Some who have offered to do so, but we are not looking for that at this moment, anyway. A former vice chief warns air strikes wont be enough while a former cia chief predicts that reality will result in special forces on the ground by years end. The only way we can think about destroys isis in this particular strategy is that the forces on the ground will have to do the destroying. I actually think were going to end up with small American Special Operations Forces, active in this broad theater, both iraq and syria. I do think we get to about 5,000 by the end of the year. What if thats what it takes to get it done . Does anybody have an objection with that at this table . I do not. You do not . No, and i also think that i have some sympathy, or i think empathy is a better word for what the administration is having to do. Theyre juggling a lot of complex situations, probably of their own making. But now that theyre in it, when youre a offered help by some of the arab countries, you dont
the cutting edge of paris s art seen who look to change that. in france you are exposed to art. but you re exposed to the domination of a culture of others. what you are seeing are works of them by them about people like us. miriam ibrahim is an artwork powerhouse. she has a beautiful gallery in chicago, and she is opening a brand-new one in paris. mariane including her friend rafael barontini. western people who were colonizing africa. as a black person or as a mix as a brown, thinking to make art requires a lot of audacity and a lot of confidence. because what you are motivated is what you see that look likes you. for lunch, a home-cooked meal
this as militant numbers in iraq are growing as they continue to seize key cities across the country. u.s. officials estimate about 10,000 isis fighters are in iraq and syria. 90 more u.s. military advisers meanwhile have arrived in iraq joining 40 already on the ground. a sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce christianity and later freed has now been charged with traveling with falsified document and giving false information. miriam ibrahim was at the airport when she was re-arrested tuesday on her way to the u.s. with her american husband and two children. sudanese officials say she presented south sudanese travel documents despite not being a citizen of that country. her husband is now being held as an accessory. officials have summoned u.s. and south sudanese ambassadors to address this issue. western powers are warning russia about new sanctions after new violence has tested a crease
with the shia-led government comes as prime minister maliki made a vague promise to begin forming a national government after last month s elections. i emphasize that defending iraq against isil depends largely on their ability, all of them, to form a new government and to do is quickly. it is essential that iraq s leaders form a genuinely inclusive government as rapidly as possible within their own constitutional framework. secretary kerry s visit comes as the sunni-led insurgents of isis this weekend consolidated their gains across iraq and syria with the capture of several key border towns, allowing the groups greater flow of weapons and troops. it also comes two days after shia militias held rallies in several cities, including baghdad. in an interview recorded on friday and broadcast today, president obama told msnbc s mika we re zin ski that a peaceful outcome rests on prime minister maliki. the test now, not just for mr. maliki, but for all the leadership in iraq