department wrote a memo to then secretary of state hillary clinton nearly ten years after we sent baghdad into shock and awe outlining a strategy bringing iraq to peak oil producing status in the memo noted iraq has the capacity to increase sustainable production from the current two point six million barrels per day up to four million of oil in the next five years governor was the war in iraq about oil. i'm sure that was part of it but it's a look back at the project for the new american century in what they wrote so-called neo cons i do think they wanted what they called the skittles approach to the middle east they want to break it up and they thought that would be if the sunni and the shias were fighting each other the they wouldn't be fighting us or some such crazy scenario put it hasn't worked out that way it's been a huge mistake and the american unfortunately the american media and stablish meant does not want to have a discussion about this huge mistake with its oil with its the skittles approach to the middle east in the real tragedy now is these refugees coming into europe we r

baghdad has a thriving cinema scene in shopping malls hollywood and egyptian film productions dominate but make money and their popular iraqi cinema was once regarded as some of the best in the region filmmaking used to take place across iraq and indeed baghdad then they would edit them and distribute them to places like this the third of all this was one of the most popular thing in baghdad it's now fallen into complete disrepair and on occasion bootleg western movies but there really is no iraq a film industry to speak of that the filmmaker was able to get the movie made is remarkable but it would seem only a small audience is interested in what it's about iraqi filmmakers say they will continue to try and persuade iraqi audiences to watch domestic productions that means competing with hollywood blockbusters and egyptian films that are popular across the arab world as one hollywood saying goes we don't make it we make money imran khan which is a baghdad. this is al jazeera these are the top stories hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in mass protests across the u.s. and i

liberators dick cheney a year from now i wouldn't be surprised that there's some grand square in baghdad named after president bush richard perle iraq will not require sustain aid mitch daniels and lastly but really importantly we're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon paul wolfowitz all right you know ken let me go to you first here i mean what is been learned from this fiasco for everybody involved. and why isn't it being commemorated and remember it seems like it's intentionally being blocked out go ahead ken well let's remember the twenty two american service members a day that are committing suicide because they were sent off to fight an illegal immoral war that was based on a pack of lies and ultimately what we've learned is that international law is not functioning because of all the things we were told about adolph hitler apparently according to the nuremberg principles the supreme crime that he committed was war of aggression because all the other crimes torture mass murder crimes against humanity all of those stem from war o

cinema this was one of the most popular sentiment in baghdad it's now fallen into complete disrepair and on occasion bootleg western movies but there really is no iraq a film industry to speak of that the filmmaker was able to get the movie made is remarkable but it would seem only a small audience is interested in what it's about iraqi filmmakers say they will continue to try and persuade iraqi audiences to watch domestic productions that means competing with hollywood blockbusters and egyptian films that are popular across the arab world as one hollywood saying goes we don't make it we make money imran khan al-jazeera baghdad and you can find out. any of the stories but i can tell website address well that is al-jazeera dot com. and again a quick look at the top stories syrian rebels in eastern go to our surrendering in a southern part of the enclave thousands of. rebels and civilians are being taken to live it leaves the last rebel stronghold outside the capital damascus to know how to from beirut. up to seven thousand people are expected to be evacuated from that southern pockets

even the population of baghdad, 65% of the population itself has been displaced either in baghdad workedraq or outside iraq. amy: professor, you write in your piece about a proposed constitutional amendment which would have a massive effect on women. article 41 is in the constitution. what happened is since 2003, there have been several attempts made by sectarian conservatives, army, to question came to power a long text terry lines, the basis of women's legal rights. sectarian lines, the basis of women's legal rights. family law. it old laws, legislations related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, cut cities. -- custody. it is important to recall it is the political culture of the time that was eliminated by the imperialist left. progressivet groups in the region. the participation of women's rights activists for the first iraqi and arab minister participated. the second dimension that is reported to understand what is stillon now is it gathers it has a unifying dimension. is, i think, the political legacy that is being questioned since 2003. now we have it in the article 41. and thanks

