as you say david petraeus kind of wrote the manual on counterinsurgency it literally asked him three twenty four which everybody in the army and marine corps uses and one of the things that he drove home constantly was this economy of force don't use more than you need because hearts and minds is the most important thing the people are the center of gravity is the way they said it. and it does kind of raise some questions about can we be doing things that are tactically smart in other words they keep our troops safe but they're strategically stupid they're kind of flipping the script if you will and turning enemies turning locals into enemies where we could be having friends i think that that's a fair question that we should be asking well you know one of the things to hear is that they say that there were no civilian deaths at the same time they didn't want to risk any american lives to go in and. really check the place out before they decided to bomb the whole thing so it just makes you start to question how are they so sure of the no civilians died does that mean that they're show

general david petraeus arrived in january of 2007 initiating the surge. it was ostensibly to increase troops by 30,000. in the implementation of a new tactic called counterinsurgency. the mantra was we are not going to focus on killing the enemy but protecting the population and tempting them with incentives to separate themselves from the insurgents and work with us. the reality during the surge is three times this many civilians killed by americans as before so that did not see a population center direct population. there were killed with increased air strikes. q fire artillery sometimes in populated areas but the iraqis were so desperate to end the civil war that we were able to absorb these. the key factor initially was the sunni cease-fire in 2006 continuing into 2007. they put down their weapons but were not just neighborhood guards, not really doing much and informing americans about al qaeda. the surge will focus on baghdad. it is in the hands of the army. the mahdi army was a self-defense militia with an ideology with a creed and discipline and b

as well as in the company of soldiers which followed the 101st airborne division and general david petraeus in iraq. crew crusade and he's at work on the american role in the liberation of europe in world war ii. his awards include the pulitzer prize for reporting and public service, the 2003 pulitzer prize for history, the 1989 george poke aware for national reporting, and the 2007 gurled r. ford award for distinguishing reporting on national defense. please join me in welcoming the 2010 recipient for the pritzker military library award in military writing rich. [applause] >> it may be eds sigh to give you award for your work. >> i'll take them. >> you would take them. [laughter] >> this is a fascinating career. do you ever wonder if you will wake up and something else will happen? >> i'm afraid i might wake up and something else will happen. i've been very lucky and with many people i've blundered into a real passion, and that was the newspaper business, and then that provided me with the tools and the experience and the wind at my back to become a full-time narrative historian, and so th

. >> best government dollar spent, the salaries of general david petraeus and ray 0 dee odierno. >> mort. >> the fake bombs that we used to catch would-be terrorists. >> best government dollar spent, the bush tax cuts, the extension of those will add #% to gdp growth, a far higher boost than all of president obama's stimulus spending, plus cash for clunkers and first- time homebuyer's credit combined. best government dollar spent is that. >> lisa murkowski gets upset in the al lags could senate primary, she's beaten, she puts herself on as a write-in, runs and wins back her senate seat. there is more than one mama grizzly in alaska. >> excellent choice. i think it's mine. >> boldest tactic, i am not a witch, i am you. >> monica. >> boldest tactic, governor jan brewer signing into law that arizona illegal immigration law. >> mort. >> the computer geniuses who >>> boldest political tactic. president obama's enlistment of former president clinton to take his place at the podium and sell skeptical democrats on the idea of extending all of the bush tax cuts. obama's calculation was that failu

but it's not general david petraeus, but his wife, holly.s sharyn alfonsi reports, she's going to be helping vulnerable families targeted by scam artists. >> reporter: diane, a mother of three, was fighting in iraq when she learned she had been scammed by an auto dealer, who illegally sold her a car and then left town. >> i have no doubt i was targeted because i was military. >> reporter: thousands of miles away, but worried about the fallout back home. three-fourths of financial counselors say they have dealt with members of the military who have fallen victim. it's a cause dear to the heart of holly petraeus. she grew up a military brat, married petraeus two months after he graduated from west point, moving their home, her family, two dozen times over 36 years. but outside each base, she told our austin, texas, affiliate, she noticed the same thing. lenders lined up. >> oh, right outside the gates as you drive by a military installation, you see that sort of thing right by the gates. >> reporter: high interest loans, bogus credit plans. an

