journalism is not a crime mahmoud hussein is not a criminal. free mahmoud hussein. in early october two thousand and two in the u.s. congress a resolution authorizing the war is put to the vote the cia finally presents its estimate on iraq classified as top secret it is not until twenty fifteen that the estimate is made available to the public it is in a state or text ninety five pages long the dissect saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction program most notably however the estimate is exceedingly cautious citing doubts and conflicting opinions coming from the core of the intelligence community. to keep these drugs from being taken into account the white house symbol taney asli publishes a shortened version of the estimate on iraq twenty five pages embellished with color photographs and maps. they had a very clever sanitized version of the estimate which. if a sentence said we think it possible that saddam hussein had this then the take out the possible this version makes official the allegations that have been circulating for months baghdad has chemical and bi

the rock and saddam hussein is the real problem. new goals were defined change the regime in baghdad and subjugate iraq a simpler objective than that of destroying the elusive terrorist. nine hundred. eleven aging saddam hussein meet at the ministry of defense the pentagon. they all began asking questions about how long can we continue this policy aimed at keeping saddam under control and the conclusion they came to was not much longer the day after the meeting at the pentagon president bush addresses congress. it is a historic moment the nation is united bush names the culprits osama bin laden al qaida the taliban regime in afghanistan our enemies are radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them. no mention about iraq but he warns our war on terror. begins with al qaeda. but it does not in there. tony blair the british prime minister and guest of honor applause it's symbolic of the unwavering alliance between washington and london. the taliban are quickly driven out of kabul and al qaeda is dispersed. some

free mahmoud hussein. forced to flee from syria to lebanon many refugee mothers risked childbirth in terrible conditions delivery is very difficult here in lebanon and it's costly i can't go back to syria now because of the war but one lebanese woman is committed to helping them. become friends with every woman i attend she is important to me. there are a few g.'s midwife at this time on al-jazeera world. i'm still robin you're watching al-jazeera these are our news headlines french president obama cross says the u.s. has marginalized itself in the israeli palestinian conflict he's holding talks with mahmoud abbas the day after the u.n. rebuked washington over making jerusalem as the capital of israel and the palestinian president in turn said the u.s. is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process. also said that there would be no two state solution between israel and palestine without an agreement between the two sides. sharply a pretty diverse crew i told president abbas that i did not approve of

and saddam hussein didn't do the honorable thing.ded another country. >> from the day the invasion took place, secretary baker led the effort to build a global coalition. they had two expeditions overseas in which they were going around from capital to capital looking for support. >> the united nations security council has authorized the use of force against iraq. >> 14 votes in favor, none against, none abstentions. the draft resolution has been adopted. >> getting that massive alliance together truly goes down in history as one of the greatest accomplishments i think of any president to be able to get that many people on your side, believing in the same thing and ready to do the same thing. >> what george bush managed to do in iraq with that coalition in effect is to create the beginnings of this new world order. i mean who could have imagined a coalition that would have the soviet union, china and then the middle eastern states, as well. standing up to one of their own. >> hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest the inevitab

hussein's detention is the latest in a string of arrests by egyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country a year and a half ago ibrahim hello the former editor in chief of al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death in the censure for in danger of national security accusations he denies egypt also imprisoned al-jazeera is by her mohammed mohamed fahmy and peter greste on charges of spreading false news in a case that was widely condemned by international media outlets and politicians alike they were freed after being held in prison for over a year and while it's unclear what will happen to mahmoud hussain the demands for his release will continue until he's free m.p.'s al-jazeera. now the u.s. and canada will co-host a summit attended by foreign ministers from fourteen countries in january to see progress on the north korean nuclear crisis the announcement was made after u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson met canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland the meeting will be held in the city of vancouver the last month north korea tested its most powerful ballistic missi

there's now one years since al jazeera journalist was hussein was detained and imprisoned in egypt he was visiting was arrested while visiting family security services say he is under investigation but have not refer him to court into his tired reports. for three hundred sixty five days mahmoud hussein has been held in an egyptian prison the crimes he stands accused of range from incitement to broadcasting fake news with the aim of spreading chaos al-jazeera strongly denies all allegations against his saying and demands his immediate and unconditional release i think we have to continue our efforts in order to keep the egyptians out of the position totally is our colleague which percent before working at the network's headquarters in the qatari capital doha the same was based on al-jazeera is now closed bureau in cairo his family says his physical and mental health had deteriorated considerably over the past year and that he's being denied adequate medical attention for a broken arm my father is emotionally and mentally distressed because he feels that he is there and the dog sitting

