on the outskirts of tikrit the signs of battle are clear.ever, block after block of burned and ransacked shops speak of revenge. only about 1,000 families have returned to tikrit since it was liberated from isis more than two months ago out of an original population of more than 150,000. what they are going to find when they come home is a city severely damaged by the fighting and subsequent looting. after isis was driven out of tikrit, a predominantly sunni city iraqi security officials say some shia-led paramilitary fighters burned and looted civilian property. only now are residents allowed to come back. those who have returned are hesitant to point fingers. >> translator: i would have found everything of value gone and everything left turned upside down. >> reporter: we don't know who did this he tells me. i don't know if this is thieves or someone from outside. isis or not isis, i don't know. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: his home was demolished. she and her family have moved into an abandoned house. she says isis looted it

these people boarded buses for tikrit. the first of what local leaders whom will be a wave of residents. >> my children didn't sleep yesterday out of joy. we don't want anything from the government except stability and peace of mind. >> tikrit was less than 50km from samarra. a journey not made for a year. iraqi forces recaptured the city. there has been so much destruction, some do not have homes to return to. for the rest there's nothing except for the roof over their heads. there's no shops or bakeries. this family is the only one on their block to return. >> we couldn't stay on the move forever. we spent a year not knowing where to go. the people embraced us. >> city workers restored electricity, tikrit needs a lot of expensive reconstruction. no one is offering to pay for it. >> it's not just rebuilding. 3 million have been forced from their homes. most will not return until they are reassured that i.s.i.l. will not come back. >> it's not an easy promise to make. the front line returned. the forces make a point of reh

: we wish we could go back to tikrit but there's nothing there. we're so afraid of the security. there's no local government. it just doesn't exist. who will exist? >> reporter: eight weeks ago shia militias known as popular mobilize services captured the city from i.s.i.l. be since then some members were accused of revenge attacks. the prime minister ordered the militia to return to their barracks. even then, some residents of tikrit are afraid to good home. >> they have to go back to their homes. what happened in the previous period it is just individual acts and that will not happen the and many of us right now watch all the people monopolization forces right now of course we will punish everyone willing to do this kind of works or this act. >> reporter: shia militias have been criticized for revenge attacks. after attacks took place in a variety of locations across iraq. despite prime minister haider al-abadi, this man with is alleged to be an i.s.i.l. fighter and was burnt. the man is said to be a shepherd. we may never know the truth of the

we don't want anything from the government except stability and peace of mind. >> tikrit is less than0 kilometers from samarra. a journey that families have not been able to make for almost a year. iraqi forces and rebel fighters recaptured the city from isil fighters in april through there has been so much destruction that some people don't have homes to return to. for the rest there is not much except for a roof over their heads. there are shops no bakeries. this family is the only family on the block to return so far. they admit if is difficult. >> we could not stay on the move forever. we spent an entire year not knowing with to go. the people of is a march ray need all the people in the neighborhood to return. >> city workers have restored electricity but tikrit needs a lot of expensive reconstruction, and no one is offering to pay for it. it is not just rebuilding that is needed, of course, 3 million iraqis have been forced from their homes over the past year because of fighting. most of them won't return until they're reassured that isil won't come back again. >> it's not an ea

. >>> people in the iraqi city of tikrit have started to move home three months after government forcesecaptured it from i.s.i.l. much of the city has been left in ruins. jane arraf reports. >> for displaced iraqi families there are few occasions to celebrate. this strip home was one of them. 200 families who found refuges in samara, have returned, first of whom officials hope will be a wave of residents. >> we don't want anything from the government except disabilities and peace of mind. >> reporter: tikrit is less than 50 kilometers from samarra but it's a journey that residents haven't been ability to make in over a year. there's been so much destruction that some people don't have homes to return to. for the rest, there's not much, except a roof over their heads. there are no shops. no bakeries. the jassam family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit it's difficult. >> translator: we couldn't stay on the move forever. we spent an entire year not knowing where to go. the people of samarra embraced us but we need all the people in our neighborhood to return. >> c

