iraq has weapons of mass destruction about it. he confidently declared from the rostrum of the un to gain. gangster effect of the validity of the future of the war against adam hussein, the white house was accused of organizing a conspiracy to assassinate bush sr., which had approximately the same evidence base as the world-famous allegation that iraq had chemical and bacteriological weapons, the then us secretary of state colin pavlov, as evidence, showed a test tube with allegedly with a poisonous substance that saddam hussein is armed with. a few years later, he admitted that he then went for outright falsification of based on lies, iraqi freedom began so eloquently. the pentagon called the baghdad bombing operation in march 2003 tens of thousands of soldiers invaded the country on a completely far-fetched pretext. from the impudence of the house of the brave , even the allies and other major countries of the un security council were taken aback, so the leaders of france, germany and russia opposed the war. and, of course , no

iraq has weapons of mass destruction about it.e is confident declared from the rostrum of the un for reinforcement. with the confectionery effect of the validity of a future war, the white house charged adam hussein with organizing a conspiracy to assassinate bush sr., which had approximately the same evidence base as the then- us secretary of state colin paul , known to the whole world, allegations that iraq had chemical and bacteriological weapons as evidence, he showed a test tube with an alleged poisonous substance that saddam hussein was armed with. and a few years later confessed that then he went on an outright falsification based on lies, iraqi freedom began so eloquently. the pentagon called the baghdad bombing operation in march 2003 tens of thousands of soldiers invaded the country on a completely far-fetched pretext. from the impudence of the house of the brave, even the allies and other major countries of the un security council were taken aback, so the leaders of france, germany and russia opposed the war. and, of co

all parts of iraq.here was no embedding in this war. the military did not do it. and the obama administration did not do it. it has to be said that today the biden administration does not do it in terms of our forces in poland that were mobilized there to deter russian aggression and reinforce nato. i know because i asked. the units agreed we had higher levels of the biden administration that were approved. there were opportunities to get close to the action for this was a war worked with a vast array of partners. partners take it they do not have any particular requirements about security, namely your security. i was able to go with the iraq he counterterrorism service and i was able to interview general in sierra. and also on that military is no formal vetting process but it was able to benefit circulation pretty move around the battlefield but i have that kind of access. but the embedding was with the partner forces. >> thank you. policy. obviously service undersecretary for defense to policy. the ad

because we could provide more help to iraq than iran could -- iran could cause more trouble for iraq. we could provide more help. there was sort of a balance there wee were able to strike with the prime minister. # so state queens provide add way to mitigate the communication. >> the operational approach and you were mitigating second and third reporter effects of a much larger strategic decision made years earlier to invade iraq and take out the regime, which ended a verype long period of iran and iraq essentially containing each other. being fully preoccupied and containing each other in the region. once you took away sackmary dam's re-seem -- sadam's re-seem and chaos of iraq, the opportunity for iranen influence to grow was just exponential and i agree. you sat with that reality, you can use that and this strategy decision was made prior that set the conditions with that. >> one last question from the audience. >> michael, thank you for your book and this is a question for the three of you. talking about prevention and treatment and i wanted to ask you about the billions of dollar

forces from iraq. i would say to the event that michael describes in his book, before i asked michael to walk us through those key milestones and decision from 2014 until 2019, i was wondering if you could provide your insights surrounding the 2011 iraq withdrawal. >> let me start by saying, first of all, congratulations michael. americans too often are in no hurry to get conflicts in the rearview mirror and not to pause and learn lessons from them so we capture what works. we learn from what does not work i was definitely present in the decision-making to withdraw from iraq. when we came into office we had two wars. afghanistan and iraq. following the same approach which was a drawdown based on conditions as iraqi forces were able to exert control of any given province. u.s. forces are coalition forces and gradually drawing down. that was started in the bush administration and continued in the obama administration. we came to a point where there was really a question of do you draw down completely or

