nouri al-maliki's problems do not end there. leaders in the golf accuse his government of discriminating against sunni muslims. nouri al-maliki makes his own accusations and blames saudi arabia and qatar. the last summit in sirra underscored the political subdivisions between iraq and sunni neighbours. the opposition is sending fighters to syria. people are paying the price. the saudis want the president bashar al-assad out of power. >> translation: bashar al-assad and his associates have a place in the future of syria. >> with the war in syria showing no signs of letting up, the concern that sectarian violence could spread to neighbouring countries, and that could leave iraq more isolated. >>> chemical weapons inspectors are being sent to syria to investigate allegations of gas attacks. the syrian government denies it has been using chlorine on civilians. it's not listed as a banned agent but is outlawed. kath turner has the details from the united nations in new york. >> reporter: in recent weeks there has been a spate of inci

instead the americans, they say, left, leaving prime minister nouri al-maliki to fill the gap.ow did he fill that gap? iran was one of the ways he filled the gap. that would have been a relationship between iran and iraq regardless of whether the americans stayed or not. they are regional allies, neighbours, and they'll always be that kind of relationship. when you have seen to be abandoned by the americans. you look to the people that can supply weaponry. that was a quote given by an iraqi politician. the americans will not tell the weapons. >> after a slow drawdown, the last american soldier pulled out of iraq in december 2011. iraqi troops were supposed to take control of the country. what emerged was a security vacuum. prime minister nouri al-maliki met with president obama in washington and asked for american military help. as violence increased so has division between shias and sunnis. guarding the vote is certain to be a big challenge. to children how iraq changed. let's bring in douglas, the director for iraq at the national security council under bush and obama. he's a

nouri al maliki has failed to share power with sunni and kurds. and even though the national oil industry brought in $89 billion last year, al maliki is still asking washington for military and economic aid. $2.3 million in 2012. $590 million in 2013. and nearly as much for this year. that has washington fearing they're dealing with an autocrat. >> the most you could do is regularly ask or push at least politely within the constraints of diplomacy for al maliki to be more national, less inclusive and less corrupt. >> hawk has every right to chart it's own course regardless of what the u.s. thinks it might be bess for. al jazeera, washington. >> why does this vote matter to the united states? join us for our special iraq bloodshed. that's coming up tonight. at 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific. >>> ukraine is saying there is no way to stop growing up rest in the eastern part of the country. he said security forces are helpless and in some cases cooperating with pro russian activists. this comes as n.a.t.o. boosts it's military presence hoping to send a me

. >> reporter: iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki voted.e wants a third term in the job. >> on this occasion i call for outline iraqis to go to the ballot box. >> others have been out to cast their vote >> translation: today is the day of iraqis, it is the day of their did you suggest. and to put their votes in the ballot boxes and destroy terrorism and the enemies of iraq. >> it's the first election since the u.s. pulled out its forces three years ago. this time there's a massive security operation underway to make the streets safe enough to get as many people as possible to go out and vote. many will have to walk. roads to the polling station are closed. >> translation: i could describe the election day as a day change, prosperity and freedom. we hope to get rid of sebbing tarians and those -- sebbing tarians and those that corrupt. >> no single bloc is expected to win. a coalition will have to be formed. >> when you have so many opponents you must sit and make negotiations even if they are not with your ethnic, let's say, members, or eve

this works well for prime minister nouri al-maliki, who said he will be tough on security. that is a big issue for the iraqi election campaign. >> al jazeera demands the release of its journalists imprisoned in egypt. mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 114 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all the accusations against its staff. abdullah al-shami, the fourth journalist in detention has been held without trial sips august. he's been on hunger strike for 9 91 days. >> in ukraine three were shot dead at a checkpoint manned by pro-russian activists. kiev says it was so-called outside provocateurs. we have this report from jacky rowland. >> local people call it the easter mass anger. what took place at the makeshift checkpoint on sunday is unclear. villages say unknown attackers drove up and opened fire on activists manning the barricade. >> translation: they came in four jeeps, lit up the barricades with their head l

prime minister nouri al-maliki will be seeking a third term care at the discussion will 's ambassador to the u.s. and could touch on a parliamentary vote that could legalize marriage for girls as young as nine years old. the center for shortages and international studies is the host. --expected to get underway the center for strategic and international studies is the host. we expect it to get underway in just a few moments here on c-span. >> good afternoon. i am ahead of the program here tocsis, and i am delighted welcome lukman faily here, ambassador to iraq to talk about the election -- about the parliamentary elections to take place on april 30. prior to this, he served as iraq 's ambassador to japan, and spent many years in the u.k. studying to be an engineer when it was not safe to be in iraq. speaking of not safe, ambassador lukman faily is a veteran. he ran the boston marathon two days ago, and he completed the boston marathon two days ago, so when he comes up, please give him extra time to make it up the stairs. he will make it up, and we are delighted and look forward to what

