i think and there is news this morning even iraqi government officials are reportedly profiting from it all, a stunning new development, on the iranian nuclear fronts, that raised a lot of questions in washington. good morning, everyone, i'm air rake sean. >> jamie: a lot of question we'll get to it. i'm jamie colby, great to have you here, this is a brand new hour inside america's election headquarters. but, first, according to the new report, iraq is helping to keep cash flowing through into iran through a network of financial institutions. and oil smuggling operations. the new report citing sources inside the white house on that and peter doocy has more information live in washington. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. just to set the stage here the last american troops left iraq on december 18th last year and on july 31st, a little more than 7 months later, president obama approved an executive order imposing new sanctions against the iranian energy sector and, at the time he said the treasury department had also imposed sanctions on the islamic bank based in

i remember -- for the iraqi people. then he continued in said with h all great people, it would come with costs. as he completed his speech came to understand what he was talking about, which is everyone wants to see returned iraqi sovereignty, but everyone knew that the report -- iraqi army he was getting the population ready for those problems. understanding that have to endure that if they are going to regain sovereignty. i remember thinking this issue of sovereignty is a huge for iraqis. theact that we try this one year occupation that john suggests, probably as we look back and we are looking at somehow in the wrong way of thinking of the place. >> there to insurgencies and never quite different. is anyone of al qaeda coming in on top of it -- the sunni one. some of it was supported at various times by iran but much of it was basically bubbling up from below. whenever you go in a country, regardless of how good your motives or how important and necessary, you will generate very violent reactions. that will be stron

for iraqi journalists reporting and surviving on dramatically connect. the shocking thing is that i've seen that the person who. can make this explosion or his as a pleasure was in my jacket and then afterward i have notes that i've been injured in my hand but. i was worried for my assistant because his brother also killed and. in those days by some killers you know the sad thing in this point that my cameraman. was safe in this accident he got killed after six months in his place in his home. many iraqi journalists lost their lives because their killers did not agree with their views and as a tragic result sometimes in the streets of baghdad coffins passed each other by. independent journalism faces both friendly fire and the blind fanaticism of terrorists journalist giuliana sgrena victim of abduction herself returns to iraq after four and a half years. no more to death follows us no matter where we are no matter which side we cover to make you look to most of this absolute blind to violence religious hatred and fanaticism that was my case when i was a

this should go to the heart of iraqi nationalism and what it means to be an iraqi in the heart of the state. there are issues in which others -- outsiders are apart and. they are issues and which outsiders -- the british government, the u.s. government and international oil companies are coming and negotiating and working with the rockies on issues that carry this deep historical backdrop. i thought i would try to draw some lessons as a practitioner of dealing with iraqis on difficult issues. i will call an audible and go right to the 2009 bid rounds. i will briefly talk about where we are on these issues which were raised in the panel. i want to say for lessons up front. they seem obvious but they are more honored -- there is no substitute in these areas for sustained engagement. that means daily, active, constant behind the scenes, it is not glamorous work, but every day talking to iraqis to try to get a view of the issue. the culture and the personalities. we a americans might see issues in terms of mutual interest logic. these political realities have a lot more to do on the iraq

insurgents who bring with them a lot of bomb making expertise the iraqi government even went on record to say that they have solid information that al qaida was crossing from iraq into syria to carry out those attacks on the top of that reuters news agency published a story a few days ago in quoted an f.s.a. it feels wonderful with saying that thanks to you at the expertise of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the debt to nation range of their bonds up to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs of something that is very common in iraq and that it was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more more and. widely what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative turned into descriptive trying to denote a guerrilla warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of while and for changing political goals and the same groups that must tear a tactic some bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq i'm not applying the same expertise here in syria i thought about car t.v. reporting

many iraqi journalists lost their lives because their killers did not agree with their views and as a tragic result sometimes in the streets of baghdad coffins passed each other by. independent journalism faces both friendly fire and the blind fanaticism of terrorists and journalist giuliana sgrena victim of abduction herself returns to iraq after four and a half years. at the death follows us no matter where we are no matter which side we cover to make you look to most of this absolute blind to violence religious hatred and fanaticism that was my case when i was an abduction victim by a group of fanatics. i survived but many of my colleagues were not that lucky. and so by danny was one of them. fifty six year old italian journalist and he was traveling with the italian red cross convoy towards my job carrying provisions for the wounded. here and i just saw for our concern is to deliver of medicines and water to the wounded of the city and of course to be able to come back safe if part of it and i thank you and i send my regards to all italians to believe that yet me and i know now ta

