ideology but they believed iraq was their ally in the fight against the americans in iran and the shia. so this is really the rise of al qaeda and the question becomes we know that al qaeda in iraq was defeated between 2006 and 2008 by sunni iraqi's who turned against zarqawi in iraq because zarqawi's strategy was to plunge iraq into all-out war come as terry and violence between the sunni and the shia. most of the attacks by zarqawi were met against american forces , the coalition's were willing against the shiites so if al qaeda was defeated by the sons of iraq or the weakening between 2006 and 2008 what does it explain? the rise of isis. here too, your important question we have to take other factors into the equation other variables and here comes the deepening sectarianism in iraq of 2010, the president al-maliki as the prime minister the arab spring uprising and the derailment of the uprising the civil war in syria and basically iraq was able to basically blend itself with the religious sunni communities in iraq and in syria to have a security vacuum. you had sunni rebellions aga

now i want to talk about the shia community supporting lebanon. talk about communities supporting lebanon. i talked to many lebanese about that aspect. no doubt that the shia community in lebanon to support the hezbollah which was after 2006 war, if you would have asked people mostly if you're shia of course look at them they enjoy the fight. but something happened with syrian involvement. we're talking about significant losses among the shia community. 1600 casualties, 5,000 injured, and i heard one time only 60% of the losses are actually from south lebanon which south lebanon is one of the most important strongholds of hezbollah. that means that most of the people in south lebanon you know someone who died, who was injured in the war. that creates a lot of agony for the community. suddenly people lose their providers, they lose their father figure, brothers. it creates a lot of pressure inside the community. also some financial constraints. the salary cost and reduction of social services for a lot of shia that is important. and when they see h

because they are shia. a report to congress redeservedly describe daesh's abuses in the starkest terms we could, not a terribly difficult task given the heinous atrocities daesh continues to perpetrate against so many. amongst those we named were unlawful force displacement, forced religious conversions, slavery, kidnapping, trafficking, sexual violence resulting in wide scale fatal y fatalities and injuries, victims including women and children come from across the spectrum of ethnic and religious groups, including yazidis, sunni muslims, shia muslims, christians, turk men, sha back, among others. daesh's used public beheadings. kidnapping, rape, forced marriage and sexual slavery, employed trial soldiers from amongst its own recruits as well as capture children. daesh also continue to attack places of worship, schools and public spaces. this assessment, along with statements by the u.s. house of representatives, european parliament, council of europe parliamentary assembly and others have helped focus glo

sunni, shia. but what you do have is centuries of these different cities most existing as city states, going back to greek and roman times. so libya is this interesting case in it is always a bit fractious, even in gaddafi's time. he would meet people from benghazi. that has all kind of ended. charlie: the notion that the people who fuel, who were there on the land -- i was in that square, the people who were there on the street, who were leading the rebellion were not, for example, tunisian, muslim brotherhood, they grafted onto it. same thing true in other parts. scott: that is right. also replace you look, syria is a good example. the urban elite, the educated urban -- charlie: part of the original rebel core. they took to social media to enhance their ranks and their strength. scott: that is right. you see it replicated throughout the region. ♪ ♪ charlie: this is not necessary in your reporting, and i have not read about it because i did not know about it before this show, but what has been th

shia government with sunni i.s.i.s.gunmen because the corruption and secret dealings money trump -- and you see this in syria, the alliances between alawites, i.s.i.s. and another fundamentalist group, it can take any possible arrangement. >> rose: will iraq end up in some kind of tr tripar tied situation? >> i think so. what the kurds enjoyed since 1992 with the kurdistan regional government in the wake of operation desert storm where saddam hussein could not send troops in so since 1992 the kurds have been part of iraq in names only. the americans won't let them declare independence but in their minds, they're independent. in this stage, that's almost all you can do with iraq, you create the sunnis which are almost a minority, you create a government like the kurds have now and you work out an arrangement sharing oil receipts between the three groups. you can continue to refer to it as a nation in name. but i have a really hard time seeing how the sunnis ever go back into an arrangement with the shia and visa versa. i

