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The white house says there could butiscussions with iran ruled out military coordination. John simpson is in baghdad with report. Says the isiste forever, say the prisoners desperate to please him. Show thetures seem to last moments of five iraqi army humiliateds theyre and taunted by isis captors. After this, the pictures are too for us to show. Finally, you see some of the men dead. Still, isis isnt having it all its own way. The Iraqi Air Force has been in action against isis targets today. Was close to the northern town of tal afar which isis has just captured. You can see soldiers running away. We saw pictures like these from Coalition Forces in the two gulf wars. Now its the iraqis doing the attacking. And now, shia volunteers are starting to reinforce the iraqi army. Theyre nothing like as well trained as the regular troops but they are highly enthusiastic, especially on camera. Were leaving sadr shia the vast, sprawling area on the edge baghdad, regularly attacked by sunni extremists. Visited sadr city to test the mood. People here would have the most isis and other extreme sunni movements were to take over. Shias as heretics. Its tricky for westerners to be here, not so much for the old reason, which is danger of kidnapping, as the danger of bombs. They happen almost every day here. There was one last night. Theyre presumably set by extremist sunnis who are of isis and the aim is to kill as many shia as possible. Have the protection here of top leaderse of the meckety army in sadr city, the main volunteer group andraq, large, tough effective. Inevitablek its that iraq will break up into its three main parts. I think iraq will fit into three parts. What will make that happen . Of iraq isi part being excluded. Think itf that, i would be the right decision to separate, stop all this destruction. Hes a shrewd observer and big advantages to the shia population if iraq were to break up. Might give run, it shia people a lot more security but its hard to think that in it could possibly happen peacefully. Tonight, president obama is his national by Security Team on all the options iraq. Ble for action in for more on what can be done and should be done im joined by retired general wesley clark. Hes in little rock, arkansas, tonight. General clark, thanks very much for joining us. Ford you spell out americans viewing this program what the National Security threat is to them of whats in iraq at the moment . What the United States has of itso do is back out military engagement in iraq by setting up a government that it hoped would be inclusive enough to end the fighting. Time, assads government fell apart, extremists came in and took advantage of the sentiment against assad to build their own capacity and now theyve turned on iraq. If they are successful and holding on to what theyve puts a it terroristbased government at the very heart of this region, very sensitive region for the World Economy, and it a launching pad against americans and american interests worldwide. If you were watching this program in little rock, wouldas, for example, you say to viewers there that what theappening at the moment, sweep across northern iraq, has the potential to directly affect them . Thats exactly right, it does. Because what weve tried to do is stabilize the region. Trying to do is destabilize the region. Be first impact is likely to felt is a tremor in the price of oil but thats not the far reaching impact. The far reaching impact is that there will be an opportunity for terrorists to build a real terrorist infrastructure ananced by oil, occupying state and what we said in the United States is well never permit this again. Wont permit Something Like afghanistan that hosted against thelotting United States, we wont permit its emergence against. Well go after them. The u. S. Did effectively watch its hands of whats happening in iraq when it pulled out a couple of years ago. What are the options today for america . The United States actually of it. t wash our hands what we did is, we left behind a anernment, we left behind embassy, we still have some military equipment deliveries we have a lot of military forces in the region that we had that weve left there. We didnt choose to intervene assad directly. Opposedraining of those to assad in syria but we have overvital interests all the area, everything from safety and security of israel and the stability of the region which is so important to the World Economy and therefore important to the United States. Is meetingt obama his National Security team this evening. Options, the shortterm options facing him . I dont think theres any all of reinvading iraq, putting u. S. Troops on the ground. Thats not going to happen and i dont believe it should happen the discussion will be what can be done, what should be done. Is there some way of using power, itsilitary power to strike, in a constructive way to change the politics and diplomacy of the region at the same time blocking the advance of the terrorists. Think there might be but it depends on the specific intelligence and conversations ongoing andbably had been ongoing over the weekend with the iraqi government. Even if you strike now, what in six months or two years