what part of iraq should be political? right, well, the best thing would have been if a labor move and socialist party had survived iraq that denied people across the working class of the sectarian barriers. there wasn't a strong left. the baath party functioned as a form of fascism, so they're starting from ground zero. what people had and still have were sectarian identities. it would require constitutional changes to encourage the formation of parties across those sectarian lines. so far there is not a good sign of it. >> will that vindicate the american enterprise in iraq, ambassador, if in five years, ten years there is a stable, properly-working country. >> um, looking back we could have done many things differently. right now we have a country that in the mid-of total chaos in the region from iran to afghanistan to egypt, it does have its constitutional order. 80% of the population is kurdish is living in peace aside from occasional al-qaeda attacks, and all three sides are trying to hold together this constitutiona

minister's vision of a future iraq? >> of course i have a vision about iraq and iraq democracy. specificities. it is not similar to all democracies. we have our traditions, our legacy, our history. that should be respected. but we do also agree on many of the international criteria when it comes to democracy. i do believe that iraq is able modelome a very important the middle east. the constitution has many flaws as i said but at this point it guarantees liberty and freedom. it guarantees partnership and the building of a strong state. articles would need to be amended and this is 42pulated by article number that says some of the articles should be amended. at this point, the constitution can bring iraq into a better era. i do not agree with mr. prime minister in the way he manages the country and i believe that committing to constitution and applying the rule of law is not obvious in the policies of the government. it is a selective policy. sometimes laws are implemented in specific circumstances. in other circumstances

invasion of iraq more than ten years ago. when more and more weapons are dumped into the region and the idiology that the enemy of my enemy can be my friend and therefore should be given more weapons all that is that ng up to just one catastrophe compound another now iraq's prime minister he said he wants these people to surrender their. will listen to any words or will he have to take action he said he will take action eventually if it's necessary. one. well you know there's been a lot of demands for surrender from fallujah gen other cities in the past decade as well and i think that al maliki is again as he has so often and other forces opposed to him as well for united states relying on maximal violence because of a political failure and on a willingness to sincerely engage in some reconciliation and democratic process and unfortunately from washington top u.s. officials are doing what they have done in various ways in the last more than ten years which is to assume and presume that more violence will solve the situation an

was not for the sake of iraq alone. it was in our national security interest to continue training iraqi forces and maintain greater u.s. influence in iraq. havecorporate will should written a different u.s. to diplomacy. the obama administration should have recognized that after years of conflict, iraq you leaders still lacked trust in one another and a strong u.s. role was required to help iraqis broker their most politically sensitive decisions. -- reason, they should have the term and what was in the interest of maintaining troop levels in iraq. we focus on this failure not because u.s. troops would have made a decisive difference in iraq by engaging in unilateral combat operations against al qaeda and other threats to iraq's stability. forces were no longer in iraq he cities or engaged in security operations. troop presence could have continued -- continue to support fights against al qaeda. it could have made iranian leaders think twice about using a iraqi airspace to transit weapons arms, and equipment to assad and

now is that al qaeda going to militants are trying to capitalize on the six period of tension that is currently inside iraq and this is a tension that the united states failed to resolve you'll remember of course that the united states occupied iraq for eight years and then pulled out leaving behind this major sick tarion power of the cake at the same time some of the al qaida militants who are now fighting in iraq all reportedly coming from across the border in syria and of course the united states has been supporting the syrian opposition which inadvertently has allowed these extremist islamist militants to flourish in the first place the united states is now saying that it will be sending an emergency shipment of surveillance drones and missiles to iraq in an attempt to try and prop up its allies in baghdad the militant group now in control of calls itself the islamic state of iraq and the levant and its forces are also known as the most radical jihadist wing or the syrian rebels well let's take a closer look at the organization which is gaining momentum in the region. well its roots go back to the earl

