months are next 12 going to be quite interesting in iraq. quite dangerous in iraq. i'm sure during your time you of e-mails dis appeared by militias. some of them are making and taking people away. we've seen reports where a body and u.s. government represent said theye are looking in to the reports of people disappearing. the south protests in , we've also seen the militias disappear shiite male youth that are part of the pro test. are things going on at almost -- at a more rapid rate the number ofith iraqis that have been killed in protest versus the number of iranians killed by the siege forces or other forces. indicators,of these do you agree with omar that clashes withto see iraqis against the status quo and not that the status quo is armed with militias backed by a foreign power. >> sure. absolutely. of my co-panelth ist on the issues. question. you are right. met we were in baghdad, we with iraqi judges. we talked and confronted them isis recruit camps throughout the north. where you are guilty by association if your cousin join isis or if you came from a cer

i think it is important to keep attention on iraq and what is happening in iraq. i think i would be remiss if i did not think you for your service to our nation and working with the u.s. military different capacities. we travel to our reckon i just got back on sunday, actually, from the country. every time i go, i have the ability to travel in different parts of the country and, clearly, interview different personalities, stakeholders, and people interested in different areas of the country. with these elections, the may 12 elections, they seem like a very long time ago, but we still have to analyze implications of what happened since may 12. the issues that came up since may 12 and how they affect the way i rockies and the average iraqi perceives the political system in iraq. i think that right now, we have a major crisis for the political system in iraq. the legitimacy question about the political system in iraq, and the iraqis who endorsed the politics of the country for very long time. i do not think that the majority of iraqis that you pull right now would th

sanctions in iraq. they're looking to -- they've already established penetration of iraq's economic sectors and their corporate infrastructure to do just that, to be able to offset u.s. sanctions, so -- and your question earlier, will iran's situation decrease its activities in iraq? it actually makes its more necessary to have activities in iraq to be able to offset that and that's what i would say to that. >> what about the iraqi military's recent attacks against isis strongholds in syria? i mean, how does that factor into everything we just discussed? >> i've looked at this, and the isis targets have been put in quotations because it's not -- na they're not isis targets. they are the sunni opposition. so it's the same kind of thing -- >> you heard it here first, folks. >> it's the same thing you saw in iraq, again. our administration said we killed 50,000 isis fighters in iraq. there were never more than 10,000 to 15,000 isis fighters in iraq at the start of the campaign, through the campaign. i isis

we talk about iraq policy. i focus on, how do we get the administration to put something in concrete the doesn't go away when the next president comes in? i see 10-year-old americans fighting in iraq when they are 20-year-olds against the next generation of isis with a new dynamic in that baghdad won't provide it. we have to go in because there's an existential threat in iraq the keeps emerging we have to go in and if the parties take hold again, they're asking for the u.s. to exit. whether immediately or over time. when that happens, we continue to see, it's in the best interests of militia, in the best interest of peshmerga, it validates foreign interference, it validates iran's presidents -- presence a body, you to stay in place long enough to twist arms and form government. these are the issues we don't get because we're looking at the 15 year target and not what is coming. >> this is a great way to set up one of last few questions. in reverse order, before we open the floor to the audience, i want to ask a

role in iraq, and , andhat affects -- in iraq the u.s. roles in iraq and how that affects syria. >> obviously syrians have look very closely at the way the united states has handled the --qi and -- the iraqi and the iraqi militia. there are two countries were iran plays a serious role, and syria does has -- does have the real fear that the united states is going to leave them very vulnerable and susceptible to a long-term iranian presence inside of the country. and we are seeing a lot of evidence of that. the iranian militias, many that has a fought against isis, have also been fighting alongside the assad regime. a lot of these have been aleppo. in to the iranian militia, especially, and many of the iranian military leaders, to them there is not really a border division between syria and iraq. we still try to see it in those militias, theye are looking at this hezbollah model. they are there to promote --tural and the long-term excuse me, cultural and other political interests of what we see as the iranian government, backednd these iran

damascus not to take it leap because it is the last stronghold of the swimmers so look iraq iraq if we believe. that i would go then who wrote an article for them iraq is now probably iranian me so i would move to it you know the proxy allies in iraq because a lot of the russian aviation through its territory in two thousand and fifteen when russia find that it got involved in fighting the terrorists in syria so where did all the money go you know so much money to buy and reform in iraq so many people killed and they didn't want to again get it out because diem of bob it brings up an excellent point here we there are reports that iran is moving certain types of missiles with the permission into iraq with the permission of the iraqi government obviously but you know if we could tie that into the policy that is being announced. indirectly through the washington post is that we are still learning curve would not be you know if the whole point of going into iraq was to