in iraq, the thomier franks publicly blamed each other for the failure of the lightning attack. however, it was no longer important . washington won and installed his government. saddam hussein in public executed as a warning to others, virtually the entire infrastructure will be destroyed, people will be left without basic things for a long time - water, food, electricity and communications - they hoped that a civil democratic state would be created in iraq, but these hopes were not destined to come true; instead, we got chaos , lack of statehood and rampant islamic armed forces both shiite and sunni, they ran everything in the country , plundered everything and turned iraq into a terrorist state, where massacres of genocide and ethnic cleansing, the usual case the country returned to the middle ages. and not soon get out of there years later. we can say that the democratic process turned out to be harmful for us, it did not sow anything but extremism. and chaos all power passed into the hands of national minorities, which, first of all, in the absence of any single centralized

one in syria, one in iraq . we had forces distributed in turkey and jordan and kuwait and cotter and of course in iraq.really 29 contributing nations out of the coalition of i think almost 60 countries and we had you know, kind of strike groups operating and there was a lot of activity going on. and then the other thing to keep in mind is in iraq title 22 authority we had a chief emission, and operating embassy. and balancing all those equities , we had two murders happening, not just one, we were fighting isys but we also had the civil war going on against the assigned regime so thenthe russians showed up as michael said about a week after i did . so getting that command and control structure together enabled us to have more of a unity of effort because isys was not constrained by the line. they view themselves as one single caliphate. they had the advantage of inferior lines and we were on the periphery so getting the unity of command was essential to making progress and once we had that we were able to round

course, in iraq. we had 29 troop contributing nations of the coalition of, i think almost 60 countries. and we had, you know, carrier strike groups operating. and there a lot of activity going and and then the other thing to keep in mind is we were under in iraq title 22 authority. we had a chief of mission, a fully operating embassy. and balancing all those equities in syria. we had really two wars happening, not just one. we were fighting isis. that was my war. but we also had the civil war going on against the assad regime. so and then the russians showed, as michael said, about a week after i did so, getting that command and control structure together enabled us to have more of a unity of effort because isis was not constrained by the sykes-picot line. you know, they view themselves as one single caliphate. they had the advantage interior lines and we were on the periphery around them. and so getting of effort, unity of command was essential to making progress. and then once we had that, we were a

and i was the target engagement authority for iraq and syria.e strikes were all happening based on what level of delegation i gave to those guys. and those that enabled them to make those strike decisions at that level of authority. so it all worked out. so yogi beres said if it isn't broken don't fix it. and those jsoc had relationships on the ground in the special forces guys were savvy enough that we will not sever any relationships but build on it and supported and wraparound it. that is what they did very effectively. the special ops community found ways to make it work which tribe the special forces argue? they figured it all out. it was a commitment to teamwork by special ops that smoothed out a lot of the peculiar laertes. >> another question from the back. >> thank you. it's great to see you again. talking about the efficacy. i think there is no question that there is anonymity about the tactical success. one of the findings we found was the greatest benefactor of the war may be tehran. sophie look at iraq and syria today the stf is lar

in iraq it was the iraqi security forces. was iraqi army and federal police.hose made up with political entities. and with that partner force for syria that's were isis had the capital. one thing that was striking to me in the course of this research is how early how did this alliance began a what happened and then colonel chris donahue and famed for the three-star commander. and then in northern iraq whose presence was not acknowledged by the us government and he had and meetingie brokered by the kurdish authorities. who were not on good terms but that's a separate w story. and then those that were representing the militia. and then coming up with the concept that could stop volunteers to join that isis caliphate coming down andnd then stopped them in iraq and syria and it is a basic understanding between donahue and not yet approved. and earlier in the day and then to strike is on deal with the syrian kurdsds but they went with the americans and it took some time before the relationship gained traction with the absence of other solutions. but that is the mai

chopper suicide enemy from iraq war to -- world war ii. that war ended up leaving as john kerry explained in the secretly recorded session that led to the al qaeda forces and isis which split off from al qaeda deciding not to march was to damascus. instead to go east and conquer all of western iraq leading to the islamic caliphate which in the days of george w. bush was the wildest war propaganda of like when beck is said there's an islamic fascist caliphate update is coming to get n us. there was no caliphate anywhere. there was a bomb of bin laden's wildest dream hiding in the attic in afghanistan and yet with bush's war in iraq and obama's waras in syria they succeeded in the a possible creating a little bin laden a fascist caliphate as they called it for three years from 2014 to 2017 with tens of thousands of conscripts in their army and leading to iraq were three in total casualties in iraq and syria certainly more than half a million. they have done the same thing with a bait and switch in yemen where barack obama had a war beginning

