baghdad symphony getting back to playing music again. >> we ventured to the baghdad zoo, stormed byters who took every morsel of fooled for, where starving animals were fed and watered thanks to the u.s. military. >> it is rock n roll. >> >> and we went to a hospital maternity ward to witness the first of the generation not born under the dictatorship of saddam hussein. >> nice memories, nice. >> they are. >> they are nice, even -- it was a tough time, difficult, but when you remember, when you see them, you remember that you think you did something. >> we did do something, didn't we? >> yes, we did something, for sure, yes. >> he still has that venerable volkswagen in a garage in baghdad, although now it mostly has been lost to the dust of the desert. >> in the months and years that followed we couldn't drive it anyway, baghdad security situation had deteriorated so much, we rarely got outside at all. >> i used to have a hope that things would be better. >> do you remember a point where you were covering all of this that you thought to yourself, maybe things aren't going to get any

baghdad, over the fiercest bombardment yet. american and british troops have seen... >> the coalition hoped that the removal of saddam hussein would win them the hearts and minds of iraqis. instead, they found themselves under attack from insurgents. [blasts] our analysis of the secret reports shows that, on average, over the 6 years they cover, improvised explosive devices, or ieds, were being detonated at a rate of 30 a day, many of which were carried by suicide bombers, and the reports contain some chilling examples. >> a 12- to 14-year-old boy, wearing a backpack and on a bicycle, rode into the intersection, and the boy detonated his explosives. >> intelligence assessment. al qaeda, in iraq, is using mentally handicapped persons to target coalition forces. [crash] under these circumstances, troops manning checkpoints, or riding convoy, lived in constant fear. and some simply opened fire unnecessarily. [gunshots] one officer used civilians to lower the risk to his men. >> the platoon leader was in the habit of directing iraq

jane reports -- jane arraf reports from baghdad. >> these days, iraq seems u nfixable. almost every evening, a series of new bombings. this was one of 11 coordinated car bombs in the capital. the attacks were mostly in markets and shia muslim neighborhoods. a lot of people who work here don't have much to begin with, but they also targeted the mixed middle-class area, where soldiers prevented media from filming the funerals. one of the bombs exploded at the end of the street in the heart of the commission district -- commercial district. policemen passed by here all the time, but they did not spot the car bomb. the dead were mostly hard- working iraqis, struggling to make a living selling fruits and vegetables. this is traditionally one of the areas,areas -- calmer but no one here feel safe anymore. >> there is no life here anymore for us. while this continues, someone who goes out for bread dies. someone who goes to worship dies. someone who goes out into the street to make a living guys. >> for the first time -- make a living dies. >> for the first time, cafÉs have be

straight to baghdad. what more can you tell us? >> it is a string of attacks and may have had a lot of attacks during ramadan, but these are particularly shocking because they occurred in the south. in basra in particular, three roadside bombs went off as people were shopping. that killed at least 28 people and there were also bombings in a holy city and outside or inside according to initial reports, a sunni mosque south of baghdad. those were not the only bombings. there were more bombings in mosul and north of baghdad. all of this against the backdrop of increasing attacks. no one is taking responsibility and people are becoming increasingly concerned that this is going to continue. all in thehappening context of the backdrop of ongoing attacks. nevertheless, we have a wave of x lotions targeting mainly shia cities. is there any reason why there might be an uptick in violence at this point in time? iraqi is such a fractured come the -- such a fractured country. one of the major factors does appear to be statements by the islamic

the latest incident happened on the outskirts of baghdad on sunday morning. four people were killed in a roadside bomb blast restaurant -- bomb blast next to arrest -- to a restaurant. jane arraf is joining us now. >> these are in line with what has been a recent, escalating campaign to target military bases. one of the attacks this morning was on a group called the former members of al qaeda. many of them who teamed up with the americans when they were here to fight al qaeda in iraq. no one has claimed responsibility for these attacks , but the string of car bombs last night in baghdad, 11 of them, has sent shockwaves throughout the capital. this is a city that is used to bombings and attacks here people are talking about actually trying to leave the country. they are not letting their children go out. this is more nervous than many of us have seen people here in quite a long time. >> what is it, jane, that is behind this recent rise in violence and attacks across iraq? is it the precarious situation in the region, the political stalemate in iraq? what is go

