and that's the parts of baghdad and other major cities in iraq looks like. that was the extent of the problem. not an easy problem. and i would also say that, let me, to draw another analogy about the unnecessary collapse of the state in 2003, or let's say the finishing off of a job, collapsing the state with the disbanding of the iraqi army. to pronounce the iraqi army had to spend itself into spring 2003 but these were like going to a deserted pentagon on friday evening in declaring that the department of defense had disbanded itself. they're going to come back. you can order them back to work and that's probably what should have been done. and having said that let me add that i'm not speaking on behalf of the u.s. army or the department of defense in any way. this is only my opinion as i should've prefaced everything i have said. lastly, to extrapolate from your book to the situation today, i think, unfortunately can you give us the key to understanding the violence that is rocking iraq today because the various strategic problems that you described being

. >> we went to most of the iraqi cities and towns, and at the end i end up with in baghdad. >> in baghdad atta time, that's kind of like -- at that time, that's kind of like going to miami, you know? it's a really nice place. they love you. did they? >> and that time there is like a huge fire fight that's been -- [inaudible] and extremists shia, and couple men this kind of grow up in that time, ask they cannot do anything by themselves. so they need all the support from seals to, like, protect them. and from there we start, like, targeting bad guys, militia and extremists. >> just to explain, in islam as i think a lot of people know though not necessarily everyone, you can make a lot of different divisions. one of the major divisions is between sunni and shia. and the interesting thing, johnny, you're what -- what are you and what's your wife? >> so i am sunni, and my wife, she is shia. and one of the days we sit, and it look like i come up with a crazy idea. i want to ask my kids who's going to be sunni and who's going to be shia. so i told my wife, and i dreamed it that night. i thought

there were places in west baghdad in 2007 i remember seeing. well to do upper middle class neighborhood had been turned to utter waste land separated from the rest of the city. cor donned off by mounds of trash and car and barbed wire. the residents themselves put in place. in some sort of post apop limittic scene. what would beverly hills california look like if you turned off the electricity, remove all police, picked up no trash, no running water and had the situation for four years. that's what parts of baghdad and other major cities look like. that was the extend of the problem. not an easy problem. to draw another analogy about the unnecessary collapse of the state in 2003. that probably should have been done in my opinion. having said that, let me add i'm not speaking on behalf of u.s. army or the department of defense in any way. lastly to extrapolate from your book to the situation today, i think unfortunately you give us the key to understanding the violates that is rocking iraq today because the various strategic problems you describ

they didn't go to baghdad and told johnny. you didn't know that story until we ar working on the book, righ? so johnny's wife was telling me the story, we were sitting in the kitchen, she and i are sitting in the kitchen and johnny's over there and he's listening. he starts going, interesting. what? what? you see his eyes, like his eyes become the sides of his face over there. pretty big. it was pretty scary. >> yeah. you know, like for me and my kids and my wife is all my life, and trying to do the right thing for them and to my country, but i end up with all this bad things around me, extremist, bad people. so when i hear jim talk about my wife with this kind of details, i freak out. >> fortunately, she's fine and the kids are fine. but, unfortunately, we kind of skipped over a story there were your brother was assassinated. maybe we should tell that story of how your brother came to die, unfortunately. >> so my brother, he keep, like pushing hard to work with, to have any chance to work to support his family. so when they,

so i came and stayed in baghdad and worked in baghdad, instead of with the u.s. military. it used to be you could do a mix of both. i tried to keep it 50/50, so i saw the war from the soldier's point of view, and from the local iraqi's point of view. >> journalists play this vital role of sort of an outside presence to see how this war is being conducted. >> if you want to get to some of these stories, you have to take the risk of the people who are living through the same thing. sometimes that means risking torture, kidnapping and death. >> i faced several amounts of danger. i was shot at. i brar bullets. i was chased several times, i had letters taped on the outdoor of my house. >> kidnapping was and is a real problem in iraq. considering gangs, militias, this is why we had doctors, academics, lawyers. a whole lot. they are at grave risk of being kidnapped. anyone is at risk who can fetch a better rann soment. >> you have to think "it doesn't matter that i'm a reporter. i'm a wernaler with a big price tag on my head -- westerner with a big price tag on my head. >> you lo

