this morning i'm not just leaving baghdad i'm fleeing baghdad. but the city gates the soldier who checks out passports tells us yet another attack a scar to the capital. was. another checkpoint on the road to babylon we present our passports and passes. a country apprehensive. the sky is like twilight i feel like i'm wandering in the kingdom of the dead it's raining sand. prayers have punctuated each day on the road i sleep while he converses with his god. amidst the wind blown sand appears the mythical city of babylon. in his delusions of grandeur saddam hussein emerged himself to be its king the heir to throw the president of the iraqi republic saddam hussein in one nine hundred eighty eight inaugurated the restored city of babylon first built by nebuchadnezzar between six o four and five sixty two b.c. . at the height of his power like the ancient kings before him. palace in the heart of the legendary city . his tower of babel crashed down around him in the dust of pride and ambition. his memory has been left to the ravages of time and the ins

charred the neighboring city in baghdad and more than a dozens of car bomb targeting the city of baghdad and doors are people killed were there is a hundreds of people wanted in all over baghdad become a bit of iraq. well thank you very much for that i just want to just to get an idea of what's been the see do these happen quite regularly and how do people there take what's happening in terms of all these what's the mood like it is a ten years of the rock u.s. led invasion the what's the mood like the. actually. if the current situation here in baghdad it is all the people here know invalid this is the very tan adversity of the u.s. led invasion to go to iraq and all the this situation her is a critical because as we heard before a while that the green zone in iraq he was a character ages blocked. all the roads the bridge from there to reversal by the back door of the cab or to being a block because this is the street. there is so critical and because of dozens of people are being killed in the targeting by the car bomb targeting all the iraqi people and as well as the people are feeling

baghdad needs the u.s. to use that influence to help iraq, to help baghdad, to help malick he himself have better relationships. and of course, there are the arms sales. will the u.s. continued to just sell arms, sell arms with no conditions placed on it? tothose arms are used oppress mr. maliki's domestic rivals? >> how else should the u.s. recovery that relationship? >> well, i think it is possible to have a two-pronged relationship, even with the government. we will support you, but we will not support aggressive action. we will support you, but we will not accept human rights violations. we will support the political process and the political system as long as it actively serves the principles on which it was felt. -- built. now let me make a very point of this juncture. weree beginning, when we writing the traditional -- transitional administrative law and later on when the peace was negotiated, there was an assumption that the players were going to abide by the rules. this assumption was wrong. some h

triggering a devastating war but the anniversary is met with this series of deadly blasts across baghdad. so i first moved towards a vote on taking cash from people's bank accounts to secure a bailout in what's being called the great e.u. bank robbery. prisoners' hunger strike is said to be growing with activists increasingly outraged by the universe of international humanitarian organizations. and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow our breaking news this hour at least twenty one people have been killed in a series of attacks across baghdad the deadly assaults come as iraq marks the ten years since the coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy mission careful of is in iraq now and joins us on the line twenty one people have been killed what further details do you have. sure well we're still continuing to information strips but we trickling out and we do expect the death toll to probably rise to convey we know that dozens of people applauding shiite districts in baghdad have been injured what we're getting from offic

when you say you are coming to baghdad? they say, well, our friends say we are crazy, but we wanted to see these ancient treasures. these are people who love archaeology. they love the ancient world. they were from chicago and new york. a said they feel safe enough to be here. they take -- they said they feel safe enough to be here. they take precautions. >> when you ask people, as you have been doing, whether they feel the country is better off than before the invasion, does the answer largely fall on secretary and lines -- secretary sec -- secretary and -- tarian lines? >> the she is -- the shias are in the coalition government. a lot of sunnis feel marginalized by the government. some of them say they live in ghettos here in baghdad. they have demonstrations every week at the moment. there are fears there could be a return to the secat ash -- sect arian violence we could -- we saw a few years ago. something like 40% of the workforce are out of work, even though there is very high growth because of the oil production that

a series of attacks in baghdad leave dozens dead and around a hundred injured as the country marks ten years since the u.s. led invasion. so i burst moves towards a vote on taking cash from the people's bank you can secure a bail out in what is being called the great bank robbery. the guantanamo prisoners hunger strike is said to be growing with activists increasingly outraged by the inertia of international humanitarian organizations. welcome you watching our take with me andrey farmer well we start with breaking news here on r.t. at least fifty people have been killed in a series of attacks across baghdad the deadly assaults come as iraq marks ten years since the coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy mission. as the latest from iraq. we do expect the death toll to trouble me right to convey we know that doug and the people at. a district in baghdad have been injured we're getting from official the moment that there's been a period of more than a dozen. car bombs as well as the road why do you think that part of this could be a coor