the bombings dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945, in addition to white phosphorus in iraq, the depleted uranium radioactive element was widely used in iraq, which, according to military engineers , significantly exceeds the penetrating ability of shells and has a half-life of about 4.5 billion years, but the treacherous destruction of iraq had also global and tragic consequences for the whole world one of the most horrific appearance in response to the american occupation of al-qaeda and the islamic state, which will stir planet fire and pain. so back in 2003, the former british foreign secretary david billibent. he expressed the opinion that the destabilization of the situation in iraq and the emergence of military groups. isis facilitated the military operation. in this country. started by the united states and great britain later, and british prime minister tony blair, in his interview with cnn, admitted that there is some truth in the fact that the us invasion of their allies in 2003 in iraq became one of the main reasons for the emergence of isis, it turns out that the bra

forces from iraq in 2011 is an important antecedent. i'd say, to the events that michael describes in his book, before i ask michael to walk us through some of those key milestones and decisions from 2014 to 2019, i'm wondering if you be willing to provide your insights into the thinking and policy debates within the administration surrounding the 2011 iraq withdrawal. let me start by saying, first of all, congratulate michael and how important i think books like this are, because as americans, we too often are in a hurry to get conflicts in the rearview mirror and not to actually pause and try to learn lessons from them so that we capture what works. we from what doesn't work and we do better the next time or even avoiding the next time, because if possible, and thanks to tv for co-hosting, this was seen as so. i was definitely present in the decision making around president obama's ultimate choice to withdraw from iraq. you know, when when we came into office, we obviously inherited two wars, afghanistan and iraq. and i think the obam

the libyans and syrians had gone to iraq to fight with al qaeda in iraq against the united states and shiite forces there had now come home just as bin laden and them had come home for the 19 '80s war in afghanistan to cause trouble. these guys came to start a revolution and libya the islamic fighting group come al qaeda and the islamic, these guys fought in iraq or two. and obama took their side and a nine month air war in special operations war to overthrow qaddafi who was murdered on the side of the roadn the country ws a plunge into absolute turmoil and violence of a civil war that has been raging ever since that time. and then it took the jihadists and the guns and ship them off to sierra for the next regime change. and as barack obama explained tn jeffrey goldberg in 2012 goldberg said you know the iraq war has empowered by iran. don't you think if we got rid of the shaw of sierra that would help bring our rundown a pig? and obama says absolutely. jeffrey goldberg says what more can be done to see this through to make it happen sooner? and obama says essentially the old line i'd

solved their commercial problems, this period will be called the most difficult in the history of iraq , the consequences are horrific, according to various estimates, the total number of victims of the war and after the military house almost 2 million people and think about more than 7 million refugees. among them, almost half a frantic flow of refugees left the country, it will come back to haunt all of europe, the americans will add fire to syria, afghanistan and libya, and the whole world will frantically follow those who risk their lives trying to remove the war, the americans make mistakes, of course. they didn’t recognize it, but at the first occasion, they accused him of instigating the migration crisis. remember the situation on the border of belarus with poland, where did many migrants from the iraqi irbili come from? this is the kurdistan autonomous region of cancer, in which, after the arrival of the americans, the power of the greyhound clan was established, rich in oil and others natural resources of the region under complete control, the family and american corporations

how small policies in iraq are pushing for new ideas to change the political landscape. oh, i'm calling for change. demonstrate is back on the street to the museum, demanding the president and his government stepped down and we come back. ah, there is more rain on the wave, her flood hit areas of se, australia high for one. but 1st here's where the disturbance is. it's going to spin up in the bite now, you know, last time with that deluge we saw south africa duct in dodged it, but not this time to what weather there on monday. and as we go up for a water view, we'll see that what, whether move further east at toward tuesday, back toward w, a few clouds around perth with a high of 21 degrees off to new zealand. we go, temperatures have come up, we've got some showers, both for the north and the south island, but no weather alerts in play here. so that gives you an indication. it's not going to be anything major, but where we have had some major rainfall is around this tropical storm. northern areas of the philippines, extreme flood advisories in play, but this disturbance