we don't want anything from the government except statement and peace of mind. >> tikrit is less than 50 kilometers from samarra. but the journey families there have been so much destruction that some people don't have homes to return to. for the rest there is not much except a roof over their heads. there are no shots no bakeries. the family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit that it's difficult. >> we couldn't stay on the move forever. the people of samarra embrace us. >> city works have restored electricity. it's not just rebuilding that is needed. 3million iraqis have been forced from their homes over the past year because of fighting. most of them won't return until they are they are they they are reassure sure isil won't come back again. but it's not a promise that they can make. near samarra these iraqi forces make a point of rehoisting a flag on a ridge captured from isil last week. with so much equipment seized by isil iraqi security force started designing their own armored vehicle. in desperation this unit has rigged up a remote control rival. the u

fighters drove a tank loaded with explosives into tikrit killing 45 people. three suicide bombers drove humvees, killing 42 people. the attacks happened on the eve of a congress in paris where members will review their strategy following a series of setbacks. >> hundreds attended the funeral procession for police and militia men killed in the attack north of fallujah. the interior minister attended the funeral and met relatives of the victims. imran khan is in baghdad and has more on the tanguay tack that took place near tikrit. >> reporter: this is one of the boldest attacks mounted against a facility. the air base is home to a number of shia militia troops and iraqi security forces. what happens is i.s.i.l. is alleged to have driven a tank laden with explosives to the gates of that base where it exploded, hence the amount of casualties we have seen. we are expecting the figure to rise. throughout the last few days we have seen i.s.i.l. forces use humvees to great effect. they are reinforced and there's plenty of them. prime minister haider al-abadi said i.s

forces haveafterprogovernment forces technique it. >> boarded these buses for tikrit this week. the first of what local leaders hope will be a wave returning residents. >> translator: my children didn't sleep yesterday out of joy when they heard we are going back. we don't want anything from the government except stability and peace of mind. >> reporter: tikrit is less than 50 kilometers from samara, iraqi forces and shia fighters recaptured the city from i.s.i.l. fighters in april but there has been so much destruction many don't have homes to return to. for others, there is not much but a roof over their head. no shops no bakeries. the family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit it's difficult. >> translator: we couldn't stay on the move forever. we spent an entire year not knowing where to go. the people of samara embraced united states but weusbut we needed to return. >> reporter: no one is offering to pay for it. it's not just rebuilding that's needed of course. almost 3 million iraqis have been forced from their homes over the past year because of fi

we are going, we don't want anything from the government except stability, and peace of mind. >> tikrits less than 50km but a journey that families have not been able to make for a year. iraqi forces and fighters recapture the city from i.s.i.l. there has been such destruction that some people don't have homes to return to. for the rest there's not much except a roof over their heads. there's no shops, no bakeries. the family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit that it's difficult. >> we couldn't stay on the move forever. we spent a year not knowing where to go. we need all the people in our neighbourhood to return. workers restored electricity, but tikrit needs a lot of expensive reconstruction, and no one is offering to pay for it. it's not just rebuilding. almost 3 million iraqis have been forced from their homes over the past year because of fighting. most of them will not return until they know that i.s.i.l. will not come back. >> it's not an easy promise to make. the front line shifted time after time with i.s.i.l. retreating, then returning. >> these iraqi

families make the journey back to tikrit to start rebuilding their lives. afghanistan king of the north, we meet the man who is leading the fight against the taliban. and in sport, how when he stayed on the track lewis hamilton completed a year of qualifying domination. >> now a website has surfaced featuring a racist manifesto along with photos of the charleston shooting suspect. the pictures show 21-year-old dylann roof posing with a handgun, burning and spitting on u.s. flags and visiting a confederate systemry cemetery. he said he had no choice. roof was charged with the murder of nine black members of a church in south carolina. we'll get the latest from gabriel elizondo who joins us live from charleston. tell us more about this website. >> that's right. this manifesto is what everyone is talking about right now. this manifesto was posted to a website, and there are two important things about it. number one there are photographs of dylann roof on there, pictures of him posing with a gun and a confederate flag a controversial flag associated with racism

the prime minister ordered this militias to return to their barracks even though many people from tikritre still too too afraid to go back. >> they have to go back to their home. for sure what happened in the previous period let's say, it's only -- just individual acts and that will not happen and many of us right now watch all -- all the popular mobilization force right now. of course we will punish everyone willing to do this kind of works or this acts. >> reporter: shia militias are being chris sited for revenge attacks. human rights watch singled them out saying they should be reigned in after attacks took place across iraq. despite the prime minister bringing the ma i will shas under the control of the government videos like this one has appeared on line. local force have told al jazeera that the man is a sheperd. the fact that such imagery has gone viral goes to show how scared the sunnis are. we are now hearing about these alleged attacked and atrocities and you can understand why many sunnis fear a run to the bad days of sectarianism of 2006, 7, and 8. >>> now to bangladesh where

