over sixty people killed in iraq as a. brutal campaign with a wave of bombings targeting crowded neighborhoods. are now attempting to look at syria and there throughout the entire region. of southern europe pentagon official tells all the way al qaida is expansion is heading. and president obama is a direct encouraging u.s. intelligence. claims that the n.s.a. vigorously denies. they very well welcome to you if you've just joined us here on live from my headquarters in moscow. a series of attacks across iraq has left at least sixty six people did dozens more wounded most of the blast targeted shiite muslim districts around the capital baghdad iraq is seeing its worst sick turn violent since two thousand and eight and al qaida has been the main driving force now let's take a look at how the terrorist network became so powerful base in afghanistan from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand and one al qaida was under the protection of the taliban now it was also present in pakistan the jihad his group began a rapid expans

iraq was able to integrate its iraq environment. under the previous regime and following the follow, we do not have one single [indiscernible] isolated regionally and internationally. 17 countries have embassies in iraq. we have good relations with them with exception of a few. we are working on these. we found our role again. we adopted the policy of non- interference in other countries affairs. we are looking for common interest. we do not want to use force against others. we are looking for cooperation between us and other countries. this is the best thing we can achieve. one thing we are still suffering from is lack of infrastructure and schools and housing for the poor. despite the fact that we progressed a lot. also one thing to mention in iraq, we were able to build security forces, army, police, and so on, with weapons that can defend the iraqi sovereignty. talk about a state that wants to protect itself and to open up and engage other countries. an army for our defense. defending iraq and its sovereignty and not targeting a

anyway iraq can be fixed? >> you are assuming that the maintenance of iraq is a positive outcome. if we were talking to the kurds, there are not any kurds who want iraq to continue. they want to have an independent country in northern iraq. isn't that a bad thing? -- is that a bad thing? i do not. >> perhaps the best way to fix the is to break it up into several parts? >> when countries breakup -- who regrets the breakup of the soviet union? it was wanted. should the sunnis and be subjected to rule of the majority of the shiites win and they define themselves by their religion in a way that the sunnis feel excluded, arrangements which provide for greater autonomy for the sunni region makes a lot of sense. they have a constitution and it does and the weak central government by the design of its various people. it is not an accident. it is something the kurds very much intended. in fact, it was intended by at the time of the larger shiite party that was called the islamic revolution. it is not that to be outside powers are coming and interfering him a -- interfering, the parties are

he said it is not sunni versus shiite, it is al-qaeda attacking iraq. he is asking for military armaments including apache helicopters. >> what are the chances he'll get what he has asked for? >> i think it is on the good side. the president has been under great criticism ever since his administration was unable to keep a force over the neighboring countries and within iraq, so the united states absent any -- any ability to act on its own militarily, and the president has talked time and time again, talking about his ending the iraq war. this was a campaign point he made and has made over and over again. the u.s. is not going to send any military troops into iraq, so military armaments might be the best thing. >> mike, thank you very much. >>> the president is hosting an event in washington trying to convince business owners to invest in the us. randall it began with some rather good news about the u.s. economy today? >> yes, i deed it did. jack lew spoke here and it was very good day in terms of the nation's deficit, $685 billion, the first time since

al-qaeda groups are going from iraq to syria from syria to iraq the whole region is in turmoil because of the united states policies and this is not a mistake it is a mistake to think it's a mistake if you like because whenever the neo-cons come on to talk about iraq of course they very rarely want to talk about iraq they always like to claim that well tony blair and george bush wanted well but they've made a few mistakes along the way that's nonsense the whole of the exercise was to destroy iraq as a functioning country to make never again be a threat to regional powers that the us backs in that region the same with syria. those jihadist militants keep up their war of attrition against syria's government a growing number of civilians are volunteering for military service. my family worries not but nothing is more precious than our country their homeland where i was really. coming up we meet a woman who's putting her life on the line to defend her family and her country. president obama is facing some of barassi revelations in the german media reports that say the us president had full

this happened in iraq when we were disarming iraq. the same facility which is can be used to produce nerve agent can be used to produce other legitimate civilian materials. it's very expensive to do this. the facilities are expensive. so if they're destroyed that's a significant hit to the syrian economy. it's a judgment call on the part of the inspectors whether they should allow syria to do that or not. in the past they've made decision accepting that kind of an argument and in other cases they have not. it's not a surprise but it will require close inspection and monitoring over the long haul. >> woodruff: just finally, quickly, charles duelfer, you were telling us need this shines a light on the fact that that there still have other countries in this region that still have chemical weapons. >> that's correct. and, you know, syria's now the 190th country to sign up for the chemical weapons convention. the remaining ones that stand out are egypt and north korea. and north korea kind of in its own little universe, but egypt is now go

