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Minneapolis or new york. and to my mind thats part of what the 300 americans are going to be doing there. trying to figure out if there is a foreign fighter faction we have to go after. >> anderson. >> go ahead. >> if i can pile on to what phil said. what phil is describing the much broader picture we need to be mindful of. what happens in the case phil described. it gets accelerated to the left quickly if we cannot -- help maliki solve this immediate problem that he is faced with. >> general mo...

Want is militias. we want everyone fighting in the army. the army failed to fight in a cohesive way. how are they going to draft militias in a cohesive way. the real issue is that we could be unleashed if sectarian violence kicks off. that is a danger and concern in the city getting increasingly worried. isis made advances in anbar, at the doors of the city if you will. western side of baghdad, we heard reports of government offices, in close, and documents, there is over this weekend, a, a bigg...

Filled with bodies. all accused of being members of the iraqi security forces. often we dont know who the victims are, but in this case we managed to identify the man who could not speak. his name is jafan, 36 years old. a father of two boys and a girl who adored his children and took the job as a border guard to build them a home. arwa damon, cnn, irbil, iraq. >> the look of fear in so many of these peoples eyes is just horrific to see. joining me now live is former cia and fbi senior official ...

Welcome back. were live in baghdad. the campaign thats being carried out by militants here in iraq is being advertised online by this group isis on jihadi internet forums, on facebook, on twitter. the images that are emerging are frankly horrifying, some purporting to show the, cushions of iraqi security forces and others, mass executions. in a moment ill speak with peter bergen and former see and fbi official phillip mudd on what isis is trying to accomplish but we want to warn you that the ima...

Weve seen that in other jihadi situations in places like somalia, for example. but i think you put your finger on the critical problem not fund the united states. this is not in some sense a fight against extremists. a fight against isis. this is shia against sunni. saddam was a sunni who oppress it had shia. the shia are 60% of the population, this is them saying we own the turf now and well crush the sunnis. if we choose to intervene, if t united states, it wont be perceived as intervention ag...

And some of that -- doesnt that need to be at least intelligence on the ground? >> sure. i dont think we have very good options here. and its because were looking at this the wrong way. look, with drones, theyre going against a point target. a car, a person, a house, you need a good intelligence picture to do that. and i cant believe we would have one at this point. if youre going to use aircraft, youre going to kill civilians. the reason were looking at this the wrong way is because were lookin...

Know, changing his tune, reaching out to other groups? we had 100,000 troops in iraq and maliki wouldnt do then. to phil. phil, can you hear me? i think we lost phil. all right. well end it there. general marks, appreciate it. phillip mudd, appreciate it. isolating terror with shocking propaganda videos showcasing their brutality. and donald sterlings bold move here in the united states, how far hes willing to go to uncover dirt on other nba owners. we are a collection of smalls. a home save...

Military or criminal court here and they would have been sooner or later, with the war winding down let go anyway? >> thats exactly right. . it was probably sometime relatively soon after our combat role in afghanistan ends at the end of this year, we would have had to have released them. we couldnt prosecute them in our courts. they were party only to the conflict in afghanistan. they were taliban, not al qaeda. and our war in afghanistan was ending. we were going to have to let them go. this w...

Joined others in the senate also urging that the defense department do everything it possibly could to get sergeant bergdahl out. >> mitch mcconnell said this? >> mitch mcconnell said this. and now that hes out, now that it appears to be associated with president obama, its the worst thing that has ever been done and could possibly lead to impeachment. i find the politics around this so distasteful. and i really find it unpleasant that we have to sit here and argue and defend the principle that ...

>> hes an american soldier. he still is. you cant leave anybody behind, but to label him as a hero when all he did was leaf his guard post and get real heroes killed, those are people who did something influential, not just, you know, leaving their guard post. >> now, their anger is understandable, phillip. but, you know, does it change the basic point that this countrys committed to rescuing its captured troops. .even if its to face military justice back here on american soil. >> i can understa...