and unfit to govern. are accusations by humala key that the kurdish region is harboring jihadist militants. here is more. >> accused of harboring terrorists, nouri humala key, -- binary al-maliki, -- accused of harboring terrorists by prime they are firing back. >> we cannot endure anymore this kind of behavior. these kinds of statements. >> a move that could prove to be largely symbolic, since the absence of this block in the parliament could be yet another obstacle on the road to forming a unity government. the kurdish president called maliki hysterical and said these remarks were particularly hurtful since they had provided action for the iraqi prime minister in the past. now those civilians escaping violence in the north of the country are turning toward god taunus region seeking refuge. -- turning toward the autonomous region seeking refuge. >> we have helped them in times past and we are helping them again now. we have never harbored any terrorist, now or ever. >> but close to the region's borders, r

>> well, nouri maliki's government is not himself very popular here and a broad.f sunni groups, kurdish and shi groups have thinking what is happening today in the north and west of the country is the result of the sectarian policies of this government. that maliki has to go. the iranian policy on that is basically that they are happy to see him replace by another person who acceptable to shia group as well as other groups if done within frame work of the results of the april elections here. they're not going to go full force backing mr. maliki. they know mr. maliki these days doesn't enjoy enough support to sustain a stable government. >> thanks for joining us with your analysis from baghdad. . want to bring you details of a leaked official document in france about alleged al qaeda plot one year ago to blow up the eiffel tower and other landmarks this. document says a nigerian national was in internet contact with an islamist about bombing several landmarks and nightclubs. the french government started a new anti-terrorism bill. >>> let's bring you up to date on

in a statement, nouri al-maliki promised to continue fighting the islamic group. nouri al-maliki's coalition of parties has been accused of spoking continuations. imran khan joins us from baghdad. i want you to pick up on a line about the loss of an iranian pilot. it shed light on the depth of iranian fighting going on. >> that's right. an iranian pilot was killed, and has thrown into focus the role of iran within iraq. iranians officially don't have a role. hassan rouhani said the iraqis need to ask for help. but we do know that the head of one of the forces and a germ has been in and out of -- general has been in and out of iraq, and has been advising the prime minister's office and the iraqi milt on tactics -- military on tactics op how to fight the islamic state. the alcutes force is here, at least one contingent, helping to advise the iraqi troops, making them advisors alongside the u.s., also with those advicing iraqi troops. there's a big role. it's kept quite. the iranians don't want to the escalate what they are doing, but they are keeping a close eye on t

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today the prime minister nouri al-maliki lashed out critics. he insists that the battle led by the islamic state takes priority over forming an unity government that is acceptable to iraqs, sunnies and kurds. the islamic state found calipha. they have defined large swaths of territory and effectively erased the border between those two countries. in the meantime president obama is rushing out 300 more military advisers to shore up the iraqi army. that will bring the total u.s. advisers to 600. the united states has spent $25 billion to train and equip the iraqi military since it's invasion in 2003. iraq is not the only place in the middle east that is suffe suffering from ethnic blood letting, much of the region is torn by division, violence and meddling from outside powers going back decades. today's middle east have their routes in the states and borders following world war i which broke out is hundred years ago this month. >> the genesis of today's middle east map dates back to world would be one. as ally and access battles each other they a

they have been a long contention between the government of baghdad and the government of nouri malikirnment in iraq and autonomous government of the kurds. this looks like if it's true what the ministry is saying the escalating frictions and feuding going on between the two in the light of the insurgency by the islamic state centered around this particular area. we've had complaints from maliki saying parts of kurdistan is used as a haven. the kurdish minister saying they're going to boycott the cabinet in baghdad. this is the key to how things unfold in iraq. this isn't looking good in terms of the relationship with baghdad and the north. >> this looks like another step towards separation. we had leaders talking about the prospect of separation. with these oil fields, it makes the kurdish state more vital. >> it makes it in grasp with those wanting this. at the same time, the kurds are seen as key to how this unfolds in iraq. they are one of the dominant players along with the sunni and shia populations in iraq. the hope is they'll be part of a process of increasing unity in baghdad.

. >> rejected claims made by nouri maliki, as maliki put it, extremism. the problem that iraq finds itself in now in terms of a divided society, in terms of the sectarian conflict, in terms of the militants which seem to be running riot across many cities such as mosul, kirkuk, many maliki has taken over the past eight years as far as he is concerned has led to this problem. in the meantime, there was a message directed towards his own people, towards the kurds of iraq, saying it was never his intention to move unilaterally towards independence, that preparing for some sort of referendum was done because he was forced to do so, because he had said he saw an iraq that was splitting up, increased violence and animosity between different sections of society, they needed to start preparing for their own state and not wait for this consensus that was agreed upon many years ago between all sides to happen. >> in beijing, secretary of state john kerry has promised china's communist party better cooperation. kerry said america does not want to control beijing's g