and actually when saddam hussein attacked kuwait and set all the oil wells on fire there it where was first to help and put the fire out. we have a lot of seaports and the persian gulf provides sixty percent of the world's hydrocarbons . eight countries around the persian gulf and yet it was iran who set up this standard for fighting pollution in the region. at if we have set up a monitoring system to enforce the standard you know all of the gulf countries. we need to preserve the eco system of the persian gulf and iran plays the leading role in these efforts that. next year on march third through sixth year rana will hostin environmental forum on key shiloh and. where eight gulf nations will discuss these standards. and want to convince you know rob me also in addition to these eight nations various international organizations will be represented there. in other words there is no threat of an oil spill in the persian gulf and you don't confirm that iran considers such a step. now not only we deny that we regard this as an element of psychological war against iran. machete q such thin

when there was a conflict between iran and saddam hussein many countries supported in intelligence services and many countries supported him and of course international media all worked for saddam. certain arab nations in our region made unlimited financial resources available to saddam hussein and he also received military hardware from the us and other countries what this tells us is that when people want to defend their homeland no matter how much financial and military aid their opponents may receive they will still prevail that's why i doubt that somebody may repeat such a stupid mistake with respect to iran i really hope this doesn't happen and i don't think this may happen but i'd like to say that iran is much better equipped to do you know order to protect itself in other words we have all kinds of weapons to protect our country as for nuclear weapons we don't have nuclear weapons and we don't seek to have nuclear weapons we don't need nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons are not part of our religious defense doctrine but we have a lot of strong patriotic young men who are ready to d

i covered the war it was like a prison yard let up under saddam hussein. it was so suffocating that i can compare it to no place in the arab world about romania which i also knew to read too don't believe to go from saddam hussein's five rap to syria is like coming up from liberal humanists because we tend to say all dictators are bad, all democrats are good, you know, we eliminate and eraser distinctions and it's the distinctions that give the complexity we need to understand the world, and yet they ran a brutal dictatorship that was nothing like saddam hussein. and i had my passport taken away for ten days while the iraqi authorities when i was in kurdistan that time i was very near dayton nervous it i got back from the airport before i left and i was a journalist that got too close to my story and i was intent on eliminating saddam hussein. i believe like a lot of people in different western countries in the world and on both sides of the aisle that there was wmd. but more importantly, i believe the regime is suffocating and brutal and you couldn't trus

so that's fine you with saddam hussein put him back in mandy patinkin 2012? you said that.ur words. >> you would not go war against saddam hussein. >> stephen: would you go to war against anybody? >> with words, not weapons. i would exhaust myself -- i would die talking before i lifted a weapon. i think that's the answer to the peace until the middle east. peace in the middle east isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on either side. it's going to be created by someone like yourself and someone like me who sit in a room work to individuals who have a belief and who can talk to a group of other individuals and get people to change their minds. it's not a magic trick. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: you've convinced me but only because i thought it was saul talking for a second. there don't think you won mandy patinkin. saul won that one. >> i think that the best way to go through life and i've said this to the writers of homeland is i would lick to hire one writer or two and have them write my entire life. >> stephen: it's pretty nice. [ laughter ] [ appl

saddam hussein's planes bombarded the area with some of the most toxic agents known to science. nerve gas is an old-fashioned mustard gas -- nerve gas and old fashioned mustard gas. the bodies which litter the town were those of people who ran out of their houses to try to escape the gas and then were killed out in the open. since that moment, this woman has been alone in the world. she was only a teenager then. she lost 17 relatives, including her mother, two brothers, a sister. she keeps their pictures with her all the time. >> everyone wants to live, but what kind of life for us? every day is the day of the attack. we are wounded. there are scars on our bodies. the pain is still in our hearts deep down. >> no one has ever cleaned up the cellar where her family was gassed. even 25 years later, the stench of mustard gas is still strong, strong enough to kill small creatures. it makes our eyes weep and our heads ache. no doubt about it, things have come down here -- things that have come down here seem to die as a result. it could be a good idea not to spend too much time down h

