. >> reporter: back in november kurdish peshmerga forces and the u.s.alition took back sinjar. it has been occupied by isil since august 2014. it was seen as a crucial victory against the group but not for everyone. sunni arab villagers found themselves trapped. kurdish peshmerga forces became suspicious of them, believing they were isil sympathizers. the u.n. says nearly 560 sunni arabs are facing a desperate situation. >> around mid-november last year, about 1,900 individuals who were arab sunnis, had fled from their village and got trapped between the front lines of the peshmerga and isil located about a kilometer or two kilometers away from them. >> but that's an accusation that the kurdish regional government denies. >> what we reject is the generalization of the topic of the report. when it says that peshmergas are surrounding the civilians, arab sunni civilians. i have cases of hundred thousand civilians. even today civilians have passed these front lines. >> reporter: despite the denial it is clear there is significant tension. what we have been

unfortunately, the peshmerga still don't have the proper weapons, the proper equipment, most of which is over 30 years old. and they are still running low on ammunition. in fact, the peshmerga are using captured isis tanks to roll through mine fields while isis is using american they have picked up after overturning mosul. i am proud to be an original co-sponsor of the legislation introduced by the chairman and ranking member of the foreign fairs committee, which would authorize the direct provision of weapons to the peshmerga, a bill which our committee passed unanimously in december. the peshmerga have already proven to be one of the most capable forces on the battlefield, and making sure that they are strong, making sure that they are well equipped is crucial to defeating the isis threat that confronts us all. the peshmerga are continuing to fight despite not being paid for months, with uncertain logistical backup and inadequate weapons and equipment. three strikes against them. the peshmerga need our help and we must get them what they need in order to have them continue to be suc

says that peshmerga are surrounding the arab sunni civilians. i have cases of hundred of thousands of civilians and i have cases on a daily basis, even today, the civilians have passed lines of peshmerga areas. >> it is clear there is significant tension. what we have been told off the record by some sources within the kurdish region is these people aren't being allowed to move because they are seen as having collaborated with i.s.i.l. whatever the truth of the matter is it just goes to show you that all sides here eye each other with suspicion. imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. >>> i.s.i.l. cash storage and distribution sites, air strikes have paid off. about ten storage sites were struck last month in a campaign that's also targeting the group's oil production. a u.s. treasury official has said cash flow issues have forced i.s.i.l. to cut fighters' salaries. satellite imagery appears to show that china has deployed a surface to air missile system on a disputed island in the south china sea. the pentagon responded by saying the militarization of

they had been living under the rule of isil as an occupying force, but peshmerga forces became suspicious, believing they were isil sympathyest. they were reported to have been refused to enter the area. >> we have serious concerns because around mid-november last year 1,800 individuals who are arab sunni who is are from the tribe here had fled from their villages, and they got trapped between the front lines of the peshmerga and isil, which is located about a kilometer or two kilometers away from them. >> with you that's an accusation that the kurdish regional government denies. >> what we reject from this report is the generalization of the report. general indication of the topic of the report. they say they're surrounding the civilians. they have cases of hundreds of thousands of civilians and they have cases where even today the civilians have passed lines. >> despite the denial it is clear that there is significant tension. what we have been told off the record by some sources within the kurdish region is that these people aren't being allowed to move because they're seen as having c

when it vase that peshmerga is surrounding the sunni civilians. there are cases of hundreds of thousands of civilians, even today that the civilians have crossed lines. >> despite the denial it is clear that there is some significant tension. >> we've been told off the record by some sources within the kurdish region that these people are not allowed to move because they're seen as having collaborated with isil. whatever the truth of the matter is, it goes to show you that all sides here are seen with suspicion. >> this island of woody island shows considerable development including a runway. the area has been under chinese control for more than 40 years and is claimed by taiwan and vietnam. beijing lays claim to the spratley islands and says it falls within their territorial areas marked by the red lines. well, more now on this story from harry fawcett. he's in seoul for us. >> woody island has been in beijing's hands since 1974. in 2012 china formerly declared a city on this tiny speck of land home to more than a thousand people. now according t

