Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140107:18:31:00
Maliki has an enormous problem. it's not clear how he's going to solve this problem. so far he has chosen to escalate, sending tanks and artillery to ramadi, the city remained surrounded. al qaeda militants are in the center of fallujah. but today the iraqi defense ministry said it's not going to enter fallujah or invade the city yet because it's worried about creating civilian casualties. the city is surrounded and being attacked by air strikes and by the occasional artillery bombardment, refugees are leaving but the militants aren't giving up. they are still there. if a al maliki invades, it...