hussein's regime and looking at these documents, there seems to be almost a systemic pattern of abuse committed by iraqi officials over the last seven years. i asked the pentagon spokesman about that specifically one instance last december in which american forces were given a videotape of iraqi forces apparently executing one of their prisoners. >> reporter: the iraq war's been looked at as president bush's war. a lot these, as you say, having been done in the past and yet a lot of the information in these documents is fairly recent. for example, an incident just last december, well into president obama's administration, of the iraqi army executing prisoners, a video of which was passed on to u.s. forces, and in their reports it stated no investigation necessary. how can you explain that? >> chris, again, i'm not going to sit here and speak to you by classified documents on national television. it just would not be appropriate of me to do so. but i would reiterate to you that it has always been our policy, in accordance to international law, for us to report up the chain of command a

he followed his leader saddam hussein to the letter. now he may follow him to the gal owes. he was the face of saddam's regime abroad, but the face was sunken as he heard his death sentence. lost for words for once. in office, he often saluted the telephone when saddam rang. i was utterly loyal. his master's mouth piece. he was distinctive. the glasses, the cuban cigars. he loved whiskey and grew up as michael, a christian but he changed it for saddam. he was with him from the start, defiant before the first gulf war, defiant before the second. he met the pope just before the bombs fell and told itv news he would never surrender. >> you expect me after all my history as a militant and as an iraqi, one of the iraqi leaders, to go to an american prison, to go to guantanamo? i would prefer to die. >> reporter: but he did surrender and has spent seven years in jail and on trial. he's been sentenced to hang for persecuting shia muslim politicians like the current iraqi prime minister. his lawyer says the sentence is all about revenge. >> sreenivasan: there was no immediate word o

hussein and now we are left with an iraqi government that commits torture. well this is a short clip from the full interview the julian assange gave to us and you can catch it on our website if you haven't already. comb more of his wiki leak i spoke to brian becker of the director of the anti war and soko nation he told me he believes u.s. officials should be held to account for atrocities committed during the war in iraq police forces an army that were trained by the americans who are allegedly the protectors and guarantors of iraqi freedom engaged in systematic torture abuse rape and it was unreported in unpunished by their masters by the u.s. trainers so i think there's no reason to think that this is an ongoing as a result of these revelations the un chief investigator for torture for instance has called on barack obama to investigate those in the u.s. military and civilian government for criminal acts against the iraqi people if the u.s. takes now actions to repress wiki leaks it may very well backlash backfire and instead of repressing them and intimid

and nato interventions to bring freedom to kosovo and also operation "desert fox" against saddam hussein. when president bush took office shelton stayed on as chairman and he was there for 9/11, retiring at the end of september 2001. over a long career of wars and more than 400 parachute jumps, it was civilian life that nearly killed him when he fell from a ladder and was paralyzed from the neck down. and joining me now general hugh shelton. welcome to this week. >> thanks, christiane. great to be with you. >> it was prescient what president clinton said that you could survive just about anything. tell me how you survived that fall. >> well, i was very fortunate. after falling off a ladder and being evacuated quickly to a local hospital and told i would never walk again, walter reed came to the emergency -- came -- dr. jim he canland immediately evacuated me to walter reed and did an advance technique on me to raise my blood pressure, force the blood in around the cells and miraculously i walked out after 83 days. >> once in a million cure in that regard. >> well, at walter reed they sai

you know, if you think about it, it's not the same thing as a saddam hussein-run iraq where you have a single decision maker that has total power. there's a supreme leader in iran of course. >> rose: who has the most power. >> but i think you know that there are centers of power in iran and there are ways of generating this kind of discussion and i think the kind of... especially the kind of public criticism that we see from rafsanjani does suggest that that debate is ongoing and we have other indications that that debate is on goeng. and iran continues to act in a way that will increase the pressure. so, for example, as i mentioned, they continue to try to evade and then they engage in deceptive conduct to try to evade. we expose the deceptive conduct and it increases the disinclination of the private sector to want to do business with them and therefore it increases... >> rose: because you present the evidence to the private sector that this is what they're doing and they say "i get it therefore i'm willing to participate in the sanctions you want"? >> exactly. so like shipping com

tariq aziz, one of iraqi dictator saddam hussein's deputies sentenced today to death by hanging for political party issues during saddam's reign. >>> and a strangler, more time needed to consider the safety of the scarce lethal injection drug from an unidentified source. >>> investors are moving ahead with plans to build the largest solar power point in california. after getting final approval from the federal government yesterday. meanwhile, government officials are xpegtded to announce this week they're expecting to distribute $2.5 billion for a high-speed rail across the country. >>> police in washington. the state says the high alcohol high energy drink was responsible for sickening dozens of central university washington students at after off campus party. not date rape drugs as initially suspected. >>> finally, sad news. a german news agency is reporting paul the octopus who gained worldwide fame correctly predicting world cup soccer results has died. he correctly predicted all the games involving germany and picked spain to win the world cup finals over the netherlands. >>> now here's