, kurdish peshmerga went to fight the kobani. a historical moment i was a part of. now that the isil threat has receded a little bit all these divisions have opened a. there's three kurdish parties, divisions between the syrian kurds and the kurds in northern iraq. our message is that this fight is not over. the entire southern border of iraqi kurdistan region is controlled by isil. so long as that is the case, is not going to be a stable situation. our advice is to unite against the threat against isil despite all the differences. meanwhile, we have to help them with the financia financial difs and that's something i look forward to working with this committee to do. >> mr. chairman, i'm glad to hear that. i think that's essential and i think we need to be providing that financial support because i am going to fight. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. poe up texas. judge? >> isis is deliberately targeting religious minorities, specifically christians. christians have been executed by the thousands. clergy has been assass

peshmerga salaries are about $50 million a month. a so we want to focus on this in e wholistic way.lp the working with the imf, i think our budget requests will have some recommendations for how we might help the iraqis here.aqis. but we want to focus on it wholistically. but the kurds have what they need to fightt. isil.be i i will see president bar sany will be inn munich.ister when i was in iraq last week, at senior delegation from the kurd astan regional government was there to meet with prime minister badi. in we want to keep that relationship good. thethe kurds in the north and i they have a lot of political divisions i that encourage them as a close friend of theirs to find a way to resolve. because when the isil wolf was pesthe door, all the kurds were uh- united. especially when the kurdish t peshmerga went through turkey to fight in a historical moment that i was a part of.hat tas littl now that the isil threat has receded a little bit all of ies these divisions have opened up so there's three kurdish parties in the north.e

when it says that peshmergas are surrounding the civilians there are hundreds of thousands and even today the civilians have passed the cross lines. >> despite the denial it is clear there is significant tension. >> what we've been told off the record by some sources in the kurdish region is that these people are not allowed to move because they're seen as having collaborated with isil. now whatever the truth of the matter is, it goes to show you that all the sides here eye each other with suspicion. >> more than 200 people are sleeping outside of the headquarters of zimbabwe state angry about unpaid salaries. they're amongst thousands across the country who are losing their jobs in a stagnant economy. at the same time the country's long-serving president is hosting a laugh relinquish birthday bash. we have this report. >> they used to work for disciple babb bay's gray marketing board. they have been sleeping on the streets of harari for more than a week. it's their way of protesting. they were fired last year because of budget cuts but say the company owes them ten months salary and self

sunni tribes, local notable province, it is the iraqi peshmerga in iraq army. the president of the kurdistan region and prime minister abadi to talk about how we will do the mosul politically. that is something we're focused on and coming along fairly well. i will skip seven because seven is to create. an iconic city is where i saw moved in totally depopulated the city, killed thousands of people and massacres they put on youtube. it was retaken. and then we focus very hard after the military options on what we call stabilization and that means getting people back to their homes, getting the lights back on. extremely, extremely difficult to do, especially when you don't have large numbers of forces on the ground to do this, working through the u.n. with partners. tikrit has been in the success. 90% of the main crux of the people are. one reason is very good cooperation of prime minister abadi. the local sunni leaders in these areas to take charge through the coalition, we have the stabilization fund about $80 million now to find these products. so tikrit is a p

there was praise for the extraordinary resilience of kurdish peshmerga fight necessary iraq. syria, he said, is different. >> what we have seen over the last weeks is very disturbing evidence of coordination between syrian kurdish forces, the syrian regime and the russian air force, which is making us distinctly unhe said about the kurds' role in all this. >> the syrian kurds, the ypg, an affiliate of the pkk which turkey and britain regard as a terrorist group. the u.s. support of the ypg is deeply problematic. but a former kurdish leader said that the syrian kurds' loyalty to the west is consistent. >> man >> onalitys said coordination between assad forces and the ypg course only when both sides are fighting their common enemy, which is isil. the relationship emphasizes the complex proxy war being fought in syria. >> you have multiple actors and multiple external actors trying to coordinate with partners on the ground effective proxy forces. >> the cessation of hostilities expected this week could scarcely be more fragile. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> it's the final day of