up next will give you an insight into how ordinary iraqi people have coped with the u.s. invasion that country. i got him on my side. if. i didn't agree. with. the two thousand and three war in iraq was the bloodiest of the last decades almost one million soldiers and civilians were killed and four and a half million iraqis became refugees. a war trying thousands of journalists and media personnel complete load with. a war that was broadcast live or around the block. or complex or even the first time to instantly and insist the put me to see. after eighteen days of war u.s. forces into baghdad without encountering any particular resistance more than one hundred journalists and media workers covering the war from the iraqi capital are staying at palestine hotel. the whole world had the feeling that the day would be an important day a critical day for the war in iraq. the marines and the u.s. army were so close to the hotel we could almost see their eyes still so hoarse. and many and i hear there on the local time i went out on the balcony and it was a very calm on and on a

terror tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria. reporting from damascus in syria. now there is more on what's happening on the ground in syria onix on this twitter streams that it check it out when you have a chance there you'll find her firsthand interviews and experience from the war zone along with exclusive videos and images so also take a look at our tears jalla stream for more tweets on the developments in syria where arabic spanish correspondents there. on the conflict is going elsewhere in the region members of shia clan have blocked near for growth and beirut they claim to have kidnapped over twenty sunni muslims was links to the syrian opposition the group says the hostages will be released only after a syrian rebels free one of their relatives captured earlier this week in damascus for gulf states including saudi arabia and qatar ordered the earth citizens to leave lebanon immediately over concerns of massive sectarian kidnappings but political analyst k

my view is it was worth it to the iraqis. a point of view of the united states that is a different questions. >> do you think it is worth it? >> i think i will keep that up. i am not interested in sharing my opinion on whether it was worth it. i think steve points to some of the opportunities ahead. if this country starts producing 6 million 7 million barrels of oil a day and it has a more western orientation than they used to have, before it was this big friend at the time from the outside powers was russia if i remember correctly. where will i did you? in that sense, a lot might not have been otherwise. before the invasion we were administering that the oil and food program. that was our relationship. >> church hill was asked that question. would you live your life over again knowing what you know now. he said if i did not, it would not have the my life. you do not get a chance to know the outcome before you start. when you say knowing what you know now, would you do now what you did then -- it begins to sob -- it begins to

tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria. reporting from damascus in syria international community however. other official meetings but it's a different story under the table with the u.s. employing a return to asia policy ties between washington and beijing are getting tense. becoming. the u.s. . is hanging a lot. because. they are coming to the region. trying to. find out. and that intention has already been felt south korea the philippines and vietnam have already held nato military exercises with several more countries in the region expected to have similar war games soon during a recent extensive tour of the asian pacific u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta said washington will relocate at least sixty percent of its naval fleet to the region by the end of the decade there's a reason for such moves has been china's territorial disputes with the philippines in the south china sea but experts say that's only an excuse the u.s. is now promising some kind

tara tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying this same expertise here in syria. reporting from damascus in syria muslims all over the world are celebrating it all away. day of the annual holy month of ramadan the ninth month of the lunar calendar rundown is seen as a time so cleansing and spiritual improvement the muslim population in russia is of course no exception as a big day for them to take a breeze explains how russian muslims are celebrating millions of muslims around russia have been waking up very early indeed before sunrise putting all some of the best clothes as is tradition on this holy day also the flocking to nearby mosques and the graces mosque in moscow is the one just behind me which is currently being referred wish to see in tens of thousands of people normally less lining the surrounding streets here to listen to servants and also be giving praise to god this is coming on the end on the back of the holy month of ramadan known for fasting and this special this day self theater

field commander who was saying that thanks to you and the expertise of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the debt to nation range of their bombs up to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs off something that is very common in iraq and that was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more and more widely used what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term it's a descriptive term to denote a guerrilla warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of violence for achieving political goals and at the same groups that must carry tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria and the book r.t. reporting from damascus in syria. while the international community however feel to you can download the latest terror attack in central damascus the un security council has reportedly rejected russia's attempts to push for an official response american national at a fancy. as long as some of its members continue to mili

tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria are reporting from damascus in syria. reports suggest the u.s. and some of its western allies are seeking to build more direct links with the rebels are trying to distance themselves from the syrian national council that abraham a loose from the university in amman says by backing the opposition washington is only adding to the violence in syria. the rebels as you have seen are made up of the front bands there are all laws smugglers there are muslim brothers there are supporters and the from places they cooperate or they compete against one another sometimes using guns so the purpose here is to destroy the country and the syrians and the arabs have come to see that for what it is. syria is supposed to fall into chaos and fragmentation as has happened in somalia before and iraq so the united states has been engaged and implementing the design of creation of chaos in syria so what we have here is an armed rebellion that

