we had not focused on the fact, you have not focused on the fact that saddam hussein had been a threate united states of america, to the middle east since he invaded iran. >> joining me now is colonel wilkerson, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> it was a frustrating discussion trying to get her to respond to questions knowing what we know now. when ever i would introduce what we know now, that he was not a threat, she would revert to 2001-2002 and never address how to look at what we did in iraq based on what we know now. is that your experience in talking to other people in the administration or are they willing to acknowledge what we know now would have changed completely what we did in iraq. >> it is my impression from most of them. i will say this, my boss, colin powell has some reservations about what we did. you have to remember, too, that condoleezza rice was batting above her weight. she was surrounded by 800 pound gorillas. she had a choice to make. she could try to discipline the 800 pound gorillas, which is what they are supposed to do, or back of

everything was set and a giant cord around so that saddam hussein could not escape. two farms were seized. they put saddam in a hiding place and after a time mouslet pointed to the location. it was a foot mat and got down in the hole and saddam was pulled out of the hole and successfully captured. >> what a remarkable mission and all chronicled in a book called we got him. it is a great insight in the capability of our military. as we conclude tonight's program. we hopefully have brought to you a sense of the extraordinary dedication and discipline of the men and women in our military and intelligence agencies. we celebrated when we found out osama bin laden was killed. but the moment in which it was revealeditous, was preceded by years of painstaking work and careful work and also extraordinary danger that they put themselves through. the united states of america owes a lot to our military. i don't think we can give them too much in terms of recognition and gratitude. i hope if you see a soldier, sailor or marine or air men, shake their hand and say god bless. anothe

saddam hussein's sons which were very gruesome and also a photo of saddam hussein or who was purported piece of saddam hussein after his hanging they don't seem to have any problem with that now if they were if they're so concerned about inflaming tensions in the muslim world why were they so willing to have these photographs of saddam and his sons bodies released that it just shows inconsistency and john brennan of course is using this to hype up the fact that he was one of the architects of the cia's torture and rendition program and they're saying well this some of this information was retrieved because of waterboarding i see this more as mr brennan's attempt to rewrite history and try to say look waterboarding was good and and now that he's such a close adviser obama is in a position to do that despite the contradictions in the warning from nation it is widely believed that he is dead isn't it the conspiracy theories in the u.s. are they not or do they. people think they really could have a point. well i think there's no question it's the with the one major thing is when did he die

it featured shiite chants directed at saddam hussein before he was hanged. here's the audio of that scene. we're not going to show you the rest of the video, it goes on to show saddam hussein, of course a sunni being hanged shyites yelling sectarian things at them. the release of that video was to say the least not helpful to iraq's bloody sectarian divide at the time. now four years later president obama has the ultimate trophy photo if he wants to make it that of the world's most recognizable terrorist, the man the united states has been hunting for ten years. here's how we explain to the cbs program "60 minutes" today why his decision to is that the images of bin laden should not be released. >> did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that ver

mike: i understand that there was one particular little boy that was a critical part of finding saddam hussein controlling families involved with the security apparatus surrounding saddam. he had it before the war and these were families protecting him. the muslim family was the key. there was a boy that came up to the outpost and said i have some information and my commander talked to the boy and sent my forces out on a raid and when we got to the farm it was the very family that had hidden saddam in 1959, and in 1959, when he tried to kill the iraqi prime minister, it was the same farm that would come into play the next few days. we also got information about able to get him a few short days after that. >> mike: this was wasn't whiz-bang technology, this was on the ground talking to people and getting information and putting the pieces together. >> it absolutely was and without the cooperation of the iraqi people, figuring out who the controlling families were around they. working hand in hand, day after day, it was a lot of flat foot work and we were able to collect the whole set. each raid

thought that was really very amusing because there was a strong element of transparency when saddam hussein was caught and the pictures that were released and even footage that was released in this case there is the element of transparency is completely nonexistent the one picture that is being circulated right now. is hazy it's not clear and there's no beauty of footage and now of course we have the story about how he was buried over how his body has been disposed off and i think. it would not be inappropriate to say that this for greece a lot of skepticism already here in box arbor example of people who are skeptical people who are not really very sympathetic to the. yes you find a lot of people who are very very sympathetic to afghan taliban and very very sympathetic to the owner but ayman al-zawahiri osama bin laden i don't think you'll find many buyers here in this region but still people are skeptical and i think this is an important question that the world media needs to raise and where is the element of transparency with regard to the evidence. the possession of the body of some of

