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we never found any indication that zarqawi was in baghdad working for saddam or linked up with saddam. >> narrator: the vice-president and his chief of staff, scooter libby, pushed back. >> it was pretty intense. we were lined up on one side of the table, vice-president cheney and scooter libby were on the other side. and they walked in with a lot of questions and being very skeptical as to the intelligence that we had been gathering up to that point. >> narrator: cheney seemed to want zarqawi to be the link between saddam hussein and osama bin laden. >> the vice-president's frustrated. his questions are all about zarqawi, his connection to saddam, and whether or not they had discussed 9/11, and if saddam had participated. >> narrator: bakos says the vice-president didn't like the answer. >> we tried to explain over and over again that it would be impossible for him logically to be working with saddam. >> there was no connection between al-qaeda and saddam hussein and iraq that we could find. zarqawi's the kind of guy saddam would kill without a moment's thought. >> and the response t
we never found any indication that zarqawi was in baghdad working for saddam or linked up with saddam. >> narrator: the vice-president and his chief of staff, scooter libby, pushed back. >> it was pretty intense. we were lined up on one side of the table, vice-president cheney and scooter libby were on the other side. and they walked in with a lot of questions and being very skeptical as to the intelligence that we had been gathering up to that point. >> narrator: cheney...
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then, we obviously successfully pushed saddam out of kuwait. i used to get a lot of calls from albert at the time. he was very persistent. when he became convinced that something, he was not rank conscious. he would call anyone and everyone at all levels to keep pushing his point of view. he thought, at that time, that the united states should have pursued saddam, and brought about a change in iraq by enabling iraqis to overthrow saddam, but by helping them with not only arms, but with some u.s. air power effectively employed, he would call me and say i had to tell the undersecretary, the secretary of defense, cheney, that they are blowing it. they needed to just go the route that he wanted, which is a combination of u.s. air power plus iraqis getting rid of saddam to solve this problem in an enduring way. i would say, let me advise you, albert, not to use the word that they are "blowing it," i will facilitate an appointment with the secretary. the secretary and chairman colin powell, i think they have achieved the biggest thing since the debac
then, we obviously successfully pushed saddam out of kuwait. i used to get a lot of calls from albert at the time. he was very persistent. when he became convinced that something, he was not rank conscious. he would call anyone and everyone at all levels to keep pushing his point of view. he thought, at that time, that the united states should have pursued saddam, and brought about a change in iraq by enabling iraqis to overthrow saddam, but by helping them with not only arms, but with some...
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khalilzad: that was a machine gun that belongs to saddam hussein. they presented it to me as a token of their appreciation for my service in iraq. host: $60,000 per month, that obviously got your attention. is it worth it for this country to spend that kind of money? mr. khalilzad: i would have preferred that we had taken a beautiful townhouse that is one of the wealthy, and new yorkers wanted to give to the united states to be used by the u.n. ambassador, but the state department, in its wisdom, rejected that, thinking the maintenance and security cost would be, perhaps, significant, but the u.n. secretary-general now lives in that townhouse that was offered to the u.s. it is quite expensive. the president, one reason he said that i should take the u.n. job is that he referred to the accommodation saying that his father had had that job and he used to go for weekends there at times, and the best he said to me is that they are quite comfortable. and they were. he had known that when i was ambassador to afghanistan and iraq, my accommodations were no
khalilzad: that was a machine gun that belongs to saddam hussein. they presented it to me as a token of their appreciation for my service in iraq. host: $60,000 per month, that obviously got your attention. is it worth it for this country to spend that kind of money? mr. khalilzad: i would have preferred that we had taken a beautiful townhouse that is one of the wealthy, and new yorkers wanted to give to the united states to be used by the u.n. ambassador, but the state department, in its...
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>>> in 1990, saddam invaded kuwait. >> we had to get out of iraq. it's at that moment that the nightmare really started. >> we have to head back. >> no, tom. >> we were now in a very very dangerous situation. >> where are you taking us? >> this place was hell on earth. >> we were incredibly scared. if they wanted to kill you, they killed you and nobody said a word to them. >> what are we doing! >> we had no idea whether we were going to come out of this alive. >>> i went to iraq in may, 1990. i was 26 years old. i had been given a 12-month contract on a gas and oil field. the money looked good, so i decided to take up on the option. it was a very exciting opportunity for a young lad to go to a part of the world which most people didn't know about. i was looking forward to it. the oil field was 15 miles west of tikrit, saddam's hometown. and it was named for the arabic for saddam's-field. it didn't cause alarm bells. just felt we were working on something important. the living quarters were within the compound area. everything was self-contained with
>>> in 1990, saddam invaded kuwait. >> we had to get out of iraq. it's at that moment that the nightmare really started. >> we have to head back. >> no, tom. >> we were now in a very very dangerous situation. >> where are you taking us? >> this place was hell on earth. >> we were incredibly scared. if they wanted to kill you, they killed you and nobody said a word to them. >> what are we doing! >> we had no idea whether we were...
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was supporting iraq and saddam hussein. then they turn against saddam hussein. he didn't have weapons of mass destruction. why weren't we waiting for the u.n. weapon inspector saying wait, let us do our work. but president bush was intent on attacking iraq from almost the minute, give a day or two, after september 11th. you hear his national security, his national security czar and others saying, he was talking about iraq when we understood full well this wasn't coming from there. another issue that is a kind of sacred cow with the media that must be challenged. the questioning of saudi arabia and the role that it has played over the years. if you ask most people, who was in those planes that went into the world trade center, you would think it was iraqis. fifteen of the 19 hijackers were from saudi arabia? and what did president bush do at the time? he's on the truman balcony smoking a cigar with the saudi ambassador to the united states within a couple days. what are they doing when all planes are grounded? and it's fully documented. brian: what's the motive o
was supporting iraq and saddam hussein. then they turn against saddam hussein. he didn't have weapons of mass destruction. why weren't we waiting for the u.n. weapon inspector saying wait, let us do our work. but president bush was intent on attacking iraq from almost the minute, give a day or two, after september 11th. you hear his national security, his national security czar and others saying, he was talking about iraq when we understood full well this wasn't coming from there. another issue...
