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Expecting something. it doesn't know what. there's increased security. faces are changing at checkpoints, the different types of security forces, if you will, better security forces being put on at checkpoints. but that line in the sand there that nuri al maliki, the prime minister was talking about, has already been blown past just as those recruits were on the streets, we've been learning that in the town of baquabah south of is amara, 45 minutes' drive from the capital the iraqi army were told to evacuate the base, take their weapons. within an hour the isis fighters moved in, getting close...

rhetoric certainly is getting sharper. and there are seven major candidates now but after seven more days, will some of those candidates start falling by the wayside on the campaign trail? that's coming up in our strategy session this hour. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're here in dubuque. a bit chilly but no snow. it's getting ready, a week from today, the iowa caucuses. you're looking at live pictures from dubuque. this will be the first state to have an impact on the 2012 presidential campaign, and it's all happening here in iowa. the republican caucuses c...