. >> i'm pleased to nominate general david petraeus to take command in afghanistan. >> is this july 2011r effort? >> it's not an exodus of u.s. or coalition forces. >> we are moving toward a new phase that will conclude in 2014. >> this facility that is being debated is universally known as the ground zero mosque. what do you call it? a hub of culture. a hub of bringing people together. >> our burning of the koran is to call the attention that something's wrong. >> i am heartened by the condemnation of this disgraceful act. >> this is the corner where an s.u.v. was parked full of explosives. faisal shahzad, the prime suspect, was attempting to flee the country. >> only because he was a poor bomb builder were we saved from a real calamity. >> tens of thousands of classified documents leaked and posted on the web. >> the real story is that it's war. it's one damn thing after another. >> ten people here in the united states pled guilty to acting as agents of russia. >> do we have any spies that hot? >> it wasn't my idea to send her back! (laughter) >> look at your man, now back to me. ♪ hid

to the military they always are apparently during a regular daily conference last week general david petraeus made the following comment he said we got our teeth in the enemy's juggler now and we're not going to let go so does that mean that the military has actually been having success with its missions recently or is this just betrays his way of saying we're not letting go aka we're not leaving you see it betray us coin a letter to troops to outline what he expects of them for the rest of this year and in this letter the general praises the troops for adapting to trained changing strategies for creating a security bubble that was extremely effective in protecting areas like kabul but it also talks about all the hard work that lies ahead in two thousand and eleven what changes troops should expect but they were also out there notice how this letter is missing a very important piece of information a very important change something like the troop withdrawal you know the one where obama promised to start removing troops by july of two thousand and eleven. taken together these additional america

interesting so we're going to have to wait and of course there are the rumors about john bolton david petraeus you know swirling around even though donald trump is a little donald trump as are so of the ladies who will be writing about him so much thank you well time for our tweet of the day before we go last night ricky gervais' shocked hollywood with his biting humor and ridicule as the host of the golden globes and tonight another famous brit piers morgan will make his debut taking over larry king spot on c.n.n. so we were wondering what would john bolton speaking of tweet about the influx of british talent in the u.s. we thought he'd say the british are coming we have approximately eight days to bomb before they fully take over hollywood that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in and if we do not have a show tomorrow to make sure to come back on a wednesday we'll have an experience from the young turks on the program in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the alona show on facebook in the follow us on twitter you missed any of tonight's show or any other night you can alway

and eleven but didn't really lay out any kind of a plan adding coincidentally enough general david petraeus earlier this week posted a letter to the troops online where he also just didn't even mention that whole troop withdrawal thing for all of twenty eleven do you see that as a sign that there may be. starting to walk back from that a little bit you know least in the public sphere i didn't know walking back from it since the fall of recent days are like the two thousand and fourteen as being the more important draw date i think you will see some troop withdrawals in june or july but they'll be very minor and i think what you'll see is withdrawals from places in the country that are are more secure and not in places in the south me is where most u.s. troops are these days so i mean i was sort of you know i would have been good to see the present talk a little bit what the conditions on the ground would be that would lead to a troop withdrawal but i really think that the ministration has positioned themselves unfortunately quite well and if we push it push the ball forward on this one two

obama official to take the trip i've been chief counterterrorism adviser john brennan and general david petraeus. now clinton stated that washington was seeking to rebalance its three hundred million dollars aid package to the country to have more weight to civilian aid rather than just military and security assistance but keep in mind yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world with an estimated forty two percent of the population living on less than two dollars a day and the country faces dwindling supplies of both oil and water let's get real here the u.s. interest in yemen why isn't dealing with terrorism well al qaeda in the arabian peninsula now with civilian aid now with women's rights but considering how under the radar u.s. military operations have been in this country could we see this trip as a move to have the shadow war emerge into the public spotlight here to discuss it with me is jonathan goyer program associate for the middle east task force at the new american foundation jonathan thanks so much for being here michel and i really appreciate it well i want to know why you t

she is the wife of general david petraeus, who is the top u.s. general in afghanistan. holly petraeus will advocate for military families on consumer issues, like dealing with scam artists who prey on young service members. >>> the first finding of a presidential panel's investigation on the bp oil spill is now out. it blames three companies. bp, halliburton and transocean, for making decisions designed to save both time and money. and the report says the combination of those decisions overwhelmed any safeguards being taken. it also claims that without significant industry and government reform, the very same thing could happen again. >>> classes are canceled today at an omaha high school, after a deadly shooting. a student apparently upset at being suspended, opened fire, killing the vice principal. the principal was also hurt but is expected to survive. students describe the chaos and panic in the moments after the shooting. >> this poor woman. she was screaming. it was a terrible scream, like i never heard in my life. and this man was just aching in agony, seemed like

