you know i tend to agree with john on a number of issues clearly maliki had a tough time forming his government without the help of solder who of course was taking direction from tehran. the bloodshed has been her ific fifteen hundred civilians have been killed in the last six months and then maliki's like saddam hussein to a certain degree in the he's consolidated power taking over the judiciary he's also consolidated six intelligence operations that in a kind of look over one another shoulder something very similar to what saddam had and then of course he controls all of the security forces as well has a special militia the effect. malaki which is something similar to what we heard under saddam as saddam so this is not. much to boast about the iraqi people deserve a lot better and it is i think teetering on being a failed state we'll talk about that in a second douglas it looks like we traded one dictator for another. oh i hardly think that's the case. look iraq has to various serious problems it's in a political crisis largely because the two major parties in the last election. al

and maliki stayed a lot party essentially tied actually allawi got two more seats and then maliki was able to outmaneuver him in forming the government that's a lot of inside politics i'll get into that but as centrally these two parties tied and that's left the government essentially paralyzed and in a political crisis and i'm unable to really form a government and unlike say obama and hillary maliki and allawi have not been able to kiss and make up and do what's right for the country and that's a problem so we were rolling political crisis and second we have a serious terrorism problem with al qaeda and iraq and they are showing some weaknesses in the government the fact that the security ministries are not fully formed that they have caretaker ministers that aren't able to bring in first tier technology to defeat both on the intelligence side and on the technical side detecting these explosives that's a real problem but you have a political crisis you have a terrorism problem that's a real issue but i've i've been hearing predictions of iraq's imminent collapse sense about you know

and secondly, maliki won. maliki didn't win, maliki's party came in second, but after forming the large e bloc in parliament -- largest bloc in parliament, he was able to reprise his role as prime minister, so maliki won. and his -- turkey's problem was suddenly faced with a hostile government because it had opposed vehemently. two minutes, right. so now we start wrapping up the last second half of the presentation. [laughter] i knew that beforehand, this is my fault. so, um, in 2011 the second issue kicked in, that was the syria crisis. and now, um, the relationship between turkey and iraq has led to a fairly major breakdown between baghdad and ankara where turkey now is, essentially, calling for the removal of maliki if he doesn't reform to the point of, basically, going back to the original power-sharing agreement that was the basis of the 2010 government. um, now, the krg is the important element in here. it's a dynamic element that is starting to change everything. because the krg is now using turkey just

an intention of staying in the country and in fact the obama administration had been pressing the maliki government for months and months and months to try and maintain some contingency force there that could have been anywhere from ten thousand to thirty thousand and when the iraqis said no. washington wasn't happy about it so they're going to try and keep this embassy which is the size of the. attic and. as big as possible there's state department forces there you know number up to sixteen thousand and there's the regular u.s. troops and there's contractors they're going to try and keep it as big as possible and as influential as possible because otherwise iraq. gets outside of our sphere of influence and that is the last thing that washington wants especially after you know being there for the last ten years and putting in a whole lot of money and a whole lot of lives let's i want to broaden this a little bit and sort of talk about the iraqi reconstruction effort overall i know that at least seven hundred one thousand people have actually died as part of just the reconstruction effort

. >> initially, but now we're looking at when's going on in syria and the fact that gnat maliki regimen iraq is aiding assad because the aloites are closely in line with the shiites. you have the saudis with the rebels and there's great apprehension at what's happening in syria and the bloodshed in iraq could spill out into wider sectarian wars which we have no business being part of. >> walt? >> well, what you have is an ongoing civil war in both iraq and syria, slow burning with al qaeda at the margins willing to use horrendous violence to stir up trouble and make a place for itself. >> do you recall a famous journalist who once said if you really want to get your ratings up as a politician, you have to have a war? do you remember that? do you remember who wrote that? >> i don't. >> do you remember who said that? >> i think it was you, john. [ laughter ] >> what about that? [ all talking at once ] >> you have to get a war? >> it was hemingway. >> no, it was not hemingway. >> hemingway talked about war and . two solutions. >> i think -- >> i think right now there is a good politics in

and the shiite-dominated government of prime minister nouri al-maliki has been nearly particle liesed by sectarian divisions, but in washington state department spokesperson victoria newland argued iraqis are more than capable of securing their country >> we have seen terrorist exploit the holy mounts, exploit the peaceful efforts by iraqis to worship, to commit acts of terror. but we continue to believe that iraqi security forces are up to the task, that the security situation over the last couple of years has improved in iraq as has the capability of iraqi forces. >> warner: al qaeda and iraq played a major role in fomenting brutal sectarian warfare in 2006 and 2007. for more on all of this i spoke to a reporter in baghdad. welcome, jane. what do today's attacks, the targets the locations tell us about the reemergence of this sunni insurnlent group >> basically, margaret, it tells us they have a pretty good reach. if you lookate at those targets and the sheer scope of them, the number of them, the fact that they do appear to have some organizational ability to coordinate, it tells u

