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. >> isis is a death cult. it's a death cult. >> we are the victorious group. >> now the caliphate is destroyed. their leader has sworn to fight on in a global jihad, promising to bring the fight to the west. so is the islamic state really dead? join me as i trace the rise and fall of isis. >>> i've covered isis from the beginning. as the militant army rolled through much of iraq and syria, conquering a vast territory and establishing its caliphate. but by the spring of 2019, the tables had turned. isis was losing. i came back to witness the end. only a few thousand of the most hard-core militants were left. they were surrounded in a little syrian town called bagouz. >> translator: this is as far as we can go. it's very dangerous. >> he's a field commander in a force made up predominantly by ethnic kurds, a key ally in the fight against isis. >> they don't look like they're ready to surrender. he's saying the ones who are in here, they're prepared to die. the united states and the kurds had a joint war plan, a
. >> isis is a death cult. it's a death cult. >> we are the victorious group. >> now the caliphate is destroyed. their leader has sworn to fight on in a global jihad, promising to bring the fight to the west. so is the islamic state really dead? join me as i trace the rise and fall of isis. >>> i've covered isis from the beginning. as the militant army rolled through much of iraq and syria, conquering a vast territory and establishing its caliphate. but by the spring...
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the plan to prevent an isis resurgence, contain isis expansion, mitigate the threat isis poses to the united states and our allies, and describe how our gains against isis since 2014 will be further protected. we cannot afford to take our eyes off of this vital task of ensuring the lasting and irreversible defeat of isis. we must consolidate our gains to rid the world of this terrible organization. and insist on a sound strategy to ensure our success to that end. too many of our partner forces and indeed american brothers and sisters, those that are shared in our arms must have fought and died in this fight, and we must ensure that those sacrifices we
the plan to prevent an isis resurgence, contain isis expansion, mitigate the threat isis poses to the united states and our allies, and describe how our gains against isis since 2014 will be further protected. we cannot afford to take our eyes off of this vital task of ensuring the lasting and irreversible defeat of isis. we must consolidate our gains to rid the world of this terrible organization. and insist on a sound strategy to ensure our success to that end. too many of our partner forces...
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and isis expansion and mitigate the threat that isis poses to the united states and our allies. and describe how our gains against isis since 2014, will be further protected. we cannot t afford to take our eyes off of this vital task of ensuring the last things and irreversible debate of isis. we must consolidate our games to rid the world of this terrible organization. and insist on a sound strategy to ensure our success to the end. is it too monday of our partner forces and indeed, american brothers and sisters and those that are shared in our arms, must have fought and died in this fight we must ensure that those sacrifices we're not made in vain. thank you mr. president. i will yield theou floor. >> thinking about participating in cspan2 student 2020 competition. we never mayday documentary number four. no problem, we have resources on the website to help you get started. check out our getting started in download changes on student can .org. for producing information, and video links to footage in cspan2 library. teachers will also find resources on the teacher's material st
and isis expansion and mitigate the threat that isis poses to the united states and our allies. and describe how our gains against isis since 2014, will be further protected. we cannot t afford to take our eyes off of this vital task of ensuring the last things and irreversible debate of isis. we must consolidate our games to rid the world of this terrible organization. and insist on a sound strategy to ensure our success to the end. is it too monday of our partner forces and indeed, american...
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military for taking out the leader of isis last night. that's a tragedy, here is the problem, maria, the democrats have impeachment obsession. they are obsessed on one thing and that's to remove president trump from office. i tell you what, it's not going to happen, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump, they're obsessed on trying to impeach president trump while we are trying to pass bills that will lower the cost prescription drugs, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump or trying to get this mÉxico-canada trade deal passed that creates 170,000 jobs, $70 billion of growth in u.s. economy and they are obsessed on impeachment. it's a sham, unfortunate and silence this morning and it's very, very telling. maria: very unfortunate. let me ask you about usmca, this week in fox business network a lot of people joined me to tell me that they believe usmca will pass this year, she will bring it to the floor, are you expecting that? >> well, i sure hope so, the president signed the usmca over a year ago, remember that mÉxico
military for taking out the leader of isis last night. that's a tragedy, here is the problem, maria, the democrats have impeachment obsession. they are obsessed on one thing and that's to remove president trump from office. i tell you what, it's not going to happen, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump, they're obsessed on trying to impeach president trump while we are trying to pass bills that will lower the cost prescription drugs, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump or...
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execution videos made by isis were packaged as recruitment materials. after several false starts, the united states led a syrian, kurd, and arab fighting force in a 91-nation coalition, intent on defeating the caliphate. with a limited number of boots on the ground, u.s. and coalition air power, coupled with an effective kurd-based air force forced the territorial defeat of isis. it's come at great cost. nearly 11,000 syrian kurds have been reported killed and many more wounded. that brings us to the present day. turkey's relationship with the region's kurdish population has been fraught for centuries, particularly over the last three decades. u.s. support for syrian kurdish fighters in the war against isis created massive tensions in the u.s./turkey relationship. turkey views the syrian-kurds as an extension of the insurgency group known as the kurdistan workers party, or the pkk, which has fought in insurgency against ankara for the last three decades. the u.s. has worked for months to help address turkey's security concerns. let me be clear. turkey's
execution videos made by isis were packaged as recruitment materials. after several false starts, the united states led a syrian, kurd, and arab fighting force in a 91-nation coalition, intent on defeating the caliphate. with a limited number of boots on the ground, u.s. and coalition air power, coupled with an effective kurd-based air force forced the territorial defeat of isis. it's come at great cost. nearly 11,000 syrian kurds have been reported killed and many more wounded. that brings us...
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effort against isis. so we had the kurds in syria, it's important to remember they also fight with arab battalions, as part of the sdf, so, you know, turkey has problems particularly with the kurds but that was a multiethnic force in the end, and then in iraq, we had the kurdish ... i was really alarmed actually, a tweet that trump sent last week that showed he didn't understand the difference between the kurds in northern iraq and syria. to not understand that nuance, if you're a regular news consumer, fine, but if you're the commander-in-chief and you're directing this policy i think that's extremely alarming, because the difference is actually vast. >> so the tweet, i assume the tweet you're talking about was when he made a reference to iraq going after the kurds in syria. basically conflating the number of different groups and also a number of different incidents. >> and what was so impressive, i thought, the end stages of the war against isis was how many different forces had come together. we had th
effort against isis. so we had the kurds in syria, it's important to remember they also fight with arab battalions, as part of the sdf, so, you know, turkey has problems particularly with the kurds but that was a multiethnic force in the end, and then in iraq, we had the kurdish ... i was really alarmed actually, a tweet that trump sent last week that showed he didn't understand the difference between the kurds in northern iraq and syria. to not understand that nuance, if you're a regular news...