it very specific language from david petraeus. he and others have talked about successful counterinsurgencies taking 10 years. they have really just begun to fight. they got all the troops in there as of december 2010. general petraeus said that we are at the beginning of that clock. i do not think that president obama sees it that way. >> other than your reports from over there, where else do we get confirmation on a daily basis that you can trust? how many reporters are over there now? >> we actually have a reporter there most of the time. we have a producer over their most of the time. in a huge fan of a reporter from the "new york times." george packer has done some great stuff for "the new yorker." another reporter for the "new york times" has done some great work. one great thing that he does -- i do this much less successfully than he does. he tells the story. you know these people. years and years of deployment after deployment. you want to tell the human story. talked-about the extraordinary number of casualties. that rep

is careful language you have to listen from the administration and very careful language from david petraeus. i talked to him in 2010, where we are in the counter insurgency clock. that it could take 10 years. but really they have just begun to fight. they just got all the troops in there as september, 2010. and general petraeus said we are at the beginning of the clock. i don't think that president obama sees it that way. >> obviously than your reports, where else can we get reports on a daily basis you can trust. how many reporters there? >> the network sends people over there from time to time. we actually have a reporter there most of the time. and a full-time producer there most of the time. i am a huge fan of dexter from the new yorker doing great stuff. and chris schrivers does, and i try much less successfully than he does, to tell the stories over there. like general campbell, i have known him since he was a general in iraq. and you know these people deployment after deployment. and you want to tell the human story. talk the about loss. and the extraordinary number of casualties. an

earlier the vice president met with general david petraeus. he is coordinating those efforts with the afghan officials. he arrived in afghanistan yesterday. the trip was kept under wraps until he arrived for security reasons. >>> the ground breaking nuclear deal takes effect deal. it allows both nations to exchange nuclear energy technology and engage in joint commercial nuclear power ventures. the deal also calls for them to work together to stop the spread of nuclear weapons arounds world. >>> federal officials will hear when safety devices help save lives in light plane actions. right now they are optional for light planes. however some aircraft owners choose to have them installed. the crash is a plane with those features is studied today. >>> a protest is planned today in san francisco marking the ninth anniversary of the guantanamo bay prison. the activist plan to wear jump suits and hoods. they say they will read the names of the detainees still being held at guantanamo. >>> federal job bias complaints are at a record level lead by a su

he also met with general david petraeus that is coordinating those efforts. >>> time now 5:14 the ground breaking nuclear deal between the united states and russia takes effect today. president obama and russian president signed that dialth deal last year. it allows both to exchange nuclear energy technology and deal in joint nuclear power ventures. his deal calls for the two countries to work together to spot the spread of nuclear weapons around the world. >>> the founder of wikileaks made a brief appearance in court. julian assange reported for sexual rape charges. wikileaks is a website that leaked thousands of u.s. military documents to the u.s.. >>> former house majority leader tom delay has been sentenced to three years in prison. he was convicted last november of illegally funneling corporate money to help candidates in texas in 2002. he said he never intended to break the law and plans to appeal. delay has been released on bail pending that appeal. >>> officials will debate whether light planes should have shoulder harness seat belts. right now they are optional for planes used f

knew, he met david general petraeus. he's coordinating those efforts with the afghan leaders. >>> the ground-breaking nuclear deal twine the u.s. and russia takes effect today. president obama and russian signed -- and russian president signed the agreement. the agreement calls for the two nations to work together to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. protests are planned to mark the 9th anniversary of the guantanamo bay prison. the activists plan to wear jumpsuits and hoods and read the names of the detainees still b eing held autogamy. inn guantanamo. >>> the eeoc says claims are up from last year. the spike began after congress approved changes to the a mericans with disability acts. that made it easier for people to claim that they are disabled. >>> a bay area woman is facing charges this morning. what police accuse her of doing that could have put her 3-year- old child in danger. >>> three children are in kp -- dps custody. their mother went to the store and visited a friend. police found the one of them, the 3-yea

north the baghdad and all hell broke lease and civil war started and iraq was falling apart until david petraeus arrived and saved the day, the new american hero, and now he's going to save the world in afghanistan using the same tactics, but that's wrong. the civil war did not begin in 2006, but in 2003 when the americans won the war, they basically lost the war. they dispatched the iraqi army. they didn't even fight. leaving aside whether the occupation was right or wrong or whether the decision to go to war was right or wrong, which it was wrong. if you're going to be an occupier or invade a country, do it crftly. we couldn't do that. the military planners knew from experience in kosovo, other conflicts in the world, that you node a significant number of troops for the post war face because you're not going to have a state. they were requesting 5,000 as many troops as they were given the they were not granting the troops this is a very easily-like war. we came in with 150,000 troops and created an immediate vacuum stripping away the government, security forces, electricity, everything was gon