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we toppled saddam hussein. we were promised we'd make money on the war. that was testimony from some of the president's advisers. said it'd be over in 60 days and the troops would be greeted with flowers in the street. didn't work out that way. afghanistan. the longest war in the history of this country. we still have troops there. the place is a mess. nation-building. an of ganarrogant policy embraca prior administration, didn't work out so great. do any of you think that afghanistan is on a solid footing for democracy at the moment? just a yes or no, if i can get that from each of you. >> no. >> sir? >> no. >> no. >> sir? >> no. >> all right. so, we have a president who says, you know what, this war approach isn't so great. and he had to make a decision, and he said, look, let's try negotiations. i supported sanctions. every tough sanction that we were able to impose on iran i supported, as did virtually all of the democrats and republicans. you know what? the sanctions worked. it brought iran to the table. and this decision that you're focusing on, thi
we toppled saddam hussein. we were promised we'd make money on the war. that was testimony from some of the president's advisers. said it'd be over in 60 days and the troops would be greeted with flowers in the street. didn't work out that way. afghanistan. the longest war in the history of this country. we still have troops there. the place is a mess. nation-building. an of ganarrogant policy embraca prior administration, didn't work out so great. do any of you think that afghanistan is on a...
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saddam hussein and iraq was not an option syria not much, jerusalem yes but probably over saturated. so i thought egypt.l said even if it doesn't work out it was egypt which was great to.rrived compact a couple of suitcases and some savings and rented an apartment and had an incredibly rich experience. people were welcoming they wanted me to convert to islam constantly, david brinkley into their homes and feed me. i was never alone.alone. while that can be tiresome but itt was a great way to become familiar with the culture to learn the language within months i had basic conversations in arabic if you need to communicate there is no water with 1 million degrees you have to learn to talk to people. i started reporting for local this paper's with the international radio bin pieces for newspapers. has been and i have been doing it ever since it's been 20 years. i still live in the region i am here a couple of times a year to see family and encourage you to buy. haaughter] but i have been living there 20 years. actually after having looked at the region it is a model. it is flawed you co
saddam hussein and iraq was not an option syria not much, jerusalem yes but probably over saturated. so i thought egypt.l said even if it doesn't work out it was egypt which was great to.rrived compact a couple of suitcases and some savings and rented an apartment and had an incredibly rich experience. people were welcoming they wanted me to convert to islam constantly, david brinkley into their homes and feed me. i was never alone.alone. while that can be tiresome but itt was a great way to...
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, saddam had technical capacity to develop a bomb. in the summer of 2003 i had firsthand knowledge that the first infantry along with special operation forces secured a centrifuge, which is of the highest order for the refinement of nuclear material and it was smuggled out of europe. saddam's nuclear physicist gave it is welland documented and his book. an account the cia describes as accurate and balanced. i served in iraq during that time when we were hunting for saddam and i said it would be major news as the centrifuge came to light. totead, it is likely hidden this day. it is interesting to note that senior leaders, one in particular who related to me syrian flood major he was directed by saddam hussein to move into real to an eastern syrian site. of a nuclearrial and chemical nature. it is interesting that that airy site was attacked during operation orchard during an israeli airstrike and it was because they were making a nuclear reactor. the silence on this news is deafening. those who -- as someone who helped track down and c
, saddam had technical capacity to develop a bomb. in the summer of 2003 i had firsthand knowledge that the first infantry along with special operation forces secured a centrifuge, which is of the highest order for the refinement of nuclear material and it was smuggled out of europe. saddam's nuclear physicist gave it is welland documented and his book. an account the cia describes as accurate and balanced. i served in iraq during that time when we were hunting for saddam and i said it would be...
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we toppled saddam hussein. we were promised we would make money on the war. that was testimony from some of the president's advisers. that it would be over in 60 days and the troops would be greeted with flowers in the streets. didn't work out that way. afghanistan, the longest war in the history of this country. we still have troops there. the place is a mess. nation building. an arrogant policy embraced by a prior administration. didn't work out so great. any of you think that afghanistan is on a solid footing for democracy on -- at a moment that at the moment? yes or no, i can get that from each of you. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> so, we have a president who says -- you know what? approach isn't so great. he had to make a decision and he said, let's try negotiation. i supported sanctions. every tough sanction we were able to impose i supported, as did all -- virtually all the democrats and republicans. you know what? sanctions worked, they brought iran to the table. you are talking about the public servants because of a newspaper article is something that disr
we toppled saddam hussein. we were promised we would make money on the war. that was testimony from some of the president's advisers. that it would be over in 60 days and the troops would be greeted with flowers in the streets. didn't work out that way. afghanistan, the longest war in the history of this country. we still have troops there. the place is a mess. nation building. an arrogant policy embraced by a prior administration. didn't work out so great. any of you think that afghanistan is...
