Doing nothing after an attack on their embassy. And the Runoff Election in afghanistan. Good to have you with us. We begin with the turmoil in iraq. The Iraqi Military is holding back the advance of sunni rebels, the pentagon sent an Aircraft Carrier to the golf, where it will await orders for military intervention. Several cities are under rebel control. The groups set their sights on baghdad. Rebel fighters got within 50 miles of the city. Imran khan is on the ground in baghdad. Reporter in the last 24 hours Nouri Almaliki was on the offensive. He was in somarrka, a holy site for shia muslims and delivered a message for all iraqis. I seriously and firmly say by the name of god. If our heads were turned into bodies, or the bodies, we will not stop fighting them. I will not have them deluded. Reporter the Prime Minister declared that cabinet granted him limited powers to deal with the sunni rebellion. A deal some consider unconstitutional. Allies are showing public support. The iranian
A downside. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America, live from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. Keeping his ogss open. The United States employs three warships closer to iraq. In as president obama considers a military force of action. The u. S. S george w. Bush will move from the arabian sea to the gulf. The president insists he will not put american books in iraq. This as fighters from Islamic State of iraq and levant have taken control of towns in a mart of days. The battle threatens to tear them along sectarian lines, and they are volunteering to take up arms against the sunni group. Iraqi and american leaders are comtemplating their next move for a country on the verge of falling apart. There have been fears clashes that have taken part. Sunni rebels have moved from moss you will up to that town, fighting with turk men shia. There are heavy clashes going on right now. We are hearing that there are casualties. And 35 injured. The town of tal afa is turkman shia. A lot of them
Tough at the football world cup in brazil. First we start in pakistan, where the Army Launched a series of air strikes targetting foreign fighters in the north of the country. 50 fighters have been killed in north waziristan, many believed to be uz becks. Fighters say they carried out the assault which killed 30 people at least. Our correspondent kamal hyder in peshawar says the taliban is vowing reprisals. They are saying theres a number of civilian casualties, that the military went on a bombing ampain and there would be re campaign, and there would be reprisals. The military is saying there are credible reports, a large number of fighters were present at the tomb of the attack, which took place at 1 30am local time. And most of the fighters killed on the ground belonged to the uz beck community from the Islamic Movement of uzbekistan. The military says they are precision strikes and they are trying to avoid casualties. Uz beck fighters are being used by the local taliban because the
A big draw for tourists in the philippines. There are fears for its future. Pakistans Army Launched a series of air strikes targetting foreign fighters in the north of the country. The military says more than 50 fighters linked to the taliban have been killed in North Waziristan. Many of the dead are believed to be u. S. Becks. The air strikes are in response to attacks on karachi airport. Our correspondent kamal hyder in peshawar says the taliban are vowing reprisals for civilian casualties. What they have been saying is theres a number of civilian casualties. The military has gone on an indiscriminate bombing campaigns, therell be reprisals for the attack. The military, on the other hand is saying that they had credible rornings that a large reports that a large number of u. S. Beck fighters were present at the location at the time of the attack which took place at 1 30am. Most of the fighters killed on the ground belong to the uz beck community from the Islamic Movement of u. S. Bec
Rebels. People escape from tribal areas in pakistan where the military is targeting foreign fighters siding with the taliban. And pedal pour in burundi means children dont have to do their homework in the dark. Israels Prime Minister is accusing maamas of kidnapping three teenagers. They are among 80 who have been arrested by troops. Here is what Benjamin Netanyahu had to say a short while ago. They are hamas terrorists, carried out thursdays kidnapping of three israeli teenagers. We know that for a fact. These teenagers were kidnapped, and the kidnapping was carried out by hamas members. Hamass denials do not change this fact, and this attack should surprise no one because hamas makes no secret of its agenda. Hamas is committed to the destruction of israel and to carrying out terrorist attacks against israeli civilians, including children. Instead of abiding by his International Obligation to disarm hamas, president a become bas has chosen to make hamas his partner. Israel holds the P