and saudi arabia are so aligned is that empower the shia. it causes a great deal of animosity on part of the shiites towards the us and this has been the case. since even before the iranian revolution because the us has always been supportive of these dictatorial regimes which effectively used to repress the show its be it in iraq saddam pre pre pre before the one nine hundred eighty s. also the regime of the shah in iran which was one of the main are those of the us and also the us support for the regimes in regimes precisely lebannon where the shiites for so long on to the one nine hundred seventy s. were among the most disenfranchised and oppressed community and also because of u.s. support for the saudis and saudi being the main exporter of what your ideology across the world which was caused so much extremism to grow across the world specifically because of saudi funding this is causing more and more animosity towards us among the shia of the shiites and i you know it's very interesting i mean if you look at al-qaeda you know the going

shia muslims on the bus were heading to iran on a pilgrimage.ew york-based human rights watch says attacks on minority shias are on the rise in pakistan. it says more than 300 shias have been killed in 2012. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez suffered complications. from cancer surgery. the vice president suggested that the situation does not allow for optimism. in a televised address, the vice president said the new complications follow a respiratory infection that surfaced after the surgery he had in december in cuba. mudora appeared on state-run tv with chavez's daughter and says his health continues to be delicate. chavez won his new six-year term in an election in october but there's increasing speculation that the inauguration ceremony in january may have to be postponed. opposition parties are demanding a new presidential election to be held should chavez fail to be sworn in on such a date. such a delay suggests he is not capable of carrying out his duties. >>> we'll be back with more news next hour. have a great day wherever you are. a

to post divided against itself the sunni shia conflict rages across the middle east and beyond is this sectarian division being used. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard for the big picture. easy to see. destruction without to see. what could have been just ruins. saved by a great sacrifice. and. understood by huge efforts and a remarkable reminder of courage and selflessness. truth beauty is a. people. saw it. soon which brightened. soon from stupid. stunts on t.v. dot com. he's continues now president barack obama signed into law rebuild targeting russian officials accused of human rights violations that says the moscow parliament begins the process of introducing its own bill in response has more now on who the new russian law is targeting. this bill would target those accused of committing human rights crimes against russians some possible examples of that there have been a number of very

cross talk to sunni shia divide i'm joined by joshua landis a norman he is director of the center for middle east studies and associate professor of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma in dubai we have moved to jabber he is an expert with the center for middle east studies and public relations and in washington we cross to our resident nader he is a senior international policy analyst at the rand corporation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want josh if i can go to you with the security and difference here between the sunni and the shia have been around as long as islam itself virtually but how is it different in the arab spring and what events being played out in the region and we can't forget about iran. well it's become very politicized ever since the iranian revolution one nine hundred seventy nine america was boozed was kicked out of iran and went to saudi arabia to build up its major center of power and to keep its hands on gulf oil saudi arabia has become the armored base of the united states and increasingly the

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. >> these people are shia muslims, the majority in bahrain. they are calling for the downfall of the king. like most of the ruling class, he is sunni muslim. the children reacted fastest when the police moved in. in the she of villages -- shia villages, demonstrations happened to him daily, even though they were banned. bahrain is caught up in big forces of work in the middle east. the pressure for change. the interest of major powers. perhaps most of all, religious sectarianism, which is causing unrest and violence across the region. collected -- and connected by a 25 meter causeway is saudi arabia, bahrain fifth big brother. the saudis sent troops across the causeway last year to help crush the first phase of the uprising. sunni saudi arabia believes that shia iran is making trouble in bahrain, which means it is a proxy battle field in their cold war. the u.s. faces a fleet here. all of that puts the bahrainis deeply inside the middle east pressure cooker. >> there are other forces and other people doing things that have deepened what has ha

