in attacks stretching across at least 11 cities from bag good to basra, more-- baghdad to basra more than 360 were hurt, the attackers targeted iraqi security force, many civilials were killed, al qaeda is being blamed for attacks. in syria aleppo came under fierce air attack again. amateur video claims to show the results of a government attack, crowds pulling victims from the rubble. in addition 17 others were killed when a car bomb exploded in aleppo. we have received a series of dramatic photos from our partner the world news web site globalpost which show how a neighborhood in aleppo was transformed in just seconds. first a number of family members were washing down a street in aleppo, they are alerted to something, a government tank approaching. so they grab their arms. the tank fires first, hitting the rebels, only one survives. the others lie dead on the street. they just washed. >> secretary of state clinton met with president vladimir putin of russia this weekend urging him to help end the conflict in syria. but she came away with no agreement. our state department correspo

several car bombs rocked cities including amara, kirkuk and western basra. gunman hit checkpoints and at least 46 are dead, 125 wounded. many of those killed are iraqi soldiers. the u.n. special representative for iraq is condemning the attacks. one of the bombs went off near the french consulate in nasiriyah. earlier we spoke to reuters' baghdad bureau chief patrick markey. >> these kind of attacks happen at least once a month now. they're still carrying out a coordinated attacks on various cities once a month. this is certainly not the worst that we've had this year, even if the death toll is at 70. we've had death tolls of more than 100 in one day. as you point out, no one has claimed responsibility but even after u.s. troops have left, iraq is still fighting various insurgent groups, including local wing of al qaeda and former member saddam hussein's baathist party. >> violence has been on the rise in iraq in recent months. 325 people were killed in july. deadliest month since august 2010. >>> now to syria. the international envoy is meeting in cairo tom

in the middle east, the city of basra in southern iraq has seen large scale protest. thousands took to the street to demonstrate and burn the u.s. and israeli flag. this has been a largely peaceful gathering. violence has been targeted over a paris-based magazine published a series of cartoons of the prophet muhammad. while france has closed embassy, consulates and talks in 20 countries fearing a backlash. let's get more, kristin frazier has more on this. christian, interesting news by the french authorities. not entirely surprising, i think. >> no, they were very quick out of the block on wednesday in light of the protest we've seen over the week. they're worried about being stung by the backlash by these u.s. embassies have suffered and the foreign minister was quick to improve and enhance security in 20 countries. there's also protection for french schools and there's a travel warning for french people as well. and there was talking on the ground, in cairo saying when you put the video and the cartoons together, you see the goals between the west and islam. and tha

and here in basra, a car bomb was detonated in a popular marketplace. "we suddenly felt the blast," said this eyewitness. "i saw five victims, two of them were dead and three others injured." the attacks have been blamed on the iraqi branch of al qaeda, intent on taking back areas it was forced from before british and american troops withdrew from the country. "the heightened waves of terror and violence are due to a reduction in equipment and intelligence data," says this iraq analyst. "it's encouraged terrorists to use the style of hit and run." the iraqi government is trying to ensure there is security for its people after years of violence, but since american troops left iraq last year, attacks have once more been stepped up, and death and destruction are once more part of ordinary iraqis' lives. itv news. >>> a court ruling in absentia to give iraq's sunni vice president the death penalty on charges he masterminded death squads. he escaped from iraq in december and is unlikely to return from exile in turkey. >>> here is your first look at some of t

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in iran and the gaza strip, and large protests expected in baghdad and iraq's second largest city, basra, as well as amman, jordan. ian lee has been following the developments in cairo. ian, what's the scene like right now? >> reporter: well, right now, christine, we still have battles going on between protesters and police. we're still seeing the tear gas used, rubber bullets used, protesters responding with molotov cocktails and rocks. this battle has been going on since wednesday night. it's now friday, just about noon, so it's been a sustained battle. really no either side getting the upper hand on the other, but we're seeing injuries and more injuries on both sides as this battle continues. it is happening near the u.s. embassy on a road that goes from tahrir square to the u.s. embassy. right now, the protesters are about roughly 80 to 100 yards from the embassy, but the police have been able to hold them off. the military's also building a huge, concrete wall on the road leading to the embassy. this wall is about ten feet tall, and we've seen this used in the past to stop protester

