saddam hussein changed and saddam hussein invaded kuwait and this turned into, as rob pointed out, this major u.s. military intervention, a successful intervention and building an unprecedented coalition of allies in the middle east. baker threw himself into that, his tin cup tour, i think it is still well known in the annals as possibly the only time the secretary of state was so successful at flying around and not only enlisting allies for an american military action but it became the first war in american history that almost made money off of the war by getting allies to fund so much of it. baker gets involved against his better instincts and that opens up the opportunity, american victory in the first gulf war. baker, who is nothing if not a canny corporate lawyer and political negotiator understands and tells his staff in a memo that we must not his style, he was not a giver of all caps, but he writes on his memo we must use our leverage now and he highlights that, underscores it and says now on the middle east. he sees this opening to use the capital the united states has acquired

ah and saddam sold you seek, wounded in disease by years of strife and disappointment. ah least wasn't what democracy promised. ah, the easiest way to understand what happened. yeah. and so don, these to look at the price of bread. 3 years ago, bread calls, ha, a sudanese pound. the government hike the price called $12.00 denise pound for a loaf of bread and the people revolted. they bud dodd's and they deposed. i believe that her ruled the country for 30 years and the 2 years since that revolution for democracy, the price of bread has gone up to $50.00 sudanese pounds, which is much more than ordinary people can afford the full of the dictator. omar, i'll buy shit in 2019, was supposed to harold, a new age for saddam a tried z to a democracy, but the democratic age of prosperity that millions hopeful has turned into an age of hunger. i'm not mad. i don't know. there's still hope to be honest, my only concern now is finding something to eat and so much sleep. hello as everything that's happening, i just don't know. i don't care anymore. it is startling just how quickly

saddam hussein's ministry of information. i can't explain how paranoid that time was under saddam hussein. everything was bombed. we were allowed to have cell phones. you couldn't have any kind of communication. i had a satellite phone but every night you were only allowed to use it under the guidance of the ministry and every night they would seal it with sealing wax and put a stamp on it and in the morning there was a creepy guy that would come and open it for me and just as a sidebar this man had no fingernails . they had been ripped out like under torture and every day he would open my satellite phone and i would stare at his fingernails think what did he do that he was in saddam's prison? what happened to this man? something happened that was so terrible that he was putin prison and his fingernails were ripped out . my friendsstroke of pure luck , i was given ... i got permission to drive the entire length and width of the rack. this kind of thing never happens but i have an assignment for national geographic and after m

protested and saddam faced here, guess the latest demonstration against the military takeover? ah, norman, as before on him, and this is al jazeera live from doe ha, also coming up. call the 19 causes more flight cancellations, and travel chaos and hospitals in the u. s. and u. k. a starting to buckle under the huge number of infections. at least 16 people were drawn and the 3rd migrant boat sinking off greece this week, plus with decor, large lift off from a true the most powerful space telescope ever built set sought to unlock the secrets of our galaxy. ah, professors have been back out on the streets of saddam, it was the 10th major demonstration since the military takeover in october security forces fire tear gas internet services were cut in large areas of the capital. it will lockdown, but protested. say they won't back down. bahama vall has more from cut through civil groups of protest as gathered in the outskirts of come to him on saturday afternoon for marching toward the city center, where the presidential policies located. well, i'm not sure that any of these people

saddam hussein and assad and mubarak did protect the questions. >> like tito in yugoslavia.re's always an army like gadhafi can hold strong minorities together and protect them. but the fact there are other factors at work which are driving them out. the rate at which they were leaving is absolutely shocking. there's not many censuses done, but let's take iraq. there were something like 1.5 million christians at the last census, which was in the time of saddam. now the numbers are between somewhere ten 150,000 and 300,000. we don't know but more towards 150,000. >> do you think part of this is people in the west particularly have a conception of christianity and christians which is entirely western and white, if i may say so, and the truth is the original christians, jesus, was a middle eastern jew, who then -- people don't realize that these are all middle eastern guys that are probably brown skinned. >> yes, they are. and i cannot tell you how moved i have been by being in some of the masses in let's say mosul where they speak aramaic, the language of praise. to hear them,