, that after the -- taking over tikrit, the larger scale loot that go we say in tikrit. now they are trying to establish a fund that deals with what john allen called the liberated population. >> right. [speaking at the same time] the. >> the stabilization and recovery he was talking about. >> exactly. in order to give assurances to the people that once daesh or isil is removed from their territories, that it will be efforts on the way to deal and to -- for the stabilization and recovery. he talked a lot about the technical aspects of this campaign of this coalition that they were waging against isil. i am not sure how appealing this is for the people in the region. now, what is missing, to go back to your question, is that a clear understanding or a clear message of underlying -- of addressing the underlying causes of tension in the ream unwhether it's iraq or serious or others, he called it a regional problem not only an iraqi problem. to what extent the us will address what caused the problems in particular, the sectarianism the central government in iraq that wages o

a first family to make the journey back to tikrit to start rebuilding their lives. a city under water after two days of heavy rain. the people of mumbai are up to their knees flood water. in sport, staying ontrack, a year of qualifying domination for mercedes. the un niethsdz is entering we are warning a dangerous new era for refugees. by the end of 2014, almost 60 million people were forced to leave their homes to escape war and persecution. the u.n. says there are now 19 and a half million refugees worldwide. another 38.2 million people are displaced within their own country. 1.8 million are seeking asylum. there has been a defendant huge rise in the number of people forced from their homes. syria's war is the world's single largest driver of displacement with 7.6 million internally displaced people and more than 3.8 million refugees mark goldering, the chief executive officer of oxfam says more kneesneeds to be done to address this escalating crisis. >> when you see the burden that's being faced by those individuals, many of whom i just met within syria and leban

thousands left tikrit when isis militants took over. iraqi forces managed to regain control after weeks of intense fighting and u.s.-led airstrikes. >>> violence e e -- erupt necessityally as police removed the migrants who were camping out. a red cross bus was brought into clear them out from the italian boarder with france. many say they are treated inhumanely. the migrants, mostly from sudan, have been camped out for five days after french border police refused to let them cross. many say they are trying to reconnect with family already in france. >>> now to a potentially explosive situation after a volume caney erupted over the weekend and sent trails of hot cash down the mountain. there are fears that it could blow any time. >>> topper is >>> in tonight's health alert, anybody remember the artificial transfats? the government is trying to ban them in everything from doughnuts to french fries but they are still around. >> and now, the fda is calling them a threat to public health and uncle sam is saying no more. this will mark the e

could go back to tikrit but there's nothing there. we're so afraid of the security. there's no local government. it just doesn't exist at all. who will are protect protect us? >> eight weeks ago shia militia captured, from i.s.i.l, in the aftermath the prime minister ordered the militia to the outskirts. even so, many from tikrit are afraid to go home. >> they are too afraid. what happened in the previous period they say own just individual acts and that will not happen and many of us right now watch all the people monday monopolization forces right now. of course we will punish everyone willing to do this kind of works or this act. >> reporter: shia militias have been criticized for revenge attacks. saying they should be reined in after a variety of places across iraq. despite prime minister haider al-abadi bringing them into control, this man is alleged to be a i.s.i.l. fighter and was burnt. local sources have told al jazeera the man is said to be a shepherd. we may never know the truth about the man in the video but the fact that

the one larger town that has been taken back tikrit, that was taken back about six weeks ago. that population of tikrit managed to get out on the whole before the battle started, but we are seeing that other places like mosul the civilian population cannot be -- islamic state is preventing civilians from leaving. so you know, obviously, we do not know how things will play out on the battlefield, but the civilian population until today has really borne the brunt of the violence by all the actors. >> thanks very much, indeed. the president of egypt has ordered greater security at tourist sites after a suicide bomber blew himself up in luxor. no tourists were hurt. police opened fire and killed two suspected islamists. local officials said it was a failed attempt to get inside the temple. today's attack was the second target of major egyptian tourist attractions this month. the last week -- there was an attack outside the giza pyramid. putin was welcomed in italy today. visiting the prime minister. tonight he holds talks with the pope. early this week, putin was threatened with f