we're going to stay in iraq. we can end this campaign and say isis is defeated but we'll be back. 10-year-old americans will be back in iraq as 20-year-olds. ask 1-year-old americans after the 9/11 attacks in our military in iraq, syria and afghanistan, in yemen, in the arab peninsula, in the horn of africa, everywhere, and our allies. our allies intelligence services are looking at foreign fighter networks, isis network, al qaeda networks and we have to define the threat but come to the realization this is never ending. this is the new normal. we're going to continue to have to fight these types of groups and we have to develop some sort of 30-year strategic message that we will be there until it's over in some capacity. >> i want to bring tom in in just a second. something that strikes me in the conversation, which i think is very true, that at the time of 9/11, in some ways it was a more simplistic picture at that time because we were very focused on afghanistan. you know better than i do, focused on afghanist

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we leave out iraq. the reason it has this level of influence and capability in of iraq.because they have co-opted the iraqi forces. election. won an they just came in second to sadder. t used to kill americans, it's now seen as the moderate face of asking for theis immediate exit of the u.s. troops. for atah party is asking the immediate exit of u.s. troops, prime minister malachi, our ody that dministration, general petraeus, they have all said, a great american, in quotations, s now asking for the immediate exit of the united states, and again, maliki stepping down was a precondition against isis, and air condition to provide support for the militias to take care of the threat, and the sunni one.g a and we're going to stay in iraq. we can end this campaign and say isis is defeated but we'll be back. 10-year-old americans will be 20-year-olds.as ask 1-year-old americans after the 9/11 attacks, that are now syria,military, in iraq, and afghanistan, in yemen, in peninsula, in the horn of africa, everywhe

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the islamic state of iraq.that we are laying the cornerstone of the caliphate they did not take it seriously. through 2012 as the advisor for president obama. with that terrorism policy with that delusion with june 2113 years later to the day that isis said what? >> that is the power of the revolutionary movement. but don't undersell this revolutionary ideology. and for what they are trying to do. one of the biggest misconceptions about al qaeda but that was the principal interest. everything that you can accumulate absolutely. and then to say this is an important thing with this anti- american ideology. but what do they say? >> with all these different areas. y-letter? >> they are very specific about it. and you have to take it seriously or if you see that does anybody know who the head of al qaeda has his allegiance to? >> very publicly it is the taliban leader. because they view the taliban and that they are trying to resurrect and as a cornerstone their whole idea is then to be the keystone. >> osama bin la

i want to focus on iraq 2009. outasically took everybody and brought them back to base and our intelligence went lack. you could not tell what was going on. we had to rely on newspapers to find a what was going on. our signal was compromised be as we thought -- because we thought for some reason they were not reading newspapers. the state department phone iraqi senior officials. when you challenge the security agency to find out whether -- they would say of course. they would cross their arms. 913, it wasd with a a state department issued phone, which means we gave iraqi politicians to give a platform -- they said things on those >> they knew -- >> that we were listening. >> so they said things on those --es >> would you go into a conversation with a senior u.s. say, al or a general and sir, this person is an actor, no, they would say, aren't. i had dinner last night. they said they weren't. and then we have a report that says they aren't. you can see the iraqi politician with somebody saying, keep talking, they h

i want to focus on iraq 2009. we had the out of the cities campaign were visible took every wood out of the city about the back to the bases. our intelligence went black. we couldn't tell what was going on. we had to rely on open-source reporting newspapers to find out what is going on. our signal was compromise because we thought for some reason iraqis didn't read newspapers. they didn't read the "l.a. times" to find out what a capability was in the state department issued phones to iraqi senior officials. when you challenge the nasa's good agency to find whether or report what's from us like we're giving them, many the cell phone, they would say of course it is that iraqi official and crossed her arms. i said it is taught with the 913? it was a state department issued phone which meant we gave iraqis politicians of pr platform to tell us who they were not when we knew who they were. so when we -- >> did you mean they knew -- >> that we were listening. >> said the settings on those lines that we -- >> you would g

