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When i was there, you have a desert site, sort of 15 square miles, bunkers, semi secure site, some places the wire around the outside was torn down. >> you raised the question before we went on air, which is a good one, if it is isis forces there if they have former members with them or former sunni militias or former saddam forces who does that? >> you have to fight. they are using the strategic bombing in the army. if they are there now they will know the layout, what equipment is there and some of them, if

Headquarters of the iraqi battalions where they will be based. as to when the air strikes are launched, the white house is not going to say when they will do that but you are right, and we've been hearing this, i've been hearing this from intelligence officials all week, as you say, that they felt that baghdad and the shia dominated areas were not as vulnerable because of the shiite populations there and shiite militia more loyal to the iraqi government and that does give them some time. the trouble is, i'm told, by the same officials, without a comprehensive counter offensive from iraqi force...

What is happening naturally with al a lot of caution but we seen the fights force move quickly to ensure they stake out the te territory they want to see firmly remain. in speaking ing ting t ing tii leadership, they have to be careful who they are hitting. isis not fighting alone. they have the insure get groups fighting alongside it and has support of triable leaders so you don't want to aggravate the sectarian divide by being perceived as striking at the su kne -- sunnis. isis will grow in strength and wealth and military capabilities as this goes on so they do need to be hit at this stage ...

State department and pentagon about capabilities to weaponize what may be there or take it somewhere else and how dangerous that would be? >> as nick hinted, the state department not expressing great alarm. they are aware of this completion, they have for sometime but they say as nick said they don't consider the materials in there to be of military use while of course, they are concerned of any site or any military site taken over by isis. here is the statement they had in particular. i'll read it, we're aware isil has occupied the complex. we're concerned about the site by the isil, or isis ...

Interests in iraq right now? >> well, i think we should really have minimal interest. the major interest is in prev t preventing an al qaeda based. isis as we call it are an al qaeda branch. they are probably the most powerful branchs in the world certainly after they ripped off money from the banks in northern iraq. and so our goal has to be to split the sunni alliance so that the rest of the sunnis, the people we used to deal with deal with us again and help us go after al qaeda. now, the reason that our friends in the sunni alliance have turned against the government in baghdad is the gover...