to help justify a war against saddam hussein well you know what you can get that from torture we had this prisoner he wouldn't admit that there were close ties between al qaeda and saddam hussein so we sent them to the egyptians a friendly service and guess what they got into it at mit in quotes that yes he sent all manner of operatives up to baghdad to be turned to be trained in explosives and and chemical weapons and guess what that was used by colin powell it is speak for. before the u.n. on the fifth of february two thousand and three just six weeks before the war to justify what he called the sinister nexus between al qaeda and saddam hussein made out of whole cloth whether colin powell was deceived as he claims he was or whether re he was smart enough to realize what was going on that's an open question but it was right from torture and it was the case with the torture works you get people to say what you want them to say that's the only time it works and it only works with inaccurate information. you were of course at the cia under many presidents i wondered what you thought o

saddam hussein well you know what you can get that from torture we had this prisoner he wouldn't admit that there were close ties between al qaeda and saddam hussein so we sent them to the egyptians a friendly service and guess what they got into it at mit in quotes that yes he sent all manner of operatives up to baghdad to be turned to be trained in explosives and and chemical weapons and guess what that was used by colin powell a to speak before the u.n. on the fifth of february two thousand and three just six weeks before the war to justify what he called the. sinister nexus between al qaeda and saddam hussein made out of whole cloth whether colin powell was deceived as he claims he was or whether re he was smart enough to realize what was going on that's an open question but it was right from torture and it was the case with the torture works you get people to say what you want them to say that's the only time it works and it only works with inaccurate information. you were of course at the cia under many presidents i wondered what you thought or made of the fact that britain's new

saddam hussein well you know what you can get that from torture we had this prisoner he wouldn't admit that there were close ties between al qaeda and saddam hussein so we sent them to the egyptians a friendly service and guess what they got into it at mit in quotes that yes he sent all manner of operatives up to baghdad to be turned to be trained in explosives and and chemical weapons and guess what that was used by colin powell it is speech before the u.n. on the fifth of february just six weeks before the war to justify what he just six weeks before the war to justify what he called the sinister nexus between al qaeda and saddam hussein made out of whole cloth whether colin powell was deceived as he claims he was or whether re he was smart enough to realize what was going on that's an open question but it was right from torture and it was the case with the torture works you get people to say what you want them to say that's the only time it works and it only works with inaccurate information. you were of course at the cia under many presidents i wondered what you thought or made of

kofi annan tried to prevent this — the invasion and toppling of saddam hussein by george bush and tony without the support of the un security council. kofi annan later called it illegal. i think, as secretary—general, i did everything i could, conscious of what the results would be, you know, and being powerless to stop it.

he said i hated saddam hussein and i would do it again or anything to remove saddam hussein from power pics everybody was being played along, and there was a failures in leadership, failures in intel and failures in imagination. >> a quick question. we have two, three minutes left. you need to please come up after your go ahead. >> what do you think the consequences have been in military activity since the vietnam war of victimization of the ordinary, nonmilitary people in the countries we have invaded? .. i need to whine this out. lest we forget we had a great ceremony last night. the university students killed in the iraq war. any program, first page inside is a poem word from one of the most famous poems that is often right at military funerals. and i'm going to read it. if you like it, you can join me. they shall not grow old as the left grows old. age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn them in the morning, we will remember them. so i want to thank our panelists, are wonderful panelists for coming here today and mr. alan king, ms guy. i want to thank you all for coming. i

around the world let's say all let's say you want to prove that al qaeda is hand in glove with saddam hussein to help justify a war against. adam hussein well you know what you can get that from torture we had this prisoner he wouldn't admit that there were close ties between al qaeda and saddam hussein so we sent them to the egyptians a friendly service and guess what they got into it at mit in quotes that yes he sent all manner of operatives up to baghdad to be turned to be trained in explosives and and chemical weapons and guess what that was used by colin powell it is speech before the u.n. on the fifth of february two thousand and three just six weeks before the war to justify what he called the sinister nexus between al qaeda and saddam hussein made out of whole cloth whether colin powell was deceived as he claims he was or whether re he was smart enough to realize what was going on that's an open question but it was right from torture and it was the case with the torture works you get people to say what you were to want them to say that's the only time it works and it only works with i

