iraqis tend to have a very great deal of documentation.so when we see an iraqi refugee, we often have a task force. we may have a military in addition to this and they tell told that they work for an american company. in light of the engagement that we had with iraq and afghanistan, do we have any access to the legacy records of that government has? or the afghan government? >> we do have access to some information. i'm not familiar with that off the top of my head. we send a very great deal of our time training staff to be eliciting testimony. another point i would like to mention for those who claim that they have previously been affiliated with the united states -- we have found instances where that claim is true. they did have a previous affiliation with the u.s. government or military. we've added those individuals on the lots. we found in some instances that individuals may have been fired for cause, or there may have been subsequent derogatory information that the former employer had no idea about. so even in the case where someone

of course, coming here, a lot of iraqi army checkpoints. my understanding is they were presenting people from coming because one of the speakers at the rally called on the government to stop preventing people joining because the organizers here believe that this project not only -- sunni claims of discrimination and marginal was asian. they say the issue is wider and it involves also shiites and also kurds. so i think the crowd is very significant. >> you will be following those events for us. thank you perry -- thank you. diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in syria appear to be regaining momentum very russia, one of the few major powers to maintain links with the syrian regime has sent invitation for talks to the head of the opposition syrian national coalition. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says he believes the transitional governments with assad still in power for a time must be put in place. he said both sides must agree to a peace plan to avoid for the chaos. >> we are against any interference from outside parties, out

estimate use the normal relationship with iraqi where people could travel their etc? >> there are still american business interests particularly in kurdistan if you go to kurdistan which is almost like a separate country there is not a very sick secure security threat. you can travel around and take a taxi. it's not commercial

one breaks and iraqi machine guns. it is probably better defended than the american diplomat in the gaussian i mean that seriously. but it turned out not to be necessary. but i didn't spend all that much time because i did a lot of them have different wording, but i passed through there and they've been shifted it to a different location. they maintained the up there with armored cars, full-time iraqi staff. there's a fairly extensive endeavor for the newspaper. >> mr. gordon is life for any americans still in iraq still class was an armored cars? >> is improved. i was there not this last summer, but to summer before to see prime minister maliki and i went into the street with all iraqis, got out of the car, went to a demonstration, went to a store. i wouldn't linger in some of the more contested neighborhoods. if you went into sadr city, you want to make sure you have security. it is better than a was before come a million times better than 06 and 07 and from a military perspective, the search did drive down the level

one bread and one iraqi, built-in machine guns and all that sort of stuff. i think it was better defended than the american diplomatic compound in benghazi and i mean that seriously. it turned out not to be necessary but i mean i didn't spend all that much time there because i did a lot of embedded reporting. they shifted it to a different location but you know, they had a bureau there with armored cars, full-time iraqi staff. it was a fairly large endeavor for the newspaper. >> are there any americans in iraq with armored cars? >> it has improved. i was there the summer before to see prime minister melekian i went around in the street with iraqis, got out of the car and went to a demonstration went to a store. i wouldn't linger in some of the more contested neighborhoods. if you went into sadr city you would make sure you have security. it is better than it was by far, it's a million times better than it was an six and a seven and i have to say from a military perspective, the search really did drive down the level of violence. it was the surgeon made possi

ended the nine year war but it is a war really over about the security contractors about the iraqis who are now left to pick up the pieces of their war torn land a land that's now plagued by devastated infrastructure poor health a weak government and a teetering economy so here to talk to me about iraq as it stands today i'm joined now by dalia waspy iraqi american activist and editor of liberated this dot com along with her husband ross the pooty activist and director of the justice for fallujah project thank you so much both of you for coming on. this really quickly to start off the interview i know that both of you have a very interesting point in your life that that made you turn to activism dolly i want to start with you just really briefly your half iraq you have jewish you're also a medical doctor that you put up you put that on hold to pursue activism was there turning point for you. during the buildup to the south in our invasion in september two thousand and two i really sort of came for free because the congress and we had already starting dated afghanistan and now preparing

