islamic government is different than the al qaeda which is sunni and the iranian government is shia and the. is hostile to the billboard furler demonizes iran so i think the problem with demonization as we've seen in the case of saddam hussein and moammar qaddafi is that the united states then seems to take out those leaders after a while and if you've got a republican administration in who beat obama and next year in the elections by two thousand and thirteen we could hear the drumbeat for attacking iran which of course i think would be disastrous you have to put yourself in their shoes they do have legitimate security fears but i think you have to take them into account and you have to do everything that you can not to demonize them because that in turn creates pressures for attacking them later on this coercive approach merely makes iran want to have weapons more run sees that iraq and libya who gave up their nuclear weapons programs they got invaded or attacked. watching us now take a look at some other stories from around the world turkey's prime minister has described israel's rai

this is not coffee-table within shia islam. the shia islam is a minority sect.he majority sect, the majority nomination of sunni islam. about 90% is sunni. and because the sudanese does the centuries ago, part of the closing of jihads decided that we do not want to risk the prophet mohammed becoming an idol since there is only one god, you are not allowed to create images of the prophet lest he become an idol. the irony is that in trying to start images of the prophet mohammed, actually muslims have put the profit on a pedestal and that turned them into an idol. so again, all kinds of paradoxes going on in the name of a

they were returning to the major shia holy city of karbala. police suspect that sunday's explosions were carried out by an extremist group amid confrontations between shia and sunni muslims. the united states will withdrawal its troops from iraq by the end of december. >>> a blast has occurred at a church on the indonesian island of java killing two and injuring more than 20 people. one of the dead is the suspected suicide bomber. indonesian security authorities say there was an explosion near the entrance of the church in a central javanese city of solo. one of the dead is a man who appears to be around 30 years old. local police suspect he detonated a device he had strapped to his body, given that his abdomen was badly injured. police are in the process of identifying the man and investigating the background of the attack. two foreign affiliated hotels? jakarta were attacked with explosives almost simultaneously in july of 2009 killing nine people. since that time no no major terrorist attacks have occurred in the country until now. >>> myan

had a rocky army of a draw is found twenty two murdered shia pilgrims in the country's western province of victims were headed to a shrine in syria when the air bus was stopped by armed gunmen they were taken to every most desert area and executed their attacks and shia pilgrims have claimed hundreds of lives in recent months. france's national electricity provider says an explosion of the nuclear side poses no risk of a radioactively blast described as an industrial accident not a nuclear one killed one person injured four others it start to have been caused by a fire in the sides radioactive waste storage facility. we have to date but see what's happening in the world of business with you. alone very well welcome to the business of day the ruble is trading close to its lowest level against the u.s. dollar for eight months investors are concerned europe's system debt crisis could hit demand for fuel and spec to hinder russia's economic growth russian currency has lost more than one cent against the greenback in the last twenty four hours one dollar now costs more than thirty rubles jus

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. >> gunman masquerading as security officers waylaid a bus of shia pilgram in eye rack. women were abandoned, 22 men shot and bodies left in the middle of the desert. >> worst persecutors, some believe much of us need to worry about religion will fade. reverend rob shank was at the state department to say just the op sit is true. >> world becoming more religious. strict religious groups are booming exponentially. the future of the world is a religious one, makes our diplomacy and international relations the most important thing we do. >> america's newest ambassador said the u.s. will keep the heat on whenever and however it can. >> too many countries do not allow people to exercise their religious freedoms or make it difficult or or dangerous to do so. >> paul strand, cbn news, the state department. >>> indonesia is the most pop lar muslim country. what might surprise you certain kinds of muslims are also persecuted. lucille talusan has a report on an attack, some of these images are disturbing. >> in february, religious fin gnat schism boiled over in the small village.

mutanabbi street is a mixed shia-suni area. more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. this locale is the historic center of baghdad book selling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. named after the famous 10th century classic poet, al-mutanabbi, this is an old and established street for book selling and has been for hundreds of years. mutanabbi street also holds cafes, stationary shops, and even tea and tobacco shops. it has been the heart and soul of the baghdad literary and intellectual community. this tragedy is part of a wider and continuing tragedy, but one that we want to isolate and address, not only for the loss of lives but also for the implications underlying the destruction of a street where books were sold. book selling on mutanabbi street is no different from book selling here. we traffic in memory, ideas and dreams. in that sense, we feel that mutanabbi street starts at the front door of all of our book shops. mutanabbi street starts here. our first reader will be

