defeat isis in iraq and we got them driven out of iraq and the last three it took it took us there three years to drive them out of iraq but it. victory is not the only military. the there is no security. the security need to be addressed in a more a broader. this is it the counterterrorism is an intelligence led war and we need to build up our intelligence agencies we need to built our human. intelligence our signal intelligence. surveillance and and so on and so forth so we need to do that to really declare security victory not only military victory and the threat to be quite honest with you the threat is not only military it is not only security threat is not to an economy right. at the threat and the challenge is an ideological challenge. people are talking about political inclusion and so on and so forth but it is. and ideological challenge need to be addressed and it would take probably decades not years to declare victory on an ideological challenge of militancy of terrorism of for hundreds of bright because not only ideologically but the iraqi soldiers are fighting i-s. and

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chevre knots at brad seems to have been dealt with in iraq. but does that mean he's will finally come to the war torn country by my guest today as well as i am member of the iraqi parliament and former national security advisor to the iraqi government. as the last islamic state fighters into the desert from the advancing iraqi forces that is jubilant to claim victory over the threat but as bombs go off on the streets of a cop so it's clear we haven't seen the last of the terror group how dangerous is the backlash from isis when will it finally be subdued and what can a rock do to make sure it never comes back. dr. yeah welcome to the show it's really great to have you on our program now iraqi prime minister all about a declared victory over islamic state in december but the u.n. says valid extremism can re-emerge the focus of an allowed analysis was on islamic states former strongholds in northern iraq which require urgent stabilization you're a member of the iraqi parliament what is the situation is it really all over all rosy brighter future and if so why is the u.n. fear mongering.

weapons state. and i think that is particularly interesting when we look at iraq. you were in the bush administration for part of the time that this issue was playing out. and it turns out that we decided to attack iraq and overthrow saddam hussein. he didn't have nuclear weapons. the north koreans arguably have just as oppressive a regime, but we decided not to pursue that course of action with north korea. how do you see the difference? mr. cha: it is a tough question to answer. without recounting the whole history of why the bush administration went into iraq, that was not my area of responsibility. so i am not really capable of commenting on that. but i think in the case of north korea, i think there are two issues. the puzzle is why iraq -- not why iraq instead of north korea, but if in iraq, then why not also in north korea? i think there are two answers. the first is that you have china, right? china sits right on the border with north korea. the last thing the united states or china wants is some sort of confrontation or conflagration on the peninsula that would cause the

rebuilding iraq the city is devastated by the war on islamic state a figure dwarfed by how much the pentagon has requested this year a military operation of that. and germany refuses to deport a turkish extremist who supported terrorists in syria his prison term is almost up and he could be released next year. oh this is an international coming to life from moscow on a concrete thank you for joining. the u.k. foreign office has reportedly denied a request from ecuador to grant diplomatic status to julian assange if follows reports the way he read it was found on has been granted an ecuadorian id card as a step towards ending his five year confinement in the london embassy an associate reports the mystery of what happens next in this ever complicated tricky and internationally spanning case of julian assange really continues with some developments trickling in this evening here in london where we are in fact outside the ecuadorian embassy and just some of the confusion of some of the reports that have been coming out seems to be stemming from first of all it tweets that join a staunc

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rebuilding iraq the cities devastated by the war on islamic state a figure dwarfed by how much the pentagon has requested for military operations there just this year. germany rejects the deportation of a. few supported extremists in syria. could be released as early as next year. the live from moscow one am now in the russian capital. thanks for joining us tonight. now there's confusion surrounding the wiki leaks chief julian a song ship reports said he'd been handed ecuadorian citizenship it's now claimed he is only been handed an identity card for the country. right in the thick of it next to the ecuadorian embassy in london where a song's remains holed up. the mystery of what happens next in this ever complicated tricky and internationally spanning case of julian assange really continues with some developments trickling in this evening here in london where we are in fact outside the ecuadorian embassy and some of the confusion of some of the reports that have been coming out seems to be stemming from first of all it tweets that julian assange had posted on his twitter page wearing t. sh

