in iraq. they offer a lot of sacrifices. some of them are linked to the pmf and there is a direction from the iraqi security armed forces to deal with this, to have only one commander ship. there are so many parties, some international terrorists that they enter in these areas. we hope that we will solve this problem locally and internationally international will some how hit an imbalance in this area. some of them are like either christians or are parking lot members. use it to attack their opponents. what we want is like the police that they are only loyal to the country to the state constitution, not to one component to other. it's not welcomed from the people of the area. when it occupied part of iraq they pressured iraq and then some other countries that are using this aspect. it is just to follow up on the pmf the armed forces are trying to rearrange the pmf organization, the structure to have it in every supported if they are there. it would be supported by either the federal armed forc

here is no way out of iraq for all iraqis, from all components of iraq other than one iraq. everyone wants a special interest of these countries, we welcome all components in iraq o have iraq first. nancy: so let's stay with the neighborhood for a moment. on your other border, you have a very long border with syria. there have been recent exchanges between civilian and military leaders, baghdad, damascus, and we have a number of questions from the audience on syria. so the question is what is your assessment of the direction of events in syria, and what is your position towards the reintegration of syria in the arab league? what is the impact of this on raq? speaker al-halbousi: syria is a brethren arab country. with syria being subjected to attacks is not very different from iraq, but iraq is much longer term. it's very important that syria be back to the arab league than o go somewhere else. syria is part of the arab world. for the syrians they have a good position with iraq. before 2003 and after 2003. before 2003, they adopted -- me personally, they adopted the resistanc

but iraq can't do it on its own. and that's because most of its water comes from neighbouring countries, including iran. what's really interesting is we've been meeting a lot of officials, and they've been incredibly open and informative, but as soon as we mention the word iran, they suddenly clam up. they don't want to go there, they don't want to talk about that issue. and i think that's a sign of how much iranian influence there is in the city. but several of those officials told us that iran is the source of some of the pollution that goes into the river behind me. last summer was a glimpse of how a state can shatter when it fails to provide even the most basic of services. the governor's office in basra was set on fire by protesters. this is a city plagued by corruption and sh‘ia militias. one of the protest leaders says that's killing basra. what do you want from the government? iraq sits on fabulous wealth. but basra hasn't seen any of it. nor have the arab marshes, a world heritage site, larger than many ar

one of the problems in iraq was for instance when the americans were then they had . a rose pop lead from members of the old army in the baath party and so on and the americans under general petraeus had this john the arab awakening they defeated al qaeda not only military but also politically but then the americans left and al qaeda comes back and the baath party comes back to as in the form of. the stuff exactly so we're always you know we always think obie go in we find you his again and then we go out again that doesn't work like that because let's pick up all this and so the islamic state did ask for if you will these so-called islamic state has been crushed on the battlefield in syria and iraq on the battlefield that is but it's far from a spent force in other countries like some in africa and as far as field as in the media. isis fighters were on the advance that was in two thousand and fourteen when the terrorist organization took the city of raka syria. it was the start of five years of war ending with thousands dead and captured now isis is last fortificatio

in the battle of iraq. the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> it's impossible to imagine george herbert walker bush standing under a banner that said mission accomplished. he would not have done that. he was too modest. >> 12 years earlier george w. bush's father also went to war against saddam hussein to drive the dictator's forces out of kuwait. >> george h.w. bush opted not to go to baghdad and after we left office where ever we go, every time we would stand up to speak they'd say why didn't you guys take care of saddam when you had the chance? well, we were worried iraq might fragment into warring tribes and that's exactly what happened. >> iraq is engulfed in conflict. >> the thing we greatly underestimated is that some of the issues we were dealing with had very deep roots. when you lifted the lid off the dictatorship out come all the forces of destabilization. he and i both feel in retrospect that that's the thing that was not properly and deeply understood. >> coalition troops are attac