in the south of baghdad the capital city is still not allowed to hold competitive games. for because of the security situation now speaking to football fans in the capital city they understand that there is problems with baghdad but they say if iraq is truly to be an international footballing nation then games need to take place in baghdad take a hero and a small rural village those producing some of the walls the best long distance runners the koji live in central ethiopia and at least eight olympic medalists while title and wild record holders come from that stephanie deco went out find out why. it's barely seven o'clock in the morning but these two are already late. coach entire she too is busy warming up his students something he has done here in the for the past thirty years this rule village almost three thousand metres above sea level in the highlands is it first glance just like any other but world class athletes are born and bred here . in the in the from the to the securities their determination and their how to book and all sorts of weather for instance if you

this was once the pride of iraq baghdad central station. home to the realm network the once reached far and wide across iraq to syria and connecting on to turkey as recently as two thousand and two. iraqi railways began in one nine hundred twelve taking over a small local route built in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine. the invasion by u.s. troops in two thousand and three and then the occupation and the war against eisel since have all taken a toll. a touch of faded glamour remains but we just two services a week to the southern iraqi city of it's a shadow of its former self. in two thousand and ten foreign investors came in the iraqis bought twelve new chinese trains but i suppose a tax put paid to that reinvestment and rebuilding plan. that so what happened after i still took control over the three major sunni provinces in iraq back then is the deliberate sabotage against the vital railways in the neveh salon had seen and the size destroying the trains and freight trains including the stations and associated workshops and buildings w

as you know an iraq just came out of the war the cities are the safest baghdad is the capital we all know that security here is an issue that we hope for the future the security gets better and the pain gets lifted now despite that disappointment whoever wins this tournament football wins and iraq and that's possibly the most crucial things fans a very international football it's an. international football maybe able to return to iraq in the very. big heroes people like most people like. you have to have lunch right now on al-jazeera facebook's chief executive has promised tougher steps to protect the information of its two billion users. made mistakes after revelations from cambridge and a lot of information from fifty million facebook users. syrian rebels have surrendered control of a town in eastern guta after russia brokered a transfer deal there greenman allowing travel from the roster to rebel held at provinces the first since the government and ten to five its bombardment on eastern cuba last month to other areas of the suburb near damascus remain under rebel control. cheeries

as you know in iraq just came out of the war the cities are the safest that baghdad is the capital we all know security here is an issue that we hope to the future the security gets better and the pain gets lifted now despite that disappointment whoever wins this tournament football wins in iraq and that's possibly the most crucial things fans a very international football it's an. international football maybe able to return to iraq in the very. big heroes people like most people like. al-jazeera and these are the top stories facebook's chief executive has promised to protect fan from a shadow of its two billion users mark zuckerberg admits the social media site made mistakes after revelations u.k. firm cambridge analogical misused information from fifty million facebook users syrian rebels have surrendered a town in eastern capital damascus brokered the deal to allow them to travel from. province to other areas in eastern congo to remain under rebel control it's the first deal since the government intensified its campaign in late february. sen has the details from beirut in neighbori

baghdad has a thriving cinema scene and shopping malls hollywood and egyptian film productions dominate but make money and their popular iraqi cinema was once regarded as some of the best in the region filmmaking used to take place across iraq and indeed baghdad then they would edit them and distribute them to places like this the cinema this was one of the most popular cinema in baghdad it's now fallen into complete disrepair and on occasion bootleg western movies but there really is no iraq e film industry to speak of that the filmmaker was able to get the movie made is remarkable but it would seem only a small audience is interested in what it's about. iraqi filmmakers say they will continue to try and persuade iraqi audiences to watch domestic productions that means competing with hollywood blockbusters and egyptian films that are popular across the arab world as one hollywood saying goes we don't make it we make money imran khan al-jazeera baghdad just ahead on the news in sports novak djokovic hits his worst run of form and more than a decade. what makes this moment in this era we