dollars rebuilding iraq is pretty devastated by the war on islamic state that's a good war why how much the pentagon has requested for military operations that this year. germany rejects the deportation of a turkish to hardest to support extremists in syria the man's prison time is almost up he could be released next year. and ecuador is considering out find help to resolve the case of julian a song which the wiki leaks chief's been holed up in the country's london embassy for five bit of call here. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international coming to you from our moscow headquarters and we carry. the u.s. embassy in iraq has announced one hundred fifty million dollars is to be spent rebuilding cities left devastated by the war on islamic state but that's only a fraction of what the u.s. has continued military operations there is more gaza you have has more on the story . what does this look like to you mad max. resident evil no this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we filmed this a few weeks ago and nothing's really changed from w

blow to public morale coming just a month after iraq declares victory over the so-called islamic state we'll go live to baghdad also coming up palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the landmark oslo peace accord is over and lays the blame squarely with israel and donald trump . and turkey's president warns are cross border assault on a kurdish held city in syria is imminent he says the u.s. backed militias there posed a terror threat. i'm sumi so much common good to have you with us we start in iraq where at least thirty eight people have been killed and one hundred five wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city's al tyrone square the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack bears similar there is similarity to previous bombings by the so-called islamic state. let's bring in susanna george she's the associated press bureau chief in baghdad she joins us for more on the story hi suzan

of turkey iraq to the southeast and the euphrates river valley the dividing line with assad's military how the american backed couldst why p.g. posted this online in december purporting to show clashes with turkish forces it's enough rain in northern syria the same could. be one now says he will launch a military operation in the coming days they'll get there already kyler despite it all we believe we have common interests with america in the region and hope we can act in concert because the time has come to support turkey and the time to give strategical peroration is due. afrin could be the taste for a difficult three way relationship between powers in the syrian war ticky the united states and the kurdish fight is so hated by one side and supported by the other medium hond al-jazeera. and it's bringing our guests joining us from washington d.c. get around as can people's democratic party representative to the united states of america a.t.p.'s a kurdish opposition group in turkey in istanbul mitten good jan a security analyst and former turkey military officer and from reza

thank you for joining us we start in iraq or at least thirty eight people have been killed and one hundred five wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city's al tyrone's square the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack bears similarity to previous bombings by so-called islamic state. mustafa salim is a journalist at the washington post a baghdad bureau i asked him if iraqi authorities fear further attacks. yes according to the actual chile they said that they decreased under our close to suicide bombers. stuff is the limit journalist at the washington post a baghdad bureau on the line with us mustafa thank you very much for that update. and more on the story now with amir a saudi an iraqi journalist who is out living here in berlin he joins us in our studio good morning to you as yet no one has claimed responsibility for these twin bombings last what do you think what is the government

country's embassy in london for more than five years . one hundred fifty million dollars rebuilding iraq the cities devastated by the war on islamic state a figure dwarfed by how much the pentagon has requested for military operations this year. and germany rejects the deportation of a turkish jarvis to support of extremists in syria. he could be released as early as next year. and i welcome to our international live from moscow with me. welcome to the program we do have some breaking news coming in for you this hour on the program just coming in the we can exchange. has been granted ecuadorian citizenship a song tweeted this picture within the last hour or so showing him wearing the ecuador football team shirt however he provided no further details so far at least . has been holed up of course in the country's london embassy for more than five years he faces arrest breaking his bail conditions that legal team fears britain will into the u.s. where he faces prosecution laura smith has more. so the ecuadorian foreign minister has come out and called the situation of our sons' living in th

u.s. announces it will spend one hundred fifty million dollars rebuilding iraq the cities devastated by the war islamic state. how much the pentagon has requested for military operations there. and germany rejects the deportation of a turkish hardest to support the extremists in syria. is almost could be released as early as next year. great to have you with us as always the u.s. embassy in iraq has announced one hundred fifty million dollars is to be spent rebuilding cities left devastated in the war on islamic state and that's only a fraction of what the u.s. has earmarked for its continued military presence there. has more on the story what does this look like to you. resident evil no this is mosul iraq what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we film this a few weeks ago and nothing's really changed from when we were there last this is what the off the mouth of a classic strike in mosul look like neighborhoods that numbered in the thousands it's been reduced to a handful. the iraqi army in the u.s. led coalition seem to make sure to not leave a square meter on sc