fallujah and ramadi is the islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as isis it's seen as a formidable fighting force and its militants are among of the most radical cells in syria isis itself that dates back to the early years of the iraq war it was formed in april two thousand and four by sunni insurgents and soon after a pledge allegiance to bin laden two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand and thirteen its military successes against. strong influence in syria were so it's ad want to the name now of course in the latest developments the group has taken control of fallujah and other parts of the province in iraq and proclaimed an islamic state ross at the point is a former u.s. marine who fought in fallujah a decade ago he things the u.s. led invasion could be to blame for the violence that we see now but i think the reason that there's discontent in iraq right now is because of the u.s. led occupation put in place a lot of structural injustices that are the root of all the violence in iraq

really it was only for the united states government to be able to gain further control over the region of iraq not for freedom not for anything else and so i think it's terrible that people went through such a such an experience in this city like a loser these sorts of battles only to see now that what they were told they were fighting for was a false promise and that the u.s. government comes up and will continue to come up with whatever excuse they can to justify these wars and it's the soldiers not the people you know donald rumsfeld isn't suffering george bush is you know making million dollar speeches and sitting on his ranch down in texas it's the people in iraq and the people who are sent to fight under false pretenses who are being forced to suffer these terrible violence and terrible. member in laws because of the actions of just a few people looking for profit eugene what is the current situation just how unstable it is as of late mean for the future stability of iraq and just the region well i mean i think that it's a terrible thing and it looks very unstable just today tuesday here

a loser and ramadi is the islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as isis it's seen as a formidable fighting force and its militants among the maze of radical cells in syria isis and sell the dates back to the early years of the iraq war it was formed in april two thousand and four by sunni insurgents and soon after a pledge allegiance to bin laden two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand and thirteen its military successes against assad again did strong influence in syria which saw a way to add levant to its name and of course in the latest developments the group has taken control of illusia and other parts of the province in iraq and proclaimed and islamic state now more perspective now on the group and what it's aiming for in iraq with andrus like a go a former danish intelligence officer who served they could have you with us this afternoon the capture of the city's what does it tell us about how powerful al qaeda has grown well basically i think it turns a lot more about how weak the iraqi

we saw two thousand and thirteen one of the most deadliest years over eight thousand people died in iraq and i think this situation of pollution the body is very related to that horrific and i think it seems like you know a lot of people that comes to their head when they hear the word because of course travesty after a travesty during the height of the occupation we heard that as one of the main heller's of the war why are cities like fallujah and ramadi so bloody specifically in those cities yes and i think that's something that really resonates the americans actually a former neighbor of mine died the battle for lucia but really fluid in rwanda in particular are in areas of the country that saw some of the heaviest fighting where forces who preview who felt essentially disempowered by the regime and there have been actually a peaceful protest movement have been going on for some time in this area of the country that the iraqi government the current government had suppressed but this era of the country is an area where a number of people have felt disaffected from the political process

flexing its muscle al-qaeda hosts voice its banners over swaths of iraq while washington funnels arms to state forces for what is predicted to be a bloody counterattack. the first of syria's chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction as rebel groups turn on each other any merciless turf war with over five hundred fighters killed in clashes over just one week. with a month before the winter olympics starts the host city is putting a priority on security to make sure the games remain safe and undisturbed. plus confidence in the e.u.'s leaders has never been lower according to a new poll at least in the hard hit areas of europe where governments are scrambling for solutions through an entrenched economic crisis. you're watching r t live from moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. the black flag of al qaeda was this week raised over to iraq's cities which are now under the control of jihad is spent on creating a new islamic nation but the real bloodletting is yet to begin one the expert as the iraqi army and tribal militias mobilize and prepare to counterattack or to that

fallujah and ramadi is the infamous islamic state of iraq and the levant it's one of the most powerful al qaeda branches estimated to be six thousand men strong with it cells threatening the entire region now the organization was formed by sunni insurgents in april two thousand and four year after the us launched its invasion of iraq many members of the group are fighting in syria against assad and their force is rapidly gaining influence among the radical elements in the devastated country even lebanon has suffered from the group's activity with being behind the latest bombing attack in beirut ross kemp who she is a former u.s. marine who fought in philip a decade ago he thinks the u.s. led invasion could be to blame for the violence we're seeing in iraq now i think the reason that there is discontent in iraq right now is because the u.s. led occupation put in place a lot of structural injustices that are the root of all the violence in iraq right now one of the results of the occupation of iraq was that the sunni community. became a very marginali

