Outside Kirkuk News Today

This morning president obama has already met with his national security team to discuss the crumbling situation in iraq. a senior administration official tells us a decision on what action, if any, could come as early as this weekend. terrorist fighters continue to parade through the captured towns. itn reporter jonathan rugman was at a checkpoint in keerp cook as fighting broke out and iraqi military abandoned their posts. >> reporter: outside kirkuk, iraqi troops from the 12th division were fi...

Toward baghdad. jonathan rugman was at a checkpoint in kirkuk as fighting broke out and iraqs military abandoned their post. >> reporter: outside kirkuk, iraqi troops from the 12th division were filled trying to hold the islamist advance but it seems they didnt try for long. somebody filmed the iraqi soldiers fleeing. many of them in civilian clothing. and apparently leaving behind this military base as a playground for jihadist from as la the islamic camp. we could count 14 abandoned tanks. so ...

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