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If this was a retaliatory attack by anti-muslim extremist, then we really need to be on guard and disturbed not just how horrific of how the attack itself was. how it this play into the hands, the stated plans of isis. for example, im holding in my hands right now a 1-page article written by isis in one of their magazines where they said they had something called the extension of the gray zone plan. what that means is that they view the majority of muslims are living in the west. especially euro...

Protect them all. the equivalent of being attacked during ramadan is like south korea ame church. the second issue is to be able to stop the cyclical nature of these. if isis comes out and says this is the problem with diversity, what you dont want is a copycat on the isis side to say thats exactly right, lets do the next attack and then youll have attack after attack. its a challenge in a diverse city with multiple soft targets. youre not going to be able to fortify them all. and this use of fo...

Now a partner of isis and other terror organizations. cnns muhammad lila is live in istanbul. >> reporter: good morning, responding in a predictable way calling this part of americas misguided theory. puts them on the isis side, reaction in the region saudi arabia calling this courageous, we can talk about the strategy all we want. what really matters often times is the reality on the ground and how people are react to go this and whether more people are being put dangers way. this was an activi...

Weapon is on the syrian side than the isis side. >> because of what existed prior in syria. in terms of frances response, weve been talking a lot today about the death of abaaoud and what that says about french intelligence, the counterterrorism effort in your country. >> well, it seems that those people from isis, we know very well we have lot of, lets say, faye ur in our approach. the european legal, because as you know, you can come from any country with the agreement -- >> all agreed to have...

Strategy. >> to discuss, i want to bring in chris dickey, world news editor for "the daily beast." thanks for coming on, chris. so these rebels that russia appears to be targeting are backed by the u.s. when and how does the u.s. intervene? >> i dont think the u.s. is going to intervene. its already pretty clear theres not much the united states can or will do to protect those rebels on the ground. not all the rebels that the russians are attacking are backed by the united states. some of them a...

Groups who are muddying the waters in terms of how we imagineç going to war. so the iraqi army, yes, has totally collapsed against an army, a militia that is not even a state. >> and we keep hearing politicians in washington talk about we have to train the iraqi army. you know, why dont you just pick a kindergarten out somewhere in the tri-state area and give, you know -- train them to do something. these people have been colossal failures type ss time and time again. >> the irony is some of th...

But in the intense and prolonged battle that ensued when the nighttime raid took place, he was killed which leaves his wife who was captured as a possible source of information instead. special forces taking her with them alive back to iraq when they left syria after that raid. defense department officials say the troops were able to get communications equipment. and the real surprise is maybe this. for all of the chaos for all of the deaths on the isis side not a single u.s. troop was killed or...

Of civil war against president assad. in syria, more than 76,000 people were killed during 2014 the highest toll since the war began four years ago. in iraq government officials put the death toll at more than 15,000. thats double what it was last year. just shy of where it was at the height of the sectarian war in 2007. steve clemons is an msnbc contributor and washington editor at large for the atlanta. thank you for being with us. as we look at the new data weve got, is there anything to say ...

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Forces to confront isil more effectively and in a way that affects iraqs sovereignty, while also respecting americas and the regions vital interests. >> reporter: that is pretty crucial, miguel, if they take the necessary steps. its by no means guaranteed now. difficult to get the sunni tribes to move over with the isis extremists, to move to the governments side without serious commitments from the ruling from prime minister nuri al maliki, that they will be inclusive. the policies being extrao...