in world news, getting closer to the door steps of baghdad. militants with a terrorist group the islam yim state in the iraq and sir yas known as isis are now fighting for the control of the city of baqubah. less than 40 miles from baghdad. you know how close fort worth is to dallas? that s how close they are to the capital of iraq. anderson cooper joins us live from baghdad. security has been beefed up around the u.s. embassy there. is there a sense of fear over these approaching militants? there s certainly a lot of concern and uncertainty. i was driving around the city earlier today. there s security everywhere in the city. as you know, you ve been here plenty of times. there s security here always. but i ve never seen it like this. every block or so, there are military and police on streets.
countries like kuwait and qatar and saudi arabia. here is the issue, greta. there is a percentage of the population in these sunni countries that were not happy what was happening with the sunni fighters in syria on behalf of those fighting against the syrian leader bashar al assad. the reporting suggests that all that money was flowing out of saudi arabia, kuwait and qatar in support to fight these fighters. fighters that began in syria and crossed over the border into iraq. one more thing here did i mexico that town talafar. reports that the insurgents have taken it but not dug in inasmuch as many think. watch it to see if they strike bang. that will give us an early taste and measure whether the iraqi government is ready to fight for their country now. greta? as radical extremist seize city after city the violence is closing in on baghdad.
government with iran. i hope not. some iranian leaders were significant leaders in the revolutionary guard were there last week. no, we have got to do it on our own. in my opinion i don t think baghdad is going to fall? nope. you heard it here. i hope you are right, general. anyway, nice to see you, sir. and as jihad forces close in on baghdad. what is our military doing and what about the embassy. jennifer griffin joins us live from the pentagon. jennifer? greta. the president has notified congress tonight that he is sending 275 american troops to baghdad. we have just learned tonight the pentagon will present the president with at least one option that would require putting some special operations forces in baghdad to work with the iraqi government. already, there is a fast team of marines and 50 special operators who have been sent to the u.s. embassy in baghdad to provide security. another 100 u.s. military personnel are being deployed it to help with air field
i thought it was very interesting that secretary clinton said in your interview that al maliki had failed in his responsibility to put together a unified rickenbacker. i completely agree with that it is functionally a puppet of iran and i think the conflict between isis and the maliki regime is analogous to the iran, iraq war of the 1980s when henry kissinger said it s too bad both sides can t lose. i don t know how iran can lose in this because they have aligned themselves with al maliki and isis, isis coming out of syria and heading down to baghdad. they have got two teams playing against each other here. he will with, i think the iranians have potentially have isis in a nutcracker. they have assaad on one side and al maliki on the other. i think this attack by isis well-planned and well executed to be short so far the question is whether it s
we re doing for the opposition in syria and obviously, we ve increased what we re doing in iraq, as well. but we weigh all of the factors here. one of the reasons we re focused on a comprehensive approach is because we feel the political component here, the need for more inclusivity and turn back from sectarian way of goompbing is how we ll see a long-term kes successes in iraq. jen psaki, thank you so much. when we come back, another bludy assault under way on a major iraqi city as terrorists close in on baghdad. their own anderson cooper is inside the capital. we ll go live to anderson next. plus the reason i m here today, cnn s exclusive town hall with hillary clinton where she will answer your questions. we re minutes away from the start of that event. stay with us. nobody ever stomped their foot and asked for less. because what we all really want. .is more. there s a reason it s called an all you can eat buffet. and not a have just a little buffet .