a series of attacks in baghdad leave dozens dead and around a hundred injured as a country mile ten years as a u.s. led invasion. cyprus moves towards a vote and taking cash from people's bank accounts to secure a bailout what's being called the great to you bank robbery. going tunnel prisoners hunger strike is said to be growing with activists increasingly outraged by the measure of international humanitarian organizations. it's two pm here in moscow you're live with us on our t.v. with me tom would say it's good to have you company with us at least fifty six people have been killed in a series of attacks across baghdad the deadly assaults come as iraq marks ten years since the coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy mission. has the latest from iraq. but we do expect the death toll to trouble me right to convey we know that doug and the people at. the district in baghdad have been injured we're getting from official the moment that there's been a period of more than a dozen. car bombs as well as the road why do you think that part of th

a series of bomb attacks through baghdad killing dozens and injuring hundreds as the rug struggles to get back on its feet on the tenth anniversary of the u.s. led invasion. making savers a save balance cypriots are stunned to see up to ten percent of their life savings are wiped away over e.u. bailout conditions theory among islanders and. handle human rights groups turn a blind eye to the growing mass hunger strike among one ton of mowbray prisoners i make claims officials are doing everything they can to hush the protests. we're live from of the rushing capital of this is our duty with me to bomb would say it's good to have your company with us. of these of fifty six people have been killed and over two hundred wounded in a series of bombings across baghdad the assaults come as iraq mogs ten years this is a coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy mission r. g.'s you see kaffir novel has more. we do expect the death toll to trouble me right to convey we know that doug and the people. in baghdad i have been injured we're getting from

at least twenty one people were killed in a series of attacks across baghdad as the country marks ten years since the u.s. led invasion. so i tore the vote on taking cash from people's bank accounts to secure them what's being called the great e.u. bank robbery. the guantanamo prisoners hunger strike is said to be growing with activists increasingly rage by the union of international humanitarian organizations. i. welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrew farmer. and we start with breaking news in that twenty one people have been killed in baghdad on the tenth anniversary of the u.s. led invasion of the country we will have more on that in the next few minutes or so but it is a nail biting time for savers inside waiting a delayed parliamentary vote on letting the government help itself to up to ten percent of their cash to stop the country going bankrupt the unprecedented move to dip into people's pockets is to secure a vital cash injection from the e.u. and the i.m.f. as our europe correspondent peter all of the reports the run on banks and ensuring prot

then we moved into the heavy part which was really a run and gun all the way to baghdad. and the -- i'll have to tell you, no matter how people talk about the tank, it was nothing that could compare with that abe rams tank, especially with the optics for its 7.62 machine gun. go into what actually happened in the battles, we were dispatching the fedaheen at 15 meters, 30 meters and general smith says, what really happened in this war was the moral to the physical as napoleon said when he used to go on the battlefield, maybe 40-1. in other words, psychologically, the iraqis didn't think they could stand up to us much the only place they did interestingly was in nazzreea because when they captured jessica lynch and had killed those army soldiers, they thought those were marines. and so their morale went up and they fought harder as a consequence. that was the only case. the rest of the time they just didn't think they could fight us and as a result, they didn't. once we crossed the tying riss -- tigris river, we were able to push a line of tanks and humvees that have missil

on this day on the sounds of the first bombs that's been on baghdad what was your family's experience it was a jihad because you know my family went through so many wars in the last we would be doing the talking on war they would have this was during the one nine hundred ninety one and beat the bombing campaign and all through the other bombing campaigns that happened in the one nine hundred ninety s. so bombings were not very new to us but two thousand and three was very different it was intensified we actually couldn't sleep for three days the initial shock and awe were thousands and thousands of myside spent on baghdad when it was there were explosions twenty four was the day we couldn't control yeah. that has to do. that has to do incredible psychological damage particularly children i mean to everyone you know to children to my parents i remember my mom was traumatized she spent most of the day being a couple and of course you know my kids my brothers were younger than that i was younger and. making fun of that and so you know but now when i look back it was a very very traumatiz

