WEBVTT 00:00.733 --> 00:01.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: AN UNEXPLODED 00:01.566 --> 00:02.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ROCKET LANDED CLOSE TO A 00:02.700 --> 00:03.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY BASE HOSTING U.S. 00:03.866 --> 00:05.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ TODAY. 00:05.733 --> 00:07.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, 00:07.000 --> 00:08.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT THE ATTACK WAS THE LATEST 00:08.533 --> 00:10.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TARGETING THE AMERICAN MILITARY 00:10.066 --> 00:11.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. 00:11.533 --> 00:13.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT 2,500 U.S. TROOPS REMAIN 00:13.733 --> 00:15.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN IRAQ AS PART OF THE 00:15.000 --> 00:16.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MULTINATIONAL COALITION FORCE IN 00:16.733 --> 00:18.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS. 00:18.233 --> 00:19.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S THE LOWEST U.S. MILITARY 00:19.933 --> 00:22.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENCE THERE IN TWO DECADES. 00:22.133 --> 00:23.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND WHILE ISIS HAS LOST 00:23.466 --> 00:25.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TERRITORIAL CONTROL, THE THREAT 00:25.433 --> 00:27.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF A RESURGENCE REMAINS IF THE 00:27.500 --> 00:28.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY WERE TO PULL OUT 00:28.900 --> 00:30.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALTOGETHER. 00:30.033 --> 00:31.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEWSHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL 00:31.033 --> 00:32.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CORRESPONDENT LEILA MOLANA- 00:32.566 --> 00:34.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALLEN, AND VIDEOGRAPHER ADRIAN 00:34.433 --> 00:36.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HARTRICK, WERE GRANTED ACCESS TO 00:36.700 --> 00:38.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRAVEL TO BASES ACROSS IRAQ THAT 00:38.800 --> 00:40.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STILL HAVE A U.S. PRESENCE TO 00:40.933 --> 00:44.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND 00:42.633 --> 00:46.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT THEIR FUTURE PLANS ARE. 00:46.066 --> 00:47.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: TOUCHING DOWN AT A 00:47.066 --> 00:48.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KURDISH BASE IN NORTH IRAQ, 00:48.600 --> 00:50.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COALITION SPECIAL FORCES ARRIVE 00:50.133 --> 00:52.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO PROVIDE TACTICAL TRAINING. 00:52.100 --> 00:53.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THIS BASE 00:53.866 --> 00:55.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS FULL OF AMERICANS. 00:55.200 --> 00:56.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT NOW, LIKE OTHERS ACROSS 00:56.566 --> 00:58.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRAQ, IT'S BEEN HANDED BACK TO 00:58.200 --> 00:59.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOCAL FORCES. 00:59.700 --> 01:01.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS WHAT THE FOREIGN TROOP 01:01.033 --> 01:03.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENCE IN IRAQ NOW LOOKS LIKE: 01:03.233 --> 01:06.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRAINING, EQUIPPING, ADVISING." 01:06.033 --> 01:07.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NO COMBAT TROOPS" HAS BECOME 01:07.733 --> 01:09.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE TOP LINE IN EFFORTS TO WALK 01:09.366 --> 01:11.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE DIPLOMATIC TIGHTROPE OVER 01:11.133 --> 01:13.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TENSIONS THAT U.S. TROOPS STILL 01:13.166 --> 01:15.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REMAIN IN IRAQ 18 YEARS AFTER 01:15.300 --> 01:16.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE INVASION. 01:16.900 --> 01:18.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EARLIER THIS YEAR THE AMERICAN 01:18.366 --> 01:19.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY COMPLETED AN AGREED 01:19.966 --> 01:22.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REDUCTION TO 2,500 TROOPS 01:22.266 --> 01:23.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COUNTRY-WIDE. 01:23.766 --> 01:25.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOW THEY'RE IN TALKS TO WITHDRAW 01:25.633 --> 01:27.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALTOGETHER. 01:27.133 --> 01:28.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR STATED MISSION IS TO 01:28.600 --> 01:29.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEFEAT ISIS. 01:29.933 --> 01:31.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHILE THE GROUP NO LONGER HAS 01:31.133 --> 01:32.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANY TERRITORY, THEIR SCATTERED 01:32.500 --> 01:34.