u.s. concern about the way things are going here in iraq. almost 10 years to the day that the u.s. invadediraq to topple saddam hussein's regime. kerry did not speak to the iraqi press, but he is known to have discussed the issue of iranian flights to syria with the prime minister. united states is concerned that iran is sending weapons and other materials to syria. iraq has pledged to check the flights going to that country. rising sectarian tension is a cause for concern for the u.s.. here sincests december are threatening to destabilize what is already a fragile coalition government. on the kurdish front, there is tension between the north and baghdad. it is also said to be a topic of discussion between the american official in prime minister. he is trying to get leaders to sit down together to solve those differences that seem to be getting worse. >> it's been announced that the afghan president karzai will travel to discuss peace negotiations with the taliban. the talks will cover the taliban's plan to open a political office in doha are. --sident karzai occurred accused the u.s. of h

u.s. invaded iraq. bob woodruff tonight takes account of the toll and the progress of that war "by the numbers." >> reporter: when u.s. troops rolled into iraq march 20 in 2003. few would imagine the sacrifice it would require. more than 1.5 million americans would serve. of those killed, 4,378 were men, 110 women. more than 100,000 iraqis were killed. all of it came with a $728 billion pricing that will likely reach into the trillions when you add the cost of caring for our injured veterans. and the square where saddam's statue was toppled, not much has changed. the pedestal stands empty. other sites, once guarded by u.s. troops are decorated with campaign posters for iraq's upcoming elections. change in iraq is up deniable. after the invasion, unemployment was as high as 50%. now it's below 15%. before the war, a couple thousand iraqis could access the internet. now there are more than 2 million iraqis online. there are 21 million cell phones in iraq. up from 0 before the war. and in the very spot wher

it was nearly ten years ago that the war in iraq started the u.s. invaded over a claims of weapons of mass destruction but that wasn't the case next we'll look at the human and financial impact the war has had here in the u.s. . talking about the same story doesn't make it news no softball interviews no puff pieces some tough questions if you. will of potentially deadly blizzard taking aim for the northeast it's expected to hit starting in a few hours from new york to maine we have team coverage of the storm. but we're watching is the very heavy snow moving into boston properly or today it was very sticky you can see it start to become much more patrie down the line there's still a lot of snow out here a good place for snow ball play. dates and it is going to pretty incredible day there and record snowfall throughout much of it like. the bloggers submerging see here lou exceptional. see. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that many americans call i don't know. i'm sorry i missed the guy who cares an awful lot but you sir are a f

and it was nearly ten years ago the iraq war started the u.s. invaded over claims the country was producing weapons of mass destruction but that wasn't the case along with the thousands of lives lost on both sides we'll look at the financial impact the war has had here in the u.s. . it's wednesday march thirteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . well again with the deadly drug war and mexico over the last several years the u.s. and mexico have worked together to take on deadly drug cartels the war just south of the border has claimed seventy thousand lives and new information shows that more than twenty thousand people disappeared during the last mexican ministration now a scathing report from when rights watch says that many of the disappearance as are actually being carried out by security forces which are funded with u.s. tax dollars are teaser mungle and shows us the crisis of enforced disappearances. discovered to mexico's drug war has highlighted dramatic shootouts and the capture of notorious drug kingp

u.s. citizen financial data more in the cyber defense build up later in the show. and it was nearly ten years ago the iraq war started the u.s. invaded over claims the country was producing weapons of mass destruction but that wasn't the case along with the thousands of lives lost on both sides will look at the financial impact the war has had here in the u.s. . it's wednesday march thirteenth pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. will begin on capitol hill where hearings were held today on the issues of cyber security and transparency the obama administration has placed cyber security on the top of the agenda there is a heated debate over how to tackle the issue while protecting citizens privacy and when it comes to transparency the obama administration has vowed to be more open from the secret drone campaign to cracking down on whistleblowers some question just how transparent the administration really is for more on the developments on capitol hill today i'm joined now by our view producer adriano sorrow and r.t. correspondent megan lopez welcome ladies so going to start off with you are drowning bec