it helps provide safe passage for iraq refugees. i want to start with you, i know that you worked as an interpreter for four years, you applied for the special visa last year. why is it so important for you to get the visa and move to the u.s.? >> well, first of all, of course, we don't believe that we have a future here in iraq. we have to start over elsewhere. we work so hard with american forces. we provided the proper translation in the field and as you just mentioned that we are considered traders in iraq. we can't go and announce in our previous work with the american forces because this will put our -- it will put us in jeopardy along with our families families. as you all might know, the phegs acomplex, my face won't be blurred right now. >> many of your friends do not even know that you did this job and i know you were out in the field. you were in dangerous situations. so you feel you are in real danger right now. >> exactly. . >> so, basically, we came to the final decision that it's really hard for us to continue living

these are the top stories - a wave of coordinated attacks across iraq. dozens of civilians are dead. >> the stakes are high for argentina's president as voters start electing a new congress. plus, desperate people taking desperate mash -- measures - a special. >> we'll bring you the story of a your group of arrivals. >>> in the news from europe - u.s.-german relations as it's alleged that angela merkel's phone has been bugged for a decade. >> and in georgia, the ruling president set to win the election with two-thirds of the vote. . >>> welcome to the show. we begin in iraq where the rising number of deaths is becoming a daily okourns. a series -- occurrence, a series of bombing targetting shiite areas. in the latest wave of violence 54 people were killed and more than 150 injured. we have this report. >> reporter: clearing debris and washing away the blood. this is what it looked like after one in a series of coordinated car bombings and suicide attacks in a shia neighbourhood in baghdad. >> translation: what happened today is a kat as trophy. a child,

passing it on iraq is supporting the although it. might if you're reading this killing the baath is supporting the bathurst in syria who the americans don't want it's an idea the way it's going but i think principle making is trying to get there. and not to stop against yes and when to stand iraq is suffering they were asked wave of sectarian violence in guess what's behind it well it's very difficult to point a finger but i think. most likely one would have to look at the various aspects that why these. terrorist acts have taken place who benefits from them there are. political movements within his government who have not got sufficient power he's not sharing with them the spoils of the wallet so those people have an interest in creating peace so that they can show that the government is a failure if you have the kindness to death you have terrorist organization that you have six million people who are doing it and you have the same time criminals be paid by anybody who hates the region is full of bad guys whether their neighbors in

in iraq. which really gives the impression. you know. it would. be a whistleblower sibel edmonds has claimed a more sinister financial incentive to continue a war generals say they win and this involves a health catastrophe closer to home production of opium since the u.s. came in is taken off afghanistan now provides almost all the world's supply international calls to spray opium crops and in production reuters reports are being blocked by the us government huge increase in opioid consumption in the states as the center for disease control is one american of drug abuse every nineteen minutes senior pentagon sources confirm to the sunday times investigation relations that u.s. . officials fueling drug transports fearing must've repercussions the state diploma . puts intense pressure on the sunday times which pulled its correspondents. reports and eventually investigated by the justice department which will keeping its findings classified crucially her findings were quote supported let's speak to former intelligence of the school record great to h

forces and basically the absence of any air assets in iraq iraq has no. combat helicopters it has no ability to strike from from the sky above against formations of terrorists or kind that i've heard so on so they were able to reconstitute themselves they're able to be funded now there's a great deal of financing going on and the same basically the same tribes that you know go across these elastic borders with syria and iraq and saudi arabia many shomer for instance form for a great deal of the base for these terrorists and they are quite frankly aided by the gulf cooperation council countries so we have seen the uptick in violence in syria we have seen the. flow of money and arms and so on and all this aided this violent situation now let me ask you what about the iraqi army how are they doing are they are quick to handle this type of situation well as a iraqi army is. basically it was destroyed or was you know dissolved back in two thousand and three that was a decision taken by the bush administration at the time and ever since then they have been reco