so i came and st- stayed in baghdad and worked in baghdad, instead of working embedded with us military. >> it used to be that you could do a mix of both. i tried to keep it 50/50, so that i saw the war from the soldier's point of view, and i saw the war from the local iraqi's point of view. >> journalists play this vital role as sort of an outside presence, an independent person to sort of see how this war is being conducted. >> if you want to get to some of these stories, you have to take the risks of the people who are living through the same thing, and sometimes that means risking torture, risking kidnapping, risking death. >> i faced tremendous amount of danger. i was shot at several times. my car still ha-- bears the marks of uh. of bullets. i was chased several times. i got messages, uhm. letters were taped on the outdoor of my house. >> kidnapping was, and is, a very real problem in iraq. criminal gangs, militias are roaming around, finding ways to extort money. this is why we've had doctors, academics, lawyers, a- a whole lot of iraq's intelligencia just flee the country, becau

how serious is that threat to baghdad? fourth if you could, point out the isal execution of iraqi soldiers that the malaki soldiers did not take the bait, the army. is that something that's ongoing. executing police holding prisoners in certainty city, fallujah, the central part of fallujah? when it comes to the issue of christians, the -- you report the -- the commission of religious freedom points out that the iraqi government continues to tolerate systematic ongoing and egregious religious freedom violations. that is against a number of the smaller sects, many of them going back 2,000 years, including the assyrians. what is happening? what kind of pressure are we trying to put on the government to get them to mitigate and hopefully completely end their repression of christians in iraq? and finally, we talked about the low boil type of insurgency that this represents. are we looking at the possibility of another syria in iraq? >> let me address these first to fallujah and ramadi. we see the encampments moving around to t

-- how serious is that the baghdad? the soldiers did not take the bait. that isthat something ongoing? are they holding prisoners? to the issue of , the iraqi government theinues to tolerate ongoing ingredients violations. that is against a number of the , what isects happening? what pressure reporting on the government to mitigate an end there were prescient of christians any rack -- in iraq? are we looking at the possibility of another syria? >> thank you. let me try to address these issues. in terms of entry into falluja, we started to see hitting encampments trying to relocate. it was a surprise. i think was a tactical mistake on isil's part. it is going be far harder. the one thing that the sunnis likeot like, they do not these foreign jihad fighters. they are trying to gather common cause against them. bombers, theuicide average is 30-40 a week. i do not think this was an exponential rise. i'm hoping 50 will be a cap. we have seen this problem of this phenomenon in the past. what we did was a concerted regional wide effort. witho you get these peopl

this devastation in several parts of baghdad up to a series of bomb attacks that killed at least two dozen people on monday night nine people died in kabul excursions that targeted most of the iraqi capital's predominantly shiite districts of our meal and cover other. and the west attack a minibus throughout the bus station in the pool a neighborhood of northern baghdad leaving at least eleven people dead according to police. the boss popped inside the station had already arouse suspicion when it exploded setting several other vehicles on fire elsewhere a car bomb near a busy street in the western district of the city and killed four others. no group immediately claimed responsibility that shiites are often targeted by sunni islamist insurgents have been gaining ground in recent weeks talks aimed at curbing iran its new kit program received in vienna today in the state of caution officials representing six world powers and ten on plus the eu foreign policy chief the full set the negotiations to appeal would complicate it. nina some signs of suspicious but political concerns. maybe i'

isil is also planning to consolidate control of fallujah and move 30 miles east to baghdad. in a rare audio statement on january 21st, isil's leader directed his fighters, quote: to be on front lines against shia and march towards baghdad. were there any doubt of potential risks for the united states, he added what he said was a direct message to the americans. quote: soon we'll be in direct confrontation, so watch for us, for we are with you watching, end quote. we take such threats seriously, and through cooperation with this committee and the congress, we intend to help the iraqis in their efforts to defeat isil over the long term. here's how. first, we are pressing the national leadership from the highest possible levels to develop a holistic security/political/economic strategy to isolate extremists from the population. this means supporting local tribal fighters, incorporating those fighters into the security services and committing to april elections to be held on time. second, we're supporting the iraqi security forces through accelerated foreign military sales, trai

