So far weve heard nothing more from president obama. In iraq the terror group isis continues butchering the troops we trained. And it emerged at a congressional hearing yesterday that the Obama Administration refused repeated requests by the iraqis that we target this group with drone strikes. Despite the iraqis warnings about isis, the white house later claimed it was caught by surprise when that group took over onethird of iraq. And tonight we have this, what we are told is video of that very terror group, isis, using explosives using it to destroy the tomb of jonah. Part of a campaign of terror against more than a million christians in iraq who have now been told to leave, convert to islam or be killed. So far nothing from president obama on this either. Elsewhere in the middle east new concerns tonight about hamas using civilians as shields in its war with israel. And launching attacks on israel from civilian neighborhoods in gaza. When israel went after what it believed were hamas
September 11th. Well have details on that just ahead. Plus, with this Terror Threat playing out both overseas and at home, why was state Department Spokesperson marie harf today focused on bill oreilly . Suggesting in the middle of her Daily Briefing that he made some sexist remarks about her boss. Well have that story in just a moment. But we begin with some exclusive new details on the american man suspected of leading the disturbingly successful and critical part of the terror campaign, the social media effort, by the worlds most dangerous terror group isis. Trace gallagher live in our west coast news room with more. Trace. Megyn, that suspect is 32yearold ahmed made the deans list at northeastern university. In 2004 federal prosecutors say he and two other men went to the middle east to attend terrorist Training Camps to learn how to kill u. S. Soldiers in iraq. Once they got to iraq the feds say his two coconspirators became the media wing of al qaeda in iraq which later evolved i
Includi including several children when a u. N. School being used for a shelter was struck. Israel has denied shelling the school but that didnt stop the state spokesperson jen psaki from slamming their policies. She called it a disgraceful shelling of a u. N. School and israel must do more to meet its own standarded and avoid civilian casualties. It was taken one step further, telling face the nation, while it supports the allies, we cant sit back and support innocent civilians being killed. You cant condone the killing of all these innocent children. Prime minister netanyahu had harsh words of his own. To the u. S. , dont secondguess me on hamas. The Prime Minister reportedly saying after a ceasefire with hamas fell through in less than a few hours on friday morning. Ed henry is our chief White House Correspondent and hes standing by. Hi, ed. Reporter hi, shannon. Neither side is denying it. Netanyahu responded to reporters by saying that the ap report that started all this did not f
The war on iraq. That one was arguable from the start. But believe in it or not we did it. Though we needed to end it, we needed to end it right. Our generals in the field urged president obama to keep nearly 30,000 troops in iraq to preserve the gains we had made. The president ultimately left not a single soldier there. And the terror group isis grew like a cancer. They have now established the equivalent of their own country. Our defense secretary says they compare to nothing we have ever seen. Weeks ago president obama said he had no strategy for defeating this group until his poll numbers plummeted. And then last night the man who says he was elected to end wars seemed to announce he was starting a new one. As commander in chief, my highest priority is the security of the American People. Our objective is clear. We will degrade and ultimately destroy isil. First, we will conduct a Systematic Campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. Second, we will increase our support to
Includi including several children when a u. N. School being used for a shelter was struck. Israel has denied shelling the school but that didnt stop the state spokesperson jen psaki from slamming their policies. She called it a disgraceful shelling of a u. N. School and israel must do more to meet its own standarded and avoid civilian casualties. It was taken one step further, telling face the nation, while it supports the allies, we cant sit back and support innocent civilians being killed. You cant condone the killing of all these innocent children. Prime minister netanyahu had harsh words of his own. To the u. S. , dont secondguess me on hamas. The Prime Minister reportedly saying after a ceasefire with hamas fell through in less than a few hours on friday morning. Ed henry is our chief White House Correspondent and hes standing by. Hi, ed. Reporter hi, shannon. Neither side is denying it. Netanyahu responded to reporters by saying that the ap report that started all this did not f