iraqis are hoping the faithful will allow competitive games to take place in iraq quite soon however baghdad fans are disappointed the only cities the ban was lifted on was to be in the north and got a villa in the south of baghdad the capital city is still not allowed to hold competitive games from fifo because of the security situation now speaking to football fans in the capital city they understand that there is problems with baghdad but they say if iraq is truly to be an international footballing nation then games need to take place in baghdad. while champions germany play brazil and a friendly later on is a repeat of the twenty fourteen semifinal with germany one seven one brazil's coach has admitted his team a still haunted by that scoreline and not the big game take place in madrid to spain host argentina who have met me back in the lineup after a muscle problem kept him on the bench against italy last week. you know. it is impossible to teach me anything we are in a place where leo is an reachable to teach him. we need to understand we need him to be as comfortable as possible and b

up from beirut is down to about twenty five so a six degree drop by saturday still thirty three in baghdad the breeze is still in that direction of course is going to be a bit like that through the arabian peninsula we start off with something ocean mile still thirty two in die hard asses friday come saturday and that's more or less been cut off and it's a breeze coming up from the south this attempt from mecca to forty degrees down about twenty nine by this time indoors about right where it should be to be quite honest. the still raging showers in fact they've built up in the last few days throughout southern africa so alarmed laura's from namibia through botswana done to it's worked there with sponsored by qatar and release. the scene for us when they're on line which is a very nice time in yemen that peace is possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that choosing between buying medication and eating base is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activis

are now trying to turn a page with a new campaign to move on from the past iran can reports from baghdad. this is aside if alou jet really saying the gateway city to our province is busting into rights of color and painting the fine arts college has been rebuilt and students and teachers are producing more work than ever before fallujah has a violent history fifteen years ago it was the center of some of the toughest battles in iraq's recent past al qaeda in iraq then ten fallujah and much of a province into its base and the occupying american army was almost powerless to stop the group it was local ambar tribes with american backing that eventually defeated al qaida in iraq but an easy peace in the region was until last the neighboring war in syria spilled over into the province and i saw march into anbar in two thousand and thirteen. the fine arts college faculty members remember that time of dread this mural commemorate students who were killed because i said painting was a center. it's not like i said i just do we as fine art teachers have took the initiative to keep the memory of th

the bow doesn't extend to baghdad and that's left a lot of very disappointed because we have the start of a lot of praise god it's a big joy that the band for these three major signature karbala and erbil has been lifted we look forward to the band being lifted in baghdad but as we know it's there are security reasons but when iraq plays it lifts our spirits like it's going to die i mean i don't think i can have as you know iraq just came out of war the cities are the safest all the baghdad is the capital we all know security here is an issue that we hope for the future the security gets better and the pain gets lifted now despite that disappointment whoever wins this tournament football wins in iraq and that's possibly the most crucial things fans a very excited international football it's a competitive international football maybe able to return to iraq in the very near future and not be able to see the big heroes people like most people like neymar. will prove had a boost ahead of the world cup captain paolo garo has returned to training at brazilian club from anger as the end of hi

the only cities that the ban was lifted on was to be in the north and got a villa in the south of baghdad the capital city is still not allowed to hold competitive games from fee for because of the security situation here now speaking to football fans in the capital city they understand that there is problems with baghdad but they say if iraq is truly to be an international footballing nation then games need to take place in baghdad now for most while number one victoria as a rancorous through to have first semifinal in two years at the miami i penned the ballad russian beat wild number five carolina pliska seven five six three the last time as a wrinkle was in the last four of the tournament to spend she won the miami title for a third time in two thousand and sixteen that was before the first time. as a wrinkle face u.s. open champion sloane stephens her place in the miami final stevens took just over an hour to defeat former world number one angelica in straight sets with the win the florida native will be into the top ten in the rankings for the first time on monday. finally i have th