and what he was trying to do is create a civil war between sunni and shia. >> zarqawi didn't have the take the united states and the coalition, you know, on directly. he, therefore, needed to create murder, mayhem, chaos, by using the assets that he had. and there was then this tension between sunni and shia, and he could exacerbate those tensions and make it such that it wasn't just him the united states needed to worry about but the chaos and conflict that ensued between multiple parties already on the ground. >> at least 60 people killed. 220 wounded. many taken to hospitals in the center of baghdad. very possibly this was a sectarian attack. >> zarqawi was kind of hitler-like. an individual who was incredibly brutal. a dictator with a plan. and his plan was to kill as many people that did not see life the way he saw it and to try to change the face and the nature of the middle east. and, frankly, the islamic world. >> zarqawi was taking advantage of tensions on the ground between the sunni and shia for hundreds if not thousands of years. essentially taking a candle to that pocket

the shia uprising. the first is obvious in the second is not. the second is more foreign. the first is that yes, this is where they overstepped their rhetorical bounds. but by saying words which inadvertently encouraged people to rise up against saddam hussein. the second reason is more important, and that is that all available evidence from all intelligence agencies throughout the entire world suggested that we are going to ask how long saddam hussein is going to last in the spring of 1991 after his thorough rafting of his -- routing of his forces should not be measured in terms of days but rather ours. the full expectation is that saddam hussein's people within his government are going to take him out, because that is what happens when you're a dictator who loses your army and their sisters of -- and embarrasses yourself. there is a real sense that the bush administration was wrong in overstating rhetorically and notgnizing that they were hippocratic in their words, but they also thought it would not there much at all because was about to be a coup in iraq in the first p

so if you tried a sunni-shia division, what happens to that tribe?w, there are issues with going back a couple thousand years. you know, and, so, when people start looking at like a kind of a quick solution to any of thisi i think it's just in for a really long, very rocky road throughout the region.eg >> and finally, syria you have multiple characters, we just got to a few of them, he's fascinating for a totallyal different reason. >> yeah, ibrahim is a 23-year-old from homs a city in central syria which is probably the most destroyed city in the syrian war, they call it is syrian stalingrad. the whole time, ibrahim, i said what did your father say about the regime? he said we never talked about it. talked politicsic around the dinner table. the security state that existed in syria and still does was something nobody would talk about and goes to the idea if people can't even talk about their political aspirations, when you have a rupture, how caa there be a consensus of what the going to take its place? >> sreenivasan: scott anderson, the entire "ne

the conflict pits yemen's internationally recognized government against shia houthi rebels who seizedhe capital in 2014. but there is also saudi firepower in the battle. the sunni heavyweight intervened on the government side and as been leading a controversy -- controversial bombing campaign. the u.n. blames the saudis and their allies for most of the civilian deaths. the saudis see this as part of a regional power struggle and they claim their great rival, shia iran, is directing the houthi rebels. they remain in control of the capital, sanaa, defiant in the face of the airstrikes. peace talks have come and gone but there is now an international push for fresh negotiations. in the meantime, the attack has added to yemen's growing body count, and more relatives have endured the agony of finding their loved ones among the dead. deepensemen's pass only -- chaos only deepens. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, taking a birds eye view of the battleground states, we visit ohio territory , trump must win if you want to -- he wants to become the next president. the be

