and revoked, time running out for the washington redskins. the world cup competition the reigning champs are going home. tonight, the latest battle in iraq is over oil. it s a fight for the country s biggest oil refinery and iraq s future. sunni rebels attacked the complex at bigi north of baghdad. iraq s government says its forces beat the rebels back but witnesses say the rebels control the refinery. a reaction from washington tonight. the pentagon says it s increased surveillance flights over iraq but how should the u.s. respond? randall pinkston is there. saying president obama had given congressional leaders an update on its efforts to help iraq. emphasizing that confronting the are threat from i.s.i.l. will require iraq s political leaders to come together. for more than an hour, president obama held a closed door meeting with congressional leaders. in a statement the whois said the president the white house said the president responded by urging iraqi leaders t
at this hour we are a waiting poured from the white house has to what the president plans to do in iraq, all of this on a day when the cries let that country has only grown worth with both sides fighting for control of a major oil refinery. mike viqueira has been following the story. before i come to you i want to play sound from senator john mccain on the floor of the senate just moments ago. what has the united states of america done? told we see on the front page of washington post. u.s. sees risks in iraqi air strikes. the president of the united states going golfing and is now fiddling while iraq burns. clearly this has turned in to a partisan war of words in wash long before any shots have been fired or for that matter planes launched. reporter: it s been going for for quite a while now. the president gave a comprehensive speech a month ago. just like the one that john mccain offered yet again on the floor of the senate today. republicans are trying to put the onu
united states successor concluded an air strike in kabul, afghanistan, and kill the mirror of al qaeda. the cia kills al, a kind, a leader. i m an l z, our hittie, and a drone strike, and afghanistan s capital couple. ah, until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up, attends political. the confrontation continues in iraq with supporters of iraqi shia cleric, mac tada, l sata, occupying parliament, while their opponents protests near by a cargo ship with ukrainian grain set sail across the black sea. the 1st under a you in broken deals seeking to ease a global food supply crisis. the u. s. remains tight lipped on with the house because nancy pelosi will visit taiwan on her asia to her angry words from china on her against a visit. ah . the leader of al qaeda, i m an l z. our hittie has been killed in a drone strike in afghanistan on sunday in a televised address. you as president joe biden said, us intelligence officials, tract zoer haiti to a home and downto
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developments on the syrian crisis tonight, including new security concerns and protestless at the u.s. embassy in lebanon. staff members are ordered to leave. inside syria rebels get ready to move on assad forces if and when the strike comes. and president obama prepares to speak to the american people next week while he votes waits for the big vote in congress. we begin with the latest security warning, state department has ordered nonsecurity personnel and their families to leave the security bases in beirut. al jazeera rosalyn jordan reports from washington. the travel warnings were made milk in the early hours of friday, when consulates in the middle east are closed. now some americans are packing their bags on their bosses orders. in the embassy in beirut all nonessential snels and they re families have been ordered to leave the country. meantime, all staff at the embassy in baghdad have to clear their movements with diplomat it security. there are no threats to th