in saddam hussein, khomeini found an enemy who unid the country.e front line hundreds of thousands died in the desert. br (erdk speaking): ♪ >> erdbrink: the word "martyr" became an honorary title. familyembers of those who died were given a special status. and evenoday, life-size portraits of the martyrs adorn the city walls. ♪ here at behesht-e zahra cemetery in the south of tehran, the rtyrs are buried side by side in endless numbers.f mothem were killed during the war with saddam hussein. almost every iranian family has buried a loved one here. ♪ if you want to understand the concept of martyrdom, you can avel to a city like khomeini shahr-- named after ayatollah o khomeinithe day of ashura. every year, shia pilgrmournde the violenh of imam husayn, the grandson of the prophet muhammad. (erdbrink speaking): (girl speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (girl and erdbrink speaking): (girl speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (man speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (man speaking): (man chanting on loudspeaker) ♪ >> erdbrink: this is my friend nieje. her father di

in the 1980s, when the united states was helping saddam hussein, giving him...y the way, giving him chemical weapons to use against the iranians, we survived. we were alone for eight years, one of the few countries that actually supported us was syria. we survived the chemical attacks, i survived two chemical attacks, our country survived the war. we've gone through much worse. the current administration is going to go through difficulty. they've made significant mistakes over the past two months, they have to rectify those mistakes. but without a doubt, after a few months, the economy will stabilise and, as i said, it won't be easy, nobody is claiming it will be easy but this is something that's been unjustly imposed on the iranian people. the americans want to crush the iranian people, they want to humiliate the iranian people and that's simply not going to work. you call it crushing, the americans would say a fundamental realignment of iran's foreign policy is in particular. it's interesting, is it not, mike pompeo, when he talked about the strongest sanction

most of them were during the war with saddam hussein.artyrdom, you can l travel to a cie khomeini shahr-- named after ayatollah uromeini-- on the day of a every year, ia pilgrims mourn the violent death of imam husayn, the grandson of the prophet muhammad. (erdbrink speaking): (girl speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (girl and erdbrink speaking): (girl speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (man speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (man speaking): (man chanting on loudspeaker) ♪ rd >>ink: this is my friend nieje. her father died in 1981 during the war against iraq. shortly before, he and his family had returned to iran from the united states, filled with ideals. he wanted to help make the islamic revolution a success. but when war broke out, he volunteered and was killed. (erdbrink speaking): (nieje speaking): (nieje speaking): (erdbrink and nieje speaking): ♪ ♪ >> erdbrink: most westernersnd fail to comprehy you would desire a martyr's death.s do iranially regard suffering as an honor? or is it a way to make the pain of ling your loved ones more beara

or beal's economy boomed after saddam hussein was overthrown in two thousand and three high rises started popping up all over. but the conflict with islamic state has hit the economy hard unemployment is high and then ahmed got the idea to create his club. you know the bond. people were just sitting around at home there was nothing to do and they were in a bad movie so we decided to create something positive so that i would have something to do it in. the middle. i thought to not give. the club members always have their phone cameras ready as they walk through the streets of r b o later they post the pictures online. mr irving now has forty members a lot more people would like to join but membership is closed for the time being. but no women members are allowed the group believes that kurdish society has not yet reached the point where a mixed gender club would be acceptable but on social media club members do campaign for women's rights they have over one hundred thousand followers. every thursday we're trying to reach out to doris i could have ladies or their daughter trying to produce

