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Forces. they are concerned about a mass casualty situation. worried about damaging infrastructure. at least that is what the iraqis are saying publicly. they are determined to take tikrit. that would be a major victory for them. this would be the largest city the main cities they retake from isis. >> thank you, jomana karadsheh. new evidence that isis is making steps to recruit into afghanistan. look at the video of the recruiting video in afghanistan. it appears to be a small early effort. a ...

He had been there at the time he certainly would have wanted those troops to stay. when he left iraq in 2008, just going into 2009, there was no doubt that the government of iraq and government of the united states in the mind of george bush at the time wanted troops to stay in iraq. and clearly -- why did we want to do that? we wanted to do that because we wanted to leverage the administration that was there the maliki government, to push them in the right direction and also counter balance to ...

Were seeing some initial success on the part of the iraqi force. if you remember, this is about the fifth or sixth time that the iraqis have tried to take tikrit and all the times have failed. this time is different. they have a lot of iranian support, they have the shia militias who are the most effective fighting forces in the iraqi mix. hopefully they will be able to take tikrit. on the downside, theyre doing it without our help and that portends ill with our future relations with iraq. i thi...

There can be no attack on mosul this spring if tikrit is held by isis. before an attack can be carried out the iraqi government. part of the reason this is surprising and controversial is that there is a large number of irani backed fighters taking part in this fight to take tikrit. at the heart of the overall battle in iraq is the divide and tikrit is a sunni town isis has a great deal of support and there is a real concern that if the militia is backed with the iranian support and the iraqi ba...

There can be no attack on mosul this spring if tikrit is held by isis. before an attack can be carried out the iraqi government. part of the reason this is surprising and controversial is that there is a large number of irani backed fighters taking part in this fight to take tikrit. at the heart of the overall battle in iraq is the divide and tikrit is a sunni town isis has a great deal of support and there is a real concern that if the militia is backed with the iranian support and the iraqi ba...

Launched a very, very large iraqi military offensive against the city of tikrit. last summer, youll remember when isis fighters took over swaths of iraq in a rapid advance across big portions of the country, tikrit was one of the cities they grabbed, and one of the most important cities. they have occupied tikrit for eight months now. as we speak, an estimated force of around 20,000 iraqi soldiers supported also by sunni tribes and shiite militias are fighting to take tikrit from isis. this is t...