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2006, fighting between sunnis and shiites led some to flee their homes and the shelter in united nations refugee camps. some of them have never left. >> hussein was forced to move into this refugee camp eight years ago. at the time, extremists were carrying out attacks every day. a group came to his house and ordered him to leave. today, workers from a german relief agency are rebuilding his roof. >> i hope that it will not be like back in 2006. i hope shiites and sunnis can learn to live together in peace again. >> he works for german relief agency rebuild iraq. he is there to help people like hussein, and he is in demand. the need here is great. many people were forced to leave their homes in 2006. now they are afraid of another sectarian war. >> people are afraid of al qaeda, shiite militias, and isis extremists, so they are looking for a place where they can feel safe. >> the work is funded by the united nations. he also works with people in the mainly sunni region of anbar and to the north of that data where isis extremists have been writing the iraqi army. he says it is important to get on with
2006, fighting between sunnis and shiites led some to flee their homes and the shelter in united nations refugee camps. some of them have never left. >> hussein was forced to move into this refugee camp eight years ago. at the time, extremists were carrying out attacks every day. a group came to his house and ordered him to leave. today, workers from a german relief agency are rebuilding his roof. >> i hope that it will not be like back in 2006. i hope shiites and sunnis can learn...
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residents took bags and boxes of belongings with them, the displaced families arrived at a united nations refugee camp. it has all the makings of a burgeoning humanitarian crisis. the advances mean the insurgents now control large swaths of northern iraq, and threaten the capitol. it has been answered by jihaddist far and wide, they already have a foothold in syria, effectively wiping out the border with iraq. now, two crisis poor tracted civil war, and iraq slipping into chaos, have merged. >> i don't know what the president is being told. but what i heard today scared the hell out of me. >> the options that we have become fewer and fewer as this success the isis continues. >> this is not the time for a blame game. this is a time for both sides to come together. >> i think the american people do not have an appetite for sacrificing our troops, our precious treasure first and foremost, and to be engaged in a conflict there. >> we are 100-miles from baghdad. what's the president doing. taking a nap. >> in the short term, we have to deal with what clearly is an emergency situation in iraq. >> the presid
residents took bags and boxes of belongings with them, the displaced families arrived at a united nations refugee camp. it has all the makings of a burgeoning humanitarian crisis. the advances mean the insurgents now control large swaths of northern iraq, and threaten the capitol. it has been answered by jihaddist far and wide, they already have a foothold in syria, effectively wiping out the border with iraq. now, two crisis poor tracted civil war, and iraq slipping into chaos, have merged....
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they flee into the country where they end up in refugee camps run by the united nations. let's double the support that we provide. let's go beyond it. let us welcome at least a number of them to america where they will have safety and freedom. if we're serious about caring about the well being about the people, that's one practical way to respond. >> so you don't believe there's something practical we can do to separate the forces or help the government forces in iraq prevent this violence. is the only option murderous genocide and optimum paralysis? >> we have been engaged in the islamic world at least since 1980 in a military project based on the assumption that the use of american hard power can somehow pacify or fix this part of the world. we can now examine more than three decades of this effort. let's look at what u.s. military intervention in iraq has achieved in afghanistan and somalia has achieved. in libya has achieved. the region is becoming more stable? is it becoming more democratic? are we alleviating reducing the prevalence of antiamericanism. if the answer
they flee into the country where they end up in refugee camps run by the united nations. let's double the support that we provide. let's go beyond it. let us welcome at least a number of them to america where they will have safety and freedom. if we're serious about caring about the well being about the people, that's one practical way to respond. >> so you don't believe there's something practical we can do to separate the forces or help the government forces in iraq prevent this...
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refugee camps. these are pictures of one such camp in the eastern country. whole families are using tents set up by the united nations refugee agency. and sunni insurgents continue to advance in the past two days, they've captured three strategic towns and province west of baghdad. they take control of a border crossing with syria and in baghdad yesterday, 20,000 shiite men went south. iraq is inching close tore an all-out war between sunni and shiites. >>> the united states soccer team plays portugal in the world cup. they can assure itself a spot in the win. americans come off a 2-1 victory over ghana last monday. in that game, u.s. was dominated in virtually every offensive category except the one that matters most, goals scored. >>> cracking the mostly male code of male code of computer science is the aim of a new program on google, forking $$50 million to finance girls who code. it's a course to teach young women how to code. it's to steer women into the technology industry that's increasingly dominated by male workers. >> and christian fernandez is here with us this morning. trains females to do this work, for
refugee camps. these are pictures of one such camp in the eastern country. whole families are using tents set up by the united nations refugee agency. and sunni insurgents continue to advance in the past two days, they've captured three strategic towns and province west of baghdad. they take control of a border crossing with syria and in baghdad yesterday, 20,000 shiite men went south. iraq is inching close tore an all-out war between sunni and shiites. >>> the united states soccer...
