-iraqi relations. we must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. iraq has moved on many issues, and its future looks bright. it is blessed with natural resources. it has improved relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait, and it's deepening ties with jordan and turkey. as iraq has worked to agree integrate itself into the region, you have seen 17 arab countries open embassies in baghdad. we have seen increased opportunity for american business. major corporations are now invested in iraqi. in may of this year the united states and iraq signed an agreement that paves the ground for future generations of iraqi leaders. thousands of iraqi students and scholarships come to the united states to research and study in a writing appeals, and every year this number increases. iraq still faces challenges. we share their deep concern over the increasing number of terrorist attacks that have claimed over 6000 innocent victims

-iraqi relations.we must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. iraq has moved on many issues, and its future looks bright. it is blessed with committed national -- natural resources. it has to medically improved relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait, and it's deepening ties with jordan and turkey. as iraqi has worked to agree integrate itself into the region, you seen 17 arab countries open embassies in baghdad. we have seen increased opportunity for american business. are nowrporations invested in iraqi. in may of this year the united states in iraq -- and iraq signed an agreement that paves the ground for future generations of iraqi leaders. thousands of iraqi students and scholarships come to the united intes to research and study a writing appeals, and every year this number increases. iraq still faces challenges. we share their deep concern over the increasing number of terrorist attacks have claimed over

all of the iraqi people.all of the iraqis are supporting the security forces in defeating al qaeda. the iraqis are discerning at this point because their priorities are -- they are fighting al qaeda. >> there are several good questions that have been asked by the audience. what do consider to be your key achievement being in two terms now in iraq? where do you think you have had some failures? hat did not work well and why? >> well, it is a question that is not easy to answer quickly. i cannot say that i realized anything. the iraqi institution, the parliament, the cooperation between them, everything achieved because iraq was about to collapse. people were not able to move out of the north and the south. some of the regions were controlled by the errorists. there were many talks about dividing iraq in internal trife. we had militias who are abducting people. killing people. we had al qaeda. there was a huge battle goingwe had on a daily basis, 25 car on and bombs and beheadings of people and unknown corpses.

all of the iraqis say yes.e have a common ground, a common vision based on the institutions we have built. if you want to ask me why you have problems, i would say democracy needs lots of time and solutions. we have a heavy legacy. moving from central government [indiscernible] into a democracy is not something easy. national identity -- all of this needs time. none of the iraqis want a single party or needs a country without a constitution. the problem is a solution to the many problems that we face in moving. -- moving to a democracy. this needs time. >> is there any present coordination between iraq and syria on security? especially preventing the flow of fighters? >> no. none between the iraqi and syrian government. we decided to be neutral. we want to support the interest of the syrian people. we do not support the regime or the opposition. we do not want to support the opposition or the regime with weapons. we want a peaceful solution to a crisis. any bilateral relations don't exist between the two regime

iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional that hasn't worked for the last ten years so. i don't think what's going on in iraq is going to be a risk to the global sort of risk but obviously it's going to be rich to oil markets in the around the world is going to be a risk to the region as the middle east iran and what's going on in syria i mean this could turn sort of this ball from syria into iraq and then it can you never know what is going to stop was not get some further analysts from high fives on ghana she's a kurdish iraqi marvelous former prisoner of saddam hussein's regime she's also contributed to the guardian newspaper thank you so much for joining us i guess you must have been first of all greatly relieved back in two thousand and three when the intervention began and u.s. forces effectively won your freedom. can you repeat the question please i can hear you very well were you relieved back in two thousand and three when the invasion began and the u.s. forces affectively one your freedom. oh no that's told no i mean we understood from the beginning many iraqis

iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional hasn't led to the last ten years said eleven. am i building was going on in iraq is in namibia. risks to the global increase in such cool that she's going to be a great student loan markets and among the world's going to risk the region as middle east iran the most intimate syriana this content and some of the second syllable from syria into iraq and then it can you never know what in the stall. plus i get some further analysts from high five from god wants the current iraqi novel is the foreign prisoner of saddam hussein's regime has also contributed to the guardian newspaper thank you so much for joining us. i guess it wasn't the first of all greatly relieved. back in two thousand and three when the interface to beat down and us forces affecting the one you're free now. jess said. the question to check on him even to a warrior relieve back in two thousand and three when the invasion began and the u s forces effectively when your freedom on took us all know it said i mean we italy and distance from the beginning to make many ira

