when you say baghdad i mean the iraqi president to scare . representatives of the two leading care dish. governing party's leading posing creating the foreign minister and so on so they have pretty substantial influence and baghdad and generally iraqi policies the major ones have been decided with the consent or support of the kurdish leadership of the patriotic union of kurdistan and the k d p the kurdistan democratic party. at this point i would like to take issue with one or two of the premises both in the introduction and maybe implicitly in what brendan are saying as if there is a kind of a new more city or a big historical clash between the care dish people and the arab people i think this is a myth we have had that oppressive regimes like saddam's regime attacking the care dish people but there hasn't been this historic people against people who tensions or or quarters or fights historically in iraq in fact very people a very few people seem to know that there are about ten million kurdish people in baghdad the capital this is more tha

infesting baghdad in terms of political. process and government formation and security so the kurds for now are considering themselves part of iraq but not for long i mean let's beat up to the withdrawal of the of the us forces going in if i can go to you i mean there's a nice saying the appetite comes with eating and once the americans do leave to what degree i mean no keeping something on the ground most likely irrespective what people white house says or the pentagon says but i mean there's a historic moment right here and we all know that iraq is in political deadlock right now the kurds are kingmakers and if this goes on for much longer the kurds will say you know go ahead guys i mean you figured out we've got oil we have we have unity for the most part in and the lands of the kurds i mean they have a lot of cards to play right now and i'd like to throw in the arab spring in the background about self-determination and and creating a better civil society there because they had a lot going for them go ahead. the kurdistan

. >> 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

i spoke with him a short while ago from baghdad. ed o'keefe, we understand that june was the bloodiest month for the u.s. military in iraq since 2008. what explains this uptick in violence? >> that's right. there were 15 troops that were either killed or died in the month of june. u.s. officials here in baghdad and back in washington are fingering iran for helping at least three shiite insurgent groups here in iraq. essentially they've been getting training and weapons from the iranian revolutionary guard special forces. some forensic testing that's been done on weapons that were used in attacks last week apparently shows that these are longer-range weapons. they're a lot more accurate. it suggests that the insurgents have been getting better training u.s. officials told me today. they are very concerned about this here but the u.s. continues to say that iraq is the one that is responsible for responding to these attacks because these attacks are happening on iraqi soil it's up to the iraqi security forces to step up and do somethin

. >>> double blasts north of baghdad have killed at least 35 people and injured 50 others. a car bomb exploded in the parking lot outside a municipal building in taji town. about 20 kilometers north of baghdad on tuesday. another device blew up a few minutes later. the building and its vicinity were crowded with people waiting in line for official papers. the violence occurred just one day after a motor attack on a luxury hotel killed two people in the heavily fortified green zone in central baghdad. the iraqi government says keeping the u.s. military presence beyond the pullout deadline of december 31st is essential for improving security. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item send by thailand. thai police on tuesday broke up a wildlife smuggling operation, seizing more than one thousand reptiles. police in the northern nonkai province arrested two suspects as they were attempting to smuggle the animals to vietnam via laos. the represent times included pythons and snakes. their street value is estimat

and we'll check in baghdad this morning. stay with us.  >>> obesity rates climbed. several states tumbled their obesity rates over the past 15 years >>> the world health organization wants more countries to require graphic warning labels for their cigarette to help people kick the habit. according to the organization, those kinds of warnings are proven to motivate people to stop smoking as well as reduce tobacco appeal to those not addicted. >>> the f.d.a. revealed graphic was, now placed on tobacco boxes. you are taking a look at some of those warnings >>> an exciting meeting today in maryland. kidney doctors and recipients in a triple transplant will meet for the very first time. each recipient came to the doctors with a donor who turned out to not be a match. kidney donors were then found for them. the six surgeries took place on june 15th. you are ring confused. everyone got a kidney in the end. that's the best when you see sitting there and talk about their selfless act. >> that's going to be great. >>

because the coldest winter i ever spent was summer in baghdad.ause they kept the trailer that we were working in i swear 47 degrees. it was 125 degrees outside in a sandstorm and i felt like it was almost like rubbing it in the iraqis face that, you know, this may be baghdad here but it's minsota up in this business. [laughter] gary, thank you so much. [cheers and applause] gary sinese, "lieutenent dan band" launches online this monday, july 4th. at ltdanban d.o.d. >> stephen: that's it for the report, everybody. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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