this is as he welcomed back thousands that sunni muslims in iraq have joined process against the shia led government the rallies are the largest shows public anger in a week of demonstrations that flared up after their arrest of a sunni finance minister's bodyguard's many sunni's whose community dominated iraq until the fall of saddam hussein ten years ago a keys that share also receive the refusing to share power and let's not talk to ryan dreier our iraqi american blogger and political analyst welcome to the program so they share a city six tarion strive we're seeing in iraq today is just part of a wider conflict which has recently seen some of its worst violence since the iraq war why now. i think it's getting to it's was the degree in iraq contemporary history. before two thousand and three there were no sectarian divisions like we miss today. the majority of people who are on the country tend to be more secular and even those who worst enemies or shiites did not see the identify with this sect mainly and now unfortunately there are divisions that are very clear in the country and

governments in the region say shia-dominated iran is instigating the protests.il members also said they would push for the resignation of syrian president bashar al assad, an ally of iran. >>> officials in okinawa prefecture have requested the japanese government to scrutinize u.s. osprey flights. they say the military aircraft had over 300 safety violations in the first two months after deployment at the futenma air station. the officials sent their survey result results to the government on tuesday. according to their accounts, violations include 315 flights over schools, hospitals, and densely populated areas. the transport aircraft can function as both a helicopter and airplane. on 74 occasions the aircraft was flying in helicopter mode, which is considered unstable. under the agreement with japan the u.s. military has agreed to follow safety rules and flight restrictions as much as possible. okinawa prefecture is urging the central government to carry out an independent inquiry and request the u.s. military to keep to the agreement. >>> artists have tried s

it is the sunni and not the shia branch that is protected. it is in the constitution. >> this is not a constitution for all egyptians? >> a constitution should be a kind of tone for everyone, but it is not a home for everyone. that is a critical point. in article two, sharia principles are the basis of national legislation, so secular law will be permeated by religious principles and norms, and this is a real weakness. >> in whose interest is this constitution? do you believe morsi is using this constitution to create a kind of legal means of pushing through the muslim brotherhood agenda? >> i do not think so. on the other hand, one should not ignore the good elements. there is a large section on human rights. they embrace the rule of law. there are very good elements, and it very much will depend on factual circumstances how seriously this all will be taken. the guarantees on paper -- will they become reality? law in action -- is it really what is in the constitution? black or white -- will add to be relative? >> it seems to be somewhat dist

they are also calling on shia and kurds to join this protest. so far, the protests have been peaceful, but there are worrying signs that some of these protesters are ready to use their weapons. the protests have spread to others in the areas of iraq. thousands took to the streets. organizers hope this anti- government movement will spread across the country. but the prime minister who says he is not adopting sectarian policies. his government, he says, is pursuing wanted terrorists, not targeting innocent people. maliki warns that threats of new sectarian strife will not succeed. but if the protests continue, the future of the power-sharing government could be threatened. that, in turn, could put at risk the unity of this country. al jazeera, rahm ". >> the rights group says civilians are being forced from their homes to fight with myanmar,'s army. this is said to show aerial attacks near the border with china. unrest has continued, despite ongoing peace talks with separatist rebels. blocker is -- bloggers in china will no longer be able to comm

but the shia led government calling for the country's prime minister to.russia lucian last muffin you know. to take care of myself better last month and my friends are great. people in the big apple what changes there could be in the year ahead after a short break. what do you see when you look at the scroll perhaps you would print future she'll have or maybe you feel sympathy for her because you see she's in a wheelchair but if you're t.s.a. agent then you see hard core terrorist scum finding a small amount of residue from explosives on the girl's hands she was detained for almost an hour and her tears for mercy did not move. ector's to allow her mother to be with her as they took her away for further inspection said to the t.s.a. agents can put two and two together and realize that people in wheelchairs get all sorts of random stuff on their hands because the wheels they push roll along the ground when will these endless tales of bizarre instance of the t.s.a. stop when will they stop worrying about girls in wheelchairs when will they stop searching unde

