saddam had killed tens of thousands of shia during his rule and now the shia militias were only too happy to help the americans put down the sunni uprising. it was classic counterinsurgency. paul wolfowitz and not the policy change before a senate committee. approach to those militias is to try over time to integrate them into new iraqi security forces shia militia from all over the country came in truckloads to baghdad to join the new special police commandos they were enraged by suicide bombings of shia civilians under sas nations and kidnappings by sunni insurgents and militants it was their time and our opportunity to take revenge upon former regime elements that. iraq was on the path towards a sectarian civil war. the u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld confirmed the new policing strategy in may two thousand and four reading about how we're trying to make efforts placing iraqi militia to handle insurgents interacting had discussions with general petraeus yesterday i had a briefing today from a man named steele who has been out there working with the security forces and doing a won

saddam had killed tens of thousands of shia during his rule and now the shia militias were only too happy to help the americans put down the sunni uprising. it was classic counterinsurgency. paul wolfowitz and not the policy change before a senate committee. approach to those militias is to try over time to integrate them into new iraqi security forces shia militia from all over the country came in truckloads to baghdad to join the new special police commandos they were enraged by suicide bombings of shia civilians under stress nations and kidnappings by sunni insurgents and militants it was their time in power and opportunity to take revenge upon former regime elements that. iraq was on the path towards a sectarian civil war. the u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld confirmed the new policing strategy in may two thousand and four reading about how they were trying to make efforts placing iraqi militia to handle insurgents interacting you had discussions with general petraeus yesterday i had a briefing today from a man named steele who has been out there working with the security forces

have thrown their support behind the protest movement hadi lamarre who is one of the leaders of the shia militias the popular mobilization forces has said the protesters demands must be respected. whose political bloc won big in the may twelfth elections has also weighed in saying that no government should be formed until the protesters demands are met now it's easy for those leaders to be able to throw their support behind the protest movement because they draw a lot of support from the south where the protest movement is based so they're playing effectively to the gallery that however the government is listening it's understanding that it does need to address these demands from the protesters in the last few days they've sent a high level energy delegation to saudi arabia to negotiate with saudi arabia's trying to electricity into the south this whole crisis was sparked when iran stopped supplying electricity to the south because it was owed a billion and a half dollars in unpaid bills and pay bills are now saudi arabia is a regional rival and has long been concerned about iran's role

saddam had killed tens of thousands of shia during his rule and now the shia militias were only too happy to help the americans put down the sunni uprising. it was classic counterinsurgency. paul wolfowitz and not the policy change before a senate committee. approach to those militias is to try over time to integrate them into new iraqi security forces shia militia from all over the country came in truckloads to baghdad to join the new special police commandos they were enraged by suicide bombings of shia civilians under stress nations and kidnappings by sunni insurgents and militants it was their time in power and opportunity to take revenge upon former regime elements that. iraq was on the path towards a sectarian civil war. the u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld confirmed the new policing strategy in may two thousand and four reading about how they were trying to make efforts placing iraqi militia to handle insurgents interacting had discussions with general petraeus yesterday i had a briefing today from a man named steele who has been out there working with the security forces and

saddam had killed tens of thousands of shia during his rule and now the shia militias were only too happy to help the americans put down the sunni uprising. it was classic counterinsurgency. paul wolfowitz and not the policy change before a senate committee. approach to those militias is to try over time to integrate them into new iraqi security forces shia militia from all over the country came in truckloads to baghdad to join the new special police commandos they were enraged by suicide bombings of shia civilians under sas nations and kidnappings by sunni insurgents and militants it was their time and our opportunity to take revenge upon former regime elements that. iraq was on the path towards a sectarian civil war. the u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld confirmed the new policing strategy in may two thousand and four i've been reading about how we're trying to make efforts placing iraqi militia to handle insurgents interacting had a discussion with general petraeus yesterday i had a briefing today from a man named steele who has been out there working with the security forces and

