and they, many iraqis were befuddled by that because they thought he might be an iraqi who had left iraq as a child, gone over here and grown up and then came back with a funny midwestern accent. and, um, they met and quickly became very close allies in this struggle. he was, patriquin was a junior officer. he was only 32 at the time, and his commanding officers, lieutenant colonel -- [inaudible] in fact, patriquin moved into the sheikh's house basically for three months at the end of all this. that became his headquarters. and they let patriquin sort of run with this relationship. this was very difficult at the time because their bosses, their u.s. military bosses -- some of them -- were saying don't deal l with this sheikh. he's a killer. find somebody without blood on their hands, and patriquin and his colleagues would say, what, are you crazy? there's nobody without blood on their hands this iraq, we have to deal with the people who are here. hundreds of young iraqi men started joining the police force, eventually thousands did, and the order of battle in this combat zone was turned

i'm an american and many of iraqis were befuddled by that because they thought he might be an iraqi who left iraq as a child done over here and grown up and came back with a funny new western accent. and the met and quickly became very close allies in this struggle. he was a junior officer only 30 to the time and his commanding officers lieutenant colonel and shawn mcfarland realize that they were becoming brothers in fact he moved into the house basically for three months of the end of all of this that became his headquarters and they let him run with this relationship. this was difficult at the time because their bosses, the u.s. military bosses, some of them were saying don't deal with him, he's a killer, find somebody without a blood on their hands and he and his colleagues would say are you crazy there's nobody without blood on their hands and we have to deal with the people who are here. hundreds of iraqi men started joining the iraqi police force and eventually thousands dead and the order battle in the combat zone turned against al qaeda and al qaeda was largely eliminated in em

to build a new nation and perhaps the best way is to hear what the iraqis say about him.. in the words of the man who sai created the awakening movement patriquin was an extraordinary man who played an important role he was my brother and spoke arabic and it looked like an arab man. and he came at the start of the awakening we need is a man like him he was humble and friendly and always helping me. he helped s us with weapons and h ammunition to deliver food to those who were inped trouble and defended women and children against the terrorists. is very important to build up four between the u.s. and the sheik. patriquin was extraordinary. one baghdad for an interpreter said patriquin was above with iraqi addicted to the culture and obsessed he love the food, the people, everything about iraq and another interpreter tellme. >> iraqis can levy but they loved him. of magical personality andd trust will face his presence was noted immediately. iraqis love to talk to been p with them mustache suntan in dark skin he looked like anme arab. besides that hong its heart was connecti

iraqis. and unfortunately the united states went along with what iran desired. and we want this interference in iraq's affairs is going to lead the country, iraq, to a larger and more significant problems in the future. and this is what's happening now. >> how is the domestic situation in iraq going to end up? the prime minister is trying to arrest the vice president. the vice president has fled to the kurdish areas. how will things resolve? >> well, let me tell you, frankly, there are the los lot problems now. the whole situation is very tense. sectarianism is coming back in force in this country. i think iraq is passing through the most dangerous phase throughithrough i its history now. and i have warned in the very early days, in fact, years ago that sectarianism and having a vacuum and having a political process which is not inclusive can only destroy the future of this country. and we need and still need an inclusive political process and full-blown institutions in this country. unfortun

this spring iraqis inspired by neighboring arab countries began protesting against their government in a square in baghdad one which shares its name with the better known counterpart in cairo. but iraqi journalists trying to cover these protests silenced by the government security forces and today's iraqi journalists who speak out are routinely imprisoned beaten or just simply killed it seems to be a high level of intolerance or dissent or for public criticism of either government policies or particular leaders use it fell to me a freelance journalist showed some shocking you tube footage from the protests this february that explicitly show iraqi security forces targeting him because he's a journalist. he shouts which is arabic for a journalist over and over again but it makes the police more violent three or four maybe five right police were around me one of them slap me in the head other one kicked me in the. drive me fast managed to escape arrest thanks to two foreign journalists who intervened but since the arrest of one of his colleagues he stopped covering protests altogether bec