down the road . Know, the United States has, in the past, executed havent changed necessarily what happens six months down the road. Proposing that the United States is going to affect the politics of the region by an air strike but i think what we can say is that were baghdad to fall, that signwould be a very bad for u. S. Futures because at that then once this isis regime cementing itsd grip, youll have a series of a mayhem and murders in but then youre faced with an entrenched terrorist organization so thats something america wants to see in the world. We learned before in rwanda that this kind of murder go unchallenged. Clark, thanksley you very much. Just as isis is expanding its grip as we heard in iraq, in syria, fighting continues andeen Government Forces the opposition. Among the most contested cities has been aleppo. Our middle east editor, jeremy first travel lead it, the western journalist to reach the government held part of the city by road. Hasan has responsibilities, 10yearoldd for a with bad war wounds. He was hurt when a mortar from his familysns hit home on the 17th of april this year. Tries to help his sisters. 5yearold sisters leg was smashed, most of her knee cap is gone. Lama, whos 2 1 2, wasnt hurt but the children saw their mother die in the attack. Withre orphans now living their grandmother because a sniper killed their father a year ago. East aleppo is held by rebels. The west side, including the citadel, is in the hands of the regime. Two years after the fighting started, west aleppo has only just become accessible to journalists. Us for agovernor took tour of the citys west side. Been condemned for dropping barrel bombs on east aleppo. He denied they were killing civilians. Syrian arab army is attracting militants like isis extremist groups that came from outside syria. Stopped at a front line area. Ways. Ping goes both bodyguardshots, his said it was time to go. The president s men say the the regimeto realize its the enemy, instead, the islamic extremists. These groups have special social rituals and customs. No human being can put up with that. After the uprising started, assad blamed islamic extremists rather than poverty his regimes corruption and brutality. Fighters dominate the opposition. Theyre accused here of an aleppos water system that means sewage mixes with water. G tothe militants come here sabotage the country and they cut the water. Aleppos Christian Community regime, support the fearing al qaeda and isis on the other side. We visited awhile church. If president assad went, what would be the alternative . Alternative. O either the fundamentalists will come. Al qaeda . Al qaeda, they win. But if they do not, if the army situation, the regime will come back to 10 ago. Parts of west aleppo look normal, though theyre not. Every part ofs life. Reasons why the Syrian Civil War is so deadly and hard to solve are here in aleppo. In this city, its probably sharper than anywhere else in the country because theres a runs rightthat through the center and there are fighting men on both sides who very simple choice annihilation or victory. The regimes only supply route to western aleppo ends in a narrow dirt track. Otherwise, rebels surround it. People live in the ruins of flats near the front line. Many have lost their homes war. Se of the after her husband was killed by a sniper, maria and her nine children, between the ages of 2 15, moved into a halfbuilt house. The older ones work. At school. E just living on the edge of life. Were also nervous. Always afraid. When there are clashes, i hide the children and tell them to down. Our heads im always worried about them getting caught in the fighting. Mortars are fired, i feel them flying over my head so close. Ry marian, isle like there isnt time to debate whether it was the regimes inactionr the wests islamic extremists the power they have. That is the story of this families turn, apart in syria by years of fighting. Families just like those. Other news from around the world, ukraine says russia has supplies to kiev in a major escalation of the dispute between the two countries. Russian gazprom says ukraine must pay for supplies up front after a deadline passed for a 2 downpayment. The European Union said its gas shouldnt suffer. Michael schumacher has come out medically induced coma. He had been in intensive care in since december when he suffered a severe head injury in a skiing accident. A quick update on all of that would you world cup action. Today, germany won a massive portugal with a final score 4nil but portugal ilayed one man down after pep received a red card early into play. Youre watching bbc world news america. Still to come, an attack near a popular tourist resort in kenya leaves nearly 50 people dead. A court in china has sentenced three to death for their roles octobers attack in beijings tiananmen square. Five others were given jail terms. Two were killed, 40 injured when a car plowed into a crowd at the Northern Edge of the square. Lined up in a chinese court, the eight, now convicted of being part of a violent terror cell. Not open to all media lasted one day. Pictures released by state tv. As three werehed given death sentences. Their names identified them as of Chinas Muslim minority. They