which has allowed isis to sort of engage the sunni islamism versus the shia islamism. without a strategy to empower iraqi nationalism and syrian nationalism in that revolution against both assad and isis, this disease, this cancer, will continue to spread and spill over into europe as long as we can even dream of. >> really quickly, i want to point out in fact that there is -- we've been talking over time about the fact that the social media component of all of this and the slick methods that isis has in terms of its production and what it does on the internet to try to recruit individuals, its latest magazine, online magazine, now is focused on getting recruits to target christians, and it is also referencing recent attacks that have happened here in the u.s. so it is reallynd it is really going after an audience that is set to go after western interests in a very big way here. >> if you look at the material they're putting out, it's not simply a cult. it's not simply a wacky, evil movement. this is a movement that is tapping into sort of the islamic theo krat theocra

it is the one that serves the shia. these are all the things that we should remember it is the connections between the individual's before san bernadine no ha was that irrelevant? they a share the same ideology if they share that ideology edgy hide whether the boston barbara bombers that is the best label for it. >> have reflected nine any role? >> it is the antidote if you say that you have not read the history book. the whirling dervish is seen as very intuitive the attractive to some of those most violent in the history of the religion so i've not looking for the one antidote of the revelation and also the most important question what is that definition of the dignity of human value come from? certain aspects could be injected into the mold but you wouldn't put that into that so i understand that attraction but by itself is a game changer. thank you. >> i am with the congressman's office it is it difficult for me to understand boko haram havingun read the history of islam why we see what we see in the islamic world t

and it was a great program inside al qaeda because zarqawi didn't want any fight between the shia and the sunni. just want a fight against the west. so, no, we see that al qaeda and daesh are closed in their respected strategy. both want to create mass movement and they are recruiting, particularly in two special population, refugees in syria, in lebanon, in jordan, and second generation of immigrant in the west. i'm going to speak about both -- both population. i did an investigation in syria, in jordan, turkey, among refugee population and saw clearly that there is a process of radicalization among the syrian refugees in the middle east. for instance, one year ago i was in tripoli in north lebanon and made fighter, rebel, in foreign camps, very, very desperate situation. very desperate situation because in 2014, the syrian rebel was supported by islamic ngo from saudi arabia from qatar. because in tripoli, it was the best to the front, but in 2014, when the army succeed to get back, and to expose the rebel, all the islamic ngo, all came back to saudi. no point to help the syrian reb

they kill christian because they are christian, shia muslims because they are shia. they are responsible for crimes against humidity and ethnic cleansing directed at the saw him groups and some against sunni muslims. kurds and other minorities. they have not only killed, they have sought to erase the memory of those they have killed destroying centuries old religious cultural sites. naming these crimes is important but our goal is to stop them. that's why president obama mobilized a coalition of more than 65 partners from every corner of the world to combat and ultimately defeat dash. together we are cutting off their financing, destroying sanctuaries, stemming the flow of foreign fighters and combat ing social media. allowing citizens to return home and gutting the twisted foundation on which its ambitions rest. we have eliminated tens of thousand of fighters, hundreds of senior leaders and destroyed thousands of pieces of equipment and weapons and deprived them of 20% once controlled in syria and 50% in iraq. as the fight for the liberation of mosul draws near we m

responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control including yazidis, christians and shia muslims. he said that daesh is quote also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, directed at the same groups and in some cases against sunni muslims, kurds, other minorities. he put it plainly when he said, daesh's genocidal by self proclamation, by ideology and by actions in what it says, what he believes, what it does. the fact is that daesh kills christians because they are christians, yazidis because they are yazidis, she of because they are she. in the report to congress we deservedly describe daesh's abuses in the starkest terms we could, not a terribly difficult task given the heinous atrocities daesh continues to perpetrate against so many. amongst those we named were unlawful worst displacement, forced religious conversions, slavery, kidnapping, trafficking, sexual violence resulting in widescale fatalities and injuries, victims including women and children come from across the spectrum of ethnic and religious groups, including yazidis, sunni muslims, s