syria and lebanon as a candidate for sunni muslims as a minority in iraq many of them feel they can prosecute it's a great subject today she's based national boundaries government and opposition says the killing extremist strategies instead. licences for tours in iraq is growing auntie controlling tc teach the west of baghdad. nineteen in anbar province the site of intense policing week the u s troops during the iraqi war in syria where he says scientists can notice some ten thousand people many of the income from outside if the country. the syrian human rights observers kerry says the great is the most powerful in the north of the country right now and has been enforcing sharia. lol kidding of course all the paintings and to expand its presence in more toward serious downsizing the opposition camp. since then he says has taken up arms against a crime and anti government factions. people say were used in nine seasons of the kids an extra apple grapes then terry st mt helena continues apace the group claimed responsibility for the compliment it has been on strongho

they run on chaos emboldened by the fighting in syria these al qaeda linked militants overran parts of iraq including the city of fallujah we have said earlier that the serious situation will actually go into iraq and this is what we were warning about chaos in neighboring syria deepened as the u.s. and its allies threatened the syrian government sending the signal to the rebels to fight on to the detriment of a political outcome islamic groups have now taken over the opposition movement there and have even chased the western backed leader of the free syrian army out of the country to beason asked you to relieve it along because if you kick it they're going to come out and bite you and that's what we did when we invaded iraq you know three and it can bite not just somewhere far in a war zone but here in the u.s. american intelligence and counterterrorism officials now say islamic extremist groups in syria with ties talk to a recruiting and training americans who have traveled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home there are dozens of extremist islamist forces that are

illusia and iran mahdi is of the islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as isis is seen as a formidable fighting force and its militants among the most radical self in syria isis silva dates back to the elie years of the iraq war it was formed in april of two thousand and four by sunni insurgents and soon after pledge allegiance to bin laden two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in twenty thirteen its military successes against assad gained strong influence in syria which saw it add love wanted to its name and of course in the latest developments the group has taken control of illusia and other parts of the problems in iraq and proclaimed and islamic state geo political analyst and publisher of the trend journal gerald's the land predicts the situation will only get worse the country is in total turmoil it has not ended since the invasion began and it keeps declining the tribal warfare gets worse and the government is really helpless to do anything then you're hearing from the united states people like joh

troops put a lot of blood on the lines to defend the state of iraq, a lot of money was spent. but the barack obama administration has publicly declared a wish to not be involved in the middle east as previous administrations were. and the result of that is obviously a lot of turmoil and upheaval because america was the biggest power in this region. >> liz sleigh of the "washington post" thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> and now to our signature segment, our indepth reports from around the nation and around the world. tonight we look at the possible lirng between music and learning. there was a sharp drop in music education programs in the nation's school during the quarter searching ending in 2008 and some were cut following the great recession. what affect that has had on learning is difficult to quantify but there is evidence that practicing and playing music regularly helps low-income children make up lost ground. josh arrington reports from los angeles. >> reporter: she lives in one of the poorest neighborhoods in los angeles and she was struggling in school. [ speaking fo

the cake at the same time some of the al qaida in linked militants who are now fighting in iraq reportedly coming from across the border in syria and of course the united states has been supporting the syrian opposition which inadvertently has allowed these extremist islamist militants to flourish in the first place the united states is now saying that it will be sending an emergency shipment of surveillance drones and missiles to iraq in an attempt to try and prop up its allies in baghdad and. the militant group now in control of fallujah calls itself the islamic state of iraq and the levant and its borders are also known as the most radical jihadist wing of the syrian rebels and the take a closer look at the organization which is gaining momentum in the region well its root. go back to the early years of the iraq war he was established in april two thousand and four by sunni extremists and pledge allegiance to bin laden at that time it was called al qaida in iraq two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand and thirteen it gained a strong prese

