it is back in 2003, there was just a ceasefire in baghdad, right after, you know the second world war,. and someone flew straight into jordan, hired two bodyguards, hired a four-wheel drive, and went straight into baghdad. why did she do that? because she knew that the baghdad art scene was one of the most vibrant in the arab world and actually in the world. there was a lot of very good talent that had been under the operation of the former regime still building a fantastic collection of art. she went to the bag that school of art. she asked to meet with the top 10 young artists there. she got a few their paintings and smuggled them back to france. she had a show, and i fell in love with this art. tin years later, we sell art online. i wanted to find a way to expose people worldwide to this fantastic art. i call that lady about six months ago, and it turned out that she still has a fantastic art from the artists, and i bought everything over the phone. it was the goal to bring it to the u.s. and then expose it, you know, to the broader public in multiple ways. our mission is to make a

the deal has the government in baghdad fuming.ers any deal with the krg illegal and has a policy of black listing any company that signs them. the heightened tensions manifested themselves in this oil conference in irbil. >> i also say to our partners in baghdad, very clearly and directly, kurdistan has a constitutional right to developing its oil resources. and there is no way that we will allow ourselves, yet again, ever again, to be held hostage to the whims of some bureaucrats in baghdad. >> reporter: this former national security adviser to the central government, under orders from the top, slammed the deal, threatened to ban the oil giant exxonmobil and pursue it with legal action. exxonmobil has a major service contract signed with the central government in one of iraq's southern oil fields. the deal with the krg has some speculating that it's part of bigger political maneuvering. >> in imagine dad, some people perceive this contract to be targeting the federal government to weaken the government and it has some political c

vice president joe biden is in baghdad.president. >> it's good to be back for this purpose. it's good to be back. >> thank you. >> during his trip, the vice president will be thanking the troops and meeting with iraq's leaders. the visit comes as u.s. forces, of course, prepare for complete withdrawal by the end of next month. nbc's ann curry is traveling with vice president biden and joins us by phone from iraq. this is an important time. a real inflexion point in our policy in iraq. >> reporter: good afternoon. the c-17 carrying vice president joe biden landed in darkness in bad baghdad. pilots were wearing infrared goggles amid security at 10:32 eastern time where as you point out, with security concerns are especially heightened here. the vice president team seems especially mindful of the recent rise in violence in iraq as u.s. troops are withdrawing. numerous bombings in recent weeks, including recent days here in baghdad which military leaders attribute to terrorist groups giving false impression that americans are f

. >> 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

president obama would have preferred to keep a small contingent in iraq, baghdad declined. with the long, painful chapter coming to an end, what is america leaving behind? gabriel gatehouse spent time with forces as they prepared to withdraw. >> the busiest military truck stop in iraq. each day, the snake their way through the base as they head south words out of the country. -- southwards out of the country. the war has cost america over $70 billion. as they pack up, the question -- was it all worth it? >> the operation between the u.s. military and the iraqi government really brought civilization back to a tolerable level here. the differences as -- i am proud everyday. i know our soldiers are proud. >> that pride is not shared in a nearby town. the estimates of numbers of lives lost exceed 100,000. people live with daily fear of violence. and the infrastructure is still in tatters. >> still we have no water, no electricity, no reconstruction. they said iraq would become a paradise. where is it? >> that is not quite although. there is democracy and freedom of speech. in f

jon: fox news alert and a surprise visit to baghdad for the vice president. vice president joe biden landed in baghdad just about 15 minutes ago to visit our troops there. good thing he is doing it now because as of january we're told there will not be any american forces left in the country. we're down to about 14,000 american forces in iraq right now. that from a high of about 170,000. of course the administration failed to reach an agreement to keep american forces in iraq by the end of the year. our chief white house correspondent ed henry is there with the vice president. i'm sorry, they left you behind, ed. you're at the white house. the vice president is in baghdad. forgive me. >> reporter: here at the white house. you're right. we're confirming with people on the ground the vice president just landed in baghdad for a surprise two-day visit. we're told he will be meeting with iraqi firms and talking to -- officials and u.s. troops. there is the year-end deadline. president obama came into the white house briefing room in late october basically laid out

six thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines flash back to iraq some experts that claim baghdad had weapons of mass destruction now indorse i.a.e.a. suggestions that a whole lot is developing the bomb as western media wrongly names the so-called nuclear scientist mentioned in the report. yes i regime free syrian army reportedly stage as a major assault on a loyalist base near the capital damascus as the arab league ratchets up the pressure on president assad despite his pledges to reform. but not down a string of evictions of anti-corporate occupy protesters across the u.s. and fails to stop and look me up to shut down wall street. a war in the cosmic welcome the international space station crew joined by three new members of the soyuz rocket safely delivers them to orbit due to stay aboard the i assess performance. of next we hear from inside europe's financial elite as a belgian durkee on epping tells us what went wrong with the euro zone and why the debt crisis can't be resolved until the e.u. addresses its leadership problems. europeans will still miss building the european parl

tonight flashback to iraq the same experts that played baghdad had weapons of mass destruction now endorse a suggestion for the iran is developing a nuclear bomb that says western media wrongly names the so-called nuclear scientists mentioned the political. regime the free syrian army reportedly stages a major assault on a loyalist base near the capital damascus is the arab league ratchets up the pressure on president assad despite his pledge to reform. out but not doubt the strength of which and see corporate occupy protesters across the us fails to stop the movement from gearing up to shut down wall street. a warm cosmic welcome the international space station crew is joined by three new members as a soyuz rocket safely delivers them into orbit if you stay at the isis before march . that's a wrap of our top stories now next we hear from inside europe's financial elite as belgium your own you're an epic tells us what he thinks went wrong with the eurozone and why the debt crisis he thinks can't be resolved until the e.u. addresses its leadership problem. europeans will storm with building

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in baghdad a report suggest eight people were killed and over twenty injured but police medics say the number of casualties is set to grow your target follows a statement by iraq's prime minister urging security forces to clamp down on any threats of violence the last thirty three thousand u.s. troops. a suicide bomb blast near a mosque in afghanistan's northern baghlan province has left at least seven dead and injured more than a dozen others the attacker detonated his vest as worshippers left for a market be muslim festival lead among those killed two local police commanders claimed responsibility but officials are pointing the finger at taliban militants. in colombia fourteen people have been killed by mudslides and swept through a number of towns in the west of the country in one incident four people were buried alive as they slept rescue workers are continuing to try to search for survivors thirty five people are still unaccounted for tonight many buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged during what's been one of colombia's worst rainy seasons in years. so as mentioned just

. >> well, because -- well, the one in baghdad was a bit of a problem because i describe in baghdad that the president -- in the book that president bush had sent don and me to baghdad to sort of show unity between the defense department and the state department and don was impatient with the whole thing and, unfortunately, sort of came through in the press availability. and i'm afraid we wrote stories that we really didn't intend to write about how well we were getting along. and so, yeah, that one was a bit of a disaster. but you know, those things happen. and as i said, don and i remain friends. and it's awfully important for people to realize that you can have substantive differences, you can have intense debates, you can even have intense arguments, and you can still do it in a civil way where you may have personalities involved but it doesn't have to become personal. >> before we go to a break, very quickly, dick cheney said that he saw you crying in a professional situation. i found that very hard to believe. >> yeah, i find that kind of hard to believe, too. no. i don't think i w

not just those people who went into baghdad when the city fell. those who were there when the city was under attack. we are motivated by the same thing. a passion and a belief in being an observer to history. it witness to our times. one of the of fundamental tenants of any democracy, how can you go when the war if you are not there to witness it and then decide where you stand. >> you feel you are there as a sin in -- sit in for the people of the united states? >> i would spend time with people in angola. nobody cared about that war. who was recording it if we were not there? reuters going in a few months would have been the only time. people were being tortured. most people do not care about that but i cared. i never did it because it was going to make me famous. -- was it ever in your mind who you looked up to? >> i respected people but never wanted to be somebody else. i wanted to be my own person. i did not grow up in the arms of the american media. a respected cnn in beijing when the first goal for happen. i wanted to be there. the people th