they supply money and weapons to shia groups in the region that are trying to overthrow groups.emen. and they overthrough the government there. charlie: were tche competing with the saudis? mike: very simple example. ships leave iran filled with weapons and i believe the u.s. navy should board those ships and if there are weapons on them they should turn them around and send them back. that is pushing back. charlie: is that what secretary clinton believes to be more aggressive in terms of iranian behavior, which is not part of the deal? mike: use the nuclear agreement and at the same time push back against their bad behavior. charlie: north korea said it is a real risk. what do you think hillary clinton should do? mike: donald trump said he would talk him and invite him to come to the united states of america. charlie: let me stop there. is it it a mistake to talk to him? mike: yes. charlie: because you give him credibility? mike: what he wants is united states of america to acknowledge he is a nuclear power and will remain a nuclear power and it is the policy and i don't think

last month firebrand shia cleric muqtada al sadr, a long-time enemy of the united states said this aboutn troops, quote, they are a target for us. a decade ago these same iran-backed forces killed hundreds of u.s. soldiers in iraq. >> do you know how many soldiers, marines underneath your command were killed by iranian activities? >> the number has been recently quoted as about 500. we were always able to attribute the casualties that we had to iranian activity, although many times we suspected it was iranian activity. >> armed with a fresh infusion of cash from the nuclear deal, military analysts fear iran's influence in the region is growing. the rise of the militias is a direct result of the united states losing influence inside of iraq. >> the iranian nuclear deal has freed up billions in billions of dollars in cash for iran to support these militias inside of iraq as well as inside syria. >> the u.s. military says if iraqi forces want help from iran, that's up to them. >> if the government of iraq chooses to bring in other advisers, that's an issue for the government of iraq. we are

that's why you're seeing syrian refugees that are shia coming. >> people that come to america, that'samerica's traditional role and christians are being slaughtered by the thousands. they should be here in greater numbers. that's all the time we got. all of you, thank you very much for joining us. >>> now this. the italian navy reportedly rescuing nearly 7,000 migrants and refugees off the libyan coast just since monday. it's being called one of the largest rescue operations ever in the mediterranean. >>> remember the story we brought you yesterday about a south carolina high school banning students from bringing the american flag to football games. the principal claiming students could use the flag to taunt players on the opposing team. since our report the principal of travellers rest high school has reversed his decision and the flag is back in. >>> trump to kaepernick. maybe you should sit down america. >>> then what if i told you one of these storms may hit you no matter where you live. >>> and then larry the cable guy, usually full of laughs but something about this presidential

. >> alongside these militias, the shia militias have said they will go after american troops; is thats. and he bragged that he can wear any uniform in the iraqi military, meaning that right now his men are part of the iraqi security forces that our men and women are training and advising. all he has to do is give the order. we should take him seriously because he's done this in the past. and now he's untouchable, he's more popular than ever. he's in a position to actually do what he says and we should pay attention to this. >> are our u.s. forces being told about this potential threat? >> we briefed several units a year and a half ago and realized that 75% of the americans that are in iraq right now have never been there before. the majority of our forces don't know who this man is. >> goodness. they're not seasoned, they don't have that background. >> right. they should get them up to speed immediately, let them know who khazali is, and his militia group, and get them smart on it and start weeding them out of the iraqi security forces. >> the family members of those young men who wer

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she said, iraqis jewish, or the sunni or shia? [laughter] we talked about university.we have curriculum called national education. one of the people who work in ministry of education who wrote this, he talks, he wrote about university at its wrong information. he considers it one of the religious minorities. i said, this is not true. he said i find this in mr. google. [laughter] so explained that. imagine that. we have people who are working minister of education who didn't know about that. what about this? what about the other generation. new generation, the mentality arise in black and white. they did know anything about the other. so change in curriculum is the second album. i find it very important and we've worked for that for 10 years. we a plan, curriculum, expert. but international community, they didn't care about that. in 2005, we have special issue of magazine about yazidis. because we believe at the time -- discrimination led to genocide and that's what happened in sinjar. so from the beginning an international committee at the time tell us about how can we

