good enough to hit saddam hussein. he asks the aide to get evidence from wolfowitz of a saddam connection with ubl, osama bin laden. >> we all looked at each other like, what are you talking about? who the hell -- saddam hussein? bin laden hates him. he's a her atick. there's no connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda. >> the word goes out to the cia, fbi and all the intelligence services. find the connection. >> first, though, the war on terror goes to afghanistan. to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run, forced to flee into the mountains and across the border to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq. to saddam. >> i think the united states, since "desert storm" has always had a, a, a various planning with respect to iraq. >> "operation desert storm." also known as the first gulf war. in 1991, following iraq's invasion of kuwait, a u.s.-led coalition of 34 countries drives saddam

to buy the arms to keep the war going. >> we supported sadd hussein, because saddam hussein was an allya war between iran and iraq. iraq is an arab country. we had difference agreements within the arab league, and so we supported iraq. iran at the time publicly calleo for the overof the saudi government. >> they want to export their revolution. they want to topple the monarchies. they want to send th militias. of course, the saudis will support iraq. >> iraq buys weapons around the world. countries include france, west germany, russia, jordan, and china and many more. >> we were up against a regime that was receiving equipment from almost everybody. the americans provided it with awac's intelligence. the french provided it with mirage fighters. the russians provided it with mig fighters.d >> smith: e saudis? >> the saudis provided it with all the money they need. >> the ayatollah khomeini has called on the iraqi army tond desert averthrow iraq's president, sadm hussein. >> smith: khomni had hoped iraq's shia-- a majority of the population-- would support iran. but as iraqis, they oppose

saddam hussein? osama bin laden hates him. >> the word goes out to the cia, the fbi and all the intelligence services, find the connection. first, though, the war on terror goes to afghanistan to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run, forced to flee into mountains. but while osama remains at large, the attention turns to saddam. >> desert storm has always had various planning with respect to iraq. >> operation desert storm. also known as the first gulf war. in 1991, following iraq's invasion of kuwait, a u.s.-led coalition of 34 countries, drives saddam's forces out of kuwait and decimates the iraqi army in six weeks. but despite that overwhelming victory, president george h.w. bush faces criticism at home for not going all the way to baghdad to rid the world of saddam hussein. >> i made very, very clear from day one, that it was not an objective of the coalition to get saddam hussein out of there, by force. >> dick

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he was the international face of saddam hussein's iraq for more than 20 years.e has died at the age of 79 after suffering a heart attack in prison. he became the foreign minister in 1983 during the iraq iran war. when saadam invaded kuwait in 1990 he was supported by his deputy. al jazeera's kim vinnell looks back at his life. >> reporter: for many he was the best-known face of saddam hussein's regime. traveling the globe, meeting world leaders, he defended his boss's policies at every turn even after the gassing which killed some 5,000 kurds, he deflected the blame. >> reporter: according to the information i have it was the iranians, it wasn't iraq. >> reporter: he is a christian and came to the party in the 1950s. by the time they came to power in iraq in 1968, the former english teacher was already a prominent figure. in 1970 he was named inform minister. in the '80s he became foreign minister tasked with strengthening diplomatic relations between baghdad and washington. [ explosion ] >> reporter: but when saadam ordered the invasion of kuwait in 1990 he had

elated. >> to take saddam hussein that we wanted to do.ersacrificing your own soldiers for our aim. >> the american role in iraq is just puzzle, i think for me and i think... >> smith: in saudi arabia they were dumbfounded. >> why wou the american hand the government to the allies of iran? iran is considered a sponsor of terrorism by the americans. ho >> and thoseere on high before, in particular the baathists, who used their power to repress the iraqi peoe, will be removed from office. >> smith: then, american envoy, paul bremer, handed iran another gift. >> shortly, i will issue anre order on meato extirpate ba'athists and ba'athism from iraq forever. >> smith: 30,000 to 40,000 members of saddam's ba'athist party-- most of them sunnis-- b werened from holding any public office. and the iraqi army was dissolved. protests broke out immediately. s moderaa leaders had warned the u.s. against de-ba'athification. >> i considered what happened as a very wrong mistake a going to be disastrous for the country. (abdul latif al humayem): (shouting)