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they sent him to baghdad, iraq, in 2004, to investigate the looting of that library. what they found out was, this is also a nonfiction book incidentally. >> guest: when did this come out? >> caller: and i believe 2004. it is a nonfiction. >> host: it is matthew, not peter. >> caller: matthew? i beg your pardon. anyway, the title is fiend's from baghdad, nonfiction, and it is a marvelous book about how he found out all of the terrible publicity about all the things that were destroyed, looted and lost was not correct. some were lost but they were all returned. he would be an excellent interview on booktv. >> host: that is familiar. >> guest: a lot of mischaracterizations. he is a great patriot, he went in in 2003, it wasn't his fault. he was trying to fix problems and identify how many works of art have been looted and finally get them back. others participated, koren weiner, an important monuments woman in 2004, part of those teams and not the national museum that was looted but the national library, important archives. there were initial reports of 250,000 objects t

to baghdad now and iraqi officials say that a series of car bombings in and around the iraqi capital has killed at least ten people at the exact figures are just concerned countries the toll may rise again. one parked car bomb went off in your local council building the town of hoodia and buy another car bomb at an outdoor market nearby and will also compete in you of course had to be the details from basic stations in and around baghdad. of course the morning. money is a un peacekeeping mission that will reach full strength by july a year all three took over peacekeeping activities in the west african country the announcement was made by france and the seas united nations it haha or huskies leading a delegation from the un security council and today physics at two on a peacekeeping forces it pays to have twelve thousand men on the ground. by the end of last month to halt the number one ticket. in thailand's protest is about to unveil the results of yesterday's carnage the elections despite his dividing stacey preceded largely peacefully and ninety percent of voting stations accordin

they have bled together in the streets in the fields of baghdad and the outskirts and all throughoutiraq. they have a very deep, deep relationships. i was in those meetings, and you cannot get a deeper relationship and people who fought side-by-side. that is something we're going to continue to develop. malik is the prim prime minister know. mib after the coming election. you might not be. where we are focused on is building an institutional relationship with the a rocky government and institutions, military, parliament, something is going to last for many, many years. >> and the sale of russian arms to iraq, are you concerned about that at all, whatever it was? >> just. i don't want iraqis buying russian hardware. but i have to be honest with given this is security situation there's a lot of strategic competitors showing up a notch on the same doors were knocking on saying hey, we're here to sell you an attack helicopter. just write a check. we have a system, a good system, they make sure that stuff arrives with a long-term institutional relationship as i discussed. but it is slow a

commanders and didn't show up for the departure ceremony at the baghdad airport. just two year later and after cozying up to iran's leaders, prime minister nuri al maliki is requesting u.s. help. he asked for a wish list of weapons, drones and attack helicopters. in a recent editorial, he writes the u.s. has a moral imperative to help fighters leaving syria. he wrote, time and again, i have cautioned against the spill over of terrorism from that conflict to our own country and now it has happened. with logistical force, al qaeda forces have reestablished their presence in western iraq. chuck hagel was asked about maliki's request for weapons while leaving a synagogue outside washington, d.c. >> well, we are working with prime minister maliki's government. and we continue to work to help him and assist. so that's been ongoing. >> we're not contemplating putting boots on the ground. this is their fight, but we're going to help them in their fight. >> the u.s. can't send u.s. troops to iraq because the maliki government two years ago didn't sign a status of forces ag