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the leader of isis appears to be death. he gave birth to and promoted the sickening creed that cast so many innocent lives. his face in public, only once. even then, in the presence of a small number. this is the moment at friday prayers and a freshly conquered mosul, al baghdadi, creator of one of the most successful and inhuman terrorist networks in human history, chose to reveal himself. before the infamy of this pulpit, he spent a decade rising quietly. a ph.d. student said to like football, his records show a capture of forces in 2004, near fallujah. and held for years at u.s. camp bucca. it was there, one expert that knew him, that he turned. >> al baghdadi was not cruel or radical at the time. he wanted to fight the americans. he leaned towards sectarian violence in bucca, a school where he met such iraqis that filled his head with ideas. >> his words as he was released -- >> he knew my unit was from long island, new york. he looked over to us. as we left, he said, see you in new york. here we are a few years hence,
the leader of isis appears to be death. he gave birth to and promoted the sickening creed that cast so many innocent lives. his face in public, only once. even then, in the presence of a small number. this is the moment at friday prayers and a freshly conquered mosul, al baghdadi, creator of one of the most successful and inhuman terrorist networks in human history, chose to reveal himself. before the infamy of this pulpit, he spent a decade rising quietly. a ph.d. student said to like...
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there are pockets of isis around the world yet. what we are reporting is the probable leader of the leader of isis. how significant is this? >> i'd say quite, and natalie, you put your finger on it. it's one of the big questions here other than did we gather much intelligence to exploit is what's the big impact going to be. what's the impact going to be on the movement. he of course was an interesting leader. he was a leader for the i.s. and leader of the islamic state. he combined those elements and that makes him a rare figure or special in that regard. another question for a lot of security analysts is what will be the reaction from i.s. will they be able to mount a real response or is that only in the areas where they're strong at the moment or they have remnants left. think of parts of turkey where they have infrastructure, iraq. and are they going to be looking for u.s. targets there to strike back, or will they indeed be capable of pulling off something in the next few days, next few weeks in response to this further afield.
there are pockets of isis around the world yet. what we are reporting is the probable leader of the leader of isis. how significant is this? >> i'd say quite, and natalie, you put your finger on it. it's one of the big questions here other than did we gather much intelligence to exploit is what's the big impact going to be. what's the impact going to be on the movement. he of course was an interesting leader. he was a leader for the i.s. and leader of the islamic state. he combined those...
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isis is all over the place. there in western africa, the philippines, afghanistan, there in the middle east, across the middle east, sweeper cells all over the place. they are foreign fighters who came in from russia and they have a problem in the caucasus region of russia because some of the fighters are capable of pulling off atrocities in russia too. we need a concerted effort, an international effort to contain this menace and it's good happened to happen going forward otherwise were divided if her incapable of working together it will rise again and be more horton tragedy that we will have to do with perhaps on our soil, god forbid important innocent victims around the world. yes, absolutely we have to share some intelligence with russia, just as russia supported us in the de-escalation effort to allow our special forces to enter in and take care of the job. arthel: we will leave it there. great job as always. we appreciate your analysis. eric: the house democrats in washington upping the ante on their impe
isis is all over the place. there in western africa, the philippines, afghanistan, there in the middle east, across the middle east, sweeper cells all over the place. they are foreign fighters who came in from russia and they have a problem in the caucasus region of russia because some of the fighters are capable of pulling off atrocities in russia too. we need a concerted effort, an international effort to contain this menace and it's good happened to happen going forward otherwise were...
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are they members of isis? brides of isis? spouses of isis fighters? how do we assess them? that is at the crux of the challenge for governments in figuring out how dangerous they are and what to do with them. the responses been uneven. european countries have been quite reluctant to take women and children back to the uk in particular. there was a young girl who was one of the three girls who became international stories because her citizenship was stripped. russia has taken some women back in the us. from an american perspective taking these women back, monitoring them, save her from simply security perspective than allowing them to go free in the desert. >> host: you have talked to the women. are they remorseful? are they regretful or are they defiant? >> guest: there is both. these are the women who came out of the final stronghold of isis. a lot were the most fervent believers. women who came out in earlier moments of 2017. those who wanted to get out earlier tried to. there is a higher concentration among those who were there but many couldn't get out. you had to pay s
are they members of isis? brides of isis? spouses of isis fighters? how do we assess them? that is at the crux of the challenge for governments in figuring out how dangerous they are and what to do with them. the responses been uneven. european countries have been quite reluctant to take women and children back to the uk in particular. there was a young girl who was one of the three girls who became international stories because her citizenship was stripped. russia has taken some women back in...
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is unrelenting, and by killing the leader of isis, the active operational leader of isis who it was reported two weeks ago was giving orders to isis fighters in syria, we believe we'll have a measurable impact on the effectiveness of that terrorist organization, but we're not going to let up, we're not going to stop the fight, and at the same time, we'll continue to work with our allies to establish that safe zone between kurdish syria and turkey that the president had myself and secretary of state mike pompeo negotiate in ankara just a week ago. >> brennan: but do i understand what you're saying is that the number of u.s. troops remaining in syria is still being determined? you haven't locked in at a number yet? >> well, we have troops, and the president has made it clear we will have forces to secure the oil fields in northern syria in order to then create a collaborative relationship on that -- >> brennan: more than 200 roughly? >> -- with our kurdish-syrian allies. this operation last night was real testament to the relationship we've formed with syrian democratic forces, who i
is unrelenting, and by killing the leader of isis, the active operational leader of isis who it was reported two weeks ago was giving orders to isis fighters in syria, we believe we'll have a measurable impact on the effectiveness of that terrorist organization, but we're not going to let up, we're not going to stop the fight, and at the same time, we'll continue to work with our allies to establish that safe zone between kurdish syria and turkey that the president had myself and secretary of...