. >> phinetta is in baghdad to meet with leaders to talk about keeping troops in baghdad until 20 look 11. --until 2011. >> i wanted a chance to meet with the men and women who are putting their lives on the line for our country. you are the ones that i am responsible for, you are the ones that i care about, you are the ones that i want to make sure i protected not only for yourselves up for your family is. >> i read the police said three rockets hit baghdad green zone during his visit but no casualties reported in the attack. the time now is 6:12 a.m. take a look at the james lick. here it looks a little dry air and the payment look so went from all of that fog and drizzle, it is cool out there a big change in the weather for this work week we will talk about that and a couple of minutes. can save yy if you open up a charge card account with us. you just read my mind. [ male announcer ] just one little piece of information, and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money, and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock. lifelock is the leader in identity t

bombings constantly across the country and baghdad. lot of it is focused at local government officials, the police and iraqi army soldiers. you have that kind of violence going on all the time and it becomes sort of a regular thing. frankly just like petty crime goes on in the washington area, just here it's obviously a lot more dramatic. you've got suicide bombings, targets assassinations, booby trapped vehicles that blow up and kill people and it's become kind of a way of life. but definitely when you talk to people -- americans and iraqis have been here since the start of the star. violence is -- war. violence is down dramatically but continues ad a noticeable clip. >> ed o'keefe with the "washington post," thank you so much. >>> also topping international news on a different front, prince william and kate middleton on their first official foreign tour. >> the royal couple heads to l. a. today and we've got a preview coming up next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. >>> all right, l. a. is getting ready to host some royalty. >> as

show you new video of panetta arriving in baghdad. he was not injured in the attack on the green zone. panetta is meeting with u.s. and iraqi military leaders. he's set to discuss the possibility of keeping some u.s. troops in iraq beyond december 31st. that's when all of u.s. troops are scheduled to depart. >>> nasa is keeping an eye on some space junk that could pose a threat to the international space station and to the shuttle atlantis. the piece of an old russian satellite will be closest to the combined spacecraft tomorrow. that is during one of the planned space walks for the mission. nasa says if the debris poses a problem, the thrusters on atlantis can be used to move the station and the shuttle. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge are scheduled to be back in britain this morning. prince william and his new bride kate departed l.a.x. yesterday afternoon. of course they boarded a british airways jet. the newlyweds wrapped up a whirlwind three day tour of southern california. stops included visit with inner city children at a

and find out why more than eleven million websites in baghdad by web searching google. onesies de denmark broke ranks with other e.u. states in the second zone by reinforcing its border controls all tenses and customs checks and move as angered at neighboring germany and the plate about a nation of free travel in europe so this person danish m.p. who has been pushing for strict immigration laws feels is the easier it is to kill as he'll be idea of open borders throughout europe has shown to be a utopia and we have had the choice out of the european idea or reality has really been the real world we can see what comes across our borders and not least at least what is leaving denmark it was stolen goods have increased we cannot sit and just watch that happen the same thing we see with europe these crushing of europe even in countries that. have it every year and couldn't do proper way we see the e.u. . disintegrating i can see that happening all over the place not only a good luck we might just be the first one to take steps to avoid further problems for our country even l

hour at least thirty five people have been killed nearly fifty two explosions in a town north of baghdad. government buildings as people gathered on the road a roadside bomb went off and followed monday's attack in baghdad. four civilians died when a rocket was. independence day celebrations at the american embassy it hit a hotel workers complex and sparked a fire. britain's prime minister is promising a surge in financial aid to afghanistan despite a planned withdrawal of u.k. troops david cameron's in the country for a two day visit where he hoped to celebrate foreign forces progress in fighting insurgents but his plans were marred after a soldier was captured and executed by the taliban. this year has sentenced former president in absentia to a fifteen year prison term for trafficking drugs weapons and archaeological artifacts a fortnight ago ben ali was convicted of investment and sentenced to thirty five years behind bars he fled to saudi arabia back in january after a month long uprising requests for his extradition back to tunisia have not been answered. while they are forgotten f

five people have been killed and thirty wounded in a car bomb and roadside bombing just north of baghdad it comes as an attack on the embassy zone in baghdad killed four iraqi civilians officials say militants fired a rocket late on monday night during independence day celebrations of the american embassy it hit a residential complex stuff the hotel workers and then sparked a fire there are no reports about casualties among embassy staff. britain's prime minister is promising a surge in financial aid to afghanistan despite the planned withdrawal of u.k. troops there but cameras around the country for a two day visit where he hoped to celebrate foreign forces progress in fighting insurgents but his plans were not after a soldier was captured and executed by the taliban. soon as you know has sentenced its former president in absentia to a fifteen year prison term for trafficking drugs weapons and archaeological artifacts a fortnight ago ben ali was the president and sentenced to thirty five years behind bars he fled to saudi arabia back in january after a month long rising requests for his

gathered to help the victims of the first blast follows a missile attack killing four people in baghdad's green zone where government and embassy buildings on a great. it's a rare and incurable disease and in russia suffer a saying it's ignored by the medical establishment known as e.b. it means children have skin so delicate that even just a simple touch can break it. has met the families who are coping with illness and you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. she likes dancing and no one would guess the amount of pain lisa goes through to make these simple movements lisa has a rare genetic condition epidermal this is blows or that makes her skin as thin as a butterfly wing yes light touch or a hug can cause painful blistering that takes a long time to heal leaving the skin even more fragile. around the world sufferers like lisa are known as butterfly children however in russia it's as if they don't exist right you can use the doctors simply don't know the disease and when you tell them what it is they might have heard of it but they don't know how to deal with it she k