they will argue with you that extremism has come out of the sunni branch of islam rather than the shia branch of islam. >> come back to that, okay, it's a really important point. so that kind of iran is unacceptable. and we should all oppose it. rights, because they're trying to change the countries around them. >> rose: by supporting hezbollah, by supporting hamas. >> by supporting the insurgent shia groups, the terrorist groups. >> rose: and in yemen too. >> that sun essential. it should be unacceptable to the united states, right. what the arab states are going to have to accept some day, let's say we can change iranian behavior so that they no longer want to dominate the region, let's say we can get to that point. iran is still going to be a powerful regional player because of its size, because of its economy, because of its western-- the western orientation of many of its people. i mean many, many iranians admire the united states. it is going to be a significant player. those sunni states are going to have to accept that kind of iran. >> rose: do they recognize that? >> i don't k

. >> when we were in iraq, the iranians were giving weapons to the shia lisha who were killing american soldiers. the iranians were making us pay a price. we need to make the iranians pay a price in syria. we need the make the russians pay a price. here's the other thing i want to do. i want to go after those things that assad sees as i want the scare assad. i want him to think about this is not going to end well for me. >> rose: you can see more of that interview with michael morell later tonight on my pbs program. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," a day of fun at a water park turns tragic. and later a wedding guest brings fall in love with a new daily fiber. new mirafiber from the makers of miralax. 's the only fiber that supports regularity with dailycomfort fiber. so unlike others, mirafiber is less likely to cause unwanted gas. love your fiber. new mirafiber. my experience with usaa is awesome. homeowners insurance life insurance they still refer to me as "gunnery sergeant" when i call being a usaa member because of my service in the military to pass that on to my kids some

of the 6877, 6834 happen to be either sunni, shia, or generic muslim, and yet we have genocide against christians in syria and elsewhere. are we then therefore discriminating based on religion? >> yeah, well, in my opinion they are. but we don't care of the christians. we are very -- you know, before the migration, a friend of mine who was very, very well versed on all of this said, you come from syria. if you're muslim, it's one of the easiest places to come into the united states from. if you're christian, it's impossible, virtually impossible to come into the united states. very unfair. and the christians are the ones that really are -- look, everybody is going through hell over there. but the christians are going through more than anybody with the beheadings and everything else. but in all fairness, it's a hell hole. >> all right. we got to -- >> but i would say if you're christian, it was very, very hard to get tiny this country. >> we'll take a break. we'll have more donald trump right after this. >>> plus, tonight, peter sha weitzer has put out a damning new report. it has to do

they say the would-be bomber was 15 years old and intended to target a shia mosque. this video shows the dramatic video of his capture. >>> isis now has released a new video calling for follow errs to conduct jihad against the west. the video showing polling stations in the u.s. suggesting that isis wants to target this november election. from the terrorism alert desk in washington, i'm jonathan elias. >>> florida's investigation into the deadly disney gator attack in june is closer to its end. the florida fish and wildlife commission says little could be done to prevent what happened. the report says the gator acted did nothing to provoke the reptile. the gator grabbed the boy when he bent down and the boy's father did try to pry open the gator's mouth that was clamped on his son but the animal broke away. trappers have killed six gatorss but were unable to make a positive dna match. >> marie: a federal judge blocks bathroom rules in intended to let transgender students to use the restroom of their choice. the judge grant add from the obama administration covering s

yazidi and christians and turkmen and kurdish and yes, sunni and shia, arab organizations are coming to the aid of their own and others in the spirit of selflessness and common cause. calling for end to discrimination, persecution and conflict and calling for political inclusion and a reawakening of iraq in syria's historical diversity. we see the work of father running medical clinics to provide health care, help survivors of gender-based violence and aid in documenting these atrocities. the work in human rights and governance, and we see strong advocacy for democracy and pluralism and syria and advocacy and activism come and we've seen with the krg is nurturing the rebirth of a small jewish community in the face of this catastrophe, you and so many others in this room at around the world, together with committed governments and international community are gathered here this month will make the world listen and attend and respond. somewhat to express my sincere gratitude for your efforts in defending pluralism and iraq and syria, and protecting the religious and ethnic minorities an