. >> remember baghdad, bob. they were saying there were no tanks and the tanks were behind them. >> baghdad bob. >> here's the problem, and bob, i would hope you would join me on this. you should be concerned because right now if we do these cuts, we're going to be heavily re reliant on the technological edge over places like china that they're narrowing in on. that's the problem. if you rely on that, they're not honest on what they're doing or their spending or what the new developments are. as you pointed out, they like the borrow other people's technology. so if we're just fully putting ourselves in that section to say, okay, we're going to fight smart cyberwars or go from a technological advantage, i think we're making a mistake. we're not covering our back. we're leaving ourselves open to attack and vulnerable, and i also think the purpose behind this is because they don't like how the u.s. looks to the rest of the world. they want to make us less provocative. >> the most dangerous time, the most dangerous

we have the iranian ambassador in baghdad saying that denying this report. but also adding if iraq asks us about any arms shipments or they need any arms, we are willing to consider that. so obviously relationship is quite close between the two countries. and how true this is. obviously reuters, which broke the story, they have seen documents that show that iraqis want that from iran. >> if it was to be true or true in the future this, again, emphasizes the whole shia/sunni split in the region. >> the relationship is nothing secret. it's very, very close. and many of those people in the shiite community lived in iran for many years. they have relatives across the border. so it's very close. and with the shiite government in power in baghdad, i wouldn't be surprised if there was quite a lot of trade between the two sides in terms of arms. as i said, technically speaking, this is illegal if it's true. >> thank you very much. in other news today, the new italian prime minister matteo renzi will face a second round of votes for reform. he needs the support of th

third, to point out that sis you quoted that on january 21 how seriously is the threat to baghdad? fourth, if you could comment you point out the isil the maliki soldiers did not take the bait. is that something that is ongoing; are they executing prisoners in the center of falluja or the central part as yohe would say in falluja? and when it comes to the issue of christians, the report commission of religious freedom point out that the iraq he government continues to tolerate systematic ongoing and egregious violations and that is against a number of the smaller sectors going back 2,000 years including the syrians. what kind of pressure are we trying to put on the government to completely end the repression of christians in iraq and finally you talked about the low boil type of insurgency that this represents. are we looking at the possibility of another syria and iraq? with me address these entering into falluja if we are moving around to the isil forces and trying to relocate it was a surprise. again i think it was a tactical mistake on their part this isn't going to turn overni

, and art from the cradle of civilization kept at the baghdad museum stolen and vandalized. >> i thinkas their shared cultural identity, they saw it as saddam's personal collection. >> reporter: troops are trained using playing cards with pictures of historic sites to help increase awareness. real life monument's men and women, now protecting human history. today, heros on the silver screen. >> real life monument's men also really understood that if they destroy a people's culture then you have destroyed the foundation on which they can rebuild. >> reporter: in places like libya, the monument's men and women were able to protect cultural heritage strikes from damage by outlining no strike zones for nato forces. damascus is the old of the city in the world. serious damage has already been done where protections were not put in place. marci, ryan? >> all right. serena marshal. >> so officers from 13 different countries who were involved in this. and you can actually check out more about them in their biographies and all of that. they have a website monumentsmen.com. >> the story, incredi

now, in 2007 in baghdad, that was extremely common. everyone was walking around with arms. but it became clear in the course of investigating this, that because they were walking with this group, they were assumed to be hostile. and so we changed our rules, and said, "don't go anywhere near anybody who is carrying a weapon." now that makes it more difficult to do your job as a journalist, especially in a place where everyone is armed. but we felt it was a necessary precaution to take. >> [audio from the apache helicopter]. we cordoned off the building that the-- and helicopters killed the personnel on. don't go anywhere else, we've cordoned off that building. >> our job is to report to the world, and tell the rest of the world what's happening and to shine the light into the darkest corners of the world. but we have to go on working very hard to find the right way of doing that. the safe way of doing that that doesn't put journalists and news teams lives unnecessarily at risk. [crowds yelling] [gunshots] >> why can anyone really think that our calling, as journalists, is an

in the gulf country, they used to send their kids to baghdad university. are a key member in the united nations, the league of nations before the arab league, as well. growth as a monarchy until 1958. from 1958, you have the military rule. they rolled from 1963 for a few months and then in 1968, the political party of saddam hussein. 2003, president ruled. he was useless. it had an adverse impact on the iraqis as well. the changes affect the fabric of society. it is the vision of the dictator thewith the people on they most country that had u.s. sanctions against it. in 2003, you had the u.s. invasion. a number ofwe had milestones from a democratic point of view. we had the elections, the provisional elections three times during the national elections three times. ratifications of the constitution. and, in addition to that, they transformation of a society from a dictatorship to a democracy. that means you have to evolve from one place to another. evolution process may not be controlled. and should not be compared to a mature democratic process like the u.