fallujah and ramadi are the infamous islamic state of iraq and the levant it's one of the most powerful al qaeda branches estimated to be six thousand strong with its cells threatening the entire region well the organization was formed by sunni insurgents in april two thousand and four a year after the u.s. launched its invasion of iraq many members of the group are fighting in syria now against the sat and their forces rapidly gaining influence among the radical elements in the devastated nation even lebanon has suffered from the group's activity with it being behind the latest bombing attack in beirut well and gloria he's a former danish intelligence officer who served in iraq believes the country's army won't be able to wipe out these extremist forces in my opinion. has never been on the run it might have been downscaling due to pressure but once this pressure is lifted the organization is back in full force and it uses these. pauses to regain its strength the fighting ability of these of the isis for instance is very strong but very contained

the west of chaos to iraq and syria. washington's support for armed opposition has been at its extremes. in washington on domestic counterparts. the as contrasted to be in control of fallujah and ramadi is the islamic state of iraq and the font also known as ice axe. it's seen as a formidable fighting force in its militants are among the most radical cells in syria. nice is itself dates back to the early years of the iraq war was formed in sunni insurgents and soon after pledge allegiance to bin laden's two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand thirteen us military successes against the side gained a strong influence in syria. it's light ad lib on to its name and of course the latest developments. the group is taking control of fallujah and other parts of the anbar province iraq and proclaimed an islamic states under scared gore the former danish intelligence officer who served in iraq tells us how kind is just itching for a fight. in my opinion that he and caden has never been on the r

or the militant group now in control of fallujah it calls itself the islamic state of iraq and the levant and its forces are also known as the most radical jihadist wing of the syrian rebels now let's take a closer look at the organization which is gaining momentum in the region what its roots go back to. early years old the iraq war it was established in april two thousand and four by sunni extremists and pledged allegiance to bin laden at the time it was called al-qaeda in iraq two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand and thirteen it gained a strong presence in northern syria which sort ad levant to its name and of course in the latest developments the group has not taken control of the key town in the anbar province in iraq and proclaimed it and islamic state plan is to unite iraq and syria to form the islamic state known as a kind of fate norman solomon from the american institute for public christiane spectrum earlier he says the crisis in the region is largely the fallout from the policies of the us there's been such a dissention into chaos and v

next, the speaker of iraq's council of representatives talks about the violence, security concerns and political challenges facing iraq. usama al-nujafyi spoke at the brookings institution. his is just under an hour. >> in the name of god, the merciful, i'm really happy to be here with you today. as you know, iraq is a central and important country in the world at large, and it concentrates on iraq and you do know that we in iraq went through very particular experience in the middle east. we first get rid of an oppressive regime and it is followed by a military occupation. and a constitution that was written in unfavorable conditions and circumstances. there was also a road map that that the iraqis were not able to contribute to this road map. because we were in a rush. nd we wanted iraq to be an example of democracy -- an exemplary democracy. the constitution in iraq was written in very difficult circumstances. and in a very sensitive period n the country. and on the hands of citizens who suffered a lot in the past a, who were arrested or condemned to execution or compiled or imprison

of our hello and welcome iraq's prime minister is calling on al qaeda fighters and all those who joined them to surrender the militant group has occupied key cities of the country's biggest province and the government are struggling to regain control assays middle east correspondent points leader is following the conflict. well the situation certainly is becoming increasingly volatile but we've now heard from the iraqi prime minister is him urging all those who have joined a kind of to give up the fight he has hinted at the possibility of hardening these militants if indeed they do so they are facing a massive siege that has been launched by the government troops now i think he was speaking in his weekly televised address and he volunteered that address to continue what he calls the sacred war against al qaida is the local branch which is known as be islamist state in iraq and they live and he also said that he would continue to finish the push to retake the key and bar cities often and ramadi which earlier were taken over by the militants and that the militants had to compete for lucia

it is going to be an important day in the history of iraq. we need free elections to take place in iraq with a lot of transparency, monitoring, international monitoring, we are a civil society from the international community to take part, week needs elections where you don't have curfew imposed on the people because as you know these two things don't go to gather people want to go to the polls to vote. so this curfew would be an attempt to marginalize some party not to be part of the elections or defraud the process. we know this happened in council of relations when some neighborhoods were forbidden to participate by imposing a curfew, the participation rates were very low and i think this is very dangerous and the political representation would not respect the quality and it will put obstacles on the way of the political process in iraq. it is really a dangerous threat in iraq. i would say it is more important than terrorism because it is the base for terrorism. now hearing some loud voice, sectarian voice, just a way to undermine the effor

