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Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new intelligence apparatus by the insurgency.

Iraq does have many, many different tensions.

In any insurgency there will be people who are irreconcilable and who pose a clear and present threat to the U.S. and our allies.

Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.

The foremost threat to Iraq's long-term stability and the broader regional equilibrium is not the Islamic State, it is Shiite militias, many backed by - and some guided by - Iran.

There's a conspiracy going on online every day between these top U.K. individuals within ISIS leadership out of Syria.

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq.

They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.