I know that there have been a lot of questions about iraq posed to candidate over the last weeks. Ive made it very clear that i made a mistake, plain and simple and i have written about it in my book talked about it in the past and, you know, what we now see is a very different and very dangerous situation. The United States is doing what it can, but ultimately this has to be a struggle that the Iraqi Government and the iraqi people are determined to win for themselves. We can provide support but theyre going to have to do it. Senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is out there in iowa hes covering the Clinton Campaign joining us from cedar falls right now. Here in washington our political director David Chalian and chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Jeff lets start with you. Shes been under a lot of fire for refusing over the past several weeks to take questions, serious questions, from reporters who are following her. What is there any background why she decided finall
1 contractor killed, 1 US service member injured in rocket attack in Iraq
A picture taken on Dec. 24, 2019, shows a view of the entrance of Erbil International Airport, in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region Arbil. (Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images)
by: Oren Liebermann, Barbara Starr, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Muwafaq Mohammed, CNN
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Feb 15, 2021 / 06:52 PM EST
(CNN) A civilian contractor was killed and a U.S. service member was injured along with five other contractors when rocket fire landed on coalition forces near Erbil International Airport in Iraq, said Col. Wayne Marotto, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve.
Military clearly has proven to be rather inept, if you will. they really need backup. the only backup realistically is going to come from those iranian backed shiite militias and that could represent a major problem with the sunni majority in the anbar province. talk about that. well that s true. a slight glimmer of light about that today, wolf when the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi suggested they would potentially seek to arm the sunni tribes of anbar. they ve long wanted weapons but it s been the shia government in baghdad slow, in fact, obstructive to put those in their hand but yes, those iranian backed shia militia certainly complicated incohesive force, names perhaps familiar from the fight in iraq the baathist organization groups which fought against the u.s. and now are fighting together in what s called the al shabbi the