sadam had killed tens of thousands of shia during his rule and now the shia militias were only too happy to help the americans put down the sunni uprising. it was classic counterinsurgency. paul wolfowitz and not the policy change before a senate committee. approach to those militias is to try over time to integrate them into new iraqi security forces shia militia from all over the country came in truckloads to baghdad to join the new special police commandos they were enraged by suicide bombings of shia civilians under stress nations and kidnappings by sunni insurgents and qaeda militants it was their time in power an opportunity to take revenge upon former regime elements that. iraq was on the path towards a sectarian civil war. the u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld confirmed the new policing strategy in may two thousand and four reading about how they were trying to make efforts placing iraqi militia to handle insurgents interacting you had a discussion with general petraeus yesterday i had a briefing today from a man named steele who has been out there working with the security

saddam had killed tens of thousands of shia during his rule and now the shia militias were only too happy to help the americans put down the sunni uprising. it was classic counterinsurgency. paul wolfowitz and not the policy change before a senate committee. approach to those militias is to try over time to integrate them into new iraqi security forces shia militia from all over the country came in truckloads to baghdad to join the new special police commandos they were enraged by suicide bombings of shia civilians under stress nations and kidnappings by sunni insurgents and militants it was their time and our opportunity to take revenge upon former regime elements that. iraq was on the path towards a sectarian civil war. the u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld confirmed the new policing strategy in may two thousand and four reading about how they were trying to make efforts placing iraqi militia to handle insurgents interacting you had a discussion with general petraeus yesterday i had a briefing today from a man named steele who has been out there working with the security forces and

we made a victory against that's because all the iraqi people sunni shia and kurds convinced convinced that the our first enemy is dutch but now the problem is that what with the boycott that happened in the elections which means that people actually get fed from the political process ok will not engage with any elections and the more and the same time they are looking for a good services to push them to what the real political process that is supposed to be happen before we get into the domestic politics. we're talking about people grappling with how to. gets electricity on a daily basis in what is supposed to be one of the richest nations on earth they generate something like two hundred sixty million dollars every day from oil was a problem here this is the sort of the sad irony of it particularly in a city and province like where you know iraqis from basra is from the area know that they're sitting on most of the wealth and they can see the international companies coming they can see how much their leaders their own leaders doesn't mean if the shia are sunni or kurd there are other

supreme court there's no date for when the supreme court will issue its ruling but it's likely the shia cleric will form a coalition he's a self-proclaimed nationalist suspicious of both iran and the us other shia parties are far from united behind him shia islam is the predominant sect particularly in southern iraq so there's large election win means his party they say don't lie and will choose the next pm to do so will need to make deals with other parties. one of the largest is the victory alliance led by the current prime minister hydrilla body the victory alliance a body is the only choice also there has for prime minister. if there is a better candidate we are open to any better candidate however i personally think he is in the right place and the situation. we are in the right place to choose somebody who we know and i would like to see him in power but also that he is looking beyond just a shia base her coalition partners because of his nationalist starts the communist party of iraq has joined forces with him. this kind of for alliance metry communist . movement is probably surp

it was us now iraq's top shia cleric has demanded that a government be formed as soon as possible to deal with corruption and poor basic services grand ayatollah ali al sistani has called mir is that of protesters across the country demonstrations started in the oil rich city of basra in the south thousands of protesters there say the government is neglecting the region whilst exploiting its resources for no other. if the government fails to keep its pledges or if the parliament or judicial system blocks the implementation of those pledges then the people would have no option but to escalate their means of peaceful protest to impose their will on the officials supported by all the forces of good will in the country and then the scene will look very different compared to today however we hope that there will be no need for that and that the officials will put reason wisdom and the interest of the country first before it is too late . more now from our correspondent in the iraqi capital baghdad iran kong. those words by the highest sheer religious authority in iraq will be seen as conc

