. >> on march 5th, 2007, a car bomb was exploded on mutanabbi street in baghdad. 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

the biggest city is baghdad. the biggest number of kurds live in baghdad. my boss, the foreign minister, is occurred -- a kurd. how much more integration do you want? [laughter] >> [inaudible] there are a lot of refugees from iraq. do you see them coming back to iraq? >> thank you for this question. this is a very important question, actually. over the past two decades, iraq has been bleeding. the educated segment of society have been leaving in droves. college professors, the entrepreneurs, industrialists have been leading the country for a combination of reasons. this has reduced our ability and capacity to manage the transition and move forward and rebuild the country. i always say that a whole society -- we have two iraqs. the professional, there are productive, educated. they are in rocky -- iraqi, but not in iraq. they are practicing medicine in the united kingdom. that makes it extremely difficult. when will enough of them go to help us? only when conditions improve inside the country, we answered cheap -- with security and improved the level they fe

he was born in baghdad. after finishing high school in 1960 he won a scholarship to study and the united kingdom where he graduated with a degree of in electrical engineering in 1965 and added a diploma in computing in 1966. he was one of the first few computer specialist in iraq. to work with the iraqi petroleum company. before sadly for him but ultimately for the best interest long run, left the country and returned to the u.k. upon the ascent of saddam hussin. ein. the ambassador became a active member of the opposition to the regime in power in iraq. as a successful businessman he founded a procurement agency, and embarked on a number of other ventures throughout his career. in the 1980's he established a design office and pioneered the use of computers in islamic art in saudi arabia pakistan, and the united kingdom. i encourage you to go to as website and you will see some wonderful examples of his designs, and also some wonderful examples of something i will mention of little bit later -- his poetry. d

if they're too unstable to stay in baghdad, sent into us. and that's actually a good move. if you have a robust behavioral health system, and they could rear detachment at the brigade that can keep track of these guys. need of those was in place in colorado springs. frankly, we still had a behavioral health office at fort carson that was the size it had been in the cold war. and our ptsd cases have increased 700%. so it was overwhelmed. if you fell through the cracks and the cracks were this big, no one was going to come looking for you. and that's what these guys did. they medicate themselves instead with drugs and alcohol are they gravitated towards guys who in a similar boat, as the east ridge was finally arrested because he had been running around with two other soldiers from his company put all been sent back for similar reasons. they were finally arrested for two counts of first degree murder, both for killing other soldiers from fort carson. at least one count of armed robbery, and then a bizarre crime in which they ran over a woman they didn't even know and and one

this local is the historic center of baghdad book selling. a winding street filled with book stores and out door book stalls. named after the famous 10th century arab poet, this is an old and established street for book selling and has been for hundreds of years. book selling on this street is no different from book selling here. we traffic in memory, ideas and dreams. in that sense we feel the street starts at the front door of all of our book shops. monthknabe street starts here. >> just before the street was eviscerated by a searing length of deaths and despair, delusion and destruction that destroyed more than the 30 lives. twisted more than the 100 souls who were bent and crippled amidst it's rage. just before the moment you were the proclamation, the prayer as they summoned and swore laugh, controlled, denied and affirmed. did you hear the words as they fell. for 2,000 years we have. what do you think. this says, map, border, resistance. truth. spirit, faith. doctrine, domaine. love, free, open, winds, cut. did you here the euphony of t

the biggest city is baghdad. the biggest number of kurds live in baghdad. my boss, the foreign minister, is occurred -- a kurd. how much more integration do you want? [laughter] >> [inaudible] there are a lot of refugees from iraq. do you see them coming back to iraq? >> thank you for this question. this is a very important question, actually. over the past two decades, iraq has been bleeding. the educated segment of society have been leaving in droves. college professors, the entrepreneurs, industrialists have been leading the country for a combination of reasons. this has reduced our ability and capacity to manage the transition and move forward and rebuild the country. i always say that a whole society -- we have two iraqs. the professional, there are productive, educated. they are in rocky -- iraqi, but not in iraq. they are practicing medicine in the united kingdom. that makes it extremely difficult. when will enough of them go to help us? only when conditions improve inside the country, we answered cheap -- with security and improved the level they fe

