Amy Goodman
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Iraqi Journalist Who Embedded with Shia Militias on Fighting ISIS & Why US Strategy is Bound to Fail
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14:29Now PlayingAs ISIS continues to make advances in the face of U.S.led airstrikes, we are joined by Ghaith AbdulAhad, an Iraqi journalist working with The Guardian who recently embedded with Shia militias around Baghdad fighting the Sunnis. "The war that ISIS is raging on the Iraqi government is a coalition of many different tiny little wars," AbdulAhad says. "Everyone has his own grievances against the central government of Iraq, yet ISIS has managed to include them all under a single umbrella." AbdulAhad argues that any attempt by the United States and its allies to fight the Islamic State as a monolithic organization is bound to fail. "By sending more weapons, sending more money, you’re just adding to the fuel of the war. You need a social contract with the Sunnis of Iraq." We are also joined by Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent. His new book is "The Jihadis ReturnISIS and the New Sunni Uprising."
Watch our continued discussion with reporters Patrick Cockburn and Ghaith AbdulAhad
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