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refugee camps are overflowing. the united nations say the situation is grim. >> a threat to the integrity of this country. >> the white house is on high alert. pentagon officials say they are drawing up contingency plans to protect 5,000 american contractors working in iraq. president obama has ruled out ground forces, but other options are on the table, including air strikes and drone attacks. americans are watching after a decade of war in iraq is in a memory. the call to arms across iraq is echoed by iran, which can potentially put the u.s. and iran in the same boat, trying to help the crumbling eye rookie government. abc news, new york. >> the university of california system is urging students and staff who might be in iraq to evacuate. administrators at u.c. berkeley is trying to find out if anyone connected to the campus is in iraq. even though they don't after any programs in iraq, but some students travel abroad independently for research during the summer. >> in his first interview since his stunning primary loss, eric canto
refugee camps are overflowing. the united nations say the situation is grim. >> a threat to the integrity of this country. >> the white house is on high alert. pentagon officials say they are drawing up contingency plans to protect 5,000 american contractors working in iraq. president obama has ruled out ground forces, but other options are on the table, including air strikes and drone attacks. americans are watching after a decade of war in iraq is in a memory. the call to arms...
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refugees from the point of africa and yemen and they're treated better than us. they have their own camps with food, schools and medical centers in. >> the united nations recognition of refugees has knocked them but that does not make much different for impoverished yemen. the government does not recognize these refugees. they have no shelter no, food. they can't seek medical treatment. they're basically left on their own to face an uncertain future. >> this couple has eight children. the youngest was born in yemen. >> this is humiliating. we're suffering, and so our children. no one has respect. >> a 20-year-old woman has been gang raped and hanged from a tree in rural pakistan. the killing is similar to the double murder that caused ou outrage in india last month. she was attacked in a deprived area in punjab province. >> the girl was raped and later strangled to death. we're carrying on the investigation of the case the first report of this heinous crime has been registered. >> in india many are demonstrates against rail fares. narendra modi had warned that rail price raise would be needed for the country. >>> members of scry language can's government has met w
refugees from the point of africa and yemen and they're treated better than us. they have their own camps with food, schools and medical centers in. >> the united nations recognition of refugees has knocked them but that does not make much different for impoverished yemen. the government does not recognize these refugees. they have no shelter no, food. they can't seek medical treatment. they're basically left on their own to face an uncertain future. >> this couple has eight...
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refugee camp. we will come back to you as the situation develops. >> now, a few minutes ago, we were talking about the united nations conference in doha. del gants there also voted to add new sites to the world heritage list. three agent cities located in the national park are under consideration. flourens luie has more from the ancient sites. >> it's a world away from where the decision makers are. but that doesn't stop the people here from asking for divine intervention. they are from a town near one of the three ancient cities in central myanmar and regard a listing as an honor. >> there are many cultural realics and relickous buildings in this old city. the three ancient cities are part of the pu kingdom that existed about a thousand years starting from around the first sentence tree. it's people started trading with india around the 5th century which thread to the spread of buddhism around southeast asia not much is known about them. we know they lived in big cities enclosed by high walls. they built a sophisticated system of irrigation and they po spoke a language that's ex tinge but closely related to the mya
refugee camp. we will come back to you as the situation develops. >> now, a few minutes ago, we were talking about the united nations conference in doha. del gants there also voted to add new sites to the world heritage list. three agent cities located in the national park are under consideration. flourens luie has more from the ancient sites. >> it's a world away from where the decision makers are. but that doesn't stop the people here from asking for divine intervention. they are...
