Captioning sponsored by cbs axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. U. S. Secretary of defense chuck hagels that ordered an arcraft carrier and two other warships to the persian gulf as militant in iraq have taken control of large sections of the northwestern part of the country. Hagel says the ships, including the carrier uss george h. W. Bush, will give president obama added flexibility in protecting american interests there. Meanwhile, iraqis iraqs Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki is rallying shiite supporters to fight the sunni insurgents and iraqi troops and Shiite Militia fighters apparently slowed down the militants progress today. We begin our coverage tonight of the crisis in iraq with Clarissa Ward in baghdad. Reporter in baghdads shiite enclave of sadr city, men answered the call to fight jihad. Taking up arms against the sunni enemy isis, who now control two of iraqs main cities. Theyve threatened to take the capital as well, and today Security Forces in baghdad were on high ale
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. This is out western edition of the broadcast. U. S. Secretary of defense chuck hagels that ordered an arcraft carrier and two other warships to the persian gulf as militant in iraq have taken control of large sections of the northwestern part of the country. Hagel says the ships, including the carrier uss george h. W. Bush, will give president obama added flexibility in protecting american interests there. Meanwhile, iraqis iraqs Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki is rallying shiite supporters to fight the sunni insurgents and iraqi troops and Shiite Militia fighters apparently slowed down the militants progress today. We begin our coverage tonight of the crisis in iraq with Clarissa Ward in baghdad. Reporter in baghdads shiite enclave of sadr city, men answered the call to fight jihad. Taking up arms against the sunni enemy isis, who now control two of iraqs main cities. Theyve threatened to tak
Today in History, 16 July: India conducted its first successful nuclear test, codenamed Operation Smiling Buddha. This event marked India s entry into the nuclear club and had significant regional and global security implications.