drove a tank full of explosives into a military base south of tikrit. the base was supposed to be a secure position the army could use for the offense it launched in anbar last week. 42 died in a suicide attack north of fallujah and on sunday 3233 iraqi government fighters died in an ambush north of ramadi which i.s.i.l. seized two weeks ago. quick counteroffensive but in just a few days, iraqi security forces appear to be struggling. imran khan reports. >> this is perhaps one of the boldest most brazen attacks this air base is a very secure one, home to shia troops as well as iraqi security forces. i.s.i.l. is alleged to have driven a tank to the gate of that base where it exploded. we have seen throughout the last few days, i.s.i.l. forces using humvees suicide vehicles. there are plenty of them. prime minister haider al-abadi says i.s.i.l. stole around 200 of them after the fall of the area alone. weaponry that they bought from the americans being used against them. once again we have seen a number of these suicide aarticulates using humvees. but the

and very important activity is going on in tikrit today. in the province of salases had addin starting yesterday, families began to return to tikrit after it was liberated. there has been the beginnings of the recovery of the sunni iraqi police of that province, which will be census to securing and holding that population. it's not just beating dash. it's ultimately moving the populations back into their home villages or in this case the city and doing that in a way where we can secure the population through the recovered police and doing it in a way where we can provide stabilization to the population by the movement of funds created as a result of the coalition. that's a pretty important outcome. and that process is under way in a number of places in iraq. >> woodruff: now the president just announced at the end of last week that 450 more u.s. military advisers trainers, will be going to iraq soon to beef up the u.s. presence there now, to work in anbar province. how much difference is that going to make? >> what you saw with the defeat i

in one attack fighters drove a tank laden with explosives south-west into tikrit killing 45 people. funerals have been held for police and shia militia men, killed when three i.s.i.l. suicide bombers drove humvees into a police base. the attacks happened on the eve of a conference in paris, where members of the anti-i.s.i.l. coalition will review strategies following setbacks. >> first imran khan has more than the tanguay tack near -- tank attack near tikrit. >> this is one of the brazen attacks. this is a secure air base home to a number of iraqi and shia militia troops and forces. i.s.i.l. is alleged to have given a tang laden with explosives to the gates where it exploited, helps the amount of casualties we see. we are specting it to rise. we have seen throughout the last few days i.s.i.l. forces using humvees, suicide car bombs to great effect. they are reinforced and there's pleasanty of them. prime minister haider al-abadi said i.s.i.l. sold 2,300 after the fall of mosul. tank we do not see, used in this manner as suicide vehicles. this will be a controversial tactic. american

we have more on a tank near tikrit. >> this was perhaps one of the boldest brazen attacks that isil has mounted against iraqi security forces. the base is home to iraqi shia militia and iraqi forces. isil is alleged to have driven a tank to the gates of that base where it exploded hence the amount of casualtyies that we're seeing. now we've seen throughout the last few days isil forces use humvees, suicide car bombs to great effect. those humvees are reinforced, and there are plenty of them. isil has stolen 2,300 after the fall of mosul alone. now this is a very controversial tactic. they'll have to realize that there is their own weaponry being used against them. indeed american weaponry that they bought from the americans from being used against them. we've seen a number of these suicide attacks using hum advice but it's a first time in a long time that we've seen a tank being used as a delivery vehicle for explosives. >> the loss of humvees strengthened isil forces while breakening iraqi's military capabilities. we'll take a closer look at what equipment the army still has. >> iraqi