and it is young men mostly who are the perpetrators. 15 years after the fall of saddam hussein, iraqous state. with all the attention on the fight against isis in the north, basra and the predominantly shia south feels forgotten. and it is the young who are paying the price. another iraqi generation at risk of being lost. the weather has been quite changeable. heavy rain the many places on friday but saturday was a different story to many places and this was the story in norfolk. more cloud was rolling into western parts of the country as the low approaches from the atlantic. you can see low— pressure from the atlantic. you can see low—pressure system pushing into western parts of the country and on sunday and that continues its progression further east and many will see rain and the warm front heading east and the cold front following behind so this is a cold front producing weighing in southern and south—eastern parts of england, but it will be slow—moving through much of the day. a return to sunshine from the west but also heavy showers for parts of wales and the south west of eng

and it is young men mostly who are the perpetrators. 15 years after the fall of saddam hussein, iraqate. with all the attention on the fight against isis in the north, basra and the predominantly shia south feels forgotten. and it is the young who are paying the price. another iraqi generation at risk of being lost. hello. it was a weekend with more sunshine around on saturday, cloudy conditions on sunday with some outbreaks of rain, too. this was a picture taken off the coast of norfolk. fairly typical across many parts of the country, grey cloud, and that cloud did bring with it some showers. through this week, that unsettled theme continues, so often pretty breezy and showery, particularly in the north—west, with the driest weather often to be found in the south—east. but, first thing monday, we've got low pressure to the east, and that will bring some sharp showers to eastern parts of england and up across parts of scotland, some rain lingering here to, where it's going to be fairly cloudy. it will be an improved day for parts of northern ireland, wales and south—west england, wi

and it is young men mostly who are the perpetrators. 15 years after the fall of saddam hussein, iraqe. with all the attention on the fight against isis in the north, basra and the predominantly shia south feels forgotten. and it is the young who are paying the price. another iraqi generation at risk of being lost. hello. it stays fairly changeable over the next few days, and as a general rule of thumb, if you saw some sunshine on saturday, like here in north yorkshire, there's a good chance you'll see a bit of rain around on sunday. and it's all connected to this area of low pressure to the west of the uk, which through the early hours of sunday will continue to push fronts and outbreaks of rain eastwards through northern ireland, england, wales, into southern parts of scotland. clearing fairly early on on sunday morning from northern ireland, so after some initial rain here, turning brighter, some spells of sunshine. outbreaks of rain continuing to work their way eastwards through england and wales, replaced by sunny spells, but also some sharp and maybe thundery showers, and the ra

and it is young men mostly who are the perpetrators. 15 years after the fall of saddam hussein, iraqous state. with all the attention on the fight against isis in the north, basra and the predominantly shia south feels forgotten. and it is the young who are paying the price. another iraqi generation at risk of being lost. hello there. the weather pattern for the rest of this week and into the weekend looks pretty similar day on day and that is with more cloud, rain, stronger wind across the north and the west of the uk and the further south and east that you are, better chances of staying dry and bright with sunshine and feeling warmer. that process really will begin through wednesday, with an area of low pressure to the north—west of the country, a couple of weather fronts moving into northern and western areas, whereas further south and east it should stay largely dry. variable cloud, but also the sunshine breaking through at times. although breezy, not quite as windy it as it will be across northern areas. thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain, blustery across the north and the wes

we were fleeing oppression and tater chip by the terrain of the regime of saddam hussein and we came here for that american dream, for opportunity and democracy and absolutely that was realized for me and my family. so that was included in this book because that is the lens i see the world in. that is the land of how i have really dictated my work and my career and my mission to service. everyday i grew up very much -- every day that i've grown up in work, i realize how lucky i am to be here. a split-second decision and i would've still been in iraq. i am fortunate to be in this country and i'm fortunate to be able to serve my kids. it is that sense of service that is almost given me a heightened antenna of injustice because i very much grew up knowing what injustice was come in knowing what people in power could you to populations in that kind of shape to im and shaped my work and definitely my response to this. >> host: in the family history with saddam hussein. talk about stories. >> absolutely. my parents were part of the opposition movement. they knew how evil of that regime was