. >> all i could see is iraqi men bearing down on me. he was the first american pow to be arrested since world war ii. >> i was a survivor at that point. let me correct you. you were a hero because you were there. >> jessica lynch on the challenges he faced! i deal with it the best i can. he ran up over 100,000 in a credit card bill. >> it started with a cautionary tale and how to stay out of debt this christmas . the little rockers spread christmas with you. ♪ all you want for christmas is you. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much . i think the audience is getting better. i do. we have a special christmas show prepared for you tomorrow night. i hope you are enjoying it and by it there is so much hostility for people with lawsuits filed over songs and christmas treese and nativity scenes by those who say they are offended by christmas. i have to think in some ways, this is a good thing. no really, it is it a good thing. open hostility to faith is far better than indifference. people who are an

teetering economy so here to talk to me about iraq as it stands today i'm joined now by dalia waspy iraqi american activist and editor of liberate this dot com along with her husband roskam pooty activist and director of the justice for flu jab project thank you so much both of you for coming on. and just really quickly to start off the interview i know that both of you have very interesting points in your life that that made you turn to activism dali i wanted to start with you just really briefly your half iraq you have jewish you're also a medical doctor that you put it you put that on hold to pursue activism was there a turning point for you. yes during the buildup to the shock in our invasion in september two thousand and two i really sort of changed or crisis of conscience we had already starting dated afghanistan and now preparing for iraq and i was really coming to terms with my tax dollars paying for as i was training to be in helping with the time for cosmetic surgery meanwhile halfway around the world people were dying. because of all of my father's relatives were still in iraq

who is at rest of his bodyguard started this entire episode of controversy is with an iraqi and they are sunni so i don't think you know it's very similar to other countries because that is less united there is this unity among iraqis about bringing down the government and most of their larger political parties are already participating in the government and there are. some possibilities that the iraqi political process entirely might collapse if there were more violence by iraq iraq's prime minister cannot be called a particularly pro-american leader given the country's vast oil riches just how interested might washington and its allies been having another more friendly government in iraq. the u.s. is definitely very disappointed in the fact that they lost most of their allies in iraq the u.s. invaded the country decades ago hoping that they will instance a pro-american regime is ended up with a government that is not very friendly to the u.s. interests and that the government as i was mentioning is on the verge of collapse there are president is absent now because of his health sun

forces led the powerful ground offensive that routed the iraqis from kuwait in 100 hours. schwarzkopf said later he agreed with president george h.w. bush's decision to stop the war then, rather than drive to baghdad. days after the ground offensive ended, the allied commander met with defeated iraqi generals to discuss the terms for a cease fire. >> i would say very candidly that the iraqis came to discuss and to cooperate with a positive attitude. >> warner: later, schwarzkopf was criticized for letting saddam's military retain the right to fly helicopters, which it used to attack rebellious shi-ites and kurds. but in the immediate flush of victory, the general received a hero's welcome back in the u.s., including a standing ovation during a joint session of congress in may 1991. that summer, he retired from active service. >> i've got to tell you, no matter now eloquent the orator, no matter how prolific the poet no matter how lyrical the songwriter, no words can ever capture the emotions that go through a person's heart when he stands for the last time and hears the na

forces led the powerful ground offensive that routed the iraqis from kuwait in 100 hours. schwarzkopf said later he agreed with president george h.w. bush's decision to stop the war then, rather than drive to baghdad. days after the ground offensive ended, the allied commander met with defeated iraqi generals to discuss the terms for a cease fire. >> i would say very candidly that the iraqis came to discuss and to cooperate with a positive attitude. >> warner: later, schwarzkopf was criticized for letting saddam's military retain the right to fly helicopters, which it used to attack rebellious shi-ites and kurds. but in the immediate flush of victory, the general received a hero's welcome back in the u.s., including a standing ovation during a joint session of congress in may 1991. that summer, he retired from active service. >> i've got to tell you, no matter now eloquent the orator, no matter how prolific the poet, no matter how lyrical the songwriter, no words can ever capture the emotions that go through a person's heart when he stands for the last time and hears the n

see was these ira iraqis staring down at me.t that point, i was-- i was mortified. i was scared because first of all, i didn't know how i got there. i don't know what happened and i didn't know where the rest of my convoy and my comrades were. >> i can't imagine the terror of looking up, you don't see anybody that you know. >> no-- >> you see people that you're pretty sure are hostile to you and you've got to be hurting like crazy because you had a lot-- talk about some of the injuries. i don't think most people know how severely you were injured? >> yeah, i had a head laceration, and my back was broken at the 4th and 5th lumbar, they broke my right humorous. and then that caused me to deal with a limp arm. and then, they took out my left femur. >> they took it out. >> the iraqis took out the femur out of mine and replaced it with a 1940's rod fit for a man and it wasn't fit for my tiny frame. and then my left tibia was broken and my right foot was completely crushed and smashed. i've had over 21 surgeries just to repair everyth