at this reopened track is a milestone for iraq's railways. but joining me now from london is sean's allow strand is a fellow at kings college and the managing director of carducci consulting good to have you with us so from the protests in the south it looks like a pretty urgent situation how urgent is the electricity crisis from an economic perspective thank you while the electricity crisis in iraq is not one issue that can be resolved overnight there's a compounding spontaneous issues with electricity except for example if you look at the. the power generation and demand they're completely at odds with each other especially at peak time if you look at the in the heat of summer for example a month from july there's almost fifty percent shortages in generation two why is that to my why is there such you know why they such odds with each other why is lectures degrade in such a bad shape to start off with in such an oil rich country well other say there's a plenty of issues i mean one of the main issues for me is found that the business model f

business and economics this week a lack of power and water oil rich economy the challenges facing iraq's next government also this week a coffee fix calls for consumers to wake up to challenges leaving coffee farmers. plus twenty a look at how the search engine which changed the internet impacts our lives. of this week german conglomerate siemens said it's in discussions to help get iraq's power grid up and running iraqis how the elections in may and the country's in the process of forming a new government so the timing is interesting since the defeat of i saw last year there have been widespread protests about a breakdown in public services rebuilding efforts in iraq have been slow it's estimated that one hundred billion dollars is needed for reconstruction in the next ten years iraq's allies pledged thirty billion dollars a donor conference in february a part of the problem is ensuring the un corrupt use of the country's oil wealth and reconstruction funding nevertheless there has been some progress rob matheson reports now from baghdad on a railway project underway in front. to shinin

and iraq how how will that play into into this new government. it's a major i think. destabilizing elements in the sense that iraq is a very weak country a weak state it's allied both with the united states but also it has deep links with its neighbor the islamic republic of iran and both the united states and iran have been asserting themselves in these coalition talks to try and advance their own interests and to share and in the hope of making sure that their favorite candidates are coalition members comprise this new iraqi government but i think that the bigger concern is that we have a new. u.s. foreign policy toward iran under donald trump which seeks to play hardball with us almost republic of iran and sadly iraq is caught in the middle of these two countries and it adds an element of instability that other i think developing societies emerging democracies don't have to face and it's a real cause for concern i was going to talk to so many thanks dave not a hashmi the skype from denver iraqi police a fire to gas at anti-corruption protest as in the southern city

armed groups including i said al qaeda and the taliban were in just five countries afghanistan india iraq pakistan and the philippines. the fifteen month long santillan dispute with qatar isn't helping cooperation in the gulf by the u.s. is trying to encourage discussion of iran's influence in the arab world the white house supported a high level meeting of military officers from the gulf cooperation council in kuwait this month but qatar has been under blockade since june two thousand and seventeen qatari leaders did i cause ations of funding terrorism and to close a relationship with iran qatar is the only g.c.c. member to have signed by a lot of agreement with the united states to combat terrorist financing. let's bring in our panelists joining us from doha it will him for a hat associate professor of conflict resolution to high cities for graduate studies into holland hammett more so a professor of political science at the university of tehran and from washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former u.s. state department official and c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strutter welc

it's been fifteen years since the us invasion of iraq and what they have to show for it is of baghdad looking every day more towards iran. just a year ago it didn't look like washington was losing ground in iraq at all taking credit for helping to defeat i saw having the country's prime minister as a close friend and i just. lost. control. we have just absolutely decimated isis just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq looks like a victory for the red white and blue. but times are changing iraq is struggling to form a government and so far they've agreed on sunni lawmaker mohamad i'll hold to see for parliament speaker the main thing you need to know about him is that his support comes from a pro iranian bloc the man in charge even fought for iran in its war against iraq it's probably easy to find out where his loyalties reside. but what about washington's yes man of body surely hill seek a second term and continue business as usual right wrong he's already declared he won't touch a second term with a ten foot pole i do not want to second term i don't cling to his second term. peaceful

terrorism the iranians are accused of intensifying many conflicts especially in afghanistan behind iraq lebanon and yemen and continued backing for militias such as hezbollah the us government says hezbollah fighters base in lebanon have gone from strength to strength emboldened by their battlefield experience in syria and the americans accuse iran of undermining legitimate governments and american interests in the middle east the report details a worsening of war in afghanistan and coordinated attacks by the taliban and its affiliated hakani network someone launched from pakistan which provoked the us to recently cut three hundred million dollars in security eight let's take a look at the report other findings the u.s. state department says there were about eight thousand five hundred what it caused terrorist attacks around the world last year the task killed eighteen thousand seven hundred people there americans attribute the twenty five percent year on year four in the number of deaths to victories against eisel and improved security in iraq despite that i said remains active and cod