>> we're confident that we have an iraqi government and an iraqi security force that is capable of dealing with the security threats that are there now. the level of violence has been down. it's been down for a long time. even though we've had these periodic acts of violence, that's something we've experienced there for a long time. but the bottom line is that the iraqis can provide good security and that our people can be secure in what they're doing. >> schieffer: but the fact of the matter is we've had over 100 people killed just this week there, have we not, as these various attacks have come about? >> bob, you're right. we're going to see those kinds of acts of violence take place. but when you look at the level of violence overall, it is down and it has been down mainly because the iraqis have been able effectively to develop good security. that's important. >> schieffer: let me ask you both this question. i'll start with you, general. what is it right now in the world-- is it north korea, iraq, iran? -- what is it that worries you the most right now? >> you know, i think you've arti

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in today's iraqi journalists who speak out are routinely imprisoned beaten or just simply killed it seems to be a high level of intolerance or dissent or for public criticism of either government policies or particular leaders use it felt to me a freelance journalist showed r.t. some shocking youtube footage from the protests this february that explicitly show iraqi security forces targeting him because he's a journalist. he shouts which is arabic for journalist over and over again but it makes the police more violent three or four maybe five right police were around me one of them slapped me in the head other one kicked me in the by and they come they know grabbed me fast yousif managed to escape arrest thanks to two foreign journalists who intervened but since the arrest of one of his colleagues he stopped covering protests altogether became hard for journalists for example to go to tahrir square i myself i don't go there i stopped there long time ago not because. i'm not that scared to be arrested. you know i'm worried to be mistreated we tried to speak to journalists who've been

many iraqi journalists lost their lives because their killers did not agree with their views and as a tragic result sometimes in the streets of baghdad coffins passed each other by. independent journalism faces both friendly fire and the blind fanaticism of terrorists and journalist giuliana sgrena victim of abduction herself returns to iraq after four and a half years. or more to death follows us no matter where we are no matter which side we convert to make you look to most of this absurd line to violence religious hatred in fanaticism that was my case when i was an abduction victim by a group of fanatics. i survived but many of my colleagues were not that lucky. and so by danny was one of them. fifty six year old italian journalist and zabadani was traveling with the italian red cross convoy towards my job carrying provisions for the wounded. here and i just saw for our concern is to deliver of medicines and water to the wounded of the city and of course to be able to come back safe if part of that and i thank you and i send my regards to all italian also for you to let me i know n

just what exactly, are the iraqis saying about the use of these drones there?when we spoke to them, and we spoke to people at all different levels of the iraqi government, is that they hadn't been told or asked about this. now, that may be true, but the iraqis also, you know, may be in a tough spot politically about this and they may not want to admit it, that they actually have given the united states permission to do this. you know, because of the sovereignty issues, the iraqi people are very sensitive about the united states, you know, the idea that the united states is still there, that the united states is still operating military-like stuff there. so because of that, the iraqi politicians may not want to admit to it. >> i love the quote in your article, where one of the iraqi officials that you spoke with said, this is our sky. this is our sky, not u.s. sky. but president obama actually talked about your article, defended the use of drones in this web interview that he gave yesterday. let's listen to this. >> our ability to respect the sovereignty of othe

that individuals in the iraqi government were indeed using their powers to silence the press noticed that people been. using there but this is again is not protected by the government the government so that they think and you can see that there are people in the midst of it for example they have misusing their their power against the citizen and there is this year and that is they keep a comfortable and some of them has been fired almost nine years after the invasion u.s. troops are home but what of the country they're leaving behind with politicians using the security forces to silence journalists it appears that iraq lacks any credible press freedom or freedom that is essential to any democratic country sebastian meyer r t iraq. it's been a rough start to the year for the eurozone with some of its countries believed to be in awe heading into another wave of recession two of europe's larger economies italy and spain are facing a crucial investor confidence test next week as the race to raise public funding italian prime minister mario monti met french president nicolas sarkozy in pa