CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper June 25, 2014 20:04:00
Government formation is so urgent so that the leaders of iraq can begin to make decisions necessary to protect iraq without outside forces moving to fill a vacuum. >> reporter: but syria and its embattled leader bashar al assad along with iran might have other plans. they have competing interests in iraq and the sects vying for power there. >> it's a kind of strange bedfellows that would probably knife each other under the covers. the fact is that iran wants influence in iraq. it wants effectively as much control over the shiite population as possible. >> the assad group has actually been usin...
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