. >> a paper trail of saddam hussein's regime the work of stanford unravels years of secrecy. plus 7 on your side the state closed a local car dealership accused of shady dealing. and we'll introduce you claiming to be the hardest working person in america. let's begin with a reversal of the outsourcing trend taking place in the bay area. david louie says a local company helping people to find virtual work they can do from their home. >> the recession has a lot of people pounding the pavement searching for jobs, one exception is paul gannon. after a series of jobs he decided to go freelance and found his jobs online. >> there tasks you can do and any given task can be done in a few minutes or few seconds depending on what it is. >> it's where job seekers link up. the virtual work space on the internet is the new labor market. >> we are available, retired professors, teenagers, there is a lot of people in any economy are really kind of locked out of traditional white collar employment because they can't fit night their lives. >> they have 35,000 workers registered. 80% are in t

he was a key figure in the saddam hussein regime. he contributed to the policies that resulted in the death of so many iraqis. >> they are divided about his culpability but he did not attract the kind of hatred that saddam hussein and his inner circle did. if he goes to the gallows, not many people will be celebrating in the streets. >> attackers armed with machetes have killed people in nigeria. sectarian violence has killed at least 500 people there. the area is in the middle belt. the u.n. secretary-general has urged the ruling military of burma to release political prisoners ahead of -- the leaders still have time to improve the credibility in the polls on november 7th. police and bolivia have molested a woman who attempted to send money to france -- arrested a woman who is attentive to send a -- attempted to send a mummy to france. with just one week to go until american voters give their verdict on the barack obama presidency in the u.s. midterm elections, many of the races are too close to call. bill clinton has been campaigni

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. began about one pm eastern friday nine pm. the precision guided assault lit up the. regime change for the iraqi people. the mass media coverage in base nothing. with excitement and enthusiasm there were cover it was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome weaponry and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent so maker i wanted to understand how they can present war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes or i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about death and not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be

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 concerted campaign. about one pm eastern. the. first team change for the iraqi people. with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent filmmaker i wanted to understand how they could percent war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes or i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about history to victory it's about death and not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be mr blair or who's an experience of war of television or whether it be mr bush or trying to serve h

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. began about one pm eastern friday nine pm in. the precision guided assault lit up the. regime change for the iraqi people. the mass media coverage in bass note. it out with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent so maker i wanted to understand how they can present war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes or i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about death and this is not dealt with by any of the people who are leading u

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 concerted campaign. about one pm eastern friday nine pm in. the. first team shame for the iraqi people. the mass media coverage. with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent so maker i wanted to understand how they can present war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes war i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about death and this is not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be mr blair who is going to experience of war of tel

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. about one pm eastern. regime change for the iraqi people. the mass media coverage. with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage it was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent so maker i wanted to understand how they can present war this way and i started to search for real information three independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes or i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about dead and not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be mr blair on whose only experience of war of television or whether it be mr

will also protect iraq's oil from sabotage by saddam hussein the row with news media in times of war is all about propaganda it's couched in terms of supporting our troops paying attention to the commander in chief explaining to the public what is being won how the bad people are being punished for their deeds and of course that doesn't come out of a vacuum because before or coverage is pre-work coverage this whole process of agenda building what we could call waiting flagstones on the path to war and that's very methodical and you go back and you look at every war of the last several decades there was the media build up to the war people have pentagon the white. house understand very well that as much as any military technology any bombers any missiles and the satellite guidance systems you need to mean to prepare the ground we have taken these actions because intelligence reporting indicates that while of those sympathetic to their cars are still a principle threat the principle threat. iraqi state agents iraqi surrogate groups other regional extremist organizations and ad hoc grou

coalition forces now begin 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. began about one pm eastern friday nine pm in. the precision guided assault lit up the. first team change for the iraqi people. the media coverage. with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent so maker i wanted to understand how they could percent war this way and i started to search for real information their independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes or i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody wars ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about that and not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be mr blair or w

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. about one pm eastern. the. regime change for the iraqi people. the mass media. with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent filmmaker i wanted to understand how they could percent war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes war i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about death and not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be mr blair on whose only experience of war of television or whether it be to

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. about one pm eastern friday. the. regime change for the iraqi people. the mass media coverage. it out with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent filmmaker i wanted to understand how they can present war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes or i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody wars ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about death and not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be mr blair on whose only experience of war of television o

learn more at lysol.com >>> new this morning, we got the sentence for one of saddam hussein's former top aides. >> it's almost election day, but if you vote in contra costa county, there could be an error on the ballot. what it is and what you should do, today in the east bay. >> are good morning. it's 4:30 and we have frost on the pumpkins. it feels like the fall classic is indeed on the way. >> for does. appropriate for this time of year. we see mainly clear skies and dry air over the bay area. the temperatures are dropping off. 42 in napa and the east bay valleys off to the trivalley before sunrise may get close to the upper 30s and 40s. not much wind and no rain in the forecast. mendocino county north. despite the chilly start, a decent day. pleasanton in the upper 60s and further south, san jose is 67 and richmond and oakland, low 60s for the forecast. 68 and 66 in pitsburg. today and tomorrow look dry, but it's that thursday forecast and game two of the world series. we will update you in a few minutes. >> mike, cold construction workers out there. >> i feel sorry for folks in