explosions lit up the night sky in baghdad. three weeks later, the capital fell as residents cheered the arrival of american and coalition forces. marines toppled a statue of ousted leader saddam hussein, one of the first iconic images of the conflict. another iconic image from the war came in may of 2003 when president george w. bush announced the end of major combat operations in iraq while aboard the u.s.s. "abraham lincoln." >> in the battle of iraq, the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> reporter: but it would be more than eight years before the last u.s. military convoys rolled out of iraq. >> i'm happy! i'm happy to be out of iraq. >> reporter: nearly 4,500 americans were killed during the war that spanned close to nine years. along with more than 100,000 iraqis. some of the conflicts' bloodiest battles were fought in fallujah when u.s. forces faced off against insurgents and four u.s. contractors were attacked. their charred bodies were dragged through the streets. in december, 2003, saddam hussein was capt

and the series of bomb attacks tear through baghdad killing dozens and injuring hundreds as a rock struggles to get back on its think on the tenth anniversary of the u.s. led invasion. life rotty h.q. in moscow eleven pm it's kevin owen here the breaking news that we've been bringing you in the last hour the cypriot parliament in the last hour has rejected that savers tax to payroll banks demanded by the european union as a precondition to the future bailout there the proposed levy caused outrage in the mediterranean island over the last couple of days with cypriots starting to lose up to ten percent of their life savings. reports now from the square right in front of the parliament to nicosia. right in front of the cypriot parliament to the parliamentarians just stepping out here and as far as we know they had rejected the one time bank deposit tax that was imposed by the e.u. find us ministers of the i.m.f. over the weekend now according to the a parliamentarian i spoke with there were thirty six nos nineteen abstained abstentions and zero yes s. and therefore you can see that to really th

bombs went off across baghdad today is. resulting in multiple deaths and injury.we drove around baghdad today we saw the result in closing of government offices and businesses early. traffic jacks and some gridlock across the city. the same time, today was marked by new political uncertainty. lack lab announced provincial elections would be put off for six months. iraqi government sources are telling us now that the delay will be extented for all provinces across iraq. so in some, while the security has mostly improved in iraq over the last few years, the anniversary was a reminder of the darker days. >> bret: yeah, dave, what were you hearing and seeing? what were you hearing from the iraqis? were they shocked by this bombing, the series of bombings? >> guest: i think the bombings came as somewhat of a shock. although, everyone was aware of the anniversary. there have been bombings on previous verses haves, but the same time. the anniversary is a day that marks some upate and anger on the part of iraqis toward we werers. westerns are not so much of a target in ir

farah still calls baghdad home. she lived there in 2004 when we first got to know her. she's now 15 years old. i met her a year after the start of the iraq war. farah was taking an art class at a children's center. she had been drawing picture after picture of dead palm trees. she said the trees were dead. farah lived with her grandparents. we were told that her parents had been killed in front of her soon after the war broke out. the family was fleeing the fighting in a car. u.s. soldiers reportedly mistook them for insurgents. farah's mother shielded her daughter from the shooting. the teenager remembers staring at dead palm trees that stood nearby. during our reunion farah told us more about why she focused on drawing dead palms nearly a decade ago. >> translator: it was a way of expressing my grief. i was sad. i wanted to show the difficulty i had, my sadness and anxiety. >> reporter: farah misses her parents. when she feels lonely, she visits their grave. >> translator: my father took good care of me. he took me to the theater. my mother allowed me to have my way.

lucy cavanagh in baghdad about high stability in the country is proving to be invasive poorest just after a quick break. well . it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought. was a big. news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations to rule the day. but i welcome back a group linked to al qaeda says they are behind the so-called bloody tuesday attacks in baghdad when sixty five people died in a series of blasts across the city today which motley tenth anniversary of the u.s. invasion became the deadliest in iraq so far this year after a western coalition stepped in to bring freedom and democracy stability is still leading the nation. is in iraq and joins us live now. traveled around parts of iraq over the last few days what is the feeling among the people there how do they feel about the situation in the country right no

a series of bomb attacks a day through baghdad killing dozens and injuring hundreds as iraq struggles to get back on its feet on the tenth anniversary of the u.s. led invasion. begin saving losers save bank a super existence you see up to ten percent of their life savings wiped away over each new bailout conditions evoking fury among islanders and beyond. and the human rights groups turn a blind eye to the growing mass hunger strike among one tunnel bay prisoners i made claims of socials are doing everything they can to hush the protest. it's five pm here in a moscow you're live with us on r.t. for more international news analysis and reports. at least of fifty six a people have been killed and over two hundred wounded in a series of bombings across baghdad the attacks are struggling to neighborhoods of the city and officials are saying there have been at least ten assaults including suicide car and drove side explosions in busy areas all within one hour on one of the deadliest attacks struck near the heavily fortified green zone the seat of a many government buildings and embassy no