he is not an iraqi.is a lebanese hezbollah operatives sent into iraq at the behest of the iranian force because has split is supported by iran for the purposes of trading s -- training shiite militia. under the status of forces agreement, he was handed over to the iraqis. host: that was the agreement we were not able to extend. guest: the obama administration hoped he would be extradited to the united states for some sort of trial. that was denied. they hoped he would be at least detained further in iraq. maliki was under pressure from the united states and by the iranians to release him. he held him through the u.s. election, what he thought was a favor to the administration, and then he released him. it is one of a number of steps taken that cuts against american interests. host: here are some stats on the iraq war. this is from abc news. after all that, people will ask why the united states was not able to influence iraqi nerve to extradite him back to the united states. after all that we spent, we ca

he had made it look too easy, creating false expectations for the 2003 invasion of iraqi. by then, he was retired and sinking into the fog of alzheimer's. bibutt what he told "60 minutes" before that first gulf war remains true-- it all come comes down to the sergeants on the battlefield. >> late at night when i lie in bed and look at the ceiling and think about this whole awesome responsibility that's on my shoulders, i just remind myself that there's thousands and thousands of great leaders out there who even if i do screw it up, they'll sort it out and make it right. >> reporter: when stormin' norman was in command, both the generals and th generals and and the sergeants got it right. >> glor: we've been closely watching the terrible violence in chicago this year, and today a grim milestone. mayor rahm emanuel said there had been 500 homicides in chicago this year. that is up 17% from last year. the last time chicago had more than 500 homicides will was in 2008. help is available for millions who have lost their homes to foreclosure but few know about the program. and t

at the moment there are challenges to that there are internal divisions there is relationship with iraqi kurds who have tried to smooth out the visions so peter for the moment i think it's a complex question well i would if i could let me let me put it into perspective let's put it in historical perspective i mean this is a best case they have for autonomy at least maybe even stated since the end of the first world war. well it depends where you're speaking about the best the kurds of course are a proud population perhaps some thirty or so million perhaps thirty five million who are spread across a number of countries including turkey iraq syria and iran and. the most significant step in terms of kurdish aspirations being met was of course the invasion of iraq which resulted in a. kurdish region in the north which still some would maintain has aspirations of statehood so that was the most significant and i don't think. thing is since the arab awakening is including in syria have matched that in terms of the boost to kurdish aspirations nevertheless it's true it's quite significant the po

thousands and thousands of iraqis are going to have to live with these health effects and it looks like it's going to they're going to experience it across generations now those are just the health conditions that iraq is facing the infrastructure is also destroyed people are still struggling to get constant supplies of electricity and water the economy is just in ruins the government is very very corrupt every aspect of iraqi society is far worse off than it was prior to the two thousand and three invasion ross i want to follow up with you know when we hear these numbers of troops leaving i don't think a lot of people realize you know the u.s. never leaves my country that it invades i mean is this just a launching pad for had your money and the future i mean what's the continued presence of troops that you think will remain definitely there i mean the bases the troops the embassy that we build. yeah i mean the point of it is to have jimmy in that region of the world. that's the point is to have military bases surrounding iran to put pressure on iran to change that regime and to put pre

one house belongs to an iraqi police officer. the other two might have been used as a place where shia pilgrims rest on their journeys towards the police city of karbala -- holy city of karbala. there might be a sectarian element in these bombings. it is not confirmed yet. other reports of violence in different parts of iraq and the eastern area -- we understand there was a local tribal chief who was killed. also, a local official targeted in the other province. >> there has been increasing tax -- increasing sectarian tension. nouri al-maliki is blaming foreign countries for that. why is he saying that? >> he is saying it because of the protests that have been going on for the last 10 days in difference in the areas. he did say that the protests started demanding the release of bodyguards of sunni prisoners. the demands were raised to topple the regime as well as having a sectarian nature on those protests. >> we may have differences with one another, but what relation does erdogan have in this? why is the flag raised? what relat