first it was a start and was it was the russian federation and it was some of the large from saddam hussein and the use of course we have more of a. parallel have been made this week with how the u.s. armed groups that played robots which occupied the taliban with what they're doing now in libya perhaps the new public enemy number one is just beginning his journey this time in warfare and he's now a r t one. of the pentagon has released five home videos all the some of. they were among material scenes from the pakistani compound where he was killed the videos are a glimpse of bin laden's life as a fugitive in hiding one tape shows the al qaeda leader preparing a message to the u.s. believed to have been produced late last year in another video. seen watching a programme about himself well our television proc a paul has been criticized for failing to deliver a proof of banal the president launched the release of photos of the al qaeda as leaders body sizing national security risks the exact circumstances of his death were made on clear and have raised questions about the legality of the kepi

of strange press conferences, a lot of strange for tv moments, whether the tearing down of the saddam hussein stature in the baghdad square or the really well choreographed tours of saddam's former palaces offered by the united states military, there have been some strange scenes out of the iraq war beamed to american televisions, but one of the strangest made-for-tv moments of the entire iraq war was this one. do you remember this visual? remember this. this was the press conference back in 2006 when the u.s. made a huge show of revealing the photo that was taken of zarqawi's face after he was killed. somewhat inexplicably officials there chose to put the close-up picture of zarqawi's dead face in an onate gold frame. it essentially had the effect of making him a much more well known figure in death than in life. the unveiling. we got him photo was followed very shortly there after by this. >> the sign here zaid says the wedding of the martyr for the people here zarqawi is a hero who has gone to paradise. children chased away from the morning chant with stones and rocks chanting god is great

a union and then it was and it was the russian federation and it was some of them larger than saddam hussein and they used use of force we have the parallels have been made this week without the u.s. armed groups that later evolved into iraq and the taliban what they're doing now in libya the new public enemy number one is just beginning his journey this time. and he's now a are. the pentagon has now released five home videos of a son of bin laden they were among materials seized from the pakistani compound where he was killed the videos off. his life as a fugitive in hiding one tape shows the al qaeda leader preparing a message to the u.s. believed to have been produced late last year in another video bin laden is seen watching a programme about himself on arabic television barack obama has been criticized meantime full failing to deliver the proof and staff the president block the release of photos of the al qaeda leader's body citing national security risks and the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear and have raised questions about the legality of the killing that's artie's on

able to study the execution of america's other enemy in two thousand and six when the hanging of saddam hussein went viral on the web. shortly afterwards meanwhile bin laden's expedited sea burial has been the target of conspiracy and acts u.s. officials say was done in keeping with muslim tradition it was returning to. here is the requirement in islamic law. individual twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were embalmed and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces there's so many inconsistency is in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be about exactly what they do and do not know and did and did not know or in this case know what to say before you speak. not just one week ago it was brock obama at the center of a two year conspiracy that guy down once america's leader released his thoughts a ticket but now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin have paved the way for a whole new set of myths and questions surrounding the transparency

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but in twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were embalmed and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces but there are so many in consistencies in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be about exactly what they do and do not know and did and did not know or in this case know what to say before you speak. just one week ago it was brock obama at the center of a two year conspiracy that die down once america's leader released his thoughts but now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin have paved the way for a whole new set of missing questions surrounding the transparency of the u.s. government very important i.r.t. new york. u.s. and pakistan as we know each other's throats over the operation that wipes out osama bin laden washington's exasperated that is one of our seemingly had no idea he had been there for so long living in a million dollar mansion pakistan's meantime questioned the legality of a secret seal team mission on sovereign

within twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were embalmed and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces but there are so many inconsistency as in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be. about exactly what they do and do not know in good and didn't know or in this case know what to say before you speak to them do it now just one week ago it was broccoli garma at the center of a two year conspiracy that die down once america's leader released his part certificate but now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin have paved the way for a whole new set of myths and questions surrounding the transparency the u.s. government very important i.r.t. new york. all or some of a lot of divisors heaped even more pressure on the already strained relationship between pakistan and the u.s. islamabad claims its sovereignty was violated by the secret mission to eliminate the terrorist figurehead meanwhile washington is trying to establish whether its al