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saddam hussein's iraq, not too many options for a reporter there, syria, not much going on. jerusalem, yes, lots going on but probably oversaturated market to cover the israeli-palestinian conflict. i thought, egypt. okay, and it's egypt. even if it doesn't work out, still in egypt, which is great. so, i packed up a couple of suitcases and took a little bit of money, some savings, and i arrived and i rented an apartment there, and i had an incredibly rich experience, people were very welcoming to me. they wanted me to convert to islam constantly. they would bring me to their homes and feed me things. i was never, ever alone, and while that can be tiresome after a while, it was a great way to become familiar with the culture and learn the language and in a matter of months i was having very incorrect but basic conversations in arabic, which i had no choice. bus when you live in an apartment and every is broken and it's a million degrees outside, you have to learn to talk to people. so i started reporting for local newspapers, and then for international radio, and then stringi
saddam hussein's iraq, not too many options for a reporter there, syria, not much going on. jerusalem, yes, lots going on but probably oversaturated market to cover the israeli-palestinian conflict. i thought, egypt. okay, and it's egypt. even if it doesn't work out, still in egypt, which is great. so, i packed up a couple of suitcases and took a little bit of money, some savings, and i arrived and i rented an apartment there, and i had an incredibly rich experience, people were very welcoming...
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that yellow cake uranium was going to saddam hussein from niger. you were one of dick cheney's top national security advisors you worked with cheney, scooter libby before he was convicted. surely you discussed ambassador wilson's op-ed with him with vice president cheney, especially since it was contradicting one of your key talking points in selling the war in iraq. did you talk about ambassador wilson's op-ed in the "new york times" with vice president cheney? >> i did not talk to the vice president, but we did talk about it within the office -- >> talk to scooter libby about it? >> i'm almost sure i did, yeah. >> ambassador wilson wrote it did not take long to conclude it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had taken place. he directly contradicted information you put out publicly in response the bush administration retaliated against him by publicly outing his wife, valerie, who was a cia operative at the time. mr. hannah, my question for you is what was your role in outing his wife as a cia operative? >> i had no role in outing her a
that yellow cake uranium was going to saddam hussein from niger. you were one of dick cheney's top national security advisors you worked with cheney, scooter libby before he was convicted. surely you discussed ambassador wilson's op-ed with him with vice president cheney, especially since it was contradicting one of your key talking points in selling the war in iraq. did you talk about ambassador wilson's op-ed in the "new york times" with vice president cheney? >> i did not...
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was supporting iraq and saddam hussein. then they turn against saddam hussein. he didn't have weapons of mass destruction. why weren't we waiting for the u.n. weapons inspectors who were saying, wait? i mean, saying wait. let us do our work. but president bush was intent on attacking iraq from almost the minute, give it a day or two, after september 11. i mean, you hear his national security, you know, his national security czar and others saying, he was talking about iraq when we understood full well this wasn't coming from there. another issue that is a kind of sacred cow with the media that must be challenged is the questioning of saudi arabia. and the role that it has played over the years. i mean, if you ask most people, who was in those planes that were -- that went into the world trade center? you would think, given the response of the united states, that it was iraqis. 15 of the 19 hijackers were from saudi arabia. what did president bush do at the time? he is on the truman balcony smoking a cigar with the saudi ambassador to the united states within a f
was supporting iraq and saddam hussein. then they turn against saddam hussein. he didn't have weapons of mass destruction. why weren't we waiting for the u.n. weapons inspectors who were saying, wait? i mean, saying wait. let us do our work. but president bush was intent on attacking iraq from almost the minute, give it a day or two, after september 11. i mean, you hear his national security, you know, his national security czar and others saying, he was talking about iraq when we understood...
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the truth of the matter is that saddam had technical capacity to develop a bomb. in the summer of 2003 i have firsthand knowledge that the 1st battalion 36th infantry along with special operations forces they secured a zippy centrifuge which is of the highest order for refinement of nuclear material and it was smuggled out of europe, they obtained technical hardware from saddam's nuclear physicist. his account of saddam's threat is well documented in his book "the bomb in my garden" an account the cia describes as largely accurate and balanced. i remember as i served in iraq during that time as we were hunting for saddam that this would be major news as the zippy centrifuge and technical drawings would come to light. instead it is largely hidden to this day. it is also interesting to note that senior leaders and one in particular who relayed to me that during a major syrian flood he was directed by saddam to move material to an eastern syrian site. this was material of both a nuclear and a chemical nature. it is interesting that that very site was attacked during
the truth of the matter is that saddam had technical capacity to develop a bomb. in the summer of 2003 i have firsthand knowledge that the 1st battalion 36th infantry along with special operations forces they secured a zippy centrifuge which is of the highest order for refinement of nuclear material and it was smuggled out of europe, they obtained technical hardware from saddam's nuclear physicist. his account of saddam's threat is well documented in his book "the bomb in my garden"...
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not in terms of the objective of overthrowing saddam.e -- how we did it, he would have asked a lot of questions and then very rigorous i suspect he would have proposed a different strategy. these are somewhat non sequiturs, but i want to get some of these stories in. the prime minister of iraq was going to hang saddam hussein. where were you and what role did you play? this was around christmas time and i had taken a few days off and left iraq. ambassador[at that time and -- i was ambassador at that time and i got a call from the person in charge at the time, margaret. she said the prime minister had and saddam wanted to enforce the judgment of the court, which is that he should be hanged. i was concerned by the timing celebrationislamic aj, the visit of muslims to mecca was eminent. talk to maliki. i said are you sure, mr. prime minister, that you want to do it? the gathering takes place and there's a time of festivities and to hang someone at that time, usually you pardon prisoners as part of the festivities, not aime you hang people.
not in terms of the objective of overthrowing saddam.e -- how we did it, he would have asked a lot of questions and then very rigorous i suspect he would have proposed a different strategy. these are somewhat non sequiturs, but i want to get some of these stories in. the prime minister of iraq was going to hang saddam hussein. where were you and what role did you play? this was around christmas time and i had taken a few days off and left iraq. ambassador[at that time and -- i was ambassador at...