were saying that thanks to you at the expertise of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the debt to nation range of their bombs up to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs of something that is very common in iraq and that it was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more and more widely. what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term it's a descriptive term to denote a reel of warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of violence for achieving political goals and at the same groups that must tara tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria i thought about r.t. reporting from damascus in syria reports suggest of the us and some of its western allies are seeking to build more direct links with the rebels while trying to distance themselves from the syrian national council dr ibrahim from the university in amman says by backing the opposition washington is only adding to the violence in syria. the rebe

tara tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria. reporting from damascus in syria a journalist believes that washington stance toward syria demonstrates an embarrassing romance with al qaida. in the rock. infiltrated into syria basically what you've got is a kind of a foreign jihadi movement it's becoming pretty embarrassing for president obama. the fact that he killed osama bin ladin to wind up in a de facto alliance with. the us is trying to vet the opposition groups to prevent the arms from getting into the hands of al qaida and other. insurgents but once you flood an area with weapons it's folly to think that you can control where those weapons go to the syrian army is very sensitive unlike the u.s. about the issue of collateral damage and so they're taking a good deal of time to avoid the civilian casualties basically the minor forward looking urban based segments of the population do not want to see an insurgency with neo soul of the fundamentalists and even a

iraqi oil became the main financial source for the iraqi budget. they were affected by wars, sanctions and management for decades. as a consequence, oil fluctuated. there was a delay in in investment program for both oil and gas. we'll play an important part in the iraqi economy. -- oil played an important part in the iraqi economy. 100,000oyed more than one hum people. let's talk about the numbers. in 2003, daily crude oil production reached one plan 5 -- 1.5 million barrels per day. it rose to 2.2 million barrels per day in 2008. it reached 2.5 million barrels in 2011. a gross of around 85%. an average for the first half of this year was 2.7 million barrels per day. in the area export crude oil, 2003 we were exporting around 1 million barrels per day. that does increase to 1.8 in 2008 despite all the damage today that increased to 1.8 in 2008 despite all the damage. it was 2.3 million barrels per day as an average for the first half of this year. it is almost a growth of 130%. the quantities of the crude oil was increased slowly from 340,000 barr

field commander who was saying that thanks to you of the extra tees of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the detonation range of their bombs off to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs off something that is very common in iraq and that was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more and more widely you. what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term it's a descriptive term to denote a guerrilla warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of violence for achieving political goals and at the same groups that must terror tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the us soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria i thought about car t.v. reporting from damascus in syria muslims all over the world are celebrating it all fit for the last day of annual holy month of ramadan the ninth month of the lunar calendar ramadan is seen as a time of so cleansing and spiritual improvement the muslim population in russia is of course no exception and it's a big day

field commander who was saying that thanks to you and the expertise of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the detonation range of their bombs up to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs off something that is very common in iraq and that was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more and more widely used what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term it's a descriptive term to denote a guerrilla warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of violence for achieving political goals and at the same groups that must terror tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now. plying this same expertise here in syria and it's not like our team reporting from damascus in syria are straight to the libyan capital tripoli now to start off the r.t. world cup made its way to being killed on several injured by a twin car bombing by the attack though comes a year since the fall of the city to rebel forces loyalists a formal need of more market you're being blame

that must tary that tara tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying this same expertise here in syria it's not going to r.t. reporting from damascus in syria. reports suggest the u.s. and some of its western allies are seeking to build more direct links with the rebels trying to distance themselves from the syrian national council middle east committed a culture that so far no alternative to the current regime has emerged what we have is a center of sorry to regime that effectively has collapsed and lost its concert all over the country but don't turn into it hasn't been born yet and there's lots of interference and meddling by outside forces trying to shave what this alternative is going to be and things like the libyan fighters the fighters from the last years conflict in libya are moving into syria are one expression of external factors now taking part in this syrian conflict but ultimately the story remains the same if you want something good for syria it has to be determined by the syrian people themselves not by

tera tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria it's not going to r.t. reporting from damascus in syria. ok it's time for the only brewster's are. good to see you again not the best news though a face becoming yet another day i mean how much is it losing though don't tell me what's six percent five point nine of those actually yes six percent roughly that's because the valves of the open locked up shares the world frozen on before facebook versus the now have two hundred seventy one million more little things to worry. that's exactly the number of shares that have been locked until today when the largest social media network went public in may now early facebook investor such as the global for example that's the investment firm founded by the russian billionaire uni milner they now get a green light to start selling part of their holdings and apparently that's exactly what they're doing but in general we've seen a bit of an upswing a positive couple of twenty five m