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REMNANTS ARE STILL A THREAT. 01:34.466 --> 01:36.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN 01:36.133 --> 01:38.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RIGHT NOW IF THERE WAS A FULL 01:38.000 --> 01:38.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DRAWDOWN? 01:38.866 --> 01:40.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE DEFINITE RISKS ARE AN 01:40.033 --> 01:42.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISIS RESURGENCE POTENTIALLY. 01:42.166 --> 01:43.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE ENABLING CAPACITY THAT THE 01:43.466 --> 01:46.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COALITION PROVIDES IS REALLY 01:46.766 --> 01:48.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ESSENTIAL TO THE IRAQI SECURITY 01:48.066 --> 01:49.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORCES AND THE KURDISH SECURITY 01:49.066 --> 01:49.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORCES. 01:49.966 --> 01:51.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: COLONEL DAVID 01:51.066 --> 01:52.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WILLIAMS IS THE CHIEF COALITION 01:52.066 --> 01:53.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIAISON WITH KURDISH FORCES IN 01:53.300 --> 01:54.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NORTH. 01:54.800 --> 01:56.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE COALITION HAS PROVIDED 01:56.100 --> 01:57.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTENSIVE TRAINING FOR YEARS TO 01:57.700 --> 01:59.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE PESHMERGA, THE KURDISH 01:59.133 --> 02:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECURITY FORCES, EQUIPPING THEM 02:01.133 --> 02:02.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY GEAR 02:02.700 --> 02:04.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND, SOME SAY, HELPING THEM TURN 02:04.700 --> 02:06.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A MOUNTAIN MILITIA INTO A WELL- 02:06.400 --> 02:09.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HONED AND MODERN FIGHTING FORCE. 02:09.133 --> 02:10.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY DO THE SAME FOR THE IRAQI 02:10.233 --> 02:11.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARMY; THE COUNTRY'S TOP COUNTER- 02:11.933 --> 02:13.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TERRORISM FORCE WAS FOUNDED BY 02:13.466 --> 02:15.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% U.S. SPECIAL FORCES, AND 02:15.133 --> 02:16.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MULTIPLE BRANCHES OF THE 02:16.333 --> 02:17.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECURITY FORCES HAVE BEEN 02:17.333 --> 02:19.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRAINED BY THEM; WHILE THE 02:19.300 --> 02:20.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PANDEMIC ENDED IN-PERSON 02:20.600 --> 02:22.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRAINING, THE REGULAR EQUIPMENT 02:22.200 --> 02:24.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HANDOUTS CONTINUE. 02:24.133 --> 02:25.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT SAYS THE 02:25.233 --> 02:26.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COUNTRY'S ARMED FORCES, WHO WERE 02:26.666 --> 02:28.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWIFTLY OVERPOWERED WHEN ISIS 02:28.200 --> 02:29.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEPT THROUGH MUCH OF IRAQ IN 02:29.633 --> 02:32.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 2014, ARE NOW READY TO FIGHT THE 02:32.200 --> 02:33.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COUNTRY'S MULTIPLE SECURITY 02:33.566 --> 02:36.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THREATS ALONE. OTHERS AREN'T SO 02:36.133 --> 02:37.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SURE. 02:37.933 --> 02:39.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PESHMERGA GENERAL SIRWAN BARZANI 02:39.833 --> 02:41.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAS WORKED HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE 02:41.133 --> 02:42.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COALITION FOR YEARS. 02:42.866 --> 02:44.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE SAYS LOCAL FORCES COULDN'T 02:44.166 --> 02:45.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MANAGE IN A YEAR WHAT FOREIGN 02:45.800 --> 02:48.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORCES CAN DO IN A FEW DAYS. 02:48.333 --> 02:49.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT HAS NOW 02:49.500 --> 02:51.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REQUESTED A FULL WITHDRAWAL OF 02:51.800 --> 02:53.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOSE FORCES HERE, HOW DO YOU 02:53.666 --> 02:55.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEEL THAT WILL AFFECT THE 02:55.166 --> 02:57.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SITUATION IN WIDER IRAQ? 02:57.566 --> 02:59.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE NEED THE COALITION, WE 02:59.166 --> 03:02.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEED THEM, AND IF THEY LEAVE WE 03:02.900 --> 03:05.