armed groups including i said al qaeda and the taliban were in just five countries afghanistan india iraq pakistan and the philippines. the fifteen month long santillan dispute with qatar isn't helping cooperation in the gulf by the u.s. is trying to encourage discussion of iran's influence in the arab world the white house supported a high level meeting of military officers from the gulf cooperation council in kuwait this month but qatar has been under blockade since june two thousand and seventeen qatari leaders did i cause ations of funding terrorism and to close a relationship with iran qatar is the only g.c.c. member to have signed by a lot of agreement with the united states to combat terrorist financing. let's bring in our panelists joining us from doha it will him for a hat associate professor of conflict resolution the highest it's used for graduate studies into holland hammett more so a professor of political science at the university of tehran and from washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former u.s. state department official and c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strata

two loses its influence in iraq. and the government riots recently in basra were directed at politicians including prime minister buddy protesters in the oil rich south blamed political corruption and negligence for failing to provide jobs as well as the collapse of their water and electricity supplies. the offices of local shia armed groups backed by iran who set on fire. but of a nuclear iran has been pushing for a consensus to choose the speaker and his two deputies that would guarantee its interests in iraq the u.s. wants an independent iraqi government and a stable political process away from iran's influence there is an apparent conflict of interests between iran and the u.s. over iraq's political future iraq's political problems are far from over but the apartment of a house speaker is a step towards a solution rob matheson al jazeera baghdad still ahead. i'm lawrence lead in poland where ten years after the financial crash the german economy continues to go from strength to strength but what cost to other eur

iraq's kurdish minority has long desired independence. in 2005, a new constitution grantegithe kurds al autonomy in what is known as iraqi kurdistan. the kurds have their own government and their own defense forces, known as the peshmerga. but the kurdsfuave pushed for independence. last year, they held a controversl referendum, the results of which overwhelmingly favored kurdistan's secession. the iraqi government didn't recognize those results. in response to the vote, it launched an offensive in october last year to retake disputed areas that the kurds controlled. the two sides briefly clashed, and the kurds subsequently withdrew north, leaving behind a security vacuum. >> ( translated ): isis will always exist in iraq and in syria, and that's because of the political instability in the region. >> reporter: dler ghazi worksco for the kurdisterterrorism service. he was in charge of security in tuz khurmatu for 10 years, until the iraqi government forced his unit to withdraw mest october. t him in the kurdish city of suleiman. >> ( trans

over iraq's political future. iraq's political problems are far from over but the appointment of a house speaker is a step towards a solution rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. phil i have for you on the program we have a special report from greece is not just refugee camps overcrowded and facing closure because of its appalling conditions also i'm catherine saw in lamu of the canyon homes well both made of recycled plastic waste the feeling i'll be telling you like such a milestone for the people yeah. probably it's looking lousy find a dry across a good part of australia because this little speck cling a shallow cloud rolling through the bites it will be a little blustery down towards victoria that wetter weather will make its way away from tasmania into the tasman sea and pushing on towards new zealand they recover the dry weather coming in behind but by no means warm thirteen fourteen fifteen degrees there in the southeast sixteen celsius for perth some of ads as we go on into monday perhaps a little warmer over

iraq in fact are mainly backed by iran this shows how iran influence in iraq has grown over the past few years but also iran has and i mean this is something that i was going to see also iran has cut electricity supply in recent weeks also claiming that the iraqi government has not been able to be for that electricity and that is another reason actually why people have directed their anger against iran although iran has been draining more of iraq falling can see in recent weeks because as you know iraq has become the mean window for the iranians to get more of their hard hard currency they are exporting their goods manufactured goods to iraq in exchange for getting the hard currency from that country ok and that is also affecting iraq so so the corrupt elite which has been the ruling which is backed by iran i think we have seen i mean to the sort of anger that is yes i actually. think this is where do you think this is heading is it likely to spiral further the central government are they going to release funds to improve services or what's going to happen. behalves this is something

the new parliamentary speaker in iraq did now says u.s. sanctions against iran we take a look at the changing influences in the region. a warm welcome here very good morning to you you're watching r.t. international with me. now our top story this hour russian military aircraft has disappeared off radar is off the coast of syria the russian defense ministry said it had been returning to its base in the latakia province late on monday night a middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest russian military aircraft with fourteen servicemen on board has disappeared it went off the radar system at around eleven o'clock last night local time it was thirty five kilometers over the mediterranean from the syrian coast and it was returning to the russian base at home in near the syrian city of latakia while that happened they were. was a lot of military activity over syria first israeli jets there were four of them were firing at syrian army targets and facilities in these included a power station from where we hear at least seven people wer