like iraq itself, they are facing their gravest threat yet. last summer was a warning to the country that the rivers that created these extraordinary wetlands are under assault. and unless iraq gets to grips with its water crisis, millions could be forced to move 00:24:50,026 --> 2147483051:49:09,729 and away of life could 2147483051:49:09,729 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 be wiped out forever. the second half of the weekend promised to be more or turbulent. it brought significant rainfall, storm hannah. you can see the swell on the satellite picture. a deep area of low pressure which is now very quickly becoming less deep and less threatening as it slides out into the north sea. high—pressure building in from the south—west. this means a much more settled today on sunday. not completely dry, some showers around. some sunny spells and crucially, less windy. so much quieter start to the day. one or two showers, as you can see, including close to the london and it is a big day in london because the marathon is taking place. it is likely to be a l

them are now on their way back home many are already here following i asked this collapse in syria and iraq to both men and women and among them are vicious killers and war criminals of those who have returned a number are already on trial what should germany do with them should they answer for their crimes and be sent to prison should social workers help them integrate back into society into neighborhoods schools workplaces. islamic state terror today just how dangerous are returning i-s. fighters i'm brian thomas and joining me here in berlin to talk about that is amir masowe he works for media outlets here in germany and in iraq he says some i asked attorneys are dangerous but more dangerous is the updated ideology they bring with them. allan posing as a commentator for the daily newspaper de velde he argues if we want other states to take back their citizens who we consider terrorists then we have to take back our citizens who have committed terrorist acts. and kristen helberg is a featured mideast analyst at a number of european publications she points out bias is militarily defeated b

forces operating close to the irgc numbers in iraq. is there more being done to provide safety measures to members of the u.s. military that are in close proximity or are you confident that they are defended enough against the irgc at this point? >> the decision leading up to this process was full interagency process that included every member of the national security council. we have taken all measures that are appropriate and prudent in the context of this designation. with respect to iranian threats, when you play under house rules, the house always wins. iran has a long history of trying to get the world to play by its rules. every time they call out this regime for being a mafia racket, it is more a racket than a revolutionary cause. whenever we call out and expose this regime for what it really is, we will not be deterred by these threats. >> we are not going to get into the details of what we are doing to make sure our people downrange are safe. i can assure you that we take force protection very seriously. and that is why we ha

iraqi government and also by trump entering iraq without rocky permission they push iraq towards iran by antagonizing russia and the trade war with china they're drawing all these different countries closer to iran simultaneously in the united states looks very bad by making such a foolish foolish act whereas as your previous guest rightly pointed out when even members in people within a very extreme regime in washington are opposed to such a policy that shows how bad it is for the united states all right ellie coming back to you it's estimated that the revolutionary guard comprise what one hundred fifty thousand people at the moment but these new sanctions could affect many many more people couldn't they how many do you think. well according to a statement made by u.s. officials to reporters yesterday this could cover as many as eleven million people that have at some time or another been affiliated with the group now what's important for your viewers to know is that iran has mandatory conscription and that means many many young men have to join parts of the military including r.t.c.

all of this flows through iraq and ends up of this flows through iraq and ends up here in basra. last year, the city fell sick. the streets erupted in anger. the cause? the city's water supply. tens of thousands were rushed to hospital is, suffering stomach cramps and serious diarrhoea. in this house i meet rima, she shows me the family's water source. where is the water? rima's ten children all fell sick. translation: i blame the government. do you think any official drinks salty water? of course not. they won't even use it for washing, they are afraid of the germs. the pure have no choice. —— poor. are afraid of the germs. the pure have no choice. -- poor. the government says the crisis was caused by sewage as well as saltwater pushing up from the sea. if people keep dumping raw sewage, poison, toxins... of course it is catastrophic and the increase of population, of course, the increase of fuels, and the creation of sewage, this will destroy everything. last summer was a warning of how a state can shutter when it fails to provide even the most basic of services. martin pat

he attacks george bush's record on iraq. >> seeing there are weapons of mass destruction in iraq doesn't make it so and proclaiming mission accomplished certainly doesn't make it so. >> americans knew this was a vital decision they were making. >> twins barbara and jen nab skyed to publicly endorse their father. >> my parents were very protective of my sister and me during my dad's first campaign and we were very grateful because we were in high school. when my dad ran again. 2004, we had just graduated from college, and jen and i both felt very differently. >> my cousin jenna had a dream that her father lost that election. and that she hadn't done anything to help him so she woke up, she called her sister and said we need to do something. >> we spent the last four years trying to stay out of the spotlight. we realized that this would be his last campaign and we wanted to be a part of it. >> i also saw my dad in a totally different way when i would campaign with him. >> i had been at yale which was very liberal and i was so moved to see this incredible support for him that i hadn't neces