u.s. invaded iraq a new report reveals billions of taxpayer dollars were misspent on rebuilding that war torn country how could this happen what went wrong and some answers for you straight ahead. plus when it comes to cyber security it seems hackers are always one step ahead of the game and next we'll reveal the top four techniques used to attack and hijack websites. it's there is a march seventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our tea we begin with the breaking news john brennan has been confirmed as the next head of the cia just moments ago u.s. senators cast their votes on the senate floor brenna received sixty three yes votes and thirty four no boats and to no one surprise kentucky senator rand paul was among the no votes and we'll keep you updated on this as we learn more of this of course comes just after senator rand paul's historic filibuster it ended at twelve forty this morning after the senator talked and talked for almost thirteen hours well from the very beginning he said he would speak until he could speak no more and that is exactly what he did

u.s. invaded iraq in one of president bush's advisers is trying to explain the war he helped sell to the americane. paul wolfowits was the first person to influence president bush to overthrow saddam hussein after 9/11. he says the most consequential failure was to understand the tenacity of saddam's regime. this is the same man who has a front row seat under the administration. he originally called for a broadened campaign but now he's distancing himself from the war. he tells the times he was not the architect of the war and the invasion was not his plan. he insists the situation in iraq had spiralled out of control long after he had left the pentagon. he lashed out at critics who accused the bush administration of lying about saddam's terrorist connections and supposed weapons program. wolfowitz defends bush saying a mistake is one thing, a lie is something else. but now we know the basis for the iraq war was based on a lie. members demanded there was a connection between 9/11 and saddam hussein. >> we all looked at each other like, what are they talking about? who the hell -- saddam hussein?

u.s. invaded iraq and 15 months since the combat missionened. the war rages o.ost was extraordinary. 4400 dead and 32,000 wounded. the defense department reports $32 billion has been spent since 2003. tom cotton served as a platoon leader. as a fiscal conservative i asked if it was right to take the country to war without asking the americans to shoulder more of the financial burden. >> the american people have paid a great price for the ishlgs rack w iraq war. many more who served and the toll it took on their families. today is the day we should remember their sacrifices and they deposed a dictator and freed 30 million arabs and set up a way. national security is the first priority of the u.s. government, i think the war was worth it. we have to preserve the gains we achieved over the last ten years and beyond, but i think the war is worth it. >> do you think the war is to blame for the deficits we see these days? >> no. it's really not. if you look at where defense spending is today either as a percentage of the economy or budget, it's below post-war norms. u

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u.s. invaded iraq.n baghdad along with their two sons the oldest just 3. >> it brings tears to your eyes. what was it look to have a 3-year-old at the beginning of the war ten years ago. and find yourself ten years later in a 7-eleven in chicago and you won $1 million. >> reporter: the couple are syrian christians and felt endangered in iraq. five years ago they came to chicago. he became a janitor cleaning buildings in the loop. >> no matter what happens to your country. you leave it, you have the same feeling for your country. no matter what is happening in your country. >> reporter: the 43-year-old purchased the ticket for the march 6 drawing from this 7-eleven. at brinmour and kimble. he walked up to the counter learned he won $4 from the previous drawing and played powerball again. i will take two quick picks. he missed the drawing on tv and was stunned when he showed the numbers to a store clerk. she told me, "you win." i told her "how much." she said, "$1 million." i said "no, you joking." she sa

u.s. invaded iraq, looking for weapons of mass destruction, american journalists who covered while the bushnistration encouraged embedding and said it wasn't responsible for the safety of those not embedded, some journalists set out on their own to see what they could see without american mel tear supervision or restrictions. >> with iraq, this is what i knew about it before i went for the first time. >> reporter: thorn anderson and kale alford, ameri reed couple who live in texas were among the unembedded photojournalists who covered iraq back then. their san francisco exhibit "eye level in iraq" shows the result of their taking chances as they tried to find iraqis in situations apart from the troops. >> when you talk to an iraqi person and you're surrounded by these giant men with >> when you talk to an iraqi person and you're surrounded by these giant men with, you know, automatic weapons and flak jackets and helmets, they just cannot respond to you in a normal way. you can't sit there and have tea with them; you can't go their funerals, you can't play with their children. the only way t

