Set alight by a poll that puts the yes camp ahead for the first time in next weeks referendum. Talking about tax inversion, you better explain that one. Sure, lucy. It is when a u. S. Company buys a foreign firm and moves its headquarters offshore where theres a lower tax rate. Burger king is doing it, and so were asking, is this just Good Business sense or is this, as president obama calls it, unpatriotic . Its 7 00 a. M. In washington, and 2 00 p. M. In baghdad where parliament is reconvening to try to approve a new government. Its a critical step in the fight against Islamic State militants who are occupying parts of iraq and syria. In the u. S. , president obama is preparing to brief congress on his strategy to defeat the Islamic State. Jim muir reports now from erbil in northern iraq. Reporter one of many reasons why the americans feel the need to get involved, refugees from the motor after being persecuted by the i. S. Radicals. The latest focus for american concern, the big dam
Leaders that can govern with an inclusive agenda are going to be able to pull the country together and guide the iraqi people through this crisis. The Current Situation today in iraq remains extremely, extremely serious. Isl remains in control of mosul and it is targeting all iraqis, sunni, shia, kurds, who disagree with its twisted version of a caliphate. It joined in an unholy alliance with the baath party and some former insurgent groups like the islamic army of iraq. Going forward, the iraqis with our support must seek to split the latter groups from isl and isolate isl from the hard core militant groups from the population. The platforms we have established through the Immediate Crisis Response are providing Additional Information to inform the president and National Security team as we develop openings to protect our interests in iraq. Any further decisions in this regard will be made in full consultation with this committee and the congress. Any efforts we take moreover must be
They have control of significant territory. They are tested in battle. They are a serious threat and while we dont assess right now that they are doing distinct homeland plotting certainly they are open about it that theyre coming for the United States. Mike strank is a defense official and a want that to faster. I want to do something about that. I thank you for that and i think you have done a good job of outlining the reason why this matters. Its not simply about iraq but about the United States. Could you briefly if i brought people in from florida or there watching. What are we doing . What are the two or three things we are doing to address this threat which he described as a significant one to our country . What is the plan . Steamy. We need to strangle their entire network. That means their foreign fighter in particular. We had a meeting yesterday with the turks to focus on that. We have to strangle their flow into syria number two we have to deny safe haven in syria which gets
Against isis taking over the bajee refinery. Thats a critical moment in history if theyre successful in doing that. What can be done, what neis needed. One of the first place they were deployed was around the fire. So that is one example. And as we continue to assess the situation in iraq, we have identified specific Strategic Site were concerned about, and we want to make sure iraqi has whatever capability they need to defend them. The kurds are sitting on a reserve of 45 billion a barely. Without coordinating those experts in the central authorities in baghdad. And baghdad seems to unhe have. How can we help the Iraqi Government to better improve its resources and make a system for all iraqis . How can we play a bigger role . Well, this is something where we can play a direct role, and its one reason we had to get through the election and try to get new government reform so we can get traffic on this issue. The their own experts right now, they approach a little less than half of tha
In iraq . Obviously, the connection between isil, between the threat and iraq in syria is pretty significant. I dont personally know of any reports of opposition support then being funneled to isil. I think they are in a bitter battle fight against both the regime and the terrorists who have taken over territory in eastern and northern syria. I dont have any reports of that equipment and that support thats been provided getting into their hands, but its always a risk. What precautions have we taken with moderate arab states and with our own support for the oppositions in syria to make sure that we are not finding american support or moderate arab state support ending up encouraging terrorist activities now moving into iraq . This is something obviously we talked to our Gulf Partners about quite a bit. Certainly over the period of the past couple of years, and we just urge them to make sure similar to the way we do and use monitoring that they have some way of tell hog they are providin