med is only iraq, which accounts for 17% of all american -- that is only iraq, which accounts for 17% of all american servicemen deaths in iraq. that doesn't include lebanon and the bombings there and other terrorist attacks around the world. this is the right thing to do . it is long overdue and gives us a lot of new tools and more tools to come. i wanted to know. the irgc stands convicted today. are you referring to a court decision, the one that the secretary mentioned? this is a legal term. i am not aware that they have been convicted of being a foreign terrorist organization. they may well -- that may well happen. but are you referring to previous cases? >> matt, don't be so literal. it is a legal phrase. you said convicted. >> that is a rhetorical phrase. with the announcement today, which will take effect a week from now the legal status of the , irgc will change from an organization to a designated foreign terrorist organizations. that was the sense in which i used the term. earlier, on a conference call this morning, a u.s. administration official said the irgc's dual mission

iraqi government and also by trump entering iraq without rocky permission they push iraq towards iran by antagonizing russia and the trade war with china they're drawing all these different countries closer to iran simultaneously in the united states looks very bad by making such a foolish foolish act whereas as your previous guest rightly pointed out when even members in people within a very extreme regime in washington are opposed to such a policy that shows how bad it is for the united states all right any coming back to you it's estimated that the revolutionary guard comprise what one hundred fifty thousand people at the moment but these new sanctions could affect many many more people couldn't they how many do you think. well according to a statement made by u.s. officials to reporters yesterday this could cover as many as eleven million people that have at some time or another been affiliated with the group now what's important for your viewers to know is that iran has mandatory conscription and that means many many young men have to join parts of the military including r.t.c. a

buddy difficult action in iraq. first of all that it is a war in iraq problem so full of terrorists so maybe the soldier or people should. well much of that. maybe. i'm going to feel small and i am an individual who likes this freedom. of traveling the strange to go for new boss in my life. to god to guide them. through to whom first holds all of those so for yeah for about three feet three and a half thousand flights. in about thirty countries have ever been i don't know what checked out. ok everybody somebody in iraq and his name is more. also of all three are able to organize a balloon meeting in iraq so we had joe do you think that something in the year especially balloons would be fairly peaceful to show the world ta da all those things possible in iraq. oh great everybody who is reeling to join me to hand to go to you. when you think of iraq you think of bombs sundays things but i know that it's a very beautiful landscape you know iraq for me when i'm not you know i have never been there and just the old codge

iraq i think this is a significant challenge. the council representatives does have some members is like mentioned who are leaders of the militia and the popular mobilization forces. one of the big challenges this impressive leadership team of the president, prime minister and spiegel of the council of representatives and iraq has is how to deal with the fact that not all of these entities that have forced if you will -- as you all know the government needs a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. this is a problem if you have an element such as those in voting by the way. we should all acknowledge they did serve iraq at a time when the islamic state was literally knocking on the doors or the walls of baghdad and did come to the service of their country. tragically the situation was allowed to reach that point where the grand ayatollah and had to say that was a time to come to the aid of your country which legitimized the return of these militia to the street, militia that you will recall had been destroyed in the battles of ma

north iraq i believe that he's in hiding either in iraq or syria i suspect that is that it is iraq simply because the. conditions for the organization are much better in iraq than in the neighboring countries do we have an idea of what role he still plays in the islamic state how powerful he still is in the organization i don't know i don't know maybe our intelligence services know more many people said that he was not in charge for a long time simply because there was so many ex military officials of the saddam hussein regime in his surroundings all these people are dead i think that he's the leader of the islamic state in iraq and he seems to have an influence on the affiliate network simply because he gave away so so much money in recent years it is no coincidence that the latest information from two thousand and eighteen talked about money transfers from iraq in syria via turkey to eastern asia and that is part of the reason why we have seen an increasing number of attacks in asia including sri lanka recently what do you think this video tells us about i asked this strategy going forw