there was praise for the resilience of kurdish peshmerga fighters in iraq, but syria, he says, is different what we have seen is disturbing evidence of coordination between syrian kurdish forces, the syrian regime, and the russian air force, which is making us distinctly uneasy about the syrian kurd's role in this. >> reporter: the pkk is regarded by turkey and britain as a terrorist group. the united states military support for the group is problematic. >> they are for years now fighting not just against isis, but also against al-nusra. because they besieged many kurdish places. >> reporter: one analyst says cooperation between assad's forces at the ypg occurs only where both sides happen to be fighting their common enemy, which is isil. but the relationship emphasizes the complex proxy war being fought in syria. >> you have multiple actors, multiple external actors who are trying to coordinate with actors on the ground. and you have very different objectives of what they are trying to achieve in syria. >> reporter: the cessation of hostilities expected this week could scarily be more frag

had fled from their villages and they got trapped near the village between the front lines of the peshmerga and isil, which is located about a kilometer or two kilometers away from them. since that time, a large number had drifted away back to isil controlled areas and isil has actually seen most of them and detained an area you south of talafar. isil has been murdering people trying to leave their area. they are rewarded as being unbelievers and given the count against them that they are devil worshipers and basically that if they don't convert upon capture, they have a right to enslave them. this is the whole perversion of the islamic ideology and unfortunate, the yazidi have borne the brunt of this. members of the sunni arab community as well are equally targeted if suspected of not supporting isil or the extremist ideological in they were rae tases. isil thinks up abhorring ways to murder people who disagree with them. >>> in a moment, more on the 3,700 refugees who have gone missing or drowned trying to reach greece. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cu

in iraq they have a partner on the ground that this know, they've worked with the is peshmerga in the north, u.s. has a long relationship with them. they have no relationship with these troops, fighters in syria. they need to get people on the ground, look people in the eye, try to figure out who is worth supporting, who should we drop ammunition to, who is actually effective on the ground and who might not be changing sides >>> when these critics are out there saying we don't know who we're giving the stuff to, these are what these troops do. you talk about 50. is there a likelihood that more will be sent? >> if they're able to find the troops that the u.s. can support and they are having success and the u.s. give them ammunition and help them along and they can find more, the u.s. could very well send in more special operations forces. in the future they could do in syria what they are doing in iraq, partner with those troops on essential raids. right now the u.s. is not at the level of come tort with them in syria as they are in iraq >>> what about the cost. the pentagon says we ha

god willing, it will liberate them with peshmerga forces. >> reporter: an offensive launched two years ago when many fighters were moved elsewhere. a long running night-time curfew in the city was ended in 2015. the attacks are a response to i.s.i.l.'s recent devote defeat. for the iraqi people, like those inside the city, there's no sign the i.s.i.l. threat is diminishing >>> al-shabab fighters in somalia are claiming responsibility for suicide attacks in two restaurants. at least 30 people were killed. the first bomber rammed his car into one of the restaurants before a second attack at another restaurant nearby. a top adviser to pope francis has admitted the catholic church made enormous mistakes allowing thousands of children to be raped and abused by protests. cardinal george pell has tested to a royal commission inquiry into allegationd sex abuse cases that happened-- alleged sex abuse cases. >> reporter: taking the witness stand on the other side of the world. pelll answered questions to a commission. pell was a senior priest in his native ballarat and later the arch bishop of n

there was praise for the extraordinary resill lens of kurdish peshmerga fighters in iraq.ut syria, he said is different. >> what we have seen is very distumenting evidence of coordination between the syrian forces, the kurdish forces and the russian air force. >> reporter: for syria kurds, read the ypg, the military wing of a syrian affiliate of the pkk, which turkey and britain regard as a terrorist group. the united nations military support for the ypg is deeply problematic, therefore. but a former leader, says the kurdish loyalty to the west is consistent. >> they are for years fighting not just against isis, but also against al-nusra, because they besieged kobani, they besieged [ inaudible ] and many other kurdish places. rrm one analysts says cooperation between assads forces and the ypg occurs only where both sides happen to be fighting their common enemy, which is isil. though the relationship emphasizes the complex proxy war being fought in syria. >> you have multiple external actors trying to coordinate with partners on the ground who can act as effective proxy fo

