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HARDtalk: Emma Sky

Emma Sky, a former political adviser to Commander of US Forces in Iraq

21/05/2015 GMT

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Emma Sky, senior advisor to the US military in Iraq until 2010.

HARDtalk speaks to Emma Sky, senior advisor to the US military in Iraq until 2010. Where do the roots of the current mess lie and what should America and the West be doing now?

When the self-styled Islamic State movement took control of Ramadi, capital of Iraq's Anbar province, it was another humiliation for the Baghdad government. Another discomforting development for the United States which has bombed IS, but failed to neutralise the jihadi threat. Stephen Sackur talks to Emma Sky, a British woman who was a senior advisor to the US military in Iraq until 2010. Where do the roots of the current mess lie and what should America and the West be doing now?

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