i'll look forward to that day. >> barack hussein obama, barack hussein obama.in, this was two years ago. february of 2008, this guy was the warm-up act at a john mccain rally. john mccain reacted to that introduction with horror. it was seen as big campaign gaffe. senator mccain repudiated the remarks and apologized the same day the remarks were made. >> i have repeatedly stated my respect for senator obama and senator clinton and that i will treat them with respect. ly call them senator. we will have respectful debate, as i have said on hundreds of occasions. i regret any comments that may be made about these two individuals who are honorable americans. >> i regret those comments. hold up, wait a minute, that right there, that was offensive. that language should have never been used. his bad, my bad, i'm sorry, that guy doesn't speak for me. not when that guy makes repeated references to barack hussein obama. not when he refers to the fake obama kenyan birth certificate, as he did later that summer by saying, "maybe it is accurate." and certainly not when the

we had tried when we first came in to strengthen the containment regime around saddam hussein.sunday afternoon, long sunday afternoon meeting in which we were trying to figure could we have something to do smart sanctions that would hurt the regime and not the people? we had these no-fly zones where our aircraft would fly to keep his aircraft on the ground. he would shot at them. i remember the president saying "what are we going to do if he shoots down an american pilot?" and, of course, he put 400,000 people in mass graves and weapons of mass destruction were not a theoretical issue with him, he'd used chemical weapons against his own people and against the iranians. so he was a threat. what changed after 2003 is that after you've gone through something like 9/11 we don't want to let threats sit there and materialize and he had been one of the biggest threats the list for a long time. we tried to deal with it differently before 9/11 and then afterwards put him on notice through the u.n., resolution 1441 passed unanimously that he was a threat to international peace and securi

i don't love saddam hussein.hate saddam hussein, but he was damn good at killing terrorists. >> and this was not the first time trump said complimentary things about authoritarian leaders and dictators. here he is talking about vladimir putin. >> i think i'd get along very well with vladimir putin. >> i think in terms of leadership, he's getting an a and our president is not doing so well. they did not look good together. >> i got to know him very well because we were both on "60 minutes," we were stable mates. but you know that. >> trump also said kim jong-un's ability to maintain power after his father died is amazing. >> if you look at north korea, he's like a maniac, okay? you got to give him credit. how many young guys, he was like 26 or 25 when his father died, take over these tough generals and all of a sudden it's pretty amazing, when you think of it. how does he do it? even though it's a cultural thing, he goes in, takes over, it's incredible. he wiped out the uncle, he wiped out that one, he doesn't pla

that was very much something that saddam hussein and his cronies did. that reason i think he was rewarded by the fact that that death sentence was never carried out. but he was in prison for a very long time his family felt he should have been released. but here in iraq there will be no day of mourning no yule gives or guests on television talking about his legacy. he was a member of that hated regime and so they simply are ignoring the fact that he has passed away in prison. >> imran khan thanks very much indeed. >>> the chief executive of nestle' has flown to india to try to reassure customers. india's food safety regulators have banned the sale of maggie instant noodles. they say dangerous levels of lead were detected in some samples. >> reporter: for more than 20 years this man and his family have been selling maggie noodles to university students in new delhi. they have created 50 different dishes, but their business has dropped by 50% since the regulators found samples of maggie noodles were unsafe to eat. >> translator: we have dropped the name m

my view was taking out saddam hussein was a very important thing.i, my view of the -- of the war was yes it was about oil. >> in the decades since the invasion, declassified documents have revealed private deliberations about iraq's oil in the u.s. and in the uk that were unknown to the public at the time. deliberations that were never part of the public case for war. with the revelation that saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction with the collapse of the public case for war, those involved in the war effort have also now begun to reflect on what transpired in private behind that public case. what was the reason for the invasion? what was the reason for that near decade of war? why did we do it? >> if you know the region as i do now particularly after spending many years in the military doing war planning for the region it would be reasonable for me to say it was not about oil. of course it was about oil. >> the iraq war was presented to us to stop saddam hussein from getting weapons of mass destruction. we know now that to a great extent t

