What's Next In Iraq

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January 08, 2014

Gunmen gather in a street as they chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government and demanding that the Iraqi army not try to enter the city in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Fierce clashes erupted between Iraqi special forces and al-Qaida-linked militants outside Fallujah, a flare-up in a days-long standoff in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar, Iraqi officials said. (AP)

Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki today today urged al-Qaida fighters to stop battling, amid a disturbing resurgence of al-Qaeda in western Iraq. Al-Qaida-linked gunmen have overrun the cities of Falluja and Ramadi, freeing prisoners and setting up their own checkpoints.

Fawaz Gerges, a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, joins Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti to look at what's next in the country.

Guest

Fawaz Gerges, professor of international relations and Middle East studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science and author of "The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World."

This segment aired on January 8, 2014.