it's innate drives and iraqi peshmerga and iraqi army. in munich last week the president of the kurdistan region at present of botany -- abbadi set together. it's actually coming along fairly well. the seventh is tikrit. tikrit and iconic city where isil moved in totally to populate the city killed thousands of people and massacres they put on youtube. it was retaken last year and then we focus very hard after the military operations in what we call stabilization. .. to fund these very quick hit rapid project. tikrit is a proof of concept , and now we are looking to do the same thing in the body. security operations finished a few weeks ago. the now we are focused on the stabilization, trying to get people back into homes, trying to get ied's out. i was in baghdad about ten weeks ago. every 2nd or 3rd home is wired with ied's and landmines. they have to get the de- mining teams in. the foreign minister of norway will be here later this week. norway has taken a global leadership role. setting up the conditions has already started. we have

they're now using chemical weapons against the peshmerga in northern iraq. we'll have that story because our guy, chuck holton, was there on the scene. there is no question about it. and who is going to call them into account? >>> well, there was more republican brouhaha last night. donald trump found himself in the cross hairs as marco rubio and ted cruz targeted the front-runner in the last debate before the big super tuesday

they're now using chemical weapons against the peshmerga in northern iraq. we'll have that story because our guy, chuck holton, was there on the scene. there is no question about it. and who is going to call

it will be done by all iraqis from all backgrounds including peshmerga and sunni volunteers. for more on this, we are joined by a researcher from the city of marylands. he joins us from washington d.c. good to have you on al jazeera. what do you make of the latest reports from fallujah, that sunni tribesman are revoting against i.s.i.l. it's hard to get a pact of what is happening in the i.s.i.l.-held city. >> it is. a lot of the reports are coming out. it's hard to trace how they started, how this conflict between the tribes and i.s.i.s. initiated. one claimed it was because a woman was not wearing gloves, and they had grabbed down and called in other tribe members. there are claims that there are disputes going on in the city. >> i think we need to zoom out with this from above. and understand that i.s.i.s. controlled the city since early 2014, and there hasn't been much evidence that there has been, you know, internal difficulties that occurred for i.s.i.l. from tribal groups or different residents within the state. it's too soon to tell whether it's a truly legitimate gam

the ongoing troop of sunni troops and peshmerga, what are they trying to get at here?and, you know, the u.s. has been long pressuring them to get out of bashika and to get out of the iraq fight with less than great success. so could you explain a little bit where they might be coming from? >> i'll try. i don't think anybody, including erdogan, can explain from day-to-day exactly what he's doing. but again -- and i won't do in the forty or fifth time -- fourth or fifth time, i will come back to my initial comments that all of the actors in the region are acting through a different prism than they would have acted six or eight years ago. at that time, believe me, turkey had interests in iraq, and they made it very apparent to us in all kinds of comfortable and uncomfortable ways. but again, that was looking at a specific problem. right now turkey, perhaps more than anybody else in the region except saudi arabia, is a believer in the reality of this russian/iranian/syrian/hezbollah and add on some more potential allies front. and its actions, while informed by some of the

god willing they will liberate mosul with peshmerga forces and allies. more than a million people still live in mosul the largest iraqi city controlled by isis. all of this as iraq is sending large numbers of native iraqi's returning to the country after making long journeys to your covert -- hoping to find a better life there. >> everybody was leaving. when i went there wasn't like that at all. six of these twin bombings marked a deadly event and a wave of attacks targeting commercial areas in and around baghdad. in new york bryan llenas "fox news." kayla: coming up, something all air travelers want. the proposal one lawmakers looking into that would regulate regulate -- on airlines. a girl suffering from brain you will find out how to make a bill: demolition on the rental car building in charlotte airport will kick off tomorrow to. the work is needed to make room for phase one of the airports concourse a expansion be the budget rental car building will be the first one to go to plans are part of $2.5 billion pension that will add 18 new gates. this pro