didn't stick the same way the hussein thing did.nce from not the usual suspects. >>> we're back with former ambassador richard holbrooke who is our nation's special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. mr. ambassador, thanks for sticking around. what is the legal difference between remotely piloted, unmanned planes shooting into pakistan and planes with pilots doing it? is there a legal difference? >> i'm not a lawyer but i can tell you one of those is a lot more accurate than the other. >> the piloted planes would be? >> no. >> the drones would be? >> of course. >> why? >> because of the technologies. there was a movie a few years ago called "body of lies" which showed it rather clearly. i thought when i saw it, my god, they've been in the secret rooms. but there is a pilot but the pilot is sitting in an air force base somewhere. he's not up in the air worrying about other things. he's just focused -- he or she is just focused on the target. >> does this represent -- >> and, you know, it's such a precise weapon, the predato

. >> in the summer of 2000, iraqi leader saddam hussein and his state-run oil company control about 10%the world's oil reserves. >> experts say saddam has terrific leverage now because with demand for oil high and u.s. supplies at a 24-year low, the 2 million barrels a day of oil iraq produces matter. >> my big fear is that saddam hussein is going to take the advantage of this tight market to cut oil production and that could send prices up much higher. >> god bless you all. and god bless america. >> on the campaign trail, bush and cheney zero in on saddam's control of vital oil resources as a potential threat to america's security. >> on the clinton/gore watch, saddam hussein's iraq has become a major supplier of oil to america. this means one of our worst enemies is gaining more and more control over our country's economic future. >> i think if you were to look for something that could develop, it's the possibility that we might find ourselves without adequate supplies of energy in the future and there would be no quicker way to shut down our economy than that. >> as bush and cheney t

under barack hussein obama, they took a lot, right?

donald trump loves saddam hussein. he loves saddam hussein.t asked a question by the cincinnati enquirer. mr. trump, is it true you love saddam hussein? sort of that, you know, i said that's not what i said. that's not what i said. so that's the narrative that goes around. i actually put a press release out, and now the people that saw it say that was great, but they are liars. these are bad people. these are bad people. what i did say, and what i did say is that he was good at one thing. he was really good at killing terrorists. he didn't wait around. you think they gave the terrorists trials that lasted 18 years? and then after 18 years, if they had the right lawyer, they erect a statue in honor of the terrorist, right? not with trump. so i said, bad guy, really bad guy. but he was good at one thing. he killed terrorists. next day, donald trump loves saddam hussein. i don't love saddam hussein. i hate saddam hussein, but he was damn good at killing terrorists, and now terrorists, people who want to be terrorists, they go into iraq, and i sai

didn't stick the same way the hussein thing did.s now back with a vengeance from not the usual suspects. hey, lawrence, my parents want to talk to you. oh. about what? uh, they don't really think you're an exchange student. what? they think you're a businessman, using our house to meet new clients in china. for reals, player? [ woman speaks chinese ] they overheard a phone call. [ speaks chinese ] something about shipping with fedex to shanghai. and then you opened a bottle of champagne. that was for a science project. [ man and woman speaking chinese ] i'm late for...soccer... rehearsal. [ man speaks chinese ] you and i are cool? i'll be home by curfew. [ male announcer ] we understand.® you need a partner who can help you go global. >>> we're back with former ambassador richard holbrooke who is our nation's special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. mr. ambassador, thanks for sticking around. what is the legal difference between remotely piloted, unmanned planes shooting into pakistan and planes with pilots doing it? is