dozens were killed in baghdad when a blast from a parked car ripped through a bus satisfaction. in a separate attack three people were killed when a bomb exploded. 23 people were killed after a series of explosions targetting a shi'a neighbourhood. the face of opposition movement in venezuela resurfaced. leopoldo lopez joined demonstrations after a week of hiding from police. as rachel levin showed us, the excitement over his appearance was short live. >> the excitement was plain after leopoldo lopez emerged. addressing the crowd of thousands, he told them he was ready to surrender to security y forces to face charges of terrorism and murder. >> i have nothing to hide. when i turn myself in, i beg you to remain peaceful. >> the former mayor remerged as the face of the protest movement with thousands blaming the government for soring prices and violence. >> this is a fight for all venezuela, for the young people. >> president nicolas maduro accuses leopoldo lopez of inciting violence during the marches, leaving four dead. >> leopoldo lopez crossed the barrier. he told the crowd h

. >> 30 people have been killed in a bomb afac targetting baghdad's heavily fortified peace stone. two targets went off. the suicide bomber apply himself up in a restaurant, leaving four dead. another car bomb afac targeted a -- attack targeted a market near, killing three people. >> egyptian prison authorities released an al jazeera staff member. cameraman mohammed badr has been acquitted and is free. four remain in custody without charge. the white house joined international calls for their release. patty culhane reports. >> at the white house they are usually careful to walk a fine line on egypt, rarely do they comment on any issue further inflaming the relationship with cairo. tuesday they were les constrained. when asked about the arrest of producers mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr and correspondent peter greste from al jazeera english, and sarm ago. >> egypt can only move forward if egypt expresses itself. the newly approved constit ugs upholds basic rights and freedoms. we have expressed returns to the government of egypt. we have urged the government to drop the char

victims were caught in attacks during the morning rush hour in the heavily fortified green zone in baghdadter three car bombs went off southeast of the same city. the israeli authorities have approved the construction of ine than 500 new apartments disputed east jerusalem. contractors are expected to start building in three neighborhoods. palestinian officials say the decision undermines already fragile peace negotiations. one of the largest changes to pharmacies in the united states. cbs is to stop selling all tobacco products by october. allvs is to stop selling tobacco products by october. they have drawn raised by president obama, who said the move will save lives. u.s. officials are warning airlines flying to russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives onboard hidden tooth raised tubes. according to the associated press the carriers have erect flight -- direct flights into russia. from sochi, daniel sanford has the report. journeye end of its around russia and even into space, the olympic torch has arrived in sochi today for one of the most controversial games of recent years

funerals there have been held for victims of a more tar attack in baghdad.he gunman shot at shoppers in a crowded market. no one claimed responsibility. >> italy's center left leader is due to be sworn in. matteo renzi will be the youngest ever prime minister. the new government is expected to tas a vote of confidence in parliament on monday on the panay mall canal -- panay mall canal resumed. it stopped because of a standoff between the panama canal company. the delay means the multibillion project will not be completed before disease next year. >> mexico surpassed japan was a supplier of cars to the united states. a now honda plant opened in central mexico on friday. it accelerated the company to the second-largest car exporter to america. canada is the biggest supplier of cars to the united states. mexico is said to be number one by the end of 2015. >> there has been a fall in the number of afghan police kaled and injured on duty. the job remains one of the most dangerous in the country. >> for much of the past six years. this has been his life. lying fac