so they were -- saddam protected them or allowed them to live the way they wanted to live. and they were terrified that what was coming would be a kind of sunni extremism which would attempt to eradicate them. so they were in great anguish, the first time i started working with these communities. and then ironically enough, 12 years later, i was in baghdad in june 2014, when the islamic state rolled through. and literally, for these people, that was the end of days. isis -- seemingly they -- isis did not come out of nowhere. people -- i was working in syria at the time as well so we were very aware of the rise of isis. for these people, they stayed in their villages until the last moment. and it's interesting you ask this question, like, why didn't they go? their land, their ancestral home, is so important to them, and they know if they leave, christians in that area will disappear. now, the numbers are really -- i mean, i'm never -- i'm not a numbers person, because i think numbers never tell the true story. for instance, in syria, the u.n. stopped counting the dead due to

- i can't, saddam. i'm with chris now. - who? screw him!. - my life is good now, saddam. chris treats me well. you and i are through. good-bye. [exhales heavily] - aw, come on, guy! give me a break! - hello, children. i'm sister anne, and i'll be teaching you so that you can all receive your first communion. - are we gonna go to hell? - well, hopefully not. that's why you're gonna need to receive communion. - and as long as we get this communion thing, we're safe? - what if we haven't really done anything that horribly bad in our lives? - yeah, what if we hadn't? - it doesn't matter, because we are all born with original sin. now, let me explain how communion works. the priest will give you this round cracker, and he will say, "the body of christ," and then you eat it. - jesus was made of crackers? - no. - but crackers are his body. - yes. - what? - in the book of mark, jesus distributed bread and said, "eat this, for it is my body." - so we won't go to hell as long as we eat crackers. - no, no, no, no. - well, what are we eating, then? - t

to cancel them, saddam is indeed located in a turbulent place. geographically it's regional surroundings are a source of instability that could lead to conflict in the region. and the consequences of such a conflict will be felt far beyond the countries borders. i mean, 1st of all, a huge flux of migrants, instability, sedan with from them to head north to europe, which will be a nightmare for our partners if saddam were to disintegrate, which i'm not saying is on the agenda, god forbid. but generally, if it's just a scenario occurred, it would displace a huge mass of people who would seek a country where they could secure a decent living. that's why our main goal now is to spare no effort and secure stability sedan in this very responsible period of time. you repeat the situation and so darn remains troubled rather than precarious and uncertain as it was just a few weeks ago in the immediate aftermath of what many called a military school when it intervened into government business. and since then, the military and the prime ministers of the civilian prime minister have cut a deal, a po

saddam hussein's ministry of information. i can't explain to you how paranoid that time was under saddam hussein. everything was bugged. we weren't allowed to have cell phones well, you could have any kind of communication. i had a satellite phone but every night you're only allowed to use it under the guidance of the ministry, and every night they would seal it with wax and put a stamp on and in the morning it was a creepy guy who would come and open it for me. as a sidebar this man had no fingernails. they had been ripped out like under torture, and everyday he would open my satellite phone and i would stare at his finger nails and think like him what did he do, like what happened to this man? something, something happened to him that was so terrible that is put in prison and his fingernails were ripped out. anyway, by some stroke of pure luck, i was given, i got permission to drive the entire length and width of iraq. this kind of thing never happened but i think i had an assignment from national geographic and after much

