i think that the maliki government-- nuri maliki himself has been asserting greater and greater controlr the instrumentalities of the state. and i think-- and has been unable or unwilling to enter or execute the comp promises that general petraeus had worked out at the time of the american troop surge, and these chickens have sort of come home to roost at this point, and the dissatisfaction has just boiled over, i think. >> suarez: ambassador crocker, is that how it looks to you, an increasingly controlling prime minister is what is bringing on all this new violence? >> i think feisal is right, ray. it's a very complex situation, obviously. there is an iraqi domestic sectarian element with iraq sunnis unhappy over actions taken against prominent sunni politicians, most recently charges against the highly regarded minister of finance, as well as the decision to postpone provincial elections in two predominantly sunni provinces. but there's another element as well that is captured in your clip. al qaeda in iraq is very much on the offensive, and they have combined with syrian al qaeda, in

it's moving way too closely towards autocracy for my taste i think that prime minister maliki has made some big mistakes in the last few months that have essentially exceeded his power i think he's put out arrest warrants for example for people who were patriotic iraqi leaders because he had political disagreements with them mr assad is a good example a very good man a man i've met a man i've respected i think a sunni but also a nationalist a person who wants to serve his country and unbelievably maliki wanted to have him arrested that sort of thing is extraordinarily destructive and so i share the concern i get i i'm not going to use words quite as strong as the ones you're using but i share the concern that we're headed in directions we don't want to go and that maliki is acting in an autocratic fashion ok grant jump in i mean the u.s. started this mess in the first place go ahead yeah i think michael o'hanlon predictive not too long ago that we would see devolution in the shia stand sunni stan and kurdistan entirely predictable when you go into a contrary with strong central authori

iraq's prime minister nouri al- maliki has ordered changes to 14 military commands across the country. the past two weeks, iraq has seen some of the most violent attacks in months. dozens of people killed. a situation blamed on growing political and sectarian tension. what can you tell us? the prime minister said he is revisiting the security strategy in iraq as a whole year he changed the commander of the baghdad operations command -- as a whole. he changed the commander of the baghdad operations command. we understand the changes are mostly within the army division themselves. there will be a moving around of commanders and sacking a number of them. we are still waiting for the details to come from the iraq he ministry of defense. iraqi ministry of defense. clearly, the prime minister, who is also the commander in chief, is not happy with the performance of his security forces. >> a lot of people are not happy with him, which leads us to believe he had to do something. the speaker of the house accused nouri al-maliki of not caring about the people of iraq. >> exactly. and the speake

the government of nouri al maliki does not appreciate the gravity of the practice. you have police brutality. there is a lack of due process. almost 6000 in corp. -- incarcerated. , unemployment.y there is the perception that the prime minister has really created a sectarian government led by the shiite community which represents about 60% of the population, as opposed to being an inclusive government. what you also have now is the sectarian crisis, the unfolding crisis in syria has exacerbated a political process. this has been fuelled by sectarianism. what you have in iraq is that the country is looking at all out communal strife between the shia led buckman by nouri al maliki and by the sunni community. this particular crisis, until it is a dress, taking political steps, in forming -- reforming the judicial process, basically iraq will basically go to all- out sectarian strikes. has responded after soldiers were abducted. the egyptian president has held emergency meetings. they are calling for the release of political detainees. this has been ruled out. all optio

it's moving way too closely towards autocracy for my taste i think that prime minister maliki has made some big mistakes in the last few months that have essentially exceeded his power i think he's put out arrest warrants for example for people who were patriotic iraqi leaders because he had political disagreements with them mr assad is a good example a very good man a man i've met a man i've respected i think a sunni but also a nationalist a person who wants to serve his country and unbelievably maliki wanted to have him arrested that sort of thing is extraordinarily destructive and so i share the concern i get i i'm not going to use words quite as strong as the ones you're using but i share the concern that we're headed in directions we don't want to go and that maliki is acting in an autocratic fashion ok grant jump in i mean the u.s. started this mess in the first place go ahead yeah i think michael o'hanlon predictive not too long ago that we'd see devolution in the shia stand sunni stan and kurdistan entirely predictable when you go into a contrary with strong central authority r