iraq's prime minister says terrorists got a second chance to thrive in iraq because of syria's civil war. he told an audience in washington the world needs to help iraq deal with the insurgency that he says has killed thousands of people so far this year. and the president is courting some of the biggest leaders in the world, they are in washington for an economic summit where the president is trying to boost job growth in the u.s. "real money" with ali sre velshi will be looking at that as well as food stamps. >>> hot sauce, no doubt some of you like it hot, but one california community believes one brand in particular is just too hot. so hot, they say, it's making it difficult to breathe the air. brian rooney tells us why. >> reporter: sriracha is a traditional vietnamese hot sauce, it goes on everything. james uses a case a week in his restaurant. >> little spice aura the love spice? >> a little spice. but if you want a lot i can put more for you right there. >> reporter: no doubt, some like it hot. but not just a few blocks way in in neighborhood downwind of 600,000 square food f

second deals with iraq and afghanistan. iraq, americans killed in that country, more than 4,000, wounded more than 30,000. iraq war which lasted 8 and a half years cost nearly a trillion dollars. afghanistan, americans kia 1782, troops wounded close to 20,000. cost of the war about three quarters of a trillion dollars so far. it is expected most u.s. forces will be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. here now one of the chief architects of the iraq and afghanistan campaigns. dick cheney. let's take iraq first. >> bill. >> >> big trouble there now. >> yes there is, unfortunately. i'm very concerned about what i see it would appear the level of violence has escalated significantly. the surge that the president bush put in place in 2007 and 2008 was very successful renewing the level of violence, getting the sunnies to buy in in the reawakening if you will in al anbar province. there was never the follow-on agreement negotiated which was always the i object tent and which we thought we had set up at the end but the obama ad

arabic correspondent rym of one dia has more there is one message iraq's prime minister nouri maliki has been pushing during his visit to washington d.c. this week help me fight terrorism in my country because maliki says will not only help iraq but the reason here's what he said during his speech this morning in washington d.c. fought by order countries and societies was wise we want an international war a global war against terror if we have to a world war we won the surge woodward again still has a lot of killing people getting the police and who are calling for let's said for ignorance and do not dwell on. logic. to govern our daily lives the main challenge iraq faces remains the same a rise of attacks that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians arise now he says as a result of violence in syria but maliki was in washington d.c. to try to convince both the administration and the lawmakers to step up their support to help him fight terrorism in iraq is having trouble convincing them to go with who experts say take a harder line on iraq that obama sent a letter

it's reported to be more than the number of jihad is in iraq during the u.s. led occupation worth mentioning it was the u.s. invasion that brought terror into iraq this graph from the national consortium for the study of terrorism and responses to terrorism shows the spike of terrorist attacks in iraq following the u.s. invasion the u.s. now shrugs at all these terror that iraq has to deal with every day calling it well pains of democracy libya similar attitude the u.s. helped to kill qaddafi now the country is involved in chaos and terror again you hear pains of democracy but as these extremist groups in different countries become more and more organized as a network it's difficult to ignore them on. that's spreading through the region the west thinks drones are the perfect tool to deal with terrorists they say drones are the solution but on the receiving end those drone strikes are seen as acts of terror when they kill innocent people and they help terrorists recruit more terrorists most recently to report came out by amnesty international and human rights w

has spent billions and billions of dollars on iraq and hep helping iraq and what the leader wants to help sell, is fighter jets and apache helicopters. but as we heard in chris' report, mr. maliki is seen by many as part of the problem that somebody who was meant to foster reconciliation and includiveness on the political stage has done the opposite, consolidating power around himself and excluding the soon nigeria minority on any meaningful level. i discuss what's a multifaceted nature of this a short time ago with a former state department strategist on counterterrorism. one of the people who helped design the iraq war troop surge. >> the iraqi government has really failed to put the effort in in terms of reconciliation and rebuilding of trust among iraqi communities that would lead to, you know, reduction of long time tension among the sectarian groups. the second big factor is the syrian conflict, which led to a rebirth of al qaeda in iraq in the form of islamic state of iraq and syria, which is the one of the most dominance factions in the conflict against president assad in syr

in iraq. which really gives the impression. of be a whistleblower sibel edmonds has claimed a more sinister financial incentive to continue a war generals say they win and it involves a health catastrophe closer to home production of opium since the u.s. came in is taken off afghanistan now provides almost all the world's supply international calls to spray opium crops and in production reuters reports are being blocked by the us government huge increase in opioid consumption in the states as the center for disease control is one american of drug abuse every nineteen minutes senior pentagon sources confirm to the sunday times investigation relations that u.s. officials are fueling afghan drug transport fearing massive. the state diploma. put intense pressure on the sunday times which pulled its correspondents. reports. eventually investigated by the justice department which will keeping its findings classified crucially her findings were quote supposed to speak to former intelligence of the school record great to have you on th