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it's not simply to get to baghdad and pull down saddam hussein's statue. it's not to have parades in washington dc honoring those who fought. the object of the exercise must to conclusively achieve our political purposes and by that standard the american general officer corps has not performed all that well. because we either have not achieved their political purposes or when we thought we achieve them, it turns out that our accomplishments were partial , and reversible, so i think there is a-- i mean, the point here is not to pick on a particular general because it seems like i'm doing, but the point is to say how is it that the greatest military in the world, we do have the greatest military in the world, how is it that military command exercise at the highest levels leaves something to be desired? are we-- do we need to take another approach to educating and developing our senior commanders, to selecting them? what is the problem? i think hero worship of the swarts cough and tommy franks impede that effort to subject our military leaders to the sort of
it's not simply to get to baghdad and pull down saddam hussein's statue. it's not to have parades in washington dc honoring those who fought. the object of the exercise must to conclusively achieve our political purposes and by that standard the american general officer corps has not performed all that well. because we either have not achieved their political purposes or when we thought we achieve them, it turns out that our accomplishments were partial , and reversible, so i think there is a--...
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as a nuclear engineer, he was incredibly well-suited, very credible to argue that saddam had no active program, that the war was being sold based on an in litany of misinformation about a rack -- about iraqi weapons of mass to russian, arguing that removing saddam by foreign powers would spawn human suffering, basically warning of everything that would happen. as a result he attracted a lot of attention from the u.s. government. blue, 35out of the federal agents showed up at his home, armed, while his two teenage children were there, showing a search warrant for his home, spending the next nine hours in his house removing everything they could find. passports, documents, photos, marriage license, heirlooms, huge documents. beenich they have never returned to them. only three years later did he learn the charge the government was able to indict him for. it was basically a single count of technically violating the law that's part of the sanction on the regime that aren't any american from sending money back to a rack -- sending money back to iraq. the u.s. government acknowledged that ev
as a nuclear engineer, he was incredibly well-suited, very credible to argue that saddam had no active program, that the war was being sold based on an in litany of misinformation about a rack -- about iraqi weapons of mass to russian, arguing that removing saddam by foreign powers would spawn human suffering, basically warning of everything that would happen. as a result he attracted a lot of attention from the u.s. government. blue, 35out of the federal agents showed up at his home, armed,...
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i think we were instructed to write what we thought was the best case for why saddam had weapons of mass destruction. >> time has expired. >> no, i have 21 seconds left according to this. >> you are over. >> i would like to put my closing statement in the record. it is a zinger. it is very hypocritical mr. chairman. mr. hannah is your to answer questions, mr. rhodes is not here to answer questions. >> thank you for your testimony and for providing valuable information to this community. lights -- even when presented with the facts like each of you have laid up in your testimony, the ministration doubles down and try to discredit anyone who disagrees with the false narrative, including me. s'en asked about ben rhode revelatory interview, he decided to lambaste several members of congress. truly eliciting the principles to their core. dealnder this illegal iran that iran will be able to access $100 million that was previously frozen? it will be worth about $100 bi llion. the president of iran said his country would get about $100 bi llion. the white house is now trying to brand me as a lia
i think we were instructed to write what we thought was the best case for why saddam had weapons of mass destruction. >> time has expired. >> no, i have 21 seconds left according to this. >> you are over. >> i would like to put my closing statement in the record. it is a zinger. it is very hypocritical mr. chairman. mr. hannah is your to answer questions, mr. rhodes is not here to answer questions. >> thank you for your testimony and for providing valuable...
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we tackled saddam hussein. we would make money on the war. that was testimony from some of the president's advisers. it would be over in 60 days and the troops would be greeted with flowers in the street. didn't work out that way. afghanistan. the longest war in the history of this country. the place is a mess. nation building. arrogant policy embraced by a prior administration. didn't work out so great. any of you think that afghanistan on a solid footing for democracy at the moment? yes or no. >> no. >> sir? >> no. >> we have a president who said this approach is not so great. he to make a decision and he said look, let's try negotiations. i supported sanctions. every tough sanction that we were able to impose on iran, i supported as did virtually all of the republicans. the sanctions worked. it brought iran to the table. in this decision thaw are focusing on, this servant because of the newspaper sarl snag then disregards the fact that we fwlu in iraq and we are blowing it and they got in agreement and had the full support of those allies.
we tackled saddam hussein. we would make money on the war. that was testimony from some of the president's advisers. it would be over in 60 days and the troops would be greeted with flowers in the street. didn't work out that way. afghanistan. the longest war in the history of this country. the place is a mess. nation building. arrogant policy embraced by a prior administration. didn't work out so great. any of you think that afghanistan on a solid footing for democracy at the moment? yes or...
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saddam hussein's iraq. syria, not much going on.erusalem, what's going on, but probably oversaturated market to cover. i thought egypt, okay. and it is egypt. even if it doesn't work out, i'm still in egypt, which is great. i packed up suitcases and took some money and arrived and rented an apartment. and i had an incredibly rich experience. people were welcoming. they wanted me to convert to islam constantly. they would bring me to their homes, feed me things. i was never, ever alone. while it can. while it can be tiresome after a while, it was a great way to become familiar with the culture in the language end in a matter of months i was having very incorrect but basic conversations in arabic because i have noi have no choice when you are living in an apartment where everything is broken and you need to communicate and there is no water and it is a million degrees, you have to learn to talk to people. a set of reporting for local newspapers and for international radio and then pieces for newspapers. and really have been doing so e
saddam hussein's iraq. syria, not much going on.erusalem, what's going on, but probably oversaturated market to cover. i thought egypt, okay. and it is egypt. even if it doesn't work out, i'm still in egypt, which is great. i packed up suitcases and took some money and arrived and rented an apartment. and i had an incredibly rich experience. people were welcoming. they wanted me to convert to islam constantly. they would bring me to their homes, feed me things. i was never, ever alone. while it...