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soldiers were killed in a dawn ambush and other car bombings hit cities from the southern port of basra to the northwest syria border at this point no one's claimed responsibility for great turks. new york city and its immediate surroundings have been hit by two tornadoes a severe weather pummels the u.s. atlantic coast and the twisters caused power outages and property damage but no injuries were reported and the storms caused flooding in areas of new england and left thousands without electricity. now our interview with the russian president vladimir putin that's coming up in just a few minutes here on r.t. before that though a recap of the week's top headlines. dear mom i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains of being getting worse and no doctor has been able to help me please know that i'll finally be at peace with no more pain i wish i could have had a life with elizabeth always pictured her being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all see you all in heaven when your time comes i'm goi

ten soldiers were killed in a dog ambush and car bombings in other cities hit the southern port of basra to the north and to the northwest syrian border no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks. you are rocks vice president has been sentenced to death after a court ruled he was guilty of masterminding the killings of the country's security forces and shias terry was not in court though if he had fled to turkey when the charges against him emerged in december the case sparked a political crisis in iraq with other sunni politicians branding the prime minister who issued the warrant for hashemi a dictator. eighty police have been injured during clashes that occurred at the kurdish cultural festival in southwestern germany the unrest started after a teenager tried to get into the event with a band flag and police used pepper sprays they were pelted with stones and bottles of water the clashes laugh lasted for about two hours and detained thirty one people. at least sixteen people have been killed by government soldiers after failing to stop at a checkpoint in mali the victims be

ten soldiers were killed in a dorm ambush other car bombings hit cities from the southern port of basra to the northwest border with syria at this point nobody has claimed responsibility for all of these attacks. new york city and its immediate surroundings have been hit by two tornadoes as severe weather pummeled the u.s. atlantic coast the twisters caused power outages and property damage but no injuries were reported but the storms caused flooding in areas of new england and left thousands without electricity further to the south in washington. all right back with a recap of the top stories of today and of the week with the weekly in just a moment. wealthy british scientists on roads and sometimes. markets finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tuning in to cause a report on our. mission free i couldn't take should free transport charges free. range month free risk free.

were killed in the dawn ambush and other bombings happened in the cities from the southern port of basra to the northwest syrian border no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks. meanwhile iraq's vice president has been sentenced in absentia to death after a court ruled he was guilty of masterminding the killings of the country's security forces and shias. and he was not in court though if he had fled to turkey when the charges emerged him against him in december the case sparked a political crisis in iraq with other sunni politicians branding the prime minister who issued the warrant. hashmi dictate. a peaceful march in chile's capital to memorialize victims of the military dictatorship of general pinochet has ended with violence and a number of arrests dozens of mass protesters barricaded the area surrounding science goes general cemetery blocking streets and clashing with police officers responded with tear gas and water cannons no injuries have been reported. eighty police officers were injured during clashes at a kurdish cultural festival in south west germany then arres

turned soldiers were killed in the dawn ambush of the car bombings hit cities from the southern port of basra to the northwest syrian border. when is it claimed responsibility for the attacks. given the rugs vice president has been sentenced to death after a court ruled he was guilty of masterminding the killings of the country's security forces and shias al-hashmi was not in court those who fled to turkey as soon as the charges against him emerged in december the case sparked a political crisis in iraq with other sunni politicians burning the prime minister who issued the warrant for. a dictator. eighty police officers have been injured during clashes at a kurdish cultural festival in western germany rest began after a teenager tried to get into the event with a band the flag police used pepper spray as they were pulled of the stones and bottles of water clashes loss of about two hours with thirty one people out. of. foreigners witnessing daily protests and violence though this time incited by the police security offices resorted to tear gas and stun grenades to deal with schools a peaceful

they could send crude oil to the refinery in basra or send some to the refinery in baghdad.hese gems here are pump stations, and if you did not have the capacity, you can not send that much oil north. they are working on rehabilitating this line. they cannot send that much up to baghdad. everything must go through the persian gulf. for the north, and you will see nothing mentioned on iraqi kurdistan on this map, kirkuk field has been producing since 1927. it is their first field. into three zones. most production here is from th southernmoste middle done. the number dome is being operated by the kurds. just like the professor was saying with potential spill over from reservoirs. this field produces the majority oil companies' will compa oil. since the domes have been producing since 1927, it is harder to continue to produce oil. there have been times when people that the not agree but the federal government would sabotage the pop lines -- the pipelines. what that would do would they would still order to produce in kirkuk. they needed cooking fuel, propane. they would produce

in iraq, thousands gathered in basra. some held signs that read death to america.n iran the iranian president accused the west of trying to spark religious conflict. he did that at a mill tare arery parade. in lebanon, thousands of supporters of hezbollah demonstrated against the antiislam video. of course, we have no way of knowing whether that video is the real motivation for many of the protests or whether the governments and others are using that video as an excuse to rally ainst the united states. >>> the chief fox report correspondent jonathan hunt with us tonight. not exactly a helpful move from an ally announcing a national holiday. >> reporter: especially when you call it in the wake of the antiislamic video love for your prophet day. it would appear on many levels to give a green light to demonstrators to be on the streets if not a green light for the violence that ensued. one imagines that this issue may have been raised between secretary of state hillary clinton and the pakistani foreign minister at a meeting at the state department today although publi

