Dahr Jamail, a Truthout staff reporter, discusses Baghdad's vulnerability to an ISIS siege; why the US can't get its Middle East allies to cooperate in the fight against the Islamic State; and his article "Iraqi Doctors Call Depleted Uranium Use 'Genocide.'"

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses his article "'Crush the Seed of Ishmael': A 'Final Solution' to the 'Muslim Problem.'"

Clive Stafford Smith, founder and Director of Reprieve, discusses the annual World Day Against the Death Penalty; the 70 year old man on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy; and the Guantanamo force-feeding trial.

Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, discusses his article "Obama's New Oil Wars: Washington Takes on ISIS, Iran, and Russia."

Reese Erlich, author of Inside Syria, discusses his article on the myths about Obama's latest war in Syria and Iraq.

Mitchell Prothero, a McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist, discusses the allegations that US air strikes in Syria targeted a French agent who defected to al Qaida; and why Turkey and Saudi Arabia aren't helping to fight the Islamic State.