buddy difficult action in iraq. first of all that it is a war in iraq problems are full of terrorists so maybe the soldier or people should. well what is that. maybe. i'm going to feel small and i in my mind of enjoying who likes this freedom. i have never in the streets to go for a new boss in my life and. if you're going to go there. i'd soon fresh holes all of those so for yeah for about three feet three and a half thousand flights. in about thirty countries have ever been i don't know were checked out. ok everybody somebody in iraq and his name is more. also it's all three are able to organize a balloon meeting in iraq so we had joe do you think that something in the year especially balloons would be fairly peaceful to show the world ta da all those things possible in iraq. oh great everybody who is reeling to join me here and to go to him when you think of iraq you think of bombs son this things but i know that it's a very beautiful landscape you know iraq for me i'm not you know i'm going to i've never been th

is on here miss our he works for media outlets here in germany and in iraq. he says some i. s. returnees are dangerous but more dangerous is the updated ideology they bring with them. alan posers a commentator for the daily newspaper develop he argues if we want other states to take back to their citizens who we consider terrorist. then we have to take back our citizens who have committed terrorist acts. and kristin helberg is a featured mideast analyst a number of european publications she points out. hi yes is militarily defeated but not ideologically the west must help the kurds in dealing with the jocks. a warm welcome to all of you and to those of you joining us from around the world kristin if we could -- let's start with you you've also written two books about this topic about hi yes about syria. you spend a lot of time in the country let's get a a demographic of our average i. s. fighter jihadists who is he and what drew him. to fight in syria to fight in iraq well it's not that easy because behind the one thousand fifty german i as fighters that i'll one thousand pe

just to clarify on iraq. will you be requiring the iraqi government to turn over any suspected or known members of the iranian revolutionary guard since you declared them as terrorists? mr. hook: we're not making any demands of the yirkey government. as i said a moment ago, we hare the iraqi government's -- mr. sales: we are not going to make any demands of the iraqi government. as i said a moment ago, we share the iraqi government's interest in ensuring that the government of iraq is able to represent a proud and free and prosperous people without any undue influence from maligned actors. reporter: they will continue to operate freely in iraq? mr. sales: it is a criminal offense to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. how that applies in particular cases, we won't speculate about that right now. reporter: a commander warned if -- over the weekend an irgc commander warned that if the u.s. took this action, u.s. forces in western asia will lose peace and quiet and it's obvio

was the victor in iraq. by we have seen victories irgc in iraq, syria, lebanon and yemen. but because of the sanctions and walking away from iran, we are now seeing iran have less influence in iraq, but they need it more than ever. it is an interesting balance. you have influence, you are losing influence in iraq but now you need iraq more than ever because you are using iraq's economy to offset sanctions. in syria they have stopped oil payments. lebanese has below is complaining they are not receiving funds. now you have iraqi militias trying to distance himself from the irgc. they have a $1.2 billion budget just for salaries. salami will try to get some of that. when he gives you 100 million dollars he expects $50 million back from that same transaction. there are places where the irgc has won but now they are losing territory because of the sanctions. the sanctions are working. because they no longer have the protections of the u.s. a in the jcpoa. because of the new oil waivers expiring, i just wanted to

invasion of iraq in 2003. we'll have more on joe biden's record as a senator and vice president later in the broadcast. "the new york times" is reported that before she left the post as head of homeland security, kristjen nielsen sought to sound alarm over russian interference in the election but was ordereded not o brbring it up in froront oththe president. as dhs secretary, she was tasked with overseeing the nation civilian cyber defenses. but according to "the new york times," mick mulvaneney made it clear trump still equated any publicic discussion of malign russian electioion activivity wh quesestions about the legitimacy ofof his victory. nielsen resigned earlier this month after overseeing trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy that has seen childldren separarated from their parents d entire families held in cages resembling dog kenennels. in brazil, thousands of indigenous people and their allies are rallying in the capital brasilia, protesting a massive assault on their rights and territories by ra