when saddam hussein invaded debate in 1990, stormin' norman became a household name. >> as far as saddamsein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor he is a tack tition, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. other than that, he's a great military man, i want you to know that. [ laughter ] >> he returned to the persian gulf a national hero to a victory parade in new york. >> it doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. it takes a hero to be one of the men who goes into battle. >> profound words. though quoted by both political parties, he resisted politics and devoted his time to children's charities. >>> this is a deeply religious time for so many americans, many marking hanukkah and now christmas. our global affairs anchor, clift yawn amanpour on a journey. here now a preview of her special tonight, just one of her discoveries in jerusalem. >> r reporter: the truth behindo many of these biblical stories that took place here remains so captivatingly elusive. in part because so many answers may be buried undernea

he booted saddam hussein's forces out of kuwait in the he died in central florida.ssignment the last chanter in an extraordinary olive of service. general schwarzkopf was one of the most well known commanders in modern mill tare arery history. >> he most certainly was. his command of the gulf war inspired me to become a war correspondent. although he had a long connection with that region. he was obviously -- famous for being commander of the forces during the golf war. he had gone to school in tehran and iran as a kid. they were stationed there. schwarzkopf guided military school before serving in the south vietnamese airborne division. by the time he was a lieutenant colonel he distinguished himself by helping rescue men of his battalion from a minefield. in the late '80s promoted to general aappointed the commander in chief of the u.s. central command. the middle east fell under his responsibility and so it

. >> glor: he met saddam hussein and made it look easy. david martin on the death of general norman schwarzkopf and what the world did not know about him. and "on the road" with steve hartman as a man tries to save his wife of 56 years. an unusual request that gets a surprising response. >> got two of them and i only need one. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, scott is off tonight. i'm jeff glor. it is the end of a holiday week, but it would appear congress is just getting started. tonight, the president said he is mottestly optimistic about a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which would mean avoiding automatic tax increases and spending cuts come, you know, 1. the president spoke to the nation this evening after an hour-long meeting with congressional leaders at the white house. democrat and republican leaders have agreed to extend jobless benefits and some tax increases. they appear to remain deadlocked on who exactly will pay those higher taxs. we have two reports tonight

in fact, if you look at saddam hussein, he was a secular despot. he was a tyrant.nd he saw al qaeda not as an ally but as a threat. >> did you feel pressure to come up with intelligence that fit this narrative that iraq was somehow working with al qaeda? >> no. i do recall -- this was in the spring of 2001, a query that came from the white house, about the alliance between saddam hussein and al qaeda. and i remember at the time that that sounded so absurd. and i remembered speaking with an analyst about it, and dismissing it out of hand. >> when this memo came down, saying give us some intelligence or what do you know about this alliance between saddam and al qaeda, your response was basically, what alliance? >> exactly. >> nbc terrorism analyst mike sheehan has served as the state department's director of counterterrorism. >> i can think of a good dozen reasons why saddam hussein should have been kicked out of iraq. dating back to all of the atrocities he conducted in the region against his own population. nevertheless, in my view, as a terrorism expert, i did not

he tricked and outflanked saddam hussein's forces in just 101 hours.question about the iraqi leader. >> as far as saddam hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he as a sold your. other than that, he's great military man. i want you to know that. >> schwarzkopf also led troops in vietnam, getting three medals of valor. he died from complications from pneumonia. schwarzkopf was 78 years old. >>> george h.w. bush is still in guarded condition this morning but his chief of staff said, quote, put the harps back in the closet. he's been moved to intensive care in the hospital in houston. he's being treated for a persistent fever. >> when mr. bush was vice president ronald reagan leaned heavily on british prime minister margaret 24567 thatche. new documentation sheds light on their relationship. >> reporter: these documents show moments of affection and irritation between president reagan and prime minister thatcher. this was her publi

nearly one decade after saddam hussein was ousted by the u.s. led invasion into iraq washington is pressuring a new cover of the very same country to help the leader of a different war as america continues supporting syria's opposition in part by police in iran iraq for its all to march in lockstep with borders has created something of a middle east trying the white house may not be able to navigate. not artsy. turkish troops and helicopters of the kurdish area near the border with syria killing thirteen suspected militants the crisis in syria is being seen as a chance for kurdish aspirations for independence and statehood and whether the turks are actually shooting themselves in the foot by supporting the syrian uprising that's the subject for debate in the lake has crossed toll that's coming up later this hour more news from me then after a short break this is. wealthy british style stock. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two k

has long supported dictatorship saddam hussein was one of the ones they supported and so this is about regime change in the hopes of installing a pro-u.s. regime but as we've learned things don't come out is there as they often plan and to be. well headline issued by syrian rebels threatening to kill the ukrainian journalist captured back in october expires on thursday the kidnappers allegedly members of the free syrian army and the mining a fifty million dollar ransom to have a nice well ti's middle east correspondent paula slay reports. the journalist and hat coach never was taken hostage in october hones the kidnappers has held her for nearly two months they've accused her of being both a russian and a syrian spy she has appeared in two you tube videos and in one of those she appealed to the embassies of ukraine and russia as well as to the syrian government to meet the demands of the kidnappers it's very difficult to say whether in fact these demands will in fact be made she read a text in those videos in arabic in which admitted to having participated in the fighting and having wo

