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Concerns about the militias when they have been in areas that have been predominantly sunni. it taught us that the rise has brought sectarian riff with them as well. it has been a cause of concern for the united states and the western countries involved in this coalition campaign against isis held areas. are they strengthening iran and it's influence in iraq? in the long term what has emerged without a doubt is iran has become a major player. the question is how does this new iraqi prime minister maintain his close affiliation. >> especially if this one is successful the next bilge ground offe...

Operation. iraq believes in it's operations that it's military is now strong enough to beat isis at least in tikrit. this is a full on battle for tikrit now. if isis ends up winning and beating the iraqi military again, that would be devastating, right? to the perceived legitimacy of the iraqi armed forces. they really have to win now that they're going back in on their own terms. what adds to those stakes for the u.s. and honestly to the political awkwardness around the fight for the u.s. is the force trying to invade tikrit right now, that force is made up of the iraqi military but they're b...

It is a test to see if they can clear it out, put isis fighters out, regain control of the city but it will be a test of the iraqi government's ability to assert sovereignty once they clear the city out. those are two very big questions. you have to remember that in the past several years there has been tremendous marginalization of the sunni community in iraq. that partly led to the rise of isis in that part of the country. if they return they get police and schools back up and running, hospitals, they have to show they winning the hearts and minds of the sunni iraqis. that will be a real tes...

Isis and the fight against them a lot of inexplicable stuff, and stuff we don't know how it will work out. one big question is whether washington being worked into a frenzy about this visit, whether this all encompassing upset in the beltway makes washington more or less able to press american interests in this troubled region and around the world. joining me now is ihman. can we talk about this defensive in tikrit. it appears to be the biggest since last summer? >> yes, this is 20,000 troops backed by sunni tribesman. they sit in the sunni part of the government.

Recover a third of the 15,000 items looted. they have been patiently restoring the items and the museum itself. and after being shut for 12 years, the iraqi national museum in baghdad was due to reopen soon. but then this weekend, after isis posted this video of their junction of mosul. after they posted this on thursday, the government made a very interesting decision. they decided they would move up the reopening of the iraqi national museum in baghdad. it was not due to open but now it is open. if isis was trying to provoke or get a rise out of people they succeeded look at what happened al...