. >> reporter: this building in kirkuk is already home for hundreds of people who fled tikrit.hey came here to escape the fighting. life under isil has left a deep psychological scar. >> translator: life was meaningless, senseless, because of them all basic services stopped. we had no water, no electricity. isil oppressed us. wouldn't let us even smile. they even stopped our transportation so we couldn't visit our friends and family. >> reporter: but there's a twist. isil is why they left fear of government-linked security forces that now rule tikrit is why they now won't go back. >> translator: there's nothing there. we're so afraid of the security. there's no local government. who will protect us?. >> reporter: eight weeks ago they captured the predominantly sunni city. in the aftermath the prime minister ordered the militias to return to their barracks. even so many people from tikrit is still too afraid to go back. >> they have to go back to their home. for sure what happened in the previous period let's say, it's only -- just individual acts and that will not happen and ma

they came in to tikrit, flag flying, we're going to fix this. they didn't.urn out the iraqi army had to bail them out with strong support from the u.s. so they're a player, they have to be a player and a solution. >> you were the u.s. to work with iran to defeat notice is. >> no. i think we work -- i think it's one of the reasons why a multicultural, multiethnic iraq is so important. that does provide an element of balance in the region which is so necessary. >> what do you think? >> i don't think you. to work with iran or syria. but i do think you have to use diplomacy in this. and whether you reach them indirectly or not, you've got to somehow make them believe that our objective is their objective to some extent. got to figure out what they're trying to do here. now, we started with this -- what is winning? winning is not just getting rid of isis, winning is stabilizing this. isis is like a cork in the bottle. if you pull isis out immediately, you'll have the iranian threat, the turks will come in. the saudis are in danger. how do you pull this together?

is tikrit a good example of what we're trying to achieve? no, it wasn't. that's the whole point. that was not an ordered operation under the exclusive control of the iraqi government. it did and the kind of aftermath that exactly incentivizes us to be trying to get sunnis into the fund. so if you put she is into this the sunni fight, you know that ends. that is not lasting defeat. that's what we're trying to get the sunnis into the fight. i think you are asking exactly the right question but i think it's more than hope. i think there's some recent prospect that we can do this. we are determined to do it. there are plenty of iraqis say they will support that strategy and that we can make it succeed. >> thank you, mr. secretary. i continue to urge the administration to consider changing its policy. on supporting this government in baghdad image and sectarianism is a problem but i would argue discovered in baghdad is further adding fuel to the fire of sectarianism by allowing shia militia, by allowing secretary and persecution and oppression to continue, which only allows further ox

we were waiting for the operation to retake tikrit to start and sul manny literally walks in front of me. >> gray hair. >> yeah, just eight or nine guys. >> rose: nothing. >> we were a fair distance from the front line but i instinctively hid my face because i knew if he saw a werner he would kick us out straight array-- away. >> he found out we were there and did kick us out. i heard he had found out we were there to cover this operation. and was very angry about it so our-- said leave now. we left and he later said it wouldn't surprise me if he just got his men to stick a bullet in your head as soon as the operation started and tell everybody that they were killed by isis during the fighting. i mean i have no idea if that is true or not. that was our-- so we had to leave and didn't get to cover the tikrit operation. >> rose: and talk about the fighting in iraq with respect to the battle against isis. you have got iraqi militias is he directing those i iraqi millas as you suggested. >> yes. >> rose: iranian directed shi'a mills directed by iran. >> it was create by iran and commanded

. >> proposed locations for the lilly pad base is tikrit and mosul. let's go to ian lee with the latest on that strategy with u.s. boots in the region. >> reporter: christine, that puts them close to the frontline, not on the frontline. what they will do is training the iraqi fighters and the military as well as sunni tribal fighters in communications and shooting and how to move on a battle field. especially in an urban environment. they will be working on command and control and logistics and resupply. these were reasons why ramadi fell in the first place. we need to point out what u.s. troops will not be doing. they will not go to the frontlines. they will not call in air strikes. they will likely not leave the base. >> and the representative is due to meet vice president joe biden today. what is expected to come from that meeting? >> reporter: the speaker of parliament is talking about some things that worry him. he wants to see more training and more weapons for sunni tribal fighters. he is the highest ranking sunni member of government. the cent

we had a win in tikrit and urible. we have to fight against the idea.ng the sunni tribes in and get the iraqi back on the battlefield. i hope we can do it without u.s. ground troops there. >> do you have confidence in the iraqi troops? >> yes. they're two-thirds shia. bagdad has a huge shia population. we're focused on one province. if isis starts to move i can tell you what the shia will start to say, the two-thirds of the country down south. they'll say ain't coming to bagdad. >> is this winnable? >> yes. it must be. >> why? this is not for iraq's sake. this is for our sake. it's in our best interest that this region be more stable and increasingly secure. >> gentlemen -- >> this is not winnable. we focused on this kind of threat that is islamist threat in afghanistan, western pakistan. somalia. northern nigeria. we can contain it but we can't win it. this is a myth. >> these people have to win it. >> this is a -- >> exactly. >> this is a long-term challenge. this is going to go on not a year, not two years, not ten years but 20 years. >> you have to

