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Iraq faces disintegration as Sunni insurgency gains ground

Clip: 6/12/2014 | 15m 29s

Iraq faces existential crisis as Sunni insurgency gains ground

As Sunni militants continue their march towards Baghdad, the Obama administration said the U.S. will not send forces on the ground in Iraq, but will assist in other ways. Judy Woodruff talks to Jane Arraf, an Iraq-based journalist, for an update from Irbil, and then turns to James Jeffrey of The Washington Institute and Feisal Istrabadi of Indiana University for political and military challenges.

06/12/2014 | Rating NR

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