r t, johannesburg, south africa you and envoy to saddam says military leaders must re trust with the opposition, especially the young generation. many of them say that they feel betrayed by october coo and rejecting any negotiations with the military artes mac. as they have witnessed the 1000 strong protests in the capital costume and talk to people who said that their dreams of a better life of being destroyed. ah, she's cooled mina. like countless others. she's a beggar. she doesn't play with her friends or go to school. she spends her days begging outside the hotel. mina is just one of millions and saddam forced to beg to help feed herself and her family in these desperate times. and saddam, so a sick, wounded and disease by years of strife and disappointment least wasn't what democracy promised. the fool of the dictator. omar al, by sheer in 2019, was supposed to harold, a new age for, for god, a transition to democracy. but the democratic age of prosperity that millions hopeful has turned into an age of hunger. i'm not mad. i don't know. there is still hope to be honest. my olde

and saddam sold a sick wound in disease by years of strife and disappointment. this wasn't what democracy promised. the fool of the dictator, omar al, by sheer and 2019, was supposed to harold, a new age for saddam a transition to democracy. but the democratic age of prosperity that millions hopeful has turned into an age of hunger. i'm not mad. i don't know if there's still hope to be honest. my only concern now is finding something to eat and so much sleep. hello as to everything that's happening, i just don't know. i don't care anymore. i just try saying something against the government. they'll label you and islamists are a former regime, sympathizer, or a military supporter. in reality, all we want is to tell the government that we're hungry, that we have huge problems. people can't even go to school, be because of roadblocks or protests. after the revolution, the people put their faith, the demand called abdullah ham dock, korea bureaucrats, who promised as prime minister to lead the country to democracy. he won the hearts of millions only to break the ane

security forces in saddam abuse, t against to disperse protest is the capital. the demonstrators are against last month's deal with the military. what? so the prime minister reinstated the u. s. president joe biden has declared an emergency in kentucky. alternators devastated the state. this means more funding and aid for a region or more than 60 people been killed. and the u. k prime minister boris johnson has confirmed the 1st to have from cooper 19 omicron buried. he says, infections increasing rapidly. the governments raised its corona virus level to 4 or 5. now it is considered to be one of the most important wetlands in the world. the don yana national park in southern spain is a unesco world heritage site and a refuge for migrating birds and endangered animals. but as natasha could name reports, the park is suffering from years of what a theft by farmers, and now a drought with every season a different don't. yeah, not emerges. spain's 57 year old national park is nature's tableau of what lands, beaches, dunes and pine forest ecosystems scientists called

ah, driving home that frustration people in saddam returned to the streets denouncing the prime minister for signing a deal with the military. at a sweeps reunion queensland australia reopens its borders to domestic travellers super vaccinated against coven 19. ah! we begin in the u. k. where the prime minister has confirmed the world's fast known death from the electron variant of co. 19 forest johnson says that all the con accounts for 40 percent of all new infections in london is urging people to get that boost. a shot to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. but high demand is already straining the country's health service. i think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus. i think that's something we need to say on one side and just recognize the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population. so the best thing we can all do is get our boosters or it me up centers across the country were getting in the army to, to help with the logistics were expanding in every possible way. and what we need now is for the public to respond and to do that, do what is nece

she spends her days thinking outside the hotel. mina is just one of millions and saddam forced to beg to help feed herself and her family. in these desperate times and saddam, so a sick, wounded and disease by years of strife and disappointment. this wasn't what democracy promised. the fall of the dictator, omar al, by sheer in 2019, was supposed to harold, a new age for, for god, a transition to a democracy. but the democrats at age of prosperity that millions hopeful has turned into an age of hunger. i'm not mad, i don't know if there is still hope. to be honest. my only concern now is finding something to eat and so much sleep. hello as everything that's happening, i just don't know. i don't care anymore. i would just try saying something against the government, they'll label you and islamists of a former rating sympathizer, or a military supporter. in reality, what all we want is to tell the government the we're hungry that we have huge problems. people can't even go to school because of roadblocks or protests. after the revolution, the people put their faith in a man called abdul