us who spent a lot of time in iraq. there's many of us who have personal sacrifices inside of iraq and afghanistan. the bottom line is, we raise our right hand in order to defend the constitution of the united states and when we do that we are prepared to go forward and do what is necessary as we're asked to do by our civilian leadership in order to provide security for this nation. that's what we did in iraq. at a time when it was believed we would go there our military went. we were prepared, we went. i believe we left it in a way that enabled it to move forward. we eliminated a ruthless dictator, which tend to forget about, an incredibly ruthless individual who i was there long and long and longer, the stories i was told by many different iraqis to include their military were actually gruesome in the life they had to live inside of iraq under saddam hussein. i think you have to look at it under those viewpoints, we did our job, we left it in a way that is important. it is incredibly difficult for us to deal with the l

militants officially called the islamic state of iraq and the events have balanced other attacks in lebanon calling the exclusion assessment payment to the heavy accounts the deadly car bombing took place in a stronghold of lebanese militants has come up the owl cards in the group referred to as banal as criminal hypocrites g to the on going to support the syrian presence brush on a sad case but also highlighted the machine is the news iran well the al qa'ida militants a full it was a sunni islam the al qaeda affiliates jihadism is to have operations in syria with it being fourteen of the rebel factions in the ongoing civil war in northern syria that included christine fourteen kids because it's a bit consecrate to autonomy and full control of major oil reserves while in the lead but the attention of the rebels including the free syrian army and in the form is on the front the islamic state of iraq and about recently to control the strategic waterway which connects this is the affiliate at the capital but the fruit itself is also

of course is quite dangerous because the group he's referring to she's like state of of of iraq of the levant has already threatened to carry out suicide bombs inside turkey that carried out one bombing last may in the border town of write how they were to more than fifty people so this is a very dangerous group to be moralists describing his evil but the ground is changing very rapidly in syria and we know what's going on now is that the united states and allies need to go to geneva with a credible syrian opposition at the moment i don't have one because the syrian the free syrian army is not credible the syrian national coalition has no support inside syria so what they're trying to do now and your previous report indicated this is to create a cohesion fighting force on the ground from these newsgroups but ones they regard as moderate and acceptable to take on and crush the islamic state of iraq. and. syria so this is the present stage of the conflict and turkey quite clearly is behind this operation your previous post one of which the. arms and would have been flowing into syria fro

illusion and ramadi is the islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as isis is seen as a formidable fighting force and its militants are also among the most radical in syria isis self dates back to the early years of the iraq war it was formed in april two thousand and four by sunni insurgents and soon after a pledge allegiance to bin laden two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand and thirteen its military successes successes against assad and gained a strong influence in syria with all its ad want to its name and of course in the latest developments the group has taken control of fallujah and other parts of the province in iraq and proclaimed and islamic state security analyst and former pentagon official a michael maloof believes al qaeda today is stronger than ever the whole movement is stronger than it's ever been contrary to what president obama nationally so that they were on the ropes that they were decimated that's not true and when you look at over time the extent to which has bra

fallujah and ramadi is the islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as isis it's seen as a formidable fighting force and its militants are among the most radical cells in syria isis itself dates back to the early years of the iraq war it was formed in. sunni insurgents and soon after pledged allegiance to bin laden two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand and thirteen its military successes against assad gained its strong influence in syria which saw it add levant to its name and then of course in the latest developments the group is taking control of fallujah and other parts of the unbar province in iraq and proclaimed an islamic state under his care gor a former danish intelligence officer who served in iraq tells us al-qaeda is just itching for a fight in my opinion. has never been on the run it might have been downscaling due to pressure but once this pressure is lifted the organization is back in full force and it uses these. pulses to to regain its strength the fighting ability of th

