The intelligence Analysis Continued to point to what could happen. The view was, this is iraqs problem, let them deal with it. And the ancient tribal hatreds that fuel. These are not muslims, and frankly, theyre barely human beings. The rise of isis. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and Additional Support from Millicent Bell through the milli
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The intelligence Analysis Continued to point to what could happen. The view was, this is iraqs problem, let them deal with it. And the ancient tribal hatreds that fuel. These are not muslims, and frankly, theyre barely human beings. The rise of isis. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and Additional Support from Millicent Bell through the milli
They have rapidly gained control of key areas. Those thats where isis is in control in the red area. And iraqs neighbors, the Iraqi Government says thousands of volunteers have stepped up to defend their homeland. Even irans president said it will consider helping if iraq requests it. A u. S. Official sells a top iranian general has been in iraq this week. Were covering this story from multiple angles. And cnns arwa damon is in the Northern Iraqi city of erbil. And cnns jones in the white house. Arwa, tell us how far isis has advanced. The question is, will they make it to baghdad . Will they take over the city . Where are they now . Right now in diyala province just to the north of baghdad, theyre about 60 kilometers away from the capital, battling with Iraqi Security forces, who in one town in that area made a gruesome discovery, saying they found the bodies of 12 Police Officers who had been shot and then burned. Those bodies were found in an orchard. They suspect that isis was behi
Would send up to 100 u. S. Special forces into iraq. They would help advise the Iraqi Military collect intelligence on the islamic militants of the group isis which has seized territory in Northern Iraq and is advancing closer to baghdad. The special operations teams would likely be made up of green berets, army rangers and navy s. E. A. L. S. President obama currently is meeting with his National Security team right now. His statement which was previously scheduled to begin a half hour ago is now set for 1 15 eastern, in about 15 minutes. Cnn, of course, covering this story from all the angles. We begin with senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim . Reporter jake, as you said, the president is expected to come into the Briefing Room in about 15 minutes to lay out his strategy for the next chapter for the United States in iraq. As youve been saying for the last 15, 20 minutes, this has been a difficult chapter for the United States because of the war that began back in 2003. T