international correspondent lisa cavanagh joined us earlier from erbil iraq and i asked her about theconditions on the ground in if she was feeling safe. well as the area where i'm actually located is in the autonomy this region semiautonomous region of iraq you kurdistan is probably the only area in iraq that has really benefited and seen growth and improvement since the invasion much of the country unfortunately remains mired in strife sectarian divisions as well as other political and human problems the attacks in baghdad today are quite symbolic in the sense that iraq in many ways has seemed to close the painful chapter of the past ten years much the same way that it began explosions over baghdad we have seen massive losses all across the country there have been there have been reports of sectarian strife and almost every place you go and while i feel safe here i certainly do we did spend most of the day in the city of kirkuk now this city is a very good sort of microcosm of iraq as a whole there's all different types of sectarian and ethnic populations there that have lived large

bomb exploding around you our teams or national correspondent lisa casanova's on the ground in erbil iraq to tell us what she's seeing hi lucy so can you give us a said of what life is like on a day to day basis in iraq. well one of the things that strikes you first driving through iraq we spent most of the day in the northern city of kirkuk which was one of the most dangerous places at the height of the six area and strife there is the checkpoint massive checkpoints almost everywhere you go iraqis aren't too free to move around because of the security situation which can soon used to be quite on say for them as we were driving through kirkuk one thing that i noticed though was you know daily life does continue despite the levels of violence we saw children out on the streets people out in cafes we actually arrived to cook just as the news of that massive series of car explosions and shootings and bombings came out that took place in baghdad people were aware of that and yet they didn't really let that stop them from carrying out their daily life at the same time what we heard from iraq a