they sent him to baghdad, iraq, in 2004, to investigate the looting of that library. what they found out was, this is also a nonfiction book incidentally. >> guest: when did this come out? >> caller: and i believe 2004. it is a nonfiction. >> host: it is matthew, not peter. >> caller: matthew? i beg your pardon. anyway, the title is fiend's from baghdad, nonfiction, and it is a marvelous book about how he found out all of the terrible publicity about all the things that were destroyed, looted and lost was not correct. some were lost but they were all returned. he would be an excellent interview on booktv. >> host: that is familiar. >> guest: a lot of mischaracterizations. he is a great patriot, he went in in 2003, it wasn't his fault. he was trying to fix problems and identify how many works of art have been looted and finally get them back. others participated, koren weiner, an important monuments woman in 2004, part of those teams and not the national museum that was looted but the national library, important archives. there were initial reports of 250,000 objects t

at least 30 people have been killed in bombings around the iraqi capital of baghdad. in the worst incident, 25 people were killed in one blast at a secondhand motorbike market. today, the u.s. state department came out with its annual report on human rights. the u.s. isn't perfect. series of outlined a abuses in other nations ranging from the actions by assad regime in syria to the treatment of gay people in russia. actinge, i spoke to the assistant secretary of state for human rights and democracy. according to this report, where in the world are human rights most under threat? once we don't do a number ranking a but we certainly identified a number of countries where quite simply the human rights situation is absolutely deplorable. noted, wery kerry have in north korea a system, a deplorable system in which every aspect of citizens lives are controlled and the government simply has no tolerance for the basic human dignity of its people. also in syria, the world witnessed with horror the chemical attack last summer in which over 1000 civilians lost their lives. this

outside baghdad, a rocket attack blew up my humvee, killing one of my marines and leaving me paralyzed. [ben affleck] when james returned home, he, like many others, was in no condition to cope and advocate for the services he needed. fortunately, paralyzed veterans of america's trained experts were there to help him so he could concentrate on getting well. for over sixty years, paralyzed veterans of america has worked to ensure that our injured veterans get the medical, housing and auto benefits they have earned. i'm so thankful paralyzed veterans of america was there for me. surely those who sacrificed so much deserve no less. join me in supporting our paralyzed veterans. visit p-v-a dot org. matt cavanaugh of cmz trading joins us now for a stock that's been climbing higher in the charts. good morning matt. >>good morning. >>we're talking about safeway this morning. the latest news is the company may be for sale. >>yeah it's pretty big news on safeway's front. they actually had a little bit better of a quarter than people expected and a little bit lower on the revenue side. but the b

baghdad. and the us politicians who are the most frequent visitors to kiev during the protests. and this.

it's a plan of goodwill in an attempt to end months of fighting in the city west of the capital of baghdaded in fallujah and other parts of anbar province in december when fighters from the islamic state of iraq, which has been link today al qaeda took over in anbar. >>> in brazil, police used tear gas to break up protests in sao paulo over the rising cost of hosting this year's football world cup. the demonstration was largely peaceful, apart from some vandalism and scuffles with police, but it was the latest in the steer riz of protest to his hit brazil since last june, calling for better public services and an end to corruption. the last surviving member of the von trap family which inspired the film the sound of music has died. maria von trap fled nazi occupied austria with her family in 1938. the family of singers then went to win a acclaim in new york. their story became the basis for the sound of news being a movie about a woman who married a widower with seven children. maria was 99 years old. >>> just days after the mobile messaging service what's up was bought out by facebook in

against u s government in the pockets of the court seeking five hundred million dollars in damages for baghdad. all the other from a bit of a living. the us now seems to be closer to the dispossession of the good proxy for the step. most of the us state department said it had not moved to reconsider its position on the bees out to the mini gap opposite of that adjustment of the prophet's more invisible. it seemed to be the hardest to find in continuity with the wind had with eu institutions since his us visa miserable. in two thousand and nine the movie grease european countries has been as close she also undertook was over the punjab chief minister has an edge going into two thousand and two nights thinking about a thousand people most of them muslims. the other countries and a bit more deeply question of steel. the center ground. good morning to help you. now with mr doherty said to meet us ambassador nancy talent. it appears the us is softening its times on the behind the agenda the party's prime ministerial candidate but when this meeting with america's top diplomat din get to know that it

