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Over there i mean this is the news hour live from london coming up in the program. The iraqi army says its taken a full control of kut could province from the. Two more devastating attacks in afghanistan as mosques are targeted and sixty people are killed. Calls for cat food cash withdrawals in catalonia separatist increase the pressure on spains banks and the government. And here is the ever shadowed by controversy ahead of kenyas second president ial election this year. And our peace summit in doha with all the days sports news including the l. A. Dodgers defeat the defending champions the chicago cubs to reach their first world series since one thousand eight hundred eight. So then iraqi forces have claimed control of the whole of province from Kurdish Peshmerga forces the army says they captured the last town elton capri which is situated near with the help of shia militias Stephanie Decker has more now from the battle zone. A new front line opened early friday iraqi forces togethe
Gentlemen. Thank you so much for coming to the American Enterprise institute. Im fred kagan, the direct of the critical project here at aei. And if it is my great honor and privilege to lead this panel, discussing report which is just been released by my colleagues, matt mcinnis, the future of irans security policy, Available Online at aei. Org and where these beautiful copies as well if anyone would like one of those. We have a Magnificent Panel today. We are thrilled to have Lieutenant General tom trask, Vice Commander of headquarters u. S. Special Operations Command in washington, d. C. , and vice admiral retired mark fox, formerly Deputy Commanding general of the nested Central Command along with matt to talk about the report. Without further ado i will turn it over to matt. Thank you, fred. Thank you, general trask and admiral fox and fred, for frankly every thing here at aei yourself put this event together. As well as all the people behind the scenes for the past two, 2 years th
The relationship between iran and syria, the governments decision to help syrian president assad in his civil war, and how iran can destabilize the region. This is about an hour. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for coming to the American Enterprise constitute. Im fred kagan. Im director of the critical threats project here at aei. And its my great honor and privilege to lead this panel discussing a report which has just been released by my colleague, matt mcinnis, the future of irans security policy, Available Online at aei. Org. And we have these beautiful copies as well, if anyone would like one of those. We have a Magnificent Panel today. We are thrilled to have Lieutenant General tom trask, and vice admiral retired mark fox, formerly Deputy Commander general of the United States Central Command along with matt to talk about the report. Without further ado ill turn it over to matt. Thank you, fred. Thank you, general trask, and admiral fox, and frankly all the
Beneficial effect as to the significant commitment of troops. Mr. Pregent im concerned about our footprint right now. 5,000 americans are in iraq and 100,000 shia militia members are in iraq, led by the same people that targeted americans five years ago. They made these threats. I dont think we can do the leverage part where we start to curb or reign influence, try to get militias to stand down without putting our current footprint at risk of being targeted. Mr. Doran so the 5,000 troops we have there are hostages in a , or potential hostages if iranian policy were to change. Mr. Pregent our footprint is constraining our ability to go after isis. Mr. Doran at the risk of putting you on the spot, how many troops mr. Pregent 30,000 iraqs and syrians. Mr. Doran were talking a commitment of 60,000 troops. Mr. Pregent doesnt have to all u. S. S. , just a natoled, led force, becaus i dont think iraqe once it to be russialed. It instantly a strong natoled force that has the ability to say no,