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Archaeological scavagers and thieves isis-issued permits to dig. >> we can see from the satellite photographs, for example, that it is industrial-scale looting. >> reporter: matthew levitt studies isis financing for thener east policy. the fact that stolen antiquities shows success in containing other sources of isis cash, but the terror group, he says, is resilient. >> as oil revenues drop or get hampered, the hunt for antiquities and smuggling and permit issuing increases. >> think of it as sq...

>> reporter: michael dante consults for the state department on what he sees as isiss systemic looting of the middle easts ancient past. >> they actively promote looting among their fighters as a way to generate income for the organization. they dont make this is a secret. its done brazenly, very overtly. >> reporter: if february, isis destroyed statues a at the mow sewell. in october, it was the 1,800-year-old arch blown up. images that caused worldwide condemnation. but theres something isis i...

Terror and national security will be the main topic at tuesday nights republican debate in las vegas and as you can see, it is still a pretty large field of gop candidates right there. joining me right now, larry sabado, director of the university of politics for virginia. so larry, trump leading with voters on the issue of terrorism, according to polling. what did the others on stage, really, what do all of the candidates need to say, how do they need to establish themselves as it pertains to n...

Isis remains the best-funded terrorist group in history with an estimated income of $1 million to $2 million a day. a cnn money investigation finds the bulk of that money comes from stealing, taxing, or forcing bribes from location populations along with oil smuggling. but the terror group is increasingly turning to an age-old source of cash in the middle east. the stealing and smuggling of ancient antiquities. drew griffin has more. >> reporter: the evidence is already popping up, unsolicited, ...

Or libraries or private collections. low items that can fetch thousands to tens of thousands of dollars and flow across old smuggling routes without much trouble. >> you could easily put this inside of a laptop bag. >> this collection could be walking out of syria right now if it hasnt already. >> with antiquities, a single trafficker can walk across the border, slip through a hole in the turkish border fence, empty their pockets, and make $40,000 or $50,000 on the antiquities theyve carried acr...

And shia to talk about a different government, without maliki in charge. >> and iran. i mean, thats a huge part of that puzzle is trying to get, first, iran to pressure maliki and secondly to get iran to have a position that, you know what, maliki has failed in terms of representing shiite interests in iraq. and his failure, therefore, puts in danger their position, vis-a-vis what the sunnis and isis are doing. so youre right, and it really scares me to hear george talk about vietnam. because i ...

Reads like a corporate annual report on all of their military activities in iraq since 2012. the terror group appears to have morphed into a conventional force that can clear, hold and build key elements of u.s. counterinsurgency or coin doctrine. jessica lewis analyzed the report for the institute for the study of war. >> its a planned, coordinated, prepared offensive thats extremely well executed. we need to be thinking more in terms of how to disrupt their strategy as if they were a conventio...

Going to be fighting in iraq again. >> what i have said about boots on the ground or anything like that is i dont believe you go into something like this immediately announcing to the world what you will not do. even if he has concluded as many have that is not the right approach. >> the president making a decision saying hes sending in military advisers, as you heard. what about this, and the status of iraq. lets bring in our panel. george will, ron williams, and charles. george? >> im struck b...

By 2013 ikiss claimed to have 15,000 fighters. the report shows isis is bolstered by the lack of air power over iraq which allows its fighters to march almost at will. its immediate goal was to capture mosul which it did last week. iraq is being inundated with foreign fighters. 15 american alleged jihadists from minnesota are currently under investigation by the fbi for traveling to syria and iraq to fight alongside isis. other foreign jihadists are believed to have been lured into the fight by ...

Isis is trying to do, and how well its doing it. but we begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry. what the president is trying to do and avoid. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. president obama decides to not completely decide. critics on the right, hes taking some military action while reassuring nervous allies on the left that this will not become mission creep. declaring the fate of iraq now hangs in the balance. president obama edged the military back into the persian gulf,...