. >> reporter: he routed saddam hussein's army, first with an air war for which he provided the soundtrack. >> the simple fact of the matter is now every time an iraqi airplane takes off the ground, lane running away. >> reporter: then with a ground war which sent saddam's troops into a mad retreat. >> as far as saddam hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational art nor is he a tactician nor is he a general nor is he a soldier. other than that, he's a great military man. i want you to know that. ( laughter ) >> reporter: when schwarzkopf accepted the iraqi surrender and came home to a hero's welcome, no one could imagine it was only the first chapter of the war with iraq. he had made it look too easy, creating false expectations for the 2003 invasion of iraqi. by then, he was retired and sinking into the fog of alzheimer's. but what he told "60 minutes" before that first gulf war remains true: it all comes down to the sergeants on the battlefield. >> late at night when i lie in bed and look at the ceiling and think about this

them to other countries including in syria nearly one decade after saddam hussein was ousted by the us led invasion into iraq washington is pressuring a new government of the very same country to help move the leader of a different one as america continues supporting syria's opposition in part by policing iran iraq's refusal to march in lockstep with orders has created something of a middle east trying all the white house may not be able to navigate bring up or not artsy me on. and on all disguises disposables some plans and other deceptions they have one story of election murder and anti virus invented john mccarthy takes needed time to ask something guatemala that's not to escaping persecution believes what he's raving respond. back maybe ghettos understands authorities are proposing to a victim residents with a record of harassment to separate counties what they believe in converted pain is ten times more. people in britain face being branded terrorists a paedophiles they refused to allow the government to pry into that internet activities at least that's according to the u.k.'s hom

>> well, saddam hussein, you are not going to inspire other people to become a dictator by covering saddam hussein. you have to cover it because it is legitimate news, and we want to know what is going on. but there becomes a point where it is tabloid and disgusting. the media knows where that line is. psychologists have been telling them for years how to cover this story. they are not naive. we have the same boring gun discussions. >> is it mental illness or guns? the media never has a discussion, what did we do to contribute? when the shooting happened in aurora you knew more were coming. they are giving these worms what they want. they let them go out in a blaze of glory, and the press know they are doing it, and they don't care. don't let them feign ignorance. we are just doing our job. they know and they add admonish themselves of guilt because they feel they can hide behind doing their job. disgusting. >>> geds do dye yaw we will -- jedediah we are talking about guns in a minute. i want to stay on this mental health thing for a second. i know a little about guns. i saw a lot of flat

other countries including in syria nearly one decade after saddam hussein was ousted by the us led invasion into iraq washington is pressuring a new government of the very same country to help move the leader of a different one as america continues supporting syria's opposition in part by policing iran iraq for its all to march in lockstep with orders has criticism thing of a middle east trying all the white house may not be able to navigate. artsy. minority dot com disguises disposable cell phones and other deceptions they hit and run story of alleged murder and antivirus invented john mcphee takes a new turn as a pops up in guatemala topless the prosecution and police its neighbor responded. and bad neighbor ghettoize amsterdam's authorities are proposing to the victor residence with a record of the arrest meant to separate cams that would live in comfort to shipping containers that had more actually. people in britain face being branded terrorists or paedophiles if they refused to allow the government to pry into the internet activities at least that's according to the u.k.'s home secret

nearly one decade after saddam hussein was ousted by the u.s. led invasion into iraq washington is pressuring a new government of the very same country to help move the leader of a different one as america continue supporting syria's opposition in part by policing iran iraq for its all to march in lockstep with borders has created something of a middle east trying the white house may not be able to navigate up or not artsy. turkish troops and helicopters a pounded the kurdish area near the border with syria killing thirteen suspected militants the crisis in syria is being seen as a chance for kurdish aspirations for independence and statehood and whether the turks are actually shooting themselves in the foot by supporting the syrian uprising is the subject up for debate in the latest cross-talk it's coming up in the next hour well up more news from me right. the legacy no one should be proud of. scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes being black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of