they were assigned to a very, very violent place in baghdad where they saw contact every day. not loading your weapon is a deliberate act. he did that post because he wanted no more to do with this type of killing him because he hope to some extent he would be killed. it didn't happen. he came home and he was reassigned out of the battalion to a job in the clinic and was eventually medically retired for ptsd. shortly after he retired, he overdosed on some of the drugs that he was getting for his behavioral health issues in the suicide attempts, but he did not die and is actually doing very well now. he lives in denver. he has a wife and a child and is on the g.i. bill, going back to school. so he is in a much better place than he was and became an instrumental person in the hoping to tell the story. josÉ barco, the fellow pinned by the burning car was flown back to the united states to the burn center. he had to get skin grafts and get patched up and is in the burn center for several, but then went back to his unit where he was supposed to be medically retired, but because eve

pushed back to will be the city of gregor once this happens they are not that far from the city of baghdad which is just outside of benghazi and if you remember it was a little more than a week ago that the rebels first started making their advance and there was so much celebration and so much talk that because of the coalition airstrikes they had actually after a week of a stalemate in actually able to advance to that city of baghdad the international community was against you say that the u.n. resolution one nine seven three did not enough for international countries to supply that the rebels with weapons but now we seem to be hearing almost a difference of opinion on that at that summit yesterday tuesday in london he was secretive state hillary clinton said it was not one single thing never been the framework of there is a vision of americans could be allowed we know that france is going to be holding discussions over this very issue at the moment what we're hearing though is that countries will not be supplying the rebels with weapons right now but they could in fact to do this in the

airstrikes they had actually after a week of a stalemate in actually able to advance to that city of baghdad the international community was of pains to say that the u.n. resolution one nine seven three did not allow for international countries to supply the rebels with ricans but now we seem to be hearing almost a difference of opinion on that at that summit yesterday tuesday in london the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said it was an obstacle never been the framework of their. solution within stood be allowed we know that france is going to be holding discussions over this very issue at the moment we're hearing though is that countries will not be supplying the rebels with weapons right now but they could in fact to do this in the future certainly we know from countries like britain there from the start they've been pushing for this apply of weapons it is increasingly clear that there will certainly need more than just a strike because it's until now the rebels have only been able to advance because of these coalition is fights a big sequester is more than a week later they're now

pushed back to will be the city of brega once this happens they are not there far from the city of baghdad which is just outside of benghazi and if you remember it was a little more than a week ago that the rebels first started making their advance and there was so much celebration and so much talk that because of the coalition airstrikes they had actually after a week of a stalemate been actually able to advance to that city of baghdad where there was a lot of confusion is a lot of chaos on the front line with this constant forward and backward movement but certainly what is becoming more and more clear is that. duffy's tactic seems to be she have moved his forces away from the frontline to have allowed him to recruit and into of sent him back to face the rebels in small mobile units rather than in these long convoys of tanks the international community was against to say that the un resolution one ninety seven three did not allow for international countries to supply them at the rebels with weapons but now we seem to be hearing almost a difference of opinion on that at that summit yester

obama is through making the same decisions so we've got two presidents trying to be the mayor of baghdad and kabul instead of being the commander in chief we've got to step up and get in the streets american people too and that's the only way this is going to get happen by electing getting new faces inside of washington that will change the paradigms and get our forces back home all right well hopefully the people well won't take a listen and decide what's actually best for this country and we actually do know that some folks will be gathering here in washington this weekend to protest against the war efforts but we're covering of course that was a deliberate of we think afghanistan and our team. a lot of our guests calling out for the people to get on the streets that does it for now unfortunately for more on these stories and other stories that we've covered today please go to our team dot com slash usa and of course check out our you tube page at you tube dot com slash r t america and also feel free to follow me on twitter it's absolutely kept up with the write back in half an hour an