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WILL FACE TOO BIG A PROBLEM WITH 03:05.533 --> 03:07.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE TERRORISM. 03:07.400 --> 03:08.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AS FOR THE ONGOING 03:08.500 --> 03:09.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TERRITORIAL DISPUTE BETWEEN 03:09.866 --> 03:11.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRAQI KURDISTAN AND THE FEDERAL 03:11.266 --> 03:13.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOVERNMENT, THE WIDELY-HELD 03:13.133 --> 03:14.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEELING AMONG KURDS THAT THEY 03:14.566 --> 03:16.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DESERVE MORE SUPPORT IN RETURN 03:16.133 --> 03:17.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR FIGHTING ISIS HASN'T GONE 03:17.666 --> 03:19.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AWAY; FOR KURDISH FORCES IN THE 03:19.766 --> 03:21.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NORTH WHO SEE THE AMERICANS AS 03:21.266 --> 03:22.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR STRONGEST ALLIES, A 03:22.800 --> 03:24.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMPLETE DRAWDOWN WOULD BE THE 03:24.266 --> 03:25.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WORST CASE SCENARIO. 03:25.966 --> 03:27.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, YOU DO FEEL THERE'S BEEN 03:27.300 --> 03:29.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM YOUR ALLIES? 03:29.133 --> 03:30.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> NO. 03:30.533 --> 03:32.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF COURSE, NOT ENOUGH. 03:32.466 --> 03:33.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY DO GIVE SUPPORT, BUT IT'S 03:33.866 --> 03:34.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOT ENOUGH. 03:34.866 --> 03:35.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AFTER ISIS LOST ITS 03:35.966 --> 03:37.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TERRITORIAL CONTROL, MANY OF THE 03:37.966 --> 03:39.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REMAINING FIGHTERS SCATTERED, 03:39.533 --> 03:41.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND WENT TO GROUND ACROSS IRAQ, 03:41.366 --> 03:43.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TAKING THEIR IDEOLOGY WITH THEM. 03:43.600 --> 03:44.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE COUNTRY'S HOSTILE INTERNAL 03:44.766 --> 03:46.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POLITICS HAVEN'T MADE TACKLING 03:46.233 --> 03:48.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT ANY EASIER; THE TERRITORIAL 03:48.266 --> 03:49.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SQUABBLES HAVE CREATED 03:49.533 --> 03:51.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNGOVERNED AREAS THAT FLEEING 03:51.333 --> 03:52.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSURGENTS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE 03:52.600 --> 03:53.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF. 03:53.633 --> 03:55.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COLONEL NAWROOZA HAS FOUGHT WITH 03:55.066 --> 03:56.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE PERSHMERGA FOR THREE 03:56.166 --> 03:57.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DECADES. 03:57.400 --> 03:59.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SINCE 2018, HE'S WATCHED OVER 03:59.300 --> 04:00.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS PEAK IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR 04:00.700 --> 04:02.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAKHMOUR, SOUTH OF THE KURDISH 04:02.233 --> 04:04.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAPITAL, ERBIL. 04:04.433 --> 04:07.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THESE BASES MARK THE END OF 04:07.166 --> 04:08.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PESHMERGA TERRITORY. 04:08.966 --> 04:10.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OVER THERE BY THE VILLAGES IS 04:10.400 --> 04:11.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE IRAQI ARMY. 04:11.833 --> 04:13.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN BETWEEN IN THE MOUNTAINS IS 04:13.600 --> 04:14.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISIS, WHERE THEY HIDE 04:14.900 --> 04:15.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEMSELVES. 04:15.966 --> 04:17.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: HE AND HIS MEN 04:17.133 --> 04:18.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATCH FROM HERE AS IRAQI FORCES, 04:18.800 --> 04:20.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUPPORTED BY COALITION AIRPOWER 04:20.566 --> 04:22.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND INTELLIGENCE, DO THEIR BEST 04:22.133 --> 04:23.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO ROOT THEM OUT. 04:23.800 --> 04:25.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A RECENT TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN, 04:25.366 --> 04:26.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "OPERATION READY LION," TARGETED 04:26.933 --> 04:29.