jane has more. >> iraqi security forces are still trying to secure the road between baghdad and kirkuk after an attack late wednesday night which killed at least 14 iraqis. according to the interior ministry sources and residents of the town, gunmen set up a ke checkpoint 150 kilometers north of baghdad and stopped drivers and killed 14 of them, shooting them dead. the interior ministry sources say they appeared to have checked their identification cards first and killed those they believed were shi'ia. others say they killed people indiscriminately. they then moved on to the real iraqi army checkpoint and a gunfight erupted. fighting was still going on several hours later, according to town residents. this attack, even against the backdrop of continuing violence in iraq is particularly worrying. it's on a main highway and it has one of those sectarian elements that could be the trigger many people fear to plunge the country back into civil war. >> seven people have been killed and more than 40 injured in an attack on pakistan's spy agency. gunmen burst into the intelligence complex we

our correspondent is in baghdad. overere is growing outcry these attacks, including from members of prime minister nor i humala keys own political coalition. the head of the security committee in parliament says he believes this is a failure of government, and the head of that committee is actually from the civil law coalition, affiliated with the prime minister. linked to the prison break last week, the biggest prison break in the history of this government. hundreds of prisoners lose, including top al qaeda members. this has been the first ring of bombings that has taken place in the daytime in the last few weeks as the holy month of ramadan has started. there have been bombings in the evening when people congregate in markets and mosques. thee ones, at least 12 in city of baghdad alone, struck at the heart of rush-hour. they hit crowded places where people were gathering, looking for work, restaurants, as well as petrol stations where motorists were lined up waiting for petrol. no matter what the security forces h

and that was violated cuban chavez native big issues to go to baghdad and he broke the airlock by his presence in the other arab states were anchored by his intervention in kuwait. he was on the road to restoration's a there is a feeling that he had broken out to but it would not be too long before they fall apart plus he was adept at keeping the sanctions the front or the harm done to his own people and people start, a lot of desperate conditions among the four particularly in baghdad said he was very adept so it was a feeling among many people that they were breaking down. the bush administration felt that. >>host: did you support the war to thousand three? >> not initially but to the poll was taken after the president bush gave his speech in the fall of 2002 for five months before the war it was very high in americans supported the war almost 70 percent. many of us thought it was a good thing to do. we also became disenchanted by the conduct of the war and not really having a good plea and although captured and turned over to the iraqi people. this is not a well managed campaign an

we give no thought to the capacity of piping in baghdad.we have this brand spanking, shiny, new thing we could point to and returned on the switch and tens of thousands of baghdad water pipes burst. they were not retrofitted to handle this new capacity. there were examples like that were we did not get it right. maybe it was because we did not have the right people on the project. i wonder if you can talk about that. >> thank you. clearly as audits demonstrate, extended far beyond -- that is a good idea. it could help address hearts and mind issues. what happened instead was we had projects like the baghdad enterprise that ballooned up, including a painting of a mural that entire project certainly -- that is great work if you can get it. it didn't advance our national security interest locally. it instead hinder them. congress responded by projects at $1 million. that should be done at the pentagon. they should be program of the -- ensure training is done. on the water treatment system, it was the largest project that we did in iraq. the ci

soldier who served in baghdad before taking a position with general dynamics one of the largest defensecontractors in the country an open letter of resignation from his position he wrote quote at the time of my enlistment i believed in the cause i was ignorant. and misled the narrative professed by the state and echoed by the mainstream press has proven false and criminal we have become what i thought we were fighting against the. sentiment from someone who's been on the inside the military industrial complex for the last decade or earlier i spoke to brennan toy himself and i first asked him to shed some light on the experiences that have led him to this moment take a look. it took me a while to come to the realization unfortunately of that i was taking part in something that i no longer believed in and if i had known the truth i never would have been a part of you mentioned in your letter that you had become the thing that you were fighting against can you talk a little bit more about what that means yeah exactly. the america that we live in today one that i know is not the one. that t