a suicide tank attack by isil as a military base southwest of tikrit kills 45. >> everything from globalwarm to go period of time sides is up for discussion. as part of our special coverage, nick clark went to cuba to find out how the socialist revolution also led to an organic revolution. >> 56 rainy seasons have come and gone since the revolution and much has changed. when sugar was gold, an example was set for the workers. today in havana harbor, the sugar ships are long gone and with them a chemical laced system of big agriculture. on the outskirts of the capitol an organic farm providing the community. for pesticides, barrier crops like mar golds and corn. it's not that the cuban government was enlightened about agriculture. they were forced to be russ stainable because of the isolation and lack of resources. >> big scale culture had to be replaced by small multi-crop farms. cubes became expert organic growers. >> miguel said it's moving toward methods of sustainable food production. >> it's a myth that organic farming can't feed the world. it's only 70 years ago there were no chemi

. >> the bases would be tikrit and mosul and kirkuk. let's get the latest from ian lee. ian, what exactly does the strategy entail? what is a lily pad base? >> reporter: what these are are areas of operation and security in the conflict zones. what they are going to be doing is training sunni tribal fighters and iraqi security forces on security and shooting and how to move on the battle field, especially urban environments. that is important when they try to retake ramadi and fallujah. other key things they will work on as well is command and control and resupplying and low logistics logistics. these were key in the fall of ramadi. u.s. troops will not go to the frontlines and fighting. they will not call in the air strikes. they hope that these outposts are able to call in air strikes and help the iraqis call in air strikes quicker. >> ian lee covering what is going on. the u.s. plan of putting troops on the ground. >>> here in the u.s. the deal is the trade deal the president wants. president obama making last minute stop last night at the washington nationals ballpar

. >> we saw it in tikrit and when it took tikrit from i.s.i.l. what have they don't?enge killings started. cleansing of sunnis from parts and destroying others and killings started. so these people feel that if the central government comes supported by iran supported shia malitias they are going to be punished if you will for being sunni anti-government and so on and so forth so i think in the end of the day what we are having and happens with all civil wars that reach this stage, the humanzation begins and dehumanization continues and the chism and gap between them grows and leads to utter violence that basically takes its toll on those people and i think unless a third-party comes in and bridges we are going to see more of that kind of thing and more escalation and violence. >> the bad situation is getting worse and thank you for that our senior political analyst there. well the u.n. is appealing for almost half a billion dollars in urgent aid to provide humanitarian assistance for iraqis and three million people in desperate need of help pushed out of homes by i.s.

iraqi forces have managed to retake tikrit and advance on baiji. as troops get diverted to the west of the iraqi capital seize the city of emramadi, by i.s.i.l. imran khan has the story. >> the battle in anbar province for ramadi and fallujah as well is where the battle with i.s.i.l. is really being fought here in iraq. now reasons for that are many fold you have a number of shia militias who are taking towns and villages and roads for this assault on ramadi. also you have i.s.i.l. who control two of the largest border crossings with syria coming into anbar province. strategically, the iraqis don't have control of the supply line, and you need the supply line if you take control of mosul. particular in beiji. they are great for cutting off supply lines and open territory. large amounts of civilians they are not that useful. what iraqis are saying, they would like, something that iraqis are beginning to float not just here but in d.c., is the idea of embedding special forces green berets with the front line troops, they can call air strikes much mor

and the most recent advances, have forced isil to retreat and, the stroo teegic city of tikrit. >>> overr ago, when i was sill attacked the northern part, and when they retreated and why the group is proving so hard to defeat. >>> the speed with which they took huge parts of iraqi territory surprised and shocked many in most sell, the army ran. >>> in less than 24 hours the city was untheir flag flag. >>> it was a huge shock to the iraqi government and its people when i was sill took most sell, it exposed a lack of trust between the people and the government. that hasn't change each with a new government. >>> in the aftermath people began to blame the former prime minister for the policies. policies that the next prime minister has found difficult to remove despite promising to do so. >>> he tried to consolidate power and that ail le ennated many people, including the sunni community, he lacks power because he has been left with many problems, including a massive budget deficit and powerful lobbies and it is going to be tough for him. >>> iraqi army, and the she shia militia having a tou

