Iraqi Push News Today

>> the battle in iraq is very important to iran. the iranians believe that the americans if serious could do a lot more to put pressure on their allies and serious about air strikes they would be carrying out a lot more than what they are currently doing. >> the u.s., of course, sees things differently though iran and america have a common enemy in isis the lack of trust at least so far means no common strategy. >> and fred pleitgen joining us live from tehran. so what i hear you saying their mi...

Itself which, the fact of the matter is its been part of the political scenery here in baghdad increasingly since the u.s. overthrew saddam hussein in 2003. >> colonel reese, is that your sense right now, hearing a lot more farsi, the language of iran in baghdad, elsewhere in iraq? that their influence has dramatically grown over the past few years? >> no wolf i wouldnt say it was dramatically. even yesterday when we were out just outside of tikrit we saw the kudz special forces they were there ...