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where later to be dumped into see or read all those orders i don't know why they didn't treat saddam hussein he was hanged but they decided that was they claimed they treated his body with all these honors as if he were still on the cia take reach doesn't make any sense for me second phony excuse of it no none of the countries wanted to take his body that was not the reason he was supposed to be bring for forensic evidence back to the united states because here he was the main target of it ten years man. and. last but not least. it took two years to proof to prove his birth certificate i don't know how many years months oh maybe just always it will take for ministration to prove. death certificate ok leave it there for now thank you very much indeed for that insight and r.t. going to her show. the old our website we're asking you how international terrorism would change in the news of bin laden's death a safer world george if you believe that everything will carry on as usual has been largely wasn't the main driving force on the fifth down there didn't see any changes from fourteen percent f

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writer by saddam hussein i mean these you can play these games either i was not popular but the fact the matter is that you know life was going on in iraq by and large as long as you didn't get in politics just as it is in most countries unless you want to get in the winter no matter and wonder if i mean the mockers you can create any can for you want to know why when i say i don't know he sounds just like it's just that i know you can play horror stories on both sides here saddam hussein was committing stories as well you know the kurds seem to have a better life today and iraq has a chance it never paid for it so now we commit atrocities and we're hated for inside its ability to transmit the point is you can invade any country pretty much you want if you will if you want to find something really nasty about a country a lot of them have been arguing for the invasion i'm just pointing out that you know your who he is he's trying to play this game that america can get all these atrocities in iraq you know five million refugees on the other hand they removed a dictator who committed hi

i was wondering how much of that was informed by what happened with saddam hussein. when we... when he was found in that little spied di hole. he had a weapon. and if this logic had been applied or this... or these sort of... the team that found him had the same instructions as maybe the navy seals they would have shot him in the ground but they didn't, they brought him to trial, there was a lot of concern at the time i remember of people saying "why didn't we just shoot him? why are we giving him an opportunity for grandstanding to sort of rally his people?" none of those things happen. yes, the trials began with a lot of attention but over a period of time he became a laughing for iraqis and there's something to be said for that. by the time saddam had died, dadism-- like bin ladenism-- had also died. he has been reduced to a figure of fun. i'm sure there was a small core of people who sort of looked at those images on t.v. and felt bad or incensed but the vast majority of efshgkys saw that unfold and realized that the boogie man in their head was just a man and a raving slig

i mean, saddam hussein's hanging, that was made public. if you look on google, you can see, if you want to, pictures of former president kennedy with half his skull missing. >> well, those were out -- those were not released. those were taken, as i recall, the kennedy photos, in realtime. if i am not mistaken. >> right. >> in this case, the concern on the part of the department of defense, i would think, would be would the photographs contribute to enraging people in the world and causing recruiting to go up for al qaeda or causing fund-raising to go up for al qaeda, to see that particular person, the face of al qaeda terror in a mutilated form? so i think that that that is undoubtedly what's on their minds. i can't imagine that there would be anything that would reveal anything relating too military techniques and sources or methods. i think the only possible consideration would be the latter and i think that's a tough judgment call. >> why would it be a tough judgment call when the report is that we shot him in the head? there was a 40-m

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but in twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were informed and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces but there are so many in consistencies in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be about exactly what they do and do not know and did and did not know or in this case know what to say before you speak and not just one week ago it was brock obama at the center of a two year. conspiracy died down once america's leader released his birth certificate but now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin paved the way for a whole new set of missing questions surrounding the transparency the u.s. government. r.t. new york. the fight against al qaeda inspired terrorism continues in russia eight militants were killed on sunday and their own going to terra operation in the north caucuses one policeman died during the raid earlier this week a senior al-qaeda operative was killed in that southern russian republic of chechnya the turkish will militant

enemies first it was assad then was the russian federation and it was on have been lodged in saddam hussein and these days of course we feel. makes one come of it whenever the need arises also has expressed concern over the source of the libya times saying the coalition is using excessive force but promises from countries like russia china and india have been noticed by the west and will nato decide that it's also magical who knows how many more lives will be lost in all the sports in moscow. where you can check out our free video section website for all of the seven footage from tripoli crews film going through crowds of libyans who stormed the western diplomatic missions following the news that health and so on grandchildren that you can sign up and get access to other you know about a free. the opposition in georgia is bracing itself for another battle against president mikheil saakashvili as a mass rallies are set for later this month and while some opposition leaders are determined to bring thousands on to the streets their relatives are already tending to their wounds after receiving