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the isis presence has been along -- little isis presence. the isis presence has been along the euphrates far to the south and in the area west of the euphrates. turkey has a fairly good record of fighting isis in northwest if isisnd i'm sure that showed up, turkey would take it on as well because it has been repeatedly attacked by isis inside turkey. coordinateperate -- with information concerning isis and operations we do. we are used to doing that. but again, isis is not a major issue at that part of the northeast at present. sen. shaheen: i appreciate that, because with the sdf and our support, we have driven them out. mr. jeffrey: exactly. sen. shaheen: but those that suggest that turkey is not quick to move into manbich? mr. jeffrey: turkey is not going to move into manbich according to the agreement we have with the russians. sen. shaheen: so russia has moved in? mr. jeffrey: syrian forces and some russian advisors are in manbich right now and judging from this agreement, they have no intention of letting turkey not back in, but into i
the isis presence has been along -- little isis presence. the isis presence has been along the euphrates far to the south and in the area west of the euphrates. turkey has a fairly good record of fighting isis in northwest if isisnd i'm sure that showed up, turkey would take it on as well because it has been repeatedly attacked by isis inside turkey. coordinateperate -- with information concerning isis and operations we do. we are used to doing that. but again, isis is not a major issue at that...
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in order to prevent isis from resurgence because we have committed to the counter isis campaign. >> as i consistent with what you want to do in the oilfields? are they denying access to prevent russian or syrian force forces. >> the short answer is yes. in that case because we do have access to resources in order for the prisons for their own troops and assist us with the isis mission. that is our mission. >> general milley president trump said yesterday he was begging and crying before he died can you elaborate quick. >> the secretary was asked the same question. i know the president had planned i assume that was topped directly to the unit but i don't know. >> i have not talked to unit members i've talked to commanders and centcom the commander said there was one part of the raid talking about the intelligence provided can you confirm those details? also with the oil field can you talk about after these last couple weeks protecting the oil field will though will there be more troops in syria than befor before? >> as i said we are positioned and are given the earlier directive to r
in order to prevent isis from resurgence because we have committed to the counter isis campaign. >> as i consistent with what you want to do in the oilfields? are they denying access to prevent russian or syrian force forces. >> the short answer is yes. in that case because we do have access to resources in order for the prisons for their own troops and assist us with the isis mission. that is our mission. >> general milley president trump said yesterday he was begging and...
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and to ensure the defeat of isis. which is exactly why the trump administration should brief the congress and what the plan is. and finally after we pushed for two weeks, we are doing a briefing tomorrow and secretary general millie, and others will be there. not secretary pompeo, he seems to be running away from talking to us. but they will be there and we want to know a plan. isis is the danger to her homeland. is a new yorker, i realize it may be better than anybody. just how small groups of evil people, thousands of miles away can cause huge damage here in our homeland. we don't know how monday of the 10000 isis detainees, monday of whom were hardened fighters have escaped. we don't know where they have gone or if there's any plans to get them back into detention facilities. we don't even know with the plan is to keep those who are still there from escaping. and these are dangerous people. dangerous to our homelands and are allies and our troops and our interests, and president trump his policy failure just give t
and to ensure the defeat of isis. which is exactly why the trump administration should brief the congress and what the plan is. and finally after we pushed for two weeks, we are doing a briefing tomorrow and secretary general millie, and others will be there. not secretary pompeo, he seems to be running away from talking to us. but they will be there and we want to know a plan. isis is the danger to her homeland. is a new yorker, i realize it may be better than anybody. just how small groups of...
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now the head of isis is very likely dead. and how this changes the landscape of syria right now. >> well, i think the first element of that you have to say the timing is extremely coincidental. this person they have been looking out for years was tracked down and appeared to be killed by u.s. forces, within a week or two of u.s. forces withdrawing in syria and allowing turkish forces to enter syria. so is there some kind of quid pro quo, and this is the final element of it, or is the timing entirely coincidental? that is something we will think about the next few weeks i'm sure. i'm sure the other issue here is in some secondary way, this strengthens the arguments of damascus coming down to control. once you find the head of islamic state being killed in that province, it strengthens the argument on damascus and moscow. it appears on the surface of it. i think there is still quite a bit to be played out in terms of the being found in i.d. lid province. >> let's talk about isis beyond syria. they to operate in philippines, sin
now the head of isis is very likely dead. and how this changes the landscape of syria right now. >> well, i think the first element of that you have to say the timing is extremely coincidental. this person they have been looking out for years was tracked down and appeared to be killed by u.s. forces, within a week or two of u.s. forces withdrawing in syria and allowing turkish forces to enter syria. so is there some kind of quid pro quo, and this is the final element of it, or is the...
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we believe that the rise of isis is imminent if this continues. we appreciate what the president did with sanctions against turkey. we are here to add to it and supplement what the president did and let turkey know there are three branches of government. but congress is going to speak with a sing did you lar voice that we will impose sanctions in the strongest measure possible against this turkish outrage that will lead to the re-he mergens of isis and benefit to iran to the detriment of israel. i will briefly go over what's in the bill. but i would like to make a statement that the house passed yesterday a resolution urging the president to change course inside of syria. 354-60. i believe that same resolution if brought to the floor of the united states senate would get over 80 votes and i'm urging senator mcconnell and senator schumer to do that. because people are dying as we speak and we want the president to be successful. secretary pompeo and vice president pence are meeting with turkey as i speak. i called this morning to our envoy regardin
we believe that the rise of isis is imminent if this continues. we appreciate what the president did with sanctions against turkey. we are here to add to it and supplement what the president did and let turkey know there are three branches of government. but congress is going to speak with a sing did you lar voice that we will impose sanctions in the strongest measure possible against this turkish outrage that will lead to the re-he mergens of isis and benefit to iran to the detriment of...
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possibly in a stronghold of a group that is a rival to isis. isis waiting. al qaeda still strong in this province near the turkish border. these are the discussions people have as they learn more details over time. here is a look at al baghdadi's life and what it meant and where his death leads us. his face in publicly only once and even then in the presence of a small number. this is the moment friday prayers in mosul and abub bakr ago baghdadi chose to reveal himself. yet, before the infamy of this pulpit, he spent a decade rising quietly. a ph.d. student said to like football, these pentagon records show his capture by u.s. forces in 2004 near fallujah, his hometown and held for years as a civilian internee at u.s. camp buka. one expert who knew him said he turned. >> translator: al baghdadi was not cruel but wanted to fight the americans. he went to a school where he met foreigners and some iraqis who filled his head with such ideas. >> reporter: the man in charge of the camp mur mmur saying see you in new york. i look at those words in a different conte
possibly in a stronghold of a group that is a rival to isis. isis waiting. al qaeda still strong in this province near the turkish border. these are the discussions people have as they learn more details over time. here is a look at al baghdadi's life and what it meant and where his death leads us. his face in publicly only once and even then in the presence of a small number. this is the moment friday prayers in mosul and abub bakr ago baghdadi chose to reveal himself. yet, before the infamy...