in iraq, crowds in baghdad and basra chanted anti-american slogans in the street. shiite muslim group called anti-muslim video, un forgivable. others are demanding u.s. embassy in baghdad close down. that's the world's largest american diplomatic mission with some 15,000 employees. in tehran, hard liners burning the u.s. flag outside the swiss embassy. riot police sit strong outside that embassy. yemen now, an air strike killed the top al-qaeda deputy, rioters there tried to storm our embassy. they made it inside the compound, but yemeni security forces used -- fired into the air and eventually sealed off the area. so that's the overview. our coverage continues now with a fox report with jonathan hunt. back to those concerns that the violence could spread to the united states. why are they voicing concerns that that could happen? >> there is worry that the violence we've seen in places like yemen could inspire extremist groups to take action right here at home and the f.b.i., dhs bulletin published today makes continual reference to anti-american sentiment stirred

earlier a car bomb killed three people and injured more than two dozen at a marketplace in basra. >>> west coast headlines are coming up next with one state's alcohol rules coming under fire. >>> also, about that night. the man who got the only interview with clint eastwood since his strange moment in the spotlight at the republican convention. keep it here on "weekends with alex witt." [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if wa and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... ...advanced headlights... ...and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ nissan. innovation that excites. there are projects. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them even better... ...that's a game-changer in itself. more saving. more doing. th

protests against the film erupting now in baghdad and in the city of basra.leric al-sadr called on the iraqi government to close the u.s. embassy and fire the u.s. ambassador. maliki is denouncing the film as racist and called on muslims not to react with violence. they're holding up posters of sadder and chanting death to america. >> brian: let's leave the flags and burn his posters. that would make more sense. >> steve: all right. meanwhile, yesterday at this time we were telling you about how after the trouble started -- >> brian: just a second. elizabeth, you want to go? >> yes. >> brian: go ahead. >> steve: look how patient she is. >> gretchen: it's raining. >> brian: i know you have a network to run. >> gretchen: have a great day. >> steve: anyway, after the trouble started at the embassy of cairo, somebody inside sent out -- and it is presumed with the administration's approval -- essentially messages, some e-mails, tweets as well about essentially of apology, to the protesters. what's interesting, though, is we have now heard that al-qaeda is run by a

we are concerned about class-action procedure when you have basra people appear in the air.when you train up en masse at the aggregates a lot of people are in the business community is concerned these cases can be so big they can be extorted. they are concerned about cutting back on class actions because it's too expensive to litigate one by one. the justice in the case of the comcast case will consider the question of how much judges should decide about the case before certifying and saying everyone can be in all the lawsuit together. do they have to figure out if people cannot one. damage? do they have to look into whether there is a fraud and a securities fraud case? we will be more in line on the wal-mart decision about class-action procedure. two other tiny little cases is an interesting thing for people in college and trying to get textbooks. it's when it is that happens with good. so you buy textbooks made overseas where they are sold and the producer about the core of of any other copyrighted material into the united states. there is actually a body of cases of when

several outlining facilities in baghdad about 10 security operations training sites and consulates in basra and erbil. employees number approximately 1600 u.s. direct hires. 240 iraqis, thousands. fedex said the sunni shia divide that is was her secret conflict. politically iraq remains fractured amongst the carrion lines. those divisions appear to have deepened in the last year. iraq's stability depends on it being integrated with responsible neighbors and the world community. its long-term future is on the human rights, democracy and human law. the political fragmentation and corruption also present fundamental challenges to its economy. the world bank report analyzes the ease of doing business and protection of property rights across 183 economies ranked iraq 164 is in 2012, down five spots from his 2011 ranking. despite prime minister maliki's claim that iraq is at them for business, most interested investors and trade partners are challenged to get a visa or a definitive answer from the government about tender bidding processes. according to the world bank, iraq's lasher implemented a

essentially trying to get out of the iran-iraq war and would have ended up on the killing fields are, basra routt. so he goes to turkey to get a visa for his son to emigrate to hawaii, to move to hawaii said he could go to school in the united states. unfortunately, in return for the visa for his son of the u.s. government cia pitches him to work for the cia as a pretty robust intelligence collection effort going on by the director casey at the time, director of the cia. and he agrees and he becomes one of the best agents that the u.s. has. he is well positioned to provide perhaps the most significant information he provided was a massive attack on saudi arabia that they plant there were in the middle of executing it and he ticks off the cia and allows the military to take countermeasures in the shooting site as the gulf between u.s. helicopters and the small boats that killed seven or eight sirenians the cause them to get some pullback and think of something that is compromising. the significant aspect is that they never got to saudi area so it would have been a major war to read the downs