logic to govern our daily lives the main challenge iraq faces remains the same a rise of attacks that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians arise now he says as a result of violence in syria but maliki was in washington d.c. to try to convince both the administration and the lawmakers to step up their support to help him fight terrorism in iraq is having trouble convincing them congress who experts say take a harder line on iraq that obama sent a letter to the u.s. president asking him to be so far on maliki in it they say they blame the maliki government for the rise of violence in iraq the letter says that maliki pursues a sixty ariane and authoritarian agenda which strengthens al qaida in iraq senator mccain one of the six republicans and democrats who signed the letter saying that washington's assistance to iraq should be sized to a new more developed strategy and real changes in iraq so experts know that maliki will face many challenges and trying to convince both the administration and the congress to as he said in his speech make a fresh start in a complic

that actually seeks to represent all of the people of iraq rather than pursuing this and it seems to me that if the u.s. decides to heavily arm the iraqi government it can only be used for relations with iran it can only be bad news for relations with syria what we need surely is a comprehensive peace process across the whole region and yet there is the prime minister writing in the new york times asking the american people for help it's a desperate situation in the country it's a humanitarian disaster unfolding doesn't the u.s. have a moral obligation to do something. obviously there is a moral obligation to do something about the humanitarian problems faced by the people of iraq and clearly that ought to be the priority but i don't see how providing helicopter gunships f. sixteen fighters and all the other war machines that the president wants are actually going to bring about any kind of peace in iraq surely there has to be an understanding that you have to include sonny and cher people in the gulf and you have to recognize the rights of kurdish and other people as in iraq and rec

bomb serbia let's go invade iraq i but most americans don't exactly see it that way. american politics and american foreign policy is that we're americans we can do whatever we want we're not subject to any international law or international rules that apply to other countries. we can spy on other countries governments and even allies but most of all our own people americans. an exceptional man named edward snowden told the world this but not too many countries and most americans don't seem to mind. the american population is you know the government is very effective at propaganda so you know president obama called for this independent review of n.s.a. activities. but the director. of the board that's doing this independent investigation is james clapper the defense national intelligence. the five people on this board all have relationships with obama. so americans are ok with being exceptional at least most of them when you go through public school when you when you go through universities you're taught certain perspectives about the united states that somehow set it

as you pointed out one of the main problems is the coordination of the security of iraq. i want to point out besides the technical issues what is more important is to point out that the most important failure of the security establishment is to establish a good relationship with the local population. and specifically the iraqi army and more and more is not able to really cooperate in the suni area and suni neighborhood contributing to the population and for this reason lacks the human intelligence to prevent this attack to happen. >> reporter: all of this maria plays into the hands of insurgent groups who are affiliated through al-qaeda. >> well, yes. i mean more and more i think that more and more especially suni populated area close to syria and the people, the ordinary people tend to have government forces and specifically the army and not state security forces but as an enemy. so they don't tend to cooperate and reluctant to cooperate with the iraqi armay and this plays in the hands of al-qaeda groups to create safe haven in the area. i think really it looks at how to

death toll in iraq you know. a strongly believe my team at imperial college all saw believe the figure maybe a little bit higher than this but the issue is not about the twenty percent or thirty percent higher or lower they should to us today this research proved to us that the magnitude of the damage to our cause i mentioned earlier is huge you know . this is out the consequences of and the planned invasion of iraq you know the consequences of the poor administration by. night at the state. the poor management of the subsequent governments and indeed the current governments our team at imperial college london is studying the living condition in iraq we did visit various parts of iraq last december and indeed we are going to report on the current this living condition of the many people currently in iraq you know it's not about only the five hundred. thousand lives lost there are four million for this one hundred one million widows in all four million people displaced inside iraq four million people actually live

iraq's mime minister says terrorists got a second chance to thrive in iraq because of syria's civil war, told an audienn

bomb serbia let's go invade iraq. but most americans don't exactly see it that way. american politics and american foreign policy is that we're americans we can do whatever we want we're not subject to any international law or international rules that apply to other countries. we can spy on other countries governments and even allies but most of all our own people americans. an exceptional man named edward snowden told the world this but not too many countries and most americans don't seem to mind. the american population and. you know the government is very effective propaganda so. you know president obama called for this independent review of n.s.a. activities. but the director. of the board that's doing this independent investigation is james clapper defense national intelligence. the five people on this board all have relationships with obama. so americans are ok with being exceptional at least most of them when you go through public school where when you go through universities you're taught certain perspectives about the united states that somehow set it apart