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military for taking out the leader of isis last night. that's a tragedy, here is the problem, maria, the democrats have impeachment obsession. they are obsessed on one thing and that's to remove president trump from office. i tell you what, it's not going to happen, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump, they're obsessed on trying to impeach president trump while we are trying to pass bills that will lower the cost prescription drugs, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump or trying to get this mÉxico-canada trade deal passed that creates 170,000 jobs, $70 billion of growth in u.s. economy and they are obsessed on impeachment. it's a sham, unfortunate and silence this morning and it's very, very telling. maria: very unfortunate. let me ask you about usmca, this week in fox business network a lot of people joined me to tell me that they believe usmca will pass this year, she will bring it to the floor, are you expecting that? >> well, i sure hope so, the president signed the usmca over a year ago, remember that mÉxico
military for taking out the leader of isis last night. that's a tragedy, here is the problem, maria, the democrats have impeachment obsession. they are obsessed on one thing and that's to remove president trump from office. i tell you what, it's not going to happen, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump, they're obsessed on trying to impeach president trump while we are trying to pass bills that will lower the cost prescription drugs, they are obsessed on impeaching president trump or...
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isis. now they've been blown apart. imagine how demoralizing it is, demoralizing it is to the troops, our troops as russia pours in mercenary, taking victory laps inside of former u.s. camps and facilities. and president trump ordered them to abandon and turkey attacking the very people they fought alongside of. that's when we need someone in the oval office who understands the gravity and the consequences of their decisions. trump's quote, his great, unmatched wisdom, end of quote. my god. what a delusional man. [ applause ] great, unmatched wisdom. [ applause ] that great, unmatched wisdom has undone the hard-won progress across two administrations in a matter of days including our fight against isis in syria. as i said, a retired admiral said, quote, everyone was absolutely flabbergasted. he went on to say in the pentagon throughout. our military did not sign on to this. republican congress know how irresponsible this is. it's about the only thing they've mustered enough backbone to crit
isis. now they've been blown apart. imagine how demoralizing it is, demoralizing it is to the troops, our troops as russia pours in mercenary, taking victory laps inside of former u.s. camps and facilities. and president trump ordered them to abandon and turkey attacking the very people they fought alongside of. that's when we need someone in the oval office who understands the gravity and the consequences of their decisions. trump's quote, his great, unmatched wisdom, end of quote. my god....
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they helped us smash isis. a direct threat to the united states of america and our friends all around the world. and that didn't happen during world war ii. but some of it happened during trump's first term. you know, you think he'd remember. he bragged about it at the time. he said the kurds stood with us to accomplish a vital national security objective in the united states. he goes on to point out the destruction of isis and their temporary caliphate, he talked about it. he said we achieved this without sending tens of thousands of troops, without spending a quarter trillion dollars as we did in iraq surge. indeed, the obama/biden administration worked with them alongside our partners in syria. the kurds, the syrian democratic forces. but just a few hundred americans stopping tens of thousands of local fighters to take the fight to isis on the ground. the strategy is so successful it turned out that trump's secret plan to defeat isis -- remember that? secret plan to defeat isis was to keep doing what we had
they helped us smash isis. a direct threat to the united states of america and our friends all around the world. and that didn't happen during world war ii. but some of it happened during trump's first term. you know, you think he'd remember. he bragged about it at the time. he said the kurds stood with us to accomplish a vital national security objective in the united states. he goes on to point out the destruction of isis and their temporary caliphate, he talked about it. he said we achieved...
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, start with isis. i insisted on sunday with egypt the arab spring. that really is the background for this. so was the iraq war but if remember in 2011 when the arab spring protester in egypt and in syria, the obama administration was winding down u.s. engagement in iraq and they were supposed to become the protests were supposed be this new way forward for america to engage with the middle east. the protesters were chanting american ideals, getting political support for the u.s. government and the organizing on the tools of americans can the new american capitalism, so facebook, google, twitter, and we deny phones. there was this moment vivian and i covered when we were, first met in 2011 in egypt that everything felt come protest on the street for connected with american news viewers here who were not just watching the protest on social media but, on tv also engaging the sharing facebook post. it captured this obama first-term mindset that we can all discuss it at a computer laptops and like our way t
, start with isis. i insisted on sunday with egypt the arab spring. that really is the background for this. so was the iraq war but if remember in 2011 when the arab spring protester in egypt and in syria, the obama administration was winding down u.s. engagement in iraq and they were supposed to become the protests were supposed be this new way forward for america to engage with the middle east. the protesters were chanting american ideals, getting political support for the u.s. government and...
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the enduring defeat of isis. our recent repositioning of forces within the country is intended to foster us to continue this mission and give the president options while returning the balance back home to the united states. those who remain will continue to execute counterterrorism operations while staying in close contact with the syrian democratic forces who fought alongside us area additionally the united states will retain control of oil fields in northeast syria. at the height of baghdadi's reign these fields provided the bulk of resources used to fund its terror. us troops will remain positioned in this area to deny isis access to those vital resources. and we will respond with overwhelming military force against any group that threatens the safety of our forces there. theseoilfields provide a critical source of funding for the stf which enables their ability to secure isis prison camps and conduct operations against isis among other things . last week i was in brussels or the nato defense ministerial x and
the enduring defeat of isis. our recent repositioning of forces within the country is intended to foster us to continue this mission and give the president options while returning the balance back home to the united states. those who remain will continue to execute counterterrorism operations while staying in close contact with the syrian democratic forces who fought alongside us area additionally the united states will retain control of oil fields in northeast syria. at the height of...
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, syrian isis, iraqi isis and isis in the saha region of africa. gillian: interesting, are we in a situation now where a new figure head leader has already been named and emerged and they're just carrying on or is there kind of this isis organization go through a leader list moment? >> who vouches for the new leader, that's one of the biggest thing al-qaeda had, one osama bid laden, we saw hamza bin laden, they'll but lot of competition, no one to bless the next isis leader, we are likely to see a splint near the group, new leaders and competition, that should afford the intelligence community and special operators more targets to go after as competition happens, the network pops up. gillian: now homeland security forces are saying that from the moment al-baghdadi, you know, died last night, threats to the homeland, threats here on u.s. soil became higher risk. >> yes. gillian: tell us about that. >> the leader of isis has been killed, this would be the time for foreign fighters and lone wolfs to conduct attacks, americans should be vigilant and we
, syrian isis, iraqi isis and isis in the saha region of africa. gillian: interesting, are we in a situation now where a new figure head leader has already been named and emerged and they're just carrying on or is there kind of this isis organization go through a leader list moment? >> who vouches for the new leader, that's one of the biggest thing al-qaeda had, one osama bid laden, we saw hamza bin laden, they'll but lot of competition, no one to bless the next isis leader, we are likely...