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS AREA, KILLING AT LEAST 30 04:29.200 --> 04:31.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSURGENTS AND DESTROYING OVER A 04:31.000 --> 04:32.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HUNDRED HIDEOUTS. 04:32.700 --> 04:34.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE RAIDS AND OTHERS LIKE THEM 04:34.033 --> 04:35.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE CAREFULLY PLANNED AND 04:35.166 --> 04:36.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COORDINATED HERE AT THE BAGHDAD 04:36.833 --> 04:38.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS KNOWN 04:38.433 --> 04:39.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS THE SHARK TANK. 04:39.800 --> 04:40.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THEY RUN ALL THE I.S.R., THE 04:40.966 --> 04:43.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DRONES FOR SURVEILLANCE, THEY 04:43.700 --> 04:46.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RUN STRIKES, AND INTELLIGENCE. 04:46.666 --> 04:47.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A LOT OF THE STRIKE REQUESTS A 04:47.866 --> 04:49.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOT OF TIMES INITIATE WITH THE 04:49.133 --> 04:50.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PARTNER, SO THE PARTNER COMES TO 04:50.300 --> 04:52.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% US AND SAYS WE HAVE THIS INTEL, 04:52.133 --> 04:53.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN YOU STRIKE IT? 04:53.266 --> 04:54.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: BRIGADIER GENERAL 04:54.300 --> 04:55.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RYAN RIDEOUT HEADS UP THE 04:55.333 --> 04:56.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COALITION'S MILITARY ADVISOR 04:56.766 --> 04:57.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GROUP IN IRAQ. 04:57.866 --> 04:59.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE SAYS THE PARTNERSHIP OF 04:59.133 --> 05:00.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOREIGN AIR POWER FOLLOWED BY 05:00.800 --> 05:02.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOCAL BOOTS ON THE GROUND IS NOW 05:02.433 --> 05:04.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WELL-PRACTICED. 05:04.200 --> 05:05.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IF WE BOMB AT NIGHT, THEY'LL 05:05.300 --> 05:06.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COME NEXT DAY AND DO A GROUND 05:06.766 --> 05:08.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CLEANSE. 05:08.100 --> 05:09.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH THE MAKHMOUR OPERATION, IT 05:09.566 --> 05:11.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS REALLY ABOUT A SUSTAINED 05:11.066 --> 05:13.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OPERATION OVER TIME, THAT BROKE 05:13.433 --> 05:15.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE BACKS OF THE FORCES OF THOSE 05:15.633 --> 05:16.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GUYS HIDING IN THERE, SO THEY'D 05:16.766 --> 05:17.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LITERALLY RUN OUT OF FOOD, RUN 05:17.633 --> 05:18.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUT OF WATER. 05:18.633 --> 05:19.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: THE COMBINED FORCES 05:19.700 --> 05:20.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HERE SAY THAT DESPITE DOZENS OF 05:20.900 --> 05:22.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ONGOING ATTACKS THE FIGHT 05:22.366 --> 05:24.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AGAINST ISIS IS NEARING ITS END. 05:24.333 --> 05:26.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT EVEN AS ONE THREAT REDUCES, 05:26.100 --> 05:27.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AN EVEN MORE UNPREDICTABLE ONE 05:27.533 --> 05:28.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAS EMERGED. 05:28.900 --> 05:30.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS YEAR HAS SEEN DOZENS OF 05:30.233 --> 05:31.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ROCKET ATTACKS AT BASES ACROSS 05:31.700 --> 05:33.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRAQ, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE 05:33.900 --> 05:35.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND KILLING TEN U.S. CONTRACTORS 05:35.833 --> 05:37.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND LOCALS CAUGHT IN THE CROSS- 05:37.100 --> 05:38.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIRE. 05:38.366 --> 05:39.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE BASES ARE COVERED WITH BOMB 05:39.633 --> 05:41.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHELTERS AND BLAST WALLS 05:41.033 --> 05:42.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVERYWHERE YOU TURN. 05:42.433 --> 05:43.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE TROOPS ARE WELL DRILLED IN 05:43.566 --> 05:45.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES INSIDE 05:45.133 --> 05:46.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR BASES, RATHER THAN OUT IN 05:46.533 --> 05:47.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE FIELD. 