soldier who served in baghdad before taking a position with general dynamics one of the largest defensecontractors in the country an open letter of resignation from his position he wrote quote at the time of my enlistment i believed in the cause i was ignorant. and misled the narrative professed by the state and echoed by the mainstream press has proven false and criminal we have become what i thought we were fighting against the powerful sentiment from someone who's been on the inside of the military industrial complex for the last decade or earlier i spoke to brennan toy himself and i first asked him to shed some light on the experiences that have led him to this moment take a look. it took me a while to come to the realization unfortunately that i was tricked you are something that i no longer and if i had known the truth you never would have been a part of the. you mentioned in your letter that you had become the thing that you were fighting against can you talk a little bit more about what that means yeah exactly. the america that we live in today one that i know is not the one. th

there are so many good works in baghdad and other provinces. to be usingrategy here to say that we're even if they are threatening or attacking people in supermarkets. nowadays, they're not able to fight face-to-face with our military forces. this nowadays is to be compounded with what is going on in syria. on our bordercus ofh syria because about 90% the bombs are coming from the border with syria and other countries. in thee are fighting fight between good people against bad people. still good people working. thehank you, general, interior ministry spokesman saying he believes a lot of this is the influence of al qaeda including fighters coming across from syria. , live from baghdad. coming up -- time to run through the top stories on al jazeera. the former leader has been sentenced to 90 years for war crimes. he is 91. he was convicted of atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence with pakistan. he is the fifth senior figures sentenced this year. a car bomb targeting a police control in iraq has left one officer dead and 10 oth

soldier who served in baghdad before taking a position with general dynamics one of the largest defense contractors in the country. an open letter of resignation from his position he wrote quote at the time of my and listen i believed in the cause i was ignorant. and misled the narrative professed by the state and echoed by the mainstream press has proven false and criminal we have become what i thought we were fighting against the power of sentiment from someone who's been on the inside the military industrial complex for the last decade or earlier i spoke to brennan toy himself and i first asked him to shed some light on the experiences that have led him to this moment take a look. it took me a while to come to the realization unfortunately that i was taking part in something that i no longer believed in and if i had known the truth i never would have been a part of you mention in your letter that you had become the thing that you were fighting against can you talk a little bit more about what that means yeah exactly. the america that we live in today one that i know is not the one. t

this one was in the neighborhood of new baghdad. one of the 11 coordinated car bombs in the capital. the attacks were mostly in markets and shia muslim neighborhoods. a lot of people who work here do not have much to begin with. but they also targeted the mixed middle-class area. where soldiers prevented the media from filming the funerals. exploded at the end of this street in the heart of the commercial district. police pass by here all the time, they did not spot the part car bomb. the dead were mostly hard- working iraq is struggling to make a living selling fruits and vegetables. this is traditionally one of the calmer areas. no one here feel safe anymore. >> there is no life here anymore for us. while this continues, someone who goes out for bread dies. someone who goes to warship dies and someone who goes out to the streets to make a living dies. >> cafes have become one of the biggest targets along with mosques, sunni as well as shia. is battlingnister internal political division. iraq is caught between pressure from iran an

[laughter] >> what redoing in baghdad? >> back to 2009 we began reaching out to ceos of silicon valley to have a conversation how technology was transforming places. but places where the extraordinary impact of technology was on the last in syria was on the list. he was the very first for chin when hendrix ceo from a technology company to land in baghdad. it was a very big deal for us because we try to connect the world of expertise around technologies around geopolitics. >> in our initial conversation call the economies than $1 trillion in baghdad when we invade countries rebuild cities. where does the money go? echoes there. and we did not rebuild the the communication network boss of making cell phones illegals of my time got there the networks did not work, not cross connected thinking they're being used for a edie's but in hindsight that was the most important thing to do from a conflict situation to rebuild communications to get the good guys in power faster in that was our conclusion. at the time our first observati