a lot of the message from iraq is in. this is a simple you are higher than they are the alternatives. and the old guard political players that are dominating the national conversation. right? you are not the only ones, not the political dialogue, not the vision, unity and love children are the future. it's the kind of idealism that may seem out of place in iraq's political landscape. but iraqis, hearsay, that is exactly what their country needs in basra, the old 0 book that i was then a 2nd night of violence in the tandem on neighbourhood of tunis. confrontations between protesters and security forces have been going on since friday after the death of a young man. the, the family says he was killed by security forces. does he, ministry of interior is yet to comment. and i comes after a day, a protest across it's an easiest capital on saturday with people struggling to cope with the food and fuel shortages between again because more wow, crowds gathered in the center of tunis ne keith, president high side of corrupting dem

a lot of the message from iraq. and this is a simple you are higher than they are. the alternative and the old guard political players that are dominating the national conversation right, are not the only ones on the political dialogue, not division, unity and love. children are the future. it's the kind of idealism that may seem out of place in iraq's political landscape. but iraqis, hearsay, that is exactly what their country needs. st. basra, the al jazeera, but that didn't work as a nigeria are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced by floods. the old producing region is the latest area to find itself submerged. habit address reports are from attorney, one of the worst affected areas in southern nigeria. 2 weeks after our family member was swept away by the flood, the edges are still waiting for the water to recede. so they can bury their even after no sandwich are low at the very everywhere for from the level of water. here it could be at least a week before they are able to do with that. many other families are waiting for news. any news

i served in iraq in 2004 and 2005. so you know, year ish after the invasion and when you sit down and have those conversations that i sort alluded to, you know, like with afghan elders, when you have them in iraq with, you know, with local powerbrokers, you know, you would sit there and you would kind of give this vision, are like, you know, we need to to actually do to why we need u.s. because we need to get to peace, needs to be peace in this country. and when you would say that to someone in iraq, peace to them, that idea of peace was, you know, returning to a condition they had known. i mean, granted, you know, peace under saddam hussein, you were living under a despot. but, you know there was peace and so. yes, okay, peace. we're going to go back to a condition that we once knew. when you would sit down, have these conversations in afghanistan and you're end of the cause, and then there will be peace. well, the war in afghanistan started in 1979. the average life expectancy for an afghan male living in the provinc

in the news about iraq. so i don't want to say that it's succeeded where afghanistan failed but are there any comparisons you could draw based on your experience between the experience of their relatively at the same time of the united states? >> sure. thanks for your question and your support. yeah. i mean, the are a number of comparisons i can make. the first one i would make is in afghanistan was falling, i was on the phone with a very good friend of mine and we had a very similar careers of both iraq and afghanistan as marines and special operators. we were sort scratch heads and wondering why does this feel so visceral, and upsetting in ways that iraq never felt? like he and i both fought in fallujah for instance, and went isis took fallujah it didn't feel as painful as it felt to watch kabul fall, for instance. one of the conclusions we came to is well, you know, iraq was a war that was always sort of fought on i would say to be charitable, shaky premises. afghanistan though was a war that was predicat

it's the kind of idealism that may seem out of place in iraq's political landscape. but iraqis here say that it's exactly what their country means in basra. the old 0 book that i was been a 2nd night of violence in the tandem on neighbourhood of tunis, confrontation between protesters and security forces have been going on since friday, after the death of a young man. family says he was killed by security forces. lizzie and mystery of interior is yet to comic or that comes after they are protest across tennessee as capital on saturday, with people struggling to cope with the deteriorating political and economic situation. victoria gayton. b reports ah. crowds gathered in the center of tunis ne keith, president high side of corrupting democratic institutions and wanting absolute power. if i knew i came here today because of the queue and the miserable conditions, the country is in today, there is no water or milk, no sugar and no petrol. and we have a president who is only interested in power. the 2 parties organizing the protests have long been bitter rivals. now bot

in the news about iraq.ay you succeeded or they failou that they are there any comparisons based on your experience there and at the same time. >> thank you for your question in support. there are a number of appearances but the first is when afghanistan was falling i was with a good friend and we had very similar careers and iraq and afghanistan and we were scratching our heads saying why does it feel so's founding a way that we never felt? it wasn't as painful as watching, also one of the conclusions we came to was iraq was a war always on a shaky premises to be charitable. but afghanistan was a war predicated on an attack on her homeland and that's why you went to afghanistan there's only one other war united states had five based on the homeland that was the second world war now my generation is watching the second war and we lost categorically we win they lose and that's tough to watch that. this is why we are having this reaction but then we laughed. it is a incredibly a round on —- ironic we knew why