say this thread seems to have been dealt with in iraq. does that mean he's will finally come to the war torn country by my guest today as well as i am member of the iraqi parliament and former national security advisor to the iraqi government. as the last islamic state fighters lead to the desert from the advancing iraqi forces that is jubilant in claiming victory over the deadly threat but it's bombs go off on the streets of a cop so it's clear we haven't seen the last of the terror group how dangerous is the backlash from isis when will it finally be subdued and what can the iraq do to make sure it never comes back. dr. yeah welcome to the show it's really great to have you on our program now iraqi prime minister all about a declared victory over islamic state in december but the u.n. says valid extremism can re-emerge the focus of an allow analysis was on islamic states former strongholds in northern iraq which require urgence debilitation you're a member of the iraqi parliament what is the situation is it really all over or all rosy brighter future and if so why is the u.n. fear

in iraq but does that mean these will finally come to the war torn country or my guest today as well as i am member of the iraqi parliament and former national security advisor to the iraqi government. as the last islamic state fighters flee into the desert from the advancing iraqi forces. that is jubilant in claiming victory over the deadly threat but as bombs go off on the streets of the capital it's clear we haven't seen the last of the terror group how dangerous is the backlash from isis when will it finally be subdued and what can a rock do to make sure it never comes back. dr vrba yeah welcome to the show it's really great to have you on our program now iraqi prime minister all about he declared victory over islamic state in december but the u.n. says valid extremism can re-emerge the focus of an allowed analysis was an islamic states former strongholds in northern iraq which require urgent stabilization you're a member of the iraqi parliament what is the situation is it really all over all rosy brighter future and if so why is the u.n. fear mongering well it depends how d

actually it's also in iraq go ahead jonathan. well no i mean i've seen is absolutely right i thought is analysis of turkish foreign policy in the contradictions was spot on i mean the problem is that there's no reason why there should be a conflict even in turkey itself yeah there was a peace process for two years and one was talking to a larger line on the leadership people and they were making progress and then he just threw it out of the window because he wanted to present himself to the turkish domestic electorate as strong or stronger tarion man who wasn't giving in because at that point he was trying to win a referendum on a new executive powerful presidency so it was electorally. modified moderated. negotiated and he just couldn't just poured it on the floor the courage and just poured but now he's got to continue in syria because he's convinced that the s.d.f. in a corner to northeast syria is somehow beholden to the p.k. k. which is no longer true yeah you know mohamed how much you know we talked to you started out with your first comments about the first year of the presidency

coming up on the days special report europeans who fought for islamic state in syria and iraq and their caliph it is no more some want to come home how do we know they are not bringing terror with them. we don't want as to to see that the back and to be obviously don't show in feeding off the of shame how strong is their influence well basically will only know when the next that that happens i'm afraid . we begin the day with germany's diesel gait changing gears from dirty to downright filthy three major german automakers dialer b.m.w. invokes wagon are facing allegations that they manipulated tests some involving monkeys and humans to hide the harmful health risks of diesel emissions pseudoscience in fake news to keep the multibillion euro diesel engine industry on the road on tonight there is outrage from the government here in berlin and calls for a federal probe critics saying that german carmakers have used the same tactics as tobacco companies to convince consumers that a harmful product is really a good deal. here at the university clinic in aachen in two thousand and thirteen an

the u.s. says it will spend one hundred fifty million dollars rebuilding iraq the cities devastated by the war in islamic states was quite how much the pentagon has requested for military operations there this year. and germany rejects the deportation of a turkish geologist who supported extremists in syria. almost up he could be released as early as next year. considering outside help to resolve the case. we could be chiefs been holed up in the country's london embassy for almost five and half years. the live from moscow with me. for a walk with us on the program now the u.s. embassy in iraq has announced one hundred fifty million dollars is to be spent rebuilding cities left devastated in the war on islamic state that's only a fraction of what the u.s. has earmarked for its continued military operations there. has more on the story what does this look like to you mad mad. resident evil no this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we filmed this a few weeks ago and nothing's really changed from when we were there last this is what the afterma

iraq is cities devastated by the war on islamic state a figure dogged by how much the pentagon has requested the military operations there this year. i could always considering outside help to results like a subdued you just saw on the wiki leaks chief being holed up in the country's london embassy for five and a half years. to news years and gold in economic protests despite having been raised as a model for the arab spring but the demonstrations failed to gain the same attention as the in the west and similar on the red in the wrong. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international coming to you live from the russian capital and the karen good to have you with us. the u.s. embassy in iraq has announced one hundred fifty million dollars is to be spent on rebuilding cities left devastated in the war on islamic state but that's only a fraction of what the u.s. has earmarked for its continued military operations there are these more advanced you have has more on the story what does this look like to you. mark. resident evil no this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of