tens of thousands of mainly sunni iraqis turned out to protest the government. they are accusing maliki of marginalizing sunni leaders. >> a sea of people gathering in the provincial capital. and there is mounting a, and mistrust of the government is -- anger is mounting, and protest of the government is deep. they have been protesting a week and are not going anywhere. >> our enemy once this gathering to be dispersed. this injustice is not only happening on the sunni, but our shia brothers as well. >> among the demands is an end to perceived discrimination. >> this government is targeting sunnis on purpose. they fear no god, and we do not trust them. >> these protesters are very angry. they are raising their demands every day. they are now calling to topple the government of newry maliki. they want the government to release the prisoners and to end the injustice in this country. they are also calling on shia and kurds to join this protest. so far, the protests have been peaceful, but there are worrying signs that some of these protesters are ready to use their

neighboring iraqi kurds notably in the person of mr parts army has tried to smooth over those divisions but for the moment peter we have to wait and see it would be rushing to a conclusion to say somehow kurds have won or are winning this if anybody you know in washington you think of the situation with the kurds i mean in historical perspective and they're doing pretty well considering what's been done to them since the end of the first world war well. i pretty much agree with the germans through the situation with what they were set. it looks like you know the spring basically create some sort of our war it where kurdish people can take advantage of it but then. we have to look at each in an individual case you know kurds in syria kurds in iraq kurds in turkey a totally different story. but there are significant differences between these groups there are linguistic differences there are cultural differences. and. there are economic differences but they all have been interests because already selected for you oppressed haven't they and that's what brings them together in their identity

the great turning movement that completely bypassed the iraqi army centers of resistance and envelopedhem north of kuwait city and collapsed the republican guard from the inside out. and remember back in those days for those of our generation remember that the casualty estimates were like 30,000 american casualties at the hands of the iraqis and in truth the casualties were measured, well, basically in the hundreds. a lot had to do with schwarzkopf's operational genius and his ability to understand the enemy and innovative approach to maneuver. almost as if he sort of resurrected mounted warfare for the american army in the '90s and the result as you know was a complete collapse of the iraqi army. >> harris: you mentioned his leadership of cencom, the head quarters responsible for u.s. military and security concerns for nearly 20 countries from the eastern mediterranean, africa to pakistan. and general scales moments ago when we were learning this news i asked you about his upbringing. i thought it was interesting the detail that as a child at age 12 general schwarzkopf lived in iran a

the iraqi account of what was going on and be accountable was happening on the battlefield. i covered the war in iraq for the new york times for the whole conflict. >> why did you call it "the endgame"? >> i covered the surge and is the end game of american military conflict and the last part of the book covers the obama administration. it has not been well covered by the media in terms of what the policy was in iraq. i learned a lot doing it. during the campaign president obama talked a lot about the goals that ended the war in iraq and took out the troops. what i discovered in doing the book is the administration's own policy objectives in iraq, narrowed objectives went far beyond taking out the troops. extended to remaking the iraqi government and creating a power-sharing arrangement, included an effort to negotiate an agreement to american forces to stay in iraq in some numbers. >> failed agreement? >> they tried to negotiate one and i tell that story. having failed to negotiate the agreement they claim credit for taking troops down but initially they did try to negotiat

in iraq tens of thousands of sunni iraqis have been protesting against the shia led government for a week now demonstrators blocked a key highway west of baghdad demanding the resignation of the country's prime minister. and the sickness to control the country until saddam hussein was toppled during the u.s. led invasion ten years ago the current demonstrations are seen by some as a prelude to an arab spring uprising and a return to sectarian violence well riot in iraqi american blogger u.s. interference in iraq played a big part in the seeds of today's trouble. unfortunately. after. the u.s. invaded the country and destroyed it and promised everyone on the wall down in iraq that it will build functional democracy what everyone will be happy living in peace and prosperity became one of the was places to live on earth the country is completely destroyed the society has been destroyed the infrastructure has been this destroyed five million people have been displaced and a million people were killed and there is until this day in two thousand and twelve we still have five giant with a c