i hardly touch the average iraqi. i tag to army and police on a call, but there is little interaction. this mostly people officially and the kurds and arabs have been fighting each other for a very long time. so this is just one more step in whether we were there or not was it really -- you know, just not relevant i guess to them in their grand scheme of things. we leave eventually and we did. i really hesitate to speak for the average guy. i can speak for myself anyway. i know that we felt like -- i shouldn't say we. i should say i felt like we are trying to help, but she don't always know what help it looks like and you're trying to stop them from killing each other, but you seem more interested in adding them to stop killing each other than they do, so it turns into a why am i coming out to do this? a lot of these car bombs would get a great apartment and a casualty number that was a gap, it was a car bomb and nobody wants to talk in code at the next one. you are necessarily collecting tons of evidence. what i told

we worked with the iraqi police on the scene and we would ask questions of the witnesses. but it was not like we had tea and sat down and got to know the people. parley, that is a reflection of what i was there. i was there in 2005-2006, before the surge. before a lot of the change in strategy. the surge was as much about how we did business as putting more people there. it wasn't getting out on foot patrol and getting to know people. that is not what we did. we drove around in armored vehicles and we'll look at them and they looked at us and we hardly got to know them at all. it does -- it makes it -- it is easy to kill somebody that you don't know. it is a lot harder to kill somebody that you have gotten to know or that you have developed a relationship with, either the people in general or specifically. the other side of this is that, what i really felt -- i really felt the social justice part of what i was doing. we took apart every single ied. it did not matter what the target was. it did not matter -- if it was an iraqi school or an american convoy, we didn't ask que

the answer was to stand up the iraqi army. i don't get into the painful details that led to a quickly deciding that billions of dollars had to be shifted from long-range projects and to supporting digit petraeus ackle in funding the police and the armed forces or indirectly through the programs shock terms in the field kind of development assistance to get people back to work and such because if we had a tremendous problem. we fascinated that on to washington and the solution was basically stand up the iraqi army and they will be able to take over the job. the problem was the iraqi army was not easy to stand up and took a great many years and a lot of fighting to do that. islamic and in the meantime the insurgency established itself. >> and then of course in 2006 it really blew up. >> it's important also to understand that the insurgency wasn't a matter of assets were just the iraqi army unhappy with the debaathification are the commissioning of the army. it was a sunni insurgency. the debaathification was considered on the gr

the iraq war is well over 100,000 iraqi civilians. over 400,000 u.s. soldiers and cost the u.s. treasury $3.7 trillion. these of the wages of the current regimen of extreme government secrecy. this is a system that has tremendous cost to it that have not been adequately weighed by pundits and intellectuals. to get information out on this scale is not utopian or particularly idealistic. just a practical way to avoid further disasters. about wiki leaks. their mission statement if anyone cares to read it is not a utopian manifesto. it quote from our bill of rights for supreme court decisions. there's nothing about any kind of global revolutionary uprising. there is nothing radical that i can see for better or for worse in their statement of purpose. the wiki leaks crowd, 18th-century classical liberals are handy with computers. nothing to be afraid of. the idea that government should be as transparent as possible was not invented last year by julian assange. it is a very old part of the american political tradition. it was james madison himself who wrote that in popular government

this is the iraqi people doing that today? no. >> rose: but other than your administration have argued you could not have done that if you didn't have the argument of the weapons of mass destruction, you would have had no public argument. >> i think it would have been very difficult. >> rose: right. >> second we want an iraq that can sustain i itself and defend itself and an ally on the war of terror, box checked, this is an iraq that is governing itself,s t is increasing oil production and a revenue stream and defending itself and internally and externally without a u.s. presence and fine think while it is imperfect, it is a government where sunni, think items and kurds are, shiites are and kurds are working together, uncomfortably t to build a futu, we feel that iraqi nationalism will trump shiiteism. >> it is not perfect. >> rose: is it trending that way now? >> i think -- i think one of the problems with iraq is syria, and the sectarian nature of the violence in syria is putting a lot of pressure on iraq and putting a lot

this is the iraqi people doing that today? no. >> rose: but other than your administration have argued you could not have done that if you didn't have the argument of the weapons of mass destruction, you would have had no public argument. >> i think it would have been very difficult. >> rose: right. >> second we want an iraq that can sustain i itself and defend itself and an ally on the war of terror, box checked, this is an iraq that is governing itself,s t is increasing oil production and a revenue stream and defending itself and internally and externally without a u.s. presence and fine think while it is imperfect, it is a government where sunni, think items and kurds are, shiites are and kurds are working together, uncomfortably t to build a futu, we feel that iraqi nationalism will trump shiiteism. >> it is not perfect. >> rose: is it trending that way now? >> i think -- i think one of the problems with iraq is syria, and the sectarian nature of the violence in syria is putting a lot of pressure on iraq and putting a lot