it's brought us the mullahs running iran ever since and that's not a good thing overthrowing saddam hussein was obviously not a good thing in a lot of different ways including the supply of oil but this is a different kind of intervention if i may say so you know get our fees go. we're in . this in the suburbs of benghazi he was talking about rivers of blood he was talking about going door to door and showing no mercy. that isn't and if you if you look at it from a canadian perspective you know obviously the quantity of oil makes a difference on the price but we're also selling oil so that's not such a big problem for us but it's costing us a substantial amount of money to participate in the military activity and we're not doing it for our particular economic interests we're doing it specifically because there are a lot of people who are about to be slaughtered if they weren't if he wasn't going to there wasn't an intervention all right gentlemen i want to know that you want to go i want to go back to g. eight ok i still can't understand what humanitarian bombing really means but if i could

but in twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were important and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces there are so many inconsistency is in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be about exactly what they do and do not know and did and did not know or in this case know what to say before you speak. just one week ago it was brock obama at the center of a two year conspiracy that die down once america's leader released his birth certificate right now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin have paved the way for a whole new set of missing questions surrounding the transparency the u.s. government bring up or ny r.t. new york. the u.s. has been calling the operation against the kill or capture mission before and. says it looks like the idea of taking your lie was not a serious option the obvious seriousness if not resistance it was never meant. because. those who decided this he should be taken out of reason investing revelations if th

automatically puts on warning lights are a small example in november of two thousand and two saddam hussein started selling is our drop our food for all will agreement with the u.n. one billion dollars per annum he started selling that in europe so that was in november two thousand to well we know in march two thousand and three what happened to saddam hussein because it was a very dangerous he was there and it was the oil market going to migrate from u.s. dollars to urals that would spell trouble for the u.s. dollar so here if our. stars comes but our idea of my away from the dollar toward special drawing rights of i was one of the treasuries i was one of the key bonds for a couple for countries to invest in the. trouble for u.s. treasuries and again it would still trouble for the united states dollar i mean europe and the euro. what for europe and the euro the euro in the way i believe i personally was a transitional experiment currency the euro is technically strong but it is culturally still a weak currency it is not yet by no means equal currency the special drawing rights and the myth

a bearded saddam hussein after he was captured. here, proof of the body, as government officials are telling us, u.s. operation, u.s. personnel involved in killing bin laden. this will both need to be declarative, but also runs some risk, as you raised, in terms of how the rest of the world sees bin laden, and sees the u.s. handling. but this is different and less controversial in many ways. as general petraeus said to us back in august. this is an iconic figure for everyone engaged in counterterrorism around the world. this is not just about the united states. >> david, just in terms of your broadcast every sunday morning. and remember, we have viewers tuning in across the time zones, across the country, hearing the news about this, think of the tone and tenor and content this has marked, defined u.s. foreign policy. two wars were launched at least in the name of 9/11. of course, we have americans on a third front, fighting, you know, as part of a no-boots-on-the-ground policy as we go through what piece being called arab spring.

and saddam hussein and the use of. the. next one. whenever the need arises moscow has expressed concern over the stress the libya numerous times saying the coalition is using excessive force but promises from countries like russia china and india have gone unnoticed by the west and while they don't decide the ultimate goal who knows how many more lives will be lost in those courts in moscow. they can check out our free video section on our website for his own for things from tripoli a cruise a film guy who crowds of libyans who stormed western diplomatic missions means that suddenly grandchildren exact sort of full access to update you know that i think we're in for. the opposition in georgia is bracing itself for another battle against president mikheil saakashvili as nice rallies are set for later this month some opposition leaders are determined to bring the thousands on to the streets their relatives are already tending to their wounds after receiving a warning shot from the government. reports. would such the georgia shiny with

within twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were in and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces there are so many in consistencies in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be about exactly what they do and do not know and did and did not know or in this case know what to say before you speak and not just one week ago it was brock obama at the center of a two year conspiracy that die down once america's leader released his parts. now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin have paved the way for a whole new set of myths and questions surrounding the transparency of the u.s. government. r.t. new york. threaten to avenge the death of its leader and is now in the process of choosing a successor and reporter trick hayes told us the bin ladin's killing hasn't lifted the threat of terrorism because it was largely a symbol of western security i think in many ways the interesting thing about some of bin laden is he is actually more a creation