i think that's something we need to set on one side, a drumming home, the frustration people that saddam returned to the streets denouncing the prime minister for signing a deal with the military. president joe biden declares a major disaster in the state of kentucky. after more than 30 tornadoes, devastated several regions and spain's vanishing weapons. the drought of water theft. but environmentalists say of sucking the life out of a world heritage site and found out how much were the sport from our special studio on the bill. how waterfront in our messy said to face his old rivals with p. s g. peg against me on the grid. the in the champions league. it follows the law 16 needing to be redrawn due to a technical era 1st time round. ah . what again, this is in the u. k, where the prime minister has confirmed the world's 1st known death from the alma on variance of coven 19. or, as johnson says, that on the con, accounts for 40 percent of all new infections in london is urging people to get their booster shots to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. but high demand is already straining t

to make the case for invading iraq, citing saddam hussein stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. and we will remember how that ended. and yet, more than a 1000000 iraqis are estimated to have lost their lives as a result, along with thousands of american troops and the outcome, widespread sectarian violence and the rise of islamic state. and then there's syria. after humming and hiring the u. s. entered syria in 2014 shifting from working quietly behind the scenes to support rebels. so over displays of us force, i have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force, particularly after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. the images from this massacre are sickening, a crime against humanity and a violation of the laws of war. big promises were made like defeating isis. by like 2014, the $500000000.00 spent training, what was supposed to be $5000.00 anti i says assyrian rebels had managed to successfully train about 5. so once again, why that is goodwill on both sides and the really good chance for success, the u. s has secur

and saddam have 5 tear gas protest in the capital costume. tens of thousands rally to call on the military to stay out of politics is the 10th major demonstration since october mohammed valez, in cartoon. the information we have and the college we saw indicate that they are having a huge numbers of protest as a cross come to me. some of them were in on demand some, in binary. these are the 2 other city is creating, composing with the cartoon itself, the, the capital of sudan. bought your phone. if you have taken unprecedented measures since yesterday night, they closed all the bridges leading to central comp time. and this time around, they deployed 3 times. the number of troops and policemen, even though the troops did not participate in the clocked on the number of security forces 3 times more than in the previous occasion. about a week ago, the palestinian red crescent says, israeli forces have injured 240 protest is g, a gas live ammunition and rob, close and bullet fired demonstrators were rallying in boca after the area was closed due to settler activity. at least 7 people have been

that's what happened basically if people do compared to what saddam hussein saddam hussein said kuwait is ours. who chill is saying was saying, you know, cream? yes. our so i have a next, by the way, despite the fact that he's a creamier, is there at the cranium. don't ask well, natives muslim natives to korea, but their views were totally ignored by by russia. so yes. as a result of rushes, actions. who till last you claim that's true. what we are afraid off now is not on the large military offense. we also have free over so called limited military offense because which and may try to cease one or 2 strategically important c. eastern you crate. like she did in february 2015 when, despite the cease fire, despite all the promises which russia di to invest and partners, russia can i, you know, if i could do a regular and see if i could just jump in here for a moment, alexi if, if, what, what kind of assistance would you be wanting from, from the united states and the west if it's not in the form of, i mean, if, if russia were to invade ukraine, if you believe if it's not in a form of dir

and saddam sol, a chic, wounded and disease. by years of strife and disappointment. this wasn't what democracy promised. the fool of the dictator law by sheer in 2019, was supposed to harold, a new age for, for god, a transition to a democracy. but the democratic age of prosperity that millions hopeful has turned into an age of hunger. i'm not mad. i don't know, there's still hope to be honest. my only concern now is finding something to eat and so much sleep as everything that's happening, i just don't know. i don't care anymore. i just try saying something against the government. they'll label you and islamists are a former regime, sympathizer, or a military supporter. in reality, all we want is to tell the government that we're hungry, that we have huge problems. people can't even go to school, be because of roadblocks or protests. after the revolution, the people put their faith, the demand called abdullah ham dock, korea bureaucrats, who promised as prime minister to lead the country to democracy. he won the hearts of millions only to break the nfl, but the mili