05:47.800 --> 05:49.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO FAR NO AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE 05:49.400 --> 05:50.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEEN KILLED IN THE ATTACKS; THE 05:50.866 --> 05:52.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHITE HOUSE HAS WARNED THAT IF 05:52.133 --> 05:54.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVEN ONE WERE, THAT WOULD MARK A 05:54.166 --> 05:56.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAJOR ESCALATION. MEANWHILE, ALL 05:56.800 --> 06:01.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY CAN DO IS STAY ALERT. 06:01.966 --> 06:04.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THIS IS WHERE YOU COME, 06:04.200 --> 06:05.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE, AND 06:05.833 --> 06:07.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAIT FOR THE ALL CLEAR. 06:07.466 --> 06:08.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: WE'VE ENDED UP 06:08.366 --> 06:09.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SPENDING RATHER A LOT OF TIME IN 06:09.466 --> 06:11.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUNKERS LIKE THESE. 06:11.200 --> 06:12.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE WEEK THAT WE'VE SPENT 06:12.233 --> 06:13.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH U.S. FORCES, THERE WERE NO 06:13.800 --> 06:16.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEWER THAN SIX THREATS CONFIRMED 06:16.033 --> 06:18.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SERIOUS ENOUGH TO SOUND ALARMS 06:18.066 --> 06:19.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AT BASES WITH A U.S. PRESENCE 06:19.433 --> 06:21.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND AT LEAST 06:21.433 --> 06:22.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THREE OF THOSE RESULTED IN 06:22.800 --> 06:24.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACTUAL STRIKES. 06:24.400 --> 06:25.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S NOT JUST ROCKETS THEY HAVE 06:25.700 --> 06:27.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO CONTEND WITH NOW, BUT DRONES 06:27.400 --> 06:28.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RIGGED WITH EXPLOSIVES, WHICH 06:28.666 --> 06:30.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN BE MUCH HARDER TO TRACK AND 06:30.200 --> 06:31.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROTECT AGAINST. 06:31.533 --> 06:32.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRIVATE DAWSON HAD BEEN HERE 06:32.833 --> 06:34.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUST A MONTH WHEN THE FIRST 06:34.266 --> 06:35.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DRONE ATTACK HIT HIS BASE IN 06:35.766 --> 06:36.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ERBIL. 06:36.800 --> 06:37.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT'S ONE OF THOSE FIGHT OR 06:37.900 --> 06:40.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FLIGHT THINGS, IT KIND OF JUST 06:40.366 --> 06:43.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KICKS IN. 06:43.200 --> 06:44.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THAT WAS THE FASTEST I'VE 06:44.266 --> 06:45.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVER RUN IN MY LIFE, I'M NOT 06:45.533 --> 06:46.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVEN GOING TO LIE TO YOU. 06:46.633 --> 06:48.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I MEAN, I WAS, FORREST GUMP, 06:48.700 --> 06:49.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUST GONE. 06:49.800 --> 06:50.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: THEY BELIEVE 06:50.800 --> 06:51.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'RE BEING TARGETED BY 06:51.766 --> 06:53.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELEMENTS OF THE FRAGMENTED LOCAL 06:53.133 --> 06:54.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHIA MILITIAS, KNOWN AS THE 06:54.700 --> 06:55.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HASHD SHABI OR POPULAR 06:55.966 --> 06:57.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MOBILIZATION FORCES, WHO SINCE 06:57.666 --> 06:58.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AMERICA'S ASSASSINATION OF 06:58.866 --> 07:00.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRAN'S TOP MILITARY COMMANDER 07:00.300 --> 07:01.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% QASSEM SOLEIMANI IN BAGDHAD 07:01.833 --> 07:03.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO HAVE BEEN 07:03.200 --> 07:04.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PUSHING TO GET THEM OFF IRAQI 07:04.466 --> 07:05.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOIL. 07:05.800 --> 07:07.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND IT'S NOT JUST BASES BEING 07:07.200 --> 07:08.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ATTACKED. 07:08.266 --> 07:09.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY CONVOYS BRING VEHICLES, 07:09.766 --> 07:11.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT OVERLAND 07:11.566 --> 07:13.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO HAND OVER TO LOCAL FORCES. 07:13.233 --> 07:14.