of the city. >> we begin with iraq. they appear to be at risk of descending into sectarian war. troops were withdrawn in falluja. many see the renewed violence in iraq as an overspill from the civil war which rages in syria. some of the most fearsome insurgents are associated with the islamic state in iraq in syria. secretary kerry has offered assistance to the predominately shiite government. no american troops will be deployed. iran pledged to help iraq but ruled out joint operations with the united states. from washington, d.c., robin wright. she is a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and the woodrow wilson center. she has recently returned from a trip to iran. max boot, a fellow at the council on foreign relations. he also wrote "invisible armies: an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present." and dexter filkins from the new yorker. i am pleased to have all of them here this evening. the question we begin with, max, what is happening? >> nothing good. iraq achieved a measure of stability after the surge in 2008. violence fell more than 90%.

state of iraq and isis. considers itself of having control of an area not just in iraq but a broader region, including syria. linked to the core and pakistan. just an inspired organization. this has a direct tie. some of thentioned civilian deaths in iraq. here is an article. this is from today's "washington post." a chart showing civilian deaths in iraq from 2008 up to 2013. you can see the dip and then the rise again in late 2012. i will ask you dino's question from twitter. -- dean's question from twitter -- guest: the cost of training security forces went into the multiple billions. i am not aware of a public number. it was in the billions of dollars. securityenge of iraq's forces is they have a fairly sizable number of iraq he -- of forces.-- of iraqi there have been efforts in particular in fallujah to recruit elements of the tribe as the u.s. and iraqis did in 2006. iraq has a broad security apparatus of nearly 500,000, including all aspects of , and structural aspects. it is a structural state that h

after 2011 and then he portrayed iraq as kind of being this stable state which didn't american troops. now that iraq is getting in trouble, we're selling them hellfire missiles. this is not helpful, this is actually destructive. you're not going to solve this problem with hellfire missiles. a counterinsurgency situation? you need have a political plan. you have to have a military operations but it's got to be embedded in a larger political strategy. right now maliki doesn't have a larger political strategy. what general petraeus had, we lack the leverage because we don't have troops there. we lack the loanch the get them to do that. >>rose: let's assume that obama did negotiate to leave some troops there, not to engage in warfare, but simply for some kind of peace keep mission. >> a buffer stabilizer type role. >>rose: would it have made a difference? >> it's impossible to know but i think probably it would have made a difference. certainly at the time a lot of people are saying, hey, iraq is tao fragile to leave them alone. you need to be an arbiter to act between the

fallujah and ramadi is the infamous islamic state of iraq and the levant it's one of the most powerful al qaeda branches estimated to be six thousand men strong with its cells threatening the entire region and the organization was formed by sunni insurgents in april two thousand and four a year after the us launched its invasion of iraq many members of the group are fighting in syria against assad and their forces rapidly gaining influence among the radical elements in the devastated country even lebanon has suffered from the group's activity with its being behind the latest bombing attack in beirut anders care gorg a former danish intelligence officer who served in iraq believe the country's army won't be able to wipe out the extremist forces in my opinion. has never been on the run it might have been downscaling due to pressure but once this pressure is lifted the organization is is paid in full force and it uses the. pauses true to regain its strength the fighting ability of the of the isis for instance is very strong but very contained. to l

the al qaeda linked group islamic state of iraq is in control of two cities there. we have the attempts to regain power. >> after a standoff for days they are ready to enter the city and fight the group. the agreement to do so is hard fought. the standoff is indicating the tension between the new tribes and the government but now the prime minister has an agreement and poised to act. >> the increased coordination wean the army and the tribesmen and the army is providing the tribes with the weapons. i think this issue is resolved within one or two days to expel the groups. >> but one or two days is opt a mystic and they have surgical air strikes video and they are lipted to the cities and other strong holds are outside of the city. only adding to the woes of the iraqi government are the critics of the mime minister. >> we call on the government to meet the demands of the people, demands not related to terrorism. if there is a further escalation of iraq, worst things could happen. >> general elections are scheduled for late april and the political parties are looking