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saddam hussein and his people invited cnn to stay and other media were included that it was cnn that decided to stay in baghdad. why did we do that? one was the vision of ted turner who believed cnn could be a get both sides of international stories in particular. we could was effectively do live coverage of a war theater. was helped by your own tom johnson who had taken over cnn and had used this context to have one of the first cell in as, which was 80 pounds box and sent to baghdad. then when the war started, we were able to cover it despite great objection by the u.s. andrnment and others opponents of moving in that direction to get the other side coverage. my interview with saddam hussein attract a lot of criticism but then did not attract any criticism at all. from being a story that was covered to the moment american troops were in action, ,t became forbidden territory but not to ted turner and not to cnn. i was the only reporter for much a the war in baghdad covering wonderful team covering it live. there were 40 other live television units and the whole nature of internation
saddam hussein and his people invited cnn to stay and other media were included that it was cnn that decided to stay in baghdad. why did we do that? one was the vision of ted turner who believed cnn could be a get both sides of international stories in particular. we could was effectively do live coverage of a war theater. was helped by your own tom johnson who had taken over cnn and had used this context to have one of the first cell in as, which was 80 pounds box and sent to baghdad. then...
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za rka wi was not the person between saddam hussein and osama bin laden. but made a rock star.oon as the shock and awe campaign. he pulled the insurgency together. and he is the founder of isis is. >> but he's gone now. why has that organization continued to thrive? >> he left a methodology and a legacy of the civil war and shia killing the sunni. he pulled it together in what we identify and others tell us the jihadi university at the a bu grab and the eventual leader of isis mr. baghdadi were interned and got the lessons of how to practice what zarka wi preached. you notice everything that isis does is the result of method and approach, even though we kill would him in the military, you can't kill an ideal. and this is gone to syria and back in 2014 into northern iraq. >> plenty of fingers are pointed in the obama administration for reducing the troops in the iraqi theater. but you say the bush administration shares the blame? >> i think it is two presidencies, but the obama administration when they pulled out in 2011, they let the chips fall where they may and they did fall
za rka wi was not the person between saddam hussein and osama bin laden. but made a rock star.oon as the shock and awe campaign. he pulled the insurgency together. and he is the founder of isis is. >> but he's gone now. why has that organization continued to thrive? >> he left a methodology and a legacy of the civil war and shia killing the sunni. he pulled it together in what we identify and others tell us the jihadi university at the a bu grab and the eventual leader of isis mr....
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saddam hussein was a u.s. ally. we propped him up and encouraged him to invade iran. a huge slaughter in that war. and then of course, we turned against him. amazing boomerang foreign policy because it is dictatorial ly controlled. we have to overcome it with democratic resurgence. that is what the constitutional hall effort is. breakingee the various through power and how to do it. that is day one. breaking through congress is day four, may 26. breaking through war is day three, may 25. breaking through the press. there are a lot of voices out there that don't get on the evening news. host: final question for you here. what do you make of the debate that happens between hillary clinton and bernie sanders during this primary nominating process over who is a progressive and who is not? is hillary clinton a progressive? guest: by no means. one of the definitions of progressive is curbing corporate power, cracking down on corporate crime. when she was in the senate, she represented new york state and wall street. she did not hold the banner of justice up. she did not ask
saddam hussein was a u.s. ally. we propped him up and encouraged him to invade iran. a huge slaughter in that war. and then of course, we turned against him. amazing boomerang foreign policy because it is dictatorial ly controlled. we have to overcome it with democratic resurgence. that is what the constitutional hall effort is. breakingee the various through power and how to do it. that is day one. breaking through congress is day four, may 26. breaking through war is day three, may 25....
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you know, for years we used saddam hussein against iran. when i was secretary of state, we worked with saddam hussein. we finally ended up fighting a war with him. we worked with him trying to bring him into the community of nations but he was our buffer against the interest of renaissance iran. you know the most important country today in iraq is, not the united states with our humongous big embassy there, it's iran. most important outside power in iraq today is iran. and i don't think the libya -- i didn't -- not my view that the libyan people were going to be able to throw gadhafi over unless we and the europeans -- of course they were the real movers -- went in and there and did it. >> sure, you would have had a conflict within that country that would have served as a magnet for radical jihadists to come in. >> more of a magnet than now with a failed state? >> sure. the same. that's the point. we should have empowered elements there potentially to provide some level of stability after the fact. that obviously didn't happen. >> we should
you know, for years we used saddam hussein against iran. when i was secretary of state, we worked with saddam hussein. we finally ended up fighting a war with him. we worked with him trying to bring him into the community of nations but he was our buffer against the interest of renaissance iran. you know the most important country today in iraq is, not the united states with our humongous big embassy there, it's iran. most important outside power in iraq today is iran. and i don't think the...
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the assad family, gadhafi, saddam hussein and it was established, locked in place, like all the road houses there was a lot of appearances, on the inside there was tremendous rut, and the rut was ignorance, corruption, religious tensions that were kept at baby strong man activities those carried out by saddam hussein but if you don't open the windows and open the doors and don't spend any money on it, it gets worse. that situation was very fragile paradigm and you could put your finger to the wall and instead the united states put the shoulder through a rock and started a sequence of events that we are living and experiencing to this day. so eight years of direct military action start today destroy the status quo and unleash all of the rot, all of the demons that have been pent up with it and the very soon to be eight years of the obama administration we saw inconsistent policies and they were supporting to revolution in egypt and then days later not supporting in barain and supporting in libya and then not supporting in syria. kind of decision-stagging through the middle east and th
the assad family, gadhafi, saddam hussein and it was established, locked in place, like all the road houses there was a lot of appearances, on the inside there was tremendous rut, and the rut was ignorance, corruption, religious tensions that were kept at baby strong man activities those carried out by saddam hussein but if you don't open the windows and open the doors and don't spend any money on it, it gets worse. that situation was very fragile paradigm and you could put your finger to the...