they appeared to have been forced of have shot dead at least 20 - have shot dead at least 20 shia pilgrims. that one person has been killed and four injured in an explosion at a nuclear plant near marcoule. the fire was quickly brought under control. moving to japan, where it has been six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami, which brought such widespread destruction. almost 1600 people are known to have died. nearly 5000 more are still missing, and there are fears the worst hit town may never recover. our correspondent filed this report. >> the water you would think for a tsunami survivor would be terrifying. six months ago, he was swallowed by the waves. he saw more than half his swimming team swept away, but today she is back in training and says it holds no fear. when japan's earthquake unleashed a tsunami, or her team was swimming near the seashore. this is news footage of that day. under the water, their town lies submerged. the building with arches is where she was trapped. after the disaster, she showed how she survived. the mark on the wall shows a tiny space she though

despite some political reforms, the shia majority have continued to demand more power from the sunnied government. in february and march, thousands of demonstrators gathered in pearl square in the center of the capital inspired by the popular uprisings which toppled the leeds of egypt. during clashes with security forces, more than 30 people died and hundreds were injured. the government has accused the doctors and nurses of siding with hardliners demanding the overthrow of the government. >> they basically attempted a coup. no one is above the law, a doctor or a news or a member of the royal family. the law has to stick. >> international attention focused elsewhere in the middle east, the oppression of dissent has continued. these pictures apparently filmed last week. the harsh sentences out today are unlikely to help this kingdom heal, although the government says they can be appealed. >> now for some other news from around the world, pakistan's prime minister says it will not bow to u.s. pressure to step up its fight against the mill -- militant. relations between the two countrie

destroyed iran was too difficult seventy million people not fractured like the iraqis and the sunni and shia christian and other so the low hanging fruit was a rock just used a moment in the wake of nine eleven they use the moment and in the wake of nine eleven to divert from afghanistan our real target should have been our real target and go to iraq that's exactly what they did you said they would testify if they put someone like dick cheney on trial and out what would you accuse them off i think he's already done it no one needs to accuse him of anything he has admitted publicly it is on videotape that he condoned waterboarding that he would still waterboard then he does not believe waterboarding is torture waterboarding is torture there's a ipso facto case the man's guilty but they're saying they did it in the best interest of their country it seems to be the ultimate reasoning which can't be confronted what would you say to that i say that the in never justifies the means. and the question is does the lesser evil ever justify itself because it prevents a greater evil there are some real

destroyed iran was too difficult seventy million people not fractured like the iraqis and the sunni and shia christian and other as for the motives behind invading iraq some top or oil iraq right now is sitting on probably two hundred billion barrels maybe three hundred billion barrels that's a reaction on your report. he plans to be a thirteen million barrels per day production capacity in seven years that surpasses saudi arabia now you know why dick cheney went to war in iraq others blame america's stuff assigned rule as the world's policeman the driving idea behind it is that it has demonic stability of the idea is that so but world is going to be more secure place overall if there is a a eunuch or world or sole remaining superpower much of what has happened post nine eleven in the name of responding to nine eleven has been a pretext as terrorism was no longer the only reason for landing on washington's enemy list the us had even more far reaching plans on the table former vice president dick cheney says he urged the bush administration to bomb syria at one time because of its alleged nuc

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with a continuous redefinition of the international order that can lead to unexpected results of the shia a redefinition of new roles and a change where we ignore what is useful what is useless and what is harmful to new subjects are emerging almost every day and it is unknown if these subjects will be good or evil. as i said you just have to think about the international finance and so yesterday we thought that that would have been the universal solution to all the problems your as now has become one of the enemies to fight against. what has changed in the war concept is not just its definition or its idea the war changed in the way it is false and in its motivations. more than anything else what has changed is the impulses for. this the peace of westphalia the war have finally become an affair between sovereign states the nowadays it is not a war a confrontation between sovereign states and want to visit confrontation between. between different interests. not just between organizations but also between know an organization. the community council which has modified the concept of war fro

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happened after iraq after the invasion of iraq is that you had huge civil war going on between the shia and the sunni so we do need to make sure this doesn't happen again in a different context between rival tribes or factions in libya and that's also true for for syria where if the current regime does fall they could be similar strives so we didn't need to make sure that the proper strategies in place for reconciliation for genuine peace building and that has to involve not just military but also very strong civilian means now nato and russia don't know we see eye to eye and it's very not much of a secret but one thing they may have been able to cooperate quite significantly on is afghanistan. what happens after afghanistan and what role do you think the collective security treaty organization could play what i think what will happen is that the wind down of military presence will inevitably be a destabilizing factor first because of ghana stand isn't fully ready to cope with its own security problems and challenges so i think engagement again longer term engagement is crucial and i th

islamised government is different than the al qaeda which is sunni and the iranian government is shia and the qaeda is hostile to show the billboard furler demonizes iran so i think the problem with being a zation as we've seen in the case of saddam hussein and moammar gadhafi is that the united states then seems to take out those leaders after a while and if you've got a republican administration in who beat obama and next year in the elections by two thousand and thirteen we could hear the drumbeat for attacking iran which of course i think would be disastrous you have to put yourself in their shoes they do have legitimate security fears but i think you have to take them into account and you have to do everything that you.