iraq, iraq is important. iraq hinges in fact on this stability in syria, because the borders are porous, isis is there, the threat of isis at least if there's any conflict that would affect areas in the north each. i think these are very important items the u.s. has to pay attention to. >> i'll add a couple things, i don't want to go over anything hassan has mentioned. a couple things since i work with the civil society. and to get the u.s. interest in ensuring that the social conditions not only allowed for the conflict to begin with but also accelerated the emergence of isis. that should be a more pronounced part of the administration's goals. i know it is definitely is an interest and i know ambassador jeffrey does discuss about hoping to sort of re-up our financial investments, which i think is still a very important part of this puzzle, it has been kind of sidelined but it remains an important piece of this puzzle and just ensuring we address the actual social conditions, because unless you address those

iraq does d ensure not have a ground line of communications from iron through iraq through syria -- iran through iraq through syria down to lebanon and hezbollah or through military industries in syria which clearly is real. our ally has shown they will not allow. so to avoid that turning into a bigger crisis, again, i think we can make a major contribution by staying, as we have, at the border crossing at all times, which is one of the two hardball crossings. the other one being in husaba. and is reasonable well covered, i think, by iraqi security forces together with some of our coalition forces. so that's a very, very significant goal. it was something that could have been called into question by a complete withdrawal from syria, but reportedly is very much in the forefront of the mind in the white house, state, and defense. mr. sadjadpour: i'd also like to ask you both you and bill, there are some concerns. you know, arab gulf officials claim they picked up intelligence that iran is planning to go after them in the region as a reaction to u.s. escalation, go after proxies. the earlie

that the iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. i went downstairs i was leaving the pentagon and an officer from the joint staff called me into his office and said i want you to know he said sure we're going to attack iraq he pull up a piece of paper off his desk so i just got this memo from the secretary to fence off that says we're going to attack and destroy their governments and seven countries in five years we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran. i seventy seven countries in five years i says in a classified memo he sits yes sir i said well don't short term. just manufacture common sense and stick to the public well. when the running closest to protect themselves. when the final go round. no one posts that. we can all middle of the room six. million real new. malts this if. you give us the first one to the finished we go forward from the other hundreds. if. not you'll see just what i do want to. see if it was national guard. or. the it. was from. their school b

and iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward america. >> president bush named iraq as part of an axis of evil. his remarks drew heavy criticism internationally. >> why lump these three countries together? they're three different problems. to put them together as an axis of evil, and to use the word evil, i think did not serve us very well. >> george w. bush and his advisers, including vice president dick cheney and secretary of defense donald rumsfeld begin to focus on one target in particular, iraq. >> there are people around bush who believe regime change is necessary. george w. bush didn't know a whole lot about foreign policy, but among the things he did know was that there was a bad actor out there and his name was saddam. >> he had the view that if saddam was not going to amend and change his ways that he was going to be removed from office and that was the guiding principle of his actions. >> and all of a sudden the president started this camp drumbeat to get us into iraq providing the great agenda we're going to reform mankind and end tyranny in your world. can you believ

still alive and kicking not only in sri lanka but also in saudi arabia and as we know in iraq this is a disturbing message he's saying we may not have a. caliphate but the organization is still able to attack where and when it wants to well but we know that the organization has prepared for the day when they lose. territory in iraq in syria by building i asked provinces from two thousand and fourteen in libya on the sinai in yemen and in many many other countries even the philippines and thereby they have broadened they have widened the front and he talks in this video he keeps talking about the provinces and about the need to fight the west. worldwide. we knew that isis is still alive he must know that as well so why publish this video when what's the purpose of showing his face to the world to get i think the purpose is to show the whole world that. he has not been defeated in many important politicians believe that that the fight is over in iraq and syria you know they have said said that and the fight in iraq in syria is not over i guess is going back to its former self it has bee

iraq's prime minister has begun his first official visit to iran a day. trip comes just a month after a visit by the iranian president hassan rouhani to baghdad relations between the countries continue to develop despite efforts by washington to curb iran's influence in the region really. we wish to see our well developed relations bilateral relations to be an example to follow and also to be a precursor to similar ones with all the regional countries iraq not only aspires to maintain such healthy relations with iran but we are willing to develop widen and deepen our bilateral relations similarly with kuwait saudi arabia egypt qatar and the united arab emirates we wish the region to enjoy stability and peace and to put an end to wars. there is dosage of barry has more from baghdad. the iraqi prime minister up to the as a arrived in tehran where he was received by waning president hassan rouhani at the palace now the two day visit comes as the two countries pledge to further ties between the two sides in terms of the country's economy and their defense and

