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pilgrims are well protected here all the offices and soldiers are shia. several million faithful including many from iran come every year to visit the mosques in karbala a boon for the holy city. religion is a river of gold as the saying goes. we don't know what it's obvious that when a country's native sons defend it things go better than when they're always better than an occupier. and invader always has trouble understanding the country they occupy and as the air proverb says no one knows the roads of mecca better than its own inhabitants limit that shout i have it if i have it. that. this is. the main prayer takes place in the same most. the interim sermons of a political resonance and a broadcast throughout iraq and the shia world and. the shias today are imposing their numbers and their power. in the prayers always end with. i used to the glory of the prophet hussein the son of ali allegedly designated by muhammad to be is only successor. never care. but many on under saddam a million shias were detained and many of them were assassinated and thrown

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it will be a shia government. that put the sunnis a difficult position, and in the early days they brokered the political process. that did not work. they then joined in it. that is not working. now they are caught in a difficult position. they do not want to go to the extreme where al qaeda is because they get themselves where victims of al qaeda. at the same time, they are being marginalized and being treated as second-class citizens. it is very difficult. i must say that their general dissatisfaction is a much s is part of a much wider dissatisfaction. they will feel that there are no services, no security, no progress, no jobs. where on earth are we going? the country seems to be in this situation where it is not moving at all. >> fantastic. much to delve into, and the circle back particularly on the allocation of will on revenue of a broader dissatisfaction. tell us about the state of kurdish-era politics at the moment, all these concerns that moves by the kurds enter in selling their oil from the north and o

a bomb at a shia mosque has killed people in karachi. the pakistani foreign minister tells al jazeera urgent action is needed. >> to the community -- all of this is part of a bigger problem. >> canyons gear up for a kenyan -- election. -- canyons gear up for a election. on a mission in northern mali, chadian halters are on the hunt for al qaeda linked fighters. eight discovery brings scientists closer to eliminating hiv infections in children. at least 38 people have been killed and scores more were injured in the southern pakistan city of karachi. witnesses say a car bomb will up outside a mosque in a minority shia muslim area and is acting explosion happened shortly afterward. people missing are reportedly still trapped under the rubble. a report from the scene of the blast. >> chaos and carnage after a deadly attack targeting shia muslims. the first blast occurred shortly after evening prayers and was so powerful it was heard to meters away. locals say it was this vehicle that carried 150 kilograms of explosive material that caused su

a predominantly shia neighborhood, this residential area. the faÇade of two apartment buildings completely obliterated, completely gone. it gives you a sense of how powerful these explosions are. a large rescue effort is underway. a majority of people helping out in the rescue effort are locals, people who live in this area. they are doing whatever they can, removing sticks, metal posts, using their bare hands. some people are stuck under the rapid -- the wreckage left behind from the blast. >> the shia community in pakistan has been suffering from an increase in attacks recently. >> right. in january of this year, in neighboring baluchistan province, a massive bomb claimed more than 95 lives. less than a month later, another bomb in that area claimed more than 90 lives. in of those she is -- shias baluchistan. here we are in march, another deadly attack. nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack. many in the community say that locke shari john b -- last kari angvi is- lashkar-e-jh behind it. they want the authorities to do something

the shia council, the religious body that governs the shia community, they are now calling on the government to launch a targeted campaign against those groups responsible for carrying out the attacks against people in their community. this demand, of course, follows a targeted campaign being carried out right now by the government in a neighboring province after the shia community in this city faced a series of attacks just this year, in which close to 200 people lost their lives. after days of protests, the government conceded to carrying out this targeted operation in that province. now here in pakistan's largest city, the shia community is demanding the same thing. many questions are being asked about how capable or able the government is to protect these minority groups. >> let's return to our main story, and the kenyan elections. we have correspondents across the country on the story. peter gress tte, the voting stations have been open for eight hours. how has voting gone there, and what has turnout been like? >> not white sure about turnout, we need to check with an officer. but it ha

it will be a shia government. that put the sunnis a difficult position, and in the early days they brokered the political cottedf the polit aical process. that did not work. they then joined in it. that is not working. now they are caught in a difficult position. they do not want to go to the extreme where al qaeda is because they get themselveswere victims of al qaeda. at the same time, they are being marginalized and being treated as second-class citizens. it is very difficult. i must say that their general dissatisfaction is a much s is part of a much wider dissatisfaction. they will feel that there are no services, no security, no progress, no jobs. where on earth are we going? the country seems to be in this situation where it is not moving at all. >> fantastic. much to delve into, and the circle back particularly on the allocation of will on revenue of --oil revenue and broader dissatisfaction. tell us about the state of kurdish-era politics at the moment, all these concerns that moves by the kurds enter in