ththere was praise for the extraordinary resilience of kurdish peshmerga fight necessary iraq, but syria, he said, is different. >> what we have seen over the last week is very disturbing evidence of coordination between syrian kurdish forces, the syrian regime and the russian air force, which are making us distinctly uneasy about the kurds' role in all of this. >> for syrian kurds the ypg. the syrian affiliate of the pkk, which turkey and britain regard as a terrorist group. the united states military support for the ypg is therefore deeply problematic. but a former kurdish leader said that the syrian kurds' loyalty to the west is consistent. >> they're fighting not just against isis, but al nusra because they besieged kobane and many other kurdish places. >> one analyst said cooperation between assad's borders and the y pg occurs own when both sides are fighting their common enemy, which is isil. they emphasize that the complex proxy war being fought in syria. >> we have those creating the effective proxy forces but underlines the fact that you have very different objectives that they'

there was praise for the extraordinary resellence of kurdish peshmerga fighters in iraq, but syria isferent. >> what we have seen is very disturbing evidence of coordination between syrian kurdish forces, the syrian regime, and the russian air force, which are making us distintly uneasy about the kurds role in all of this. >> reporter: for syrian kurds, read the ypg, the military wing of the pkk, which turkey and britain regard as a terrorist group. the united states military support for the ypg is therefore deeply problematic. but a former kurdish leader says the syrian's kurdess loyalty to the west is consistent. >> they are for years fights not just isil but also against al-nusra, because they besieged several kurdish places. >> reporter: one analyst says cooperation between assad's forces and the ypg occurs only where both sides happen to be fighting a common enemy, which is isil. though the relationship emphasizes the complex proxy war being fought in syria. >> you have multiple actors, external actors trying to coordinate with actors on the ground who can act proxy forces, but y

each front has at least 3,000 forces, while the iraqi kurdish peshmerga forces so far don't exceed 5,000orter: they face a number of other challenges. fallujah still remains in isil hands as do a number of small towns on the countryside, and that allows isil to mount attacks. why then does the strategy seem to focus on mosul and not fallujah? >> reporter: the move for mosul seems to be a publicity stunt. without securing anbar first, then you open up the possibility that isil can return to anbar. >> reporter: isil is without a doubt prepared for any assault on their territories. here we see close up what they can do. they use household items to make explosives and hide them in empty buildings. reports suggest that mosul is no different. these tunnels allow them to move freely around the city, and fight iraqi security forces house to house. it's clear that isil is a formidable fighting force. whether it's mosul or fallujah that comes next, there is concern that iraq's fighting forces have been stretched thin. the iraqis say they want more international community assistance. >>> venezuela

isis created in mixed and arab areas that when isis came in, the iraqi army melted away, the krg peshmerga moved in, and these areas are also co-terminus with parts of the province where you have a split among the arab population. the former governor was driven out. he's allied with the kurdistan regional government people and with the turks. so, this is partially -- and we saw that when i was there, although not with tanks -- a very strong turkish effort to play both the kurdish card and the sunni arab card, and i think this is more of the same, but it has more of a strategic focus, and erdogan sees it as more existential, thus the tanks and thus the refusal to fold under our pressure and baghdad's pressure. >> turning to some of the internal political dynamics in iraq. ambassador crocker, general barbero said earlier that there was a strong effort in 2007-'08 to separate the reconcilables from the irreconcilables in the sunni community. do you think that effort has really happened this time around in our effort to defeat the latest, worst reincarnation of al qaeda in iraq? >> i'm glad yo

merga.aqi pressure -- peshmerga. and i saw the president of the kurdistan region to talk about how we'll do mosul, not only militarily but also politically. it's something we've focused on and coming along very well. i'll skip seven because seven is tikrit. tikrit, an iconic city, it's where isil moved in the summer of 2014, killed thousands of eople and put it on youtube. it was taken back last year. the operation is called stabilization and that means returning internally displaced people, getting the lights back on. extremely, extremely difficult to do, especially when we don't have large numbers of forces on the ground to do that. we're working through the u.n. and through our local partners. by crete has been a success. about 9 -- tikrit has been a success. bout 90%, 95% has returned home. and that's because of the prime minister and is delegating the authority to the governor and to local sunni leaders in this area to take charge. through the global coalition, we have a stabilization fund. about $80 million now