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the responsibility for the city of baghdad. nine months later in april 2004, our effort to establish security to develop the iraqi security forces enabled restoration of the fundamental services to the iraqi people and encourage them to take control of their own destiny was at risk. although about a third of my division was already redeployed to germany, our tour of duty was extended in order to suppress an uprising of the shia militia and in the southern provinces of iraq. over the course of the next few days i visited nearly every unit in the division to explain to them why it was important that we remain in iraq for another four months. to their great and everlasting credit to a man and woman they recognize the importance of the mission they embrace the challenge and they did with the nation asked them to do. as i look back, i think i will remember most the toughness, the results and the resilience of america's sons and daughters and their families in those early days. sometimes often actually always their character shines t

the vice-president landed in afghanistan -- landed in baghdad under the cover of darkness. he will hold meetings about the future of american-iraqi relations. >>> still to come, the new accusations of misconduct by freddie mac and fannie mae. see how they are blamed for billions of wasted dollars. >> a guy wearing some baggy pants cannot board a plane. >> a trial gets under way in a maryland robo-call case. ♪ ♪ [ jerry ] attention shoppers. your groceries are the size of idaho but the interest rate on your checking is small potatoes. earn more at capital one bank. get new high yield free checking. your interest rate will be 5 times the national average. that's huge. and free atms at any bank. free is good. sign up at capital one bank. what's in your wallet? what is he, a cdesdale. >>> you are watching abc7 news at 6 on your side. >>> a baltimore judge dismissed one count of conspiracy against a longtime aide to the former governor is accused of using robo-call to suppress voter turnout. he faces two other conspiracy charges. >>> the family of robert stephens will receive $2

vice president biden in baghdad this hour. it's his eighth trip to iraq since taking office and almost certainly his last before u.s. forces pull out at the end of the month. he's due to meet with iraq's prime minister and president and commemorate the sacrifices and accomplishments of u.s. and iraqi troops. >>> newt gingrich is planting his flag in the first southern state, that is south carolina. this is day two of a three-day visit by the latest front-runner and in a town hall event just getting started in bluffton, you can bet he'll be talking immigration. he was proposing what he calls a humane progression towards long-time immigrants to pay taxes. >>> former penn state assistant football coach jersey sandusky hired a private investigator. sandus sandusky's lawyer says it he will try to prove the former coach was innocent. he's currently free on $100,000 bail. >>> an hour from now in syracuse, the da will ask a judge to force police to hand over records from their noninvestigation of bernie fine in 2002 the former assista

. >> thinks giving king early at can victory in baghdad this year.oldiers sat down for lunch because they are heading home. the canteen will be packed away and sent back to the u.s. the u.s. government plans to withdraw all 33,000 troops from iraq by the end of the year. >> now your insta-weather plus forecast with john collins. >> we mentioned the rain would probably hold off until after the game. they blew the whistle and it started sprinting. it was that close. we have light showers moving across the area. there is more rain to the west coming in tonight. the rain will be increasing overnight tonight. we have several days of on and off again rain in the forecast. it made it to 68 degrees at the airport and 70 at the inner harbor. i thought it would be cooler than that. 46 and 49 were the lows this morning. we have a trace of precipitation so far. we will pick up more tonight. the green are temperatures still in the 60's. the darker shades are already dropping into the 50's especially in western maryland. this is the rain that will be coming in. th