this is a daily reminder to iraq. he is living in baghdad that countries among the world's richest in energy. what for this man and those living here? both courts and outdated electricity infrastructure, make them angry, and a mix of corruption, mismanagement, and political crisis. i'm making without a loss. ottawa in tampa. we have 4 hours of blackouts followed by 2 hours of service. but when the national electricity is on its like traffic lights, it goes on and off all the time. people he are suffering when these cables are failing to deliver power to their households. but when they do, they become dangerous to human lives, as they are left low hanging in residential areas. walcott has been a main instigator for anguish, protests and iraq. in the past few years. under 50 degrees celsius summer, people had to live with blackouts or pay for local generators. ladale alarm federal marbella, these again between our demand and supply, we need 35000 megawatts of electricity, even if we secure 25000. we still need 10000 meg

iraq has weapons of mass destruction about it.clared from the rostrum of the un to gain. the gangster effect of the validity of a future war against saddam hussein was accused by the white house of organizing a plot to assassinate bush sr., which had approximately the same evidence base as the world-famous allegation of that iraq had chemical and bacteriological weapons, the then us secretary of state colin paul, as evidence, showed a test tube with an allegedly poisonous substance that saddam hussein had in service. and a few years later, he admitted that he then went for outright falsification based on lies, iraqi freedom began so eloquently. the pentagon called the baghdad bombing operation in march 2003 tens of thousands of soldiers invaded the country on a completely far-fetched pretext. from the impudence of the house of the brave, they were even taken aback allies and other major countries of the un security council so the leaders of france, germany and russia opposed the war. and, of course, no one listened to the allied f

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we say you've ruined iraq, you stole it, you destroyed it. they came on the back of american tanks and a loyal to intelligence agencies of countries like it on saudi arabia and so on. all of them have iraqi blood on their hands and have stolen public wealth. all of them corrupt the consensus here, replace old faces with new ones. iraq's future is secular and the best governments focus on the common good can. i took all of this month, but we didn't want symbolic government says that doing nothing. we want government that takes action crease, jobs fights, poverty event, services repaid roadside like softer the agriculture and private sectors seems to want the message from iraq in this is a higher status good than they are. the alternate and the old guard political players that are dominating the national conversation. right. but not the only one on the political dialogue, not division unity and love. children are the future. it's the kind of idealism that may seem out of place in iraq's political landscape. but iraqis, hearsay, that is exactly

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in iraq in 2004 and 2005.ear -ish after the invasion. when you sit down have this conversation i sort of alluded to with afghan elders we local powerbrokers, he would sit there and get this vision but it did x, y, z? because we need to get peace. there needs to be peace in the country. he said that to someone in iraq, peace, to them that idea of peace was returned to a condition they had nonprint grandson, peace under saddam hussein you're living under but there was peace.go since esp's report back to a condition we once knew. when you'd sit down have these conversations in afghanistan in basically and then there will be peace, the war in afghanistan started in 1979 per the average life expectancy or an afghan mail living in the provinces is early 60s. so unless this person is in their early 60s, they do not have any adult memories of afghanistan peace so when you said is going to be peace you are asking them to imagine a state of being. you are not engaging with people's memories or engaging with people's ima

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he was a pest milgar fighter part of the kurdish military force in northern iraq and was killed in a rocket attack a few days ago. going to work provides some distraction from her pain. reason makes a living as a nurse. she was on shift when she heard a loud explosion, and her worst fears became reality. lassie dang sticky. i often tried to talk to my fiance about death, but he didn't really want to talk about it and he forbade me from mentioning it again. we had so many plans for the future, so i am still hoping it is all just a bad dream sit. hm. okay, demise, we can pick our rockets have been raining on northern iraq for nearly 2 weeks now. launch from the round day target. could you separatists in the mountains more than a dozen people have been killed and well over 50, injured, including civilians. the rocket attacks were triggered by the protest. cindy ran, following the death of martha armine, a young kurdish woman. many people in the small iraqi town of koi son, jack sympathized with the demonstrators across the border, including armed kurdish groups. the iranian government c