soldier who served in baghdad before taking a position with general dynamics one of the largest defensecontractors in the country an open letter of resignation from his position he wrote quote at the time of my enlistment i believed in the. as i was ignorant naive and misled the narrative professed by the state and echoed by the mainstream press has proven false and criminal we have become what i thought we were fighting against the power of sentiment from someone who's been on the inside the military industrial complex for the last decade or earlier i spoke to brennan toy himself and i first asked him to shed some light on the experiences that have led him to this moment take a look. it took me a while to come to the realization unfortunately that i was taking part in something that i no longer believed in and if i had known the truth i never would have been a part of you mentioned in your letter that you had become the thing that you were fighting against can you talk a little bit more about what that means yeah exactly. the america that we live in today one that i know is not the one

[laughter] >> what redoing in baghdad? >> back to 2009 we began reaching out to ceos of silicon valley to have a conversation how technology was transforming places. but places where the extraordinary impact of technology was on the last in syria was on the list. he was the very first for chin when hendrix ceo from a technology company to land in baghdad. it was a very big deal for us because we try to connect the world of expertise around technologies around geopolitics. >> in our initial convsation call the economies than $1 trillion in baghdad when we invade countries rebuild cities. where does the money go? echoes there. and we did not rebuild the the communication network boss of making cell phones illegals of my time got there the networks did not work, not cross connected thinking they're being used for a edie's but in hindsight that was the most important thing to do from a conflict situation to rebuild communications to get the good guys in power faster in that was our conclusion. at the time our first observation

including a jailbreak at two baghdad prisons. a military convoy was rammed by a vehicle in mosul. militants the day before attacked prisons, a suicide bomber detonated a car outside the prison in baghdad. attackers bombarded the jail with grenades and motor rounds. militants launched a similar strike just north of the capital at another prison. justice ministry officials say that about 100 prisoners are on the loose, and many are members of extremist groups. independent monitors say more than 500 people in iraq have been killed this month in terrorist attacks. >>> environmentalists are reacting angly to news that u.s. jets dropped bombs last week near the great barrier reef. fighter pilot s jetisoned four unused devices neu s near a une world heritage protected site. a u.s. navy spokesperson said that the pilots were taking part in a joint drill with the us a trilian military. they intended to drop the bombs in a preapproved area away from the coral reef, but avoided the mission when civilian boats were spotted below. they were low on fuel and could not land with the bombs on boar

. >> suarez: in iraq, two military style assaults on prisons near baghdad freed hundreds of inmates. we examine what's behind mounting attacks by insurgents. >> woodruff: why is los angeles throwing parties in a park long ruled by rival gangs? we profile a program putting a dent on gang related crime, in the first of three stories on stopping gun violence. >> when i was growing up, i wouldn't dare to go on that side unless i had a gun. there's still resent many towards that side and there's animosity towards that side. this brings us together. :9 >> suarez: political cartoons can provoke anger, poke fun, even inspire. christina bellantoni gets one author's take on "the art of controversy." >> boss tweed famously said i don't give a damn what they write about me. my constituents can't read. but get rid of those damned pictures. they can all see the damned pictures. >> woodruff: and a pioneering white house correspondent who fired questions at ten presidents died over the weekend. margaret warner looks back at the life of helen thomas. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major f

a suicide bomber detonated a car outside the gates of abu ghraib prison in baghdad. the attackers bombarded the jail with grenades and mortar rounds. militants launched a similar strike north of the capital. about 100 prisoners are on the loose. many are members of extremist groups. independent monitors say terrorist attacks have killed more than 500 people in iraq this month. >>> people in iran are wondering what's in store for them. hasan will take office as president next month. iranians hope he'll be able to reverse the country's isolation and improve an economy crippled by sanctions. >> reporter: after years of economic stagnation under president mahmoud ahmadinejad, people in iran are starting to feel some rays of hope. the value of iran's currency had plummeted since the start of the economic sanctions imposed by the west. but following rohani's victory, the real rose by as much as 20%. >> translator: since the presidential election, prices have fallen. i hope life becomes easier. >> translator: i think relations with other countries will improve. i hope the e