iraq's in the process of rebuilding its present day cities after decades of violence but for a country which is said to have a wealth of archaeological treasures the people of somalia say that iraq should be protecting its history too rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. time for sports news is far peter thank you so much tiger woods is in the share of the lead at the halfway point in the season ending tour championship woods is tied with world number one justin rose a win for rose in atlanta would also guarantee him the fed ex cup title which comes with a ten million dollars bonus attached woods is aiming for a first for a title in five years at one point a run of three birdies in four holes put him in the outright lead and double bogey on the sixteenth upset that momentum but the fourteen time major winner was still able to carve a round of sixty eight heroes seven under for the tournaments. at. the rose and i have known each other for a very long time and been good friends and loved the time tomorrow. we're going to . be competing but you know also i think we're both going enjoy competi

and despite iraq. from islamic state almost a year ago we report on how the terror group remains active across large swathes of the country. to find them straight away and my son called.

especially in iraq. is iran moderating its behavior or showing, perhaps, it isn't worth what it was going to destabilize and it could be part of the solution? >> i think after you saw the press reports about iran bringing missiles into iraq, you then had attacks on our embassy. a couple of weeks ago on thursday and friday and then you had the attacks on saturday. you also had the missile launches from inside iran to ir biel. so we have the president has signalled to the iranians that we are taking this, it seems to be some sort of escalatory behavior on the part of the iraq very seriously and america will take swift and decisive action to protect our properties and people in iraq. it's important that the iranians understand our resolve. i like this question. >> you work closely with our allies and trying to make progress on this front. what about congress? what is the extent you have any interaction in persuading and talking to congress. do you see, especially in the high highly during the jcpoa negotiat

from a parliamentary speaker in iraq to announce his u.s. sanctions we go to rome we take a look at the changing influences in the region. a welcome and a very good morning to you watching all three international with me. now our top story this hour a russian military aircraft with fourteen past now on board has disappeared from radar is off the coast of syria the russian defense ministry said it had been returning to its base in the talk here province late on monday night's middle east correspondent paula has the details. we understand that it happened and this is according to the russian defense ministry tack by four israeli jets four israeli f. sixteen s on the province of the tukey and according to the russian ministry of defense that attack happened when the russian aircraft was some thirty five kilometer or coast of servia it has simply disappeared at this stage we have no more information in terms of what's happening on the ground we know that a search and rescue operation is underway and that this attack happened at around ten o'cloc

good question to ask whether or not there's a clear strategy definitely after you know afghanistan iraq libya is worth asking whether or not there's a clear strategy behind but i think with charm it's definitely something to this that the u.s. isn't actually acting at a unitary actor at the moment given that you have this infighting even within this own administration but. if we assume that trump's assumptions have been quite genuine that he wants to pull america security guarantees back a little bit there has been two important exception of which has been first iran. with iran and the second will be america's friendship with israel and of course syria is right in the middle of both of these two exceptions so i guess he was always somewhat predisposed to even things which is that you know if he gets out here perry. envelope with all of his promises on the back that i've mentioned many times in this program he's not technically starting a new war that was his promise ok so he's leaving it here. we had iran russia and turkey meeting in. everyone puts a nice face on it but it was a disaste

just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq. and you know happened at the checkpoint six to seven militants ordered the man to get out of the car the terrorists didn't ask for identity cards or anything they opened fire on them straight away and my son and husband were lying on the ground before i knew it the murderous told us they were from the islamic state in iraq and one as the father god and my brother was killed after he was kidnapped at a fake checkpoint run by i saw terrorists. minister to say about the three days failed to warn us that the road was dangerous that there was a nice all checkpoint there were completely unaware and to capitol hill after the terrorists killed my son husband it took the security forces four hours to get to the site and even after they did they didn't venture close to the car as they feared it was booby trapped cell or idea i saw a terrorist demanded the release of some sunni women held in iraqi custody in exchange for my brother and others but the authorities abdicated all responsibility for

