military armed vehicles and weapons, leaving it all to a terrorist group considered more ruthless and brutal than all qaeda. isis gaining more power and control in a city once held as a successful example of u.s. counter insurgency. only 2 1/2 years after american boots left iraqi soil. senior international correspondent, nic robertson, is in qatar this morning. jim shciutto is in washington. i want to start with you, knini. this is so disturbing to most americans, because it makes our mission there seem pointless. reporter: certainly, a concern that the iraqi forces that we trained, we armed, we equipped, have fled in the face of what is essentially a terrorist organization, that they haven t stood their ground.
warning that isa was planning this. they have taken over the city of falluja which was rescued from insurgents decades ago. the u.s. once declared that it had al qaeda and iraq on the run and commanders publicly stating that iraq s security forces could maintain, quote, the security gains. many blame prime minister nuri al maliki s gournment saying that he caused the nation s sectarian to grow. after american boots left iraqi soil. a terrorist group considered more merciless and brutal than al qaeda and iraq is gaining power and control. arwa, the whole situation reporter: and wolf this is in mosul. it s a disaster in falluja as
philippines. 436 people dead, hundreds missing. the storm dumped as much as eight inches of rain in 24 hours. a journalist told us the focus is now on search and rescue. reporter: the storm is supposed to exit this evening but it s not longer the storm itself but its aftermath. we re turning to aid and rescue workers looking for the hundreds missing. they are trying to supply drinking water. they re asking for volunteers to try to get food and clothes. friday night the floodwaters rose alarmingly fast reaching roof level while residents were sleeping. the government estimates some 100,000 people have been displaced by that storm. and a second day of hearings for the army private accused of being behind the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. histories. a technical glitch delayed an army investigator s attempt to testify by phone from hawaii. bradley manning is accused of providing classified government documents to wikileaks, which, then made them public. supporters for m
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will approve another group of f-16 for iraq because our air force was destroyed completely during the wars that iraq entered into and this is not all. we also need technical equipments related to the security field. these are issues that are being discussed by the concerned people in both countries, between the ministries of defense and interior with our counterparts in the united states and we received promises and facilitations and we agreed on how to make this relationship continuous in the security field because both of us need each other and need cooperation, especially in chasing al qaeda which we started and was not defeated in any way except in iraq and we hope to cooperate with all those who feel the dangers of this organization to cooperate with us as well. our goal is a sovereign iraq that can protect its borders, protect its airspace, protect its people. and our security cooperation with other countries i think is a model for our security cooperation with iraq.