bottom of the eighth dodgers up 3 to one brand and bell had saved broken bat single to center malikid tied at parting in three had nice rebels but in the top of the tent ramirez shows why the dodgers got vicious hits a three run shot off. lynn's five to three and is now two games behind giants. >>> the a's have not lost back- to-back games since the end of june but that streak was in jeopardy after they blew a five run lead. brian cox architects did saved by a swinging is struck again with the late in the magic seven straight batters reached base in the ninth of their norris tightest and small leaks gave them the lead and sat smith the deliveries the knockout terrell and he's had a career high with five runs batted in the a's scored six runs in the ninth simi derails 14 to 9 they're now a game and a half of the the tigers for the final wild-card spots. the 49ers' held their first practice of training camp this afternoon and after sitting out last season randy moss is embracing his role as one of the team's veteran leaders. did least my philosophy is i do not see like what the nfl doe

it i am maliki, it comes out two years from now -- if i am lucky, it comes at two years from now. then i would write something monday, it was on television on saturday. i could write something saturday and it would be on tv that night. it was immediate. we would have rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. on saturday night. the rehearsal audience would come to the studio. between dress and air, we rewrites everything and then another audience comes in for the live show. i would go upstairs between the show's end of something on the news struck me as funny, i would write it and put it on "weekend update." it would be on half an hour later. two times, i was under the update desk, handing out jokes that i had written for them. [laughter] it was just so immediate. as far as what i think of it today, i think it is really good. i think seth myers and kristin wiig and fred armisten could have been on it in any era. i think every time you think it is over, you know, john lovitz comes along, tina fey comes along. >> another question. if your hair could speak, what would it say? >> it would say, dave, this

iraq which is has no respect for human rights at all the obama administration had been pressing the maliki government to try and maintain some contingency force there that could have been anywhere from ten thousand to thirty thousand and when the iraqis said no . washington wasn't happy about it they're going to try and keep it as big as possible and as simple as possible because otherwise iraq gets outside of our sphere of influence and that is the last thing that washington wants we spend currently. about as much as the rest of the world combined on our military six times more than china the next so so much of what we do is waste for but it puts money in the pockets of really rich military industrial complex. organizations and corporations. and afghanistan is another drain for american taxpayers' money and their infrastructure restoration is falling far behind chad juline costing much more than originally estimated the u.s. is training local forces but must decisions from the ranks hunting efforts to maintain stability and list jason ditz attributes this to corrupt authorities and poorly

iraq which is has no respect for human rights at all the obama administration had been pressing the maliki government to try and maintain some contingency force there that could have been anywhere from ten thousand to thirty thousand and when he said no. washington was unhappy about it they're going to try and keep it as big as possible and as simple as possible because otherwise iraq gets outside of our sphere of influence and that is the last thing that washington wants we spend currently. about as much as the rest of the world combined on our military. six times more than china the next so so much of what we do is wasteful but it puts money in the pockets of really rich military industrial complex. organizations and corporations. just remind you the stories we're covering on air also available on our website dot com they're also plenty of other videos and news there including russian anticorruption campaign the no position blog and they seem not only to be charged with embezzling to the case that has caused a storm among the public and russian federation. plus an absent minded musician

it's in the midst of a political crisis with sonny's and kurds calling for prime minister nuri al maliki to resign for sidelining his opponents. japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor since the focus of disaster protesters have gathered across the country to demonstrate against the move japan's prime minister yoshihiko noda ordered the restart last month saying current living standards couldn't be maintained without atomic energy the country shut down all its nuclear plants for safety checks after the deadly spill which was triggered by last year's tsunami and earthquake. the russian built so you spacecraft has bought three space explorers safely back to earth after a six month mission the crew including one russian cosmonaut now in kazakhstan after undocking from the international space station are teased about what's a watch the landing from russia's mission control. they've been out to the international space station for about six months now they had a couple of assignments to to complete as well as some of the mission which they had to complete now this is actually the hundred

which is has no respect for human rights at all it's basically an armed force for the prime minister maliki who's crowded out sunni's in a shias and kurds. and is creeping towards dictatorship so i mean this kind of waste is inherent in the fact that we're even giving any money to iraq at all and i know and not only are we giving it and how we given it there continues to be a cry for more and more and i know that recently assistant secretary of state carol pereira's you know told the auditors the people looking into this. that you know this commitment actually was a shirt and it was assured by the principal deputy interior minister i've done now all authority saying that iraq is committed to this program but apparently that same man told those same auditors and this is a direct quote that the program is useless. again she asked for more funding so i mean this is something simple why can't we get our facts straight here yeah it's a good question this is the way government operates i mean even the there's a woman that now works for the center for strategic international studies that used to b