the u.s. announces it will spend one hundred fifty million dollars rebuilding iraq a city devastated by the war on islamic state the good war by how much the pentagon has requested for military operations there this year. germany rejects the deportation of a turkish jet hardest who supported extremists in syria the man's prison term is almost up and he could be released next year. and ecuador is considering outside help to resolve the case of julian a song which the wiki leaks chief has been holed up in the country's london embassy for five and a half years. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us this hour. the u.s. embassy in iraq has announced one hundred fifty million dollars is to be spent rebuilding cities left devastated in the war on islamic state but that's only a fraction of what the u.s. has earmarked for its continued military operations there is more advanced you have has more on the story. what does this look like to you mad max resident evil noah this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of t

range of issues from the role of international allies in postwar iraq to u.s.-british leadership. his policy papers are widely read on capitol hill where he is regularly sought after for his advice. he received his doctorate degree from yale university. let us welcome him and the rest of our panel today. [applause] good morning, everybody. welcome to today's event. thank you everyone for joining us in such extremely cold weather. brutally cold weather. it is more like moscow and -- moscow than washington. we will be talking about the russians later. [laughter] >> and we have two superb washington foreign-policy experts with us today. you will see both rebecca and michael frequently on cable news shows here in washington on a regular basis. would like to introduce rebecca first, a national security fellow. rebecca specializes in nuclear deterrence, missile defense and counter proliferation. she has served as an advisor on to senatortters trent franks and has helped to launch the bipartisan missile defense caucus. michael is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. he is also direc

support the invasion of iraq and the war in afghanistan. where they were leger ash and these huge open air heads. they burned everything creating this black plume of smoke that had been just bursting out now settling over these small the war to five cities. they think you can and you had people living in various right next to this whole people working right next to it if not working with it with no protection whatsoever. for receiving more blast and we're going to have to make it and say this was a catastrophe in the making. at the start of the war in afghanistan. the military commanders on the ground realized that they had a big problem with the trash that was accumulating from the war each soldier was accumulating approximately nine pounds of trash a day on a battlefield they know what to do with it so they came up with the idea through centcom which is central command decided to create burn pits to burn the trash that was being accumulated. a purpose as were the military during the war collected all or waste in one central location and said as i bury no they decided to burn it and t

spend one hundred fifty million dollars rebuilding iraq a city is devastated by the war on islamic studies a figure dwarfed by how much the pentagon has requested this year for military operations there. and germany refuses to deport a turkish extremist who supported terrorists in syria his prison term is almost up could be released next year. this is already international coming to you live from moscow on page thank you for joining us. this confusion surrounding wiki leaks chief julian assange own drafter earlier reports he had been handed ecuadorian citizenship is now claimed he was only being given the country's identity card i must say it isn't laundered with the latest. the mystery of what happens next in this ever complicated tricky and internationally spanning case of julian assange really continues with some developments trickling in this evening here in london where we are in fact outside the ecuadorian embassy and some of the confusion of some of the reports that have been coming out seems to be stemming from first of all it tweets that julian assange had posted on his tw

trigger international condemnation. i'm sumi so misconduct welcome to the program we start out in iraq where at least thirty eight people have been killed and one hundred five wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city's al tyrone square this area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility yet but this latest attack bears similarity to previous bombings by the so-called islamic state. let's begin with staff s.l.m. he's a journalist at the washington post baghdad bureau he joins us on the line the staffa thank you for joining us what is the security situation like in baghdad this morning. that really attack has targeted. more pictures which is really very carted of this back in the morning first started with one suicide bomber who did take himself and then when the people come to. to carry the victims a little one has been exploded. i guess the government people as a given people were in conics they even moved the tents food the