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they assemble the coalition to fight shia rebels in support of yemen's internationally recognized governmentailand economy expanded 3.5% from a year earlier. the military-backed government has accelerated spending on road and rail projects to offset weak demand. investor confidence was backed by the completion of a constitutional vote before a series of bombings hit southern provinces last week. italian shareholders are said to have approved a $4.4 billion the to do list -- to delist -- he says he would like to relist wanda in china where he expects a higher valuation. today's vote marks the biggest ever privatization deal for hong kong. engle.ephen this is bloomberg. bahrain is effected to have five banks include j.p. morgan chase to manage its -- tracy, what has been the rush to market? what has been driving it? week in thether gulf and we have another gulf bond sale. we have seen a rush to issue new debt thanks to lower oil prices. a lot of companies have growing deficit, growing budget gaps that they need to fill. indeed, we have seen bahrain tap the euro bond market. twice already. this

then you've got the shia wanted iran. you get many other factors at play here. i don't think it will be a total overlap of interests. see whatly watch and will continue with the other players. >> what happens with relations to the gcc in response? erdogan is looking for a new start. >> that still remains to be seen. we haven't seen him reaching out to the outer world that he has been reaching out to certain segments in the political process. is reaching out to the islamists in that world. that remains to be seen. as things look i don't think you can see a stronger gcc turkish relations right now. >> it is a was having you on the program. still to come, the first half of the middle east bond market what will happen this is bloomberg. the australian benchmark is down by just about two thirds. top stories. oil is extending its losses after crude stocks grew more than expected. keeping at the highest seasonal level in more than three decades. expanded by more than a million barrels last week. weakness mayce persist as seasonal demand drops and refiners have to reduc

not like tell me the year croatia -- basic 101, tell me the difference between a sunni and shia.ompare that? many of herknow staff people that can keep up with secretary clinton on the details of public policy. he has to be able to deliver a message. a couple or three key messages i would try to draw in contrast and make sure whatever the question -- >> a 90 minute debate. >> he does a great job through all of the republican debates, pulling everybody to what he wanted to focus on coming he needs to do that. >> harder one-on-one. >> we may have three people in the race. >> vice president of candidates in good shape as any i have seen. clinton and trump are really happy with their picks. both are out there doing events, not shackled. do you see them as canceling each other out? >> no. they are serving different roles. both of them made good picks. for different reasons. both of them have one eye on potentially the future in the next cycle. the calculation for both of them is different. particular,kaine in his ability to support her and deliver a message that is complementary to he

kuwait to blow up the air force barracks in saudi arabia and also the iranians who train the iraqi shia militia, designed in iad to use against americans in iraq for four years. this is the blood iranians have on their hands, no wonder the supreme court rules in favor of victims to get redress given the horror of what is inflicted on by americans and iranians. trish: general, good to see you. tomorrow in a foxbusiness exclusive i will be talking to patricia smith, one of the four americans killed in the benghazi attack, suing hillary clinton for wrongful death and deformation. donald from critics blasting his daughter ivanka because the company that manufactures her clothing line does not offer paid maternity leave. i these attacks fair. forcing businesses to offer paid leave might backfire and hurt working women instead. we will debate it next. rack up. (man on radio) but if it isn't refreshing... (announcer vo) sorry traffic, we laugh 'til it hurts. siriusxm. road happy. [announcer] is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the summer of audi sales event is here. get up to a $5,000 b