from iraq was that we lost six trillion dollars because president bush was trying to be the mayor of baghdad instead of being the commander in chief united states and now president obama's doing making the same decisions so we've got two presidents trying to be the mayor of baghdad and kabul instead of being the commander in chief we've got to step up and get in the streets the american people do and that's the only way this is going to get happen by electing getting new faces inside of washington that will change the paradigm and get our forces back home all right while hopefully the people will will take a listen and decide what's actually best for this country and we actually do know that some folks will be gathering here in washington this weekend to protest against the war efforts we'll be covering that of course i was a full of bears out of anything afghanistan and our team's locker room but that does it for now for more on a story that we've covered please go to our team dot com slash usa and of course check out our you tube page if you tube dot com slash r.t.s. america and of course

suicide on top of all these kills and now you know, what a mar gin in old baghdad in the wrong place at the wrong time why you're mourning is going in one ear of the deaf tomorrow. and out the deafening utter. air cane. one, the sorrow these many months isn't because celebrities put eyes all over my body as i was in the u.s. again. not the other america. it comes from the footprint of a kick stab in my back. got riding a bus to a reading with some really destitute brothers and sisters in a 16, 3 office space. i am sitting in the rear of the bus reading a translation of the book of the concealed mystery. my eyes are risen from a black woman standing and talking on her cell phone. i voice decibeled, latino black and white workers. when i arrive, i accidentally grace her sleeve with an excuse me. she pushed me. shouts don't touch me with hate red and what the hell do you think you did to me. the eyes coiled and in denial or at once and set to spring. when my shoulders i bear a gentle but insistent arms and turning from a black man, you don't want to go here. here's your stop. he leads m

we are the defendants of people who build great cities like casa blogging, baghdad, cairo, jerusalem, damascus -- casa blanca. we are the people of the world who have given the world great profits and religions. -- great prophets and religions. thank you. [applause] >> every year that i have been in city hall, i have tried to take an intern from the community and try to teach them the ways of politics to make sure we have leadership that keeps coming, so eventually, we have candidates for office. like when a friend on the school board. is she here? -- like winifred on the school board. a couple of years back, i was wise enough to bring on an intern that has made all the difference for our community, especially with arab heritage month. he worked so hard for last year's event and has made this year a success. we were really concerned about timing, and we were not sure he would get to it, and shadi came to me and said that we had to do it, had to continue the tradition. without his work, this never would have happened. shadi, can i introduce you and have you say a few words? >> thank yo

. >> they nicknamed this place baghdad. they are paying the price. peaceful protests by women on thursday it was broken up when the police fired live rounds on the ground, scabbling -- on the crowd, killing several women. >> i was going outside and they were shooting several times. i could see the rockets passing over me. i decided to remove my children and move them in the house. >> all this violence has prompted hundreds of thousands to flee. >> it has been terrible. gunfire during the night and during the day. it has affected a lot of families prayed some chose to move back to the village is very early in the morning. >> u.n. peacekeepers are patrolling around the city. political deadlock looks increasingly unbreakable as many fear that the country is sliding toward civil war. >> this is bbc news. as fighting continues in libya, president obama has called for colonel khadafy to step down. the international criminal court is investigating about whether or not crimes against humanity had been ordered by a libyan officials. if the u.s., britain, fran

. >> this place has been nicknamed baghdad. a peaceful protest by women on thursday was broken up when the police fired live rounds into the crowd, killing several women. over the past few days, the district has seen increasingly heavy gunfire as the president's ofces try to gain respecontrol the area. >> i was cooking outside and there was shooting several times. i decided to move my children and hide them in the house. i did not want anything bad happening to them. >> that sort of violence has prompted hundreds of thousands to flee, many taking what few possessions they can carry to relatives elsewhere in the city. >> it has been terrible. gunfire during the night and day. some chose to move back to the villages very early in the morning. >> new police have been obstructed in their patrols around the city. dead bodies littered the streets. many fear the country is once again sliding towards civil war. abc news, ivory coast. -- bbc news, ivory coast. >> these are the headlines. fighting continues in libya. president obama has