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he's still the commander of isis. so i don't quite agree that he's not somebody who is not in direct control of the organization. you know, he does. he commands a lot of authority from the rank and file not just by the way in syria and iraq. but, remember, isis has fanned out throughout the world and, you know, the thing that i would emphasize to your viewers is the deadliest attack, the deadliest foreign jihadist attack that isis planned and perpetrated was executed after the collapse of the so-called caliphate, after t they lost their, you know, putdtiput putative-state building enterprise. that was the sri lanka attack. so isis still very much has a loyal following not just in syria and iraq but around the world. baghdadi was a lightning rod. he was somebody able to galvanize, to convince people that this was still a struggle worth joining. his death, i think, is actually a little more significant than just, well, you know, they'll find somebody to fill this role. no. they will, and if they're smart as an organizat
he's still the commander of isis. so i don't quite agree that he's not somebody who is not in direct control of the organization. you know, he does. he commands a lot of authority from the rank and file not just by the way in syria and iraq. but, remember, isis has fanned out throughout the world and, you know, the thing that i would emphasize to your viewers is the deadliest attack, the deadliest foreign jihadist attack that isis planned and perpetrated was executed after the collapse of the...
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in 2014, he proclaimed an isis caliphate. u.s. president donald trump is expected to make an announcement in the coming hours. that's what we've been told. the administration official said that the speech he will deliver will be foreign policy-related. he did say and tweeted out, that something really big has just happen e happened. ben wedeman, when you think of your experience in the spring. 50 days, you watched the last days days, hours of isis, as they tried to hang on. what are you thinking, now, as we seem to have two u.s. officials confirming to cnn, that they believe that al baghdadi is dead. >> it's significant. i was thinking about, what does all this mean? when we were interviewing, we interviewed dozens of isis wives and children. for few of them spoke about baghda baghdadi. their loyalty was to the islamic state. unlike, for instance, bin laden, who was a cult figure in al qaeda, al baghdadi wasn't seen as the embodiment of the islamic state. he was seen as the head of it. you didn't have the cult of personality. osam
in 2014, he proclaimed an isis caliphate. u.s. president donald trump is expected to make an announcement in the coming hours. that's what we've been told. the administration official said that the speech he will deliver will be foreign policy-related. he did say and tweeted out, that something really big has just happen e happened. ben wedeman, when you think of your experience in the spring. 50 days, you watched the last days days, hours of isis, as they tried to hang on. what are you...
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you characterize isis today? >> well i do see parallels with al qaeda. al qaeda was never the same after bin laden was gone and we would hope that isis would track that type of demise. president trump and the trump adminitration had already largely decimated and destroyed isis. the body of the snake, but yesterday, they cut off the head of the snake in killing baghdadi and as you heard the president say uncovered a treasure trove of information that could be used for operational purposes there was concern that isis might reconstitute in some form in syria and iraq, obviously that became far more difficult. doesn't mean that there aren't bad people that are going to infiltrate into other organizations, assimilate into a front or other al qaeda components, but there's no question but that the middle east is safer today and americans are safer here in the united states, because isis's capables were decimated to a large extent yesterday. maria: were they planning further attacks, congressman? what do we know in terms
you characterize isis today? >> well i do see parallels with al qaeda. al qaeda was never the same after bin laden was gone and we would hope that isis would track that type of demise. president trump and the trump adminitration had already largely decimated and destroyed isis. the body of the snake, but yesterday, they cut off the head of the snake in killing baghdadi and as you heard the president say uncovered a treasure trove of information that could be used for operational purposes...
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isis is a depraved organization. they are religious nazis. they cannot be accommodated, they cannot be negotiated with, they have to be destroyed and marginalized. byy few people over there into what these crazy people are selling. it will always be in our interest to partner with people over there who are on the front of making sure isis types never come here and to replace this ideology with something more sustainable to the american people. -- it has been a long and difficult war. the president wants to reduce our footprint and lower our costs and he is right to want to do that. i'm very encouraged about what i see in syria. new strategy that focuses on building up the lives of people in the region, having a small footprint of americans lift up local populations and securing the oil is a smart idea , that is how isis survived for so long. of can take syrian oil out the hands of isis and put it in the hands of the kurds, people who fought and died along our side, a transformational event in the iraq and syrian theater. what i have seen deve
isis is a depraved organization. they are religious nazis. they cannot be accommodated, they cannot be negotiated with, they have to be destroyed and marginalized. byy few people over there into what these crazy people are selling. it will always be in our interest to partner with people over there who are on the front of making sure isis types never come here and to replace this ideology with something more sustainable to the american people. -- it has been a long and difficult war. the...
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against isis. so we had the kurds in syria, to remember they lso fight with arab bat battalions, so, you know, turkey has problems particularly with kurds but that was a multiethnic force in the end, we had the iraq, kurdish -- i was really alarmed actually, a tweet that trump last week that showed he didn't understand the difference between the kurds in northern iraq and syria. nuance, derstand that if you're a regular news consumer, fine, but if you're the commander-in-chief and directing this policy i think that's extremely alarming, ecause the difference is actually vast. >> so the tweet, i assume the tweet you're talking about was iraqhe made a reference to going after the kurds in syria. the numberon plating of different groups and also a number of different incidents. impressive, is so thought the end stages of the war against isis was how many ifferent forces had come together. we had the kurds in northern iraq, and you also had the iraqi military, and in particular, the protagonists are th
against isis. so we had the kurds in syria, to remember they lso fight with arab bat battalions, so, you know, turkey has problems particularly with kurds but that was a multiethnic force in the end, we had the iraq, kurdish -- i was really alarmed actually, a tweet that trump last week that showed he didn't understand the difference between the kurds in northern iraq and syria. nuance, derstand that if you're a regular news consumer, fine, but if you're the commander-in-chief and directing...
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just a few weeks ago from al baghdadi encouraging the isis caliphate to continue and for those isis fighters to continue without him. >> well, what baghdadi knew for certain is that he had to stay off telephones and any communications, electronic communications. he had to get away. like mullah omar in afghanistan. simply go underground, stay away from e-mail, telephone calls, and the rest of it. and you know, it's significant, especially now, because so many islamic state prisoners have escaped, possibly up to 800. they're talking about reforming. to have their leader taken out in whatever way at this time would be demoralizing obviously for the islamic state. you know, this would be a very crucial, important operation in that part of the world. >> in terms of what's going on in that part of the world right now as you just mentioned, there is a lot of confusion over foreign policy there. certainly president trump will have been briefed on a lot of these covert operations over the last couple years to try to find al baghdadi and bring him to justice. in terms of what's going on on the ground
just a few weeks ago from al baghdadi encouraging the isis caliphate to continue and for those isis fighters to continue without him. >> well, what baghdadi knew for certain is that he had to stay off telephones and any communications, electronic communications. he had to get away. like mullah omar in afghanistan. simply go underground, stay away from e-mail, telephone calls, and the rest of it. and you know, it's significant, especially now, because so many islamic state prisoners have...
