this is the last military camp in northern basra to be handed over. some u.s. soldiers will remain at the iraqi request. >>> in tel aviv, two people are dead and at least 12 injured after a gunman opened fire at a gay youth club. police say the masked gunman was dressed in all black, pull out a gun and fired in all directions. witnesses described that scene as a blood bath. the manhunt continues for the suspect mo fled the scene on foot. >>> one person is dead, 15 injured after a stage collapsed in canada. thousands of fans in alberta were joan ig the big band jamboree. the four-day festival in western canada started on thursday and was scheduled to wrap up today. no word on whether the concert scheduled to take place today will be canceled. >>> after the energy and commerce committee narrowly passed a health care reform bill, the august recess starts with this directive, sell, sell, sell. the bill passed 31-28. those opposed included all republicans on the committee and five democrats. the full house votes after the august recess. >>> nbc's mike viqueira is li

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. >> we have had a problem with maliki ever since he had success in basra. remember, he attacked the sadrites, but it was a close victory and american help in the end that helped him. he has always overestimated his strengths. in keeping us out of the cities, he again overestimated his strength. he is weaker than he was. this is a winnable war, but it could be unwinnable if the iraqis assume that they are in control in a situation where they are not quite ready and keep us out. >> look at it this way. in august we have had two american casualties in iraq. two. this is an iraqi problem. how the iraqis handled this fight with the sudanese and this shiites is their business. if they -- sunnis and shiites is their business. if they want us to go, pack up and let's leave right now. our job is not to make sure they get along with one another. we have done the job we meant to do. we do not have to stay there. as far as winning the war, that is their business. >> we destabilize the country and now we say it is broke and we are not going to fix it, and that is what t

. >> we have had a problem with nouri al-maliki as recently as his success in basra. he attacked the sadrites, but it was a close victory and with american help. he always overestimate his strength. in taking them out, he again overestimated his strength and he again cc is weaker. this is a winnable war, but it could be on winnable if the iraqis assume they are in control in a situation where they are not quite ready. >> i do not agree with that at construction at all. in august, we have had two american casualties in iraq. two. this is an iraqi problem. how the iraqis handle this, the fights with the sunnis and shiites, that is their business. if they want to get us out sooner, that is their business. pack up and let's leave right now. we have done the job that we had to do. we do not have to stay there. winning a war is their business. >> well, we destabilize the country and now we say that it is broke and we will not fix it, and that is what the iraqi government wants. maliki's decisions are probably wrong for his country, but they are good for the united states. t

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the food -- while we were in basra was quite good, actually, rice and lentils and tea and stuff. in fact the food in baghdad was pretty good, there wasn't very much of it, and it was only if you happened to be there at a time that they happened to have food available that you got any, so there were a couple of days we were either traveling and we just didn't get any, but it was pretty good, actually -- that's pretty good after six months of m.r.e.'s, so pretty good is a very relative term. >> m.r.e.'s -- >> most things are good -- m.r.e.'s are pretty good for a -- are ok for a week or two but -- >> did you ever have any contact with the civilian population? >> the only contact i had with civilians was while we were in basra, for some afternoon we were in this room that had bars on the windows but -- but glass on the other side, and there were people who's-who were unhappy and we were glad when the guards closed the curt curtains. damp basically a lynch party had come to take us out of there, i guess they were tired of getting bombed and were blaming us and that they had defended

the food -- while we were in basra was quite good, actually, rice and lentils and tea and stuff.n fact the food in baghdad was pretty good, there wasn't very much of it, and it was only if you happened to be there at a time that they happened to have food available that you got any, so there were a couple of days we were either traveling and we just didn't get any, but it was pretty good, actually -- that's pretty good after six months of m.r.e.'s, so pretty good is a very relative term. >> m.r.e.'s -- >> most things are good -- m.r.e.'s are pretty good for a -- are ok for a week or two but -- >> did you ever have any contact with the civilian population? >> the only contact i had with civilians was while we were in basra, for some afternoon we were in this room that had bars on the windows but -- but glass on the other side, and there were people who's-who were unhappy and we were glad when the guards closed the curt curtains. damp basically a lynch party had come to take us out of there, i guess they were tired of getting bombed and were blaming us and that they had defended us