the president and king abdullah. >> i don't know whether you've been to kirkuk or not. any resolution or any advancement of the problem with solving kirkuk? and also, the oil revenue sharing. >> i think there's been some, there's a lot of discussion within iraq on oil revenue sharing and not so much revenue sharing but overall exploitation of oil. i know the government in baghdad has had renewed and i think positive discussions with the kurdish regional authority on this matter. i think you saw some fruits of this just a few weeks ago when oil from kurdish areas was exported out through the main pipeline and where the revenue sharing went according to the u.n. formula of 17%. i know that the iraqi government is working very hard to see what can be done to boost oil production, and they are in touch directly with international oil companies on this. there has been a lot of discussion about where the so-called hydro car bons law is, and if you ask various political leaders in iraq, you get different answers as to the potential for getting this law through the parliament.

i hope that answers your question. >> king abdullah? >> you know, what i can say about that is the leaders across the region and pundits. the united states and israelis as well are always talking about the next war to come and how it is going to be worse than the last in the disaster awaits. this is a part of the world where such predictions are commonplace. i would place a lot of stock in it. we like to see -- i think if there's a confrontation between iran and, yes, we have a lot of trouble on our hands but that does not 18 months, that could be six months to 10 months from now. so i think it's a little but of an exaggeration but there are real dangers ahead and i think those dangers them from primarily iran. >> let's follow-up on that for a moment. i guess i put it this way -- start anyway, if iran a word to get nuclear weapons in the means to deliver them how does that change to the equation for israel, hamas, fatah, palestinians in the region? >> it puts israel in an automatic imposition. it strengthens the hand of hamas, hamas kno

>> he did that first, and visited with president abdullah, and even with that, the state had a horse parade and they didn't have much time together. it was a few minutes and some press availability. and not much substance, we are working on this and that. not a lot of details. >> thank you for helping us see the scenes we can't on the official coverage. we appreciate your time. >> sure thing. >> howard schneider in chiro.

reconciliation in our region, to this end, i met first with president mubarak in egypt and king abdullah of jordan to elicit the support of these leaders in expanding the circle of peace. i turn to all arab leaders tonight and i say, let us meet. let us speak of peace. let us make peace. i am ready to meet with you at any time. i am willing to go to damascus, to beirut, to jerusalem, too. illing to go to damascus, to riyadh, to beirut, to jerusalem also. [applause] i call on the >> i call on us to advance an economic peace and it's not a substitute for political peace but it is an important element to achieve it, together we can undertake projects to overcome the scarcities of our region, like water decontamination or to maximize the advantages of this region like developing solar energy, or exploding our geographic location to lay gas and petroleum lines and transportation links between asia, africa and europe. together, we can realize the achievements of the impressive entrepreneurship i see in the persian gulf impresses me very much and i call upon the talented entrepreneurs of the ar

to this end, i met with president mubarak in egypt, and king abdullah in jordan, to elicit the support of these leaders in expanding the circle of peace in our region. i turn to all arab leaders tonight and i say: "let us meet. let us speak of peace and let us make peace. i am ready to meet with you at any time. i am willing to go to damascus, to riyadh, to beirut, to any place- including jerusalem. i call on the arab countries to co-operate with the palestinians and with us to advance an economic peace. an economic peace is not a substitute for a political peace, but an important element to achieving it. together, we can undertake projects to overcome the scarcities of our region, like water desalination or to maximise its advantages, like developing solar energy, or laying gas and petroleum lines, and transportation links between asia, africa and europe. together we can realize the achievements of the end -- impressive monster proportions i see in the persian gulf. the economic success of the gulf states has impressed us all and it has impressed me. i call on the talented entrepreneu

that's why we welcome efforts like saudi air arabia and king abdullah's interfaith dialogue and turkeys leadership in the alliance of civilizations. around the world we can turn dialogue into interfaith service so bridges between people lead to action whether it is combating malaria and africa or provide a relief after a natural disaster. the sixth issue -- the sixth issue that i want to address is women's rights. [applause] rino -- i know and you can tell from this audience there is a healthy debate about this issue. i reject the view of some in the west a woman who chooses to cover her hair equal. but i do believe a woman who is denied an education is the mighty quality. [cheers and applause] and it is no coincidence that countries where women are well educated are far more likely to be prosperous. now, let me be clear. issues of women's equality are by no means simply an issue for islam. in turkey, pakistan, bangladesh, indonesia, we've seen muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead. meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of american life and in

we've seen a shift so that in 2005 king abdullah of jordan brought together 500 islamic scholars and leaders from the muslim world who unanimously declared the ideology of al qaeda and said al qaeda muslims should not support al qaeda and specifically contradicted al qaeda as arguments about jihad and the validity of terrorism as a struggle so people in the west say where are the muslims? the haven't stood up and spoken out against al qaeda. they have. it happened in 2005. it's never happened again across the muslim world so what i would suggest is al qaeda has lost a lot of ground since 1911. the leaders are looking over their shoulders looking scared and a lot of cases and the fact they have not been able to mount a successful attack on the united states since 9/11 isn't only because of the sheer brilliance of the counterterrorism issues. [laughter] but also that lost a lot of support. people don't support their agenda at the moment. >> take that a little further if you would. there has been a lot of commentary by people who look carefully at al qaeda. lawrence wright is an example