the shia are divided as well.y difficult to imagine stability within a year 01’ to imagine stability within a year or two or three, but the prime minister is the only person that so far he is able to win the moderate iraqis, whether kurds, shia or sydney. —— sunni. iraqis, whether kurds, shia or sydney. -- sunni. sobering thoughts, there. thank you very much. a ceasefire brokered by the us and russia has come into force in south—western syria. it was announced after presidents donald trump and vladimir putin met for the first time at g20 talks on friday. the truce is also backed byjordan. it is in force along a line agreed by syrian government forces and rebels. 0ur correspondent sophie long is in beirut and joins us now. sophie, this is very early days in the ceasefire and the records of previous ceasefires is not a positive one. how much faith is being put in this latest deal? positive one. how much faith is being put in this latest deanm positive one. how much faith is being put in this latest deal? it is indee

>> i want to be clear there are many kinds of shia militias. there are some that were --bably the most failure that we are probably the most familiar with. militias like hezbollah and others have been accused of rampant human rights violations for which there is widespread evidence. then there are militias that are more closely aligned with the clerical establishment. oldestgest and most cities for shia in iraq, those are often aligned to the clerical establishment and will also have close relations with the iraqi government, trained by the iraqi government. there is a distinction in these two different kinds of groups of militias in terms of human rights abuses. the latter category has had better relations with different kinds of iraqi forces and iraqi groups. of name for these shia militias as a whole, also have a component of -- a component of the so-called -- sunni tribal militias that are developed. some have quite good relations with some of the shia militias in these areas. i have talked to many people, for example, and towns and areas s

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-- a shia isis was an -- within hours of occupying erbir. charlie: and also baghdad.arif: yes, and we went to the aid of what -- of both. charlie: how? javad zarif: by sending advisers. was there withni weapons and advisers. it is the people of iraq who are fighting the terrorists. it was the kurdish people who fought the terrorists. they needed support and help, and they needed people who knew how to organize them. we were there within two hours of president barzani calling us to go to their assistance. those who are talking about a shia crescent should tell me where in that crescent iraqi kurdistan falls. these are just fear mongering scenarios, narratives that are created -- presented, elaborated, articulated in order to create fear. this is not what we are after. we have called for a political solution in syria, where ,verybody, shia, sunni, alwaite jews, christians, can participate in government. this is what we want. charlie: what do you think about president bashar al-assad what is going on in syria. javad zarif: it is not my business to think about that. it is

some shia in the area. >> why do you say unfortunately some shia? of iranian -- the amount of iranian support here and the number of shia militia in iraq is staggering right now. almost 150,000 mobilization -- >> wow. >> that's pretty significant. it actually shows how much influence iran has in iraq right now. >> all right. now the campaign against islamic state also making progress inside syria, where the fall of the headquarters in syria could also be heading that way. is that victory? that liberation imminent too? >> probably not imminent. i think if the liberation of mosul tells us anything, it's some of the villages and cities that sit south along the ewe -- euphrates river valley are going to be brutal, car bombs, children will be used as shields in the fighting. i think it is likely going to be intense. but i think in the end the americans will likely prevail with their local allies and remove most of isis from these towns and villages. >> okay. let's assume that liberation does take place, you've written for us this week that already the ji

some shia in the area. >> why do you say unfortunately some shia?number of iranian -- the amount of iranian support here and the number of shia militia in iraq is staggering right now. almost 150,000 mobilization -- >> wow. >> that's pretty significant. it actually shows how much influence iran has in iraq right now. >> all right. now the campaign against islamic state also making progress inside syria, where the fall of the headquarters in syria could also be heading that way. is that victory? that liberation imminent too? >> probably not imminent. i think if the liberation of mosul tells us anything, it's some of the villages and cities that sit south along the ewe -- euphrates river valley are going to be brutal, car bombs, children will be used as shields in the fighting. i think it is likely going to be intense. but i think in the end the americans will likely prevail with their local allies and remove most of isis from these towns and villages. >> okay. let's assume that liberation does take place, you've written for us this week that already