nearly all of the new recruits within the commandos are shia many of them are barber members. general muntadhar resigned from the interior ministry he had come to view the commandos as death squads. to close colleagues were killed following a summons to the ministry their bodies were found on a rubbish tip. he got out of iraq and fled for his safety to jordan. despite the risk he decided to speak out about what was happening inside the ministry of the interior. plant when i was far from the woman but by the route of the property. we were gone and all. that but. a few days after the broadcast general in one charge i was contacted by james steele. it seems that former colonel steele had made an unexpected trip to jordan he was very anxious to meet with muntadhar. james steele was staying at the luxury sheraton hotel in a man. he asked if they could meet about seven pm that night. when tiger greet and went to the hotel. but i wouldn't have a story and jim says there was a notice. in the energy sector. if this agreement which is honest will endure. in the cut that bit hard. for th

be formed very quickly throwing that support behind the protest movement now white is the highest shia religious authority throwing its support behind the process moving were a lot of the protesters coming from the south which is a shia area and they'll be concerned that these protests will develop and they may well turn to criticize the religious authorities for not getting behind them so by throwing their support behind the protest movement it's a way of saying to the people that we are behind you now there have been other political developments as well the government have been listening to the protesters demands they've struck a deal with kuwait to bring in kerosene and electricity generators into the southern port city of basra that they say will allow electricity to be running for up to about seventeen hours a day but what's going on with the protest movement and they are on a regular friday basis but we won't know for a few hours yet whether they're in any kind of size that we've seen in the past has been a lot of noise on social media about getting people out on the streets but

other shia parties far from united behind him shia islam is the predominant sect particularly in southern iraq so there's a large election win means his party they say don't lie and will choose the next pm to do so will need to make deals with other parties. one of the largest is the victory alliance led by the current prime minister hydrilla body the victory alliance a body is the only choice also that it has for prime minister you know if there is a better candidate. we are open to any but the candidate however i personally think he is in the right place and the situation. we are in that i faced choose somebody who we know and i would like to see him in power but also that he is looking beyond just a shia base her coalition partners because of his nationalist starts the communist party of iraq has joined forces with him this kind of for alliance between communist and the movement is probably surprising to many. people but they didn't come as a surprise it was an hour of calm come on activity that come on participation in the protest movement over the years two thousand and seventeen but

>> within iraq there are very bitter tensions between the shia and the sunni that had been contained under a strong dictator, but once that dictator is gone, the infighting begins. >> the sunnis had been on top under saddam. suddenly we invade, get rid of saddam, and they're on the bottom. you've got millions and millions of pissed off sunnis, some of whom are going to join the insurgency. >> we are not followers of saddam hussein, says this man. we are sons of iraq and reject the american occupation of our country. >> when you end up fighting insurgents among the population not wearing uniforms with improvised explosive devices, ambushes, guerrilla tactics, that's a very, very different task. >> militant cells each have about eight to ten core members. they're hard to catch because they often hire poor villagers to pull the triggers. >> the united states military was kind of caught pretty flat-footed by this insurgency that was gathering steam, and the policymakers wouldn't admit it was an insurgency. >> are we in the quicksand. is this going to be another quagmire. >> well, time wi

the mosque was about he wants the government to be expedited to be formed now why has the highest shia religious authority come out with a statement like that a lot of the protests are taking place in shia areas and the religious or torah jews are clearly concerned that if the protesters demands on the herd that they'll spread across the country and they may even call to criticize the merge a of the highest religious or forty so this was a timely backing of the protest movement however it's friday today friday prayers have been over there's been a lot of call on social media a lot of noise on social media to try and get people out on the streets in bars or in baghdad we don't know whether that will actually generate into people being out in the streets for another few hours but certainly the protesters will have been void by those words from the highest religious or thora to shia religious or thora he's seeing it as a backing of what they want to now the government has listened to some of the protesters demands is bringing in kerosene from kuwait in a day deal struck with its neighbor