landmines own problems and this sense that the united states wanted to separate told the iraqi forces and to play on sectarian divisions as nic divisions exasperating and not sure those differences and eventing them and trying to muster t m clashes but there is also this presence of the terrorist organizations. which is in an atmosphere of conflict between these political organizations and groups represented within the government yes of course and your political refugee under saddam hussein's regime how does life there now compared to life you had to lead then. one for most iraqis who are not pretty politically active i was active against saddam's regime i campaigned against. horrible human rights violations but for most iraqis who were not politically active or not known to be. there i don't want my life you know people have families and children they had

countless challenges to secure a better future for the iraqi people, iraqi can count on the supportof the u.s. institute of peace as a partner on all levels. starting with the communities, to local councils, to international dialogue. thank you. [applause] >> i'd like to ask ambassador beth jones to come forward. the format today will be an introduction , heavy, please. the format will be an introduction of the prime minister i ambassador beth jones, and then the prime minister will speak, and then we'll sit into question. so the audience i think already knows this. if you have questions, perhaps you've already written them out. obviously, what not have time for a great number of questions that hopefully the prime minister will find the questions interesting. hopefully not too prerogative, and with that let me turn it over to beth jones. >> thank you very much. thank you welcome. welcome to the delegation some of my longtime associate the especially it's wonderful to be with secretary albright. it's wonderful to be a usip especially for this extraordinary event. i want to thank usip

iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki met with presidentma

the story we know that the iraqi leadership has made a request for u.s. assistance in the fight against terror we don't know they'd. details of that request the leaders wouldn't elaborate on that the iraqi prime minister called al qaida a scourge for iraq and the middle east the iraqi prime minister has arrived in washington in the month that turned out to be the deadliest in the last five years for those who are following the news it's becoming such a repetitive phrase the deadliest month in iraq for this many years said we we hear it all the time the fact is that following the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three terrorism has skyrocketed in iraq the six carrion war that broke out as a result of the invasion has created a great environment for terrorists the iraqi prime minister says it's getting worse because he says as a result of the so-called arab revolutions there is a power vacuum in the region which extremist forces take advantage of his specifically spoke about syria and the situation there of course even though iraq's nouri al maliki knows w

iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional that hasn't worked for the last ten years so. i don't think what's going on in iraq is going to be a risk to the global sort of risk but obviously it's going to be rich to oil markets in the around the world is going to be a risk to the region as the middle east iran and what's going on in syria i mean this could turn sort of this can stow ball from syria and then to iraq and then it can you never know what is going to stop. gamma is the kurdish iraqi novelist and former prisoner of saddam hussein's regime she says whatever the assistance from washington it will not stabilize iraq. the government does not represent the people i mean the government is quiet this see squabbling among the alliance is formed off alliance of some political parties most of them got militias and they are very busy fighting each other so this entire fighting is causing a lot of the. koran does fireless against the civilians it's not the outcome off weapons that is the task of the people is the real intention of the work of the regime itself and the many

he he felt that he was an iraqi and a ninety eight you. and he got so much around long enough to munchies friends. that's why my feeling was that you know my phone and was beach day at the end of the day when he disappeared. the film tells of how linda worked with a young iraqi journalists to try to figure out what happened to her father and to all of their friends and relatives in a baghdad neighborhood. at the end of the documentary the key mystery is on results. we don't know. and two the most physically warranty happened to him because there is no document. maybe now we have though. but there is no official document to what happened to linda's father of butter. the story unfolds we are fools we we do know more about the community what happened to the community the filmmaker also the son of iraqi and his subject a great one central theme is about crossing borders in the middle east whether you can go back home again neither has returned to baghdad in may the bjp charm believes the tiny jewish community of today in baghdad is just a shad

iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional that hasn't worked for the last ten years so. i don't think what's going on in iraq is going to be a risk to the global sort of risk but obviously it's going to be rich to oil markets in the around the world is going to be a risk to the region as the middle east iran and what's going on in syria i mean this could turn sort of this ball from syria and then to iraq and then it can you never know what is going to stop now the pakistani taliban has vowed to avenge the death of its leader who's been killed in a u.s. drone strike and pakistani officials say the assassination is now de rail the peace talks with the militants a short while ago on the program i spoke with islamic based journalist and the letter. security has gone and there is a lot of security in major cities off pakistan in the heart. because of course so far the statements from the government have been very grim and leaders have been saying that this is bin and not down to sabotage the peace talks between pakistan's government and the taliban interior minister of pakist

behind as i've gone also told us there is no agreement within the iraqi government and that's leading to more violence against civilians. the government is quiet squabbling among the alliance is formed off alliance of some political parties most of them got militias and they are very busy fighting each other so this intense fighting is causing a lot of the. koran does violence against the civilians. another country struggling with a wave of violence could have lost the chance for. the bomb about its plans to start negotiations with the taliban are due you were out after a u.s. drone strike kills the militants leader details coming up later in the program. the. economic downturn in the final. days. and the rest because i hate to leave if we. welcome back you're watching our t.v. at live from moscow the leader of the pakistani taliban has been killed by a u.s. drone strike prompting anger from islamabad pakistan says the move will sabotage the government's attempts to curb violence via peace talks with the taliban the group has vowed to avenge the death of their leader several times it

and so now the principle ask here by the iraqis and malaki.he white house acknowledges their concern, they are working with congress, there is the question what congress do to stop the sale of arms. the way it works is the united states can sell or transfer those arms. the congress would essentially have to proactively stop it through the power of the purse or some other means. it looks like, judging by the public comments by jay carney yesterday, that the white house is disposed towards selling those arms to iraq, dell. >> thank you very much. >>> the obama administration has been saying that millions of people visited the website to signup for health care, but the actual number who enrolled was extremely low. >> reporter: even the president admits healthcare.gov has problems. but just how many people have gotten stuck or enrolled are figures the obama administration has been denying the public for days now? >> you have no numbers on who has enrolled? >> we'll have those numbers available mid-november. >> reporter: but exact enrollment number

. >> there are lot of iraqis with broken hearts. but this baby was born that way. >> on this day he is just 17 days ol old. he is one of 5000 children born every year with serious heart defects in a country with hardly any ability to treat them. but he has also been lucky. >> he was born born just 3w-6 aa visiting cardiac team arrived. started by some 20 something-year-old officals. cody is one of them. i wanted to help people in the city. there he helped with water and sanitation when he ran across a child that needed heart surgery he and a friend started raising money to send kids abroad for treatment. >> after doing that for several years iraq was able to progress and we were able to bring in medical teams to train wil loca. and by doing that and not exporting the problem to other countries we are were able to focus on the healthcare. >> here in iraq where the memory of american occupation was still fresh. they called their group, preemtive love. >> we named our organization that for a reason. ottawas a play or spin on preemptive

gorgeous going off now reports on how the spike in terror attacks is destroying and he hopes the iraqis might have had for peace. a journalist from baghdad abdul razzaq has grown used to being in the center of events but never before did he become the story himself until one day he was driving to work when suddenly. i turned towards the two storey bridge and the car exploded and i became conscious only twelve days later finding my leg was amputated. he survived but was shocked again after finding out who was behind the attack my neighbor admitted being an al qaeda member since two thousand and seven he said killing it was a direct order he received that. this issue we should be in iraq has long gone beyond six hours. it has become clear iraq has become subjected to a war of genocide by terrorists were targeting all spheres of life. last week mr maliki met with president obama and the two leaders agreed iraq was in urgent need of help would be signs general statements nothing concrete came out like how to save people's lives on the ground. anyone who walks in the streets at any moment ma

