philip hammond said the committee's report is simply wrong. he said every opportunity is being given for military personnel to retrain for alternative roles in the armed forces or in civilian life. >> once again, the mp's criticized the state -- highlighting concerns, including equipment, such as night vision goggles -- items that are often never recovered. >> this is gmt from "bbc world news." i am george alagiah. the headlines -- u.s. special forces freed two aid workers being held hostage by somali pirates. nine captured or killed. the state of the union speech. perot, accused of class warfare after he calls for the -- barack obama accused of class warfare. aaron is here. let's stay in britain. economy went into reverse at the end of the year. >> the last time we were here was that the end of 2010. in the last three months of last year, 2011, the u.k. economy contracted or fell by 0.2%. it shows this sharp drop-off in economic activity from around the summer of last year, where we had growth of 0.6% 3 we've got into the negative. all sector

philip hammonds said the committee report is wrong. he said every opportunity is being given for military personnel to retrain for alternative roles in the armed forces or in civilian life. the again, mp's criticized state of that account, in particular highlighting concerns about levels of fairness such as equipment like night-vision goggles and helicopter blades. spiders have often never recovered -- fighters have often never recovered. >> you're watching "bbc world news." u.s. special forces have freed two aid workers being held hostage by somali pirates. and more on that. those two aid workers being held in somalia were freed in a raid by american special forces. joining me from ethiopia is will. quite a spectacular raid. >> yes, a very daring raid. it seems to be the element of surprise that managed to secure the two aid workers. we are hearing reports from the area where this is a place that the attack or the rescue was about 2:00 in the morning. there were either two or four american helicopters involved and a lot of gunfire on

than half died in a suicide bomb attack outside the southern city of nasaria and joining us now, philip hammondraq, where it looks to me like we are on the potential of a civil war erupting between shia. >> what really matter ss that the iraqi people can look to the future and put the wars behind them and develop the economic prosperity which they deserve. >> do you have confidence in al maliki? what he's doing is going after many sunni leaders, refusing to name a defense minister, it looks like he's trying to consolidate support. >> i think there are a number of pressures going on inside iraq, but it is clearly in our interest, the international community's interest and the iraqi people's interest to have a reconciliation there. to try to dampen down these tensions so they can now rebuild their nation after what has been a pretty traumatic ten years. >> because a lot of officials here in washington, privately, they're losing confidence in al maliki, so the question to you, are you losing confidence in him? >> i haven't lost confidence in anybody. i believe that the iraqi government has the abi

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