lebanon is a strong critic of the syrian president bashar al assad well elsewhere iran iraq's top shia cleric has demanded the government be formed as soon as possible to deal with corruption and poor basic services grand ayatollah ali al sistani is cool echoes the demand of protesters across iraq demonstrations started in the oil rich city of basra in the south thousands of protesters there say the government is neglecting the region while exploiting its resources imraan khan has more from baghdad. protests in iraq of failed to materialize in the kinds of numbers that we've seen in recent weeks in basra and here in baghdad also that despite a campaign a very active campaign on social media trying to encourage people to come out in the streets now why is that it's likely to be because the protesters demands have been listened to by the government the government has struck deals with its neighbor kuwait to supply electricity generators in kerosene to fuel those generators saying that will supply electricity for at least seventeen hours a day in the south and you'll remember that these p

iran can still have its shia militia stationed outside the buffer zone. iran can still have longer range rockets and missiles deployed outside the buffer zone. iran can still have the land ,ridge outside the buffer zone and all of those things would be an acceptable to israel -- unacceptable to israel. from the israeli point of view, the solution would be that iran has to leave syria altogether. loomingcan see the major conflict in iran and israel brewing. one wants to say there permanently, and the other side wantsisrael to leave -- them to leave syria now. whispering in that part of the world. israel -- that is what is happening in that part of the world. israelis have hit iranian forces directly. there were 10 incidents that is really forces it back at iranian after they had sent rockets into the israeli occupied go on -- golan. back andlis hit coordinated air and missile attacks on almost all of iranian installations within syria. major action by the israeli military directly against iranian forces, and these were the basis we were talking about. it i

the rebels are allegedly armed by the saudis' rival, shia iran. would usually goes unseen is britain's role. it is a major arms eter to the saudis. years of war have ought the ooab world's pst nation to the brink of collapse, oubut has not t president rabbuh mansur hadi back to power. easy to see who he relies on now, saudi arabia and the uae. we managed to meet president hadi in the southern port city of aden on one of his rare d sits to home soil. given that the unitions has said that the majority of civilian casualties here are caused by airstrikes by the saudi-led coalition, hu ever regretted the decision to bring them into this conflict? pres. ha: i don't regret it all. otherwise we would not have liberated part of the country, from alsden tohere. without the support of the coalition, these areas would have been under the control of the houthis. we believe the coalition operation decisive storm is the most successful one that has arer been undertaken by th world. thla: you say it is successful, president hadi, bue years on you are still not i

nearly all of the new recruits within the commandos are shia many of them are barred are members. general muntadhar resigned from the interior ministry he had come to view the commandos as death squads. to close colleagues were killed following a summons to the ministry their bodies were found on a rubbish tip. he got out of iraq and fled for his safety to jordan. despite the risk he decided to speak out about what was happening inside the ministry of the interior. plant when i was far from the woman but by the route of the property. we were gone i know. that but. a few days after the broadcast general on one charge i was contacted by james steele. it seems that former colonel steele had made an unexpected trip to jordan he was very anxious to meet with muntadhar. james steele was staying at the luxury sheraton hotel in the man. he asked if they could meet about seven pm that night. when tiger greet and went to the hotel. with another story and jim says there was a notice. before new construction. if this agreement which is honest will endure . in the cut that bit hard. for them.

ambassador to the w t o denis shia accuses china of seriously harming members of the group by failingo live up to free trade principles. china's compliance with w t o guidelines lies at the heart of the conflict notably over beijing's a legit state support for companies that are ostensibly private w t o rules permits some government support for national industries under specific circumstances in geneva on wednesday china's vice commerce minister one show when you defended china's record. we would like to call all the members to vacillate found the fundamental principles and the call fairness of the most natural trading system including m.f. and national achievement and special and differential treatment for developed in memphis and to family stand up to chait fully protectionism and unilateralism. washington's main bone of contention is that under the w t o rules china continues to self identify as a developing nation president trump tweeted in april that this allowed china to get advantages especially over the u.s. the u.s. argued that if beijing's behavior went unchecked it would ru