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tons area which america is controlling in the desert that's very important because the highway to baghdad from damascus and syria wants that opened america wants closed and you know the united states continues to own thirty percent of syrian territory in the north which turkey has promised it's going to attack in order to get rid of the y.p. jeep. it will have problems there's still a number of areas that you know that fighting could drag out for a long time indeed see what we're seeing and it wound up all over again. so one final sorry one final thought from you just received matches have coffee off camera there for a second. what happens and i know i'm cristobal guys in here again but after the war you know if bashar al assad is still in power in effect you've had seven years of war nothing's changed except that the country's been destroyed yes and unfortunately it looks like syrians are going to be at the worst of all worlds because they're going to be left with the same regime in power and this country will be divided the united states holds thirty percent and perhaps fifty percent of

the bow doesn't extend to baghdad and that's left a lot of very disappointed. praise god it's a big joy that the ban for these three major cities basra of karbala and erbil has been lifted we look forward to the ban being lifted in baghdad but as we know it's there are security reasons but when iraq plays it lifts your spirits like it's going to look like as you know iraq just came out of war the cities are the safest baghdad is the capital we all know security here is an issue that we hope for the future the security gets better and the pain gets lifted now despite that disappointment whoever wins this tournament wins in iraq and that's possibly the most crucial things fans a very international football it's an. international football maybe able to return to iraq in the very. big heroes people like most people like name. so bob we have a chance to secure qualification to the twenty one thousand cricket world cup if they be the way the be guaranteed a spot at the spectacle in anyone the amorality scored two hundred and thirty five for seven from a rain produced

up to ten degrees berries for customers about eighteen come friday i was still up twenty seven in baghdad and it's twenty two in teheran i don't know it is but the cokes this is pretty wet but was snowy and the still sun to come for afghanistan the fall and also pakistan as well iran looks lost the find the moment the temperatures in baghdad drop a little bit two to twenty four we talk about saturday here so give you the sights of beirut much the same sort of well the breeze a little lighter and for much of the caucasus on media in georgia as the sun is back out again back who's cooled down to about ninety degrees or night south of this it's been really quite warm recently to answer the gulf and qatar point types of thirty two degrees thirty one is in the forecast this is well above average should be now the records thirty nine we're not anywhere near that but here and die and sues the u.a.e. we're up above where it should be twenty nine abu dhabi thirty four in the middle of our mom but it's nothing in the sky it's not about dusty aagot. the continent of antarctica is facing multiple thr

northern iraq in 2014, many welcomed them as liberators from and oppressive shia—dominated government in baghdadthat they're gone, but off—camera some of the people i spoke to were afraid of government reprisals. it's the final push into mosul, a city of overi million people lies ahead. over two years ago, the so—called islamic state captured the city of mosul and the fears and imaginations of the world. today is the day the iraqi government is trying to take it back. but the golden division faced an enemy like no other. when is first took the city, the iraqi army just fled. now they're back. it's the first time that the iraqi army has entered mosul in more than two years. after nine months of grinding urban warfare through homes and city streets, these men would finally capture the ruined heart of the islamic state's de facto capital. if there is a memorial to this brutal conflict, then it is here, wadi—us—salaam, the world's largest cemetery and where most of those killed fighting the so—called islamic state are buried. it's a sprawling monument to the generations of men who have been killed i

of iran maybe just catching a little bit of that out but as you can see it's general looking dry baghdad at thirty degrees celsius sort of values that will let you get across the arabian peninsula highs here in doha around thirty degrees and gentle wins to back even pick up to around thirty one degrees as we go on through wednesday no shortage of sunshine on offer here still plenty of sunshine too into much of southern africa the eastern cape a little more cloud possibility some damp weather no sign of any damn weather making its way towards the western type having said that we've got some showers there into northern most that they can to tanzania linking up with a very heavy showers that we have just pushing up through zambia into the democratic republic of congo harare stay settled and sunny with a top temperature of twenty six. paint the scene for us where there are online what is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is. because no one cares or if you join us on sept there are people that are choosing between buying medication an