, we've all heard this. there are about 40,000 foreign fighters who traveled to syria and iraq to fight against assad. just to point out that turkey has higher, numbers are 53,000 with an additional 11,000 women and children. and the reason why you see such a difference in numbers is due to a definition of what is a foreign fighter. do they actually make it to syria or did they get turned back in turkey? so you see some differences across the numbers that are being reported from north africa as well as a result of this. but okay. of these 40,000, official estimates from the north african countries, to me this is tunisia, morocco, lybia, egypt and algeria are about 7,500. that's in descending order. tunisia first, morocco, egypt, libya, and algeria. the academic estimates, not the official estimates are somewhat higher. the academic estimates go to between 10,000 and 13,000 from these five countries. okay. but let's start with the 7500. the 7500 foreign fighters officially from these countries who travel to syria and iraq, only about 1,600, or 22% have already returned home. these are, a

sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start out in iraq where at least thirty eight people have been killed and one hundred five wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility yet but this latest attack there are similarities to previous bombings by the so-called islamic state. and more on the story now with amir a saudi an iraqi journalist who is living here in berlin he joins us in our studio good morning to you as yet no one has claimed responsibility for these twin bombings last what do you think what is the government response been so far to this i think this is the first response from mr bobbsey the prime minister of iraq give many orders for the intelligence to in the hands of their work and in concentrate on the sleeping cell i think in the end of the day is going to face i hope not but all the the size looks like iraq is going to see more. similar attacks within back to the city in. a body's government actually said that it had declared victory over islamist terrorists that had been operat

the united states says it will spend one hundred fifty million dollars rebuilding iraq in cities devastated. by how much the pentagon has requested for military operations there this year alone. also this hour germany rejects the deportation of a turkish jarvis to support extremists in syria. and could be released next year. considering outside help to resolve the case of julian assange and wiki leaks she's been holed up in the country's embassy for five years . from moscow. thanks so much for being with us this. now the u.s. embassy has officially requested up to one hundred fifty million dollars to be spent rebuilding a rocky cities left devastated by the war on islamic state that's only a fraction of what the u.s. has earmarked for its continued military operations there. has more on the story what does this look like to you mad mad. resident evil no this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we filmed this a few weeks ago and nothing's really changed from when we were there last this is what the aftermath of a classic strike in mosul loo

city's tyrone square it comes just a month after iraq declared victory over the so-called islamic state we'll have the latest from baghdad also coming up turkey's president threatens to attack a u.s. backed force on the border with syria he says the force is a terror threat because it includes kurdish fighters. and the moment of floor collapses of the jakarta stock exchange in indonesia scores of people are injured but police say it was not a terror attack. hello and welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us we begin in iraq where at least thirty eight people have been killed and more than one hundred others wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city square the area has been targeted by a similar blast since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so for. our but this latest attack is similar to previous bombings by so-called islamic state. for the latest on the story let's cross over now to susannah george she's the associated pr

after the attackers blew themselves up in this video tehran square it comes just a month after iraq's declared victory over the so-called islamic state also coming up. turkey's president threatens to attack u.s. backed force on the border with syria he says the force is a terror threat because it includes kurdish fighters. and in the bundesliga wrong bottom cologne faced a crucial ryan darby against. the scene who earned the bragging rights. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evan sting we begin in iraq where at least thirty eight people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city's altai are on square the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack bears similarity to previous bombings by the so-called islamic state. for the latest on the story let's cross over now to susannah george she's the associated press bureau chief in baghdad susanna thanks for

have made significant progress since 2014 when isis first emerged and swept across iraq and syria that summer and had impacts far beyond. we remain focused on the enduring defeat of isis and other terrorist organizations. countering iranian influence in iranian behaviors prevented the use of chemical weapons ensuring the safety of syria's neighbors and resolving the humanitarian crisis through the de-escalation of violence on a political resolution. there must be a resolution as of today, coalition backed efforts have liberated over 98% of the territory previously controlled. seven half million people free from isis domination in iraq and syria. while russian the demon announced the fight and isis in syria is over, the u.s. and our coalition partners to not regard this as a finished effort. we are committed to the total defeat of isis and other terrorist groups ensuring they cannot regenerate and return. thanks to the generosity of the congress and american people the u.s. has provided nearly 7.5 billion come about 1.5 billion over last year. this critically assess at least 4 mill