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some of our troops need to stay involved in the counter isis fight because there is 15 or 20,000 isis fighters still on the loose inside syria. the day we leave will be when we can say we are safe. every military leader, mr. president, believes we need a few hundreds of us to keep the isis fight going in a positive direction. 10,000 kurds were injured or killed. every one of them went down was one of us that did not have to go down. this is a motto that worked. we destroyed the caliphate with eight casualties on the american side. what am i urging? just listen to the commanders. don't listen to rand paul or listen to me. we'll go play golf and we'll talk about golf. if you think i am a war mongrel. all i am asking is you do what president obama did not do. listen and adjust. you have the opportunity to reset the table with the configuration of american forces in the hundreds and not the thousands that'll reassure our valuable ally and keep iran being the biggest winner and protect our friends in israel. if you continue on the course you are on, you will have brought a lot of damage to
some of our troops need to stay involved in the counter isis fight because there is 15 or 20,000 isis fighters still on the loose inside syria. the day we leave will be when we can say we are safe. every military leader, mr. president, believes we need a few hundreds of us to keep the isis fight going in a positive direction. 10,000 kurds were injured or killed. every one of them went down was one of us that did not have to go down. this is a motto that worked. we destroyed the caliphate with...
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leader of isis, but there's also this new threat of 100 plus isis terrorists out there. senator bob menendez, the ranking democrat on the senate foreign relations committee, says that the release of these isis prisoners is a clear and present danger to the united states. do you agree? >> well, we need to have more information about exactly who they were. so there are top rate, very dangerous isis operatives, and lower rung operatives who are not as dangerous. as you pointed out, it's a big deal to get bagdadi. i think the president deserves a lot of credit cafor authorizing the raid. if it had gone bad, he would have gotten the blame. but that does not mean isis has been defeated, any more than getting bin laden meant al qaeda was defeated. you still have these networks, you still have the people who will take the place of anybody we remove. and they will continue to work to attack america. one other point. there was a lot of comment about, we wouldn't expect bagdadi to be in idlib because we thought al qaeda was there. what happens in some places is, terrorist organizat
leader of isis, but there's also this new threat of 100 plus isis terrorists out there. senator bob menendez, the ranking democrat on the senate foreign relations committee, says that the release of these isis prisoners is a clear and present danger to the united states. do you agree? >> well, we need to have more information about exactly who they were. so there are top rate, very dangerous isis operatives, and lower rung operatives who are not as dangerous. as you pointed out, it's a...
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they they could it could be pave the ground for reimagines of isis or isis $2.00 or 2 or $3.00 now on the syrian side of things there is to the that isis was very much in control of where being. for they were being fought in these areas by the as the f. now with the american withdrawal from these areas with empowering the guy who is largely seen both in iraq and in syria as the patron of isis. isis was largely seen as the military wing of the a.k.p. the guys party in turkey $40000.00 fighters according to brett mccurry who was in charge of the war against isis in iraq and in syria said that they had come to isis areas to syria from turkey now with turkey in charge of the borders again with the s.d.f. being away from their borders we could see a similar scenario of isis of the grounds are there for isis or isis to point or whatever else for for them to reemerge in the areas that they were. cleared of in the past with the coalition and there's the f so this issue is that the conditions are now i think back to to where we started in that case law school what's your view on that what are
they they could it could be pave the ground for reimagines of isis or isis $2.00 or 2 or $3.00 now on the syrian side of things there is to the that isis was very much in control of where being. for they were being fought in these areas by the as the f. now with the american withdrawal from these areas with empowering the guy who is largely seen both in iraq and in syria as the patron of isis. isis was largely seen as the military wing of the a.k.p. the guys party in turkey $40000.00 fighters...
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does not mean the death of isis. scores of isis fighters remain under uncertain conditions in syrian prisons and countless others in the region and committing acts of terror. by all definitions, this is a major victory in the war on terror in particular for the administration, heavily criticized for policies in syria, gillian. gillian: great context as always, thank you so much. >> you bet. gillian: for more on this, tennessee republican congressman mark green, he currently serves on the house homeland security and oversight committee, homeland committee and oversight committees previously served on the mission that captured saddam hussein, what were your first thoughts when you heard the news? >> the biggest thing that came to my mind was pride for the unit and for the men that -- the men and women who flew in that mission and went on the ground, on the target, i mean, this is a very, very complex thing, when you talk about the planning and the synchronizing of all assets at that point in time, it's pretty impressiv
does not mean the death of isis. scores of isis fighters remain under uncertain conditions in syrian prisons and countless others in the region and committing acts of terror. by all definitions, this is a major victory in the war on terror in particular for the administration, heavily criticized for policies in syria, gillian. gillian: great context as always, thank you so much. >> you bet. gillian: for more on this, tennessee republican congressman mark green, he currently serves on the...
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a whole camp hosted 70000 people is proving to be a briefing ground for isis is pro isis's of the site summarizes our radicalizing and organizing in the camp. the overcrowding, like a security and squalid conditions of the camp recipe for disaster. we know how this movie ends. tens of thousands of iraqis were held in u.s. citizen centers including [inaudible] and these overcrowded camps on next generation of terrorists emerged. these prisoners became the future but hold or put soldiers of isis. the groups leadership breaking the wall skipping with thousands of fighters. the issue of overcrowded detention centers sponsored another wave of terror and was relevant again once in syria. they maintain provinces from syria to indonesia and across the middle east. the group has planned or inspired heinous terrorist attacks globally including in the united states. isis ability to organize to not be underestimated and the risk of prison escape must be taken seriously. u.s. policy change in syria has empowered our adversaries and betrayed our allies. the kurdish forces have been the u.s. most tru
a whole camp hosted 70000 people is proving to be a briefing ground for isis is pro isis's of the site summarizes our radicalizing and organizing in the camp. the overcrowding, like a security and squalid conditions of the camp recipe for disaster. we know how this movie ends. tens of thousands of iraqis were held in u.s. citizen centers including [inaudible] and these overcrowded camps on next generation of terrorists emerged. these prisoners became the future but hold or put soldiers of isis....