of the war in iraq that was former alaskan senator mike ravel and sara flounders co-director of the international action center. on the bush administration announced the u.s. was invadingiraq and mapped out a plan much different than the way the war actually played out the correspondent meghan lopez takes a look at the rhetoric going in versus reality. my fellow citizens at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. a speech that laid the groundwork for years of war and strife the iraq war was described as a necessary war one that would ensure the stability of that region and the world's numerous human sources tell us that iraqis are moving not just documents and hard drives but weapons of mass destruction to keep them from being found by inspectors we know they have weapons of mass destruction we know they have active programs there is there isn't any debate about how. the u.s. promised to unseat a rogue leader find in obtain all weapons of mass destruction and rebuild a broken nation ten years later only one of those promises was kept a war to end

series of attacks across baghdad the deadly assaults come as iraq marks the ten years since the coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy mission careful of is in iraq now and joins us on the line twenty one people have been killed what further details do you have. sure well we're still continuing to information strips but we trickling out and we do expect the death toll to probably rise to convey we know that dozens of people applauding shiite districts in baghdad have been injured what we're getting from officials at the moment is that there's been a series of more than a dozen. car bombs as well as it was like a blast and they suspect that this could be a coordinated series of the again as i mentioned it had predominantly hit shiite areas in baghdad now sunni islamist insurgents tied to al qaida have stepped up their campaign of attacks on shiite areas here in an attempt to trigger experience tensions and undermine prime minister nouri al maliki's government in the car to be specific in terms of mourning and today in baghdad no proof so far mclain just possibility holding

u.s. and britain invaded iraq it triggered a decade long war that was supposed to disarm iraq of weapons of mass destruction and free the nation from tyranny but these were never found and after tens of thousands of lives were lost the consequences are still emerging as we see caffein of reports. at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. this was the freedom they brought shock and bombs over baghdad what the pentagon billed as a quick war to liberate iraq turned into a prolonged nightmare. ten years of bloodshed war occupation and deadly sectarian strife drained by afghanistan exhausted by iraq for washington the battle is over after a decade of war that's cost us thousands of was it over a trillion dollars. nation we need to build it is our way but what if the nation they left behind. we're not. biggest regret the iraqi people who are the infrastructure is devastated the country is ruined. these graves are a visual reminder of a decade of human strife almost everyone

u.s. invaded iraq in 2003 the bush administration estimated it would cost $50 to $60 billion except what's003-2011. it makos $3.7 trillion. they were a little off. >> hal: not including the cost in detriment to our economy. >> stephanie: most striking fact about the cost of the war is the extent to which it has been kept off the books as we've said many times of the government's ledgers. this was done by design, a fundamental assumption of the bush administration's approach to the war where it is only politically sustainable if it was portrayed as near costless to the american public. 70% of the course of the wars in iraq and afghanistan between 2003 and 2008 were funded with emergency appropriations approved outside the pentagon's annual budget. how they got away with this, i don't know. more fundamentally the bush administration masked the cost of the war with deficit spending to ensure the american people would not face the cost which -- when bush was in office. its real costs were confined to the 1% of the population who fought and died there. as a result, the average american was neve

u.s. invaded in iraq back in 2003. own this hillside property giving him an adeal place to honor the war dead. it didn't take long for many americans to grow tired of the conflict in iraq, frustrated by both the loss of life and the lack of weapons of mass destruction. while the iraq war officially ended back in 2011, the creator told me the crosses symbolize an ongoing conflict. >> we seem to be in a situation where there's a perpetual war going on in the middle east. and so there's this feeling of -- there's not really an end date. and so we keep the crosses up here to remind people of that, that there doesn't seem to be an official end date to the war. >> reporter: this is thought to be the largest memorial in the u.s. honoring service members killed in iraq and afghanistan. over the years, this display has sparked some controversy, vandals have come in and torn out the crosses on several occasions critics have called for them to come down describing this display as an eyesore. the creator says he has no plans to re

u.s. invaded in iraq back in 2003.ds own this hillside property giving him an adeal place to honor the war dead. it didn't take long for many americans to grow tired of the conflict in iraq, frustrated by both the loss of life and the lack of weapons of mass destruction. while the iraq war officially ended back in 2011, the creator told me the crosses symbolize an ongoing conflict. >> we seem to be in a situation where there's a perpetual war going on in the middle east. and so there's this feeling of -- there's not really an end date. and so we keep the crosses up here to remind people of that, that there doesn't seem to be an official end date to the war. >> reporter: this is thought to be the largest memorial in the u.s. honoring service members killed in iraq and afghanistan. over the years, this display has sparked some controversy, vandals have come in and torn out the crosses on several occasions critics have called for them to come down describing this display as an eyesore. the creator says he has no plans to