nearly one decade after saddam hussein was ousted by the u.s. led invasion into iraq washington is pressuring a new governor of the very same country to help the leader of a different as america continue supporting syria's opposition in part by police in iran iraq for its all to march in lockstep with borders has pretty something of a middle east trying all the white house may not be able to navigate bring up or not artsy. turkish troops and helicopters have pondered the kurdish area near the border with syria killing thirteen suspected militants the crisis in syria is being seen as a chance for could have aspirations for independence and statehood and whether the turks are actually shooting themselves in the first by supporting the syrian uprising is a subject up for debate and the latest episode of cross talk coming up this hour. britain is facing at least five more years of his charity the country's finance minister says there's no miracle kill for the country's economy the highly anticipated autumn statement by george osborne broad's little

known for his colorful, very blunt-talking style, credited for devising the plan that drove saddam hussein's forces out of kuwait in the first gulf war. >> if they're dumb enough to attack they'll pay a powerful force. >> i'm completely confident we're going to kick his butt when he gets here. >> as far as saddam hussein being a great strategist, he's neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art. >>> president obama calling general norman schwarzkopf, an original who stood tall for his country and the army he loved. most importantly president george h.w. bush issued a statement from his hospital bed -- we mourn the loss of a true american patriot. more than that he was a good and a decent man and a dear friend. joining me by telephone is retired general barry mccaffery, now a msnbc news analyst. you were widely believed to be his favorite general. so tell us about the man that you knew, and for all of us gen-xers and older who got to know him, tell us about his characterizations. >> a good way to set it up, thomas. i think he was a great man. he was ferociously intelligent

has long supported dictatorship saddam hussein was one of the ones they supported and so this is about regime change in the hopes of installing a true pro u.s. regime but as we've learned things don't come out is that as they often plan to be . well as the u.s. and its allies give full endorsement to the syrian opposition the affairs it may not have control of competence on the ground online we have analysis on who is actually fighting against the government there the tactics they're using. the. eurozone finance ministers have rubber stamp the latest installment of bailout funds for debt with greece the money had been withheld for months and was dependent on athens buying back some of its debt before getting the vital cash injection but peter all of a now reports the deal might not be as good as it appears for the reserve. greece has given its financial backers something of an early christmas present by buying back a chunk of its debt from them however when they take the wrapping paper off that gift they might find it's a little less which they've asked for as part of a bone to buy bac

we've heard this stuff before about you know saddam hussein's debbi m d's knew was going to unleash them on the us and mushroom clouds over american cities and it was entirely bogus it was that it was a way to get the american people to support the invasion and occupation of the country and that's what all of this interventionism is all about to install their dictators into power look like how the us empire is not complaining about the dictatorship in bahrain i mean there you've got a military us military base so they got to stay quiet about that tyranny and you see what went on in egypt you see in saudi arabia i mean the us has long supported dictatorships saddam hussein was one of the ones they supported and so this is about regime change in the hopes of installing a true pro us regime but as we've learned things don't come out as theirs they often plan to be. we're coming up the u.s. and its allies gave full endorsement to the syrian opposition despite this it may not have control of competence on the ground on line and we've got to not assist on who is actually fighting against the g

has long supported dictatorship saddam hussein was one of the ones they supported and so this is about regime change in the hopes of installing a true pro u.s. regime but as we've learned things don't come out is there as they often plan him to be. well as the u.s. and its allies give full endorsement to the syrian opposition there are fears it may not have control over anti assad competence on the ground floor and we have analysis on who is actually fighting against the government there the tactics they're using. the. death of former russian spy alexander litvinenko who was poisoned in london six years ago is again in the spotlight and testimony at a preliminary hearing into the instance suggests a living and there was a paid british intelligence agent that the russian state was involved in his murder laura smith is in london for the developments for us. well what is going on at the moment today and tomorrow as well is what we call a sort of operational herring to establish the what the details of the inquest what the scope of the eventual inquest into because death will be this is no