of iraq will see temperatures in the southerly winds getting to thirty three cells just there in baghdad so quite a picture for the race couple at around twenty one celsius picking up to twenty four as we go on through sunday clouds really rain that will make us where little further ace was by this day so things will quieten down high by really getting up to around twenty one celsius or twenty eight in baghdad with the possibility of a little bit of patchy right just maybe for northern parts of iraq we could have twenty nine here in doha with sas day pleasantly warm light winds not too bad the winds will pick up a little as we go on into sunday could touch thirty two degrees out where i was you can see more very warm sunshine coming in right across the region the sunshine continues across the a western side of south africa the eastern side we'll see some showers once again and further north live down pools in mozambique. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories three people have been killed in southwestern france when a gunman hijacked a car and took hostages in a supermarket the tw

northern iraq in 2014, many welcome them as liberators from and oppressive shia dominated government in baghdade gone, but off—camera some of the people i spoke to were afraid of the people i spoke to were afraid of government reprisals. it's the final push into mosul, a city of over 1 it's the final push into mosul, a city of over1 million people lies ahead. over two years ago, the so—called islamic state the city of mosul and the fears and imaginations of the world. today is the day the iraqi government is trying to take it back. but the golden division faced an enemy like no other. when is first took the city, the iraqi armyjust fled. when is first took the city, the iraqi army just fled. now when is first took the city, the iraqi armyjust fled. now they when is first took the city, the iraqi army just fled. now they are back. it's the first time that the iraqi army has entered mosul in more than two years. after nine months of grinding urban wa rfa re after nine months of grinding urban warfare through homes and city streets, these men would finally ca ptu re streets, these men would finall

news as it breaks its estimated ten million children of school age are still roaming the streets of baghdad with details coverage children what i'm off base and number of serious problems from chronic child malnutrition to a stream of poverty from around the world child one is last us lawsuit in two thousand and ten by veni spent more than twenty million dollars in legal fees. stories of life. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the world. that celebrate the human spirit against the odds some of them come before a focus. on. al-jazeera selects change make this at this time. thousands of syrians a free besieged east and cool to as talks try to resolve the war on their way in a stunning. hello there i'm sure with all of this in.

up from beirut is down to about twenty five so a six degree drop by saturday still thirty three in baghdad the breeze is still in that direction of course is going to be a bit like that through the arabian peninsula we start off with something ocean mile still thirty two in die hard asses friday come saturday and that's more or less been cut off and it's a breeze coming up from the side of the tent from mecca to forty degrees down about twenty nine by this time indoors but right where it should be to be quite honest the still raging showers in fact they've really built up in the last few days throughout southern africa so a line morris from namibia through botswana dying to cause it in the toilet it's wit. a key figure of the early twentieth century arab literary scene. and a feminist writer and her time. so why did this story and in such tragedy. al-jazeera won't expose the life and why of maisie at this time on al-jazeera. watching out to syria let's take a look at the top stories right now u.s. national security adviser a charming master has resigned from the trunk administration he was

this was once the pride of iraq baghdad central station. home to the realm network the once reached far and wide across iraq to syria and connecting on to turkey as recently as two thousand and two iraqi railways began in one nine hundred twelve taking over a small local church built in one thousand nine nine hundred. the invasion by u.s. troops in two thousand and three and then the occupation and the war against eisel since have all taken a toll. a touch of faded glamour remains but we just two services a week to the southern iraqi city of it's a shadow of its former self. in two thousand and ten foreign investors came in the iraqis bought twelve new chinese trains but i solicit tax put paid to that reinvestment and rebuilding plan. that what happened after i still took control over the three major sunni provinces in iraq back then is the deliberate sabotage against the vital railways in the neveh salaheddine and block the size destroying the trains and freight trains including the stations and associated workshops and buildings we are ai