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we go in and take out saddam hussein.ow we're having to deal with iran, something of an unintended consequence of that military intervention. it kind of goes on and on and on. how about a skeptic at the table and involving congress to actually okay these military actions, something that they have advocated to the president and military. we don't have any debate or discussion what is happening in the world regarding these interventions. >> let's turn to domestic politics. as a former two-term republican governor of new mexico, a border state, what do you think of donald trump's plan to build a wall at the border and to deport the 11 to 12 million undocumented immigrants? >> insanity comes to mind. look, this is really rooted in misinformation. they are the cream of the crop when it cops to workers. they are not murders and rapists. statistically, they commit far less crime than u.s. citizens. we should make it as easy as possible for somebody that wants to come into this country and work, to be able to get a work visa. tha
we go in and take out saddam hussein.ow we're having to deal with iran, something of an unintended consequence of that military intervention. it kind of goes on and on and on. how about a skeptic at the table and involving congress to actually okay these military actions, something that they have advocated to the president and military. we don't have any debate or discussion what is happening in the world regarding these interventions. >> let's turn to domestic politics. as a former...
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it said, is a rockabilly it is because saddam is the way he is, or is saddam the way he is because iraqs the way it is? you could say, has argentina had the leadership it had had because of argentina, or is argentina the way it is because of the leadership? >> i do believe leadership has an effect. i think leadership shapes the agenda. that was the case probably more so in the 20th century. now the dynamics are a bit different. i think argentina had a very strong populist history. it set the tone for the way we are, the culture we have, the -- how we behave and how we stand before the rest of the world. i feel that sometimes we don't stand on our feet, and our views the strong enough, because of this populist approach we have had. charlie: how did you become foreign minister? >> you should ask the president. [laughter] charlie: i assume he told you. >> he did not. he said people talked to him about me. we knew each other from my time in the private sector. one day in october i got a phone call. he said, susana, how are you, congratulations. it was between the first and second round. he
it said, is a rockabilly it is because saddam is the way he is, or is saddam the way he is because iraqs the way it is? you could say, has argentina had the leadership it had had because of argentina, or is argentina the way it is because of the leadership? >> i do believe leadership has an effect. i think leadership shapes the agenda. that was the case probably more so in the 20th century. now the dynamics are a bit different. i think argentina had a very strong populist history. it set...
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saddam hussein and his people invited cnn to stay. other media were included. but it was cnn that decided to stay in baghdad. why did we do that? one was the vision of ted turner, that believed that cnn could be a vehicle to get both sides of international stories. the other is that we had the technology to actually effectively do live coverage of a war theater. this hadn't happened before with 6-7 satellite. this was from your own tom johnson, who had taken over cnn a few months earlier. he used his contacts to use one of the first cell phones, an 80 monstrosity sent to baghdad. [laughter] when the war started, we were able to cover it despite great objections from the to u.s. government and others. my interview with saddam hussein during the war attracted a lot of criticism. dan had interviewed him prior to the war and did not attract any criticism at all, right? from being ange story to be covered, that the moment american troops were in action, it became a forbidden territory. i was the only reporter for much of the war in baghdad covering with a wonderful
saddam hussein and his people invited cnn to stay. other media were included. but it was cnn that decided to stay in baghdad. why did we do that? one was the vision of ted turner, that believed that cnn could be a vehicle to get both sides of international stories. the other is that we had the technology to actually effectively do live coverage of a war theater. this hadn't happened before with 6-7 satellite. this was from your own tom johnson, who had taken over cnn a few months earlier. he...
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made whether to try them as adults in the meantime a third shooting suspect remains on the loose on saddam rencontre sheriff's officials arrested 20 royal of san rafael to accessory after the fact minute he may have tried to hide one or more of the suspect for help from the hawaiian. he is not believed to be one of the suspects in the shooting the officials believe the two victims would target their and their concern to get a low roof. >>dan kerman: this official sacred council will be on hand to help students cope with this tragedy. >>vicki liviakis: the destructive bernie sanders speech today in oakland the democratic presidential candidate is making a big push sanders headline to events in the east bay recently wrapping up at a rally in front of our applause some. >>reporter: it for the most part it was a peaceful rally in oakland tens of thousands of supporters waited in line for hours to see the presidential candidate for some bernie sanders supporters this moment was what today was all about a glimpse of the democratic presidential candidates and as his motorcade passed this thousand
made whether to try them as adults in the meantime a third shooting suspect remains on the loose on saddam rencontre sheriff's officials arrested 20 royal of san rafael to accessory after the fact minute he may have tried to hide one or more of the suspect for help from the hawaiian. he is not believed to be one of the suspects in the shooting the officials believe the two victims would target their and their concern to get a low roof. >>dan kerman: this official sacred council will be on...
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now with discovery throw of saddam hussein and a new shia government in iraq, that upset the soon me world, led by saudi arabia, because they see it as enhancing the power of iran, and it's those two -- that dynamic which has really altered the entire region. that's the basic political change we create with our invasion of iraq, that we, by turning iraq from sunni dominated to shia dominated, we upset the geopolitical balance of the region, i argue and that has led to a new cold war between the saudi arabia and iran, and that is kind of running in parallel to the problems of the palestinians and the israelis. so it's added a whole nuther lay of completionplexty to the geopolitical aspects of the region. >> what do you think the effect of our response to global warming, not just the droughts in the area, hour it's -- but the fact that we're now oil producers and not as dependent? you said earlier that oil was basically sort of the seed for a lot of these troubles, and presumably we'll be less dependent because we'll have more solar power and all that. >> right. >> the other question h
now with discovery throw of saddam hussein and a new shia government in iraq, that upset the soon me world, led by saudi arabia, because they see it as enhancing the power of iran, and it's those two -- that dynamic which has really altered the entire region. that's the basic political change we create with our invasion of iraq, that we, by turning iraq from sunni dominated to shia dominated, we upset the geopolitical balance of the region, i argue and that has led to a new cold war between the...