meanwhile, shia labeouf spent a night behind bars.s arrested after reportedly getting out of control, and we obtained the police body camera footage. >> swearing at police. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> "e.t." was told he approached an officer and asked for a cigarette and closely became aggressive and disorderly. >> i was asking for a cigarette. you said no. i said, word. and then you arrested me, you dumb [ bleep ]. i got more millionaire lawyers than you know what to do, you stupid [ bleep ]. i'm from it, you dummy. >> in the video, recorded around 4:00 a.m. saturday, shia calls the arresting officer the same derogatory term more than ten times during their car ride. you can hear the cop's frustration exiting the squad card. >> oh, my god. >> once in jail, he goes into a tirade about his handcuff. >> these cuffs are too tight. why am i in custody? >> a female officer, seemingly aware of the "thans formers's" star's status, tries to get basic info. then this male officer gets a compliment? >> you're cute. >> now the 31-year-o

in addition, the leader of iraqi and much of the world's shia muslims down in southern iraq called for the people to rise up and not to turn on the sunni-arab brothers to the west in those areas were isis was growing. that is the combination we are looking to to keep the country from falling under the sway of the iranians because nobody wants to see that. you do have political figures in iraq to build on. that is not the case in syria, and other countries, unfortunately. host: white to make of the human rights watch calling for investigations of the iraqi forces investigating executions of detainees? guest: i'm sure they happened. i'm sure there will be no investigations coming to justice the way we would expect because in a situation like that, in most countries, things like that happen and you try to keep it to minimum but you can never get full justice. host: mike is in georgia, independent. go ahead. caller: can you hear me? host: go ahead. with, thisbegin fellow has been in the military all his life and is probably or one for halliburton of the military contractors. host: mike, le

this site i would like to focus on one made sure i mean problem was that tension between sunnis and shia and we cannot jump over to the reality the problem is not only between iran and between the saudi arabia the problem inside the house inside the other board itself you have this big divide between two sick did in groups and this is at the core of what the war happening in syria and this is bold to could inflame at any point in their been on in kuwait and behind and this. problem i don't think that i mean putting the blame on one side would help definitely between iran and saudi arabia and that killing the real issue would have a lot but antagonizing or defeat or develop one part. of the other is not it's not definitely going to how to that is nor. good cop bad cop game here and we have a deep divide inside. the. dimension is. that putting or putting. the stability of the whole for years and decades to come so if diplomacy has to play at all to push the major players to that each. day yemen case and the syria case can be a good start for this kind of man because the problem is not once

me that washington is picked to sunni's israel is overjoyed because it wants to see the sunni and shiafight and it gives them a breathing room and actually to expand and then you golan heights it seems to me it's a political tool the sectarianism it is it it isn't innate in the populations of the country because we always forget where these are royal families these are dictatorships in there are people here not necessarily states go ahead joe that's a good question first i agree with sam about iran not being full democracy it has more democracy at the saudi arabia and while we're actually sectarian issue the sectarian issue is here i've been now here more than a year and a half in iraq i've spent well more than two years all over the region and it's a real thing on the ground people really do i mean people i know guys here were very friendly with a really good guy the mention the well the moment you mention iran or she isn't they turn into monsters i mean it's just an amazing. transformation however that has come from the top in a lot of ways there's no question about that it is being

iraqis elected a shia prime minister with close ties to iran. he cut off funds to petraeus's sunni arab partners, threw their leaders in jail, and refused to grant immunity so u.s. troops could remain. defense secretary leon panetta argued that thousands of u.s. troops should stay behind anyway, but president obama eagerly announced a complete withdrawal. another u.s. leader declaring the iraq war was over. >> so tonight i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. >> the last convoy of u.s. troops pulled out. in the vacuum, remnants of al qaeda in iraq rose again, transforming into the conquering army of the islamic state, isis. by mid-2014, isis controlled nearly a third of the country, threatening kirkuk in the north and the capital city, baghdad. only three years after he had pulled out all u.s. troops, president obama started sending americans back in. >> we don't have a strategy at all. we're basically sort of playing this day to day. >> supported by u.s. troops, weapons, and training