defenders will insist he has been clear and also they would sate donelson runs felt met with saddam hussein, tony blair met with muammar qaddafi, that tends to be their answer. that is a fair and reasonable point. but i come back and say they are revisiting the governments at the time. jeremy corbyn was mp for is a ten north and pa rt of corbyn was mp for is a ten north and part of me cannot get my head around what he is doing at a tunisian summit. let's look at the off for a couple of stories. teen space crackdown on easy uni offers. you can be offered a place at university ona can be offered a place at university on a conditional basis that you not even have to get any aid levels but the assumption would be that you actually turned up but apparently not. an unconditional offer in the past tended to be way people they we re very past tended to be way people they were very highly talented or else we re were very highly talented or else were great athletes that he university definitely wanted to get. they wanted to make sure that in case your grades slip, he did not lose out. instead, becaus

was his he had talked i have sat down he got a lot of criticism for sitting down and talking to saddam hussein at one point he got a lot of criticism for talking to bashar al assad back and i think is twenty's while . trying to find peace and then going to russia to speak to putin and those people about peace and that was the thing even this isn't the last five years or years and you know in the seventy's still out there going let's talk about what we find what can we do and that's important because you know this is a guy that pushed for having a dialogue but he also pushed for things like legalizing of drugs like he understood global you know he understood global climate change he understood that the legalization for drugs would actually help here so i said no where in this divorce between rhetoric and reality more evident than in the formulation of global drug policies where too often emotions and ideology rather than evidence have prevailed and i think that's one of the best thing that's so nice that your ideology is important here like that idea nobody's ideology no one should rule us all

have high confidence that come as you remember they said it again and again for 18 months to saddam hussein this is in 2000 before the invasion of 2003. we have high confidence he has weapons of mass destruction. they also said i have to tell you again and again, they say we have high confidence the russians are responsible for hillary boosting. when i hear that i think there is another story they are. in a way, they are posing the wrong reality. but his idea is right. if they can get people -- it's a good idea. if the government can somehow deflect what could be some serious rational concern by making statements by which there is no basis, day when because it is very hard. we even have a case where we have a president is a born-again liar. he lies about everything. it is more than lying. it is a topology because in the middle of a 20 minute sentence and later he will said he didn't pay it, which is the kind of like he makes. like a 3-year-old. maybe i am being cruel to 3-year-olds. but anyway, he does. he's in a world that doesn't exist on some things. and how do you parcel that? >> how do

they don't know saddam hussein. 60% of the population is under 30. so this whole idea that, you have to be happy because that iraq,s are ruling that kind of identity politics that has been enough up until today doesn't really fly anymore. people want services, they want jobs, they want the opportunities of every other neighbor that lives in a petrol state. the options of the election in a way give us, on the one hand, another unity government, which will be a continuation of the status quo, or perhaps and this is what we are seeing, some part elites of the ruling coalitions actually becoming oppositions. so we may for the first time have a serious opposition since 2005. that would put iraq on a different trajectory, probably closer to political maturity. i think the kurds are in a way bystanders, because this is inter-shiite rivalry. it is who within the shiite house will be the core of the next government, and they are willing for the shiites to make up their act, because from the it'sective of the kurds, being in iraq, being in the government, some

in the 19 '80s, america supported saddam hussein in his war against iran, in the 2 thousands iran gavell, the biggest insult is when america made the movie 300. because don't forget iranians are persians so americans basically made a movie where iranians looked like this, huh. look at in dude, look at that he looks like mr. clean went to the piercing place in the mall and was like give me everything, give me everything. and so that basically is why we are where we are today. so the incomes time someone asked you why iran and america aren't friends just tell them what had happened was. what had happened was. we'll be right back. so what do you guys want? pistachio. chocolate chip. rocky road. i see what's going on here. everybody's got different taste. well, now verizon lets you mix and match your family unlimited plans so everybody gets the plan they want, without paying for things they don't. jet-setting moms can video-chat from europe. movie-obsessed teens can stream obscure cinema. it's like everyone gets their own flavor of unlimited. (chuckles) it's a metaphor. simile, not a metap