, the iraqis, this particular government wouldable, was dead set on getting the americans out and now he is coming back to ask not only for apache helicopters but also for help in intelligence and even the use of drones. >> >> rose: picking up on that david, what does the administration, obama administration how do they respond from that and what do they want from him? >> i think the administration is interested in exploring this intelligence assistance, the u.s. knows that it has a problem as it sees the growth of al qaeda in northeast syria, and the resurgence of al qaeda in iraq, it really looked like it had been all by extinguished during the time of the u.s. troop surge and general petraeus's command there. it is strange, iraq must be the only country in the world that today would like more nsa surveillance on its territory, but they literally want to know where these people are and how to target them. i think the u.s. is -- they know maliki, maliki has been a disappointment to u.s. special, as ajami suggests we went way too forward with him, he was a petty tyrant, some years ago

we know that the iraqi leadership has made a request with us assistance in the fight against terror we don't know the details of that request. hideous wouldn't elaborate on that iraqi prime minister called ohh i get this urge for iraq and the neatest the lack of time has arrived in washington in the month that turned out to be staged in india seem to last five years for those who are following the news is becoming such a repetitive phrase the deadliest month in iraq for this many years said he would hear it all the time the fact is that following the us invasion in two thousand and three. terrorism has skyrocketed in iraq the sectarian war that broke out as a result of the nation has created a breeding farm and the carrots the iraqi prime minister says it's getting worse because he says as a result of the so called arab revolutions there is a power vacuum in the region which extremist forces take advantage of a specific list of grassy area and the situation there of course even though iraq snoring all my leaky nose with the us invasion has led to his country he can't be called critical

army is weaker just because the iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional and hasn't worked for the last ten years and since the american army have left iraq the violence has been an increase while maliki has moved to consolidate his position within the government and one thing has to be said the elections coming up in iraq within the next six months. obviously the u.s. administration hasn't had have made it clear to maliki that he included the other you. know it's distracting as somebody obviously trying to call on the telephone or somebody hasn't got to the phone but let me just quickly another question thanks for dealing with that. the statistics about terrorism as a whole throughout the world looking pretty grim at the moment but surely the u.s. war on terror hasn't that been successful in some ways. well the i think what's going on in syria it's a very good example of how this war on terror doesn't work because obviously in syria what we can see now although we're talking about iraq iraq is a neighbor of syria and it's very much sort of the level of violence in iraq in the past

war that broke out as a result of the invasion has created a great environment for terrorists the iraqi prime minister says it's getting worse because he says as a result of the so-called arab revolutions there is a power vacuum in the region which extremist forces take advantage of it specifically spoke about syria and the situation there of course even though iraq's nouri al maliki knows what the was the invasion has led to in his country he can't be too critical of washington because after all in a way it's thanks to the u.s. that he's now in power. let's take a closer look at the numbers the kind there was talking about according to iraq's interior defense and health ministries the number of deaths in october reached nine hundred and sixty four people ninety percent of which were civilians and the government says this is the highest death toll in a single month since april two thousand and eight back then more than a thousand people were killed however the numbers don't respond with u.n. data which suggests july this year was equally as bad i spoke to half of them going to who's a k

the iraqi prime minister, maliki, visiting the white house today. and he said that the violence has killed thousands of iraqi. 1,000 people dying in october alone. mike is live at the white house with the preview of the sitdown, and what's on the agenda in >> reporter: first and foremost, del, the number that you just mentioned. 882 iraqis have died just in the month of october alone, and the violence that's racking that country, many fear that it's moving into civil war. maliki. three hours meeting with the president, and he has been in washington for three days, and he has met with vice president, joe biden, twice already. and he gave a speech, and his point this. the violence in iraq is not sectarian, and many believe that it's exactly that, many of maliki's opponents accusing him of fostering the strike against the sunni minority in iraq. they are using it as a staging ground to launch attacks into iraq. the destabilization of syria is bad news, and for allowing iran, one of bashar al-assad bringing weapons into syria to fight the rebels there,