burn pits that were created in iraq and afghanistan whimpers from two thousand to two thousand and nine burning without any regulation at all didn't have regulation where they would be built how they would be constructed they didn't do any soil samples before they built the berm pits they didn't do any plume samples after the burn pits were operational for many many years. after nine eleven i don't care because i wanted to keep on finding like i found because they they had they wanted better man and i. wanted to fight the war even now and here we can burn stereophile we can't burn anything in open air so why would they allow. when the soldiers to do it personally within three days i could feel it like something was wrong and it hit me real hard i went to six. different medications. and i bought it and for me it just wouldn't go away within fifteen days that i was there was even sicker i was pretty sick the whole deployment and when i came down i could be returned back to the states i knew different and the something was wrong. and that became the opiate battle of trying to figure o

in iraq and i had some chief say that one hundred fifty million dollars will be spent rebuilding cities left devastated by the war on islamic state but that is only a fraction of what america has earmarked for its ongoing military operations there more against the f. has more details what does this look like to you mad max resident evil know this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we feel this a few weeks ago and nothing's really changed from when we were there last this is what the aftermath of a classic airstrike in mosul look like neighborhoods that numbered in the thousands it's been reduced to a handful. the iraqi army and the u.s. led coalition seem to make sure to not leave a square meter scorched earth talk of precision i haven't yet seen a single house in mosul untouched by fighting the neighboring street all but destroyed the street across rubble the street over there. it's the same story wherever you look cities and towns that house millions devastated husks even now in mosul you are never far from the stench of rotting bodies

regulations they were burning as or that materials all over iraq and afghanistan you know this not only from the veterans but through g.a.o. reports g.a.o. also found that many of these parapet were still operating as late as two thousand and thirteen and this is at least two years after they were told to shut them down they would have been a lot better off using incinerators incinerators use the last. fuel i believe they're more energy efficient and they release less toxins and so that means that any military personnel soldiers and others that are in the area aren't going to be exposed to toxic chemical toxic fumes that kind of thing to operate to burn pits was much cheaper then to do to put it high temperature incinerators cost would have been a national nickel in their opinion. many veterans i spoke to believe that k.b.r. was merely cutting corners. to save money my understanding is they were given the money to do the incinerators and so it wasn't a budgetary issue this may have been a cheaper way to go this may have been an easier way to go but it certainly wasn't what was best for our s

together. see in thet is we region a lot of different interests. , many iraq, many different powers have been projecting their interests in has a fight in the region which was normally a conflict that should have been settled elsewhere. therefore, my second emphasis is on if we want to solve problems in that region and come to a new equilibrium, it can only be under the umbrella of the united nations, because there are so many different interests, that the one and only place where everybody has to six to the roles we once agreed and nobody is the winner or the loser of the united nations, so make the united nations stronger. make the process stronger. that is the second of the main goals. and the third one is if you look at the area and other conflict places in the world, the new dimension in it is also the cyber dimension. fightides the traditional against terror, which is a military one, decide the traditional reconstruction reconciliation process we know is important, we have the strong process within social media, which is which kind of narrative will be predominant and the pers

has traveled to all 50 states and more than 40 country, including iraq and afghanistan and has collected today an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters and e-mails. andrew donated the massive collection free of charge to chatman university which. the legacy project has been renamed the center for american war letters, and is now part of chapman university. andrew serves as the center's director. andrew is currently embarking on the million letters campaign to seek out and preserve at least one million war-related correspondences from every conflict in the u.s. history. andrew will talk about the million letters campaign tonight as well as this new book "my fellow soldiers: general ongoing pershing and the americans who helped win the great war." andrew is featured the new television film on world war i, the great war, broadcast throughout the countries this spring and summer on pbs. ladies and gentlemen, andrew carroll. [applause] >> thank you so much. good evening. thank you all so much for coming out on this beautiful night. i really appreciate it. i'm so grateful

. for the u.s. embassy in iraq announced on tuesday that one hundred fifty million dollars will be spent this year rebuilding cities left devastated by war on islamic state but that's only a fraction of what america has earmarked for its ongoing military operations there . as more what does this look like to you mad mad. resident evil no this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we filmed this a few weeks ago and nothing's really changed from when we were there last this is what the aftermath of a classic strike in mosul look like neighborhoods that numbered in the thousands it's been reduced to a handful. the iraqi army and the u.s. led coalition seem to make sure to not leave a square meter on scorched earth it took of precision i haven't yet seen a single house in moonsault untouched by fighting the neighboring street all but destroyed the street across rubble the street over there it's the same story wherever you look cities and towns that house medians a devastated hoss even now in mosul you are never far from the stench of rotting bodies or u