najim a bad algebraic slayer of iraq a town of tal afar which is now in isis hands you are now based in america and you are made a scholar it's great to have you on our show today now tal afar has been overtaken by isis you were. the city's mayor i know i know that you keep in touch with your colleagues there so what's going on right now how is the city managing under. for a witness the same thing. as did frankly speaking with the local security forces was pretty low they didn't feel like fighting at all their commanders abandoned the soldiers locals told me. had left his position in the secure historic fortress on top of a high hill and moved to the airport which is a protected area their commanders were involved in corruption and were only interested in raising money they were not ready for a war the army has no national spirit it was built as a religion which is wrong because religion divides. the only thing that mattered to them was being paid. so the army lost its commanders and morale failed in the battle against several hundred. and fighters general before we talk about why th

his whole adult life first in the military under saddam hussein and then as a mayor of the town of tal afar after the u.s. invasion his efforts to combat militant extremism by working around sectarian divides managed to bring peace to the city but now as says that it's controlled far his former mayor follows that spate closely and with concern he's here with us today to explain what exactly is going on in iraq today. as isis makes lighting fast advances in iraq the nation's armies fleeing on us showing the world how feeble the country is three years after u.s. troops left its soil what's the cause of its weakness what will it take to contain the wave of terror and can come out of this as a united nation. najim a bad algebraic slayer over iraq a town of tal afar which is now in isis hands you are now based in america and you are made a scholar it's great to have you on our show today now talent far has been overtaken by isis you were the city's mayor i know and i know that you keep in touch with your colleagues there so what's going on right now how is to sit in managing under . for witness

and they listen to me and never use those kinds of weapons everyone knows what i did for tal afar only the iraqi government unfortunately doesn't want to knowledge it just them. they know very well what i did. even the prime minister said it he commended my work in tal afar but unfortunately there are many inside the government who want to build their revenge state in iraq with a policy of revenge and violence. well one cannot build a nation state with such a policy this explains the failure where women seem today. ok so because there are so. much sectarian divide like you sat do you feel like iraq could be one country ever again or is it going to end up being divided into curt's sunni and shia states. the iraqi people have any separatist sentiments they have been forced on source by the government and politicians because they're losers who can't keep their warm scene without backup from the sectarians so the problem lies with the politicians not with the people if the politicians remain shortsighted and focus only on their vested interests then yes the country will fall apart. some of

najim a bad algebra or e x mayor of iraq a town of tal afar which is now in isis hands you are now based in america and you are made a scholar it's great to have you on our show today now tally. far has been overtaken by isis you were the city's mayor i know i know that you keep in touch with your colleagues there so what's going on right now how is to sit in managing under. for witness the same thing i. did frankly speaking. to local security forces was pretty. feel like fighting it all their commanders abandoned the soldiers locals told me. had left his position in a secure historic fortress on top of a high hill and moved to the airport which is an unprotected area their commanders were involved in corruption and were only interested in raising money they were not ready for a war the army has no national spirit it was built as a religion which is wrong because religion divides.

whole adult life first in the military under saddam hussein and then as the mayor of the town of tal afar after the u.s. invasion his efforts to combat militant extremism by working iraq's sectarian divides managed to bring peace to the city but now as says that it's controlled far his former mayor follows that spate closely with concern he's here with us today to explain what exactly is going on in iraq today. as isis may.

whole adult life first in the military under saddam hussein and then as the mayor of the town of tal afar after the u.s. invasion.