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the purpose is to deny those oilfields access to isis in order to prevent isis from resurr resurgence. we don't want them to resurge, they get a lot of revenues from that. i'll let the secretary -- >> my specific question is within what you want to do in the oil fields, does that include denying access, preventing russian or syrian forces, which now have changed the battle space. >> the short answer is yes, it presently does. in that case we want to make sure sdf does have access to the resources in order to guard the prisons, in order to guard their own troops, in order to assist us with the defeat isis mission. that's our mission, to secure the oil fields. >> you just said you would deny russia and the regime -- >> general, president trump described yesterday baghdadi wi whimpering or crying when he died. can you elaborate? >> the secretary was asked the same question yesterday. i know the president had planned -- but i don't know what the source of that was. but i assume it was talking directly to unit members. >> you haven't talked to any unit members who described that to you? >>
the purpose is to deny those oilfields access to isis in order to prevent isis from resurr resurgence. we don't want them to resurge, they get a lot of revenues from that. i'll let the secretary -- >> my specific question is within what you want to do in the oil fields, does that include denying access, preventing russian or syrian forces, which now have changed the battle space. >> the short answer is yes, it presently does. in that case we want to make sure sdf does have access to...
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the troops now that are denying isis access to those oil fields are doing so so we make sure isis doesn't generate the revenue that would allow them to buy weapons to attack our partners in europe or the homeland. that's why we're reinforcing positions in the southern part of northern syria. >> did the withdrawal of u.s. forces from the turkish/syria border accelerate this operation in any way? >> i don't think so. the withdraw was made because president erdogan said he was going to attack regardless. we were opposed to that vehemently and protested as much. our concern was that turkey's actions, unwarranted as they were, would cause us to lose focus on the defeat isis mission. that's the reason we're there. and last week i spent in the region talking to many of our allies and i spent time in brussels with our nato allies and reiterated to them our commitment to the enduring defeat of isis. >> and obviously this is a huge blow to isis, to have their leader al-baghdadi killed. is there now concern that isis might lash out, that they might try to stage some sort of terrorist attack to show
the troops now that are denying isis access to those oil fields are doing so so we make sure isis doesn't generate the revenue that would allow them to buy weapons to attack our partners in europe or the homeland. that's why we're reinforcing positions in the southern part of northern syria. >> did the withdrawal of u.s. forces from the turkish/syria border accelerate this operation in any way? >> i don't think so. the withdraw was made because president erdogan said he was going to...
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those affiliates actually split when isis was formed from isis back in 2014 and, indeed, engaged in quite a bit of combat around raqqah. the alphabet soup of this military tan militants can't accomplish who is fighting for whom and baghdadi might have been with friends even though in a rival enemy group he was hiding. being so close to turkey whether his family was trying to get out of the region and try to go anonymous at least for a while inside turkish territory, that would have been highly problematic for turkey. nonetheless i think what is really important about understanding this is that while the head of the snake has been cut off, there is a hydra. 12 million people under the rule of baghdadi, himself. he is now dead and the territory has gone largely from isis rule but the ideas remain but that makes them, once again, direct kind of brand competitors, if you like, with the previously formed al qaeda which is never intended to control territory. so ultimately with the death of the so-called leader, this represents a very symbolic powerful body blow to the so-called islamic state b
those affiliates actually split when isis was formed from isis back in 2014 and, indeed, engaged in quite a bit of combat around raqqah. the alphabet soup of this military tan militants can't accomplish who is fighting for whom and baghdadi might have been with friends even though in a rival enemy group he was hiding. being so close to turkey whether his family was trying to get out of the region and try to go anonymous at least for a while inside turkish territory, that would have been highly...
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the death of a top isis leader does not mean the death of isis. scores of fighters remain under uncertain conditions in syrian prisons, and at risk of a jail break. nearly 800 isis supporters and family members have reportedly escaped. to say that turkey and syria still adequately guard the prisoners is outrageous and dangerous. at the same time, more than 250,000 kurdish civilians have fled their homes because of turkish attacks. dozens of civilians, in addition to possibly hundreds of brave kurdish fighters, have been killed. the only winners from the president's disastrous decision in syria are isis, the syrian government, iran and russia. with these targeted strong sanctions, america is holding accountable top turkish officials responsible for human rights abuses, including attacking our kurdish partners. we are penalizing turkish financial institutions who perpetuate president erdogan's corruption and abuses and are preventing the sale of arms for turkey -- to turkey for use in syria. as the house passes this legislation, we again call upon t
the death of a top isis leader does not mean the death of isis. scores of fighters remain under uncertain conditions in syrian prisons, and at risk of a jail break. nearly 800 isis supporters and family members have reportedly escaped. to say that turkey and syria still adequately guard the prisoners is outrageous and dangerous. at the same time, more than 250,000 kurdish civilians have fled their homes because of turkish attacks. dozens of civilians, in addition to possibly hundreds of brave...
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group and isis groups. they're really trying to become an insurgency, especially in irq, but also in syria once again. >> sreenivasan: pbs newshour's nick schifrin, our foreign affairs and defense correspondent. thanks so much. >> reporter: thanks very much. >> sreenivasan: for more perspective on abu bakr al- bas,ghdadi and i'm joined here in the studio by jennifer cafarella. she's a research director at th institute for the study of war. to be dead before but an weren't real, how significant it? >> the eli enations of the leader abu bakr al-baghdadi is a very big deal. we have been on theunt sinc 2014 when we intervened to halt isis rampage across the midd mle east and the death-of-baghdadi could vey disruptive effect not only on the ability ice toys reinstitute inside of iraq an sya, but also potentially disrupng isis global expansion which has been a key priority this year up until his death. >> and he was tactically a didn't necessarily want everyone to show up here or show up there, just go ahead and
group and isis groups. they're really trying to become an insurgency, especially in irq, but also in syria once again. >> sreenivasan: pbs newshour's nick schifrin, our foreign affairs and defense correspondent. thanks so much. >> reporter: thanks very much. >> sreenivasan: for more perspective on abu bakr al- bas,ghdadi and i'm joined here in the studio by jennifer cafarella. she's a research director at th institute for the study of war. to be dead before but an weren't...