of this instability happening just over the border did we leave a government in control there the maliki government that is looking you know the best interests of its own people or is its best interest in iran so i don't all accounts we failed there because if the goal was of the search for example was to create a space for political reconciliation and stability in that country it failed because we have neither there and on an end another note he said well what are we supposed to do well how about no we don't want to put troops back there i don't think anybody wants to do but they've reduced the foreign aid from like twenty billion in two thousand and five to about a billion now ok u.s. taxpayers are probably saying listen we need to take care of our own right now but this just goes with the with the the ongoing theme that we've reduced our aid we've reduced the state department presence there we've we've reduced the actual on the ground attempts to help them rebuild their government has nothing to do with military has all to do with helping them build rebuild their institutions so they

of this instability happening just over the border did we leave a government in control there the maliki government that is looking you know the best interests of its own people or is its best interest in iran so i don't all accounts we failed there because if the goal was of the search for example was to create a space for political reconciliation and stability in that country it failed because we have neither there and on an end another note he said well what are we supposed to do well how about no we don't want to put troops back there i don't think anybody wants to do but they've reduced the foreign aid from like twenty billion in two thousand and five to about a billion now ok u.s. taxpayers are probably saying listen we need to take care of all our own right now but this just goes with the with the the ongoing theme that we've reduced our aid we've reduced the state department presence there we've we've reduced the actual on the ground attempts to help them rebuild their government has nothing to do with military has all to do with helping them build rebuild their institutions so t

prime minister nouri al-maliki promised to overhaul security to prevent further sectarian violence. and china and india's leaders are trying to iron out their differences. chinese's -- china's premier li keqiang is on a state visit to india. >> the area in question is in kashmir. in mid april, indian and chinese troops moved into th region and looked ready for conflict. tensions have been defused, but it is still a major sticking point. economic ties have been at the top of the agenda. india and china are the two most populous countries in the world and the most important emerging economies. >> this visit is about boosting trade ties. before arriving, li stressed that cooperation was essential. these regional giants aim to increase trade volume to almost 80 billion euros. li said he was offering dell he i handshake -- delhi a handshake. >> the purpose of this visit is threefold, to increase mutual trust, intensify cooperation, and face the future. >> but irritants remain in the relationship, including a decades-old dispute along the two countries'ill-defined himalayan border -- two

zunis demonstrating since december now against the shia- led government of al-maliki. let's hear from our correspondent with the latest. >> protestors have given the government in baghdad four options. the first is the resignation of prime minister to end the crisis. the second would be the implementation of sunni demands to end marginally station and abolished anti-terrorism laws as well as being treated equally in this country. the third option would be the creation of a sunni federal region. the fourth option would be an open confrontation, which confrontation, which means more the fourth option would be an open confrontation, which would mean war. extreme elements are trying to sample iri -- try to sabotage the political process. >> anglo-american plans to cut 6000 jobs in south africa. that's a massive reduction. it was originally intending to cut 14th thousand jobs. there been widespread protests by mine workers across the country. it originally intended it cutinally14,000 -- to 14,000 jobs. africa's tax officer says this house is still owed more than $2 million.

prime minister nouri al-maliki promised to overhaul security to prevent further sectarian violence. and china and india's leaders are trying to iron out their differences. chinese's -- china's premier li keqiang is on a state visit to india. >> the area in question is in kashmir. in mid april, indian and chinese troops moved into the region and looked ready for conflict. tensions have been defused, but it is still a major sticking point. economic ties have been at the top of the agenda. india and china are the two most populous countries in the world and the most important emerging economies. >> this visit is about boosting trade ties. before arriving, li stressed that cooperation was essential. these regional giants aim to increase trade volume to almost 80 billion euros. li said he was offering dell he i handshake -- delhi a handshake. >> the purpose of this visit is threefold, to increase mutual trust, intensify cooperation, and face the future. >> but irritants remain in the relationship, including a decades-old dispute along the two countries'ill-defined himalayan border -- two