apache helicopter attack in baghdad that killed at least 9 men.he defense argued manning is a naive whistle-blower who didn't think the information he leaked would threaten u.s. security. they say he chose information the public needed to no. some of his supporters rallied outside fort meade in maryland. >> if people like bradley can't stand up and tell us what our government is doing when it's wrong, ostensibly wrong, then we're in a lot of trouble. >> reporter: manning still faces years in prison. there will be a hearing to determine his sentencing on wednesday. >> it's called a dangerous case of national security extremism from the obama administration. >>> another case of exposing classified government secrets the u.s. plans to declassify information about the national security agency's surveillance programs as early as today. the disclosure comes in the wake of the leaks by the former nsa worker edward snowden and bipartisan efforts from congress to end or change government surveillance programs. the documents would also include information a

airport being violate and hugo chavez in fact went make a big issue of going to baghdad and broke that air lock for example by his presence and in other arab states that were angered by saddam hussein's intervention into kuwait. began to forgive him. >> so he was on the road to the restoration so to speak at the time. so there was a feeling among many that he had broke end out of the sanctions. it will not be too long before the sanctions will fall apart. and plus he was adept to keep the sanctions. the brunt of harm done to his own people. and there was a lot of harm done. people sfafrd. there was a lot of desperate condition as monk the poor particularly surrounding areas caused by the action and he was adept at this. there was a feeling among many people that sanctions were breaking down. bush administration the george bush administration felt that keenly. >> did you support the war in 3? >> initially, but i also believed that the weapons of mass destruction. and like a lot of americans. taken after president george bush gave his cincinnati speech in the fall of 2002 roughly four or

not just one hundred sixty kilometers south of baghdad the sacred shiite city is known for its holy shrines and is surrounded by one of the largest cemeteries in the world some of the heaviest fighting of the iraq war took place amid these graves its legacy still haunts the residents it was born with severe birth defects he's only eight months old but the doctors don't expect him to live past his first birthday. i felt dizzy when i heard the news i ran out of the doctor's office and into a taxi. but for his mother layla there's no escaping the reality. her son has a nervous system disorder and his muscles are slowly wasting away. it's a recurring nightmare for leila and her husband three of their children were also born with congenital deformity as none of them survived and while they don't have proof they believe the radioactive ammunition used by american forces during the war is to blame the rule isn't over yet if the americans are goon if suffering from the consequences. spiralling numbers of birth defects and high miscarriage rates have also been recorded in. american and british force

mates on saturday alone eighty people died the majority of them from bomb attacks in the capital baghdad half as many were killed on sunday including over twenty security officers during those brazen prison assaults the trend continued to monday and tuesday as a country edges over ever closer to its most violent period avar and that was back in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven when tens of thousands were killed an armed man roamed the streets of baghdad this month has already seen over a seven hundred and twenty twenty two deaths journalist and broadcaster neil clark says the u.s. wanted and stable iraq which is why they invaded the country in the first place. this instability to two thousand and three and the illegal invasion when a secular government which all the countries together was destroyed by the west deliberately and i think that this chaos is all and i think the last thing the west wants is a stable iraq peaceful iraq because at these fleurette will be a regional cleric and they don't want that usa doesn't want a strong iraq israel doesn't want a stronger rats i

military history, committed by a young army nrivate working as a low-level intelligence analyst in baghdad more than three years ago. manning had chosen to have his fate decided by a judge, army colonel denise lind rather than a military jury. ationel lind gave no explanation dor her verdict or why she was not convinced by the government's contention that manning knew the material he provided to wikileaks would make its way to the enemy. twing the two-month trial, the prosecution presented evidence found during the bin laden raid that showed the al qaeda leader had asked his followers to send him some of the documents. chief defense attorney david coombs had portrayed manning as a well-meaning but naive whistle nawer. manning himself had told the mudge his aim was to provoke a public debate about american foreign policy and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. coombs walked out of the court, he was greeted with applause by snning supporters. soday is a good day, he was quoted as saying. but bradley is by no means out of the fire. manning still faces a maximum sentence of 136 years in prison.

