loyalties took heart in being part of isis. and this man is being called the mastermind of isis. izzat al-douri disappeared in 2003 off the radar screen and we had a massive effort to locate and take key aids to hussein at the time. he managed to slip through that. when you talk about the transformation of the iraqi military the whole-sale cleaning of the sunni commanders and executive officers when why went into iraq that was, you know, led in part by our coalition, paul bremer and others who believed it was a good idea to shift them out. that created massive discontent and we have been dealing with the cleanup every since rather than figure out how to
al-douri is important, and important in the sense of being able to rally a fairly broad network of former iraqi military who again were shifted out after hussein was toppled that is important. but in terms of the day to day operation, the impact on the islamic state i would not expect to see much from here. i want to put up the picture of the man from ohio who was arrested and went to train with isis and was given direction to come back and attack a military base here. and in that way, he is said to be the first of the 200 we are aware of trained over there and sent back here to carry out a mission. what can you tell us about that mike? this is the continuing manifest
veterans day. that is the summation of what s wrong. colin powell for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. for many americans colin powell is still the face of the modern military, retired four-star general, the only african american to serve on the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of state to george w. bush. he s here to talk about a cause close to his heart, the state of america s military veterans. general colin powell joins me now. thank you for welcoming me to this extraordinary building. thank you. we re in the national war college. you were here 35 years ago. i graduated 35 years ago. that s hard to believe. we had our 35th anniversary. it has a great deal of meaning for all of us. when you were here as a young, fresh-faced colin powell, what was the big thing for you. i was doing well in the army, but i had no idea what the army had in store pe for me. i was here with a group of army officers and state officers as well as air force officers.