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A LOT OF THAT DIVESTMENT, AS 07:14.633 --> 07:16.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S CALLED, HAPPENS HERE AT AIN 07:16.466 --> 07:19.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AL ASAD AIR BASE IN ANBAR. 07:19.200 --> 07:20.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU GIVEN SO 07:20.200 --> 07:21.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FAR THIS YEAR? 07:21.833 --> 07:22.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SO FAR THIS YEAR, SINCE 07:22.933 --> 07:24.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JANUARY, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER $200 07:24.933 --> 07:26.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILLION OF ASSETS. 07:26.833 --> 07:27.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: IMPROVISED 07:27.866 --> 07:29.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, GUN ATTACKS 07:29.100 --> 07:30.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND EVEN ROCKET FIRE HAVE BEEN 07:30.400 --> 07:31.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% USED TO TARGET THE EQUIPMENT AND 07:31.833 --> 07:33.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DAMAGE IT EN ROUTE, BUT THE 07:33.433 --> 07:34.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE GETTING HURT IN THESE 07:34.633 --> 07:36.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ATTACKS AREN'T AMERICANS. 07:36.566 --> 07:38.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT'S IRAQI DRIVERS, WITH 07:38.433 --> 07:40.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR OWN TRUCKS, IRAQI TRUCKS. 07:40.400 --> 07:41.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: SO ALTHOUGH THEY'RE 07:41.400 --> 07:42.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACTUALLY SEEN AS U.S. CONVOYS 07:42.933 --> 07:44.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND U.S. EQUIPMENT, IT'S IRAQI 07:44.800 --> 07:46.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING ATTACKED 07:46.133 --> 07:47.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN THEY'RE TRANSPORTING THAT 07:47.200 --> 07:48.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EQUIPMENT TO YOU. 07:48.133 --> 07:49.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> CORRECT. 07:49.000 --> 07:50.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, THIS IS ONE OF THE VEHICLES 07:50.400 --> 07:52.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WAS HIT BY 07:52.433 --> 07:55.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AN I.E.D. EN ROUTE. 07:55.133 --> 07:56.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, IT CROSSED THE MOTOR AND 07:56.366 --> 07:58.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DAMAGED THE BACK BOARD. 07:58.300 --> 08:00.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE DAMAGE 08:00.900 --> 08:02.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSIDE AS IT SHRED THROUGH 08:02.366 --> 08:03.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVERYTHING. 08:03.966 --> 08:05.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: IRAQ'S PRIME 08:05.066 --> 08:06.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MINISTER MOSTAFA AL-KADHIMI 08:06.433 --> 08:07.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REQUESTED A FORMAL TIMELINE FOR 08:07.933 --> 08:09.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOREIGN TROOP WITHDRAWAL EARLIER 08:09.333 --> 08:11.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS YEAR AFTER MILITIA LEADERS 08:11.100 --> 08:12.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISSUED AN ULTIMATUM. 08:12.966 --> 08:14.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE RUN UP TO AN ELECTION 08:14.200 --> 08:15.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLANNED THIS OCTOBER, SOME FEAR 08:15.933 --> 08:17.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR PRESENCE WILL BECOME EVEN 08:17.200 --> 08:18.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MORE OF A POLITICAL PLAYING 08:18.233 --> 08:19.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CARD. 08:19.566 --> 08:21.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S A COMPLEX LEGACY. 08:21.266 --> 08:22.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MILITARY SHIES AWAY FROM 08:22.633 --> 08:24.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POLITICS; BUT THERE ARE FEW 08:24.400 --> 08:26.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IMAGES MORE POLITICALLY LOADED 08:26.200 --> 08:27.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN IRAQ THAN AN AMERICAN 08:27.733 --> 08:29.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOLDIER. 08:29.633 --> 08:31.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PARTICULARLY HERE IN FALLUJAH, 08:31.500 --> 08:33.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SCENE OF SOME OF THE DEADLIEST 08:33.033 --> 08:34.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BATTLES IN THE MID-2000s, AND AN 08:34.933 --> 08:36.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EMBLEM OF THE CRUELEST 08:36.333 --> 08:38.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPERCUSSIONS OF THE CONFLICT. 08:38.566 --> 08:40.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TODAY, FAMILIES DRINK COFFEE BY 08:40.266 --> 08:41.