organized the crash last october in heart of buying a car and knives, recruited attackers and this. Circles, turns on the payment, knocks down, kills two, swerves through the crowd crashes on tiananmen square. Was key, ae location strike, even if crude, at the Symbolic Center of the chinese state. Since then, there have been more in other parts of china. In march, 29 were killed when a group armed with knives went on a traine outside station. And in may, 39 died when two vehicles plowed into a busy arumchi. Distinct turcic, uptral asian culture, make less than half the population. Many resent the influx of workers and settlers into their lands. In recent years, there have been attacks on police and government of deaths. Ndreds so the death sentences are meant to be a deterrent but they may stem the rising tide of violence. In kenya, at least 48 people been killed in attacks on hotels and a Police Station near resort. R tourist Islamic Militant group, alshabab, from somalia, say they carried out the attack. Thehis is what remained of Police Station. The scene of the attack. Raided, caughtn Police Officers off guard and threeg battle lasted over hours. The attack had been well armed and organized. Ins is the worst attack kenya since the west gate siege last year. Group hasbab militant claimed responsibility. It has declared the whole and warnswar zone foreigners to stay away. While the attack of the police and keepinggoing on officers business, another group town,men was here in bombing everything they could find and shooting at people. Wentderstand the gunmen into peoples homes and would put simple test to the men there could answer simple questions about the koran or speak the somali language, they were spared. Not, they were shot. The attacktnessed and overheard the gunmen confront a guard. Can you say some prayers, you want to die, you can mention some prayers . Said, but let us we do. U how passing and he came closer and he was shot. Some of the victims were watching the world cup. Four years ago, almost to the a crowdshabab attacked in uganda that was also watching International Futbol event. The attackers vanished just before dawn. Arrested. Been alshabab is becoming bolder in it carries out attacks. Kenyans no longer feel safe, villages. Eir four decades ago, not far our studio in washington, was, orlando littier assassinated in broad daylight, ofled by the secret police the chilean dictator. Takeover inlitary chile, he was a critic of the regime. One man who worked closely with him at the time was juan gabriel valdez. Hes returned to the city to become, as fate would have it, ambassador to america. He spoke to us about the memories of those years ago. The left wing salvador elected as president to he appointed littlier. I was an assistant to former littallier. A in 1976, littallier was leader of the opposition against the junta and critic of the secret police. To be an ambassador of chile in washington means to me not representing my country but it brings back to me the memories of somebody else who was ambassador of chile to washington and was killed 100 irds from the house where live now. 1976,september 21, orlando litallier was driving to down massachusetts avenue, embassy road on. Turnedn circle, his car right. Myeach morning when i open windows, i look at the circle place wheree orlandos car exploded. Only one mistake. He was convinced that nothing like this could happen in washington. He was absolutely sure that wouldnt dare to act here. Sheridan here in circle in that car that morning because the night before when me to tell me that he would pick me up at 8 30 had to in the morning, i tell him that i couldnt come because my wife wanted me to stay with our children. She had to go to the supermarket. The first thing i did, after i presented my credentials to president obama, was to come here with the members of my embassy. It was a return to a very in my life butt it was also part of the task of memory and healing that the chilean people has been carrying out since the return of ago. Racy 20 years we lost ouinnocence in terms people who were fighting with a lot of idealism and human rights but it created a situation of we havey with evil that never imagined before. I left washington with a certain feeling of despair for what happened. Do with thehing to spirit with which i have come back, which is of optimism. The city more beautiful than it was at the time and i loved ateople whom i the time with 30 years more but feeling ofme solidarity and affection towards chile. Towards chiles ambassador juan valdez on a dark period in chiles past and return for him to washington, d. C. Much for watching the program. Tune in tomorrow. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation. Newmans own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years kovler foundation. United Health Care Union bank and charles schwab. There is a saying around here you stand behind what you say. Around here, you dont make excuses. You make commitments. And when you cant live up to them, you own up and make it right. Some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it is needed most. But i know you will still find it when you know where to look. 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