shia city be a mennonite. it's not just russian fancy it's also people from all over the world happy they can see the host that they are playing in the quarter finals. of the suspect record for the losers on this occasion the spine of hobbit hopes of a second well cup title but this is the taste of disappointment for them but i think in a spanish team today. it is in play. dead again if there's only so as not only. spain we russia bought the football. everything is possible if you will like look at three or four no i know for the size from the shade over the years why first they called france look for the top left of the drool but on the few more things i've done the hard work made it through for the last eight rusher and it's all right now they will face croatia that much will be taking place in sochi on saturday july the seventh so just six days for the team. recover a lot of us prez freshly in the rush rush we're looking really tied today the denmark aeration actually went to extra time it went to penalties

several people have been killed in the unrest which has spread across cities in the shia dominated southave opened an investigation into one of president macron‘s aides for allegedly assaulting a demonstrator. video footage has emerged of a man wearing a police riot helmet, hitting a protester during may day demonstrations. he's been identified as alexandre benalla, a senior security officer in mr macron‘s team. the philippines has issued a new deportation order for an elderly australian nun at odds with president rodrigo duterte. immigration officials accuse sister patricia fox of breaking the terms of her missionary visa by engaging in political activism. president duterte ordered her arrest and deportation in april, describing the 71—year—old as an "undesirable alien". two children have apparently been attacked by sharks off the coast of long island in new york. these are the first such incidents in the state for seventy years. a thirteen year old boy and a twelve year old girl were bitten at two different beaches along the bay of fire island. both victims are expected to recover full

the rebels are allegedly armed by saudi's rival, shia iran. arms exporter to the saudis. years of war have brought the arab world's poorest nation to the brink of collapse, but have not brought the exiled president, abdrabbuh mansur hadi, back to power. easy to see who he relies on now — his allies, saudi arabia and the uae. we managed to meet president hadi at the southern port city of aden, on one of his rare visits to home soil. given that the united nations has said that the majority of civilian casualties here were caused by air strikes by the saudi—led coalition, have you ever regretted the decision to bring them into this conflict? translation: i don't regret it at all. otherwise, we would not have liberated parts of the country. from aden to al mahrah, without the support of the coalition, these areas would have been under the control of the houthis. we believe the coalition operation decisive storm is the most successful one that has ever been undertaken by the arab world. you say it's successful, president hadi, but three years on, y

so may seem to protein is the way of the much this is great so happy we can can have a shia shia very. minute. it's not just russian fancy it's also people from all over the world that we can see the host that they are playing in the quarter finals. were suspended for for the losers on this occasion spain. hopes of a second well cup title but this is the taste of disappointment for them but i think in a spanish team today. it is in play. dead again if he slowly so as not only. spain we rush by the football. everything is possible he will take a look at the for the final i know this is outfront shade over the years why first take on france look for the top left of the draw on the few more things have done the hard work and made it through for the last russia and it's all right now they will face croatia that much will be taking place in sochi on saturday july the seventh so just six days for the teams to recover a lot of those press especially in the russia we're looking at really tie today the denmark croatia match she went to sit on it went to penalties as well as for you a bit more

the rebels are allegedly armed by saudi's rival, shia iran.ave brought the arab world's poorest nation to the brink of collapse, but have not brought the exiled president, abdrabbuh mansur hadi, back to power. easy to see who he relies on now — his allies, saudi arabia and the uae. we managed to meet president hadi at the southern port city of aden, on one of his rare visits to home soil. given that the united nations has said that the majority of civilian casualties here were caused by air strikes by the saudi—led coalition, have you ever regretted the decision to bring them into this conflict? translation: i don't regret it at all. otherwise, we would not have liberated parts of the country. from aden... without the support of the coalition, these areas would have been under the control of the houthis. we believe the coalition operation decisive storm is the most successful one that has ever been undertaken by the arab world. you say it's successful, president hadi, but three years on, you are still not in control of the capital. more than 1