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that helped in the creation of isis as far as allowing isis and certain sunni provinces to germinate. >> harris: one last quick question for you. what is your impression today, just in terms of how much information we are getting as a public? >> i thought that was a good news conference overall. i thought the information was good. i think overall that there are some things that are missing. one is the relationship with the syrian kurds. the intelligence on the ground can't be beaten. syrian kurds are one of them, but there are others in the region that can help. al, thank you for your time today, and your expertise. >> thank you, iris. >> harris: let's bring in the white house now. hogan gidley, principal deputy white house press secretary. think for being on the program today. a lot to get to today. a big day talking about law enforcement with the president there meeting with chief 's and groups in chicago let's drill down on what just happened at the pentagon. where the president is going in all this. how many people are you planning to leave behind on the ground in syria? you heard
that helped in the creation of isis as far as allowing isis and certain sunni provinces to germinate. >> harris: one last quick question for you. what is your impression today, just in terms of how much information we are getting as a public? >> i thought that was a good news conference overall. i thought the information was good. i think overall that there are some things that are missing. one is the relationship with the syrian kurds. the intelligence on the ground can't be...
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isis insurgence. i understand the administration's legitimate concerns about engaging our u.s. forces in long-term military operations. to wind down our overseas conflicts and bring our troops home, but leaving syria now does not resolve the problem that brought in the first place. it only creates more. we need a residual force in place. consequences of this decision have already unfolded before our very eyes. trust of trayed the our kurdish partners who fought bravely with us against isis to and destroy the caliphate, and they paid a heavy lives n thousands of lost. we must remember that turkey's kurdsive affects not only but also the people of northeastern syria. have dozens of civilians been killed and over 1630,000 -- 160,000 people have been displaced. islamic state prisoners, affiliates are already breaking free, reversing defeat -fought gains to these dangerous terrorists. and now our syrian kurdish withers have struck a deal the syrian regime. and his russian and iranian backers more to itory
isis insurgence. i understand the administration's legitimate concerns about engaging our u.s. forces in long-term military operations. to wind down our overseas conflicts and bring our troops home, but leaving syria now does not resolve the problem that brought in the first place. it only creates more. we need a residual force in place. consequences of this decision have already unfolded before our very eyes. trust of trayed the our kurdish partners who fought bravely with us against isis to...
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this after a long hard and successful fight against isis. at the height of its power there was territory larger than the united kingdom to direct and inspire attacks on the homeland with kin on - - communities across the united states to face numerous attacks against our troops. those have unimaginable atrocities targeting christians and others who imposed their corrupt interpretation of islam. this one example of these atrocities with the brides that were forced into marriages with isis fighters repeatedly to decide where to make a mistake or to be inflicted on those with disabilities such as being suffocated or babies being born with down syndrome. together this coalition of c over 30 countries united states engaged in a campaign to witness the world of isis to restore peace and stability to the region those that are fighting against isis to take the fight to the heart of the caliphate. with a special s operations forces the stf liberated land imprisoned thousands of terrorist fighters for those who suffered under isis rule. in the vast mo
this after a long hard and successful fight against isis. at the height of its power there was territory larger than the united kingdom to direct and inspire attacks on the homeland with kin on - - communities across the united states to face numerous attacks against our troops. those have unimaginable atrocities targeting christians and others who imposed their corrupt interpretation of islam. this one example of these atrocities with the brides that were forced into marriages with isis...
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i guess finally isis. you think dozens of isis fighters have been released, i've heard larger numbers but the point is we have found ourselves in a situation where because of the unsettled nature of that buffer region much of what the kurds were doing to restrain the isis fighters and family members and so on has been disrupted. i won't ask you to agree or disagree with me on that assessment. you've been an able reporter on what you think is happening, you avoided expressing your own personal views but those are mine. on the issue of what does this do to us going forward i think about iraq and i think about the role that the krg has played in supporting our efforts there. ever since '91 we've relied on the kurds, haven't we? what's this going to do with regard to our relationship to the kurds more broadly, particularly in crack and to those arab and kurd communities in that part of iraq and in the parts of syria or north even syria. what will our withdraw and actions here do to affect our relationship with
i guess finally isis. you think dozens of isis fighters have been released, i've heard larger numbers but the point is we have found ourselves in a situation where because of the unsettled nature of that buffer region much of what the kurds were doing to restrain the isis fighters and family members and so on has been disrupted. i won't ask you to agree or disagree with me on that assessment. you've been an able reporter on what you think is happening, you avoided expressing your own personal...
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f fight isis. turkey is claimingng the assault is neededed to estabablish a "se zone" inin northern syria whe turkey could relocate syrian refugees who fled over the past eight years of fighting. but the kurds see the offensive as part of a decades-long attack by turkey to crush their attempts at greater autonomy. amy: fear is also growing the turkish assault could lead to the mass release of isis fighters. up until now, the kurds has been responsible for holding over 10,000 isis fighters and their families in detention. while president trump has claimed turkey will take control of the makeshift jails, there is growing concern many former isis fighters will be able to escape during the turkish assault. at least one kurdish prison has already been shelled. "the new york times" is reporting the u.s. military has moved as many as several dozen islamic state prisoners to more secure locations. this includes two british members of isis who are accused of beheading w western hostages including the journa
f fight isis. turkey is claimingng the assault is neededed to estabablish a "se zone" inin northern syria whe turkey could relocate syrian refugees who fled over the past eight years of fighting. but the kurds see the offensive as part of a decades-long attack by turkey to crush their attempts at greater autonomy. amy: fear is also growing the turkish assault could lead to the mass release of isis fighters. up until now, the kurds has been responsible for holding over 10,000 isis...
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they they could it could be pave the ground for reimagines of isis or isis 2.0 or 2 or 3.0 now on the syrian side of things there yes to the that isis was very much in control of where being. for they were being fought in these areas by the as the f. now with the american withdrawal from these areas with empowering the guy who is largely seen both in iraq and in syria as the patron of isis. isis was largely seen as the military wing of the a.k.p. at the guys party in turkey $40000.00 fighters according to brett mccurry who was in charge of the war against isis in iraq and in syria said that they had come to isis areas to syria from turkey now with turkey in charge of the borders again with this as the of being away from their borders we could see a similar scenario of isis of the grounds are there for isis or isis to point or whatever else for for them to reemerge in the areas that they were. cleared of in the past with the coalition then there's the f so this issue is that the conditions are now i think back to to where we started in that case law school what's your view on that what
they they could it could be pave the ground for reimagines of isis or isis 2.0 or 2 or 3.0 now on the syrian side of things there yes to the that isis was very much in control of where being. for they were being fought in these areas by the as the f. now with the american withdrawal from these areas with empowering the guy who is largely seen both in iraq and in syria as the patron of isis. isis was largely seen as the military wing of the a.k.p. at the guys party in turkey $40000.00 fighters...