this happened in the town of taji just north of baghdad. this is the third suicide bombing in little more than a week in iraq with more than 40 people killed in the attacks. >>> nato has apologized for air strikes that killed 24 pakistani soldiers over the weekend. and have promised a full investigation. tensions between pakistan and the u.s. have grown more strained since the air strikes. pakistan has closed more border crossings used by the u.s. and nato forces to transport supplies through afghanistan. they've also ordered the u.s. to leave an air base used for cia drone missions. nato officials say forces were under attack before they responded. pakistan says those claims simply aren't true. >>> right now history is being made in egypt. egyptians are voting in the first parliamentary election since the ouster of hosni mubarak. voters have been standing outside voting centers in cairo. officials have been concerned the recent unrest would keep voter turnout low. polls show that egyptians are sharply divided and confused over the country'

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a truck driver driving a cargo truck of food from kuwait to baghdad will get paid a certain rate is a contractor of a different rate these are not all contractors seeking $250,000 in year, so i think we ought to appeal that back a little bit for you to see the real cost. >> it's important to let the american public know because i was in afghanistan talking to the soldiers who were deeply concerned about those drivers just from a post to post getting upwards of $100,000 you have a soldier that can do it in 20 or $30,000 when we are trying to squeeze out every last dollar i think it's important -- i would rather be quite frankly providing the tools and resources to our military personnel versus contractors so i would hope he would look at that and mr. secretary, you know, you committed to allowing iran to get nuclear weapons and i am still -- to you think we are accomplishing that? >> - fat the united states working with our allies and implementing the the sanctions that have gone against iran have combined with other efforts, you know, in a heated their effort to move forward in that a

i was given responsibility for the city of baghdad. nine months later in april of 2004, our efforts to develop iraqi security forces unable services for the iraqi people and encourage them to take control of their own destiny. this was at risk. our tour of duty was suspended in order to suppress an uprising of shiites in the southern provinces of iraq. over the course of the next few days i went to every division to explain to them why it was important that we remain in iraq for another four months. to their great credit, they recognize the importance of the mission, embraced the challenge, and it with their nation ask them to do. as i look back and i remember most the toughness and the resolve and resilience of american sons and daughters. always, their character shines through in the toughest of times. i remember one female staff sergeant listening intently as i explained why we were being extended. she interrupted me to say, listen, do not worry. we trust you. but, she said, when we get to the point where iraqis can and should do if

in 2003, i went to iraq as military police to serve in baghdad. i would love to be part of this commission, because i feel with the amount of debt coming back -- vets coming back, there are no issues that are unique, like unemployment and women's care. we have a good understanding of how to treat these issues. supervisor kim: same question that i asked to the other applicants, did you attend meetings and you already mentioned that you want to outreach to the current generation of veterans. are there specific goals he would like to accomplish as commissioner? >> i have not attended the meetings as of yet, but i am very interested. my goal, this war was the first time that women was owere ont the front lines. i want them not only to survive but overcome everything we have gone through. supervisor kim: i am seeing no further questions, thank you for your time. at this time, i will be opening up for public comment. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have a commissioner on the veterans affairs commission serving as secretary. i am here today to advocate

i tell them to shut off the lights on the way out but i'm pretty sure baghdad still doesn't have electricity. folks, i am glad we are bringing those troops back home. we need to deploy them where they are needed. australia. (laughter) you see next week president obama will announce a permanent u.s. military presence in australia. and i'm do excited. i had no idea invading australia was even on the take. (laughter) or as it's known down there, the barbie. you hear that you dijierie-dope. you're australian for bloep bloep, god, god, i hope, i just pray that obama calls this shock and usie. personally, personally i would have gone with iran or north korea next, but if you think about, australia makes perfect sense. it's a distant desert land full of known criminals, speaking a bizarre dialect with frightening tribal music. ♪ i come from the land down under ♪ ♪. >> stephen: and folks, within the intelligence community it is a known haven for al-koala. what are they hiding in those pouches? and it makes sense strategically. australia is the gateway to new zealand. and we know those hobbits have a