on april ninth baghdad fell on april the twelfth i set on fire all the archives we kept on the u.s. western europe and asian countries. so i think it was how long did it take you to burn them and not a. total of four days after i took the decision in order to burn these files there were tons of documents but i made sure they were all destroyed on april the twenty second i was arrested those guys wanted to make me speak and his book the cia director right that they had successfully located an important informant in the intelligence the pilots were told to get ready for an airstrike we insisted that we needed him a life that was important for us here they broke into my house at five in the evening did you consider attempting an escape. no i was sure i would get caught no matter where i went i was responsible for the archive on the us i had all the information i wasn't worried because the archive had been burned and words are just words. let's talk about a sensitive subject. did you really try to bribe mr el baradei. you know i work for intelligence and ninety percent of intelligence w

tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and. a road map of the iraqi tragedy. serve obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much as we are rockies are very happy not to see it or hear anymore enough was enough the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they are responsible for the whole tragedy because we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and us about all of us out of. my journey begins on the mountains of iraqi kurdistan. an army of two hundred thousand soldiers called peshmerga watch over this rather particular region of a country. that . jeff. was. my first stop is an l.b.o. the capital of iraqi kurdistan it's the only region of iraq today that is seeing peace and an economic boom the miracle of being made possible by the discovery of oil. on kurdish territory. for a long time dominated by baghdad and saddam hussein kurdistan dreams of achieving autonomy. the first customer the first passenger on our trip is a member of the new kurdish

farah still calls baghdad home. she lived there in 2004 when we first got to know her. she's now 15 years old. i met her a year after the start of the iraq war. farah was taking an art class at a children's center. she had been drawing picture after picture of dead palm trees. she said the trees were dead. farah lived with her grandparents. we were told that her parents had been killed in front of her soon after the war broke out. the family was fleeing the fighting in a car. u.s. soldiers reportedly mistook them for insurgents. farah's mother shielded her daughter from the shooting. the teenager remembers staring at dead palm trees that stood nearby. during our reunion farah told us more about why she focused on drawing dead palms nearly a decade ago. >> translator: it was a way of expressing my grief. i was sad. i wanted to show the difficulty i had, my sadness and anxiety. >> reporter: farah misses her parents. when she feels lonely, she visits their grave. >> translator: my father took good care of me. he took me to the theater. my mother allowed me to have my way.

forces should have moved into baghdad you know one of the terms of we've gone to baghdad we would have been all alone there would have been anybody else with us it would have been a u.s. occupation of iraq none of the arab forces that were willing to fight with us and to weigh what we do if it were at. once you got to iraq and took it over and took down saddam hussein's government then what you can put into place that's a very volatile part of the world and if you take down the central government of iraq you can easily end up seeing pieces of iraq fly off part of it. the syrians would like to have the west part of eastern iraq the iranians would like to plan fought over for eight years in the north you get to the kurds spin loose. join with the kurds in turkey then you threaten the territorial integrity of turkey it's a quagmire that. cheney knew exactly what was going to happen with the invasion of course they knew you said in an article that the steps that would need to be taken to rectify the wrongs involve the prosecution of politicians i mean would you like to see the bush officia

a series of bomb attacks through baghdad and killing dozens and injuring hundreds as a rug struggles to get by going to its feet on the tenth anniversary of the u.s. led invasion. making savers a save a bank so sleep through the stench is set up to ten percent of their life savings wiped away. conditions if syria mile island and beyond. and human rights groups turn a blind eye to the growing mass hunger strike among one tunnel bay prisoners i make claims officials are doing everything they can to hush the protests. international news and analysis as well as reports of from around the world of this is r t you're live with me tom with say. at least a fifty six people have been killed and over two hundred wounded in a series of bombs across the baghdad the attack struck mostly shy neighborhoods of the city officials say there have been at least ten separate incidents including suicide car and roadside explosions in busy areas all within one hour on one of the deadliest attacks struck and near the heavily fortified green zone the seat of many government buildings and embassies no one has