.>>> actor shia labeouf is a pilot rising after cussing out a cop in a tirade caught on body camera. >> i got more millionaire lawyers then you know what to do with. >> in a tweet last night shia labeouf says he was ashamed of his behavior and offered a sincere apology to the officer. he also said he is struggling with addiction and working toward securing sobriety. the incident happened in savannah, georgia. he accused the officer of arresting him because he is white. >>> a lesson about reading the fine print. we can't be expected to read the fine print always you operate itunes and there are 19 pages of fine print. check the box. 22,000 people unwittingly agreed to clean toilets in exchange for free wi-fi service. >> that makes me want to check the agreements. the public wi-fi provider in the uk did a prank updating terms and conditions where the user would be required to form -- perform 1000 hours of security -- community service but the duties would include cleaning up animal waste. certainly they have a thing for poop. >> the wi-fi better be awesome. >> yes, for all of that. luc

islamic state for example targeted afghanistan shia communities.fghanistan is actually bleeding for the last few days. we have seen intense fighting almost in 24 provinces out of the 34 provinces that exist in afghanistan. in the western province of .trategic district at least 70 people including military, civilians, doctors and wounded patients were killed. when they were caught in the fighting they couldn't leave this remote district. comes ahead of unexpected deployment of several thousand u.s. troops and we saw last week mand, almost 10 strikes a day. much the fighting season. unfortunately afghanistan is losing soldiers as well as its people in very big numbers. in the long run that will not be sustainable. there will be issues with recruiting people from villages because people will simply see the afghan national security forces as one of the riskiest jobs in this country. >> thank you. a developing story that we are following from switzerland. at least five people have been hurt in an attack by an unidentified man. two of the victims have be

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getting a foothold, and the shia who dominate the government and military now.y have to heal somehow. but it's important not to lose sight of this moment. it is important for iraq, for its sacrifice, for what it's done to make the world potentially safer, as well, from isis and iraqi prime minister al abadi. certainly here to be here, that is not missed. back to you. >> wow. three years of occupation of that city. just an amazing, amazing move now. >> yeah, just not uniting the groups but how you rebuild mosul. you talk about billions of dollars just for infrastructure alone. it is a pile of rubble. a great accomplishment. >>> up next, president trump's son admitting he met with the russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin. does this meeting really rise to the level of collusion? we'll discuss next. it's a powero know where who you are and where you come from. i didn't know a lot about my personal family history. and through ancestry it brought us closer to understanding where i came from. finding out that i'm part native american and that i was related to one of

predominantly shia population there. what it will be like to basically bring water back to that city? >> i think that's a difficult time that the government in baghdad is going to have. this is one of the many problems in the first place why it began to rise so strongly in this part of the country. it was felt that the government in baghdad does not represent so as a result when an organization comes along, and saying we are defending you against the oppressive government that's dominated in baghdad. and also the sectarian killings and vendetta and anger coming out of the government. they were willing to sort of let this group come in and take over more territory. the question is can the incoming forces prove that they're really a unit of government and that they are really a government to be a voice in baghdad. i think that's really the key. it's going to take a lot of time. it's going to take a lot of trust. a laud of rebuilding to assure that's been achieved. >> he's the director of international security studies at t

with the revolution in iran and the desire to build a more cohesive shia understanding.table organisations have set up schools and educated pupils. in 2017, under the current leadership of saudi arabia, is that still the case? there are so many ways in which the saudis have clipped the wings of the clerical class to make sure that they understand that there is a limit to how much influence and decision—making the clerics can have. i would say there is a very big difference. the clerical class is becoming self—conscious about the messages... the new york times, last year, you can tell me this is out of date. the kingdoms spent untold millions promoting the radicalform of sunni ideology that claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks and fan the flames of islamic state. well, they have their particular narrative of islam. it is a question to pose. i ask that question in the book i have written. as far as saudi arabia, you are pointing the finger at qatar. are you saying that saudi arabia is not guilty of those things? i will not say that they are a flourishing liberal dem

it's always been split of ethnic lines of sunni versus shia.e under control under saddam hussein, they have now fallen and the shia are running the government and running lots of the military. the shia have to reach out to that sunni minority. the sunnis were close to isis. certainly they're extremists, providing them room to breathe in certain parts of the country. there's deep suspicion on both sides being on opposite sides of the front line frankly. the question is can they begin to reconcile and can iraq begin to rebuild. so much of what isis has left behind is rubble and dust. >> nick paton walsh, barbara starr, thanks to both of you. appreciate it. >>> the man accused of kidnapping a graduate student in illinois set for his first appearance in court. coming up, how the suspect's activity online could play a major role in the case. there's nothing more important to me than my vacation. so when i need to book a hotel, i want someone who makes it easy. booking.com gets it. and with their price match, i know i'm getting the best price every t

