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And with the rise of the sunni terrorists in syria, these two things together created a vacuum in which civil strife returned. the on wonly way to turn it around other than the military steps that may be necessary is to get some of our sunni friends back in the means jordan, saudi arabia. right now, wolf, we have an awkward bedfellow. on the same side as tehran. working with the maliki government, trying to persuade them to take steps to improve their relationship with the sunni community. meanwhile, maliki's government is getting help from tehran, from forces possibly going inside. revolution...

That bodes ill for the future. however this battle takes shape in the next few days. >> people in baghdad have to be very afraid. what are they considering to try to protect themselves, or their families? >> reporter: well, they're looking to these militia. we saw hundreds of people here on the streets today. young men, old men, christian, sunni, shias. majority shias but joining up for these defense forces. so they'll mount defense sources. increased security around the city. people are looking to that to provide safety and security. but there has been over the past few years a massive increa...

Employ the contractors. they're the ones that have chosen to evacuate their employees. the evacuations are happening for contractors working in balad. our own anderson cooper to one of the contractors who was evacuated after isis opened fire. here's what he says -- >> local national security forces they pretty much just dropped their weapons and walked off. the iraqi army stayed and fought, they did what they were supposed to do. but if it wasn't for the villages on our perimeter, we might not be talking to you right now because the villages stood up and they helped out the iraqi army tremendo...