and i don't love saddam hussein.ate saddam hussein but he was damn good at killing terrorists and now terrorists, people who want to be terrorists, they go into iraq and i said last night, it's the harvard. it's the harvard university. it's the harvard of terrorism. so one of my guys, who's married to a jewish woman, this is a very fine person, dan scavino, he put out a tweet talking about crooked hillary clinton. and on the tweet was a star, it's a star. like a star. and i said, oh, because when i looked at it, i didn't think anything. all of a sudden it turned out to be in the minds of the press only because it could have been a sheriff star, could have been a regular star and behind it they had money. oh, but there's money behind it. so actually they're racially profiling. they're profiling not us because why are they bringing this up? why do they bring it up? i have a son-in-law who is jawish, jared is a great guy. my daughter is jewish. i have grandchildren that are jewish. okay. and i love them. i love them. so

back in the day he was saddam hussein's right hand man. more recently he was believed to be leading a baathist group that was consisted of former intelligence officers and elite droops from saddam hussein's regime. it's a group believed to have aligned itself with isil last year when isil took over mosul. you know, there was a time when izzat birahim's demise would have been big news. the u.n. central command that had been tracking back in the day, tracking the where about it's of all the these saddam hussein loyalists don't attract that any more. at the state department there was no prepared statement. >> if it's true, i think it would probably an victory for the iraqi security forces, certainly, but i don't know yet. we're looking into it. >> yes they're still looking into it. but now if you go back to an official that old deck of cards the 52 cards issued to u.s. troops back to help them recognize saddam hussein loyalists, all the aces have been taken care of. the ace of spade was saddam hussein himself. he was captured in 2003, execute

guy, saddam hussein. and i said again, saddam hussein he done that and nothing else curious we talked about voters and about building a wall. we talked about our depleted military. we talked about our very depleted military, build a wall. don't worry we are going to build a wall, don't worry about it. we are going to build a wall. it will be a real wall. such a low ceiling. we can go a lot higher than that. every time they fight us from that wall it gets 10 feet higher, folks, believe me. stop the drugs from coming in, just in case you didn't know. the border patrol agent's, 60,000, 500 border agency endorsed donald trump. ,heir job is much easier now because when they are with me they are going to be working hard. now they just nsa hello, welcome to the country, right? it's a lot different. and sheriff joe. trump, rightonald at the beginning. situation where we go on and we continue to make speeches and we continue to waste time because the politicians are listening. i made a speech and the speech last n

their leader and namesake was a zaidi, hussein al houthi. the zaidis ruled north yemen for more than a thousand years and make up roughly a quarter of yemen's population. at the heart of the zaidi faith is the principle of rebellion against unjust rulers. following the attacks on the twin towers in september 2001, and the invasion of iraq, hussein al-houthi developed a radical theory that combined zaidi revivalism with an anti-imperialist, anti-u.s. agenda. dhayf allah al-shami, a senior houthi, was my guide in sa'dah. >> al ahmad: hussein ahouthi believed 9/11 was an american and zionist conspiracy to occupy muslim lands. >> al ahmad: in 2004, hussein al-houthi and his men came under heavy attack by the yemeni army. they hid in a cave in the mountains of sa'dah. it's now become a shrine for his followers. >> al ahmad: according to the houthis, the yemeni army poured petrol into the cave, then set it on fire. many of al-houthi's family were killed. >> al ahmad: hussein al-houthi was allegedly captured by the army and later killed. he became

saddam hussein and his sons disappeared. >> u.s.ntelligence officials say saddam could be injured or even dead. >> there was wild celebration in the streets. it looked as though george bush's dream was going to come true. and then, all hell broke loose. just weeks after saddam was toppled, iraq was in chaos, no one was in charge. >> what happened to my country? fighting, killing, stealing. >> virtually every government building was looted. iraqis carried off everything they could find. electricity was out all over the country. massive piles of garbage went uncollected. >> there was an opportunity to win the hearts and minds, and that was completely lost. >> children roamed the streets. >> my school is closed and my destiny is minute by minute lost. >> schools were closed indefinitely. >> we have to study! we have to study! you invade us! >> gas lines were miles long, in an oil rich country. >> there are three top priorities here. number one, water. number two, water. number three, water. >> running water had been cut off. and an inc

we spent the '80s giving saddam hussein's baathists weapons to fight against the iranians. the '90s helping kuwait fight against saddam's baathists that we armed. heading a coalition to destroy saddam's baathist and the team fighting against the baathist going by the name of i.s.i.s. that we originally armed in the eighties to fight iran but we're not sure even stated the microof