east project and formally an advisor to israel's a good barak and joining us on skype from riyadh hussein even senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute in washington and a frequent contributor to the atlantic welcome to you all mustapha barghouti potentially what does this mean. it's a very dangerous act. act if it happens it would mean that the united states has decided to kill what is called the peace process it would also mean that the united states has decided to eliminate its role as a mediator in any future peace process but most important it would make the united states administration and mr trump person of the participants in a war crime in violation of international law. and in my believe this would mean that the united states is also participating in the consolidation and supporting a system of apartheid because we are talking here about a commission of jerusalem which includes. an exception of an occupied east jerusalem this is a violation of international law this would also mean that the united states is dragging itself into serious problems with its own alli

are you prepared to accept that, even if it means saddam hussein will stay in place?y he said, yes, i will accept that. so that is why i went forward. so i went out and spent three days at the cia with the intelligence communities and prepared the document i would present, and every word in there was approved by the cia, was written by the cia. and so we went. i gave the presentation. it seemed to go well. i was confident that it went well, but then within a few days or a couple of weeks, it started to fall apart, so yes, i was more than embarrassed. i was mortified. because even though the president had used the same information, congress had used the same information, secretary rumsfeld, condoleezza rice, all of us were using the same information, but i'm the one who made the biggest presentation of it, so it all sort of fell on me. that is show business? david: today in hindsight, would you say the invasion was a mistake? colin: i would say the execution of the invasion was not done properly. we abandoned the army without any discussion back in washington, and then

hussein's detention is the latest in a string of arrests by egyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country a year and a half ago ibrahim hello the former editor in chief of al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death in the censure for in danger of national security accusations he denies egypt also imprisoned al jazeera mohammed fahmy and peter greste on charges of spreading false news in a case that was widely condemned by international media outlets and politicians alike they were freed after being held in prison for over a year and while it's unclear what will happen to mahmoud hussain the demands for his release will continue until he's free in al jazeera doha a mexican journalist has been shot dead at a school where he was attending his six year old's christmas party thirty four year old perez was a reporter who wrote regularly on security and drugs stories in southeast and that accrues state the state security coordinator has confirmed a lone gunman shot him dead in front of dozens of parents and children he is the twelfth journalist to be killed in mexico this year

david: you get the order from the president to kick saddam hussein and his troops out.en that decision came down that we could not find a diplomatic solution, i received the order, and gave the order to norm, and we were ready. david: there was a famous military maneuver, instead of going directly, you went around, whose brilliant idea was that? colin: any infantry captain could have figured this out. it did not take a general. several generals made claims. it's the only conflict i have ever been in or ever read history about where i can say the president of the united states that there is no doubt about the outcome. they put their line of soldiers right on the border with saudi arabia, and they were stuck and could not move. airpower would not let them move. then they had four divisions along the coast. they were very light. all we had to do was fix these two forces in place and go around them, the left hook, and that is what we did. but to my surprise the night we launched the ground attack after the air attacks for several weeks, and i was expecting the marines, who

mood hussein's case is one of many examples of governments targeting journalists on the road and press freedoms will also be looking at the arrest of reporters and need more using colonial era laws written nearly a century ago i made. it with news grades live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us it's taken almost a year but u.s. president donald trump is on the brink of his first major legislative triumph. the tax cuts and jobs act is passed that was vice president mike pence announcing that the senate had now really approved the biggest rewrite of america's tax laws in more than thirty years the other chamber the house of representatives now just has to stamp it off before the bill goes to the president's desk where he will sign it into law donald trump and the republicans say it will boost the economy and benefit everyone while the democrats argue that the only winners will be big corporations and rich people what a disgrace that's what this bill is it's an absolute disgrace it's not just an ideological differen

not in there no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat than the regime of saddam hussein this is a regime that has something to hide they had prepared a significant propaganda machine and guess what not one w m d shite was found in iraq since one thousand nine hundred ninety one iraq a deadly deception at this time on al jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. whether vote against us will save a lot. we don't hear. president. cut financial aid any country who votes for a u.n. resolution against his decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel a lot of thing in the u.s. republicans give final approval to a sweeping tax reform sounding president trump his first major legislative victory poland's president says he will sign into law two controversial judicial bills despite the e.u. threatening to suspend his country's voting rights. and. top story in sports russia's banned from paralympic sport told but they'll get another month to prove their athletes should be allowed to compete. n