absolutely obliterated isis in iraq. the other one hundred i don't have one but the checkpoint out of the six let's have a militant school wanted to manage to get out of the car the terrorists i didn't ask why debit cards or anything they opened fire on them straightaway that i met my son and husband her lying on the ground before i knew it the murderous told us they were from the islamic state in iraq. that's the shot that got up my brother was killed after he was kidnapped at a fake checkpoint run by i saw terrorists out there i. mean a set aside the thought of this failed to warn us that the road was their interests and that there was a nice looks at a point that was a complete can away and to keep it to really up to the terrorists killed my son husband he took the security forces few hours to get to the site and even after they did that they didn't venture close to the car as they feared it was booby trapped. terrorist demanded the release of some sunni women held in iraqi custody in exchange for my brother and other

despite iraq declaring itself free from islamic states almost a year ago the terror group remains active across large swathes of the country and is increasingly turning to guerrilla warfare tactics. russian launches its biggest war games in decades putting on a formidable display of military might in the country's far east. are stories right now at r.t. dot com i'll have a full bulletin of world news for you right here in an hour's time next though on r.t. international it's crosstalk but if you watching in the u.k. or island renegade talks trump and currency crises with economist steve keep. a low in welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. president donald trump is on a complete reversal on syria a full one eighty what accounts for this why and what's next. cross talking terms one eighty on syria i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark he's an intern. national affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst we spoke to international and we have done these and he is a visiting scholar at the higher school of economics a

that also extend to iraq. we're trying to change the cost benefit analysis for iran's behavior in iraq and syria. >> is there any -- this individual wants to know, is there any scope for partnering with iran on a limited scope here, on a stabilization and reconstruction? i know this is kind of getting a little bit -- you just mentioned iraq in particular. is there any prospect or any -- have you -- put it this way. have you seen that calculus begin to change, especially in iraq? and is iran moderating its behavior or showing that perhaps it isn't worth destabilizing and they could be part of the solution? >> i think when you saw reports about iran proliferating missiles into iraq, then you had the attacks on friday, and the attacks on saturday in bazra, you also had the missiles in iran to reveal. the president has signalled to the iranians that we are taking this to what seems to be some kind of escalatory behavior on the part of iran very seriously. america will take swift and decisive action to protect our

parade in iran killing at least twenty four people as the country marks the anniversary of its war with iraq. the u.s. state department accuses the syrian government and its allies of assisting terrorists in the country coming up we examine whether or not the claims actually correspond with the reality on the ground. and collision course ahead of what's being billed as the biggest fight in mixed martial arts history arash one corner mcgregor and russia. meet the press with the person set to do battle in a fortnight's time. bring it all to do my name's kevin though in this is our international live from moscow just in four pm now here this saturday afternoon into that breaking news we're talking about for last five six hours now iran has been hit by a deadly terror attack the smalling is the country remembers an important day in its history terrorists thought to be from a sunni muslim group were dressed as revolutionary guards and opened fire during a big parade it left at least twenty four people dead and dozens of others injured this saturday marks the anniversary of the iran iraq war durin

since two thousand and three the people of buster but also in iraq but parts of it in both are just fed up and what they see in their capital city is a political elite that just is unable to fix anything is unable to use institutions to bring about real change because of they think that the only way to get their voice heard is through these let's say extra legal tactics and they're going against all of the elite they're not on one side there to some extent as we've discussed in the past they're really leaderless for now but they don't want to be quieted down and they've lost the barrier here and they don't think what's happening today with the government formation in the will result in any of the changes that they are demanding very basic changes by the way they want their water to be clear and clean rather than muddy and they want salaries they want a basic standard of living they don't think that the current leadership. kurdish right left wing whatever you have it can do that and if you mention what the protest is called we have that angry about unemployment but a lack of basic se

i think iraq is mired in its own issues a bus full of protests and that's the main oil city in iraq i think trump the reason he puts pressure on saudi arabia is because he wants the saudis to do it it was the saudis to be the ones to flood the market and from his perspective he says look i took iran out of the game i want you go you guys now can take the market share the saudis are not seeing it that way with regards to donald trump i think the oil is there that there is the capacity to fill those two million barrels if opec genuinely do decided to do so however the problem is opec are not necessarily happy with the treatment of iran they're not of the which they do the american treatment of iran they're not necessarily happy with the situation they've been made in whereby the usual diplomatic channels have not been respected so for example when donald trump takes to twitter and tells an opec i'm telling you before you meet you have to bring the prices down this is made it a bit a sort of a humiliation for opec if it decides to go with what donald trump has said donald trump could hav