military and the state department in iraq. however, the justice department once it found out about the massacre decided to charge six of the guards with the manslaughter and firearms charges. however the case was thrown out in 2009 because the justice department allegedly concealed evidence from the defense. however, a judge recently decided that that was a mistake and so it gave the justice department a second chance to try to bring this case. now, four of the men are going to be standing trial on these charges including multiple counts of voluntary manslaughter and if there is any long-term goal is that it perhaps might improve relations between the united states and iraq. the first case was dismissed and angered so many iraq citizens as the government that the vice president joe biden offered an official apology to the government and the people. no word yet on when these four former guards for black water will be arraigned or go on trial. >> reporter: the china economic growth is speeding up after increased investment by th

capability for terrorism in iraq really before the u.s. intervened and within a year. of u.s. troops arriving in iraq was a major factor in the weather in the war there and so it was a question why it begs the question doesn't the obvious question why didn't they see it coming there are very many bright strategies bright minds and in washington the pentagon surely thinking this through you would have thought well these were bright minds only in one sense that they were great about. thinking up strategies that would give the united states military greater role in the middle east what about the any game but. it was the consequences of of those strategies yeah i mean what was so well how far ahead were they looking then you know what they've made it back in so many ways here are they i mean this is been the bloodiest year in iraq now since two thousand and eight why this particular spike now there what are you putting out then to. i don't know the answer to that it could be for any number of reasons that you have various moments during a particular period or a year when there are

air force lieutenant colonel karen do you believe the violence in iraq can be quelled by. and i don't. attempting to deal with that violence through the state in forcing its own security with the limited ability that it has it's not going to get to the root of the problem and i i normally don't agree with senator mccain and his friends in the congress but they are right it's a political problem the problem is is political it is a resource related in iraq there are groups of people who want power and money and there are groups of people that have been deprived of their nation's wealth and they're very concerned about the future and they're fighting. for bashar in their own children surely there are extremist groups there who are taking advantage of the lab security in the country and they need to be dealt with severely don't they and isn't the only way hoarders to to attack them. well if that's one way forward if you're looking at solving the problem that may not do it in all of these cases whether it's in iraq or elsewhere when you have violent groups or violent subgroups

produced entirely in iraq by iraqis. we had a lot of trouble getting funding because in the beginning nobody believed that it is possible to find young animators here who are able to do this kind of job. it was very lucky to find the two that were able to do it it's a challenge because we don't really have the right equipment. >> the character is kind o of witch known in folk lower as a salua. >> we have to animate the body. >> it is one of iraq's first animated films. >> some people don't think it's necessary at the present time to do these stories. well i disagree. we have to also look at positive things in life to fantasy giving imagination to people rather than only concentrating on you know documentaries for reality shows. >> it's not a project easily tackled. but as the world is disofertion, iraq's--discovering iraq's new artists are not coloring within the lines. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here are tonight raps top stories. president obama heard complaints from

that's right it was our god given right to invade vietnam and iraq. bombed belgrade. destroyed gadhafi. and now we have to help the syrians even if it means helping al-qaeda the president's told us and have been telling us for years let us be proud of the two and a half million young americans who served in vietnam who served with honor and distinction and one of the most so it was better prizes in the history of missions the american people have a genius for splendid and unselfish action. and into the hands of america god has placed the destinies of afflicted humanity america has a responsibility to stand with our allies when they are trying to save innocent lives and preserve peace freedom and stability in europe. that is what we are doing in kosovo the qualities of courage and compassion that we strive for in america also determine our conduct abroad. the american flag stands for more than our power and our interests. ultimately this is not about who occupies this office at any given time it's about who we are as a country. and so. we as a country invaded iraq in t

troops from iraq. the u.s. was said to have left a more stable and secure iraq, with the government that represents the people and a military force capable of handling security threats. however, the country still plagued by violence on a near daily basis, with suicide and car bombings. the video you are looking at right now is the aftermath of one such attack that happened in baghdad on thursday. at least 61 people were killed while celebrating the religious holiday of eid, or the feast of sacrifice. it is hardly an isolated incident. take a look at this. these are just headlines in the past few weeks of attacks that have happened in the country. children and women have been killed, and these attacks have made many public spaces potentially deadly. the body count monitoring group says that over 7000 people have been killed by militant attacks in iraq this year alone. however, these are stories that you are not likely to read about in the day-to-day news coverage right here in the u.s. why is that? is it perhaps