. >> the iraqis are dumb enough to attack, they are going to pay a terrible price for it. >> they dare come across that border and come down here, i'm completely confident we're going to kick his butt when he gets here. >> reporter: when the decision to go to war was made, schwarzkopf was ready with a plan to outflank the iraqi forces with a sweeping army movement. >> instead of battering away at the fourth-largest army in the world, he encircled it. world, he i think a lot of american troops are alive today because of his sense of strategy. >> reporter: former president bush with brian williams last year. >> i remember when he came and presented his plan at camp david to us and then we fine-tuned it a little bit or asked it be fine-tuned. but he was a great soldier. >> reporter: commanding 540,000 americans and another 200,000 allied troops, in the first war televised in real-time, general schwarzkopf's briefings made him a matinee idol. >> i would describe that report as bovine scatology. the simple fact of the matter is that now every time an iraqi airplane takes off the ground, it'

to me by a meeting i had a few years ago, i think in 2008 in baghdad with a fellow named -- a brave iraqi parliamentarian, brave or suicidal or a combination of the two, who dared to visit israel and thought iraq should normalize relations with israel for which sentiments he faced attempts to get him imprisoned, which he beat, and won rulings in his favor in an iraqi court, but he didn't stop the extremists who in 2005 attacked him and his sops and killed his two sons in retaliation for visiting israel. testifies not discouraged, ran for parliament, won a seat in 2005, but i remember meeting with him in his living room in baghdad in 2008 rueing the fact he had little money on which to run for re-election or to fund a slate of like-minded candidates whereas all the radical extremists in iraq got cope yows funds from the iranians, and the iranians called him asking if he want the $5 million, and he said, no thank you, i'm opposed to what you stand for, but very few people in iraq turn down an offer like that from whatever source. what happened in iraq is that the iranians basically had free

. >> let me put it this -- it will take as long as it takes for a iraqis to get out of kuwait and the united nations resolution to be enforced. >> the campaign culminated in a massive ground offensive, routing the iraqis in 100 hours. >> the navy has been told to get out of the war completely. >> was norman schwarzkopf a west point graduate who spent his whole career in the army. he was a war hero in vietnam, where he earned three silver stars, three bronze stars, and two parts. president george h. w. bush presented him with the medal of freedom for service to his country. president bush called norman schwarzkopf "a true american patriot." in retirement, he declined calls to run for office, devoting himself to public speaking and charity work. he leaves his wife and three children. norman schwarzkopf was 78. >> this morning former president george h. w. bush remains in intensive care. his spokeswoman says he is getting excellent medical treatment. she says she would advise people to "put the harps back in the closet." bush was admitted november 23 and has been in intensive care since

called operation desert storm to evict iraqi invaders. >> impossible to say how long it will take. let me put it this way it's going to take as long as it takes for the iraqi to get out of the kuwait and united nations resolution to be enforced. >>reporter: 6 week campaign of bomb boardment routing iraqi in 100 hours. >> now it lacks like the air force and now navy being told to get out of the war completely. >>reporter: he was a west point graduate who spent his whole career in the army. war hero in vietnam where he earned 3 silver stars, 3 bronze stars and 2 purple hearts. he returned from the persian gulf a national hero. president bush presented him with the medal of freedom for service to the country. he was called a true american patriots and one of the great military leaders of his generation. in retirement the general declined calls to run for office devoting himself to charity work and public speaking. he was 78. this is abc news, new york. >> mean time family and friends continue to visit former president george w. bush at the intensive care unit of houston hospital where

but activists are demanding a public inquiry in all cases. >> an iraqi suspect is being interrogated by british soldiers. he tells them he's in pain. [beep] >> it's videos like this submitted to british courts that have helped force the u.k. government to make payouts of the payout over the space of three years. beatings, threat, sleep depravation, sexual humiliation say amount to systematic torture. >> you have to be very careful before you start embarking on anything that might turn into torture. the question is, of course, whether sleep depravation, whether food depravation, water depravation whether putting somebody in a cell without any access to any light or ability to exercise, well, is this torture? it doesn't take much of that to constitute torture. >> britain's ministry of defense while acknowledging the payouts assures that it wasn't anything but a few. the vast majority he said have acted with dignity. we seek to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice [beep] -- brought to justice. [beep]. [beep]. >> but it's starting to cost the u.k. government a lot of mone

a few hours after a car bomb hit an office of the patriotic union of kurdistan party north of the iraqi capital killing two security workers and wounding thirteen tension in the region has been escalating of late with the kurds increasing their demands for sovereignty. and to government activists who are mosco the first anniversary of their movement on saturday with a rally that drew around seven hundred people officials said up to forty demonstrators were detained during the un authorized event including opposition leaders you don't solve an election of only after you got this kind of was that some one hundred people gathered in central moscow on saturday to mark one year since the start of anti-government protests did not sanction any around these in this part of town saying that usually there's heavy traffic here and to a large crowds could cause some additional problems they did hold long negotiations with the opposition proposing other routes but feel to reach an agreement some detentions are going on including several leaders of the opposition were also detained. and. they claim t