and the sunni community dominated iraq until the fall of saddam hussein and ten years ago accuse shia authorities of refusing to share power . the international monetary fund's raising over germany's reported austerity plans which are proposed to come into force after next year's elections and the measures will apparently include raising the retirement age tax hikes and welfare cuts that could bring europe to a grinding halt according to the i.m.f. . as the story. top of the european tree i don't think germans feel that they have nothing to grumble about. there in the park the measuring public mood by telephone and face to face through thousands of interviews we've got a pretty good idea of what the people are thinking stats boffins have been gauging the country's mood to come up with the biggest moans of the year from german. at number five it's national debt it's better to give than to receive at this time of year but german's festive spirit ran out long ago over chancellor merkel being a little too generous and bailing out countries like greece especially when it's their money at f

is of sunni muslims in the rant has joined protests against the shia led government the runways are the largest to show public anger in a week of demonstrations that flared up after their arrest of a sunni finance ministers bodyguards many sunni whose community dominated iraq until the fall of saddam hussein turned years ago accuse the shia authorities of refusing to share power. any teenager has committed suicide after being gang raped by three men local police have arrested the suspects named in the suicide note left by the victim two officers had previously been fired boiler should leave pressuring the woman to drop the case the incident happened i made my outrage and protests over the rising number of violent crimes against women . there's a continuing rift between russia and china on the one hand and the other countries including the uars over how the world wide web should be governed proposals between moscow and beijing has recently been rejected as a major at a major un conference with critics accusing them of trying to impose online censorship and in the next hour r.t. asks russ

so thousands of sunni muslims in iraq have joined protests against the shia led government the rallies are the largest public anger in a week of demonstrations that flared up after the arrest of at city finance ministers bodyguards sunni's who controlled iraq until the fall of saddam hussein ten years ago accuse the shia authorities of refusing to share power and they sectarian strife is just part of a wider conflict which has recently seen some of its worst violence since the iraq war and. iraqi american blogger and political analyst told me that the foreign invasion has helped to create instability unfortunately is another example of. u.s. interventions decades after the us invaded the country and destroyed it and promised everyone on the wall down in iraq that it will build functioning democracy but everyone will be happy living in peace and prosperity became one of the water places to live on earth the country is completely destroyed the society has been destroyed the infrastructure has been this destroyed five million people have been displaced and a million people were killed. th

we were taken here to the town of maarrat misrin is half -- mostly sunni, with a small shia pocket.n was initially to kill two of us. >> they told you that? >> we heard him, again, by not letting on without speaking the language. >> so you can listen without fearing -- >> the main captor outside the farmhouse and was begging his commander to let him kill two of us and the commander refused, he said there are six of them. come on, why don't i give you four and i'll keep two. and the commander wouldn't let him. >> wow. >> one time i heard them moving a tub of water metal tub, dragging it across the floor. blind folded, and you think are you about to be interrogated. i thought are they going to water board us, stand us in the metal tub, but electricity. your mind goes to bad places. you try to push bad thoughts out. when are you not interrogated or tortured, okay, i'm comfortable in this place, as bad as it is, and they move you to a new location. we were here and they wanted to move us to foua. very hard core shia, mostly surrounded by rebels, air supplied by the syrian government. >>

mutanabbi street is a mixed shia-suni area. more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. this locale is the historic center of baghdad book selling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. named after the famous 10th century classic poet, al-mutanabbi, this is an old and established street for book selling and has been for hundreds of years. mutanabbi street also holds cafes, stationary shops, and even tea and tobacco shops. it has been the heart and soul of the baghdad literary and intellectual community. this tragedy is part of a wider and continuing tragedy, but one that we want to isolate and address, not only for the loss of lives but also for the implications underlying the destruction of a street where books were sold. book selling on mutanabbi street is no different from book selling here. we traffic in memory, ideas and dreams. in that sense, we feel that mutanabbi street starts at the front door of all of our book shops. mutanabbi street starts here. our first reader will be

