civilian there is a risk here that events could once again escalate so let's bring in yasmin i mean zaki she is an iraq analyst and former u.n. chief of communications for the mission in iraq and she joins us from memphis tennessee just mean how significant is the threat posed by these a rainy and backed militia groups to both the u.s. out sets and coalition forces in iraq and has not changed since the u.s. killing of the iranian general cost some sort of money well iran has had significant influence over iraq and it has for some time as of now it's not clear who is captured in the extent to which necessarily has hurt the iranian forces but you have to keep in mind that i we're talking about a country iran is a state it's not a terrorist organization organization meeting you know if you capture some of the officials or you capture or you kill customs for their money it's not necessarily going to significantly impact the foreign policy of iran in iraq in fact we haven't seen much change since december 31st and iraq's new prime minister must offer al qaida me and said he will be tough on t

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iraqi soil and there is of course fear that events could once again escalate well yes i mean i mean zaki is an iraq analyst she says the government wants to reduce the strength of armed groups operating in the country. the me is asserting control over the state since the defeat of isis it's been increasingly clear that the biggest threat to the iraqi state has been these shia militias and so yes he is following through on this tough talk and he's also dealing with significant pressure from the u.s. to protect u.s. forces and u.s. coalition in iraq we've been seeing this proxy war between iraq and sorry between iran and the u.s. go on for years now and the struggle has continued on will likely what we'll likely see now is a stalemate between the 2 as they continue with this proxy war because they i think it's become increasingly clear particularly following the events of december 31st that these 2 countries are not interested necessarily going to war with one another but they are very much interested in motivated to continue this proxy war in iraq iran has lately been laying low because t

mismanagement in the statesboro kristie so want to hold in al-jazeera itself that there's been i mean zaki is an international law attorney and iraq affairs analyst she was one of she was the chief of communications for mission of iraq to the united nations and joins us now live from memphis good to have you with us just how widespread is corruption within iraq's agriculture sector. i agree and thanks for having me on i think this is a great example of how corruption is pervasive and comprehensive throughout iraq not just in the agriculture sector this is an issue that is not just in them and to baghdad we're talking about a top to bottom countrywide issue the reason that the. the concerns about food have been brought to the forefront is that iraq exports oil to fuel to fuel its economy and that includes buying food so as the world transitions away from oil and gas towards renewal energy is becoming increasingly clear that iraq's food systems are not self-sustaining if it is as endemic as you say across iraq and of no reason to doubt that it's almost a way it's become a way of life and how