arrest it's unclear when or if not move hussein will be released from prison but the message to hisegyptian jailers from him his family and all his colleagues at all just zero remains the same free mahmoud because. journalism is not a crime. hussein's detention is the latest in a string of arrests by egyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country a year and a half ago ibrahim the former editor in chief of al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death in the potential for endangering national security accusations he denies egypt also imprisoned by her mohammed mohamed fahmy and peter greste on charges of spreading false news in a case that was widely condemned by international media outlets and politicians alike they were freed after being held in prison for over a year and while it's unclear what will happen to mahmoud hussain the demands for his release will continue until he's free in al-jazeera. britain's opposition leader germy corben has also urged him to release her saying calling his imprisonment completely wrong when message to president sisi is. please release me

standing in solidarity with mahmoud hussein at al-jazeera headquarters in doha journalists from around the world showed their support for hussein who has been held in any gypsum prison for a year the correspondent is accused of crimes ranging from incitement to broadcasting fake news with the aim of spreading chaos trendall is the managing director of al-jazeera english he says the allegations against hussein are false it's quite outrageous that but his imprisonment has been extended i believe that every forty five days they extended his detention and it's now right into a year so it's it's really outrageous and of course we call for his freedom of the law as we do hold journalists who were unjustly imprisoned before working at network headquarters in doha hussein was based in al-jazeera is now closed bureau in cairo his family says his physical and mental health have deteriorated considerably over the past year and that he's been denied adequate medical attention for a broken arm my father is emotionally and mentally distressed because he feels that he was there underdogs and behind t

and we mark a year in captivity for our colleague al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein. hello saudi arabian authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh it's the third such attack since november the fighters in yemen say they launched a missile targeting the royal palace king solomon's official residence they say the attack was to mark a thousand days since the start of the yemen war follow it. another launch on november the fourth when i missile was fired from yemen towards riyadh's king khan and international airport and another missile targeted the southwest of the country before it was intercepted on december the first thing ten monegan has more. this is the moment hooty fire ballistic missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces the yemen based to peace a they were targeting the al your mama royal palace which is west of the capital riyadh a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salma i think they were these wanted to make a statement that they're s

and we marquis here in captivity for al jazeera journalist ahmed hussein. welcome to the program zimbabwe's a new president and the. same proving the nation's struggling economy is number one priority that's the key message from his state of the nation address government will soon and. robust engagement and a reengagement program with the international community in our continued to be to rejoin the community of nations may make government is committed to open a zimbabwean up to investment by building a free spirit going to me which are brilliant it's zimbabweans and is well coming out so there's how to answer his live for us in the capital. in harare you were able to listen to some of what the president had to say an economy does seem to take precedence. exactly he has just finished speaking and he spent a large chunk of his speech talking about the economy is what zimbabweans wanted to hear in the last few days they saw prices of basic commodities rising for no apparent reason things like chicken beef. bread cooking oil in some cases even doubling people w

all right stay with us hussein stay with us hussein because i'm going to have a look at some pictures and a warning that some of you some of our viewers may find these pictures a little bit distressing but here's the five is a said to this footage and distribute it out is there cannot independently verify this footage. so a fairly confused scene. but it does appear as though the former president is there in this fray. and hussein out for katie you're still with us. all right so early abdullah saleh is and his demise does seem indeed to have occurred this is come about as a direct consequence of turning against his. allies i. believe all right this come about because he severed his alliance with the who says. about. alliance with the o.t. i mean if he could have broken his alliance with the o.t. on the coalition could i don't the government formed on a group of them that hireling county and he could even use the parliament which was on that list as to. their many. governments but what i actually escalated is when we pulled up on i was. interested in every corner out here my. honest lea

human rights groups and press freedom groups have condemned hussein's detention is the latest in a stringof arrest by gyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country a year and a half ago ibrahim hello the former editor in chief of al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death in absentia for endangering national security accusations he denies egypt also in prison al jazeera has bought her mohammed mohammed and peter greste on charges of spreading fall. news in a case that was widely condemned by international media outlets and politicians alike they were freed after being held in prison for over a year it's unclear when or if mahmoud hussein will be released but the message to his egyptian jailers is the same from him his family and his employer. mood because journalism is not a crime n.p.r.'s guy at the al-jazeera headquarters in doha campaigning for catalonia parliamentary election has ended cattle and head to the polls on thursday for votes that could decide if their region breaks away from spain call panel has more from barcelona voters consider their options. it's a last br

