And 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the Great Mosque Of Al Nuri has been destroyed by the so called Islamic State. The announcement came from Iraqi Forces Close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. The us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. Let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. You can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. In 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. The is leader. These images were taken soon after the mosque was destroyed and you can see it is hardly recognisable. A little while ago our correspondent in mosul spoke with my colleague and gave the latest. It is confirmed that the mosque and the Historical Dome was destroyed a couple of hours ago. I was there in the evening with the Counterterrorism Force in iraq, which advanced to just 150 metres away from the m
And 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the Great Mosque Of Al Nuri has been destroyed by the so called Islamic State. The announcement came from Iraqi Forces Close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. The us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. Let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. You can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. In 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. The is leader. These images were taken soon after the mosque was destroyed and you can see it is hardly recognisable. A little while ago our correspondent in mosul spoke with my colleague and gave the latest. It is confirmed that the mosque and the Historical Dome was destroyed a couple of hours ago. I was there in the evening with the Counterterrorism Force in iraq, which advanced to just 150 metres away from the m
it will take a healthy dose of skepticism here. for our audience, erdogan never shut the border between turkey and syria. the iraqis were several hundred in northeastern syria in summer of 2012, they were largely international fighters from the region and they came through the syrian border. he kept the border open even though he told us he shut it down. he thought isis would go west and attack the bashar al-assad regime. they establish the caliphate, huge strategic blunder on the part of erdogan. we have to be skipped about him. i don t trust him and i assume members of the administration are moving cautiously in dealing with it. shannon: thank you very much.
but from northeast syria in a way that makes sure isis is defeated and take care of those who fight with us against isis and other terrorist groups. the president tweeted endless wars fought out of judgment, mistakes that were made many years ago, and those where we are getting little financial and military help from the rich countries that so greatly benefit from what we are doing will eventually come to a glorious end. strategic analyst general jack keane, great to have you with us. interesting word for him to use, come to a glorious end. we know we have ambassador bolton and the chairman of the joint chiefs as part of a negotiation with turkey about us leaving syria. as you look at the withdrawal plans, the president has authorized conditions to be established. the first is finish isis, the second is protect the syrian kurds.
he clearly did something that i was not able to do and i have tremendous regard for him. in fact, i recommended him to the president. yes, i think that was just a moment for the president. i think he is past it. i know for a fact he is focussed on the challenges we have out there. he refined his decision on syria. he is laying down some conditions now. finish isis, make sure the syria kurds are not destroyed by something turkey is up to and make certain that iran is not able to have a land bridge in syria. that s major steps forward. he is looking at options dealing with afghanistan. we have north korea right around the corner with the potential kim jong-un summit. martha: i want to play a sound bite from jim webb who is