he met with david petraeus and other leaders on the progress to hand over duties to the forces.e is scheduled to meet with hamid karzai. biden was last in the country in 2009. >> scott joins us and it is not so-called d-day, but i day. >> the day we expect verizon will announce it will start selling the iphone. the press conference is in new york city in a matter of hours. our guys at the new york city nbc will be there reporting back to us. it seems like a done deal. a verizon version of the iphone like the at&t phone. you can't use both the internet and talk on the phone at the same time because of the limitations of their technology verizon uses we will keep and pay more attention as it goes. let's talk about what if you are a ceo and you double or double the stock price of the company and you say great things and lead it? what happens to you? you get fired. the chip maker amd said goodbye to the ceo. he is out the door with no specific replacement named. the fights are over this morning. intel will play a staggering $1.5 billion. he takes the money and stops suing intel. bac

commanders, general david petraeus and ambassador carl eikenberry. they got together and talked about what has been and what needs to be done. after that, vice president biden is scheduled a meeting with afghan president hamid karzai, and despite political agreements, and some uncomfortable revelations courtesy of wikileaks, the vice president is trying to smooth things over with karzai, who has been worried about foreign meddling. despite that, u.s. officials say the relationship is on solid ground and the goal here is to have u.s. troops begin their withdrawal by july. in washington, brian moore, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, brian. >>> federal prosecutors have dropped charges against refugees from laos. a 2007 indictment accused them of conspireing to buy weapons and explosives and attack the lo asian government. that decision comes just days after their 81-year-old leader died. >>> ahead at 6:00, eliminating the fear. the effort to help undocumented workers feel safe when they're reporting crimes. >>> plus, they put their lives on the line for

general quote david petraeus arrived and saved the day of the new american hero and now he's going to save the day in afghanistan using the same brilliant tactics. but all that is wrong. the civil war in iraq didn't begin in 2006 with the bombings. it began in 2003 when the americans won the war they basically lost the war. they dispatched the iraqi army for the most part didn't even fight. and leaving aside the occupation or wrong decision to go to war with this rather wrong. if you're going to be an occupier, if you're going to invade a country at least give it confidently, and we couldn't even do that, so the military planners, colonels and the like knew from experience in haiti, bosnia, kosovo, conflict in the world you need a significant number of troops for the post war phase because you're not going to devastate. they weren't grads of the troop it's going to be a quick easy war we can with 150,000 troops i think and created this immediate vacuum chipping away the government to security forces, electricity. everything was done and you have a pervasive sense of lawlessness that r

in june, general stanley mcchrystal was replaced by general david petraeus as the overall u.s. commander. u.s. offenses on taliban strongholds like marjah and kandahar showed tenuous but inconclusive gains. president hamid karzai was a complicated partner in parliamentary elections in september were once again marred by fraud. finally, the unexpected death of special representative richard holbrooke has been a loss for the mission's civilian efforts. in president obama's strategy review last month, he called the gains "fragile and reversible." but he said the mission is on track and that the transition to afghan forces will begin this year and conclude in 2014. joining me now, two reporters for the "new york times," alissa rubin is the paper's kabul bureau chief. rod nordland is deputy bureau chief. i am very pleased to have them at this table. what's happening on the ground in afghanistan as we speak? and what does it portend for the near term? the next six months? >> well, i think you have to look at it both in the sort of cities where there's one sort of set of events unfold

the beatification ceremony is expected to happen on may the 1st >>> general david petraeus is the center of an evident to get him to five star general. he has distinguished himself as a leader worthy of a higher rank. at this level only the president can make the decision. congress has to approve it. the last time anyone received five stars was in 1950 >>> a sonoma county man is being held on $100,000 bail after sheriff's deputyies discovered a meth lab in his bathroom. kevin haywood was arrested during a routine probation search. the sonoma valley christian school is on the same block. all the dangerous chemicals inside the property have been removed >>> the mountain view city council has approveed a plan to install a cell phone tower on top of the church despite complaints from neighbors. it will go on top of the first press by fairn church. some neighbors, concerned with possible health effects, are against the tower and claim it violates the zoneing code the council disagreeed and gave the go ahead on tuesday >>> some residents of washington, d.c. are launching a new effort to rename

