It was tens of thousands. Isil turned their leaders. In the absence of leaders of the military formation, the soldiers will not stick around and wait to see what happens. Collect some of the leaders of those divisions. I will tell you that when i was there from 2005 to 2007, several things were clear to me. We could equip them to fight. It would be harder to give them the logistics architectures. But we did. The hardest thing of all, as i say now, is to build leaders and have those leaders supported have those supported. To you question and by the way, there are still many Iraq Security forces, multi confessional, not just one sect or another who are standing and fighting. But the entire enterprise is at risk. Host what do you make of that . Guest i think they are saying we did train them so they had the skill set to fight and be successful but you have dont t have the will. Will cant be trained. You have to be signing up to lay your life down for a greater cause isnt for everybody. If
Hands of the iranians. Iraq becomes a fell state that spreads economic chaos throughout the region. You will feel it at the gas pump, you will feel it in your wallet eventually, so an economic collapse in iraq would affect our economy and our ability to recover. I think it would throw the World Oil Market into turmoil. So it matters economically. Militarily, does it matter . It does in this regard. Isis is an offshoot of al qaeda because al qaeda kicked them out. These people now are going to have shaven safe haven from alepo, syria, to the gates of baghdad. They have sworn to attack us. Part of their agenda is to strike our homeland. Their goal is to create an Islamic State, a caliphate, that would put the people under their rule into darkness. And i dont want to hear any more war about women stories unless you address iraq and syria. You want to see a war on women, ill show you one. Can you imagine what little girls are thinking today in the sunni part of iraq and in syria . Can you
The chair on this vote, the yeas are 157, the nays are 260. The amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota, mr. Ellison, on which further proceedings were postponed, and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment offered by mr. Ellison of minnesota. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on thi
Little to enhance security in benghazi. It wasnt an intelligence failure. It is a policy and leadership failure on the part of the administration. With regard to iraq, intelligence including director clappers testimony at a january 29, 2014 hearing has been clear that iraq was vulnerable to the threat from isil. I encourage any member to read the intelligence if they are questions regarding the assessment about security in iraq and the rise of isil. It was clear in 2011 as u. S. Forces were withdrawing that iraq was vulnerable to resurgeance and we have seen the violence escalate during the administrations failed policy. This was easily predicted but we have stood by and watched as it has occurred. Again, this is a policy failure. Not an intelligence failure. Perhaps the most concerning aspect of the Foreign Policy is the counterterrorism strategy. I hear them touting the dissire of them being on the run. But nothing could be further from the truth. Al qaeda is on the run but they are
Has now cordoned the hotel. Eleven people have now died of the virus in northern italy, prompting new Foreign Office advice tonight against all but essential travel to the worst affected areas. The former liberal leader, lord steel, leaves the lib dems, after a report says he did not act on claims of Sexual Misconduct made against the former mp cyril smith. The city of delhi sees its worst violence in decades, sparked by deep divisions over a new citizenship law. And two severe Flood Warnings remain in place for the river severn amid fears that water could go overflood barriers in the early hours of tomorrow morning. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers, with our reviewers sonia sodha and kevin schofield. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Our main story is the deepening crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus. In one of the latest developments, a hotel in tenerife, in Spains Canary islands, has been locked down, after a visiting italian doctor tested posit