following his made me for the one world time ah, in saddam protests us once again back on the streets of the capital called tomb. they say there against last month, the steel between the prime minister and the military security forces up and using tear gas to disperse the crowds, a political agreement. so abdullah hun dog, reinstated as prime minister weeks after the military had detained him and seized power. saddam's largest civilian coalition was rejected the deal which asked to say they don't want any concessions with the military. i'll just hear us have a morgan was out those protests once again, protestors are out on the street in the sudanese capital autumn and other cities in the country. they're voicing their rejection to a deal that was fine between prime minister ham doke and the army on november 21st . after nearly a month of prime minister handle being under house arrest following a military takeover. now the protesters gathered here have made their way to the presidential palace and was there for about a couple of hours before they were dispersed by security forces. usin

the military's been calling to help rescue people still trapped in their homes. saddam's prime minister report and the close to stepping down at the dock was removed and military take over not tobar, but he was reinstated last month after signing a deal. and libya the presidential election is likely to be postponed off the dispute about rules and regulations. there's been no official announcement that fried his vote will be delayed. the head of the election commission has dissolved electro committees election was call as part of a un less piece process. opposition supported in georgia, demanding the release of jailed former president because many of the doctor said he was tortured in custody. thousands rallied in front of the parliament in the capital tbilisi threatening a mass hunger strike. soccer billy was arrested in october after returning from exile in ukraine. he was convicted of abuse of power. a charge that he says is politically motivated. so those were the headlines. news continues here on al jazeera after the st. searching thanks. talk about from the al jazeera london broadc

ah, drumming home their frustration people in saddam returned to the streets denouncing the prime minister of assigning a deal with the military and spain's vanishing wetlands. the drought brought a theft that environmentalists say a sucking the life out of a world heritage site. ah, we begin in the u. k. where the, all the con variant corona virus is fueling infections that has resulted in the world's 1st known death from the do strain. the very of accounts for 20 percent of you infections in england and baldwin, 40 percent of cases in london. the country's health secretary says that alma crohn is expected to become the dominant strain there. in 48, alice and prime minister boris johnson is urging people to get a booster shot to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. but high demand for vaccines is straining the country's health. so this poll brennan reports from london. the queue trailed out of the hospital gates and down the street, the stark warning of an imminent tidal wave of omicron prompting a massive search of vaccine uptake at hundreds of vaccination centers across the u . k. the p

c hundreds of thousands of protest as much to saddam's presidential palace demanding the military stay out of their country's path to democracy. ah, hello i mario minimize in london, you're watching algae 0 also coming off on the program. and this will be the biggest man with crisis which is unfolding front of us. but his sounds prime minister appeals to world leaders help afghanistan now or face humanitarian catastrophe. jolaine select a new president, choosing between 2 polar opposites who presents starkly different visions for the future. in the netherlands begins a snap karone of ours locked down, but across the border and belgium, thousands of people protest against you restrictions. ah, welcome to the program, we begin this hour in sudan where hundreds of thousands of protest as of march to the presidential palace and the capital hard tomb. they are demanding the military stay out of their country's transition towards democracy so that they can eventually hold free and fair elections. security forces fired tear gas at them after attempting to block bridges demonstrate as a mockin

. alba, she is 30 year ruled is a live pictures from them on demand. saddam has recently seen renewed protests and a sense for military power grab in october. let's go live now to cartoon ultra cirrus, hip morgan. is there a tell us more about what we can see going on around yoga? yes, we're seeing, protest is gathering ad this 1000, going to want to several fussing points here and the capital city. how to, to me now sit there, how to film state is a tripartite city. so we have on demand what at the north american center and people here are gathering to make their way to the presidential palace. they say they're going to go there and demand the military handover power to civilian rule. they come on the right thing. the 3rd anniversary of the sedan uprising, which started in december of 2018. they said that's revolution is incomplete because the military is still in power and there is no civilian government. and sedans, transition has been disrupted, following the military take over. there was chancing slogans that we've heard repeatedly over the past 2 months or so. adrian saying that