. >> nominate general david petraeus to take command in afghanistan. >> couric: is this july 2011 timehere's an exodus of u.s. or coalition forces. >> we are moving toward a new phase in afghanistan. that will conclude in 2014. >> you are approaching an area of hostility. which is under a naval blockade. >> mobbed, clubbed, beaten, stabbed, the organizers' intent was violence. >> they are raising a white flag to the israeli army. this is after one person had been killed. >> our soldiers to to defend their lives or they would have been killed. >> i believe muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else. >> this facility that is being debated is universally known as the ground zero mosque. what do you call it? >> a hub of culture. a hub of co-existence. a hub of bringing people together. >> our burning of the koran is to call to the attention that something is wrong. >> i am heartened by the condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act. >> this is the corner where an s.u.v. was parked full of explosives. >> the real danger coming from within. these are people i

when you hear the name petraeus in a conversation about the military, chances are you think of david petraeusre talking about his wife holly. >> she is now set to be appointed by the white house a very important role aimed at helping military families avoid financial scams. here is sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: diane trana, mother of three, was fighting in iraq when she learned she'd been scammed by an auto dealer who illegally sold her a car he didn't own, then left town. >> i have no doubt that i was targeted because i was military. >> reporter: thousands of miles away, but worried about the fallout back home. three-fourths of financial counselors say they've dealt with members of the military who have fallen victim to abusive auto lenders. it's a cause dear to the heart of holly petraeus. she grew up a military brat, married petraeus two months after he graduated from west point, moving their home, her family, two dozen times over 36 years. but outside each base she told our austin, texas, affiliate she noticed the same thing. lenders lined up. >> oh, yeah, right outside the gates. if you d

holly petraeus, is the wife of general david petraeus. >>> we're going to talk to capitol hill. the new gop majority takes control of the house of representatives tomorrow. and republicans are painting a big target on one of president obama's biggest and most controversial accomplishments. jon karl has that story. and, jon, the republicans say they're keeping their number one campaign promise? >> reporter: that's right. they've already unveiled their first major piece of legislation, george. and here it is. short and to the point. this would repeal the health care reform law, replace it with nothing. and set the stage for the first battle of the new congress. the vote is a clear sign of the new republican congress' determination to roll back the obama agenda, an effort led by the man soon to become a household name, john boehner. >> nancy pelosi. >> reporter: he handed the speaker's gavel to nancy pelosi. he'll get it back tomorrow. he is a man with many sides. he can be harshly partisan. >> hell no, you can't! >> reporter: and at times, looks like the weeper of the house. >> i

counting on a contractor with the record of cost overruns to handle a critical component of general david petraeus's plan to stabilize a volatile southern afghanistan and deliver more power to this region. a $266 million contract for the birthplace of the taliban, the heat of the fight right now, the southern provinces, against a backdrop of a id having complained about their performance on a contract to supply power in kabul, a contract that ballooned in price to $300 million and was not just the cost overrun issue but also a timing issue. the other interesting piece of paper in our hearing book is the november 29 justification document that requested up the channels at a id approval for this no bid contract. it uses to interesting phrases. says that for various reasons, it is uniquely provisions to undertake this project, and then uses the phrase is uniquely qualified. it seems that what they really intended to say which uniquely positioned, because they later explained what uniquely qualified means to simply be that they were already on the ground. it already had existing staff. there was not an

as we hear from president obama and secretary of state clinton and admiral mullen and general david petraeusand his predecessor, we are frustrated with the pakistani government not doing more to go after the afghan taliban based in their country. they are not going to not only not go after them but continue to support them because they see them as their only possibility for having a surrogate in afghanistan later. why is that? because the u.s. your and, russia and crucially india have all backed the same side in afghan's long civil war. parts of the afghan government which now they used to be called warlords and now they are called vice premiers and things like that. now they are called the government. that is where you have this contradiction in u.s. policy. asking pakistan to give up the one part, one component of afghan power where pakistan traditionally has a base and pakistan is looking to for the future to is a just stops supporting them. for no particular reason. when india, pakistan's longstanding competitor his in the midst of the u.s. russian iran center in afghanistan doing very w