. >> number 4, shia labeouf arrested in georgia. ranting and swearing at officers. >> no!after shia allegedly approached an officer, asked for a cigarette and quickly became aggressive and disorderly. >> i was asking for a cigarette. you said no. i said words, and then you arrested me, you dumb [ bleep ]. i got more millionaire lawyers than you know what to do with, you stupid [ bleep ]. >> shia apologized in a tweet. quote, i am deeply ashamed of my behavior and make no excuses for it. number three, abby lee miller reports to prison. the reality star arrived to victorville, california, in the back of a black suv at 12:05 p.m. wednesday. she stayed in the car with the windows rolled up. a source close to abby told "e.t." she spent her last hours of freedom filming for lifetime. abby then rolled into what will be her new home for the next year and a day. and number two, ben's super public date night with new girlfriend, snl producer lindsay shook us. they grabbed a window seat for their dinner monday night. the couple kicked off the morning at starbucks and spent most of th

iraqis elected a shia prime minister with close ties to iran.f funds to petraeus's sunni arab partners, threw their leaders in jail, and refused to grant immunity so u.s. troops could remain. defense secretary leon panetta argued that thousands of u.s. troops should stay behind anyway, but president obama eagerly announced a complete withdrawal. another u.s. leader declaring the iraq war was over. >> so tonight i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. >> the last convoy of u.s. troops pulled out. in the vacuum, remnants of al qaeda in iraq rose again, transforming into the conquering army of the islamic state, isis. by mid-2014, isis controlled nearly a third of the country, threatening kirkuk in the north and the capital city, baghdad. only three years after he had pulled out all u.s. troops, president obama started sending americans back in. >> we don't have a strategy at all. we're basically sort of playing this day to day. >> supported by u.s. troops, weapons, and training, the iraq

saudi arabia had a situation with the revolution in iran and the desire to build a more cohesive shiacause of that, american charitable organisations have set up schools and educated pupils. in sunni islam. so in 2017, under the current leadership of saudi arabia, is that still the case? there are so many ways in which the saudis have publicly clipped the wings of the clerical class in saudi arbia to make sure that they understand that there is a limit to how much influence and decision—making the clerics can have. i would say there is a very big difference. the clerical class is becoming self—conscious about the messages... ok, so the new york times, last year, you can tell me this is out of date, t"he kingdoms spent untold millions promoting the radicalform of sunni ideology that claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks and fan the flames of islamic state." they have their particular narrative of islam. and i think it is a very interesting question for all of us to pose in islam. i pose that question in the book i have written. as far as saudi arabia, you are pointing the finger

we say it effectively should be closed down as an editorial that says, hate the west, hate the shia,e the shia, hate the outsider, the christian, the jewm is an extraordinary territorial list form of free speech, it was as if china ordered britain to close down the bbc. i don't think there is a narrative between the two. this is a request to stop poisoning people with an extremist narrative. henry jackson... one of the things about aljazeera is that they are incredibly effective. somebody said to me, there are whole of channels that have the same narrative. the problem is that aljazeera is so effective and appealing that it pulls a fall in. essentially, they are extremely effective. it should still close? it should change to the extent that it cannot be recognised as aljazeera today, aljazeera arabic. aljazeera english is in this because those journalists who do not understand the arabic language, they are doing a greatjob and say, this has to be freedom of speech. what you are fighting for is freedom of hate speech. it is incredibly provocative, emotionally charged... whether it is

houthi minority felt marginalised, they overthrew the government, it worried the saudis, who feared shiarmed a military coalition to try to reinstate the government. they got the support of the united nations to do it, but after two yea rs of nations to do it, but after two years of fighting there is a military stalemate so the bombing continues and the suffering continues. is there any sign of an end to this, what is the international community doing? very little hope indeed, the un has repeatedly failed to achieve any kind of ceasefire and other events make it much harder. iran is coming on the side of the houthis, so it's 110w seen on the side of the houthis, so it's now seen as a proxy on the side of the houthis, so it's now seen as a proxy conflict between sunni saudi arabia and shia iran. saudi arabia has been involved in the support of donald trump. they don't feel under much pressure internationally to reduce bombing despite criticism by some who say international humanitarian law has been breached. i think the diplomatic stand—off between qatar and other old states means interna