the target was a shia mosque. but nobody was hurt. incredible scene as the apparent bomb removed from the unteen. it's unclear if he said i have a bomb and i don't want to go through with it. they were careful getting the bomb off the kid. six months after a dozen bald eagles found dead on the eastern shore, the investigation. they believe they were poison but say it's unlikely they will find the poison. $30,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest. michelle: now to texas judge. he is blocking president obama's national directive on bathroom right for transgender student in public school. texas and 12 or states want a mandate that public students allow them to use locker room and bathroom based on gender identity. not sex. struck down. this came days after the justice department sued north carolina over a state law requiring people to use public bathrooms corresponding with the gender on their birth certificate. wildfires continue to grow in california. this is the fire northwest of l.a. this the 20% contained and has burn

deal he made for american troops to leave iraq, and that had led to the resurgence because of how the shia government treated sunnis and all of that. al qaeda came back. that is what you thought he meant. dan: i was sincere. i believe the president lost the peace in 2011. the withdrawal of troops. secretary clinton's failure to negotiate an extension of the status of forces agreement. we have troops there today so it never made sense, but we left. into that vacuum came the syrian civil war and troops flying the black flags. i thought he was ready to give us an argument. he said, no. in that same interview, we talked about gilbert, a nigerian lebanese billionaire whose money has a distinct odor and has had to pay $300 million to the nigerian government to avoid criminal charges. there is an e-mail from the foundation, help us out. we need help for him with money. she writes, this is the ambassador. ambassador or former ambassador? hugh: i think it was the current ambassador. the former ambassador now has it, i never got the call. they have done some repair. nonetheless, what donald trump ou

shia and sunni, how do you divide that?re talking about tribes of hundreds of thousands of people, the larger tribes. with sunni and shia imposed on them, how do you divide that? for the sectarian identification or their tribal identification? when you start thinking of how you can divide these places up, these regions up, it starts getting more and more complicated. i understand the temptation to want to do that here it i mention in my article the whole german question. this was the final solution that was done to germany at the end of world war ii, where millions of ethnic germans, in the baltic states, in poland, hungary, romania, were forced at gunpoint and forced to go back to a germany that in some cases they had no identification going back generations. wrenching, very largely unknown history of what happened in 1945, thinking 46, 1947. solve openly did kind of the german issue that had been going on in eastern europe for generations. can there be solutions like that in the middle east? possibly. partition between in

authorities say the intended target was a shia mosque in kirkuk. this is after a 12-year-old killed more than 50 people in a wedding saturday. >>> this billboard in response to the terror group is getting a lot of attention as you can see, it says hey isis, you suck. a group of muslims but the this up on i-10 in phoenix. they say they want people know that the sign is about peace and wants people to start conversations. >> it's good to have it from actual muslims, what isis stands for is not in our religion at all. >> the billboard first pulled up in chicago and the group hopes more cities will use it in the city. >>> firefighters in california are feverishly working to protect the historichurst -- -- in hearst castle. the fire is threatening more than 1,000 structures in san luis obispo county. flames scorched 33,000 acres already. backfires are being set in an effort to get the wildfire under control. at this hour it's only 35% contained. >>> ivan cabrera has florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. california is getting it. >> five years of do it

it has unleashed the sunni/shia war, invited iran to the scene, my question is do you think it is fair to argue that we can really blame the iraq war largely for the arrival of isis? >> absolutely. so long as saddam hussein remained in power kept a lid on the secular state at the time. he needed if you want to say it, his military, to keep the lid on. that is absolutely correct. i have been thinking is there another foreign policy decision that might outrank bush's decision to go to war in iraq and the only one i could come up with was harry truman's decision to drop the atomic weapon on hiroshima and nagasaki. that is the only thing i can think of. >> lbj's decision in vietnam? >> the point you made earlier in vietnam, there is no carryover, no isis, no war of terrorism and so forth came out of the vietnam war is there in here, that is the distinction between the two. >> another question about colin powell. i wanted to ask your thoughts about colin powell, he is like a tragic hero. he might have a lot of remorse but his story -- there is light on his story. >> there is a good biograph