remember, the americans were criticized for standing by while the baghdad museum in iraq was looted after the invasion. art history, a country's identity. at the smithsonian archives of american art, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> you can see more of the monuments men photos on our web site wusa9.com. look for this story under the features tab. >>> after yesterday's ice storm, this is a nice change. i know it's a little cold outside but the winds have relaxed. got a little sunshine coming through the thin clouds. not a bad day at all for february with temperatures going into the upper 30s here in town. we're going to stay in the low to mid-30s well north. then tonight still mostly cloudy. light winds, though. notice 6 miles an hour. i think the winds are going to go near calm in many areas overnight. that will allow temperatures to fall back into the 20s. upper 20s locally in d.c. with low 20s in the subus. lots of clouds coming in from west to east here. they're thinning out, though, in spots. so at times like now here in d.c., we have a good deal of sunshine. other times we've been overcast. t

been killed in the latest surge of terror attacks across iraq the deadliest in the shia district of baghdad left at least fourteen dead and dozens injured iraq is currently engulfed in the worst cycle of violence since two thousand and eight almost eight hundred people killed in sectarian bloodshed this month alone. a crowd of around three thousand people in iceland gathered outside the parliament building in the country's capital today a protest followed a parliament vote supporting the withdrawal from membership the decision sparked widespread criticism across the nation with a twenty six thousand people already signing a petition for the issue to be put to a public vote. well the group of lenders known as the troika are back in greece to discuss the terms of yet another bailout loan harsh austerity measures imposed on the country in exchange for previous credits has failed to stabilize the economy as artist peter all reports this is cause the truckers credibility to plummet their hands on the purse strings of europe's cash strapped. with confidence in the euro zone's three biggest lender

and for the proof of the worsening security situation today as baghdad is hit by a wave of bombings at least sixteen people have been killed authorities say the attacks bear the hallmarks of al qaida is affiliate and in iraq meanwhile government troops have killed fifty seven islamist militants in western province in advance of a possible assault on fallujah. a series of explosions at a cinema and pakistan have killed at least five people eyewitnesses say a man sitting in the back row hurled several grenades into the audience around thirty people were injured some critically during the incident in peshawar. more clashes have broken out between police and use at a protest and the kenyan city of mumbai the task of security forces stormed a mosque on sunday resulting in a violent confrontation that left at least two people dead the raid was ordered after worshipers raise the flag of the band extremist group use armed with knives are said to have attacked the offices the officers rather who responded with gunfire over one hundred arrests were made. when you go up against the british police

that something like this would have been pretty unimaginable back in two thousand and eleven because baghdad that uprising was at least partially directed against the military rule as well doesn't. that represent to some extent that the trail of the ideals of that revolution the fact that the military has once again came to defy war of the egyptian politics no after the adoption of the constitution and the decision to organize the presidential elections within the timeframe stipulated by the constitution i believe that we will be we would be moving towards the normal kind of energy and government and presidency so the army will certainly continue to perform its role as the as any of me would do to protect the sovereignty of the country as for the next elections the stated we are waiting for the decision that we have marshal. sisi to do you leave me to resign and to run for elections. not as though he is not is not going to run as commander in chief are you going to run as a former officer in the army and will run in accordance with the preconditions of stipulated in be constitution so we're

bomb blast near a government science and baghdad's highly secured green zone have killed at least sixteen people the deadliest attack happened as two cars packed with explosives went off near the foreign ministry last were also reported near a restaurant and commercial buildings there's no evidence of who carried out the assaults but sunni insurgents have repeatedly carried out similar attacks against civilians and government implodes. a train carrying gas condensate has derailed in central russia causing twelve of the carriages to explode it's thought faulty wiring is to blame for the train coming off the rails emergency services have now almost put all of the fire and no one was injured during the incident but around seven hundred people have to be evacuated from the area. troops from france and the african union have been unable to stop the looting in muslim neighborhoods in the central african republic peacekeepers on tuesday repelled attacks by radical christian militias on muslim residents but so far failed to completely restore safety there the country has suffered months of sectar