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law that saddam hussein's regime must be overthrown.when bernie sanders wants to hammer away at hillary clinton on this, go ahead. you're 100% right. she is deaf valley the politics of empire right there. -- she is definitely the politics of empire right there. with the policies center supported in the 1990's were the precursor to the disaster of the war in iraq that he hammers on all the time without ever of knowledge and his own role in supporting the legislation that laid the groundwork for it. amy: glenn greenwald, i will give you the last word on this. you also have been writing about these candidates. >> it is kind of amazing there is nobody with a more adept skill at being able to just selectively concentrate on some things while it pouring unpleasant things than the democratic partisan. jeremy is right that bernie sanders has been given a pass, but that is because democrats have largely chosen to ignore foreign policy as part of the democratic primary because they simply don't care. they only pretend to oppose wars when there's
law that saddam hussein's regime must be overthrown.when bernie sanders wants to hammer away at hillary clinton on this, go ahead. you're 100% right. she is deaf valley the politics of empire right there. -- she is definitely the politics of empire right there. with the policies center supported in the 1990's were the precursor to the disaster of the war in iraq that he hammers on all the time without ever of knowledge and his own role in supporting the legislation that laid the groundwork for...
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historically, let's say since 2003, when saddam was toppled, fallujah was very much a bastion of theurgency, first against the u.s. occupation of iraq and later against the shia government that were put in place after the removal of saddam. >> yang: thousands have been displaced by the years of fighting, and some have been living in camps for two years. they say conditions in the city are desperate. >> ( translated ): those who are inside cannot leave and those who are outside cannot help them. i mean, there is no food at all. a sack of flour costs more than $800. and you can't even get it. now my relatives who are still there have paid 683 u.s. dollars for 20 kilograms of rice and 44 pounds of flour. >> yang: there have been calls for the government to open a safe corridor for the injured, elderly and children to leave. meanwhile, as islamic state forces are pressed in fallujah, they are striking back in baghdad. mangled wreckage was all that was left of a suicide bomber's car that detonated near a commercial area today, killing eight civilians and three soldiers. >> ( translated ):
historically, let's say since 2003, when saddam was toppled, fallujah was very much a bastion of theurgency, first against the u.s. occupation of iraq and later against the shia government that were put in place after the removal of saddam. >> yang: thousands have been displaced by the years of fighting, and some have been living in camps for two years. they say conditions in the city are desperate. >> ( translated ): those who are inside cannot leave and those who are outside...
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road insisted in to the boy's mother and another teenager those members who spoke with in the areas saddam by the loss of this by your boy when it comes to his father of the man that them looking for many negative opinions from those neighbors. >>j.r. stone: he is 53 years old of those in the neighborhood said he had recently been in jail they also tell us that his son's mother and him would have some pretty intense fight they believe that he set this fire to kill the song they believe he's you some sort of excellence fifth four cuff. >>j.r. stone: this video will look like when the smoke was coming out of the house last night for one of the total to one minute to try to deliver voice that but it was too high as four the boy's mother she is in the hospital still this evening after police again searching for this man would talk with another neighbor this evening would quite a bit to say about the man of they're looking for. >>pam moore: she joins us in the studio she has the latest. >>vicki liviakis: to more garza been arrested and charged with assaulting an inmate the 27 year-old and that
road insisted in to the boy's mother and another teenager those members who spoke with in the areas saddam by the loss of this by your boy when it comes to his father of the man that them looking for many negative opinions from those neighbors. >>j.r. stone: he is 53 years old of those in the neighborhood said he had recently been in jail they also tell us that his son's mother and him would have some pretty intense fight they believe that he set this fire to kill the song they believe...
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they parked beneath the overpass waiting for the twister to saddam. >>> the iraqi operation to retakelujah from isis is underway. ground forces are assemblying outside of fallujah urging civilians to evacuate the city. the city 40 miles west of baghdad has been under isis control for two years. it was the scene of the buddiest battle during the iraq war. >>> the man accused of up upskirting is behind bars. >>> google is explaining transformation in cell phones. we'll klain at 6:00 a.m. ♪ ♪ the best way to get together, is with the treat you make together. ♪ ♪ has admitted he use his job to sexually assault a 16-year-old girl. the atlantic county prosecutor's office said he pleaded guilty on friday to sexual assault. he has been suspended without pay since arrest in 2014. officials say he will now be fired. >>> a coroner found a penn state student who fell off the roof of a home died of electric constitution. shannon mathers warrington grabbed a high voltage prior while on the third story roof of a home and fell to the sidewalk. >>> this man is bobby hayden of chester township. the vid
they parked beneath the overpass waiting for the twister to saddam. >>> the iraqi operation to retakelujah from isis is underway. ground forces are assemblying outside of fallujah urging civilians to evacuate the city. the city 40 miles west of baghdad has been under isis control for two years. it was the scene of the buddiest battle during the iraq war. >>> the man accused of up upskirting is behind bars. >>> google is explaining transformation in cell phones. we'll...