agencies spy on foreigners private electronic messages and if americans info gets included too so sad to baghdad. i personally prefer section seven zero three of the feis amendments act which is free ice cream for everybody they actually was. already ill ok my god damn a lamb trying to bring something positive to this story might make you get back a little bit yeah. all right here's something positive the cloud act would allow the executive branch to enter into agreements of data sharing with foreign nations known for human rights abuses the the law only has two things vague wording about a nations human rights records needing to be considered this removes very important protections for activists especially abroad in countries like say turkey or lately so that's positive how is that positive. to see if foreign governments use private digital info received from the us to abuse the civil liberties of their native populations it will create a backlash of more activists both abroad and in america and the revolution lovato they'd say oh. no you don't encourage you you really have to perform some ment

government's in particular fast says it has repelled that deadly attack by islamist militants in the capital baghdad dugu the government says the government says militants and members of security forces were killed when gunmen launched coordinated attacks the army headquarters and the french embassy. security forces rushed to the french embassy to deal with an apparent jihadist attack. gunfire was exchanged for around two hours a government official reported casualties on both sides. witnesses said five attackers course out of this car before setting it on fire then they started shooting. french special forces were flown into the area france is fighting jihadism in west africa with four thousand troops. the attacks appear to have been coordinated at the same time as the embassy shooting and explosion occurred at the army headquarters a comet or across town this thick black smoke the result of that witnesses said men with backpacks likely suicide bombs of course out of another car. there was a car with around four to six people fired there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smo

[laughter] but second more specific point is nature of the threats question face when i was in baghdad2006, we patrolled a couple of different neighborhoodses. one was almost exclues uively shiite but faced threat from both sides in those two neighborhoods that reare flected continue threat in the middle east that united states and israel face today so on the one hand in the predominantly infiltrated by van i can revolutionary guard cores they would supply a very deadly road side bomb known as forum projectile to penetrate any armor to include a tank. on the other side you had a lot of fighters at the time al qaeda, iraq later morphed into islamic state that was being supported by sunni extremist group you know going back to their roots in the brotherhood from the very beginning. and those two threats are there today. you have the threat of extremism in form of al qaeda or islamic state you still have -- radical shiite access that is -- led by and most places controlled by iran. those threats existed to israel today they still exist to us as well that's why it is so important that we h

news live from baghdad still to come global produces steel themselves focusing on new targets for the white house keeps the ways of the football and our business update with monica judge in just a moment. couple feet of the talk i'll be out of a day. to. learn german with w. . any time any place. whether with jo jo and her friends. colleagues is going to be looking at doing a lot of mischief spritzes researchers are looking towards a war with friends all over the world. online and interactive. and german to go. and learn german for free christine w. p p. good. but. no word from the white house as global still produces expect punishing new terrorists donald trump puts off a much anticipated announcement we look into the possible reasons what's behind the delay also coming up your of a mystery into one reason so many bees dying. welcome to do business i want to get jones in but then all stocks in u.s. steel makers have pad to their games to. equivalents are rising and that's as the white house says they'll be no announcements today on fresh aluminum or steel tariffs instead president on

up from beirut is down to about twenty five so a six degree drop by saturday still thirty three in baghdad the breeze is still in that direction of course is going to be a bit like that through the arabian peninsula we start off with something ocean mile still thirty two in die hard asses friday come saturday and that's more or less been cut off and it's a breeze coming up from the sides that intent from mecca to forty degrees down about twenty nine by this time indoors about right where it should be to be quite honest the still raging showers in fact they've really built up in the last few days throughout southern africa so a line morris from namibia botswana dying to close it in a toilet is wet. the scene for us where there online what is a very new site in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that that are choosing between buying medication and eating base is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's close

unfolded here leave baghdad in the long haul. there may be of all these little agencies of the government and the resulting diary is just wrong the second go the government don't you right have any more of the repression in every war. and we're getting reports of a bangladeshi private plane that catching fire and crashing at katmandu airport in the poor clowns effect smoke could be seen rising from the plane crashes on a field at the edge of the port casualties are not known at this point but we will get you more details as we get them. over one years after witness. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why ease activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time. i will. let you see if i'm gonna. be ok if you actually believe it's our good to talk to them. all. right here are the you know that really do matter how can you build the economy into the local de m