: and as the fbi would learn in the course of its undercover operation, the two iraqis were intent on>> these two individuals specifically are innately evil. to be able to act as a terrorist and to attack and kill american soldiers and then have the balls to come over to the united states and try to do the same exact thing here from our homeland is unacceptable. >> reporter: the investigation of al qaeda in kentucky was launched based on an intelligence tip forwarded to the fbi's office in louisville. and agents keith carpenter and tim bean. >> anytime you have an al qaeda in iraq operative in the u.s., it's going to be a surprise. >> reporter: at the prompting of an fbi informant who befriended the men, alwan made these drawings of i.e.d.s he said he made back in iraq. and in undercover tapes of the informant he boasted of building a dozen or more bombs and using a sniper's rifle to kill american soldiers in the baji area. >> he said he had them for lunch and dinner. meaning he had killed them. >> to hear him say that on the undercover tapes must have been chilling. >> it was gut-wre

what's the win with the iraqis came to to rush into buying what reason and they were trying to bribe their way through. so this pic and calls for an action by the state's back to the that was some pressure on the iraqi regime to one become this dictatorial second baby come to mean that sock them for the free to actually try and get everybody involved in the protection of the society rather than concentrating on only some sectarian factions my email has his own police his own army which does not report to anybody who doesn't it doesn't to put it in the midst of the duty of all of the minister of defense or anybody else. in addition to that monkey is he's the minnesota foyer at him in itself into the defence that prime minister chief of army staff and yes all of us and he now on the situation is still in a country on me with violence is the batman this year is there an ink and iraqi government to do anything to reverse this trend of rising civilian death to me just add that all young and even gave us all the reasons appear the picture was happening the country but what can be done to r

horrible human rights violations but for most iraqis who were not politically active or not known to be. there i don't want my life you know people have families and children they had clean water and the main electricity was running the roads were not completely destroyed despite said jane yourself this if you're a sag machine against any state on arabs for thirteen years the united states. was leading the horrible economy sanctions which led to the death according to united nations figures how five million iraqi children died because of these sanctions so really it was the iraqi people who were being the targets rather than. dictatorship and often the be patient the water itself destroyed much of iraq's infrastructure we still don't even have electricity back to normal people most people get only a few hours a day and i can cause my quality a massive city like baghdad by six and a half million people not having an electricity. is a terrible situation especially for poorer families women in particular look enough to children trying to get to madison they have said it was more or less

the iraqi leader on steamy americans the ministry and other assistance. we're in the war he didn't stall but he did delta and us president is now being asked to commit once again to iraq or al qaeda is over it has grown more at least. so. a lot of discussion about how we could work together against the organization that operates the toll in iraq but also posted to the entire region this week. iraqi prime minister of war that iraq isn't helped terrorism will win well because what happens in iraq is not dealt with to expand on what happens in syria. if not dealt with will also expand. what happens in any country with a burst of terrorism lives. this virus will spread. but we say this is the responsibility of the international community watching l carter are present in government and help build all us parties in iraq at any age is likely to be limited to weapons sales and intelligence sharing targeting sunni militants from the west of iraq will blame them it's the violence but as maliki press his case here in washington. many us norway has blamed the shiite

news that several dozen iraqi or african bomb -- iraqi or afghanistan bomb makers could be living in the u.s. f.b.i. agents are working through a warehouse stacked with remains of 100,000. >> -- 100,000. >> eds that could connect the bomb makers with homes in the u.s. it was sparked by the 2009 arrests and convictions of two men living in bowling green, both admitting they had attacked u.s. soldiers as members of al-qaeda and pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism as they shipped various arms to iraqi inurge ents. they vi have been a threat to the homeland, caught on tape about plans to assassinate an army captain that fought in iraq. one said, and i quote, "many things should take place, it should be huge." >> i'm joined by tim clemente, a former f.b.i. agent who vetted the u.s. african embassies and uss "coal" bombings and served three tours in iraq as an i.e.d. investigator. two al qaeda bombers admitted to the country as refugees - is it a surprise they could get in? >> it's not a surprise. to have the lee way of people seeking refugee status means there's openings for someone to