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President for policy at the international crisis group. thank you both for joining me. robert, let me begin with you in the point i was asking the ambassador about iran. just a couple weeks ago the u.s. was very clear. they want to stop iran's expansion across the region. just this week iranian forces i should say iranian backed forces inside iraq quickly hofd in on kirkuk and really pushed the iraqi central government against another u.s. ally the kurdish forces. are we seeing the exact opposite of what the u.s. administration wanted to do here? >> it's easier said than done. iran is very goo...

The iraqi government in this -- in taking over kirkuk and thousands of kurdish civilians have fled the greater kirkuk area to seek protection and in one reason are these shia militant groups. i thought that secretary tillerson was very right to say that those militant groups should be withdrawn. they should go home in his words. i thought he had a reason to say that. i hope that's a good warning from the united states. >> so in hind sight, was it a mistake for the u.s. and we know this that the american governments turned a blind eye to the rise of these popular forces that were backed by iran...

With there. >> we saw the u.s. try to get in the middle of it. there was this initiative that they're trying to launch to win sauds and wrestle it away from iran. is there any chance that's going to be successful to try to win over iraq from iran into the lap of saudi arabia? >> it's a pipe dream. there's so many reasons for it and to hear u.s. officials say iran should be out of iraq, iran could answer, what about the u.s.? the u.s. should be out of iraq. iran is in iraq for many reasons. they're neighbors. many iraqis have asked for the irans help, the militia we heard about are pro-iranian....

About what the cia and the fbi knew about this and perhaps they covered up what they knew about oswald before the assassination. >> i can assure you that it is something we'll be talking about in the days ahead if those documents are released and the questions they may raise. looking forward to your thoughts on this subject next week. a stand on the sidelines approach to a fight between two allies in iraq may have left an opening for iran in the country. and beyond. we'll have the breakdown on that for you. in tonight's we said, they said how the international media is covering the harvey ...

Government. the u.s. should be voft in that, not militarily because diplomatically. we should want to see this very turbulent time in iraq proceed peacefully as far as that's possible and not violently. >> one individual that was not on the sidelines that this unfolded was iran. very visible during the fight according to multiple sources who spoke to nbc news. taking a large share of the credit for removing some kurdish forces from expanded territory around occur cook. how influential do you think and the iranian government is now into sewing this division between the iraqi government and the ...