with the united states government to protect case officers while they go about doing their job. host: kris paronto were you? guest: i was in the ad next and i was standing by. i was on the q. r. f. reaction force. basically i was standing by waiting for them to come back so we could call it a night so basically you are on edge but just another normal day for us. there were operations going on and we were making sure people were supported. host: what was the cia annex? guest: basically a facility used to do operations, clandestine operations. host: how far was was that from where the ambassador kris stevens was? guest: three-quarters of a mile. it wasn t real far way. it s a couple of short turns anywhere there. host: and was it a non-facility? guest: and the state department facility in the country are known. our facilities are not supposed to be known but over time it especially for certain period of time you are going to be of the sea bass is coming out of t
for survival. [ music ] first, the turmoil in iraq, and the aftermath of the largest military offensive yet by government forces. the army is report toed be on the out reported to be on the outskirts of tikrit. the army is in control. the people inside tuck rit have enjoyed days of government bombardment. residents say part of the city has become a ghost town. mosul has been under bombardment. a nearby camp of deplaced people is nearby. half a million have been forced to leave mosul. it takes the total number of people displaced to 1.2 million. as a result the u.n. tripled the aid field to $312 million. let s go live to al jazeera s imran khan, who joins us from baghdad. iraq facing an humanitarian crisis. hundreds of thousands on the move. what assistance are these people getting. where are they heading to? well, firstly, like you say, there s a massive shortfall of funding. not just for the u.n., but the other aid agencies that are struggling to get fund to help peo