, and other parts of iraq, where they suffer from the terrors enabled by the organizations operating in the area. that is different to saying this is a threat to the fundament at stability in iraq. i don't see how it makes the situation worse than it is. >> civilians are fleeing the area. shapro. >> coming up, america's war on poverty turns 50 on wednesday. so, are we winning. >> and news on what is called hillary clinton's shadow campaign. why do some of her advisors not want her to run. gianna tobani is tracking top stories. >> china destroyed $12 million of a valuable material. the u.s. did too. we tell you why, and what is it. what do you think? join the conversation. >> an exclusive "america tonight" investigative series >> we traveled here to japan to find out what's really happening at fukushima daiich >> three years after the nucular disaster, the hidden truth about the ongoing cleanup efforts and how the fallout could effect the safety of americans >> are dangerous amounts of radioactive water, leaking into the pacific eververyday? >> join america tonight's michael okwu for

kind of militants are controlling major cities in western iraq a show of strength not seen since their battles with u.s. forces a decade ago we look at who these insurgents are and how they became so strong. while in syria al-qaeda linked rebels and other opposition groups are engulfed in bloody infighting the forthcoming peace talks are under threat from the growing divisions among those aiming to topple assad. approval ratings for leaders to an all time low as bailouts and austerity trigger a clearance sale of countries assets to patch up the budget holes are to reports on how many people are upset with the move. by selling. a priceless. price tag to. europeans gather in the streets to protest against the controversial initiative declaring that they are not ready to sell history and culture to keep a commies and help them stay afloat. and playing it safe concerns are growing about how athletes and visitors will be acted at russia's upcoming winter olympics in sochi to see what is being done to secure the olympic host city. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping th

they run on chaos emboldened by the fighting in syria these al qaeda linked militants overran parts of iraq including the city of the literature we have said earlier about the serious story and will actually go into iraq and this is what we were warning about chaos in neighboring syria deep as the u.s. and its allies threatened the syrian government sending the signal to the rebels to fight on to the detriment of the political outcome islamic schools have now taken over the opposition movement there and have even chased the western backed leader of the free syrian army out of the country to be honest you the relieve it along because if you kick it they're going to come out and bite you and that's what we did when we invaded iraq you know three and it can bite not just somewhere far in a war zone but here in the u.s. american intelligence and counterterrorism officials now say islamic extremist groups in syria with ties talk to recruiting and training americans who have traveled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home there are dozens of extremist islamist forces that ar

tell me about it. >> fallujah at the time was the mosts most violent part of iraq, the city was held by al qaeda and al qaeda affiliated forces. our battalion, ryan and my battalion, third battalion third marines operating outside of the city for the previous five months of going into the city, and it was rough, constant ieds, kidnappings in the surrounding areas, mortar attacks, rocket attacks, am bushes and we knew at some point we would have to go into the city to clear it out. >> it was off limits. u.s. forces coalition forces couldn't enter the city, it was so bad that we were subject to indirect fire attacks on a regular basis and in fact, our ridge mental ct ridge mental command most was hit by a 122 mill, rocket that severely wounded my predecessor before i took over the regiment. the enemy had free will on the roads of ied@tax and small arm at tabs and we couldn't enter the city as i was doing my first battlefield tours of the area it was sir you have to run to the sandbag fortifications because if you walk we are going to be brought under fire and the enemy is going to take

led invasion of iraq is to blame. the period of loss the sound to you know in iraq there was no bile and such violence before the invasion and occupation of iraq ok do you hear me now we can actually carry on the big right ok it was i was saying that the us invasion. and occupation of iraq is to be blamed for this violence and of course there are many other. reasons behind this violence of the nonfunctioning state for example the corrupt and fascist government that sins of any kind of services the failing state all these and above all the persecution of people especially those who protest against. fascist policies of the government all these it's a good that are behind the. violence in iraq citizens are being cowboy daily bloodshed we talk about it daily on this channel civilians are the cave victims in insurgents deadly attacks holding speed gun to try and tackle it seems are getting worse. yeah it is that's true actually. for the last year more than a year iraqis are protesting peacefully i mean protesting against. t