shia labeouf brings in $35.80. and daniel radcliffe rakes in about $30 for every dollar he earns. >>> a sandy hook scammer is busted and tim tebow gets shoved aside again. >>> police are on the lookout for their crooks who nabbed over $30,000 in loot in including four guns, you're watching first look on msnbc. . >>> there's your first look at some of the other news going on, we begin with a christmas morning raid on a new mexico walmart where thieves stole over 30,000 merchandise. it netted cash, electronics, jewelry and four rifles all while a security guard patrolled outside. >>> she allegedly conned donors to fund a fake funeral the scheme could send her prison for five years. >>> the gun buyback recently hit los angeles, police collected over 2,000 firearms including a rocket launcher photographed by the l.a. times there's the website and there's that rocket larger. >>> in utah, gun advocates locked in to a free firearm training class. many of the 200 people in attendance were teachers, utah's one of the few st

shia labeouf came in at $35, followed by pattinson at 30. and daniel radcliffe, $30 for every dollar earned. >>> a sandy hook scam artist is busted. a buy-back program that rocket launchers, too. and tim tebow gets shoved aside again. >>> plus, police are on the lookout for the crooks over $30 including four guns. >>> and we are looking at the chance of more snow in the northeast. this weekend. i'll have your forecast coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. here are some stories making news across america. we begin with a christmas morning raid on a new mexico walmart where thieves stole over $30,000 worth of merchandise. the smash and grab heist inside the empty store admitted cash, jewelry and four rifles, all while a security guard patrolled outside. >>> next, to connecticut where a scam artist faces charges for a disturbing crime. noel alba alleged closed as the aunt of noah pozner. >>> the buy-back wave recently hit los angeles. police collected over 5,000 firearms including a rocket launcher photographed by the "l.a

likely by the fanatical wing of hezbollah, a group known as islamist jihads the comprised lebanese shia who had historically been underprivileged, excluded from the politics and economics of the country, had ideological affinity for the regime in iran, from 1979 and have been radical in the israeli purge to lebanon in the 1980s. there is a very toxic mix that let them should make steps the climax of the assassination of malcolm kerr. >> was he targeted? >> because he was an american. not only american, but very visible presence in the middle east. there is no more high-profile example of america's involvement in the region in the presence of uav. >> this american university put in beirut on purpose? back in 1850s, what was beirut like? >> a ruthless and still is a multicultural cosmopolitan international city, were east meets west. then and now, muslims and christians on mexico exist to a different degree and the american missionary presence in the middle east was significant in beirut and it became sort of launching pad for creating what became the greatest university in the region bec

rubin said, bahrain has 70% shia majority. iran, some iranian officials claim that bahrain is a 14th province of iran. this is kind of rhetoric that we heard by saddam hussein which led to the war in kuwait. so this is a highly explosive territorial claim, and if through its military power or through subversion, supporting the shia radicals in bahrain iran overthrows the current regime and establishes hold on bahrain, then it closes the persian gulf from both sides which tremendous implications for energy traffic. 40% of all oil in the world is shipped through the persian gulf. and it is, it establishes an iranian -- [inaudible] on the southern or eastern shore of the persian gulf aimed right at saudi arabia. so geopolitically, purely looking at the map and understanding that such a step would unfortunately prevent the fifth fleet to continue being there, this is a development that iranians are pursuing and that is extremely dangerous to our national security interests, to the interests of the kingdom of saudi arabia and to ou

if you're just joining us, no, i'm not talking about shia labeouf.a. >> what's interesting about this is the newest group doing it more and more is also the youngest. here's a look from genevieve shaw brown. she hit the mat with some of these kids. >> reporter: some say yoga is the fastest growing sport in the nation, with an estimated 20 million people practicing regularly. the latest trend is an ever growing number are pint-sized. there are yoga classes for infants up to teenagers. there are even classes for toddlers like my daughter. >> you're still going to see the foundations of yoga, so there's going to be an awareness of movement and anatomy and breath. there's such a tremendous amount of creativity and there's inner play between the children and teacher. >> reporter: i'm here with a group of 6 to 9-year-olds who are showing me a little bit what a kid's yoga class is like. >> one leg comes up, the other. >> it's going to be a little sillier, more playful. kids are stressed. with social pressures and pressures in school. >> it clears your mind