ing yankees who have been torturing iraqi captives kill those who ordered them to torture kill their daughters mothers daughters in law and fathers kill them all slowly and painfully well this in stop sign from performing at last night's annual christmas in washington concert where the members of the audience are more famous than the performers among them president barack obama who shook sighs hand after his special christmas version of gangnam style now as i did apologize for the graphic anti american lyrics and it seems it was accepted just as quickly but some people are wondering why the white house so easily led by gone's be bygones with a korean pop star when it wasn't nearly as kind to government employees one of those people is retired colonel morris davis who's currently a professor at howard university university he joined me earlier for more on the obama administration's double standard. well you know i wrote an op ed when late in two thousand and nine i was on veterans day saying that the obama administration backpedaling and reviving military commissions at guantanamo was

former british army doctors who failed to detect an iraqi detainee. as fans -- why is france saying goodbye to one of its most famous actors? ♪ >> hello, again. welcome back to your international weather forecast. bolivia, peru, we are expecting heavy rain. the mountains really enhance all that rain. this is what the forecast looks like as we move towards monday. we expect to see more rain across the region. temperatures staying at about 14 degrees. down here a couple of light showers, expect about 26 degrees. still looking nice across the caribbean, the islands will see sun for the next couple of days. in terms of temperature this is what it looks like. but over towards montego bay we expect to stay steadily drive. a high temperature in nassau. in the southeastern part of the united states we are expecting quite a bit of weather over the next couple of days. all of the clouds are right here. as we go toward monday you will see heavy rain showers here across atlanta. about 14 degrees in new york. temperatures hello? >> here is a recap of the top stori

. >> britain has paid money to iraqis who say they were illegally obtained -- rick detained and tortured by british troops. over into the following the 2003 invasion. most of those were male civilians who said they were beaten, deprived of sleep, and threatened before being interrogated. britain's prime minister has promised to bring home half of the country us troops serving in afghanistan by the end of next year. david cameron made the comments after speaking to troops in -- he said the mission has been a success. >> we can to afghanistan to help this country stop being a haven of terror, but we always wanted the country to be able to police itself with its own army and police force, successfully treating them up so that we are able to bring our troops back home. i am delighted the 9000 troops that we have here will be coming home, almost half of them at the end of 2013, and almost the rest of them by the end of 2014. that is good progress. >> pictures now from alexandria, crowds gathering in egypt's second city in support of the new draft constitution. the bill backed by president moh

the iraqi province of anbar -- the demonstrators are accusing it of sectarian mistrust in the country. the iraqi government is discriminating against sunnis. >> it is clear cut imbalance in the government and in addition to the human rights, we are weakened, now even offered to our people in four provinces, a normal life and then to be as a sunni, you are considered by the government a terrorist, loyalists, you name it. to be a sunni, many -- that the sunni community unfortunately being discommunicated and are facing intolerable -- from the security forces. >> it looks as though venezuela's president hugo chavez won't be home for christmas. he is recovering from cancer surgery in cuba. many fear he won't be home in time to be sworn in for a third term on january 10. >> a week ago, they were atrade their leader might not survive after a complex cancer nation cuba, but on the eve of christmas, members of the ailing president's cabinet seemed optimistic amidst reports that chavez is recovering slowly but surely. there is another reason for their optimism after uncertainty and controversy

it prompted a wider inquiry about the treatment of iraqi detainees. the doctor now worsen in medical practice in northern england. he has always denied any wrongdoing. >> the blitz was a bombing campaign during the second world war which almost brought london to its knees. now the designers of an interactive map that shows where every bomb was dropped has been overwhelmed by popularity with millions of people from around the world visiting. >> they were the darkest days in london's long history when the bullets hit, more than a million houses destroyed and many of the landmarks. now this web site helps us understand what happened. each red dot marks where a bomb fell on london. there are 31,000 dots in all. the website designers painstakingly matched all maps with today's street grid to pinpoint exactly the locations. the popular response has been overwhelming. >> even though the war is far enough away for it to be unimaginable to my generation, it is also close enough to still be relevant and have people engaged and interested because it is such an i