. >> start with a poem i read after i learned that the rate of valum prescriptions in baghdad sky rocketed after the u.s. entry into that space. the title of the poem and it is the words the probably roost which is bitter. biting, cutting, sharp. bitan. once, she was a fearest dark girl who's tongue skipped top of meeting. teeth, teeth top of mouth like double dutch with the word that ment her thoughts cutting circles through the day. no chance she'd be the one to trip and break rhythm. then she could sit all day on her porch memorizing the trees. she could be still. the birds, winged through leaves like they didn't know anyone could hurt them. once she believed steam curled off asphalt when summer rains stopped with a prophecy. she believed this looked the way she would feel after touching a man. her body clean. and black. and right. something beautiful and painless rising up. i was talking with a friend about that idea of leaving places. and leaving places behind the title of this poem is stolen directly from this conversation in which he said there is a particular state that he would ne

the fact is in kabul if you drive around and you did and we do, it is not baghdad. one of the big early takeaways after taking command was that this place is not on the receiving end of three car bombs per day as is the case in baghdad in my second month in command there. it is a very, very different atmosphere. yes, there are periodic sensational attacks but they are periodic and kabul has had security for eighth months that has been quite good by kabul standards. it is afghan forces. it is afghan police who are on the streets. that is the face of security. afghan soldiers further out in the outer rings and afghan special mission units on the streets every single night conducting on average two to three targeted operations which are to be sure assisted by intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance platforms from u.s. military or some of our partner element or some intelligence agencies but it is afghan forces doing knock on the door, going over the wall and conducting the actual operation with some assistance as i said in relatively small numbers, typically. >> l

he told german intelligence that in 1995, he had been made a director at this site outside baghdad called djerf al nadaf. the iraqis said it was a seed purification plant. but alwan told the germans he was present when mobile biological weapons were being made there. we've diagrammed how alwan told the germans that specially- equipped trucks made their way to one end of warehouse one, entered doors there, hooked up to hoses and pumps, and brewed biological agents. smaller vehicles then took the finished product away, exiting hidden doors at the other end. the germans were so staggered by alwan's story, they hid their prize source in this hotel in the town of erlangen. he was given the code name "curve ball," and was interrogated intensively for most of 2000. the germans told u.s. intelligence that curve ball didn't want to meet with americans. so all washington got were summaries of his debriefings. but the reports were quite enough to make american intelligence analysts stand up and take notice. >> charles duelfer: when you look at the written reports, and there are about 100 of them, yo

of baghdad the. safest place. to get into the war we saw. dozens of. crossing the border into syria. and it was only a matter of time before a car bomb started on. car bombing might have become. like a lot of other things in the twentieth century. art american invention. could become the financial center of world capitalism. but then in september one thousand twenty wall street was rocked by a massive explosion. it was the world's first car. where we're walking right now is exactly where. if you'd been standing here on september sixteenth one thousand nine hundred twenty you would have been hit by the bomb over here what was then the u.s. treasury. and of course the stock exchange with the big flags on it there same buildings that would have been here most famously the morgan bank. and that really was and in some ways still is just the epicenter of american capitalism and government tell me what happened at about twelve zero one away or strong way again exploded into the lunchtime crowd. they killed about forty people in the street and injured hundreds