tikrit was a baathist. they ruled with an iron fist. they're the people living there. isis is just the spearhead of the forces that have now joined them who are baathists as well. but ex-baathists. they have sworn the royalties but they are the 7 million person population that owns the place. amy: patrick cockburn, you are just back from iraq and syria. do you share this assessment of malcolm nance? >> no. i think there's a big is connect between what is happening now and what happened when iraq was ruled by the baath party. they were supremely unsuccessful militarily in 2003, 1991, and before. and while islamic state is very successful, both come out of the sunni community at all, but i don't think the islamic state is the baath party and a new guise. one thing that does strike me as her important at the moment, and i have just been in northern iraq and northern syria, talking to people who have come from islamic state, is that it is recruiting people all the time. it has introduced constriction. it is calling up tens of thousands of young men. it is an expanding orga

. >>> more residents are starting to return to tikrit. it took a combination of u.s. led airstrikes backed by sunni fighters to drive out the militants. however, many residents are coming back and finding their homes ransacked by militants or destroyed by gunfire. >>> topper tracking severe storms barreling through the ♪ every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. >>> it is that time of year once again when washington d.c. surrounded by severe storms pounding our region and people are anxious on the way home tonight. >> as they should be. scott broom is live in the mobile newsroom. where are you and are you anxious? i don't think you are. >> reporter: i'm not anxious, but i haven't moved much. this is 270 in the germantown area headed out towards frederick. the big effect is a huge amount. standing water on t

. >> that's right, but the big difference is that the trouble is cities like mosul or tikrit, [inaudible] l2 isis in august last year british forces are battling them. at the moment, kurdish forces have achieved their goals, but their goals are less ambitious than those of the u.s. army. >> what about the international airstrikes? are they helping? >> without the additional airstrikes, they never would have been able to go out and take back the run territory and to hold the front line. without the airstrikes, we believe isis would have been able to gain ground. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us. libya has internationally recognized parliament has rejected a new united nations peace plan and morocco. parliament says it is very unhappy with the proposal to end the country's civil war. thomas: the aim was to reach an agreement between libya's rival administrations before the holy month of ramadan begins on june 18. the united nations special envoy to libya orchestrated the negotiations between the two sides and morocco. after months of talks, a fourth version was presented on tue

and says a similar lilypad in the corridor running from baghdad to tikrit, to kirkuk and mosul may make sense. the term lilypad refers to a launching or jumping off pad. there's no intention to sends helicopters or troops to the ground or putting u.s. spotters on the ground. a move that air power experts agree would increase the accuracy of air strikes in urban contact. dempsey said they were not there yet. the outgoing chief of staff of the army says putting u.s. troops back in the combat role is not the answer. >> i put 150,000 soldiers on the ground to defeat i.s.i.l., yes. >> if you put 150,000 on it, it would defeat i.s.i.s. >> yes. >> but then what. >> the pentagon says that while teh u.s. can quickly dispatch i.s.i.l., the underlying sectarian divisions remain, and the u.s. faces protagonists down the road. >>> the first american killed fighting i.s.i.l. has been returned to his family. hundreds turned out in a kurdish town in syria to pay respects to keith broomfield. the state department confirmed that keith broomfield was killed fighting along side kurdish forces this month >>

he said that there have been progress in the assaults on tikrit, and on the beiji oil refinery. but again he emphasized that this was a long, tough slog. and the reinforcing of the positions of the statements--tentative statements by american commanders that there is no specific plan in place but what they are looking for is a possible ink blot or lily pad approach having american troops in advisory or training capacity expand their presence little by little, and in that way giving the iraqis more confidence and more guidance in how they're going about their operations against the counter offenses against isil. >>> tom ackerman there. still to come on al jazeera. the former imf chief is cleared of sex crime charges. >>> and why nearly 100 bikers are still in custody nearly a month after a deadly shoot out in the u.s. with xfinity from comcast you can manage your account anytime, anywhere on any device. just sign into my account to pay bills manage service appointments and find answers to your questions. you can even check your connection status on your phone. now it's easier tha