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saddam hussein tried to do something similar, several others, the mullahs in iran. they've all been taken down when they've done this or threatened that. and just recently some of e-mails, hillary clinton's e-mails have come out that have really talked about that. the edward snowden revelations about what a huge impact that decision of gadhafi had on taking gadhafi out. and so, yeah, the u.s. dollar needs to be -- the whole federal reserve system is terrible. it is an enslavement tool, and be we need to change it. and i think, you know, this is your passion. so here's a great chance for you to go into it. [laughter] i love that. i think, yeah, let's make it happen x. it's going to take a lot of work to make it happen, but let's make it happen. and realize that you're up against a tough system here which makes it even more fun. [laughter] the the bigger the challenge the better, you know? the bigger they are, the harder they fall. [laughter] so go for it, please. absolutely. i'm totally behind you on that. thank you. >> yeah, hi, john. so one interesting thing about
saddam hussein tried to do something similar, several others, the mullahs in iran. they've all been taken down when they've done this or threatened that. and just recently some of e-mails, hillary clinton's e-mails have come out that have really talked about that. the edward snowden revelations about what a huge impact that decision of gadhafi had on taking gadhafi out. and so, yeah, the u.s. dollar needs to be -- the whole federal reserve system is terrible. it is an enslavement tool, and be...
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saddam hussain tried to do something similar. others, in iran, they've all been taken down when they tried to do this. just recently some of the emails hillary clinton's emails come out that really talked about the revelation about what a huge impact that decision on taking it off you out. the u.s. dollar needs to be, the whole federal reserve system is terrible. we need to change it. i think this is your passion. it is a great thing for you to go into. i love that, i think we should need to make it happen. it's going to going to take a little work to make it happen but realize that you are up against a tough system here. and that makes it even more fun. the bigger the challenge, the the better. the bigger they are the harder they fall. so go for it please, absolutely. i'm totally behind you on that. thank you. >> hello. one interesting thing about corporations is that they're treated like people. there is a lot in the movement like let's not treat them like people but i read some interesting analysis that says that will just mak
saddam hussain tried to do something similar. others, in iran, they've all been taken down when they tried to do this. just recently some of the emails hillary clinton's emails come out that really talked about the revelation about what a huge impact that decision on taking it off you out. the u.s. dollar needs to be, the whole federal reserve system is terrible. we need to change it. i think this is your passion. it is a great thing for you to go into. i love that, i think we should need to...
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that you obtained top secret documents on saddam hussein, tracked down osama bin laden's bank accountskim: back in the day, after 9/11, which really affected me, i felt deeply unhappy about that. i was trying to do something, to be part of the effort to stop people from ever doing that again. emily: you did all those things? all that is true? kim: some i did not do myself. there were other things i did. emily: some people would say there is no proof. kim: well, there is no proof. [laughter] emily: when and why did you change your name to kim dotcom? kim: i bought the domain, kim.com. i thought it would be great if my name was kim dotcom, so if anyone wants to know anything about me, i do not have to hand them a business card or anything. they can just go to my website. it is all there. emily: take me back to the start of megaupload. kim: i was a street racer. and i always made great videos about that and shared that in the street racing community, on the forums. the file sizes kept getting bigger and bigger, and you could not send large files over email, so i wanted to solve that probl
that you obtained top secret documents on saddam hussein, tracked down osama bin laden's bank accountskim: back in the day, after 9/11, which really affected me, i felt deeply unhappy about that. i was trying to do something, to be part of the effort to stop people from ever doing that again. emily: you did all those things? all that is true? kim: some i did not do myself. there were other things i did. emily: some people would say there is no proof. kim: well, there is no proof. [laughter]...
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terrorist attacks there, was sentenced to dale -- jail and served there for six or seven years until saddam hussein invaded quite and he broke out and -- kuwait and he broke out and went back to syria. we didn't know many details about him until 2011 when a tribunal was investigating the death of the former prime minister, and they named badreddine and gave details about his background. >> what impact will this have? >> we need to remember badreddine was one of hezbollah's most senior commanders. he attended meetings between to ra and they're going need to replace him with someone who is also a very high level commander the >> what impact do you think will badreddine's death have on the fighting, the conflict overall? >> i have to say badreddine, as i said he was responsible for the deployment and some of the planning but eventually on the ground you have the commanders of the field. he might have a moral impact on hezbollah because they're going to think you know what? if this senior commander was killed in syria and we still don't know who did it, what about our lives there? but -- jane:
terrorist attacks there, was sentenced to dale -- jail and served there for six or seven years until saddam hussein invaded quite and he broke out and -- kuwait and he broke out and went back to syria. we didn't know many details about him until 2011 when a tribunal was investigating the death of the former prime minister, and they named badreddine and gave details about his background. >> what impact will this have? >> we need to remember badreddine was one of hezbollah's most...
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of saddam hussein successive iraqi governments have failed to tackle the problem of corruption.iki promise to do something about it, but imprisoned those that complained. when so-called islamic state seized parts of the country, the government was powerless to respond. -- er r body -- crowds loyal to the country's most influential shiite cleric stormed the green zone and occupied parliament. they condemned the latest violent by the islamic state. american officials seem to be urging the politicians to get a grip. >> the recent attacks by daesh is the latest reminder of the danger that it poses to all iraqis from all communities. working together to stop the progress made by daesh continues. correspondent: they have retaken two thirds of the territory they lost to islamic state. but even if they are on the back of striking capable fear far beyond the territory it controls. katty: a miserable day in baghdad. in brazil, senators have been debating whether president dilma rousseff will face an impeachment trial. if the simple majority votes in favor she will automatically be suspend
of saddam hussein successive iraqi governments have failed to tackle the problem of corruption.iki promise to do something about it, but imprisoned those that complained. when so-called islamic state seized parts of the country, the government was powerless to respond. -- er r body -- crowds loyal to the country's most influential shiite cleric stormed the green zone and occupied parliament. they condemned the latest violent by the islamic state. american officials seem to be urging the...