regime united states feel that it's not invested blood and treasure in terms of overthrowing saddam hussein that it has the right if not the obligation to then order the internal affairs of the baghdad regime obviously. objects to this kind of approach and i daresay that the iraqi people object to that approach as well the names u.s. officials have complained that baghdad is not doing enough to cooperate with washington's demands since september iraq has only managed to allegedly inspect two iranian planes baghdad does not have an air force and grounding planes is proving too costly as they must be refueled after each check recently iraq made it clear that it is not willing to march to the beat of america's drum in an interview with the new york times iraq's minister of transportation said quote we are an independent country and our stance is clear we will search whichever plane. we want whenever we want we will not take orders i think they're expecting everyone else to take our most countries doing to any sanctions or ill treatment of the american government so. there's shock that the iraq

despite later questions by president bush decision, leaving saddam hussein in power. in recent years, general schwarzkopf battled poor health but will long be remembered as the commanding figure he once was. >> i would be happy if the history books said that i was a soldier who served his country with honor. and loved his troops and loved his family. that's enough for me. >> reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and when "nightly news" continues this friday evening, after 30 years, some revealing new insights into ronald reagan and his dealings with britain's iron lady and the queen. >>> and later, making a difference. preserving a unique sound of music for generations to come. brennan, lad, do you know where golf was discovered? scotland! aye...and do you know where your leukemia treatment was discovered? st. jude! right! after three unsuccessful marrow transplants, st. jude children's research hospital developed a bold new fourth transplant that helped save brennan. fore! i said four. why you yelling? good one! give thanks for the healthy kids in your

has long supported dictatorships saddam hussein was one of the ones they supported and so this is about regime change in the hopes of installing a pro u.s. regime but as we've learned things don't come out as they as they often plan him to be. well as the u.s. and its allies give full endorsement to the syrian opposition there are fears that it doesn't fully understand who the anti are such combat are on the ground on line we are now insists on who is actually doing the fighting against the government there as well as the tactics that they're using. the death of former russian spy alexander litvinenko who was poisoned in london six years ago is again in a spotlight a testimony at a preliminary hearing into that incident suggested lived an ngo was a paid british intelligence agent and that the russian state was involved in his murder is laura smith is in london following the developments for us take a look this is not just about the sort of salacious details of spying on the world that there is there a wider implications to this and of course there have been the maybe just stumbling bloc

has long supported dictatorship saddam hussein was one of the ones they supported and so this is about regime change in the hopes of installing a pro u.s. regime but as we've learned things don't come out is that is they often plan to be . they kinda means united and people are willing to fight to keep it that way regular protests and clashes erupt in northern ireland over decision the union flag should spend more time in a closet that's delayed for you. plus international outrage and missile test allegations as north korea takes the backlash for successful rocket launch some experts doubting the country poses any military threat at all. falling short of the target going over budget and failing to reach the desired result greece's thirty two billion euro dead buyback scheme is nevertheless being hailed as success the country's carriages are now expected to release athens of more bailout cash money that's been held hostage since some archies put all of our picks up the story. greece's given its financial package is something of an early christmas present by buying back a chunk of its de

don't feel the same water why should nearly one decade after saddam hussein was ousted by the u.s. led invasion into iraq washington is pressuring a new governor of the very same country to help move the leader of a different one as americans continue supporting syria's opposition in part by police in iran iraq for its all to march in lock step with borders has pretty the something of a middle east lying all the white house may not be able to navigate bring up or not artsy me or. britain is facing at least five more years of a sturdy the country's finance minister says there's no miracle cure for the country's economy the highly anticipated orton statement by george osborne brought little relief for a public already angered by government cuts not the sort of first reports now from london where everyone now madly picking their way through either but i don't think it is and while we're there a lot of thinking is one thing that was very very clear and that's that the u.k. is set to face even more authority now what those figures say this was that the u.k. economy is going to shrink by

them to other countries including in syria nearly one decade after saddam hussein was ousted by the u.s. led invasion into iraq washington is pressuring a new government of the very same country to help the leader of a different one as america continue supporting syria's opposition in part by policing iran iraq for its all to march in lockstep with orders has created something of a middle east triangle the white house may not be able to navigate. artsy. people in person phase being branded terrorists of paedophiles have they refused to allow the government to pry into that interactivity as i please that's according to the u.k.'s home secretary after she said anyone opposed to the communications data bill fall into one of those groups oh he's point by kotex up the story. the way it would work if pasta is that the police and security services would have unbridled access to your internet data by obliging mobile phone service providers and internet providers to store that internet history your data for yeah now the government say that it's a necessary move in order to safeguard the public a

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