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE RIVER WHILE THEIR CHILDREN 08:41.466 --> 08:43.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLAY IN SAFETY NEARBY, BUT THE 08:43.400 --> 08:45.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEMORY LINGERS. 08:45.000 --> 08:46.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MUHANNAD AL-HADI, WHO WAS JUST 08:46.400 --> 08:48.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 16 AT THE TIME, REMEMBERS 08:48.266 --> 08:49.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATCHING HIS LITTLE BROTHER 08:49.666 --> 08:51.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KILLED WHEN HE SAYS U.S. FORCES 08:51.800 --> 08:54.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OPENED FIRE ON PROTESTERS. 08:54.666 --> 08:57.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> (translated): OUR HOUSE WAS 08:57.000 --> 08:58.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FACING THE SCHOOL WHERE THE 08:58.433 --> 09:00.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AMERICAN FORCES WERE. 09:00.200 --> 09:02.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR RESPONSE WAS TO OPEN FIRE- 09:02.200 --> 09:04.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RELENTLESS AND AIMLESS OPEN FIRE 09:04.000 --> 09:05.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ON THE CITIZENS, AND WHOEVER 09:05.266 --> 09:06.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIVED NEAR THE SCHOOL. 09:06.966 --> 09:08.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE AMERICAN FORCES SHOT HIM 09:08.433 --> 09:10.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TWICE; A BULLET TO THE HAND, AND 09:10.600 --> 09:12.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANOTHER ONE TO THE CHEST. 09:12.200 --> 09:14.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TWO BULLETS. 09:14.000 --> 09:15.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: HE WATCHED AS 09:15.033 --> 09:16.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 12-YEAR-OLD ABED BLED TO DEATH 09:16.566 --> 09:18.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SLOWLY IN FRONT OF HIS HOME; 09:18.566 --> 09:19.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO COLLECT 09:19.766 --> 09:21.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE BODIES FOR HOURS. 09:21.533 --> 09:23.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS MOTHER DIED WEEKS LATER; HE 09:23.200 --> 09:25.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BELIEVES OF A BROKEN HEART. 09:25.466 --> 09:27.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFTER THAT, MUHANNAD HAD TO 09:27.033 --> 09:28.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RAISE HIS REMAINING FIVE 09:28.200 --> 09:29.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SIBLINGS ALONE. 09:29.700 --> 09:31.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT OTHERS FEAR A RETURN TO 09:31.200 --> 09:33.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRAQ'S DARKEST DAYS AS A LAWLESS 09:33.066 --> 09:34.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECURITY VACUUM IF U.S. FORCES 09:34.866 --> 09:36.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEAVE FOR GOOD. 09:36.066 --> 09:37.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RAED JOUMAILY IS THE SAME AGE AS 09:37.733 --> 09:38.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AL-HADI. 09:38.766 --> 09:40.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN 2006 HIS FATHER WAS KIDNAPPED 09:40.733 --> 09:41.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY AL QAEDA AT A FAKE 09:41.966 --> 09:43.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHECKPOINT. 09:43.000 --> 09:44.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE WAS RESCUED WHEN U.S. FORCES 09:44.800 --> 09:46.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STORMED THEIR HIDEOUT TWO WEEKS 09:46.166 --> 09:47.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LATER. 09:47.500 --> 09:48.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> (translated): THAT'S WHY WE 09:48.600 --> 09:49.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WANT AMERICAN FORCES TO BE 09:49.800 --> 09:51.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENT IN ALL IRAQI PROVINCES. 09:51.266 --> 09:52.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO WE CAN GET RID OF ALL THIS 09:52.533 --> 09:54.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TERRORISM. 09:54.133 --> 09:55.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: HIS FATHER WAS 09:55.133 --> 09:56.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KIDNAPPED AGAIN THREE YEARS AGO 09:56.333 --> 09:57.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY A LOCAL MILITIA. 09:57.766 --> 09:59.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS TIME, THERE WERE NO FOREIGN 09:59.033 --> 10:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORCES TO TURN TO IN THE AREA. 10:01.133 --> 10:02.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE BELIEVES IF THERE HAD BEEN, 10:02.600 --> 10:03.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS FATHER, WHO HASN'T BEEN SEEN 10:03.966 --> 10:06.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SINCE, MIGHT STILL BE WITH HIM. 10:06.933 --> 10:07.