prime minister nouri al-maliki promised to be tough on security, which is clearly a big issue. we'll see a lot more of these types of operations, the announcements of these operations. >> we'll cover it all very closely. thank you for joining us from baghdad. >>> now, al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its journalists imprisoned in egypt. mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste, and baher mohamed, are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 114 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all applications. a fourth journalist, abdullah al-shami, has been held in detention sips -- since august. he's been on hunger strike for over 100 days. >>> three were shut dead at a checkpoint manned by chinese activists. it was outside provocateurs. we have this report from jacky rowland. >> local people call it the easter mass anger. what took place at the checkpoint in the early hours of sunday is unclear. villages say that unknown attackers drove up and opened fire on the pro-russian

guest: certainly nouri al-maliki is the front runner. it is not that anyone is a huge fan of his but he -- you cannot something with nothing. when you look at the other candidates, there are not a lot of new and dynamic politicians coming to the fore. there is some other shia parties. it would be the hope among the sunnis that the shia parties would be hopelessly split. iski party, there ists,so the saatar the ayatollah solder is not a candidate. you have three formations of shia parties and the next prime minister will come out of those. maliki is probably feeling confident he can beat challenges. how the lack of a u.s. president in iraq has changed the dynamic on the ground. here's a wrapup from the washington times on the security situation. is experiencing its worst bloodshed since the height of sectarian conflict from 2006 to 2008. 7818 civilians were killed in attacks across iraq in 2013. guest: i think the security situation is very tough. a lot of people lay this at the .oorstep of nouri al-maliki after all, there are increasing

. >> let's talk about the prime minister, nouri al-maliki. the incumbent prime minister of iraq. he assumed office in 2006. al-maliki spent many years in compile. many years in iran and syria, that explains why they have good relations with those two countries. is it assumed that al-maliki will win again? >> i think that's the most likely outcome which i think is really depressing. i think there's a small glimmer of hope that are a range of iraqi opposition parties that did very well in provisional elections last year, have demonstrated an ability to work together. and if those opposition parties can overcome their many differences and put together a credible candidate for prime minister that would be an incredibly promising future for iraq and move iraq towards reconciliation. and the way the violence could be confronted. >> do you think it's dangerous if the prime minister wins a third term here? how much responsibility does he bear for all the violence and corruption in iraq? >> there's no question corruption is rampant and everyone is inv

this works very well for nouri i al maliki. a video posted online by the a armed group showed mohammed al sheik. the kidnappers demanded the release of two fighters jailed in libya. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its journalists. they are accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects all accusations against its staff. a fourth al jazeera journal has been held without trial since august, and he has been hunger strike for 91 days. he has become a symbol of the fight for press freedom around the world. >> from this position i call western authority in north america that now they want to give amnesty to this agent how can you now say that you will do election, and you will do this and this, and the journalists, if they believe that, the situation in egypt, will it change? can it change, and journalists bear the brunt of that. it can't. many journalists injured. my son for than 251 days wa witt taken to court. without telling him what is the crime. of what he did

prime minister nouri al-maliki has promised to fight the groups out of the city with full scale measures meaning there is little hope of a reprieve any time soon. >> reporter: for dr. mahmood, a specialist at the fallujah hospital. he said there is a shortage of staff and medical supplies. >> reporter: since the crisis in fallujah city, there is only one hospital this forces many to leave the hospital and escape the attacks. so facing a shortage, definitely a shortage staff and medical equipment because of sanctions, from the city, from the forces which make entrance from the hospital from the city difficult. >> al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists in prison in egypt. they appeared in court on thursday. the case has been adjourned until later in mop before they're falsely accused of providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 105 days. the four al jazeera journalist held in detention has been held without trial since august. he has been on hunger strike for the last 82 days. al jazeera rejects all the charges. >>> locked up

. >> prime minister nourial magazine can nouri almaliki has power. and maliki is still asking washington for economic aid. $2.3 million in 2012. $590 million in 2013. and nearly as much for this year. that has washington fearing it's now dealing with an autocrat who will not i have. >> the only leverage we have are arms sells. the most you could do is regularly ask or push at least politely within the constraints for al maliki to be less corrupt. >> reporter: they don't expect to have an impact on iraqi relations because iraq has every right to chart it's own course regardless of what the u.s. thinks might be best for them. al jazeera, washington. >> 11 years since the u.s. launched the iraq war. a lot of americans are war-weary. roxana saberi has been looking into that. roxana. >> reporter: a big change from what we saw right after 9/11. half americans questioned want the u.s. to be less involved abroad. back i in 201137% want to be moe afghanistan. but now it's flipped. the polls show growing war fatigue. ththe war in iraq was to cost 50 to $60 bil

