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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 ...

We were supposed to be 1,000 troops shorter than we are right now and theres an uptick in taliban violence in afghanistan, and after the next few years those numbers are supposed to be half that of what they are now, and many anticipate there will be a new spring offensive by the taliban, and i think the president is hopeful. this is a fragile time, and we will see if all the training and money will yield the results that they can take care of most of their security. >> how can it be afghanistan...

Nonislamist islamic state. and theyre going to delay any outcome. what these troops and their families want, if theyre going to be deployed into the new year is decisiveness, is leadership against a vicious enemy. hopefully well untie their hands in a spring offensive and allow them to go after this islamic state. >> clear direction is what they deserve. ill put up a poll about how the military is feeling about the situation, their confidence in the president. these are active duty service membe...

Iraqi and peshmerga forces. a commander in chief who is really a community organizer who doesnt believe in american power. youve got american combat troops that are going to be -- should be -- these are 82 and airborne paratroopers who will do a noncombat mission to a war he never wanted to finish, always wanted to end, against an enemy an islamic state who he declares is not islamic. theyre told to defeat this nonislamist islamic state. and theyre going to delay any outcome. what these troops a...

Siege. inside are the vietcong terror squads that charged in during the night. >> the tet offensive was an enormous game changer. they were shooting up the american embassy. they had hit dozens of cities all over vietnam. it was a tremendous shock. >> we have known for several months now that the communist planned a massive, winter-spring offensive. we do not think that our military operations are going to be at all materially affected. >> he was unable to be honest with the american people, bec...

>> now, i guess ive graduated up to senior right now, or moved up and progressed. there are new guys coming in from the spring offensive that happens overseas every year and, you know, they have come back in the fight during the spring and summertime months. now, ive been there a year which a lot of guys are there for a year, a little bit, two years. i just, i keep progressing. i go help all them out. new guys look up to me like i looked up to the guys that were there when i was a new guy. the m...

For five high-level detainees at guantanamo bay. those are their demands. the one thing they havent done is renounce violence. within hours of launching their office in qatar where peace talks a meant to happen, a rocket was fired into bang ram air base killing four u.s. servicemen. thats the latest in a string of attacks. were well into the talibans spring offensive. there are attacks every couple days killing international troops, killing afghan soldiers and killing afghan civilians them sells...

You feel the smoke but its not as oppressive as it was yesterday afternoon, randi. >> stephanie elam, thank you very much. stay safe. new this morning, five u.s. soldiers have been killed by a bomb in southern afghanistan. theres no word on precisely where they were stationed. the taliban launched its annual spring offensive with attacks aimed at foreign military bases and diplomatic areas. earlier this week a roadside bomb killed three british troops. also new this morning, israel now confirm...

This woman. slashed his throat. she stabbed him in the heart and then she shot him in the face and all of that, thinking about it in advance. thank you. >> reporter: ted roland, cnn, phoenix, arizona. >> and new this morning, five u.s. soldiers have been killed by a bomb in southern afghanistan. no word yet on precisely where they were stationed. the taliban launched its annual spring offensive this week with attacks aimed at foreign military bases and diplomat areas. earlier this week, a roadsi...

They play along and pray and everything else, later in other places, they drink. they are joining the jihadists, they are the only ones with weapons and money. we need to kind of help this other side there, more moderate. >> i want to pin it to another major international story today, a part of the world you are quite familiar with afghanistan, five u.s. service members killed today in southern afghanistan, a roadside bomb there separate attack two other nato troops killed in western afghanistan...