about thirty minutes time and next though we will take a look at everyday life in iraq a decade after u.s. led forces invaded the country the posts of that. world. science technology innovation all that is developments from around russia we've got the future covered. clear image of iraq story a. trip through the country. roads. clear evidence from north to south. the roots of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. we are facing a lot of problems in the. because no one thought to drink no good schools. when you are. what's not enough wealth is a law in the local needs you might want to community l.n.g. most will be used. to give to dunford for up artist i was fights about how much fights. all fights. arrived. and. i. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. operations are. visiting the general hospital in fallujah is like living it was a nightmare. children with two heads toomas malformations missing limbs. and macao been unbearable literally they say every family here is sheltering or hiding a deformed monstrous child. all of them. get away

u.s. and its allies invaded iraq.s a majority of americans, 53%, now view the war as a mistake. support for the war seems to fall down party lines. 66% of republicans continue to stand by the bush administration's decision to invade, but 73% of democrats say the military campaign was a mistake. i'm joined by retired army colonel and medal of honor recipient jack jacobs. former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy, first veteran of the iraq war to serve in congress. great to have both of you today. >> great to be with you. >> we've been talking a lot about iraq because of chuck hagel's confirmation and many republicans, we see the polls, they also still believe in this war in spite of the fact we know there were no wmds, in spite of the fact they've discounted certain ties between saddam hussein and al qaeda. i'm wondering, jack, how you think that all of this, the appointment of hagel who was obviously a republican, but who opposed the war, how it all plays into our current state of affairs. >> well, everything is

a series of attacks across baghdad the deadly assaults come as iraq marks ten years since the coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy mission. has the latest from iraq. but we do expect the death toll to trouble me right to convey we know that doug and the people at. the district in baghdad have been injured we're getting from official the moment that there's been a period of more than a dozen. car bombs as well as the road why do you think that part of this could be a quarter needed theory that said again as i mentioned it had predominantly hip shiite areas in baghdad now and their concerns and try to. up their campaign attacks on shiite areas here in an attempt to preserve the period concerned they are undermining prime minister nouri al maliki's government there were on the heels of the first story the big concern of the wrong and we report here in the country you're trying to have a long way to go to heal the wounds exposed by the war at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defe

artsy london so it's not so because up ahead we take a look at everyday life in iraq a decade after u.s. led forces invaded the country in the post saddam hussein. world. science technology innovation all the news developments around russia we've got the future hubbard. the news a secret laboratory to mccurry was able to build the most sophisticated robots which will unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care only on the. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. me he. says. on the road to bass for this morning the u.s. army is beginning to withdraw from iraq. in december twenty seventh after nine years of occupation the last american troops are finally leaving the country. every guy got in about it i don't know yet about it ma'am i observe the iraqis anger towards the departing invaders who once dreamed of being liberators that dep

twenty five moscow time we appreciate you company ahead for you everyday life in iraq a decade after u.s. led forces invaded the country to post saddam hussein that program coming up next. hold it. hold it. real live. good speech. if you. will. look. bomb if something good. interests me to. come out and find a little. a clear image of iraq after a facial. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the roads full of dangerous. clear evidence from north to south. the route of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. taxi on our t.v. . download the official r.t. application for yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television well it just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch ati anytime anywhere. visiting the general hospital in fallujah is like living it was a nightmare. children with two heads tumors malformations missing limbs and macabre an unbearable little they say every family here is sheltering or hiding a deformed monstrous child. who. get away and the grandmother of my daughter cries all day long it bu

weapons of mass destruction in iraq really have these weapons as america claimed when it invaded the country. one more thing about al qaeda before the war against iraq the u.s. media talked a lot about abu musaab now is that kerry who allegedly was in iraq and had connections with the iraqi regime we searched but didn't find miss sampson we had no connections with or al qaeda there was an attempt to establish a connection with the taliban through one of the ministers who was in pakistan iraqi intelligence proposed this but foreign minister tariq aziz said that it was an unstable regime and it wouldn't benefit iraq to have relations with it did iraq actually have w m d that could threaten the entire world or the region where. they fabricated a certain problem analyzed it and drew their conclusions based on that the data they receive from various sources was untrue this was their attempt of swaying public opinion in terms of the intelligence operation iraq was a closed country and they obviously had no sources within the country that would have told them the truth so they relied on other sources that fed them lies such as for instance photos of trucks portabl