thea;r our correspondent anna foster is on the iran-iraq border.— the iran-iraq border.fourth week, _ the iran-iraq border. they are into their fourth week, and _ the iran-iraq border. they are into their fourth week, and we - the iran-iraq border. they are into their fourth week, and we saw - their fourth week, and we saw yesterday one of the most significant days so far, because geographically these protests are really spreading, and we are also seeing new demographics getting involved as well. they have been very much driven by young women like mahsa amini, the 22—year—old who died in police custody, and schools and universities have been at the forefront of the protest. but what we saw yesterday was bazaar holders closing their stores in support. i have been talking to some iranians on their way out of the country, because of course those testimonies are so hard to get an so hard to hear because of the situation in the country, but they were telling me that they came from one of the cities that saw protest yesterday, they believe that ten people were killed in that p

border.— iran, iraq border._ iran, iraq border. they are to their fourth week now - iran, iraq border. they are to their fourth week now we - iran, iraq border. they are to | their fourth week now we saw yesterday one of the most significant day so far because geographically these protests really are spreading. were also seeing a new demographic getting involved as well. they've been very much driven ljy they've been very much driven by young women like the 22—year—old who died in police custody. in schools and universities have been at the forefront of the protest for that what we saw yesterday was bizarre holders in iran actually closing their shops and support. you can really see the size of these protests i've been talking on the border to some iranians who are on their way out of the country of course those testimonies are so hard to get, so hard to hear because of the situation in the country. they were telling me that they came from one of the cities that's our protest yesterday, they believe that ten peo

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ah, iraq, he and pays elect a new president on a day rock. it struck not far from the parliament building. ah, i'm carry johnson. this is al jazeera la from dough also coming up. the jerry in florida recommends life in prison about parole, the parkland school, sheeter, nato, defense ministers, end their summit, promising war support, few crime in its war against russia. act. now, to put in place responsible fiscal policy, a warning from the international monetary fund, those spheres grow about a global recession. ah, iraq's parliament has just elected a new president. 78 year old kurdish politician abdullatif rashid at once served as a minister for water resources or food to abdel our while had joins us from baghdad . what more can he tell us? ah, so finally, this chapter of rivalry has been concluded in the iraqi parliament, by electing get law thief rashid, 86 year old politician and senior advisor or the president. as the next president of a rock, rashid was contended of can come on to present, but hm. solid who got only 99 votes against 1

it's the kind of idealism that may seem out of place in iraq's political landscape. but iraq, you've hearsay, that is exactly what their country means in basra, the old 0 book that ultra nationalists jewish groups of storm the alexa mos compound, under the protection of israeli police. it happened on the 6th day of the jewish holiday. is ready forces of restricted entry for wisdom, worshippers to the mosque grounds and knocked by these truce them since sunday morning. witnesses say the ultra nationalist groups gathered at the gates of the mos. there's been a 2nd night of violence in the tollman neighbourhood of tunis. confrontations between protested and security forces have been going on since friday of death of the young man from he says he was killed by security forces, which in is in ministry of interior is yet to comment. now, senegal has one of the largest solar farms in west africa with president lackey sell wants to burn fossil fuels to meet growing energy needs. he says, a natural gas reserves will bring development. nicholas hack reports dow from l. negron

that's putting more pressure on iraq's national electricity supply. and for me to make a lot of offer electronics, providing us with 1200 megawatt. besides the gas we use in the plants that produced $3300.00 megawatts of electricity. that are also accusations, electricity is being used by iran to maintain seattle, to count, to the countries influence the u, as in college. but that to sign a deal with the gods corporation council or g c. c, to get about 500 megawatts of energy for iraq is very important to rectify our relations and to get electric supply from different countries. so that will not be under pressure from any side, whether iran, one of the safety or even will jordan and egypt since 2003 and all kinds spend more than $80000000000.00 on up grading. it's power grid. but many say they've yet to see the benefits on the hash images 0 back that to climate activists have been arrested after throwing tomato soup on vincent bangles painting the sunflowers in london. national gallery away from jess, top oil and move that wants to british government