there continue to protest against the shia-led government. but the armored is of the moment there russian airliner crash lands on a road near a moscow airport. the turkish prime minister says the current glut in syria could be coming to an end very soon. -- says the conflict in syria to be coming to an end. these pictures appear to show fighters in an eastern damascus suburb. hashim, the turkish prime minister says the bloody conflict soon be over. why is he saying that? >> they have been saying about for the last few months. he said a dictator cannot stay in power by killing his own people. the news behind his statement is that there is a new syrian administration coming in very soon. maybe he is referring to the plans to establish an interim government when the conditions on the ground are there. they have a major concern. they say there is a group of deputies that we stream in if the crisis moves are. this is why they have asked them to tackle particularly what is coming out from the syrians. >> brahimi seems to be taking the opposite view

it is another example of the shia led government. >> a show of support for the iraqi finance minister. a defiant message from the city's. the local council has called for a civil disobedience. thousands have blocked the highway. did they are demanding the release of nine body guards of the finance minister who were arrested on thursday. they are calling this suit their secretary and approach -- to their secretarian approach. >> what politicians are doing is polarizing. it is based on secretary and affiliations. what is happening can escalate and can lead to more pressure on the prime minister. the prime minister has denied the accusations and has called for them to respect the rule of law. he added that the government is responsible for pursuing wanted terrorists. leaders accuse the prime minister of trying to consolidate the grip on power. the fugitive vice president has been sentenced to death on charges of terrorism. he said the prime minister is targeting its. >> the prime minister is pushing iraq. it is not that, let him released it. let him start. let the sumy's have jobs and jo

the other two might have been used as a place where shia pilgrims rest on their journeys towards the police city of karbala -- holy city of karbala. there might be a sectarian element in these bombings. it is not confirmed yet. other reports of violence in different parts of iraq and the eastern area -- we understand there was a local tribal chief who was killed. also, a local official targeted in the other province. >> there has been increasing tax -- increasing sectarian tension. nouri al-maliki is blaming foreign countries for that. why is he saying that? >> he is saying it because of the protests that have been going on for the last 10 days in difference in the areas. he did say that the protests started demanding the release of bodyguards of sunni prisoners. the demands were raised to topple the regime as well as having a sectarian nature on those protests. >> we may have differences with one another, but what relation does erdogan have in this? why is the flag raised? what relation does it have with the demands of the people? you can see the case of sectarian tensions and exten

three fighters are filtering into syria to join the rebels, and hezbollah and iraqi shia are supporting the government. the report says there are foreign fighters, some with links to extremist groups, and some anti-government forces are becoming radicalized. we have met foreign fighters in syria. some of the groups they operate with work independently of the free syrian army. gov some have made clear they do not recognize the syrian national council and want an islamic state in syria. >> fears are growing that the war may not end with president assad leaving power. the u.n. has said there is a possibility of reprisal killings and prolonged and violence that could last four years after the government fall. the conflict is eggs and -- is approaching its second year. so far the euan report was the gloomiest assessment yet. heraso's president has said cares more about preventing chaos than keeping president assad in power. vladimir putin also blamed the u.s. for poisoning relations, and he is backing a draft law that bans americans from adopting russian children. the united nations security

he is seen as a unifying force in iraq, mediating among sunnis, shia, and kurds. >> protesters in several indian cities are calling for action to stop the increasing number of violent rapes of women, following the rape and beating of a 23-year-old by six men on a bus in new delhi. doctors say the young woman is still in critical condition. >> christmas is, of course, just around the corner, and many retailers have been targeting customers, looking for that last-minute gift. and then there is this -- how about a personal shopper when you are at the airport? >> sounds good. as it turns out in frankfurt, germany, there is one, and he is especially looking to help out an increasing number of travelers from china, who are looking to part with lots of cash. >> he spent years living in china. he understands the language as well as the mentality of the chinese. for the past few months, he has been a sales consultant at frankfurt international airport where he assist chinese customers, for example, with the purchase of a camera. few speak english, although this customer is an exception. >> i am a

