reporter: it s going to be very difficult, don, either way and there cannot be a military solution without a political one along side it. that is a point that the president did bring up saying that perhaps what is transpiring right now is a wake up call to the iraqi government. much of what we are seeing is largely due to the prime minister s polarizing politics. for years he has been alienating and angering iraq s suni population which is why an organization like isis was able to gain so much territory. it s in the spotlight right now but it s not necessarily fighting on its own. as it moves through these various suni areas and if you follow it s path from mosul to kirkuk down through the capitol of baghdad it also has the support of various suni groups that were very active during the u.s. occupation of iraq. not fighting along side isis
pauses collecting his spots. this video is one of eight interrogations obtained by syrian opposition activists and he got caught with distinct iraq key activists and northeast of aleppo. from the questions, it s clear that the interrogators are not with the regime of president bashar al assad but rather with isis, the islamic state of iraq and syria. this video we show you later may be a clue. isis emerged as a major opposition and controlled areas of northern syria. since then, the extremist group has imposed strict islamic laws
attempting to run over the capitol and fortunately at the time we had russian armor on the ground and i was actually given two apc s to go collect the americans. it s not just the embassy. it s all americans in baghdad and you have to get them out. you can t get them on the ground there. you have to convince them to leave and help them out. this is a huge undertaking and it may seem a panic, but it really does have to be done in advance. and they re not just at the embassy. they re spread out and elise, if you would, tell us how diplomacy would work when dealing with isis. the state department is not evacuating citizens. they might hunker down and see how bad it gets, pam. but on the diplomacy side there s other countries not just in the region but the saudis and the uae and gulf states that have concern about what s happening on their beard but you also have countries that the
the terrorists that recently opened fire on belgium s museum is thought to have spent time fighting under him. it s a significant period in which to get radicalized but quite proficient in terrorism. reporter: making him for lethal, his group, the islamic state in iraq and syria not only challenged al qaeda s authority but could even replace it s current leader. is it fair to say bin laden s number two person that now number one in al qaeda is irrelevant. he won t see it that way. he ll still see this as a battle for the heart and minds of the extremists. now i want to bring in nick robinson and aman jordan. earlier today we heard secretary of state john kerry call isis a threat to the entire world. i have been speaking to folks in the counter terrorism community and a lot of people are surprised by how quickly this group is growing and how quickly
a fast rising terror group is wreaking havoc rolling through northern iraq and taking the city of mosul with astonishing speed. isis controls a number of cities in both countries around is heading toward baghdad as we speak. but just too is isis and what is its ultimate goal? reporter: no one seems to know exactly where he is but in just four years, he has created a strike force of militants. fix sat creating a state governed by strict law. this area they want to control is not only iraq and syria but also jordan, lebanon, israel and kuwait. reporter: richard is formerly with british intelligence. what changes are being seen when it comes to children, women, the courts? they re looking back to the