remember the lion blinded by the showing of the baghdad zoo, set free wanderer. hogzila was strachlelled or a smoothy after pine through the dry cleaning or nosing the rows of baby food watching as humans enact all the sad and lonely erands of our lines among the plastic singing trout and the caged parakeets the twin poodles yap nothing a locked mercedes. all ghost wanted was a stand of trees, bark to rub against and a scattering of a corns. a corns fall from oaks and we cut those down. hogzila murderer speaks. i summon you from the swamp and holler. a red cheeked salamander in your stomach. when i saw you i littered up my rifle with buck shot and took aim. you were the most beautiful hog i had seen that's why i had to make you die to convince my friends of high heroism. i had not done in life cleaning up beer cans after the hunters left. but as i told that lady from the new york times after offering her fanta, which she refused, the whole country will eat humble pie after the scientists dig up the body of hogzila and see the greetness of exactly what i have done

it is the story of baghdad being played again in tripoli. >> last night war came to colonel gaddafi'sompound. a missile strike turned a three-story building to rubble. the alleys said it was a command and control facility. libyans said it had no military purpose. hundreds were camping there tonight, saying they were ready to die with the leader they loved. some brought their children. some said it missed the voluntary human shield by 50 meters. the labian government wants to persuade the world that the air strikes have nothing to do with protecting civilians and instead aimed at the government. they hope it will under mine support for the air strikes in parts of the world where there are already grave reservations. it is impossible to know what the bombing is having on popular sentiment. only those loyal to the regime voice their opinions. alan little, "bbc news," tripoli. >> colonel gaddafi's forces are continuing to fight in eastern libya despite declaring another cease-fire and coming under attack from aleyed aircraft. there have been clashes from the strongholds in several cities.

. >> a former british soldier who killed two men while working as a security guard in baghdad has been sentenced to life in prison. danny fitzsimmons was charged with murdering two colleagues in 2009. he admitted shooting the man, but claimed it was self-defense. his family said he was suffering from ptsd. at least 17 people have died in brazil while taking part in a street parade. they were electrocuted. the fireworks brought a power cable down on a party of crowd -- a crowd of partygoers. talks are beginning in ireland to put together a new coalition government. in last week's general election, the opposition won the most seats, but was short of the overall majority. enny looks almost certain to be prime minister. a judge told eunice and owen jones that accord takes precedence over the religious in its adoption. puzzling for new ways to engage with part of the world shifting at baffling speed. in israel, anxiety is easily the dominant reaction. until a couple of months ago, egypt was considered a safe lra. hawes and darth change that. -- was considered a safe ally. hosni mubarak chan

american army servicemen were caught on camera shooting dead a reuters reporter and his driver in a baghdad suburb after they mistook them from terrorists q three years after the tragedy with the leaks published the video sparking a massive international right now where it shows you errors in the internal the additional mechanisms it's real and it shows you that reports about what it was insurgent was not an insurgent would appear in the media following the beds where people are killed cannot be trusted several months later in the summer of twenty ten the site and its partner outlets published the afghan dossier was. wiki leaks itself called the afghanistan war diaries they contained eighty thousand on the small crew ports about the course of the campaign the zone said they had received the classified information from a man employed at the u.s. department of defense. it covers a six year period of war and ninety two thousand reports and almost every instant serious incident here with a three all feel it with a target advocation number of people killed the soon as the afghan dossier was made

it's enough to build an arab capital a white house and everything will be all paid so they did so in baghdad what's the result of a civil war since to. date the problem of democracy in the arab world is a very complicated. what is going on now is determined by two factors that are linked to democracy they operate not only in libya but elsewhere in the arab world one is the new generation form generation that's not brought up on television and radio and the internet generation of people who want to be citizens rather than subjects. is it likely that a united libya could end up being broken up. in the territory of libya yes of course libya's facing grave problems as a country libya exists since the time of the italian occupation when the name libya itself was invented by the italian police before that there were three turkish provinces which. syria and. and the regionalism close to separate as moods in syria have never ceased to exist. tribes and they're locked in rivalry with each other why has gadhafi held power for so long because gadhafi belongs to a small tribe. this tribe took power and