prime minister nouri al-maliki called on iraqis to unite. he blamed the recent violence with former members of the baath artie. its worst is facing crisis since the u.s. forces withdrew, and many fear the sectarian nature of the recent attacks means the country is heading to a civil war. used tear gas to break up an antigovernment protest in turkey a week after it was hit by two car bombs. if you one people were killed in the attack, which turkey has blamed on syria. in theeople were killed attack, which turkey has blamed on syria. the area is close to the syrian border, which has been flooded by refugees. syrian state television said a powerful explosion has shaken a damascus neighborhood. activists say gunmen had abducted the father of the deputy foreign minister. he is considered the most powerful voice of the syrian government. meanwhile, syrian rebels say they have taken control of four villages in the hom province after government troops withdrew. internetoaded to the are said to show artillery cells hitting a military target. another

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

concern over this increase in car bombs and a wave of coordinated attacks, prime minister nouri al maliki has gone walking around security checkpoints showing citizens he's actually on top of things. he's recently replaced top security commanders but iraqis say the problem goes much dealer then that and a lot of people here feel unless the political situation and political crisis is resolved, these attacks will continue. the pakistanly taliban suspended all peace talks with the government. the group announced its decision as it confirmed the former deputy was demilled a u.s. drone strike on wednesday. earlier this year the taliban said it was open to talks but negotiations had not gotten anywhere by the time of may's elections. pakistan's income 0ing government promised to continue pushing for a solution. as a mother of ban danned baby rescued from sewage pipe in china won't face criminal charges. newborn named baby 59 after incubater number was discovered saturday. his mother said she could not afford an abortion and delivered her child secretly in the toilet. police are calling it an ac

they're saying we will stop the attacks if you will give us autonomy and the prime minister nuri al maliki said he is going to think about establishing a ton of this region in that part of the country but he says of course it has to be done through proper legal procedures and that means more time more people work and more bureaucracy and until until it's that actually happens who knows how much more blood will be shed and of course the wider fear in iraq today is that the current this country today is what could be what we could be seeing in syria tomorrow and this is what we have to be paying a special attention to when it comes to iraq and of course to the region as a whole. well next we saw the lights on the news you won't tell anyone else is breaking the sect's herriot. hold it. hold it. i love. that speech. you. wish i. could bomb it good. luck. and i'm. going to run a little. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so. i mean. i know that i'm still the same really messed up. in the all very sort of silly.

they're saying we will stop the attacks if you will give us autonomy and the prime minister nuri al maliki said he is going to think about establishing a ton of this region in that part of the country but he says of course it has to be done through proper legal procedures and that means more time more people work and more bureaucracy and until until it's that actually happens who knows how much more blood will be shed and of course the wider fear in iraq today is that become this country today is what could be what we could be seeing in syria tomorrow and this is what we have to be paying a special attention to when it comes to iraq and of course to the region as a whole. going to ask that well coming your way next i'll show prime interest rates save the non-mainstream financial needs that was. all. downloaded the official publication yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television well it just doesn't matter about what your mobile device says you can watch artsy any time anyway. good afternoon to welcome the prime

areas of iraq gripped by corruption and political unrest even with calls for prime minister nouri al maliki to resign and he fear sectarian tensions could escalate and see a return to full blown war as artie's lisa catherine off now examines the impact of national struggles on the lives of ordinary iraqis. bombs may still haunt baghdad but these young men are more concerned with burning the rubber in a country where daily life is based on trying to avoid the dangers these iraqis are turning to danger as a way to avoid reality tasting the thrill of speed and testing the authorities it's an unexpected sight in post-war iraq for the fun a grim statistic half of the country's growing youth population is unable to find work. the biggest problem is financial support day everyone is constantly trying to find work but in baghdad there are very few jobs i'm myself i'm unemployed. ten years after the war a lie but iraq is full of contradictions but for young men like omar it's like a one way to escape the deal of frustration is a life here in iraq the running of the engine and taking on uncertain fut