in the 19 '80s, america supported saddam hussein in his war against iran, in the 2 thousands iran gaves weapons to use against americans. and then worst of all, the biggest insult is when america made the movie 300. because don't forget iranians are persians so americans basically made a movie where iranians looked like this, huh. look at in dude, look at that he looks like mr. clean went to the piercing place in the mall and was like give me everything, give me everything. and so that basically is why we are where we are today. so the incomes time someone asked you why iran and america aren't friends just tell them what had happened was. we'll be right back. whoa, red robin. the cowboy ranch tavern double has bbq sauce, ranch, and free bottomless steak fries? gid-y-up! now get 5 burgers, just $6.99 each, anytime. ♪ red robin, yum i thought that was a legend! sir doug. bud light lime! bud light orange? dilly dilly! oh - uh, i'll just uh move this... bud light lime and bud light orange. brewed with real citrus peels. and bud light orange. ryou can duo anything. this school year, get a n

kofi annan tried to prevent this — the invasion and toppling of saddam hussein by george bush and tonyhout the support of the un security council. kofi annan later called it illegal. i think, as secretary—general, i did everything i could, conscious of what the results would be, you know, and being powerless to stop it. i mean, i did work with quite a lot of heads of states in their capitals, on the phone and elsewhere, working with the inspectors, but the die was cast, and nothing could stop it. kofi annan had much greater success in his home continent, africa, building global consensus behind the un millennium development goals, a huge initiative to reduce poverty and disease and increase education and opportunity. that and kofi annan‘s work on aids was rewarded with the nobel peace prize in 2001. i think he took the world into the modern age, i think he was the first leader of the 21st century, and he tried to build an international community where countries would work together, cooperate freely, and tackle what he saw as the biggest problems — poverty, inequality, climate change an

kofi annan tried to prevent this — the invasion and toppling of saddam hussein by george bush and tonythout the support of the un security council. kofi annan later called it illegal. i think as secretary general i did everything i could, conscious of what the results would be and, you know, and being powerless to stop it. i mean, i did work with quite a lot of heads of states in their capitals, on the phone and elsewhere, working with the inspectors. but the die was cast, and nothing could stop it. kofi annan had much greater success in his home continent, africa, building global consensus behind the un millennium development goals, a huge initiative to reduce poverty and disease and increase education and opportunity. the young kofi annan had never lost contact with his roots in ghana, even when travelling and studying around the world in his 20s and 30s. his work for africa on aids and un reform was rewarded with the nobel peace prize in 2001. i think he took the world into the modern age. i think he was the first leader of the 21st century, and he tried to build an international co

of the stand—off between the united states and its allies including britain, and the regime of saddam husseino has died aged 80. in other news. a massive relief operation is under way in southern india to help hundreds of thousands left homeless by the worst floods in the area in 100 years. the south western state of kerala has been most severely hit. at least 171 people have died there in the last ten days. katy austin reports. rain comes to kerala every year. not like this. people are walking miles to safety through what officials say are the worst floods for a century. translation: after 36 years, it is the first time that such flooding is happening here. it is a disaster for the whole population. a third more rainfall than usual has fallen this season, with devastating effects. boats and helicopters are being used to rescue people, including this pregnant woman. hundreds of thousands are now homeless and living in 1,500 emergency relief camps, waiting and hoping while volunteers cook for them. men, women and children forced to flee to safety. but the camps are increasingly crowded and som

iraq war was seve n years five years away and the iraq war was seven years in the future. of saddam husseincurity council. kofi annan later called it illegal. i think, as secretary—general, i did everything i could, conscious of what the results would be, you know, and being powerless to stop it. i mean, i did work with quite a lot of heads of states in their capitals, on the phone and elsewhere, working with the inspectors, but the die was cast, and nothing could stop it. kofi annan had much greater success in his home continent, africa, building global consensus behind the un millennium development goals, a huge initiative to reduce poverty and disease and increase education and opportunity. that and kofi annan‘s work on aids was rewarded with the nobel peace prize in 2001. i think he took the world into the modern age, i think he was the first leader of the 21st century, and he tried to build an international community where countries would work together, cooperate freely, and tackle what he saw as the biggest problems — poverty, inequality, climate change and, of course, conflict. last