country aiming to destabilize the government their souls come as iraq marks ten years as a coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with a freedom and democracy mission which is loosely catherine of has more. at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. this was the freedom they brought shock and awe bombs over baghdad what the pentagon billed as a quick war to liberate iraq turned into a prolonged nightmare. ten years of bloodshed war occupation and deadly sectarian strife drained by afghanistan exhausted by iraq for washington the battle is over after a decade of war that's cost us thousands of years and over a trillion dollars. nation we need to build is our way but what if the nation they left behind. know we're not. biggest regret the iraqi people who are infrastructure is devastated the country is ruined. these graves are a visual reminder of a decade of human strife almost everyone in this country has lost somebody whom they love no one knows exactly how many iraqis have been

iraq war and its effects from the carnegie endowment for international peace. later, president obama meets with palestinian authority president mahood abbas -- mahmoud abbas. u.s. forcesago, invaded iraq with the mission of overthrowing the regime of saddam hussein. at the start of the invasion president bush addressed the nation from the oval office. >> my fellow citizens, at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. on my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage war. these are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign. more than 35 countries are giving crucial support, from the use of naval and air bases, to help with intelligence and logistics, to the deployment of combat units. every nation in this coalition has chosen to bear the duty and share the honor of serving in our common defense. to all of the men and women of the united states armed forces now in the middle east, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depe

. >>> people across iraq are looking back at a war that caused many problems. u.s. forces invaded their country. saddam hussein collapsed, but it continued on much longer. nhk world's sho beppu covered the war and its aftermath. he's now back in baghdad. sho, how are things in the iraqi capital now? >> reporter: right. i can say that it changed quite a lot compared to those worse days. it seems lively, at least on the surface, streets in baghdad are busy, especially in the center. roads are jammed with cars, and the shops are packed with people. residents who sought refuge elsewhere, in iraq or across the country, are returning. oil production levels are back to what they were before the war, about 3 million barrels a day. companies have built modern shopping malls to take advantage of the growing buying power of consumers. but iraqis still face the threat of violence. they are, on average, three terror attacks a day across the country. no one knows exactly how many civilians died in the war, and unrest that followed. a study estimates the violence may have claimed 120,000 lives.

u.s. led forces invaded the country to depose saddam hussein. a clear image of iraq after invasion. twenty j. trucks a trip through the country. the road full of danger. clear evidence from north to south of. the route of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. like the taxi on our t.v. . download the official r.t. applications yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television well it just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch ati anytime anywhere. visiting the general hospital and for a looter is like living it was a nightmare. children with two heads tumors malformations missing limbs and macabre an unbearable litany they say every family here is sheltering or hiding a deformed monstrous child. from. getty and the grandmother you know my daughter cries all day long it but she hopes to see her daughter get better.

u.s. had to invade iraq not because the government new saddam hussein was about to launch an attack on america but because it didn't. because it was unknown, because we fear things we don't know, we don't know so we conclude yes and we -- we preemptively attack. bush contended that the uncertainty about saddam's weapons of mass destruction augmented by 9/11 warnings of shadowy terrorist groups plotting undetectable attacks redefined imminence. so when i say this is not a partisan battle, i'm true to my word. president bush started this, president obama is expanding this. the real irony, though, is president obama ran as the antibush candidate. -- anti-bush candidate. he ran as the guy with the real moral umbrage at what president bush was doing and in the end he's taking presidential power to a new level beyond what president bush could have ever imagined. so bush contended that they could invade because they were uncertain about what saddam could do. he redefined imminence to mean the absence of dispositive proof, refuting the existence of an unconventional weapons program. absence -- imminen

wounded in a series of bombings across baghdad the assaults come as iraq mogs ten years this is a coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy mission r. g.'s you see kaffir novel has more. we do expect the death toll to trouble me right to convey we know that doug and the people. in baghdad i have been injured we're getting from officials at the moment is that there's been a period of more than a. car bomb well at the road why the blast i think the fact of this could be a coordinated series of the fact that again as i mentioned it had predominantly hit shiite areas in baghdad now they're concerned and try to. put their campaign on shiite areas here in an attempt to preserve the period concerned and undermine prime minister nouri al maliki's government there were on the heels of the first story of the return of the wrong and we were porch here in the country and you're trying to have a long way to go to heal the wounds exposed by the war at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the wor