that the iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. i went downstairs i was leaving the pentagon and the joint staff called me into his office and said i want you to know he said sure we're going to attack iraq he pulled up a piece of paper off his desk so i just got this memo from the sector defense's office that says we're going to attack and destroy their governments and seven countries in five years we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran i seventy seven countries in five years i says in a classified memo he said it yes sir i said well don't. try and some american foreign policy at its core isn't really about furthering national interest is there an ideological foundation that is the driver we're told it's all about democracy or is it really all about power and the purposeful denial of agency others on the international stage. it was a bit like it's a small it's. you notice the first one to open your eyes for girls going forward from the other in the woods. but you'l

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sent to wiki leaks the iraq airstrike video collateral murder which shows a u.s. helicopter gunning down eleven on armed journalists can sniff it. might fall on. top. for leaking classified video and related documents manning was charged with espionage and abetting the enemy the symptoms it was thirty five years in the military prison . whoever leaked all those state department documents to the wiki leaks website is a traitor if you want to have a democracy with even some democratic influence on foreign policy have to have was labeled as an interest and that will always be at risk because the government will always try to deter anyone from following their example. during sentencing manning apologize to the court. i'm sorry for the unintended consequences of my actions and i made these decisions i believed i was going to help people not hurt. to make democracy functional really to get the information we need they need whistleblowers who expose the truth that personally i wish. people who will risk their reelection are using their powers of office their powers in a

that the iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. i went downstairs i was leaving the pentagon and an officer from the joint staff called me into his office and said i want you to know he said sure we're going to attack iraq he pull up a piece of paper off his desk so i just got this memo from the secretary to fence off that says we're going to attack and destroy their governments and seven countries in five years we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran. i seventy seven countries in five years i says in a classified memo he sits yes sir i said well don't. think you should look into. this if you. use the first one to look up and you must we go forward from the budget. cuts you'll see this sort of. thing if it was national. at the. top of the year. it's a look it was supposed to force me. to. exclude one of these critics one of the from getting you to leave because. she knew the wife would be smeared. all over this if you go to. the polls someone to the president also wa

>> she's the presidential candidate and iraq war veteran who infamously met with syria's bashar al-assad, this week on "firing line." a soldier, a hindu, and a. ma tulsi gabbard de waves when she arrived in congress. now the millennial from hawaii has her sights set onth white house. she says her campaign is focused on war and peace. >> every one of us is paying the price for these regime-change. wa >> her critics say she can sound more like president trump than a progressive democrat. >> i believe trump said something similar when he was running. did he not? am i wrong about that? >> he may have, but the problem is has not carried through. wi and some want to know why she took that meetin a brutal dictator. >> you got some heat for meeting with bashar al-ass. do you not consider him a war criminal? why did you meet with that man?h >> ipursuit of peace. >> what does tulsi gabbard say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible by... corporate funding is provided by... and by... >> welcome to "firing line," tulsi gabbard, and a you are an iraq war veteran. you are a four-t

troops from iraq when i got out of jail in the first place is that i visited what sounded foreign and where brian was noting that the time from that moment on my association with brian began to open my eyes in ways that i had never imagined possible i began to meet so many people that helped me understand so many different pieces of the web of. what has been u.s. intervention throughout latin america and the world. there are over one million american military personnel stationed in one hundred seventy. the u.s. government has increased its military budget nearly ninety percent since two. budgets now stands at seven hundred billion dollars per year. health costs plus interest from more than one point five million veterans and the u.s. is paying one trillion dollars. and preparation. government spends ten times more prestigious on average for military costs over industrialized. this increased military spending has not made the us more secure home. you know let's face it the weapons corporations in america always love the enemy and they always log new instability because they're able to