midst of a political crisis with shiite sunni insurgent could couldn't for prime minister nuri al maliki to resign for sidelining his opponents. japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor since the fukushima disaster protesters have gathered across the country to demonstrate against the move japan's prime minister ordered the restart last month saying currently stands couldn't be maintained without atomic energy the country shut down all its nuclear plants for safety checks after the deadly spill triggered by last year's tsunami and earthquake. new wedge was driven between moscow and washington this week as u.s. senators backed sanctions against russian officials it suspects of human rights abuses moscow says it's an interference in its internal affairs and has warned of a symmetrical response the so-called magnitsky list primarily targets people advantage and allegedly linked to the death of the russian lawyer said again magnitsky he died of one in custody facing tax evasion allegations three years ago the u.s. congress has yet to vote on the bill political analyst martin safe says t

irrational way saudi arabia is terrified of what happened for example in iraq the shia are over there with maliki and lebanon and you have the growing strength of hezbollah basically increased iranian influence and for that reason saudi arabia is so enthusiastic to go ahead and pop all about because they consider him as a link and a strength for the shia axis so saudi arabia is behaving in an irrational way and so we will not apologize on the contrary i think all it will escalate more and more and i think what we're seeing in the massacres today is a response to saudi arabia in response to an increasing iranian role so no i don't think we'll hear any saudi apology for this in this respect ali thanks very much indeed sorry for that brief delay a little earlier at the risk an expert on middle east affairs joining me live there in beirut. a belgian region has issued a controversial star to kids for moroccan immigrants a move that some claim is another nail in europe's multicultural coffin those arriving from north africa feel insulted saying the document triggers islamophobia and social stereotypes.

the midst of a political crisis with shiites sunnis and kurds calling for prime minister nouri al maliki to resign for sidelining his opponents. japan has restarted its first nuclear reactors since the fukushima disaster protesters have gathered the country to demonstrate against the move to power prime minister yoshihiko noda i should say all of the restart last month living standards couldn't be maintained without atomic energy country shut down all its nuclear plants for safety checks after the deadly spill which was triggered by last year's tsunami and earthquake. high tech battleships and missiles are on standby to protect london during the upcoming olympics are concerned it looks more like war games than a sporting event with explains heavy weaponry may not be enough to tackle the real threat. london two thousand and twelve is almost upon us and with just one month to go it's not just the athletes who a warming up a massive security operation is also getting into gear we've got battleships on the river thames with missiles we've got pilotless drones with laser guided bombs missile

light to al qaeda members in iraq in order to use them as a card against the government of nouri maliki this happened in the past few years they were also the ones who trained and used our clyde against the soviets and afghanistan after all we have negotiations between the americans and responded by now so i don't believe that there is a radical conflict between the two and i believe that whenever the americans can use our clyde they will do it they will do it as they did in chechnya as they did it in other places as they did it as a pretext they can use it as a pretext to intervene for example and under the slogan of fighting terrorism so i don't believe when it comes to achieving american interests it would be an ideological or even ethical problem for them to deal with al qaeda or any other member or any other group all right thanks for your thoughts of saudi rather time the doctor working political analyst professor at the lebanese international diversity we appreciate your time. britain is on the verge of a where but why dig brother with internet and phone providers ready in black

maliki spent his exile in syria because he hated the iranians so much. >> bill: do you understand or acknowledge that the iraq deal ruined president bush's presidency. that american people turned on him. in fact, when obama announced that he is telling -- i don't think he had any choice because they wouldn't indemnify american troops from prosecution over there and you couldn't leave american troops in there if the iraqis are going it try them most want out of iraq and why bush got hurt so bad. >> were wars to end. president bush was eelected in 2004. after the iraq war had been prosecuted because i think the american people do understand that when there is a security threat, you need to deal with it now, as to the immunity clause, we actually did manage to negotiate an immunity clause with the iraqis so that our forces could stay. >> bill: they wouldn't give obama the same clause. that's what he says. is he lying. >> all i know, i have no idea. i wasn't inside the negotiations. a residual force would have been preferable. >> no doubt but he said he couldn't do it? >> for the reasons

the first permanent was in may 2006 under maliki.the months before that, the u.s., britain, international monetary fund were saying your first priority has to be passant oil lot to give multinationals leading role in iraq. it would be for the first time since the 1970's. this will bank law was drafted quickly after the government was formed. -- was formed in 2006. its other role was to deprive contracts of parliamentary scrutiny. according to exist the law, if the government signs a contract was summoned to develop an oil field, it has to go to parliament to get a yes or no amendment. one of the major functions was to repeal the existing legislation and allow the executive branch, which was populated by u.s. allies, to sign contracts without parliament getting in the way. this is the function of the oil law, drafted in august 2006. the u.s. hoped it would pass quickly without anyone knowing about it because the vast majority of iraqis are very keen oil stays in the iraqi hands. it did not turn out that way. 2006, the draft started to