Amy Goodman
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Report From Iraq: U.S. Invasion in 2003 Helped Set Path For Crisis Pulling Nation Apart
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11:18Now PlayingA representative of Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali alSistani, has called on Iraqis to take up arms against what he called "terrorists" who have overrun large swathes of the country. The call comes just hours after Islamist militants seized two more strategic towns northeast of Baghdad, moving the country closer to disintegration. Over the past few days, fighters from ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, have seized several major cities including Mosul and Tikrit. Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters have taken control of the oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. On Thursday, President Obama said he won't rule anything out including a military response. The Wall Street Journal meanwhile reports Iran is sending units of its alQuds forces into Iraq to help stop the Sunni fighters from ISIS. We go to the city of Najaf to speak to Sami Rasouli, founder and director of the Muslim Peacemaker Teams in Iraq. He left Iraq in the late 1970s and eventually moved to the United States and settled in Minneapolis where he was a wellknown restaurateur. He moved back to Iraq in 2004 after living abroad for nearly 30 years.
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