Violence in iraq. We still have the problem of at least three towns under isis occupation. We have no idea whether they will be staybehinds. We have the problem of syria and we also have a country where there are many other islamist elements, divisions between sunni and shiite, kurd and arab, there is something where its an important tactical victory but it doesnt bring stability to iraq. It doesnt eliminate the threat. Isis only was responsible for about 11 of the acts of terrorism in this region in 2016. And thats all of its affiliates. And that sort of puts isis into perspective. Rose we conclude with author and New York Times obituary require Richard Sandomir, he talked to jeff glor about his new book, the pride of the yankees, lou gehrig, gary cooper and the making of a classic. I think i became fascinated about a dozen years ago with the gehrig speech and then i started wondering, why cant i see the whole thing. And then i started getting a little more obsessed with the movie and
Cat loin i cant has a record turn out on a vote that could head them to independence. Leading uruguay 64 points to three in rugby. Hello, russias president warned has any attempts to overthrow the legitimate government in syria could lead to a failed state like iraq or libya. Vladimir putins comments come as World Leaders gather in new york for the general assembly. Speaking on u. S. Network cbs, Vladimir Putin said syrians and only syrians could decide the fate of their country. Theres no other solution to the Syrian Crisis than strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them help in fighting terrorism. But at the same time, urging them to engage in positive dialogue with a rational opposition and conduct reform. As you know, some of the Coalition Partners want to see president assad go first before they will support. Id like to recommend to them the following. They should send this message to the Syrian People. Its only the Syrian People who are entitled to decid
Many of us gave him that opportunity. Many of our activists who are part of the leader of the coalition now they actually formed a forum. They were willing to take bashar on his promises to reform the country introduce it into the modern world and so on and so forth. Unfortunately theres a crack down in the damascus spring and then there was another moment after the assassination of hariri but the damascus situation and early on in the first 40 years i remember very well and i follows minute by minute. We were accepting the argument that they were an old guard and the regime etc. Etc. But after 50 years in power he became fully in charge. The system is highly centralized highly personalized and he immediately reverted to his fathers way of first saying you have external challenges that take precedence over domestic reform and second you were not going to introduce political reforms but introduce economic and he talked about the chinese model but nothing was meaningfully introduced to g