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it's obviously much easier when they move to a camp situation which is managed by the united nations refugee can set up a system for meeting food and nutritional needs. when you've got a mobile population or indeed population that is settled amongst the host community. we should remember it's not always camps where refugees live. if you take lebanon at the moment, about a quarter of lebanese population is syrian refugees. most are living within the community. reaching them but also meeting the needs of the local communities who are often quite in poverty themselves is a huge challenge. >> the requirement or aim is not to set up fixed camps for a long period of time for refugees because you are trying to encourage them to revert to a life of normality as quick as possible. >> if a political solution could be found in any places people would move back at their own accord. there's a misunderstanding that refugees want to stay in camps. if you talk to any refugee as i have done in camps, the thing they want most is they want to get home. they want to get back to villages and back to work. you do
it's obviously much easier when they move to a camp situation which is managed by the united nations refugee can set up a system for meeting food and nutritional needs. when you've got a mobile population or indeed population that is settled amongst the host community. we should remember it's not always camps where refugees live. if you take lebanon at the moment, about a quarter of lebanese population is syrian refugees. most are living within the community. reaching them but also meeting the...
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unites nations refugee agency today. reportersed on the ground say some families are staying in overcrowded hotels and many others are setting up campshelter from the hot iraqi summer in baghdad, hundreds waited in long security lines for one of the very few flights out of the capitol city. our correspondent has spent sex decade covering wars including six months on the front lines in afghanistan. sam, nice to talk to you. >> hi. good evening, shepard. >> give us an assessment of what it's like there now. >> well, the thing about baghdad is that it's holding its breath. the reality is that a lot of people are concerned strangely enough that nothing is happening. the reason for that is that this is a mixed city, city of shia majority but a sir significant number of sunni, and everybody is aware that isis and the baathists, the former members of saddam hussein's regular anytime who were fighting alongside isis is not just in the movement. it's moving moving into somethig bigger than that. they have -- there are eight cells here that could strike at any time and it that reason that it is creating the tension. they have not struck beyond
unites nations refugee agency today. reportersed on the ground say some families are staying in overcrowded hotels and many others are setting up campshelter from the hot iraqi summer in baghdad, hundreds waited in long security lines for one of the very few flights out of the capitol city. our correspondent has spent sex decade covering wars including six months on the front lines in afghanistan. sam, nice to talk to you. >> hi. good evening, shepard. >> give us an assessment of...
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camps with food, schools and medical centers. >> the united nations recognition o does not help in yemen. the government does not recognize that these people are refugees they have no shelter. no food. they can't seek medical treatment. they're left on their own to face an uncertain future. this man and his wife have eight children. >> this is humiliating. we're suffering and so are our children. we feel no one has respect. >> they search for safety. >> troops rounded up another 37 palestinians in connection with the disappearance of three israeli teenagers. on thursday the israeli army shot dead a 15-year-old palestinian boy in a raid during the search. he is the second palestinian to be killed i in a week. palestinian president mahmood abbas has accused israel of using the teenagers' disappearance as a pretext. >> just head, more on the world cup. america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> it's a musical heritage forgotten for generations. people reviving ethnic music from around the world. we have more from malaysia. >> against the backdrop of the mountains, indigenous musicians from around the world g
camps with food, schools and medical centers. >> the united nations recognition o does not help in yemen. the government does not recognize that these people are refugees they have no shelter. no food. they can't seek medical treatment. they're left on their own to face an uncertain future. this man and his wife have eight children. >> this is humiliating. we're suffering and so are our children. we feel no one has respect. >> they search for safety. >> troops rounded up...
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the united nations estimates more than 1 million iraqis have fled their homes since the start of this year. half of those got out this month. and many are forced to live in these makeshift refugee camps. doctors, teachers, children, wary from fighting for years and years are now facing this new possible threat of a civil war. michael holmes joins me now. we've been talking all week long. you were in iraq every year of the war. been there 14 times. i so appreciated you e-mailing me after we were on tv one day this week. because you said, brooke, we need to focus -- we talk so much about military and figure heads and leaders. the people of iraq are suffering. >> yeah. it's something i think we need to remind ourselves every now and then. i think you can look at something like iraq and say a bunch of iraqis fighting each other and killing each other. why should we care? and we do. we talk about armies and militants and attacks and things like that. and i'll tell you, in 30 years of going to conflicts from rwanda to libya to afghanistan to the west bank to gaza to iraq, the one thing i always come home most impacted by is the regular people. you know, the vast majority of people in iraq
the united nations estimates more than 1 million iraqis have fled their homes since the start of this year. half of those got out this month. and many are forced to live in these makeshift refugee camps. doctors, teachers, children, wary from fighting for years and years are now facing this new possible threat of a civil war. michael holmes joins me now. we've been talking all week long. you were in iraq every year of the war. been there 14 times. i so appreciated you e-mailing me after we were...