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there in a mansion which is very dangerous it is already reverberating in the muslim world sunni the shia. arabs kurds. and be. ethnic and confessional sic their income position of syria is so complex that if. the chaos is established there it was a very great all over the region but coming back to the present situation if people who say no negotiations with us that if they believe that. he's departure in whatever form is number one priority then they must understand that for these geopolitical goal of theirs they would have to pay the price but the price in the lives of the serious of the syrian civilians our priority number one is not somebody who's head is the sation of violence and of the bloodshed. and if they say that they want to save syria and to save syrians then they should join us and should. leave the old those who are fighting inside syria to stop doing this and sit down to negotiate without any preconditions and the fate of must be decided by the syrian people not by the i would say they're. part of the syrian opposition. we speak your language. or music programs and documen

fighters are filtering into syria to join the rebels, and lebanese hezbollah and ha possibly iraqi shia are supporting the government. where are foreign fighters, some with links to extremist groups, and some anti-government forces are becoming radicalized. we have met foreign fighters and they do not make up the majority of the opposition, but some work independently from the mainstream army. and some have made clear they do not recognize the syrian national council the main political body in exile and want an islamic state. fears are growing that the war may not enlist president bashar al-assad leading power. there is the possibility of reprisal killings and prolong the violence that could last for years after the government. the conflict is approaching its second year. while this was not the first time warnings have been made, so far the u.n. reports is the gloomiest assessment of the conflict yet. >> the u.n. has given the go- ahead for military intervention in northern mali, but also wants to see efforts of political rally and -- political reconciliation. the troops will be giving

shias a little less road to travel -- she house all less road to travel than the boys do. that is when things catch up and to start questioning the situation but not fully. just them. she was sort of a person who was able to compartmentalize her life and live fully different aspects of it and she is free to walk away from this one. tavis: you first read this novel when? high-school? >> freshmen. >>tavis: did it hit you? did it impact you when you first read? >> yeah. i was always good in school and good at reading. this was the first one that got me. this was my first favorite book. i got my license and put it, dashboard and that sounds incredibly t c. -- put it on my dashboard and that sounds incredibly cheesy. it opened a lot of doors. tavis: what resonated with you personally? >> it is that point. there are not very many defined years for everyone. it is not the same for everyone. when you look up and go, i can choose my surroundings, i can choose the people that i surround myself with. i am not substantially in this place. some people are comfortable being uncomfortabl

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annual national day address the opposition is defying a ban on public gatherings with the country's shia majority seeking to improve their political standing in the sunni ruled nation to talk to human rights activist and former opposition party m.p. sayed. about this situation in the gulf state now the authorities have recently indicated their willingness to talk is that a sign that this nearly two year long period of unrest may finally be approaching a peaceful resolution. yes thank you for inviting me here actually. remaining. struggling to. achieve our goals but the problem. trying to. call it. like they are talking about common sense dialogue which is and. it was failed as they started on july two thousand and eleven. action calling always to me look food for look something very. clear messages. open table from. the can i just interrupt you say. sorry we have a we have a bit of a delay here but i just want to ask you you say you're struggling to achieve your goals but we understand now bill rashad the leading activist he's just had his sentence reduced by year more than two hundred f

rallies which have seen sunni muslims protest against what they see as second class treatment from the shia led government. israel has he says blockade of gaza letting shipments of gravel from qatar into the region for private construction is the first time television has relaxed restrictions and some asking to in two thousand and seven palestinian officials say israel is also promising that other building materials will be allowed into gaza and seventy percent of the commercial needs are currently routed through israel. afghan leaders this week accuse. nato contract is over running away from paying taxes as you dance wraps up its mission there the country says it needs that money to boost weaker finances ahead of major reconstruction and antiwar activist brian becker thinks the military is not the only one avoiding payments karzai is caught between a rock and a hard place he knows his very survival the fact of the matter is the occupation of afghanistan like almost all foreign occupation is riddled with corruption by the occupiers and by view elites who are that we sippin of their assistan