it will be a shia government.t the sunnis a difficult position, and in the early days they brokered the political process. that did not work. they then joined in it. that is not working. now they are caught in a difficult position. they do not want to go to the extreme where al qaeda is because they get themselves where victims of al qaeda. at the same time, they are being marginalized and being treated as second-class citizens. it is very difficult. i must say that their general dissatisfaction is a much s is part of a much wider dissatisfaction. they will feel that there are no services, no security, no progress, no jobs. where on earth are we going? the country seems to be in this situation where it is not moving at all. >> fantastic. much to delve into, and the circle back particularly on the allocation of will on revenue of a broader dissatisfaction. [indiscernible][indiscernible] [no audio] tell us about the state of kurdish-era politics at the moment, all these concerns that moves by the kurds enter in sell

a point from commercially living in syria's north east bordering sunni dominated turkey and mostly shiairaq says here in about six tarion intolerance is something new for syria and very alarming in your book will feel this pressure for months now especially from gulf countries trying to drag us to this perilous share sunni game it's a big threat because a tear society from the inside. and some say it's been fud from the outside it is part of the us that i.p.c. and some of the west a strategy is to destroy syria by syrians and by arabs and this the ability to accept fully another blow followed with an explosion as palestinian refugee camps in syria and the cold blooded murder of palestinian conscripts these german wedge between the two arab peoples previously on friendly terms he wanted to both weaken the regime and spread to spear among palestinians with kurdish villages in syria's north east targeted the kurdish syrian peaceful coexistence has also been endangered but cut its approval cations a pure and very dangerous moment syrian kurds want to be integrated into syrian society have r

own people, the kurds in the north, and how he had persecuted the majority of the population, the shia population in the wake oof the 1991-92 gulf war. and so, and also other factors associated with his return to face initiatives and the use of really so lofty jihadi ideologies to return peoples frustrations away from his regime and towards the west and israel and so forth. in the context of his conspiracy. the effect that had on iraqi society. so understanding that human dimension of conflict and in particular understanding local conflicts that could occur, how these tribal ethnic, sectarian competition for power and resources to play out. and then how they would be connected not just in national politics would also to the agendas of other countries and organizations. and i think of particular relevance in this case would be series, iran, and transnational terrorist organizations associated with al qaeda. so the political and human dimensions of war i think our opposite action and for the first remember, and, of course, an important lesson for us to carry forward. the other key aspect

turning now to some other stories making global headlines this hour thousands of shia protesters with riot police in bahrain marking two years since the saudi led crackdown on the nation's pro-democracy uprising protesters burned tires and threw stones at police who responded by firing stun grenades at least thirty five people wounded clashes with the most violent scene in the last few weeks bahrain's been locked in political and religious turmoil for years with the shia majority demanding a greater voice from the sunni rulers. a blast targeting the office of a t.v. network in pakistan's kharaj he has left three dead and five wounded the remote detonated to kill obama's planted near office gates in a poor area in the east of the city no groups claim responsibility for the strike ethnic and political tensions in pakistan running high as the country heads towards a general election in may. ten thousand belgians marched as leaders got together to discuss fresh austerity plans police stepped in to arrest protesters after a hundred fifty activists from belgium denmark germany and italy occ

now to some other news of making headlines around the globe thousands of shia protesters clashed with white police in buffering on the second anniversary of the saudi support a crackdown on the nations of pro-democracy uprising protesters burning tires and hopes joined up police who responded by firing stun grenades at least thirty five people were wounded buff rain has been logged in political and religious turmoil over the brawls few years with the shia majority demanding a greater voice of english from. a block start getting the office of a television network in the pakistani city of karachi has left three dead and five wounded the remotely detonated bomb was planted near the office gates in a poor area in the east of the city no group has claimed responsibility for the attack at the mic and political tensions in pakistan are running high as a country had she was a general election in may. ten thousand people marched in brussels as e.u. leaders got together to discuss a fresh austerity measures that he says stepped into a recipe tess's off to one hundred and fifty activists from be

brink of chaos torn between three groups kurds sunnis and shias. it is a country divided a stranger to peace that i'm about to cross a taxi ride to the heart of iraqi history. from a hole in the north of travel down through l b let some ammonia. tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and. a road map of the iraqi tragedy. so obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much as we are rockies are very happy not to see it or hear anymore enough was enough of the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they are responsible for the whole tragedy of them and of course we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and also about all of us of them but. my journey begins on the mountains of iraqi kurdistan. an army of two hundred thousand soldiers called peshmerga watch over this rather particular region of a country. that. jeff. was. my first stop is an l.b.o. the capital of iraqi kurdistan it's the only region of iraq today that is seeing peace and an eco