this was innovation of the highest order. >> i went to iraq in 2005. it was hard and fast. i lost count, we all did, probably did 150 raids in a three month span that summer. >> smith: jack murphy served in one of michael flynn's jsoc units in iraq, carrying out these accelerated raids. >> there were times where they had us rolling out the gate and i had no idea where we were going, and they were like, "we'll get the grid to you." and then as we're driving down one of the highways around mosul i'm having to type it into the computer. then we'd hit that target and then while we're there, there's more grids coming over the radio! (laughs) the guys are already getting back on the vehicles, "murphy, where are we goin'? murphy, where are we going? i'm like, "oh, (bleep)." >> smith: flynn says he streamlined intelligence vetting and empowered soldiers on the ground to make quick decisions on taking out targets. >> you'd have the assault force in the air. another assault force, literally in the aircraft. the initial assault force goes in, pull auy off of the objective, they'd be i

when he went to iraq and afghanistan, his enemy shifted from communism to whate called "radical islamraq, working under general mcchrystal, he revolutionized counterterrorism operations to deal with the threat of al qaeda. he built a reputation as a brilliant officer while serving as the head of intelligence for an elite covert force-- the joint special operations command, or jsoc. >> my first awareness of mike flynn was probably in the jsoc when he joined jsoc as the j2. critical position. jsoc was the premier command in the u.s. military, without question. >> smith: doug wise is a veteran of the cia who worked >> i spent three decades undercover cia as an operator, as a stati chief, service south asia, iraq. chief of operational training for cia, and ultimately, appointed as the deputy director of the defense intelligence ency-- mike flynn then the incumbent director. dr. evil was my call sign. >> smith: wise wasart of the invasion force that entered baghdad and says he saw flynn's impact in iraq firsthand. >> at that time in iraq, they had built an operational machine in jsoc to li

anti isis presence in iraq is set to continue, so is the threat iran poses.ave foued to fight until there is a regime change in iran. they say they share zhina's pain. called by a name forced on her by a repressive regime, all of them have a kurdish name just like her. not spoken outside their homes. all of them say it's hard to imagine going back to how life was before. those who have made it here to iraq say they consider themselves the lucky ones despite having to circumnavigate a militarized response and life fire from regime forces just to get here with their lives. despite feeling lucky, they say they carry with them the guilt at leaving behind their families inside iran, wolf. >> excellent, excellent reporting. stay safe over there. thank you very much. >>> coming up, russian drones raining down death on kyiv. cnn is live on the scene. also, we'll speak with a key member of the january 6th select committee about documents newly obtained by cnn showing the agency knew of potential violence in the run up to the capitol insurrection. menthol topical pain

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now we're at the bottom of the list of decades of decline in iraq. some say has happened at the hands of people in power who came out of nowhere . he had to go the solar eudoxia islamist. he asked me to political islamic forces to those in pow to extremist with a sheer sunni occurred. we say you've ruined a rock. you stole it, you destroyed it. they came on the back of american tanks and a loyal to intelligence agencies of countries like it on saudi arabian, so on. all of them have a rocky blood on their hands and have stolen public wealth. all of them are corrupt . the consensus here replace old faces with new ones. iraq's future is secular, and the best governments focus on the common good. and i think the whole of this month law and we don't want symbolic government that sits there doing nothing. we want to government that takes action crease, jobs fights, poverty develops offices, repeated roadside looks after the agriculture and private sectors seems so are you message from a rotten with them? they are the alternative and the old guard dominatin

pollution to iraq's already hazy skies. this is dangerous work using primitive methods. but it's the only way many here can make ends meet. abdul leaf used to be a farm of inhaler south of baghdad, but water shortages forcing him to move his family to old coot. yeah, give me i got the letter ahead. is that a gosh? well, work from 1 am until 11 am and again from one in the afternoon until 6 pm, 3 of my children working with me. we each make about $5.00 a day, but food is so expensive and they said has done nothing for us. we're so frustrated your heck it and i had to have an anal every day with it. it's the scorching heat of summer or the icy cold of winter men, women and even children spend long hours molding looting and pulling piles of bricks. then stocking them in neat rows. hundreds of people from under privileged communities come here, turn a living. they do not have legal rights or employee benefits such as hazards, pay. they do not get protective gear and there are no health or safety regulations . some develop chron