through or is in charge of the environment to pervan in basra and has produced a map of radioactive contamination and has discovered that radiation levels are quite high. our instruments detect high levels of background radiation and we take samples for analysis by a gamma ray spectrograph. this is bad for a university hospital and used to be called the saturn hussein hospital and recently it's been renamed sutter hospital after a local shiite leader. those in charge of the cancer you have raised the alarm over the soaring number of cases they suspect the d.-u. is to blame. the. mortalities has been increased nine to nineteen times. over compare it to the years nineteen eighty nine that is three years before the one nine hundred ninety one wars. and because in its own birth defects increased by seven times. similar allegations were made in the late one nine hundred ninety s. when saddam hussein was still in power then the accusations were labeled propaganda but now many particularly patients are convinced the deal is responsible. to natasha out of the saga i had a terrible headache. and i had a f

what they will and i think that we'll see the process roll on very similar situation going on in in basra in iraq which is in many ways exactly the opposite features are in bahrain for example robert gates united states different secretary goes through. we can go as talks leave and two days later the. corporation council especially saudi forces go in and they go in and they intervene on the side of those who are some person who are stopping the war in bahrain by effectively intervening on the side of the government whereas in the case of libya they want to stop the war by intervening on the side of the rebels i mean the hope the whole position seems to me completely untenable and full of. well whereas other operatic things in the arab world saw the people take the lead but no longer seems an option in their view ok for holman snow who is a war correspondent and former u.n. investigator claims the libyan people have been cheated of the revolution and been hijacked by u.s. and coalition. there was no. this is an absolutely sure of immigration it's just another war and the world should reall

they will and i think that we will see that process roll around very similar situation going on in in basra in iraq which is in many ways exactly the opposite features are in the frame you have to create see united states defense secretary goes to the train we can go towards leaves on two days later the. gulf cooperation council especially saudi forces go in and they go in and they intervene on the side of no source or similar about stopping the war in bahrain by effectively intervening on the side of the government whereas in the case of libya they want to quote stop the war by intervening on the side of the rebels i mean the hope the whole position seems to me completely untenable and full of hope. well russia has described the international military action in libya as regrettable but foreign ministry is urging all sides to do everything they can to stop civilian suffering and agree in immediate cease fire because all of that is of course reaction in moscow. russia has expressed regrets over this international intervention into libya and a statement by the foreign ministry they called on

example we want to put it that way to start the war in march right but they're stopping the war in basra. invite folks to be intervening on the side of the government in the case of libya they want to quote stop the war on the side of the rebels are up the whole position since for me completely untenable. and full of. what i can now get more analysis from michel chossudovsky he's director of the center for research on globalization joining me live now from montreal in canada thanks very much indeed for being with us here on our team this intervention started imposing a no fly zone and now we're seeing ground attacks on tanks and armored vehicles is this military campaign a humanitarian issue to save lives or is it now a terrorist attempt to be interested mission. this is a new wall it's an extension of the us. military agenda we had a good press and we were all. iraq. and what has happened is that bay has over the walls here to know about it is no humanitarian operation it is deadly will it using a buzz military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when

mean for example we want to put it that way to stop a war in my prime but they're stopping the war in basra. i think should be intervening on the side of the government where as in the case of libya they want to stop the war going to be in on the side of the rebels i mean the whole the whole position since for me completely untenable. and full of. well let's get more analysis on libya from rick no one he's author of the book humanitarian imperialism joining me now live there in brussels. is an intervention justified now that gadhafi has broken his promise. well. the problem is we're doing great just afraid maybe it's just afraid on the ground by the decision of security council that you see anything to do this is our security council itself because against the age of international law because there is no real you know it's an internal problem too of libya and this will be a still a menace to what we are doing in effect now as you hear the news we are seeing that we are trying to block and get a feel from harming civilians now the fact of the matter is that whether we like it or not there is

feature so in bahrain you have for example robert gates united states defense secretary goes through basra and we can go as talks leave and two days later the. corporation council especially saudi forces go in and they go in and they intervene on the side of those who are super similar about brody's sympathetic to the to the whole revolt in that in the region in general. we. i mean for example we want them to put it that way to stop the war in iraq right but they're stopping the war in bahrain by effect to be intervening on the side of the government where is there in the case of libya they want to quote stop the war by intervening on the side of the rebels i mean the hope the whole position seems from a completely untenable. and full of holes. we have been following the latest developments in libya so let's get a recap of our top story a multinational force has carried out a series of attacks against targets around the libyan city of benghazi since the u.n. security council adopted a resolution allowing the use of all the means necessary to protect the civilian population in libya french

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we are trying to have a consulate in bags a -- basra which we think is very important in the south, where most of our oil companies are going to be doing business. right across from iran. we want to obviously keep our embassy in baghdad safe. those of you who have traveled there know that we have a lot of alerts and a lot of missiles that still come in. we don't know what the situation will be once our troops leave. and take their surveillance and their intelligence capabilities with them. we want to have a consulate in kirkuk. we want to have one in the kurdish part of iraq. and branch offices in mosul so that we are able to stay on top of what is continuing center of al qaeda in iraq. all that costs money. we are going to have to put in a very significant number of contract security forces in order to keep our diplomats safe once our military forces leave. the total u.s. government population in iraq following the 2011 transition will be approximately 17,000 personnel. that includes civilians from state, usaid, d.o.d., d.o.j., d.h.s., you name it. plus security contractors. it's going t

we are trying to have a consulate in basra that is very important in the south where most oil companies will be doing business right across from iran. we want to obviously keep the embassy in baghdad safe and to know we have a lot of alerts andot t missiles we don't know thes situation wants the troops leave and take their surveillance and intelligence capabilities with them. they want to have a consulate and kirkuk and one in the kurdish part of iraq and branch offices in moscow so we can stay on top ofp what is continuing center of an iraq and all of that cost money and we will have to put in a very significant number of contracts security forces in order to keep our diplomats say if wants the military forces leave. the total u.s. government population and an iraq following the 2011 transition would be 17,000 n personnel from dod, doj comment hhs, you name it. security contractors 50% security.re then we have life-support contractors. >> is there a number that goes with that? >>0. 50% of the 17,000. 50% securities of 17,000 kno altogether 30% life-supportpr contractors which are peopl