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOSE WHO WANT THE FOREIGN 10:07.966 --> 10:09.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TROOPS OUT, SAY ISIS IS LONG 10:09.400 --> 10:10.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GONE. 10:10.466 --> 10:11.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOSE WHO WANT THEM TO STAY, SAY 10:11.833 --> 10:13.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE THREAT IS TOO REAL TO BE 10:13.133 --> 10:14.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABANDONED JUST YET. 10:14.900 --> 10:16.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, THE U.S. FORCES, THEIR 10:16.200 --> 10:18.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENCE, ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE? 10:18.200 --> 10:19.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> AS LONG AS THERE'S AN 10:19.133 --> 10:20.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INVITATION. 10:20.566 --> 10:21.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I DON'T THINK WHAT THE U.S. 10:21.933 --> 10:24.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WANTS IS A COMPLETE DEPARTURE OF 10:24.133 --> 10:25.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORCES. 10:25.433 --> 10:27.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE IRAQIS WANT A NORMALIZED 10:27.866 --> 10:29.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY-TO-MILITARY TYPE 10:29.133 --> 10:30.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RELATIONSHIP. 10:30.133 --> 10:31.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: BUT IS THAT 10:31.666 --> 10:33.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POSSIBLE WHEN YOU'VE GOT 10:33.966 --> 10:35.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITIAS WHO MANY PEOPLE SAY 10:35.933 --> 10:37.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE A HEAVY REPRESENTATION IN 10:37.300 --> 10:38.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT YOU'RE 10:38.466 --> 10:41.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WORKING WITH SENDING ROCKETS AND 10:41.000 --> 10:42.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DRONES AND EXPLOSIVES INTO YOUR 10:42.400 --> 10:43.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BASES? 10:43.366 --> 10:44.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR 10:44.733 --> 10:45.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% QUESTION. 10:45.766 --> 10:47.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE NOT HERE TO BE IN CONFLICT 10:47.233 --> 10:48.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH THE MILITIAS, AND IF THEY 10:48.566 --> 10:50.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CREATE THAT SITUATION, WE ARE 10:50.533 --> 10:52.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE. 10:52.266 --> 10:53.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S NOT WHAT THE IRAQIS WANT, 10:53.866 --> 10:55.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE IRAQIS WE DEAL WITH ON A 10:55.633 --> 10:58.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 10:58.600 --> 10:59.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE'S CERTAINLY I THINK A 10:59.866 --> 11:01.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PORTION OF IRAQIS WHO DO WANT 11:01.366 --> 11:03.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 11:03.166 --> 11:04.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AMID THE GLOBAL 11:04.166 --> 11:06.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POWER-PLAY, THE FRAGILE INCREASE 11:06.133 --> 11:07.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN SECURITY IRAQIS CURRENTLY 11:07.566 --> 11:09.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ENJOY IS AT STAKE. 11:09.266 --> 11:10.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YOU ALREADY HAVE A BAD 11:10.333 --> 11:11.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ECONOMY, A LOT OF ACTORS PLAYING 11:11.566 --> 11:13.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, VERY EASILY 11:13.733 --> 11:15.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THINGS COULD DETERIORATE TO A 11:15.866 --> 11:17.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SITUATION WHERE ISIS COULD COME 11:17.833 --> 11:18.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BACK. 11:18.766 --> 11:20.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DISENFRANCHISED PEOPLE WHO ARE 11:20.300 --> 11:22.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANGRY IS A RECIPE FOR A QUICK 11:22.733 --> 11:24.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RETURN OF ISIS. 11:24.600 --> 11:25.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: OTHERS, THOUGH, 11:25.566 --> 11:27.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARGUE THEIR VERY PRESENCE HERE 11:27.233 --> 11:28.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS THE TOUCHPAPER THAT WILL 11:28.433 --> 11:30.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IGNITE FURTHER CONFLICT. 11:30.266 --> 11:31.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS TENSIONS CONTINUE TO 11:31.366 --> 11:33.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ESCALATE, THE TIME FOR A CHOICE 11:33.600 --> 11:34.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAY SOON COME.