that al-jazeera gaza in syria thousands of shia civilians and fighters have arrived in government held areas after injuring at least three years under siege by sunni rebels and it led province buses began arriving in aleppo province allium the windows have been shattered by rocks thrown at the fleet as it passed through rebel held territory about seven thousand people from the edge leptons a four and cafe are what evacuated as part of a deal struck between the government and rebels hundreds of rebel prisoners to be released in return. meanwhile state media is reporting ten government buses have entered a village in the southern province to transfer the rebels to adlib it follows more government airstrikes and opposition held territory in the province the syrian government has retaken large areas of connecticut as part of a military offensive in the south which has lost it for months our correspondent reports from the occupied golan heights but. as the syrian forces continue waging fierce attacks on the north and south of kony tra attempt to regain control of the areas that fell into th

needs to take into consideration all of the protesters demands now the reason for that is that the shia clerics here are very worried that the protest movement if it spreads not just in the south but across the country as well that they'll come in for criticism for not backing the protest movement so this will avoid the protest movement as well however it looks it feels like right now that the protest movement is simply waiting and giving the government a chance to meet their demands china's fake baby vaccine scandal has stirred a lively debate on social media despite strict censorship state media it was social report that story but the government swung quickly into action so as government decision making increasingly being led by social media china correspondent adrian brown reports china's social media users were unusually energized this week it's one of the few ways people here can let off steam the hash tag chunk chunk of vaccine case was viewed more than four hundred and seventy million times chung chung is the name of the company that sold fake vaccines that were administered to m

concerned on have made it clear they do not want the involvement of any iranian backed hezbollah or shia militias on the syrian side of the border near jordan those hezbollah has been involved in the fight to retake data jordan does not want them to be establishing a presence on this border russia security concerns to the lay those fears of jordan and the russians also expected to keep an eye on syrian security forces and make sure there are no reprisal attacks on displaced people who fled the fighting in data province jordan wants those displaced people to go back home they need to feel safe and secure that they can go back home and again the jordanians will expect and hope that the russian police military police patrolling along the border will allow any fears that those displaced people might have. more than one point six million people have been ordered to leave their homes as a result of flooding in japan at least thirty eight people have been killed and dozens more are missing heavy rainfall triggered landslides causing widespread destruction and western and central regions almost

them if i understand it correctly many of the protesters in fact possibly most of them are from the shia community and of course it used to be the case that one of their significantly this would be mocked out on assad or we would see him at the forefront of these protests he's of course now part of the government process where does he stand in all of this. it remains unclear in fact he's been eerily quiet on this despite sending a delegation we haven't heard usually he would come out and him being a populist leader in the past being the man behind such protests as we saw in baghdad a couple of years back this time has been has been rather oddly quiet which on the one hand means that these protests are perhaps more spontaneous than the iraqi government and generally elections so the protests in the past have been on the one hand on the other he is still waiting to see where this leads because this is the. symptom of the fracture in the ruling shia house in iraq and while they have been so far generally peaceful and spontaneous the chance of these protests becoming violent and chaotic are

and cafe in the north west the shia towns have been under siege by sunni rebels for more than four years. now a court ruling in lebanon on homosexuality is being hailed as a victory for being gay bisexual and transgender people were gay sex is considered a criminal offense under a lebanese law prohibiting sexual acts considered to be against nature convictions carry a twelve month prison sentence the appeals court has acquitted nine people prosecuted for being gay judges ruled that the law should not apply to homosexuality the appeals court as the second highest and mebane and its ruling could influence others in the lower courts well let's get more on this now we're joined by george executive director of the arab foundation for freedoms. and equality and he's joining us live via skype from a very very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so we have seen lower courts ruling this way over the past few years but what do you hope will be the impact of this forwarding by the appeals court given the the mall authority that it does carry. me i think it's important to understand for us to cha

