Crisis in Iraq as ISIS Battles for Control

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It has been another day of fierce fighting in Iraq where the Sunni militant group, ISIS, is battling Iraqi government forces for control. Meanwhile as the fight moves closer to the capital, Baghdad, the United States is sending a few hundred military personnel to help secure its embassy. The prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdish region is warning that the country is at risk of falling apart.

Tony Cheng joins Anand Naidoo from Erbil, Iraq for an update.

Ambassador Paul Bremer, U.S. presidential envoy to Iraq in 2003-2004, joins Anand Naidoo to discuss the impact ISIS will have on the region.

Luay Al-Khatteeb, visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Institute and a Senior Adviser to the Iraqi Parliament, joins Anand Naidoo from London to discuss the raging conflict in Iraq where the militant group ISIS is battling for control of the country.