syria or a question about the middle east, and it bothers me sometimes that i hear arm the kurds and peshmergaving right along, we don't have a robust debate about national security, and we're certainly not having it in south carolina. kate kate well, i think, you know, the first point is when donald trump and ted cruz are exchanging these insults on whatever issue of the day they want to talk about, for trump yesterday it was iowa, he's still on iowa, they're not talking about very serious issues that are facing the country. they are very sobering, as you just laid out, general, situations that we have to deal with. and i would argue that donald trump, his entire campaign has been based on insults and calling people liars pause he can't talk about these -- because he can't talk about these things. marco rubio can talk about these things in depth, ted cruz can, donald trump has never held a press conference to say met me lay out -- let me lay out my national security plan and talk to you about how we can make the country safer. he can't do that because his entire campaign is based on a superfi

and god willing, it will liberate mosul province with peshmerga force forces and alli. >> reporter: violencedad has decreased since isil launched an offensive two years ago and many of its fighters were moved elsewhere. early in 2015, a long running night-time curfew in the city was ended. prime minister abadi says the attacks are a response to isil's recent defeats. for the iraqi people, like those in saader city, there is no sign the isil threat is did he finishing. rob matheson, al jazeera. >> for more on these attacks in baghdad, we are joined by the director of the indiana university sent center for the constituted i was middle east, joining us live via describe from bloomington, very good to have you with us al jazeera. what does sunday's attack tell us about isil's capabilities? >> i think it tells us that they still have ability to do coordinated attacks that have these sort of spectacular results. but i think we have reached a point over the last year and a half since they took over mosul in 2014, where they are no longer able to sustain an attack and capture territory. so i am afra

military equipment they've seized in iraq, and the obama administration refuses to arm the kurds, the peshmerga, fighting forces who have been longtime we ought to be arming them and letting them fight. if we need to embed special forces to direct our overwhelming air power, if it is required to use ground troops to defeat isis, we should use them, but we ought to start with using our incredible air power advantage. the first persian gulf war, a day. today we're launching between 15 and 30. we're not using the tools we have and it's because the focused on defeating the enemy. ( applause ). >> moderator: all right, mr. trump, on monday, george w. bush will campaign in south carolina for his brother. as you said tonight, and you've often said, the iraq war and your opposition to was a cipe of your good judgment. in 2008 in an interview with wolf blitzer talking about george w.bush's conduct, you said you were surprised nancy pelosi didn't try to impeach him. you said, "which personally i think would have been a wonderful thing." when you were asked what you meant by that you said, "for the war. h

police that have been trained, sunni triebsman, kurdish peshmerga and indeed even some of the shia militia who played in some cases a positive role. >> one is whether the sunnies were prepared to come on board. because in the early times, they felt so mall ianed by the shia-- so ma lined by the shia government in baghdad that they were looked, either supporting or looking the other way at isis, has that changed? >> it hasn't fully changed but it's changing. but this goes to what is the final and most important challenge. even if you get the military piece right, even if you get the stablization and rebuilding piece right, if you don't get the political piece right, it probably won't be sustainable and you will be right back to where you started somewhere down the road. >> rose: what is the political piece. >> there are different ways of looking at thisment one is there has to be a basic accommodation in iraq where the sunnies and the kurds for that matter have real buy-in and feel that their interests can be better protected in iraq than with isil. >> rose: the only people that can do that