concerned on have made it clear they do not want the involvement of any iranian backed hezbollah or shia militias on the syrian side of the border near jordan those hezbollah has been involved in the fight to retake data jordan does not want them to be establishing a presence on this border russia security concerns to the lay those fears of jordan and the russians also expected to keep an eye on syrian security forces and make sure there are no reprisal attacks on displaced people who fled the fighting in dara province jordan wants those displaced people to go back home they need to feel safe and secure that they can go back home and again the jordanians will expect and hope that the russian police military police patrolling along the border will lay any fears that those displaced people might have the world's chemical weapons watchdog has found evidence that chlorine gas was used in an attack in syria earlier this year a preliminary report by the o.p.c. w. says various chlorinated chemicals were found at the site dozens of people were killed in the attack on duma which is under rebel co

fighters and pro-government forces thousands were bussed out of four and fair in the northwest the shia towns have been under siege by sunni rebels for more than four years probation forces and their families were among those who left they have been taken to areas under government control and in exchange the government is expected to release hundreds of opposition detainees. a south korean court has ordered two hundred million dollars in compensation be paid to the families of victims of the two thousand and fourteen seawall ferry disaster more than three hundred people mostly schoolchildren drowned when the overloaded vessel capsized a group of victims' families fond of also against the government and ferry operators saying they were liable for the disaster the court's order to each family be paid about two hundred ten thousand dollars. now a new report by the human rights group forty five rights is calling for the arrest of twenty two military and police officials in myanmar they are accused of committing crimes that constitute genocide against the country's community of a group bombe

needs to take into consideration all of the protesters demands now the reason for that is that the shia clerics hey are very worried that the protest movement if it spreads not just in the south but across the country as well that they'll come in for criticism for not backing the protest movement so this will avoid the protest movement as well however it looks it feels like right now that the protest movement is simply waiting and giving the government a chance to meet their demands. well than four hundred people have been killed in antigovernment protests over the past three months according to nicaragua's association of human rights is accuses security forces of detaining opponents of president daniel ortega in secret torture sanchez last america and its holy see in human reports. it's been one hundred days since the began burying their loved ones killed in a conflict too reminiscent of the country's civil war in the one nine hundred seventy s. this week at least three more people were killed in the northern city of people reportedly by pro-government paramilitary forces while in mana

because you cannot dismiss all discount someone like shahbaz sharif who heads the most and least the shia in the punjab he says the bobbies hold the muslim league and they have lost areas in order to show my show he and he has been a very competent cheerfulness toward one job he's actually transformed the punjab so in that it's a sin not you it will be a very they tough situation for iran's he needs to relate i've gone down the oppositional been there will was soon as he can let's talk a little bit more about the opposition and about the challenges that imran khan faces as he seeks to take over the reins of pakistan because in the opposition for their part they have claimed the vote rigging hair they have claimed corruption especially you know among iran khan's military backers what do you say to that. i see that these are jennifer's who are by the reverend not a spokesman for iran kamel of the government or any particular interest in x. unsolicited as an analyst so my analysis is that whenever there is action and the opposition loses this it is mean rigging now what that does is very oft

in police affairs to the iraqi interior ministry says that the trace must have known that organized shia militia were dominant in the police commanders he had to have known these things were discussed openly whether it was staff meetings or you know before or after various staff meetings and general conversation. pretty much the whole world in iraq knew that the police commandos were about a brigade and he must have known about the death squad activities and yet it was common knowledge and across baghdad even to trace his own special adviser in the military chain of command colonel james coffman was according to many witnesses working side by side with james steele in the detention centers where torture was taking place. kaufman declined to be interviewed by us. about general petraeus his relationship with james steele the official speaking for the general said steele was one of thousands of advisors to iraqi units working in the area of the iraqi police. journalist peter mass who interviewed patris at the time remember. the relationship being a lot closer than the patrol statement would

militia numbers -- shia militia partners. hezbollah in the political evolution of iraq? will they give up their weaponry? you can do anything with a bayonet except sit on it. if you are a how would you feel about having an armed hezbollah on your border? these are realities. it is unprecedented. i cannot think of another country in the last century that engaged in this activity. michael, i want to ask people if they have final thoughts or comments, but before a lot.ou have written the way i came to know you was your writings about iranian conventional capabilities, symmetric capabilities, which they can use in the coming years while they are undergoing economic distress. how would you evaluate our ability to deal with that, thinking back to the 1980's when everything we did in the gulf conformed to international law, and what was necessary and proportionate? what do you anticipate in the next few years in terms of actual encounters between the united states and iran, and our ability to handle that? >> i will say that we have