airbornewith the 101st in baghdad.ne of the hallmarks of the army is that you always engage in self critique, not just rewarding yourself for the good things, but exploring the failures you need to improve in the future so you can always gain in your levels of performance. i look forward to hearing more about what we can learn from a rack -- iraq and how we can apply them in the future when we find ourselves in conflict again defending our country, defending our country's values and allies around the world. into awe don't evolve look back 10 years or more into .hat took us to war in iraq >> thank you. mr. vargas. much.nk you very i appreciate the opportunity to speak but also i want to thank the witnesses for being here. the numbers are staggering, especially when we take a look at sequestration and what we have to do in the sense of cut. i am very anxious to hear your testimony. also, to find out if we really are in a better position today than we were 10 years ago as we move forward. thank you very much for being her

. >> a rapid series of 40 explosions lit up baghdad in the early morning hours. >> military officials have been using the term "shock and awe" to describe the assault on iraq. >> narrator: by the spring of 2003, the us had attacked iraq. >> ...engaged in direct combat against saddam hussein's republican guard. >> ...of the third infantry division... >> narrator: fast and mobile, rumsfeld's jsoc teams secretly paved the way. >> ...are now reported to be about 30 miles from the outskirts of... >> narrator: fighting a conventional war unconventionally seemed at first to work. >> rumsfeld: scenes of free iraqis celebrating in the streets, riding american tanks, tearing down the statues of saddam hussein in the center of baghdad, are breathtaking. >> bush: on september 11, 2001, our freedom and way of life came under attack by brutal enemies who killed nearly 3,000 innocent americans. >> narrator: on the night of 9/11, the cia had planned a secret war abroad. >> bush: and since september 11, we've been on the offensive against the terrorists plotting within our borders. >> narrator: at hom

manning was a private first class from the second brigade combat team he was deployed to a base near baghdad iraq to work as an intelligence analyst it was here in may two thousand and ten that he was arrested for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti secrecy website wiki leaks among them iraq and afghanistan war logs and videos guantanamo bay detainee assessments and diplomatic cables the government filed twenty one charges against him total the most serious charge aiding the enemy a rare charge that carries a life sentence with no chance of parole it would be nearly three years before he would have his day in court and for meade maryland and february two thousand and thirteen he pleaded guilty to ten of the lesser charges and made into leaking the information to wiki leaks the court martial began on june third the prosecution called up dozens of witnesses over the span of six weeks to prove that manning aided the enemy when he sent over seven hundred thousand classified documents to wiki leaks according to the government manning should have known that by doing s

well on saturday alone eighty people died the majority of them from bomb attacks in the capital baghdad half as many were killed on sunday including over twenty security officers during those brazen prison assaults the train continued on monday and tuesday as a country edges ever closer to its most violent period ever well that was back in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven when tens of thousands were killed an armed man roamed the streets of baghdad the u.s. invasion of iraq a decade ago triggered massive resistance from insurgents and saw a spike in sectarian bloodshed which hasn't stopped since was get someone else's on this from journalist and broadcaster neil clark thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. to discuss this well looks like militants you just don't amass of blow to the security by storming high security prisons they are letting the insurgents out what does actually say about the state of security in the country where it says it's going you know got a very bad situation is going to get even worse i mean to see two thousand and three four million iraqis

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right after i got there so rather than going to the fancy halls of negotiation of finance i went to baghdad and africa to think about much more difficult problems. they had to put it the new currency of the the the new monetary system in place in iraq. one of the most difficult things i had to do it was frustrating but it was amazing and rewarding and the series worked and we could get the financial system up and running with a lot of cooperation from the iraqis and a combination of frustration but to be the frustration of policy in general is that we had gotten off track it is the most tragic that we had as america had a good set of policies in place for nearly a quarter of this century and we're not there now. it is very frustrating to see the slow recovery and from the other countries. >>host: you also write about apollo deal. how did he do? >> he was not there too long and left pretty early there was some disagreements with the of ministrations and on policy i think that was one of them but he gave me the opportunity to make reforms of the international monetary system working with the

