the plans were shared far more in london in the war in baghdad or basra at the time. it was simply through asking the question, which i thought was an obvious one what is happening to oil? >> signs were everywhere, "blood for oil." how were you following the oil trail? ? >> during the first 18 months or so of the occupation, i was going to oil industry conferences in london, reading the magazines and journals the companies used. i was building up quite a clear picture of what they wanted from iraq. i went to iraq for the first time in 2005. i discovered i had much better access to information being in london and my friends and colleagues in baghdad and basra did, so i started sharing the affirmation with my colleagues. this went on for a few years. i went to several of the meetings between the iraqi government and international institutions such as the international monetary fund. the big get together is of all the oil companies and more through observing that. -- and learned more through observing that. led by the trade unions, i was involved in a supportive role fro

there were many thousands of basra has the money the twenty four thousand of them. through four thousand coming to london from all over the country to run services for the twenty two world it wouldn't surprise me if one of them got lost it would surprise me if one of them got lost four or believe as roshan will on the front row looking at it to suit. my messages are busy people be inconvenienced then clearly we're sorry for it but you know hundreds of buses have gone through. very very short order got to. the park and athletes are forming fantastic facilities that. america's basketball players are about to kick start in lego. but before leaving home the gold medal holders brazil eighty to sixty nine in a friendly to send out a signal to their rivals at the london games coach mike krzyzewski doesn't write off a south american side adding that other opponents could also cause an upset. i think it's a great chance to be in contention for a gold medal. we're going to play in a couple other teams in exhibitions you know also will be there and tina and spain and wanting w

police in basra in have used tear gas to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters at least fifty people have died since the unrest began and february of last year what they were banning pro-reform rallies earlier this month column ask l a former lecturer at the university of bahrain believes the time has come for change in the country. the people have been pushing for democracy for many years now row sovereignty in the country and the khalifas or the drag on the progress these are credit ruling families ruling family now for two hundred twenty nine years lives in luxury they live lives that are so totally devoid from any type of reality from any type of connection with the average citizen whenever the people rise up and protest as they have in the past year and i have they go after them they kill them they torture them they beat them because they broke no one for freedom of speech freedom of association freedom of belief the people are determined they will continue to protest because the regime is so embattled and so in feeble and we can scared they have decided to ban all protes

basra obama welcomes in new egyptian president mohammed morsi vowing to support the country supports democracy and we asked if the new regime will pose concerns for washington. this week saw the german chancellor angela merkel returning from a defeat for the first time in years leaders have agreed to allow the european bailout fund to funnel money directly to struggling banks germany have strongly opposed this option but was forced to give in after insistence from spain and italy they could i gather this michael ross says the decision will cost the germans a lot but will not fix the euro zone's core problems. this will make no ways we have a very big problem problem a very huge problem and it is not solved at all as a matter of fact i call it unconditional surrender of germany which we witnessed in brussels the southern countries with a new euro zone finally got the credit card that there always wanted a credit card for whom the german pick taxpayer has to pay and very interested in the question how long germany would do this the tax burden in the future will become very very high an

motions to increase to fifteen percent for high salaries and also over the next two years at the moment basra has a lot and come tax rate of thirteen percent as you can see there it's lower than in most developed and even emerging markets now the bill to hike taxes may look even more alluring as russia's cabinet meets the cash to fulfill its election pledges and tom barton caught up with p.w. c. partner karena good to discuss this issue. so just start off with we'll talk about this proposed tax change it's only two percent thirteen to fifteen percent is it going to make any difference for the budget it will not make a huge difference because russian budget system personal income tax has never played by the little so maybe the tax collections will increase the number to effect of introducing this additional charge will completely undermine this additional tax collections but surely russia seems to have a lower tax rate than many comparable countries surely it's time the government started taking more money to give services i would say that we should. tax rate that we have with russia with the

here is our consulat in basra. there is a joined osc-state departntenkua dofif ri opiotintt she, and -- my where ey carry out depmthy ean miitary salean sio isti, is is for all of you. what lessons are relearning in iraq that we should take heed to wel rthrom when go d the . an sue we preferred -- repaired for in afghanistan? >> i would say at w tha thvent qnowk whe t our switch to the sustainable development approach with the government of ir so that they are working in the abin for. s the cost-sharing aspect of it has been a very smartsp klat rre u whouer hth y-thav por uff anthey have to make it work. there is much less weight involved at the front end. and the scoping of the prram masefotm.sign ofhro dk avena if oprag and the workability of our programming. that is te single most fourrctiv etn for . rtle we ni plng eti aed in cooperation as we move through a period. we can't drop any of the that are going on and ithk coatanfoio arha mth anonsccul [inaudible] >> would say ther are thr ts se, gemge, sihakinoal yo

'she wstiio'v isra >> myn aosll between basra and kirkuk, but kirkuk is subject to indirect fire quite regularly, and can that -- >> are we still getting rocket >>veynfenoad o thckco h been minimal at the embassy in baghdad. contrary wise in kirkuk, it's a week, ifot d eie wabot rt e? ve a stin er wl? >> in basra the sze down there is limited, and their capacity to move abouis tend ca oathe pce veenogof t >> n is that our decision, or was that the iraqi decision? >> our decisn. but the iraqis, when i was in ae f a a mierd the ed e or 2iss is view from the program. the program, as you know, started out about 200, dropped down to 115, noown bo -8he s atong t 3, tntl in toldvo as it were. >> yeah. mr. courts, can i switch to you for a second? inrm ils?tfloi u dho lofit at h ti iur wh ee omth wt th most- what do you worry about at night in terms of your facilities there? togert ou aedn, the ste erangit i the area of security to be considered fully mission capable. the three criteria were to have secu and protected facilities, thathey would have the ability to achiehecu me heeo athhe calils

also is giving up a $98 million training site in the southern city of basra.hich according to the report adds up to a de facto waste of $206 million. that report was released today, heather. heather: steve, where does this leave the u.s. efforts to help iraq? >> reporter: it is unclear since iraq didn't support this program what might be done in the future. the u.s. spent $8 billion training iraqi police since the 2003 invasion but the report says this latest effort showed, quote, mixed results. the training is supposed to be the centerpiece of the u.s. effort to continue helping iraq and it was the largest state department expenditure anywhere in the world. despite all the training, iraqi police remain vulnerable. six were killed just yesterday. nine more wounded in bombings and shootings in the former al qaeda strong hold of fallujah. heather? heather: thank you, steve. not the outcome we're looking for when you spend that amount of money in. thank you. bill: 26 minutes past. there is a new video that shows a pivotal battle in this war in syria. the fight is

is it basra? >> it would be close. it is subject to the indirect fire quite regularly. >> are we still getting rocket attacks out of sadr into baghdad? >> a very infrequently. they have been minimal at the embassy in baghdad. contrary, it is weekly, if not daily. >> what about down at the port? do we have a bad situation down there? >> the size down there is limited in their capacity to move about. because of that, the police development program that was going to operate there has been withdrawn. >> was that our decision or the whenion of the iraqi's >> i was there a the end of april, i met with the acting minister and he said he needed may be 15 or 20 advisers in his youth from the program. as you know, it started at about 200, now down to about 70- 80. then it will continue to evolve and to evolve, as it were. >> reducing the flashpoints in terms of our facilities? you had a list of sites you have identified in testimony. what are the bottom three? what do you worry about that night in terms of the facilities there?