you live from moscow with results released on saturday showing the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki one provincial elections two weeks ago was despite the fact his government is mired in corruption and crime. about how to share power among the nation's very different groups on the ground though iraq is seeing some of its worst bloodshed since the pullout of u.s. troops in two thousand and eleven united nations this week said that more than seven hundred people were killed in april over sixteen hundred injured across the land and that of sectarian violence many fearing the unrest could send the nation back into a full scale conflict as it comes out ten years now after george bush declared america's victory over saddam hussein and norman solomon director for the institute for public accuracy believes the u.s. that campaign has brought little democracy to the country. there's a very corrupt interest truck sure and a lot of political repression torture and shelling both in public and behind prison walls which was also the case under saddam hussein but i think that by most measures the m

monarchy has become synonymous with the image of britain because it is the world's most high profile malikithe queen of ages seven and a consul the duke of edinburgh at ninety one all remarkable examples of public service and of national unity but the cost to the public purse rises steadily as austerity sets in the five million pound increase in the queen's expenses from the states represents a fifteen percent rise in vital services are being lost while the queen gets this big pay rise and i think it's very unfair given that she is personally one of the wealthiest people in britain where the personal wealth of an excess of three hundred million pounds the royal family has over seven hundred servants six palaces they can quite clearly afford themselves to cover any increased costs they shouldn't be begging for the state it's a royal spectacle such as the daily changing of the guards at buckingham palace the grooves are terrorists around the globe but in these times of austerity some of beginning to question why the windsors haven't tighten their belts and. but the rest of the queen's subject

results released on some today show the iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki one professional elections two weeks ago that's despite the fact his government is mired in corruption and crisis over how to share power among the nation's different groups on the ground. iraq saying some of it's was the bloodshed says the pullout of u.s. troops and twenty eleven the u.n. said this week more than seven hundred people were killed in april and over sixteen hundred injured across the learned of the sectarian violence many fear then rescued some of the nation by going to full scale complex this comes ten years after george bush declared america's victory over saddam hussein and political analyst this account turned down believes the only hope for iraq is uniting to other conflicts where individuals. and methods in the country are in a dire state unfortunately this has been visiting upon this war should be one of the greatest countries and peoples of the region for many decades now bucky people are great people they've made many achievements historically and in modern history so you know that there

belgium thanks very much for joining us sir now we don't know that the current prime minister nouri al maliki is dealing with a lot of problems both political and economic so how much of the recent spike in violence as a result in fact of these problems well it's not clear to him. or to the beginning in. the neighborhood of imperial parts that they. i don't know if. you remember. in ninety eight. the form for israeli foreign ministry official. order you know the road to follow. me the road and i have to find the exact. door to this integration of the. regional local government is the crucial forty eight out of world iraq it will be divided on religion no and sectarian lines just like syria in the. euro there will be three states in the treat major cities now this is very clear so. how much of what is happening now is. just because of. circumstances or it is this engineer it's not clear but i think and many people who. hold that this whole situation is it engineered and it's to break up the entire legally including iraq and syria well they're trying to six here in conflict let's not talk more

some of the country's parliament have been calling for the resignation of prime minister nuri al maliki as authorities struggle to maintain order and i've been even and as a you as a defense analyst and he believes that the conflict was quite funny that unless iran gets a centralized government installed with the help of the united states. we have ethno sectarian tensions which have been there since the sense a long time since decades but were unleashed when the us invaded in two thousand and three and of course played out in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven where you had sectarian warfare between she and sunni i think there's probably going to be an escalating conflict in iraq the kurds used to side with the shia government but i'm not sure that they would anymore because they have a lot of disputes with the government now that they didn't have before as you have plenty of guns that the u.s. bribed the sudanese to quit attacking the united states troops when they were there and so that all these guns are left over so essentially the u.s. . during a talk you patient is ar

they're saying we will stop the attacks if you will give us autonomy and the prime minister nuri al maliki said he is going to think about establishing a ton of this region in that part of the country but he says of course it has to be done through proper legal procedures and that means more time more people work and more bureaucracy and until until it's that actually happens who knows how much more blood will be shed and of course the wider fear in iraq today is that become this country today is what could be what we could be seeing in syria tomorrow and this is what we have to be paying a special attention to when it comes to iraq and of course to the region as a whole. coming up shortly it's people of both crosstalk arundhati stay with us. we speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's hot spots the v.i.p.'s interviews intriguing stories for you. to try arabic to find out more visit arabic all teeth don't call. hello and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered. bitcoins revolutionizing banking and finance bullet.

