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Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders.

From Richard Engel

Mali exists mostly to itself. Few people go there. Few Malians leave. Most of Mali's 13 million people live, and seem to live quite happily, off the rice, corn and millet they grow and the long-horn cattle and goats they keep.

From Richard Engel

Bhutto's regime is remembered for having one of the worst human rights records in Pakistan's history, and her government did not allow the media freedoms she criticizes Musharraf for crushing.

From Richard Engel

Assad's regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS.

From Richard Engel

Egypt has a devout population. People go out, they pray, they fast.

From Richard Engel

The Iraqi government will try and retake some of the cities have that been captured by ISIS. That means the Shiite government dropping bombs on civilian areas, on Sunni cities. There will likely be a response with car bombings here in Baghdad, and this could be a long fight.

From Richard Engel

I don't think you're going to be seeing the U.S. employing large army divisions to deal with small terrorist groups again. I don't think they're going to be occupying foreign nations in order to dry up terrorist groups within them. I think that lesson has been learned.

From Richard Engel