residents of tikrit returning to the homes they fled when i.s.i.l. fighters moved in. the kurdish flag flying over syria, after kurdish forces and syrian opposition wound back the border town from i.s.i.l. u.s. military leaders say the war against the group is over in part because of a lack of iraqi manpower. the defense secretary says it's unlikely the goal of training 24,000 military recruits will be reached by the end of the year. now, u.s. advisors trained 7,000. >> we have had unused capacity in our train and equip sites in parts of iraq because the iraqi government has not furnished us with paid recruits. that is turning around. it has to stay turned around for us to have success. >> carter and the chairman. joint chiefs of staff said the situation is difficult. especially in light of the recent fall of ramadi to end the capital to i.s.i.l. forces. develop si suggested it might be ending sooner rather than later, and the u.s. was talking with allies about how to respond. >> it's generally the consensus that in the near term it's likely that the regime would limit

with iraq where 45 soldiers have been killed in a suits bombing it's a military base southwest of tikrit follows another suicide attack authorities of fallujah that left 42 policemen dead. elsewhere in alan bar province at least 33 iraqi government fighters were killed in an ambush by isil east of ramadi on sunday. 40 others were wounded in that attack. iraq's air force struck back against isil in anbar and other provinces. it comes as iraq's prime minister hyder allah hyderal al abadi said that they ran over mosul this year. now they have asked to supply them with more arms. we go live in baghdad. so as if it wasn't enough, now we've also got things unraveling from the north of baghdad too. >> that's absolutely right. what we've seen here is a brazen and very surprising attack using a suicide tank. now we haven't heard of tanks being used in this kind of way before. now hyder al abadi was talking about humvees that isil had stolen. they also stole things like tanks as well. but we haven't seen those used as suicide bombs. this is the air base near samara. it is crucial because it is hom

safe and filmed on the vessel before i was it was intercepted and they are back on the island to tikrit 20 people were on board the marianne and didn't use force to stop the breach and they released the video calling for international help. >> if you see this video it means that the israelis have broke international law again and means they took us as prisoners acting like pirates. it means again they have prevented us to reach gaza and reach palestine and means that we are now sitting there and waiting for you to act and we are waiting on our government to act, we are waiting the international bodies to act. >>> israel's prime minister praised his navy for detaining activists on the flotilla. >> protest at the state of israel, the only real democratic state in the middle east to fight against terrorist and deliberately fired citizens and deliberately hide behind civilians and this flotilla has democracy. >> began in 2007 after hamas won elections the previous year and means israel controls land sea and air around the tore territory and borders are controlled by israel and egypt and u.n

vessel before it was intercepted and others have turned back and on their way to the greek island of tikrite were on board but it did not use force to stop the breach. activistst released a video calling for international help. >> if you see this video it means that the israelis have broken international law again and means they took us as prisoners acting like pirates. it means that again they have prevented us to reach gaza, to reach pal stints. it means we are sitting there and waiting to act and waiting on the government to act and the international borders to act. >> reporter: and we have the campaign group that organized the flotilla and describes how the people of gaza have suffering. >> we believe there sis unfair blockade on gaza trip. this is again the international law, gaza strip is a small area with a population of around two million. for eight years now there is a siege on gaza with no reason be one of gaza suffering border and a lot of people lost their lives because they cannot go out for medication, a lot of the students there lost their future because they cannot get out o

to retreat from the province including strategic city of tikrit and spor sporadic fighting there continuesomplete strategy to help iraq deal with i.s.i.l. and made the comment on the sidelines of the g 7 summit. >> when a finalized plan is presented to me by the pentagon then i will share it with the american people. we don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of iraqis as well. >> reporter: so no clear u.s. plan. as for iraq it is marred in divisions and dana reports from northern iraq. >> reporter: she grieves for her husband and oldest son, it has been a year since they were killed by the islamic state of iraq and the levante in mosul but time has done little to ease her pain. she is among the millions of iraqis who have been displaced over the years. she says she is tired. she like others here have been displaced from mosul and many feel the government is not serious about recapturing their city from i.s.i.l. >> translator: there is a conspiracy against mosul and a conspiracy against the sunnis, the baghdad government is not helping us get back our