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prime minister nuri al maliki in a tough spot without a lot of places to turn for help. a lot of people think he's put himself in that spot. the united states has no interest in gulf war number three. american naval resources are moving into the persian gulf in case they are needed. then, of course, there is iran. an iraqi official tells cnn hundreds of iranian troops have deployed to help the fight alongside iraqi forces. a very bizarre development. given the two countries' history, by the way. that's not been confirmed by iranian officials. they were initially denying it. question number three, will president obama distance himself from iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki? two days ago obama sent a rather harsh message, no u.s. military help unless al maliki makes a serious commitment to deal with sectarian issues in his country, issues that many believe he created. just yesterdayal maliki finally
to do when it comes to their political leaders? >> when it comes to political leaders, iraqis, they feel they have been -- especially the sunnis, they think they have been marginalized. they think they have been discriminated. they think they cannot participate. they were deprived in one way or another from participating, from voting in the previous elections. they think that nuri a maliki favors only his sect without giving them a chance to participate and be active part of this government. nuri al maliki, that's what they feel, is taking all the cake for himself and doesn't want to share anything with the rest o the iraqi people. >> he certainly has his record there, thanks so much, zyad mohammed there in irbil in the north of the country. thanks so much. still to come here, did we miss
post-9/11 era is to deny these fanatics any kind of safe haven and they're clearly establishing one in syria and iraq. the second reason is because america is an exceptional nation. as an exceptional nation, it has invested a lot of blood and treasure in trying to find a decent post-saddam outcome. a lot of folks -- as someone who has covered iraq for a long time believe, that was in grasp in 2011 and it has spiraled out of control because of nuri al maliki's increasing decisions and his want to become like saddam. so there's a values reason and a security reason why what matters in iraq matters to the united states and average u.s. citizens. >> perhaps the security aspect is most important. robert, let me ask you this one.
in the country. economy is stagnant. and i think it's time for him to leave. >> now, let's discuss this. executive director of middle east rights watch. joining us by phone. i just got word that nuri al maliki coming out and saying we will not allow anyone to divide the iraqi people saying that mosul didn't fall, the ones who have fallen are the politicians who get against iraq. when it comes to nuri al maliki and how the u.s. has handled him, particularly when troops left, back then he was involved in power sharing, he turned around and did the exact same opposite in 20 hours. why has the u.s. not been able to assert more influence on him. >> i think the u.s. has chosen not to exert influence.
wrong guy? i go back to the 2010 election which nuri al maliki lost to iyad allawi when it comes to seats, then the u.s., ironically with iranian help as well, corralled his coalition into being and he continued ruling. did the u.s. support him for too long? >> i think rather than being an exercise in supporting one personality or one horse over the other, the more important thing is what the elected politician or selected politician actually does. here is where the u.s. has failed by continuing to allow maliki and supporting maliki while he carried out the formula for exclusion and the formula that's led to the crisis today. over the past two years iraqis have tried peaceful protests, peaceful demonstrations. how did maliki respond? he responded by shooting unarmed protesters, killing over 50 last year. the conclusion for many iraqis
energy and that brine discharge can negatively impact marine life. >> we're creating more marine wetlands in the san diego bay to create new habitat so fish can reproduce there. with respect to the brine discharge, we dilute it before it leaves the site. >> reporter: the plant is expected to be completed in 2016. >> everybody is extremely excited to see this project coming online and providing us with a new water supply. >> iraq's prime minister spoke on television today as a brutal militant group runs roughshod over his country almost to baghdad. nuri al maliki lashing out at iraqi politicians that he called conspirators. he also called out countries who are helping the violent group called isis and credit sized the iraqi soldiers who laid down their weapons and fled. al maliki said in part, quote, we'll not allow anyone to divide the iraqi people. and then bizarrely said mosul
had to evacuate the embassy. >> so we're seeing all of these moves by the u.s. to get in positions to be prepared should there be a necessity to take further action. we know the uss george h.w. bush aircraft carrier is moving into the region. what have you learned over your years of reporting about the military capabilities in that region? >> well, there are a number of air bases in and around iraq at this point that are capable of flying not only the intelligence surveillance reconnaissance missions but also air strikes that have been requested by prime minister maliki, but i would say that there's another problem here at this point which is that there is so little that is known about the leadership and organization of isis at this point by the u.s. intelligence community that, while the capability is there to shoot, you know, very precise armaments into positions in iraq, the target list or who you're aiming
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believe in government and reject isis. today millions of sunni iraqis do not have faith in this government because it has done nothing other than abandon them for the past several years. >> so they've allowed isis to come through their towns the and in some cases support what they're doing. sarah, a question, of course, a lot of people say did we miss the signals? i want to play a clip from reporter fred pleitgen back in 2012. have a listen. >> human rights watch saying they discovered several secret detention facilities that were run by security forces controlled by iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki. listen in to what the local head of human rights watch here in iraq had to say about this. >> security forces that engage in abuses need to be held to account. they need to be tried, investigated, prosecuted. there needs to be a message from the top that these abuses will no longer be tolerated. >> i guess the question is, sarah, did the u.s. back the