some of this with the scandals surrounding president clinton in the middle of trying to sold saddam husseinccountable, cruise missiles being launched, what can we expect from a president who has all this other stuff on his mind while also facing some of the most challenging, difficult, and sensitive world issues? >> i do think that obviously we were all troubled by what happened with president clinton's personal life. but i can assure you that he had a character and capability which allowed him to be very serious about foreign policy issues or any other issues to do with the government. and they did not interfere in this. we actually did an incredible amount of very detailed and difficult foreign policy issues in 1998. and so the question here is, is president trump a disciplined thinker? does he really delve into issues? you know, i haven't met him and all i know is what i read. so the bottom line is, i think that one needs a decision making process as i described earlier. and not kind of tweeting on the things that are as important as this, and being able to concentrate and really underst

and saddam hussein made it out of whole cloth whether colin powell was deceived as he claims he was or whether re he was smart enough to realize what was going on that's an open question but it was right from torture and it was the case with the torture works you get people to say what were you want them to say it's the only time it works and it only works with inaccurate information. you were of course at the cia under many presidents i wondered what you thought or made of the fact that britain's new home secretary sajid javid says that secret lists of people from m i five should be circulated in civic society to intervene on people to combat everything from isis to russia what he would do you think of that idea of secret lists secret lists you know what i remember of secret lists or one of the nazis came into the netherlands for example and each mayor had a secret list in those days it was on paper ok the names of all the citizens including their religion ok now the mayor's with some conscience destroyed those lists before the nazis get a hold of them the ones that wanted accommodate

is thatt i want to make the darkest legacy of saddam hussein, he gave us a choice of what is the worst thing he left us with. if somebody asked this question to any iraqi on september of 2014, the answer would have been what happened to the easy these -- two them. 200,000 displaced. almost 10,000 casualties disappeared, killed. thousands of women taken hostage made sexual slaves in the 21st century. my god. this is beyond unacceptable. as an iraqi it is beyond unacceptable to me because we are the country who invented the code of law, that invented writing. it hurts. it really does. but, the targeting did not begin with what happened in 2014. in 2007, two villages were attackd in an integrated that led to the killing of 500 1500. and the winning of in proportion to iraq these numbers are greater than september 11. what makes it painful is this -- rule targets were not populations. -- they were rule populations just living their life. fate is special to me because of all the iraqi communities they are perhaps those most attached to their ancestral land. readiece of news that i've that a

famously aided saddam hussein's chemical weapons program to attack iran there's no way the united states going to help. weapons powers attack the european well just about everyone is guilty but it's mainly in terms of trade when it comes to the united states here's the reassurance trump has said this today will say the opposite tomorrow business as usual the video big thank you now to some of the voices of those taking unprecedented coordinated strike action at the u.k. ministry of justice in the council of one of the richest places on earth london's kensington and chelsea this week the royal borrow will forever lie in the shadow of one of britain's worst ever tell book fires the grand fell catastrophe which claimed the lives of so many but it now faces new scrutiny over its use of outsourced for profit private contractors i am striking here today because we are suffering here and i am not the striking here for myself but i honestly i cannot support my other colleagues we have to do lots of different jobs to get a basic standard of living and if you have a i mean he t.v. works so it's a

in the city's history it employed more than fifteen hundred people the former iraqi president saddam hussein's persecution of the kurds destroyed tobacco farming in northern iraq these machines produced their last cigarette pack thirteen years ago now the hope is this will become an arts hub where movie and television shows are produced musicians can practice and perform and artists create and show their work the cultural art center will pay tribute to its historical roots the plan is to save these machines and create an exhibit devoted to the solomon a yet tobacco factory. and beginning of the cultural center project we agreed that the exterior of the building will be preserved there will only be eight innovation in sight then for the building remains as it was all easily and the next generation will know that previously for more than forty years this was a debacle factory. the kurdistan regional government has allocated almost six million dollars to the project but no one can say how soon construction will begin in earnest let alone finish. through the now they call it situation is difficult