instead praising saddam hussein during a south carolina rally tuesday night. saddam hussein was a bad guy, right? he was a bad guy, a really bad guy. you know what he did well? he killed terrorists. >> that has trump makes the case that he has better judgment on foreign policy than clinton. she unleashed isis across the middle east with her bad decisions and her bad judgment and she is going to do nothing about it because she is a weak weak person. >> trump's next symptom on the campaign trail, the state of ohio where he will be campaigning with former house speaker and vice presidential contender newt gingrich. >> corker says he would be open to being secretary of state, he also says he the convention. trump says that there are a number of people anxious to speak at the convention including some of his enemies, who he will not allow to speak. >> hillary clinton hoping to turn the page after yesterday's blistering critique of her e-mail practices by fbi director james comey. taking on her rival donald trump in atlantic city where the real estate moguls name on

izzat ibrahim al-douri was once a top deputy to saddam hussein. he's been on the run since 2003 and recently suspected to be allied with i.s.i.l. al-douri was killed in fighting near tikrit. jeavmentjamie mcintire has more from washington. >> reporter: antonioantonio iraqis have killed al-douri, his distinctive red hair, al-douri was killed in a fight between iraqi forces and i.s.i.l. fighters. once hussein's right and man one of the highest ranking men still unaccounted for the king of clubs, in the deck of cards the military gave to their troops so they could recognize the 52 most wanted. suspected of leading a sunni insurgent group. a lead of an old baathist group. when it took over mosul. when once al-douri's demise would take much flow, it is of little interest and no longer tracking if he was still at large and state department has no confirmation and no prepared statement. >> if it's true, it would be great for iraqi security force he but i just don't know yet. we're looking into it. >> almost all the original 52 cars in the deck have been

the threat posed by iraqi dictator saddam hussein. >> he's got to understand that we're gonna watch himcarefully. if we catch him developing weapons of mass destruction we will take the appropriate action. >> we know given the chance he will develop these weapons. >> we are determined to make that part of the world more peaceful by keeping this guy in check. >> i recall tony blair saying the only place in the world where u.s. and british warplanes were being shot at almost daily was in iraq. >> from the start both of them had a view of saddam hussein as saddam hussein was indeed a real threat to this world. >> we joined with president clinton in bombing iraq after they threw the inspectors out. dealing with iraq had been from the first movement tony blair came into government. the threat had been there and we had to deal with it by airstrikes. >> sean: more importantly, the meeting fostered trust between the two leaders which would become critical as america came under attack. >> even though they had different views along the political spectrum, each sensed aiken dread spirit. >> proble

saddam hussein rained scud missiles upon tel aviv.plenty of jews in tel aviv who suffered at the terrorism of saddam hussein. this is not a good day for donald trump and the jewish community. i'll leave it at that. >> yes we will. thank you both. >>> up next, more than 60 people are shot in one deadly weekend in chicago. some want to know where are the anti-gun democrats now? we'll hear from radio host kevin jackson and richard fowler next. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side ef

they're not as isolated as saddam hussein's was and we knew they were failing.think you use difference tactics, different tools and different places but the thing to remember about ha saddam hussein was under a cease-fire, was consistently violating it. >> when i return i'm going to ask dr. rice if she still stands by this statement about saddam hussein. >> we know he is acquiring weapons of mass destruction, he has extreme animus against the united states. [ advisor 1 ] what do you see yourself doing one week, one month, five years after you do retire? ♪ client comes in and they have a box. and inside that box is their financial life. people wake up and realize i better start doing something. we open up that box. we organize it. and we make decisions. we really are here to help you. they look back and think, "wow. i never thought i could do this." but we've actually done it. [ male announcer ] visit ameriprise.com and put a confident retirement more within reach. [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol® to advil. here's one s