. >>> and choosing a council, prime minister nouri maliki is seeking a third term. >> candidates andhave been campaigning to fill 328 seats. >> this is one of the polling stations in baghdad, more than 21 million iraqis are eligible to vote although militants have been trying to derail this process with a series of suicide attacks over the last few days. >>> well, the april 29th deadline for a middle east peace deal has come and gone. and with it nine months of negotiations with the palestinians and israelis fell apart. >> but the u.s. state department is putting a positive spin on all of it secretary of state john kerry has no regrets. >> we reached a point where he continues to feel this way. where a pause is necessary and we're in a holding pattern where parties will figure out what they want to do next. >> both israel and the palestinians are blaming each other for the failure to secure a deal. at the u.n. tuesday, the palestinians accused israel of reaffirming its role as occupier and opprsser. >> and he accused the president mahmoud ahmadinejad of abandoning a chance to tan fwg

those displaced by war no single political bloc is likely to win a majority although prime minister nouri al maliki's state of law lines is expected to lead he's seeking a third term but it's hard to label the past few years a success as a country was sixteen percent unemployment widespread accusations of political corruption and crumbling public services but the real concern catastrophic levels of violence that got worse in the run up to the vote campaign rallies targeted by suicide bombers both sunni and shia militias have been out for blood. voting has been canceled in parts of western iraq the u.s. led invasion brought shiite majority rule to the country which had turned the anbar province into a focal point of sunni discontent when i was in fallujah this time last year the province was in the midst of a political uprising and the demonstrators had been demanding the release of sunni prisoners they wanted an end to what they saw as political marginalization of their sect these days it's a no go area. al qaeda linked group seize control of key cities provoking fierce clashes with iraqi

but in a country now racked by sectarian violence, iraq goferred for eight years by nouri al maliki from the shia majority, a man who rarely smiles. he voted early today casting this election as a referendum on his war against terror. >> i wish to see a huge turnout. god willing, we'll celebrate the success of this election and defeat terrorism and those who bet the election would be postponed. >> reporter: in parts of anbar province there's no eaks today but a full scale sunni insurgency. these men so determined to kill iraqi shia that even al qaeda is considered not extreme enough for them and now the i ask haddists are trying to advance the capital. this is the abu ghraib district 20 miles from the center of baghdad. last week the violence and tenseified. this was a suicide bombing which killed 31 at a shia election rally in baghdad. in the center of capital today cars were banned. sunni extremists have threatened to kill anyone who votes. mr. malaki, we'll probably see him releected but not with a clear majority. a divisive figure in a bitterly divided country. the election is a day

attorneys for the nouri family say rosen has a history of reckless driving. rosen was sentenced to seven years in confinement in 2012 but will be released when he turns 21. >>> uc berkley opened a clinic to give vaccinations now that a second student has come down with the measles. health officials say the student was in classes the week of march before being diagnosed and put in isolation. the student also took a domestic flight out of oakland international airport last sunday and rode b.a.r.t. u.s. uc berkley student got the measles in february after traveling to asia. >>> coming up here on kron4 news weekend, we definitely want to show you the weather forecast because warm weather is on the way and windy too. and eric and i were talking about how that's affecting our allergies so we will want to get an update on our forecast. so stay with us. we will be right back. what are you up to? just playing hide the cheddar. can i play? it's more of a one person kind of game. i won. tillamook cheese slices, tastes better because it's made better. >>> good morning. a

. >> reporter: nouri lived with his wife and parents.ife and youngest daughter a bright and cheerful 7-year-old. this is what their home looked like before march 11th, 2011. this is what's left today. foundations and scraps of memories that he keeps in a small box by what was once the front door. >> translator: this is a shoe she was wearing that day, which was found in a heap of rubble six months after the disaster. >> reporter: because of radiation, kimura can only visit his former home ten times a year and stay only five hours. in february, his allotted day came in the middle of a blizzard. on each visit, kimura brings flowers to a small shrine he built to honor his family. they were among the 111 people who died that day. the remains of 110 have been recovered. the only one still missing is norio kimura's daughter, yuna. ten times a year, he goes back home to search for her. on saturday, you were digging again. it was snowing, it was freezing. why? >> translator: to find una, of course. and, also if i stop searching or gathering her