jenna: a civil war. >> a civil war between sunnis and shia. but also at the same time throughout the years jordanians disrupt ad few plots from people who were trained in iraq who wanted to go to jordan and conduct terrorist attacks. in 2005 actually they were successful in doing so, bombing three hotels killing about 57 people. it was abu musab al-zarqawi who was behind the plot. al qaeda in iraq was established by a jordanian who is abu musab al-zarqawi. jenna: hard to keep all the networks organized into your head who follows which leader. whether or not that leader is still powerful and what type of threats these groups place the united states. let's tie this into another story which is syria. >>> sure. jenna: we're concerned about chemical weapons. a report said al qaeda is setting up a training area inside syria and syria is launching pad for terrorist attacks outside of that country. what do we do about that? >> again that is something we've seen al qaeda do again and again and again. for example, the situation in syria, it is war. it i

but the other attacks have been more or less standard, attacks on security forces and shiites -- shiaous processions. security forces were trying to dismantle a rocket that was to be launched in the direction of an air base. a bomb went off right next to them and one was or two were killed, and four were wounded. a few other attacks took place in the east and the south. >> this comes at quite a difficult political time as well. >> very difficult political time. the government is facing ongoing protests in the western province of anbar, which borders syria and jordan. and a number of other provinces are joining the protests as their been calls for civil disobedience and international highway that links iraq dollar- jordan to syria has been cut off. there has been in intensity with demands from the government's having to do mostly with setting some prisoners free, including women prisoners, whom the protesters say have been arrested purely because their husbands or their sons could not be found. and also there is an ongoing dispute between baghdad and kurdish region in the north over oi

can the kurds and the sunnis and shias of iraq, right? this is a question of how different sects and religious communities relate to each other is going to be one of the central questions of the 21st century. that's one of the reasons we need a really robust field of interfaith cooperation helping to make faith a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division or a bomb of destruction. so anything that deserves a field deserves to have the question how do we do this well answered. and you can see this as a robust discourse within the field of education reform or within the field of poverty alleviation or within the field of environmentalism, right? it's not just about doing it, it's about doing it well. it's a part of what we've done at interfaith youth corps is look through the research over the last ten years at harvard, princeton, pew and gallup and all the social science research and ask the question of effectiveness. what does this teach us about how to do interfaith cooperation well. and what you come up with is, actually, a

groups of hundreds of people commemorated protesters killed during an uprising eighteen years ago the shia majority are demanding the release of all political prisoners and more of a political voice bahrain has come under increasing pressure from rights groups for not reforming instead it has banned public gatherings jailed opposition activists and taken away their citizenship for political scientists calling cavell says the gulf monarchies purposely misleading the outside world. trying to. use the. barbara uses that as a pivot point tried to interview you control only the parts you know. is. junk in the modern world and the only ones who don't get it. israel's prime minister has defied international criticism and is pushing through settlement expansion in east jerusalem city officials have given an initial green light to the building of fifteen hundred new homes in a jewish settlement on what the u.n. considers occupied palestinian learned the new netanyahu called jerusalem the eternal capital saying israelis should be united there but palestinians want east jerusalem to be the capital of

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the lebanese shia paramilitary group has evolved from a ragtag militia to a military and political heavyweight it's part of the so-called axis of resistance against israel referring to the lions between hezbollah hamas syria and iran and according to hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah both israel and the united states would suffer a retaliation to any strike against tehran and. the response would not be limited to the israeli entity the u.s. military bases in the entire region will serve as targets. so if israel targets iran even by itself that if. america will be held accountable for this death. israel's november battle with gaza was seen as a test for a possible confrontation with iran israeli airstrikes rained on gaza in exchange came a barrage of long range mortars and rockets most were held by israel's anti-missile shield the bunch of fun a rocket threat from gaza the war may have showcased newly acquired weapons by palestinian militant factions but hezbollah's arsenal is thought to be of higher quality and quantity and experts say that it could launch four times as many walk its per day