peshmerga moved in. these areas show a split among arabs.ly, strong turkish effort play kurdish card and sunni-era card. strategic focus. more existential. refusal to fold under pressure. internal political dynamics in iraq. saidsador crocker, general strong effort in 2007 two separate reconcilable's from a reconcilable's and sunni community. do you think that effort has really happens this time around in our effort to defeat the latest, worst reincarnation of al qaeda in iraq? glad you turned back to isis. fors the opportunity to say record what task force is about. islamic state is symptom. not a cause. we focus on immediate. they are pretty immediate. let's make that the ultimate objective of everything we are trying to do. that way lies madness. get out the fundamental political issues in iraq. failure of governance. we'll look at that. i said and politics, alienating sunni community. islamic state takes advantage. what we were doing was full-court press against what was al qaeda in iraq. 95% of the way there. could never quite get rid o

they're now using chemical weapons against the peshmerga in northee iraq. we'll have that story because our guy, chuck holton, was there on the scene. there is no question about it. and who is going to call them into account? >>> well, there was more republican brouhaha last night. donald trump found himself in the cross hairs as

establish adad joint operationa headquarters and that's where r we'll pool sunni fighters, kurdish peshmerga with our ion commanders and iraqi command towers plan deliberation of mosul. this will be unanimous at thefot grated campaign along multiple lines of effort.use of not a d-day like campaign. not start on a date certain i because it's already starting. we're caught off road access to mosul. we're learning more about what . daesh is doing in mosul.on cam so the mosul liberation campaigl has begun. however, it will be an extremely difficult endeavor and we won'ti put a timeline when mosul will be liberated. moving south i'll go to number t seven which is tikrit. tikrit an iconic sunni city.the it was depopulated by sill. not only that killed thsds of ba people. iraqi force were able to liberate the city and we're not focused on defeating isil but what comes after isil. i give the prime minister great credit into devolving powers, delegating powers to local u. leaders. we have been ablee top return te population to tikrit. u.n. reported that 95% of i citizens of tikrit are now backe we're

obama refuses to help the peshmerga.ed to embed special forces to direct the overwhelming airpower if it is required to use ground troops to defeat isis, we should use them. we ought to start with using our incredible airpower advantage. the first persian gulf war we launched 1100 year attacks a day. today it is 15 and 30. [bell] we are not using our tools because the commander in chief is not focused on defeating the amity -- enemy. dickerson: mr. drum. [applause] monday, george w. bush will campaign for his brother. you have often said the iraq war and your opposition was assigned of your good judgment. you said you were surprised democratic leader nestle -- nancy policy did not try to impeach him. you said it would have been a wonderful thing. when asked what you meant, you said for the war. he lied, got us into a war with lies. do you still believe president bush should be impeached? as a businessman, i get along with everybody. i have business all over the world. i know so many of the people in the audience. i have

and the peshmerga particularly with respect to the north component that northeast component of -- northwestpful and engaged. they were essential to a number of successful military initiatives to push daesh back and, in fact, there are different kurds because some are more prepared and more comfortable working with turkey than others are, and those divisions are very complicated and need to be managed carefully. bottom line to your question is, we are talking with the turks right now about ways to proceed that don't cross important lines for them and that respect the sensitivities of the region and i'm confident we will be able to do that. with respect to peace colombia, we've committed as you know, and it's in the budget, a very important demining initiative which could take place in the aftermath of an agreement. there's still some difficult issues to resolve in the context of the agreement and we're encouraging that process. president obama has appointed bernie aaronson as an envoy to those talks. he has the respect and confidence of president santos and the other participants. i may well

and the peshmerga particularly with respect to the north component that northeast component of -- northwest component of iraq have been particularly helpful and engaged. they were essential to a number of successful military initiatives to push daesh back and, in fact, there are different kurds because some are more prepared and more comfortable working with turkey than others are, and those divisions are very complicated and need to be managed carefully. bottom the line your question is, we are talking with the turk turks in ways that don't cross lines for them and respect the sensitivities of the region and i'm confident we can do that. with respect to peace colombia, we've committed as you know, and it's in the budget, a very important demining initiative which could take place in the aftermath of an agreement. there's still some difficult issues to resolve in the context of the agreement and we're encouraging that process. president obama has appointed bernie aaronson as an envoy to those talks. he has the respect and confidence of the president and other participants. i may be meeting