Cup news including shining here in the world cup opener. Sunni rebels in Northern Iraq scored another important victory as they push to the capitol of baghdad. Its the latest blow to the government. Rebel fighters capture the town of talafa on monday after fighting with soldiers and also control the second largest city as well as the city of decrete, hundreds are joining the fight against the rebels and these are pictures from baghdad taken on monday morning and they are supplied with Army Fatigues and thousands of people volunteered after the top sheer clerk. Sunni rebels posted pictures online showing fighters massacring hundreds of iraqi soldiers near decrete and a source in baghdad says the pictures are authentic saying they claimed 1700 soldiers. Hundreds of thousands iraqis left their homes because of violence and people going to the north and abdule is there and another area has fallen to rebels and this time in the north. Reporter yes, indeed and it was basically the last or on
The Islamic State in iraq and the levant have been taking part in a rally. Therthere, there are fighters who have been in control there for a week now. Hundreds are moving out to join the fight against the rebels. These are pictures of zag bad taken on monday morning. Fighters are in army fatigues. Volunteers called by top cleric in iraq. Many are been forced to leave their homes because of the violence. Lets take a look at the latest take over. Reporter this is an important victory because they are on the road to the syrian border. One could imagine they wanted to make sure they could get to th through a corridor. There has been fear fighting, and there is on one group of the army who has crumbled, and they are trying to get into the kurdish region. But it is becoming very difficult for them to get into the kurdish region because the pressure is too much. Theyre trying to find a solution, and theyre trying toll put pressure on the International Community to act a bit quicker and also
We and kind as grants ambition to reduce a team of wincer. The u. S. State department has confirmed that its middle east peace envoy has resigned. Final confirmation that americas effortses broken peace between israelis and palestinians has failed. Lets talk to ross lands jordan in washington, d. C. What are you hearing about this . Reporter essentially martin is going to return to his job at a think tank here in washington. And the deputy, frank loewen between is going to be the acting special envoy, thats one signal, as it were, that the Obama Administration has not given up completely on the idea of trying to help the israelis and palestinians achieve a peace deal. That said, the paws is stil paul on. Neither side is coming back to the negotiating table to work out a framework for negotiating the terms of a final peace treaty. Its not clear when they will return to the table. However, it is significant that martin is stepping aside, because he was doing a lot of the heavy lifting in
After five years in taliban captivity u. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl is back on american soil. Touching down overnight bergdahl arrived at Lackland Air Force base in san antonio and transported to a military medical facility with a room prepped for his arrival and a support Team Standing by along with his family. He just came out of five years of canptivity. Were going to get a chance to find out what was in his head there that day when he was taken captive. Reporter the daily beast with letters. They may give a glimpse into his disappearance in 2009, writing, leadership was lacking, if not nonexistent. The conditions were bad and looked to be getting worse for the man that were actually the ones risking their lives from attack. The letters are dated 2012 and 2013. Penned in two very different writing styles. One in cursive. The other in block print. The family confirmed the authenticity of the letters revealed by sources from the taliban. Held hostage in iraq for nearly a year, ame
Comes two weeks after american journalist james foley was murdered by isis, president obama delivered these stern remarks the day after foleys death. Jim foleys life stands in stark contrast to his killers. Lets be clear about isil, they have rampaged across cities and villages killing innocent unarmed civilians in could you ardly act of violence. The United States of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. We will be vigilant and we will be relentless. When people harm americans anywhere, we do whats necessary to see justice is done and we act against isil standing alongside others. In the latest alleged video, isis threatens to murder a third man, british hostage, david hainz. All corners are criticizing president obama on not having a plan for isis in syria. Here is senator Dianne Feinstein who chairs the Senate Select committee on intelligence. I think ive learned one thing about this president and that is hes very cautious. Maybe in this instance too cau