hussein's detention is the latest in a string of arrests by egyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country a year and a half ago ibrahim helo the former editor in chief of al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death in the censure for in danger of national security accusations he denies egypt also imprisoned al jazeera mohammed fahmy and peter greste on charges of spreading false news in a case that was widely condemned by international media outlets and politicians alike they were freed after being held in prison for over a year and while it's unclear what will happen to mahmoud hussain the demands for his release will continue until he's free in al-jazeera doha the president of the philippines has declared a ten day cease fire with communist finds us to live filipinos to enjoy a stress free christmas were to go to charity or did they are man pleased to suspend offensive operations from christmas eve until the new year the rebel forces have been waging a go a warfare campaign in the countryside for almost fifty years and conflict that's killed more than forty thousand pe

not in there no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat than the regime of saddam hussein and this is a regime that has something to hide they had prepared a significant propaganda machine and guess what not one. was found in iraq since one thousand nine hundred ninety one iraq deception at this time on al-jazeera. pope francis uses christmas eve mass to call attention to the plight of refugees. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up christmas in parts of the philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of tropical storm tax. in peru a presidential pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. also this half hour as our special coverage of the holy land continues this hour it's jordan and its own going connection to jerusalem. the head of the roman catholic church has used his christmas eve message to highlight the plight of refugees and migrants around the world speaking during midnight mass at st peter's basilica in rome pope francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the bible story of how they had to travel from nazareth t

and we mark a year in captivity for our colleague al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein. the saudi authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh it's the third such attack since november who see fighters in yemen say they launched the missile targeting the royal palace king solomon's official residence they say the attack was to mark one thousand days since the start of the war in yemen it follows another launch on november the fourth when a missile was fired from yemen towards riyadh's king cully need international airport and another missile targeting the city of qom this machine before it was intercepted on december the first phantom monahan has more. this is the moment the fire politike missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces the yemen based who piece a they were targeting the al your mama royal palace which is west of the capital riyadh was a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin sama and i think they were these wanted to make a statement that th

supporters of imam hussein!reporter: when the swarms of worshippers finally reach the shrine of imam hussein, many pray for healing and forgiveness. others give thanks. the crowds are huge here, and some of the estimates are staggering. officials say as many as 20 million gather here every year for arbaeen. to put that in perspective, that's equal to the population of new york cramming into a city of less than one million. and literally, every few steps i take, i hear an iranian speaking farsi. see? >> ( translated ): everyone here is iranian. look around, all you see are iranians. >> reporter: for the 24 years saddam hussein ruled iraq, few iranians dared to make this journey. the two countries were mortal enemies, at war for eight years, and the secular dictator had banned the pilgrimage. in 2003, the u.s.-led coalition toppled saddam. in came a shia-majority government, and back came iranian worshipers. today, few events reveal the return of iran's powerful religious influence in iraq more so than arbaeen. ♪

we mark in captivity for al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein. good to be with us welcome to the news and of the u.s. senate has passed a contentious one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. this brings president doll truck bomb step closer to his first significant legislative victory the bill is the first major rewrite of the tax code and more than thirty years now it will be sent back to the house of representatives for a final vote later on wednesday after eight straight years of slow growth and under-performance america is ready to take off coupled with a regulatory reforms that have already been implemented by the administration we now a comprehensive tax reform major middle class tax relief and making our businesses both large and small more competitive around the world well donald trump has tweeted about the bill saying that the united states senate just passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill terrible individual mandate in brackets obamacare repealed. he goes on to the house tomorro

saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed over 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of serbia, bosnia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life. the monica lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton in his place in history as only the second president to be impeached. lets remind you now of our headlines. a memorial service will ta ke pa ce headlines. a memorial service will take pace in london laterfor all those killed in the grenfell tower fire. 71 people died in the disaster. more desperate migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean as european leaders meet to discuss the crisis. so what else is going on today? let's brief you on some of the key events. at 9am president putin will hold

in captivity for al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein. welcome to the program the u.s. senate has passed a contentious one point five trillion dollars tax reform bill. the tax cut and jobs act is passed now this brings president dole trunk one step closer to his first significant legislative victory the bill is the first major rewrite of the tax code in more than thirty years it will now be sent back to the house of representatives for a final vote later on wednesday after eight straight years of slow growth and under-performance america is ready to take off coupled with a regulatory reforms that have already been implemented by the administration we now a comprehensive tax reform major middle class tax relief and making our businesses both large and small more competitive around the world well don't trump ours tweeted about the bill saying that the united states senate just passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill terrible individual mandate in brackets obamacare repealed goes to the house tomorrow morning for the final vote is approved there will be a new