been killed in the latest surge of terror attacks across iraq the deadliest in the shia district of baghdad left at least fourteen dead and dozens injured iraq is currently involved in the worst cycle of violence since two thousand and eight with almost eight hundred people killed in sectarian bloodshed alone. a crowd of around three thousand people in iceland have gathered outside a parliament building in the country's capital today a protest follow the parliament vote supporting the withdrawal from membership a decision sparked widespread criticism across the nation was around twenty six thousand people already signing a petition for the issue to be put to public vote. despite being a relatively small country israel is the world's sixth largest arms exporter in history as one of tel aviv's biggest sources of income but it's come under scrutiny recently with a report revealing that it's using the palestinian territory as a testing ground for new weapons or has the details. i think there is a very big elephant in the room in israel very big fact in all reality which is seldom spoken about a

least nine people were killed and several dozens injured in a series of bombings in the iraqi capital baghdad reported associated press referring to local authorities according to france press agency. there were six explosions and total explosive devices were placed in our cars in different parts of the city at least a thirty four people had been killed in the iraqi capital the day before in a series of attacks. the security situation in iraq has gotten worse in the recent months the authorities pointed out that the level of violence is crewmen were the highest in the last six years. just this year alone over one thousand people have been killed in attacks in iraq in january alone. the key issues of the war economy are being discussed in this the bowl this image in the eurasian economic forum front government and figures famous scientists economics and international experts from thirty three countries together. the delegates talked about maintaining security and stability in the region and the fight against human trafficking and the importance of restoring the great soap way at the meeting ca

now three rockets struck baghdad's international airport friday according to security sources the damaged the runway and a plane but caused no casualties. well there's been no claim the first possibility that the incidents. another minor increased tensions across the country qaeda affiliated militants had been re gaining momentum. citing violence to its highest level in five years more than nine thousand people were killed in two thousand thirteen. the murder trial of ousted president mohammad marc's resume in cairo this saturday where c and fourteen others are accused of inciting the killing of protesters december two thousand miles outside the presidential palace. marc's trial is seen as a test for egypt's military backed government which has come under fire for a crackdown on more c supporters since his overthrow. last july catherine steeply has more on the charges against the jets bac facing school trials and is directed to the charges against him today school carries on charges that he thinks i'm kinda mad and torture protest is. in december twenty twelve the land that the bill would

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and that does for me and sportscenter this has been saving to protect baghdad midnight for the latest in the world of sports. moo. in the they're called as cleared out and we even had some early spring like weather here today and still write but don't get to use to it but i am or by going over tracking down at the left of center put down the meeting guys while they lifted the snow looked around the country tomorrow. in fact those in the car wondering tells of two provinces began to see snow a couple of other alloys and go. one of those tv between twenty to sixty centimeters of snow and children to go twenty to forty centimeters. otherwise the nonsense of ten to wiggle the label until i land are forecast to get between five to twenty centimeters apparently that nation is at the end of the high pressures that come from china which is why we're seeing clouds moved in. well late tomorrow night parts of the stench of resisting going so well will also get a taste of snow these coast of taiwan may get more than eighty seven it had snowed during the next monday. taking the leg at tomorrow's r

. >>> at least 24 people have been killed in bomb explosions in iraqi capital baghdad.osques and a bus station were the targets of the attacks, no group has claimed responsibility for those bombings. >>> but a rebel group based in egypt has claimed responsibility an attack that killed three tourists a suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying south koreans nary i didn't wants border with israel. champions of jerusalem said in statement that it was waging an economic war against egypt's military rulers. just to remind you the trial of three al jazerra journalists is due to begin february 20th in egypt part i've group of 20 people charge charged and accusf having links to a banned group. month. they are been held for 52 days now. they are accused of having ties to the muslim brotherhood who egypt has declared a terrorist organization. also the case of abdullah from our arabic sister channel, he's been in custody since last august and now on his 30th day of a hunger strike again his detention. al jazerra rejects all charges and continues to demands the unconditional release o