Good morning, welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford. Al qaedas effort to exploit the lack of security in iraq and syria appears to be gaining traction. In iraq two cities are under siege by Al Qaedalinked fighters. More alarming is the violence could set off an allout sectarian war as sunni anger towards the shialed government intensifie intensifies. Despite how bad the fighting has gotten secretary of state john kerry says, this is a fight that belongs to the iraqis, we are not contemplating returning. Al qaedalinked groups have taken control of fallujah. The other province, ramadi, is under siege. It was one of the most dangerous places during the iraq war, where 1300 Coalition Soldiers were killed. The the group calls its the Islamic State of levant and wants to set up a sunni state in iraq, and across the border in syria and other countries. Its taken control of parts of syria. We go imran khan for more on the fighting. Fighters from the Al Qaedalinked state in the
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Massacre, critics are taking aim at the controversial plan to put armed guards in schools. The head of the powerful group is sticking to its guns on the explosive issue. One Congress Wont be able to do anything about until sometime next month. Brian mooar has details. Reporter in his first interview after the connecticut shooting tragedy, nra chief Wayne Lapierre was defiant. Look, a gun is a tool. The problem is the criminal. Reporter the powerful gun lobby and its allies insist gun laws arent the answer. They want more guns in the hands of good guys. If its crazy to call for putting police and Armed Security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. People resisted having weapons on airplanes. But i oversaw the federal air marshals, and its a deterrent. Reporter legislation will have to waited for the new congress to get settled in, but the debate is already underway. Trying to prevent School Shootings . Schools without talking about guns is like stopping lung cance
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Armed guards in schools. The head of the powerful group is sticking to its guns on the explosive issue. One Congress Wont be able to do anything about until sometime next month. Brian mooar has details. Reporter in his first interview after the connecticut shooting tragedy, nra chief Wayne Lapierre was defiant. Look, a gun is a tool. The problem is the criminal. Reporter the powerful gun lobby and its allies insist gun laws arent the answer. They want more guns in the hands of good guys. If its crazy to call for putting police and Armed Security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. People resisted having weapons on airplanes. But i oversaw the federal air marshals, and its a deterrent. Reporter legislation will have to waited for the new congress to get settled in, but the debate is already underway. Trying to prevent School Shootings . Schools without talking about guns is like stopping lung cancer without addressing cigarettes. This problem runs deep and wide.