series of attacks across baghdad the deadly assault the come as iraq marks ten year as a since the coalition led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country with the a freedom and democracy mission joining me live now is a baghdad based correspondent hussein out of fun to see. what can you tell us about the latest attacks that just occurred. ok actually today early in the morning in baghdad wake up on a dozens of kamu bomb charge you dig. dug vic capital city of iraq and archly we started seeing the small action baghdad when the car bomb charred the neighboring city in baghdad and more than a dozens of car bomb targeting the city of baghdad and doors are people killed were there is a hundreds of people wanted in all over baghdad become a bit of iraq. well thank you very much for that i just want to just to get an idea of what's been the see do these happen quite regularly and how do people there take what's happening in terms of all these what's the mood like it is a ten years of the rock u.s. led invasion the what's the mood like the. actually. if the current situation here in baghdad it is all the people here know invalid th

u.s. and britain invaded the country with the quote freedom and democracy mission that's trying to gauge where iraq is a decade after the intervention michael o'brien he's also of the book america's failure in iraq he's on the line from washington d.c. michael good evening the u.s. invasion heralded didn't it the goal of setting people free from a dictator saddam hussein's goal of the people to free from his repressions that was at least a success when it. well it certainly that in itself was a success there's no question about it but what was the price that was paid for to achieve that success. as i you know i spent fourteen months over there in baghdad and also traveling around the country and the iraqis i worked with i was an advisor to the ministry of defense which was being newly recreated after paul bremer disbanded it and which is a big big issue. and the insurgency of course that followed the invasion and the iraqis i work with would say to me they did they'd say mr mike that's you know everybody's called mr and then their first name oh you know we understand that mr bush wants to fight the

u.s. and britain invaded the country with their freedom and democracy notion for insight on the situation in iraq now as peter bryan drill a t.v. filmmakers produced a number of documentaries on the issue brian either all or course widely assumed to be one of the main reasons for the u.s. led invasion but could foreign investment in that such a sector actually benefit the country the end of the day could it be tinge of gold at the end of all this. well you know in two thousand and five the deep dish t.v. where i work did a series called shocking and awful which examined in twelve programs the reasons and the nature of this war we're doing a follow up now called they had to destroy the country in order to save it the question is who are they trying to save the country for and i think that unless you understand america's imperial necessity and its intensity in controlling the oil resources of the middle east you can understand why this war was fought and all the nonsense that was put out in the new york times and every other u.s. media outlet about democracy about avenging even some on the left tal

u.s. occupation of iraq under the arab forces that were willing to fight with us into a willing to invade iraq. once you got to iraq and took it over and took down saddam hussein's government the money going to put into place that's a very volatile part of the world i mean if you take down the central government of iraq you can easily end up seeing pieces of iraq fly off part of it. the syrians would like to have the west part of eastern iraq the iranians would like to claim fought over for eight years in the north you get to the kurds spin loose and join with the kurds in turkey then you threaten the territorial integrity of turkey it's a quagmire if you will that far in trying to. cheney knew exactly what was going to happen with the invasion of course they knew you said in an article that the steps that would need to be taken to rectify the wrongs involve the prosecution of politicians i mean would you. to see the bush officials who knowingly lied be put on trial we have about a minute of course i mean i think many americans including myself would like to see all politicians who took t

u.s. armed forces fighting in iraq. >> it's been ten years which is why we're out here on this date march 19th since we invaded iraq ten years ago. i was going into iraq with the 101st and since then, there have been hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians including thousands of american soldiers. >> reporter: today aaron hands and other veterans are writing the names at the federal building here on golden gate avenue. organizers have timed this to coincide with a similar protest at the white house. many say they were opposed to u.s. participation in the war to begin with. others say they were misled. >> a lot of us feel that a lot of us were pretty much lied into -- into our involvement with this war and pretty much we're trying to highlight the effects of the war by chalking the dead. >> reporter: people started chalking after 9:00 and have filled up large areas of the sidewalk here. in just a few hours, the veterans had help from others who are not veterans who say veterans need all of the help they can get after their military time is over. >> i think that we take war a little too lightly. we need to understand th