violence and at the funeral of one of the dead protesters and activists posted this video calling on shia clerics to support the protests i think you understand that this is a message to the tribal leaders clergymen religious leaders and representatives of the supreme religious authority in karbala abdul majid karbala and now so far you have not announced what has happened your children in the province are being slaughtered by live courts while peacefully breaking wasting the iraqi flag yet there is no condemnation from. the iraqi government says many members of the security forces have been injured in the protests. now. as we speak the number of casualties according to the health ministry reports is two hundred sixty two injuries among the security personnel including officers and recruits of various ranks a number of them received medical attention and were released from hospitals all six are in critical condition in total thirty recruits are still hospitalized. a u.k. based investigative agency has obtained documents revealing an expensive lobbying effort by the united arab emirates in

have influence in iraq but we have to remember that iraq is iran's neighbor in over sixty percent shia i mean we never talk about the united states having influence in canada because we see it as somewhat somehow natural so why would you want influence in iraq in terms of international relations be this the norm of the rather we should be talking about the united states bullying the countries in the region and also we have to remember that iran does not have bad relationship with everyone rather only with saudi arabia israel and perhaps the u.a.e. or so i mean i know i know that you want to come in the can you give me a ten second answer and then i was just saying the comparison with america in iraq and canada is wrong because america has no militias in canada iran's interference is not that of a neighborly it's that of almost a colonizer i'm certain that that we could go we could go on just a bit of afraid we're right out of time we're going to have to stop there many thanks deed done to us on a. sunday how do you thank you as always for watching the program so you can see it again an

jordanians particularly concerned have made it clear they do not want the involvement of any iranian backed shia militias on the syrian side of the border near jordan those hezbollah has been involved in the fight to retake data jordan does not want them to be establishing a presence on this border russia security concerns for the lay those fears of jordan and the russians also expected to keep an eye on syrian security forces and make sure there are no reprisal attacks on displaced people who fled the fighting in dara province jordan wants those displaced people to go back home they need to feel safe and secure that they can go back home and again the jordanians will expect and hope that the russian police military police patrolling along the border will lay any fears that those displaced people might have more than one point six million people.

hamas, as wells, as a myriad number of shia militia partners. to look at,s need what happens to hezbollah in the political evolution of iraqi -- iraq? if you are the kuwaitis how would you feel about having an armed hezbollah on your border? iran'sre realities, relationship with these countries. i can't think of another country in the century that is engaged in this activity. >> relationship with these countries. michael, i'm going to ask people if they have final thoughts or comments, but before lot --ou have written a the way i came to know you, your writings about iranian which they can use in the coming years while they are undergoing economic distress , how would you evaluate our ,bility to deal with that thinking back to the 1980's when everything we did in the gulf conformed to international law and what was necessary and proportionate. what do you anticipate in the next two years in terms of encounters between the u.s. and iran and our ability to handle that? i will say we have been for ad on his target great deal of the past 30 or 40 ye

particularly concerned have made it clear they do not want the involvement of any iranian backed hezbollah or shia militias on the syrian side of the border near jordan those hezbollah has been involved in the fight to retake data jordan does not want them to be establishing a presence on this border russia security concerns to the lay those fears of jordan and the russians also expected to keep an eye on syrian security forces and make sure there are no reprisal attacks on displaced people who fled the fighting in data province jordan wants those displaced people to go back home they need to feel safe and secure that they can go back home and again the jordanians will expect and hope that the russian police military police patrolling along the border will allay any fears that those displaced people might have. dozens of people have been killed in fighting between who threw rebels in the saudi led coalition the fighting has been concentrated around the district of too hyped up which includes the coastal road leading to the city of new data local sources have told al-jazeera that pro-government for