change we cannot come back from vietnam afghanistan and iraq and all those wars and go on with our lives as before. you know all these suicides the p.t.s.d. that we reading so much about now the message is clear we are not made. up on it this is areso a widespread right. i realized something that was. made by the writer and often. played out to stand alone at war now as it were all while we're all. right there is a bit silly other people i know just because i was ordered to do it so i did learn to be disobedient. five hundred twenty five salvadoran soldiers arrived at fort benning georgia to start training there in combat a small group of us went in to see not in our name. and what we found through the freedom of information act was a schooner assassins as we are and it's well known in latin america a school for dictators a school march. on washington called this front page long to figure. it a very big article that. there were a few news at the school of the americas techniques of harsh mississippi says serious. crimes against here. and it was time. to put out the word. yes. we went to

and that he said that if according to iraq's constitution there will be no iraq's oil will not be allowed to be used by foreign troops or fighters to launch any attacks against iran iranian president also stressed that iran wishes to increase its exports to iraq to a revenue of about twenty billion the current figure is about thirteen billion dollars of course the two sides have made very strong gains in the past few years they've developed stronger relationships and they continue to work on that. still ahead on the bulletin erica why and increasing number of palestinian israelis say they are boycott tuesday's election plus. i'm currently in indonesia biggest landfill children who grow up here face an uncertain future but one school is trying to change that. hello again to welcome back. some better conditions for parts of iran over the next day this big system that brought some rain not only to the parts of iran down here towards the gulf is finally making its way out that's going to bring some clouds of here towards the northeast but what's going to be left is to only some isolated showe

that the iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. i went downstairs i was leaving the pentagon and an officer from the joint staff called me into his office and said i want you to know he said sure we're going to attack iraq he pulled up a piece of paper off his desk so i just got this memo from the sector defense's office that says we're going to attack and destroy their governments and seven countries in five years we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran i seventy seven countries in five years i says in a classified memo he said yes sir i said well don't show it to him. this year the nato alliance is seventy years old is it time now to shut down this cold war relic also liberal media can say sorry and choke on russia again. but the thing the numbers means they've matter the u.s. is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime happens each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the old firm bridge. six percent world market thirty

and that he said that if according to iraq's constitution there will be no iraq's oil will not be allowed to be used by foreign troops or fighters to launch any attacks against iran iranian president also stressed that iran wishes to increase its exports to iraq to a revenue of about twenty billion the current figure is at about thirteen billion dollars of course the two sides have made very strong gains in the past few years they've developed stronger relationships and they continue to work on that and the iraqi prime minister will go on to meet iranian supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei on sunday where they will hold joint discussions about regional issues as well as strengthening the relationship between the two countries more than one and a half million people in mozambique are now reliant on food aid after their homes were devastated last month by cycling in die from aids or miller has the latest from the outskirts of the border city of barrow. we're inching i'm up on joe where at least seven hundred families have gathered to collect food from the world food program they're distri

it plays like syria or iraq. there is this fiction out there, i think, that the american public always has to be driving toward an exit. the american public will not let 150,000 troops sit in a country long-term, taking significant amount of casualties. that was not sustainable. the strategy based around that was not sustainable. small, long-term american presence. part of the point of the report is specifically engineered to deal with certain conflicts, but not taking major kaiser these -- casualties, but still having positive impact. that is completely sustainable. the public does not really care that much about that. unless politicians generate it were convinced themselves but i don't think 2020 will be decided based on -- even from -- i don't think it will make a difference. i give more space to the politicians give themselves and a lot of this is talking about the panel, iraq's hangups which are still there from 2003 in impacts so much of american decision-making. i will stick with you for a minute and shift

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the challenge was also the politics within iraq. so, for example when the five were detained by the special operation forces in january of 2007, these were five operators were up to no good in a very significant way. and i was not yet the commander. i was still going through the confirmation process at the time. i remember it though and the pressure was enormous, i believe both the president and premise of iraq at that time that we have to release him and i talked to general casey and my predecessor later on, and it seemed as if we have no real choice. there was a moment of reflection here we are we need to print ministers support for the surge. the biggest of the big ideas that were contrary to what he just agreed to accelerate in a meeting in jordan in late november of 2006. so again i think the politics were difficult. the same is true when it came to releasing the high ranking official who was detained together and later on they were militia leaders that were in cold-blooded murder type of this jurors we found the very detailed