south of baghdad, a mosque was bombed. the targets have expanded to sunni mosques as well as the traditional shia targets. mourning continues for more than 30 victims, almost all of them in a tea shop men bombed this week after they were gathering after breaking the days fast. no one is claiming responsibility, but al qaeda said they would step up during ramadan in an effort to destabilize the country and show people that there security forces cannot protect them. offar, no claims responsibility and no comment from iraq he if initial -- iraqi officials. as to how they plan to keep iraqis safe. >> revels in syria have suffered several defeats. their ownng within ranks appears to be getting worse. alal qaeda group has told jazeera they are trying to cleanse rebel forces, what they call government forces. they spoke to rebel commanders about the infighting. >> the fsa say they have received death threats from al .aeda's syria branch they disagree over leadership and ideology in their battle against government forces. the fsa

as charges were in baghdad well as in the south. 3000 have been killed with 800 in july alone. ofy announced three days mourning after nine soldiers were killed near the border about urea. it follows a similar attack in april which is blamed on rebel fighters. it hasernment says completely fallen and now in their control. that is in the city considered in the heart of the uprising. only to withdrawing prepare for another assault. >> syrian state tv has been beaming live pictures. this, they say, is a big victory for them. it has been a key battleground in the war. but now, forces have managed to enter and are taking control of the strategic area in the center of the city that disrupts the ability to communicate and travel between rebel-held areas. >> today, the heroes added another victory that we had a. theying from this morning, have totally cleared the district. retreating inmply preparation for further battle. one journalist said -- >> alongside the violent tactical withdrawal of the area, the army controls 85% of the district. the fighting has been ongoing for months now.

rather than going to some fancy halls of negotiations on international finance, i went to kabul, baghdadand in north africa to think about much more difficult problems. we had to put a new currency, a new monetary system in place in iraq. one of the most difficult things i've ever had to do. it was frustrating in a sense would call on ideas and people were not used to that but it's also really amazingly rewarding. it worked. the theories work and were able to get the financial system up and running with a lot of cooperation from the iraqis and i would say the combination of frustration, if, to me, the frustration of policy in general is that we have gotten off track because it's frustrating, almost tragic that we had a good set of, i say we, i mean america, had a good set of policies in place for nearly a quarter of a century. and we are not there now. it's very, very frustrating to me to see this slow recovery and problems that other countries, to. >> host: you also write about paul on new and "first principles." how did he do? >> guest: he wasn't there too long. he left pretty early. t

he was snatched in baghdad nearly two months ago.ri emerging today, a video of him pleading for his life. nearly two months ago. >> i'm please asking for help because my life is in danger. >> proof of life video is just that. it's going to show anybody who is interested, whether it be family, whether it be law enforcement, that we have this person and he's alive. >> they take the mask off. on my left there's a man with an ak-47. he puts a piece of paper like right here. he says, you read it. my worst thoughts are, well, they're going to kill me during the video. i'm not asking for any help from president bush because i know of his selfishness and unconcern for those who have been pushed into this hell hole. >> when you watch it, it's clear this isn't roy hallums' words. he asked for assistance not from the u.s. government but from libyan leader moammar gadhafi. >> i am asking for help of arab rulers, especially president moammar gadhafi, because he's known for helping those who are suffering. >> it takes nearly a year before the u.s.

this is a issue that extends from bay route to damascus to baghdad.onths, the levels of violence in both lebanon and baghdad have been alarmingly high. there's a regional issue here. it is related, not exclusively, but related to a competition at best and a conflict at worth between -- >> right. >> and it's been hi-jacked at some level on both sides by extremists,al al qadeas on one side and lebanese hess ba law on the other side. this has not been the and the other point i'd make is this is about a ten-year issue, and if we fail to think about it as a ten-year, regional issue, we could make some mistakes. >> what does that mean? you think that bashar al assad will be in power for ten years? >> no. no, no, i'm not making any predictions of how long he'll be there or not there. i'm suggesting to you that the underlying causes of the conflict, as i've just described them to you, will persist for ten years. >> so, would you rule out more? i know that now we are, the president has said, yes, well, aides have said, yes, we'll help with military assistance.