been gripped by political unrest as well with calls for prime minister maliki's government to resign my power as chairman of an iraq antiwar group who says that unless the us constitution is phased out of violence and tension is set to continue the first step to quit the elections which were elected constituent assembly toboggan the constituency because of the constitution the burma constitution of the polls for the united states in the first place that's the problem that has to go. to people. the people the. government. the political process. the case of i think that you do have sectarian. situational turn of. public demand back to the course but. not. to the current. government. didn't have an occupation to pynchon. all parties can have their those people are not candidates on the largest crowds of other a political group. on our website r.t. dot com the work is celebration there is may day so it's fair share of anger in many parts of europe we've got pictures online squeeze wages fewer jobs tougher conditions or marches reach boiling point only to have met with pepper spray take s

get some sort saw no it was proven to be very shaky election day in pakistan for most of maliki's editor at the daily do newspaper his number about masood hi there thanks to you the time to be with r.t. we do appreciate it these bloody attacks have shaken the country none the less we've seen a very high turnout have. people it seems risked their lives to go to the polls it's all for the good yes. and there's a lot. of. the people who got the award. for the. possible use of us and it was. all this was for them if. i want to someone's operation whatever suits you know most of. the attacks are mainly aimed where they are people in places to do with the election but they'll judge you by the turnout you just talked about i guess the taliban taking no comfort. i think the how about where the man objective was to stop the people who come out and are a football team the police are what they are and that the boat. owners and what the team they would normally call it or lose that are loaded out. in the back and we have a hell they have targeted some of those those and some. political cycles have s

independence from the shia government who they believe are persecuting them so the prime minister nouri al maliki is apparently agreeing to think about possibly providing that autonomy to the sunni provinces but he says of course it has to be done in a in a legally binding in a proper manner and that means more time and while the time is is taken by the authorities to examine whether or not they can give the autonomy to the regions we could be looking at a lot more blood being spilled in iraq and we also have to understand that iraq today is what syria could be tomorrow because the two countries of course are very much alike in that they have. these two religious point of this to do religious majorities you can say and of course there is a lot of competition rules of a lot of anger between them and in fact you have to understand that the conflict in syria at this point is primarily a religious one and not so much political well. they're taking us through what's fueling this ongoing violence spill over in iraq by the middle east analyst chris the bambery says a splitting up iraq along think tarion

nouri al maliki's government in iraq is a shiite government in effect the majority people in iraq have voted for all candidates who supported him and in a way we're seeing a strain shift whereby the people who the americans claim to be liberating from saddam's sane sunni tyranny in two thousand and three now perceived to be geo politically uncomfortable for the united states and the very sunni fundamentalist groups who are seen as the enemies of the state from two thousand and one onwards and then in reach and he american assistance of two thousand and three have become allies so we have a very cynical game of power politics going on at the same time as we have unfortunately our street level santeria larger war about syria and focus on the sectarian violence there are which has been on their eyes lately so in your opinion how much do you think syria's civil war is becoming secretary and in nature rather than anti-government conflict will the anti-government forces are almost entirely drawn from the sunni part of population which is roughly speaking sixty to sixty five percent of the sy

government is also gripped by corruption and political unrest with calls for the prime minister nouri al maliki to resign but many fear that sectarian tensions could escalate in syria return to full full blown out war. examines the impact of national struggles on the lives of ordinary iraqis. bombs may still haunt baghdad but these young men are more concerned with. in a country where daily life is based on trying to avoid the dangers these iraqis are turning to danger as we await reality tasting the thrill of speed and testing the authorities it's an unexpected sight in post-war iraq for the fun a grim statistic half of the country's growing youth population is on able to find work. the biggest problem is financial support everyone is constantly trying to find work but if there are very few jobs i'm myself i'm unemployed. many years after the war in iraq. but. it goes one way but the deliberations apply here in iraq rather than just one and taking up to an uncertain future. adrenaline may be one way of coping with uncertainty but not for sabah hasan hussein she now spends most of her days at h