deteriorating it is and unraveling and he has to turn it around. >> this week, senators wrote president obama. urging hill to reengage with iraq. increase u.s. assistance and pressure maliki. >> i think it would be a bad thing for us if he finds his best option for partnership is iran. >> jessica lewis is an iraq expert and form he army intelligence officer. she said maliki needs to stop down on iraqi who's aren't part of his coalition and focus on al qaeda's explosive growth there. >> is this version of al qaeda doing more than just randomly placed car bombs? >> they are naming campaigns, setting campaign objectives, militarily achieving those objectives. they have phased operations. >> reporter: al qaeda in iraq has already exported fighters to