demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more equality they also want a different political system now the amber province. has been the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protest perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's sick tarion sectarian. the government this is just which is why we are promising here we are demanding change to the constitution and this government. these people will not be turning out to vote for saturday's provincial elections that's the first election since americans have left from the country in december of twenty eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces of the anbar province where we're located right now as well as the province. the government says this is because of security and indeed attacks have been escalating over the pas

prime minister nouri al maliki had this message. those atage to all of the protests that it is to leave now. we know it is al qaeda. the trend has been revealed. we will deal very harshly with those who remain in the protests if they do not hand over the murderers and evacuate the squares. we will not allow our army to be put in danger. >> the killing of the five soldiers could be the turning point. they say they have arrested three suspects and handed them over. it is not clear what the next government action will be. but for many here, the threat to use force is not new. been and died of a protests in see any areas for more than four months. government forces have killed protesters in fallujah and other areas, but last week, attacking protestors was different. at least 65 people were killed when government forces stormed. members of parliament accused the government of committing a massacre. provedave pictures that protesters were executed. these men were killed, executed in the square. this man was alive but was shot dead later.

l maliki replaced him on tuesday in response to an ongoing boycott by kurdish politicians -- nouri al-maliki replaced him on tuesday. the foreign minister will be replaced by maliki's deputy, a prominent shia muslim and former iraqi oil minister. is on the line with us from iraq. what did he say? >> he actually says that the decision has now been risen -- then reversed. he says the cabinet of mr. maliki were persuaded that it would be detrimental to efforts to solve an ongoing crisis between the kurdish leadership and the baghdad government. there was to have been a high level kurdish delegation arriving in baghdad. the threat is that it is not just this foreign minister but four other ministers are replaced today, that delegation will not be coming. the prime minister's office says it does not have any information that the decision has been reversed, but it appears that there may be a rethinking of that. it does illustrate not just the ongoing unrest in hawijah and other places but also the political crisis. >> before this apparent decision, the foreign minister had been thought to have bee

demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now they are problems force has been the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protests perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's sick tarion sectarian. candidates for the government the system is unjust which is why we are promising here we are demanding change to the constitution and this government these people will not be turning out to vote for saturday's provincial elections that's the first election since americans have left from the country in december of one to eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces of the anbar province were located there right now as well as the province the government says this is because of security and indeed attacks have been

basically been protesting against the government they say that the policies of prime minister nouri al maliki this is the shiite led government has resulted in their oppression this is what they say and news of the attacks there and how we have spread very quickly and that's what's behind this latest spate of violence we saw attacks in mozo in other areas north of back. that in the anbar province and people feel that this was perhaps retribution perhaps basically just the straw that broke the camel's back with essentially largely peaceful demonstrations turning into now violent escalations and expressions of outrage frankly in order for things to essentially deescalate there has to be changes in policy as we were in fallujah talking to the protesters they feel that the way the very structure of the government this is a sectarian government this is part of the constitution that has been written in large part with the help of the u.s. that divides iraq i mean it divides iraq constitutionally and these protesters say that unless there's a change in policies they're not going to stop coming out t

stoked anger between sunni and shia muslims that al dragged the country into civil war president nouri al maliki said on saturday the violence in neighboring syria is fueling religious tensions political analyst dan lazar burke says a wave of violence comes as a direct result of the occupation of iraq i think what we need to understand what we're seeing here in iraq is that we're seeing the fruits of this policy that was adopted about six years ago by the u.s. and saudi arabia in particular and if you look at the way that the occupying powers are paved ever since two thousand and three since the start of the iraqi occupation they've done everything it seems possible to try and form an sectarianism the constitution introduced was completely based on confessional identity not on national citizenship sunni militias were to be equipped financed. by saudi arabia and qatar in order to wage basically sectarian war against shia muslims and we know that these two powers say that saudi arabia qatar the forefront of representing imperial u.s. and british interests in the region so nothing gets done without

anger between sunni and shia muslims that alice warned could drag iraq into civil war president nouri al maliki said on saturday that violence in neighboring syria is fueling religious tensions are just music and it has been taking a look at how the first attack swept across the north of the country. iraq is a country that is divided into three major areas you have for example over here this is the largely sunni provinces over here is the semi autonomous kurdish region below which are certain disputed areas and this is the largely shiite area of iraq now the incident the latest wave of violence really began new york your cook this is close to the town of her wheelchair where. demonstrators have been camped out for several months now on tuesday things came to a bloody boiling point when government forces had raided the area the government says that the protesters had opened fire the demonstrators meanwhile say that these security officials are the ones who opened fire first and news of the attacks there in the region had spread very quickly and that's what's behind this latest spate of violence

demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now they are province forces in the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protests perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's sectarian sectarian sectarian. who we go to all the candidates for the government this is just which is why we are promising here we are demanding change to the constitution and this government. these people will not be turning out to vote. for saturday's provincial elections the first election since americans have left from the country in december of twenty eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces of the anbar province were located right now as well as the men of eight provinces the government says this is because of security and indee