we had not focused on the fact, you have not focused on the fact that saddam hussein had been a threate united states of america, to the middle east since he invaded iran. >> joining me now is colonel wilkerson, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> it was a frustrating discussion trying to get her to respond to questions knowing what we know now. when ever i would introduce what we know now, that he was not a threat, she would revert to 2001-2002 and never address how to look at what we did in iraq based on what we know now. is that your experience in talking to other people in the administration or are they willing to acknowledge what we know now would have changed completely what we did in iraq. >> it is my impression from most of them. i will say this, my boss, colin powell has some reservations about what we did. you have to remember, too, that condoleezza rice was batting above her weight. she was surrounded by 800 pound gorillas. she had a choice to make. she could try to discipline the 800 pound gorillas, which is what they are supposed to do, or back of

>> for the reasons iraq wasn't going to be saddam hussein's iraq.n stand up to iran and fight back against al qaeda terrorists. i will tell you something, the bottom line, i'm very very regretful for all the lives that were lost. you can't help be a part of that but i'm also. >> bill: wish we had done it another way. >> i'm also not regretful that saddam hussein is gone. >> bill: nor am i. >> sometimes you only have choices how can you do something. saddam hussein was leaving no other way. >> bill: timothy dollan enters the no spin zone factor exclusive. donald trump has a few things to say about how he would get america back on track. >> we have to take care of our country from the inside. and we have to fight the people from the outside. [ manager 1 ] out here in the winds, i have to know the weather patterns. i upgraded to the new sprint direct connect. so i can get three times the coverage. [ chirp ] [ manager 2 ] it's like working in a giant sandbox with all these huge toys. and with the fastest push-to-talk... i can keep track of them all. [ c

>> for the reasons iraq wasn't going to be saddam hussein's iraq. iraq can stand up to iran and fight back against al qaeda terrorists. i will tell you something, the bottom line, i'm very very regretful for all the lives that were lost. you can't help be a part of that but i'm also. >> bill: wish we had done it another way. >> i'm also not regretful that saddam hussein is gone. >> bill: nor am i. >> sometimes you only have choices how can you do something. saddam hussein was leaving no other way. >> bill: timothy dollan enters the no spin zone factor exclusive. donald trump has a few things to say about how he would get america back on track. >> we have to take care of our country from the inside. and we have to fight the people from the outside. male spirit present.trong it's the priceline negotiator. >>what? >>sorry. he wants you to know about priceline's new express deals. it's a faster way to get a great hotel deal without bidding. pick one with a pool, a gym, a great guest rating. >>and save big. >>thanks negotiator. wherever you are. ya, no.

they were horribly persecuted by saddam hussein.bout 20% are kurds, and they were horribly persecuted by saddam hussein. so, probably from the point of view of the iraqi people, an iraq without saddam is still, with all its problems, better than with him. the question, of course, becomes was it worth it for the united states to have spent all this blood and treasure in doing it? >> yeah, it's sort of a surprise. and you got him to apologize, saying there were no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, the intelligence was bad. he formally apologized for that. but it's rare in these kinds of political circles to hear that kind of apology. we haven't heard that kind of apology from president bush or vice president cheney or then defense secretary rumsfeld, right? >> you know, it's striking, wolf. in doing this documentary, i tried to get to the highest levels of the bush administration. mostly people didn't want to talk. the ones we were able to get were utterly unrepenting. you couldn't get anyone to even say small things, you kno

simply stated, there is no doubt that saddam hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.ere is no doubt that he is amazing them to use against our friends, against our allies and against us. >> i had a seat on the stage next to the lectern where he was speaking. i bolted that. >> iraq can be a great nation once again. >> vice president's dick cheney's speech is the opening salvo of the bush add palestinian stragses a effort to sell to the american people what white house insiders people call "the product." >> thank you very much. >> was a shock. a total shock. i couldn't believe the advice president was saying this. on doing work, all of the briefings i heard at langley, i heard saw one piece of credible evidence that there was an ongoing program and that's when i began to believe that they are getting serious about this. they want to go into iraq. >> two weeks after the speech, cheney again makes his case, on national television. >> what we know is just bits and pieces we gather through the intelligence system but we know he is using his are curement system to acquire th

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