and every time we've seen the popular mobilization units, these are the shia militias in particular,as formerly sunni, we've seep them act in -- seen them act in a way that basically creatings deep suspicion and insecurity on the part of the sunnis. we need sunnis to return home, we need sunnis to the feel there'll be governance there, that there'll be security there, that there'll be reconstruction there, that they'll be included there. if that doesn't happen the very conditions that produced isis in the first place are going to be recreated. so, eric, the first question was really about the nature of this challenge. in many ways, the challenge -- as hard as it was to liberate mosul, the harder part of the challenge comes now. because the harder part now begins to deal with what are the political realities in iraq going to be. are we going to see a kind of governance that allows for real coexistence between shia and sunni and kurds, or are we going to see the kind of sectarian politics that have roiled iraq and have made it difficult to produce the kind of governance that would have

the most important of the militant shia factions in lebanon was hezbollah. and there were a lot of people that thought iran specifically had influence with hezbollah. i'm not going to go into detail about all of the terrible strife that occurred in beirut and lebanon in the early and mid-1980's, as well as all of the other intrigue, the violence, the terrorism, the counterterrorism, that played out across the middle east in this time. it's a large discussion. i can only touch on it here. suffice it to say that, as part of this bloody drama unfolding throughout the region, there was chaos in lebanon, and people were taken hostage because clearly those who took them hostage thought they were valuable to have, they could be ransomed, perhaps. or perhaps there were other reasons for taking them hostage. among the people taken hostage in the 1980's was a man named william buckley, and he was the cia station chief in beirut, so this was not just another hostage. a lot of people were taken hostage for priests people who , taught at the american university in beirut

you could tell whether they were sunni or shia by the way they had been killed. iraqis stopped eating fish in the river because they said it had changed flavor from living off so many corpses. you see american idealism at its best because everybody thought the country was lost and the decision to send extra forces in , which was decision president bush took against the advice of had avisers basically huge psychological effect. because the sense of we are not hard, but it'sbe not hopeless. we can come back. and this new energy, this new release, you saw extraordinary readership, the right resources being applied, and a strategy. the violence went way, way, way down. for me, that was extraordinary. no other country could have pulled that off. let's put our resources into afghanistan because there is more hope there. in america there is a sense of we can't leave it like this. let's turn it around. it is this extraordinary period. theyat sacrifice, but what achieved was extraordinary. for anybody who lived through that, it shows what americans can do. it showed their

that sunnies and shia went to the mosques together. right? now in yemen, the sectarianism is much worse largely due to the iranians. >> rose: if it happened in iraq it became much worse in iraq. >> absolutely. >> rose: now. >> now there is a trick here that is a need thearl is hard to thread. and i think president o brama-- obama was on one side of the tough line to manage and president trump might be on the other. and here is the trick. is there is a real struggle going on inside of iran. between the hard-liners and i don't call them moderates. i don't call them moderateds but i call them-- so between the supreme leader and the force andrew hani and all the people who are with him, this tension was-- . >> rose: rouhani would you call, the president is a centrist. >> centrist, absolutely. >> rose: so the republican guard and supreme leader. >> and it played out in the recent presidential election. could you see it. the western media didn't report on it but you could see it in the debates between the candidates. >> you could see the tension. a

(jr stone) tonight we are leanring more actor shia labeouf's recent arrest.beouf was taken into custody in savannah, georgia early saturday. he was on location filming his latest movie, "peanut butter falcon." according to police, he approached a civilian and an officer, asking them for a cigarette. police said when he wasn't given the cigarette, he started yelling obscenities and displaying aggressive behavior toward the officer. police said they asked him to leave the area and he refused. he also reportedly ran away from the officer who was trying to take him into custody. labeouf has been charged with disorderly conduct, obstruction and public drunkenness. labeouf was arrested earlier this year for misdemeanor assault at an anti donald trump rally. (jr stone) a southern california businessman who was just named as a person of interest in two murders... has fled the country according to authorities. as dave lopez reports-- the man has suddenly left for europe... and his house is up for sale. ááno script providedááincue: "and he'd get on the train..." outq:

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actor shia labeouf has been arrested again.eouf was taken into custody in savannah, georgia early saturday. he was on location filming his latest movie, "peanut butter falcon." according to police, he approached a civilian and an officer, asking them for a cigarette.police said when he wasn't given the cigarette, he started yelling obscenities and displaying aggressive behavior toward the officer. police said they asked him to leave the area and he refused. he also reportedly ran away from the officer who was trying to take him into custody. labeouf has been charged with disorderly conduct, obstruction and public drunkenness.labeouf was arrested earlier this year for misdemeanor assault at an anti president trump rally. next we'll break down the latest movies to hit theaters. ((brian tease)) ♪ [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select mode

yes, shia leboeuf a arrested. what investigators are charging the actor with this time. >>> and hundreds pack the beach to see first hand a moment that was months in the making. >>> he's making it slowly there buy why this turtle grew such a huge crowd of supporters >>> after shia leboeuf is in trouble with the law again the 31-year-old was arrested in savannah g good, early this morning. police citing him with public drunkenness, diss orally conduct and obstruct. he was later released from $7,000 bond. it comes after leboeuf was arrested in new york city earlier this year where he was accused of shoving a man at a museum. >>> well, hundreds of people are flocking to the beach not to just catch some rays and get in the water, but to witness a moment nearly three months in the making. a huge sea turtle is back in the atlantic ocean tonight. fox's christa delgado has the story from florida. >> reporter: this is no leisurely stroll on the beach. it takes an army of experts to carry 300 popped whitney across the sand

in all of this, brings confrontation between up upper right, iran, shia nation, bottom left sunni world led by saudi arabia our closest ally and friend, israel in the middle of this mix. the united states very much involved so maritime activity not only to south china sea. not only the atlantic, but also this persian arabian gulf and water withs of the indian ocean. what elsesome the mediterranean how many people have gone on a cruise to the meds mediterranean a wonderful place to get in a big cruiseliner really to enjoy yourself. the mediterranean sea of all of the world's oceans has seen the most combat, the most war if i could -- snap my fingers and bring back to life all of the dead mariners dropped at sea all of the smoking holes that went to the bottom and somehow miraculously bring them back we would completely cover the surface of the mediterranean sea with those sailors. this is the battle of laponto epic maritime battles in history in which a christian coalition led by the hungarian empire essentially thought the empire in a small place called laponto in the center of mediterr

which was not there to the forefront which was not there to that extent, the sectarian divide between shias now, the 620, deutsche welle has been covering it closely. what is most interesting is what happens on the sidelines and behind—the—scenes. interesting is what happens on the sidelines and behind-the-scenes. and the elephant in the room which get, which you can see, and what was important essentially is everybody is starting to try to grapple with the new definition of how the us under donald trump was to define itself. there is no longer the clear western leadership of the us and the europeans are trying to grapple with angela merkel trying with president xijinping to angela merkel trying with president xi jinping to try to have some agreement on trade and climate change, to manage the situation. yet, china and germany are very close on trade and these things but they are not for close on other things such as democracy and human rights. she is known as the summit chancellor but this won't have gone down as a success chancellor but this won't have gone down as a success really for her

they have the direct religious influence and ties with the shia population there.hey will do everything possible to ensure there's never again going to be a war. charlie: how much influence do they have over bashar al-assad, because of the influence over hezbollah? ian: and because the iranians have military capabilities on the ground in syria, too. charlie: but mainly hezbollah. ian: yes. but the answer is, a lot. there had in incidents and political negotiations with the russians have been frustrated. the russians and iranians are working closely right now on syria, and they are sharing military bases. keep in mind the russians supported u.s. sanctions against iran. charlie: they supported the nuclear deal. ian: absolutely. i don't feel like the russians -- i feel like they had a long-term strategic alignment necessarily -- charlie: when you look at this deal that took place when the president went to riyadh, and said, i'm joiningnecessarily -- with arab countries in an effort to isolate iran in the battle for supremacy in the gulf region, and then later you have