poetry but a lot of very strong anti-government rhetoric they're now calling for prime minister nouri al maliki to step down they really feel that he is behind the oppression of these any minority although some analysts would say it's sort of tables being switched because of course in the times of saddam's when these were in power and so there is some element perhaps of retribution here but the other problem that you have as you know even when you look at the security forces in iraq everyone is aligned with some sort of political interest here it's not as simple as the sunnis are uprising in the shiite led government is controlling things there are numerous groups involved with numerous different political vested interest and so it's very hard to say who's really behind what because there are so many different forces playing this political game here in iraq did you get a sense when you were at these protests that it could spill over into violence that something could lead to violence and then the military would retaliate and back and forth i mean it really is a tense situation you get the sense

we've replaced one strong arm leader with another, this one nouri al-maliki, is allied closely with our regional adversary, iran. then we look at afghanistan. close to 2200 americans killed, that many more seriously wounded, close to a trillion dollars spent, tens of thousands of afghans killed. i know this is -- i often ask myself this a counterfactual or historical hypothetical, and i ask this just to try to set in context what these wars have cost relative to what we've achieved. and i ask myself if the united states had gone into iraq like it did in 2003 and in afghanistan in 2002 and then left, would the cost of the war, the levels of destruction and everything else, been any worse than what actually happened between 2003 and 2011 in iraq and still ongoing in afghanistan? the very famous british strategist hart said in the 1930s, the object of war is a better state of peace. with this kind of data that i just laid out, how can we say american war as worked in afghanistan and iraq? now, this is not to say that we haven't achieved tactical success. i can point to success of my own ca

host: nouri al-maliki, a piece in the washington post. iest: well, first of all, agree with him that better off than under saddam hussein, but that is a pretty low bar. we won the war thanks to the surge and we are losing the peace as we did not leave a iraqisl force behind. basically unraveling. the kurds are becoming more and more autonomous. conflict continues to rise. unfortunately, the sunni-shiite conflict tensions continue to rise. but it is what it is. i have great regret about the enormous sacrifice that we made, and we could have kept that victory if we had kept a residual force behind. president obama wanted out trade we are out and now we are paying the price. we conclude where we began, life at the naval academy. what is your son say about life and the rigors and the academics of the institution? he loved to the academy. he had a great experience. as you said, rather than the academic format when i was there, they gave him electives and chances to get into areas that they are very interested in. i met with a few naval academy

director clapper, you may have seen nouri al-maliki wrote an op-ed for among other things he said iraqoppose those any arms transfers to either side area. do you buy a? or do you believe the leaky and the active government is allowing slaves arms over iraqi territory to supply the assad machine? >> all-star. herein is a much different type of country than libya and north korea. that said, he ran like the rest of the community russia pinchas espresso is going on inside the international community came together against the gadhafi government. also north korea says that the international community has done the sanctions and other pressure of the north korean government since it's not without responsibilities as as a sovereign state. iran has its own aspirations. it sees the the the the extension of the persian empire and is pursuing its programs, including nuclear friends and a matter inconsistent with obligations as well and therefore i think there has been an effort on the part of the international community and this government to let the iranian government knows there are certain thing

the iraqi prime minister -- nouri al-maliki, a piece in "the washington post." roblems, a mahe por jority of iraqis agree that they are better off than under saddam hussein. guest: well, first of all, i agree with him that better off than under saddam hussein, but that is a pretty low bar. we won the war thanks to the surge and we are losing the peace as we did not leave a residual force behind. iraq is basically unraveling. the kurds are becoming more and more autonomous. the sunni conflict continues to rise. unfortunately, the sunni-shiite conflict tensions continue to rise. it is a bitter pill. but it is what it is. i have great regret about the enormous sacrifice that we made, and we could have kept that victory if we had kept a residual force behind. president obama wanted out. we are out and now we are paying the price. host: we conclude where we began, life at the naval academy. what is your son say about life and the rigors and the academics of the institution? guest: he loved to the academy. he had a great experience. as you said, rather than the academ

prime minister nouri al maliki tried to appeal to iraq on thursday to unite. he warned against the dangers of dragging the country back into a bloody sectarian strife. but his speech failed to convince these men who now think that the only way to win their rights is by using force against the government. "al jazeera," ramadi. a two-dayisia, pilgrimage has ended up in increased security. police and soldiers supervised the procession in the jewish quarter which was cordoned off for the occasion. in 2002, the synagogue was under a al-qaeda attack, which killed 21 people. rescue workers have found a large number of people alive under a garment factory that collapsed on wednesday. at least 300 people were killed when the building came down in dhaka. our special correspondent, who was not named for security reasons, spoke to one of the survivors. >> she spent two days without food or water under the rubble of this nine-story building. she was one of the garment workers inside the complex when it suddenly collapsed. >> i was stopped. no one saved me. we were all scre