the strategy that general david petraeus achieved by focusing on the people and political sentiments. there remain significant challenges. we have no illusions to that fact. there is genuine cause for cautious optimism which is a good term to use. we are operating from a position of increasing strength as the position of the insurgency has begun to deteriorate. in pakistan, safe havens have been squeezed by pakistani security forces the we must all do more to understand and incentivize the pakistani. the insurgency is under unprecedented pressure and lost significant ground in their heartland including depopulation sanders. we have been successfully targeting their bombmaking networks and command structure as their senior leadership is isolated and training becoming deficient and supplies disrupted. the afghan national security force being developed by a very good friend of mine as most american general are, who are referred this year far exceeding the agreed targets. they are increasingly effective and beginning to lead operations which along with political our reach is key for homeg

counting on a contractor with the recd of cost overruns to handle a critical component of general david petraeus's plan to stabilize a volatile southern afghanistan and deliver more power to this region. a $266 million contract for the birthplace of the taliban, the heat of the fight right now, the southern provinces, against a backdrop of a id having complained about their performance oa contract to supply power in kabul, a contract that ballooned in price to $300 million and was not just the cost overrun issue but also a timing issue. the other interesting piece of paper in our hearing book is the november 29 justification document that requested up the channels at a id approval for this no bid contract. it uses to intesting phrases. says that for various reasons, it is uniquely provisions to undertake this project, and then uses the phrase is uniquely qualified. it seems that what they really intended to say which uniquely positioned, because they later explained what uniquely qualified means to simply be that they were already on the ground. it already had existing staff. there was not an alte

contractor with the cost overruns and misdeadlined to handle the critical component of general david petraeus to stabilize afghanistan and quickly deliver more to the power start region. basically it says aid awarded to blacken beach the $226 million contract for kandahar, the birthplace of the taliban, really the heat of the fight right now in the southern providences against the backdrop of aid having complained about black and veatch performance, a contract that ballooned in price from $100 million, to $300 million. it wasn't just a cost, it was a timing issue. the other interesting pieces of paper in our hearing book is the november 29, 2010 justification document that essentially requested up the channels at aid, approval for this no-bid contract. it uses two interests phrases. it says that for various reasons that we'll get into, i'm going to ask you a question about this, of course, i'll give you an opportunity to respond. first it says, uniquely positioned to undertake this kandahar project, and then it uses the phrase, uniquely qualified. if you really read the rest of the memo, it s

counting on a contractor with the record of cost overruns to handle a critical component of general david petraeus's plan to stabilize a volatile southern afghanistan and deliver more power to this region. a $266 million contract for the birthplace of the taliban, the heat of the fight right now, the southern provinces, against a backdrop of a id having complained about their performance on a contract to supply power in kabul, a contract that ballooned in price to $300 million and was not just the cost overrun issue but also a timing issue. the other interesting piece of paper in our hearing book is the november 29 justification document that requested up the channels at a id approval for this no bid contract. it uses to interesting phrases. says that for various reasons, it is uniquely provisions to undertake this project, and then uses the phrase is uniquely qualified. it seems that what they really intended to say which uniquely positioned, because they later explained what uniquely qualified means to simply be that they were already on the ground. it already had existing staff. there was not an

before that transfer took place, general david petraeus said that the united states had been assuredtected and that he was proceeding with a transfer on the assumption that the pledge would be adhered to. obviously the residents have been a great source of anxiety to iran which would like nothing better than to see them repatriated to iran or at least crippled so that they cannot pose a threat to the regime. iran has brought increasing pressure on the iraqi government within the past month. the situation of the residence of the camp have grown from perilous to guess where it. on january 7th, 2 days after a visit to baghdad by the irony in foreign minister, the residents of the camp were attacked by deflecting a the direction of the iranian quds force stationed in baghdad in cooperation with officials of the iraqi government and many were injured seriously. the iraqi security forces were supposed to be there to protect the residents of the camp had to turn a blind eye or actually assisted the attackers. even though the government of iraq promised the united states it would protect the

before that transfer took place, general david petraeus said that the united states had been assuredusly the residents have been a great source of anxiety to iran which would like nothing better than to see them repatriated to iran or at least crippled so that they cannot pose a threat to the regime. iran has brought increasing pressure on the iraqi government within the past month. the situation of the residence of the camp have grown from perilous to guess where it. on january 7th, 2 days after a visit to baghdad by the irony in foreign minister, the residents of the camp were attacked by deflecting a the direction of the iranian quds force stationed in baghdad in cooperation with officials of the iraqi government and many were injured seriously. the iraqi security forces were supposed to be there to protect the residents of the camp had to turn a blind eye or actually assisted the attackers. even though the government of iraq promised the united states it would protect the residents. those iranian forces supported by iraqi forces were placed at the gates someone under 80 loudspeak