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. the allied bombing began about one pm eastern friday nine pm in. the precision guided assault lit up the skies striking government buildings the u.s. hopes regime change for the iraqi people. the mass media coverage in base nothing. with excitement and enthusiasm their war coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome left injury and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent filmmaker i wanted to understand how they can present war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes war i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about discrete to victory it's about death

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. about one pm eastern. the. regime change for the iraqi people. the mass media coverage. with excitement and enthusiasm there were coverage was a spectacular show of explosions and awesome weaponry and their obvious support for the bush administration was remarkable to me. as in our recent so maker i wanted to understand how they can present war this way and i started to search for real information through independent media and their investigations i discovered the silence stories. this is what really happens when we drop bombs. media sanitizes war i mean in the case of iraq. war is hell war is bloody war is ugly and that's what we should have seen twenty four hours a day on television war is not primarily about history to victory it's about death and not dealt with by any of the people who are leading us on whether it be mr blair who's an experience of war of television or whether it be to bu

in 2003, he led the fourth infantry division that captured saddam hussein. he helped implement the surge as general petraeus' number two, and became number one himself two years ago, when iraq was so violent, he never left the base without wearing full body armor. last month, as he was about to relinquish command, he showed us a very different iraq. can i ask you if you're wearing armor? >> general ray odierno: no, i'm not. >> stahl: none at all? >> odierno: no. >> stahl: as general odierno looks back on his two years as commander, he says that, despite a recent wave of bombings, the level of violence has come down considerably. his last act as the man in charge was to oversee the u.s. military draw-down, the largest movement of troops and materiel since world war ii. it was a logistical tour de force involving over 40,000 armored vehicles, jeeps and bulldozers. 2.2 million separate items had to be sorted, stacked and packed, as well as 7,000 tons of ammunition. this was the last combat unit to leave, the army's fourth stryker brigade, second infantry divisi

saddam hussein's former prime minister is sentenced to death. he appeals for clemency. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up, the secrets of thailand's success despite political troubles. economy is still attracting new investors. beating the italians at their own games. chinese fashion designers moving in on a lucrative market. >> iran has reached a milestone in its nuclear program despite the international sanctions against it. engineers have started to load nuclear fuel into the core of the reactor. electricity could be generated there next year. what does this advance leave american efforts to prevent iran acquiring nuclear weapons? >> [unintelligible] technological triumph or great white elephant? after 35 years under construction some iranians were beginning to have their doubts. but today the clearest sign yet it is approaching completion. these contain the nuclear fuel that will power the reactor. the process has begun. to the delight of the iranian authorities. >> after 160 [unintelligible] hopefully it will be

he did not expect the kind of hatred that saddam hussein and his inner circle did. not many people will be celebrating in the streets. >> stay with us if you can't on bbc world news. there is mounting pressure for the u.s. to lift their traded embargo against cuba. the united nations is one in a cholera epidemic could fester for years despite the signs that a number of cases is stabilizing. this has killed 259 people and infected many more. >> police trying to restrain the crowd at a warehouse where -- are being distributed to help stop the spread of cholera. the epidemic has taken its toll. they have made those who live here fearful. water purification equipment is being installed to make sure that the disease is not spread by contaminated water. international aid agencies are awaiting more funding. >> will look outside for all of the programs. >> officials say that this might be stabilizing but the u.n. is still preparing for the possibility of a nationwide outbreak. the fear is that cholera could spread quickly through the town of port-au-prince. precautionary st

. >> a par trail of saddam hussein's regime the work of stanford unravels years of secrecy. plus 7 on your side the state closed a local car dealership accused of shady dealing. and we'll introduce you claiming to behe hardest working pers in america. let's begin with a reversal of the outsourcing trend tang place in the bay area. david louie says a local company helping people to find virtual work they can do from their home. >> the recession has a lot of people pouing the pavement searching for jobs, one exception is paul ganno after a series of jobs he decided to go freelance and found his jobs online. >> there tasks you can do and any given task can be done in a few minutes or few secon depending on what it is. >> it's where job seekers link up. the viral work space on the internet the new labor market >> we are availle, retired professors, teenagers, there is a lotof people in any economy are really kind of locked out of traditional white collar employment becaus they can't fit night their lives. >> they have 35,000 workers register. 80% are in the u.s. and the rest any

hussein government yes sampson be clear he was central he was the closest adviser to saddam and so on in that sense he's completely guilty however it's also the case of the masses of conflict the fifth. go unchallenged and the defeated the people who pay the price and that's in my opinion that's not justice but how realistically did you see the thousands of civilian deaths and torture in iraq that's been reported recently being brought to account in terms of people being prosecuted for that i mean do you realistically think that's going to happen the u.s. government said it's not even though allow any investigations. now exactly that's what i'm saying what the wiki leaks show is the scale of torture was huge it was widespread and even more the united states and britain were absolutely complicit this is not a matter of a few soldiers turning a blind few bad apples in the barrel this is a case of the american military issuing central command to not to act its own sort of torture and breach of human rights and so on and if there were any justice in the world not only would the torture be

and in the weeks and other main news here in our team saddam hussein's deputy faces down for crimes against humanity and we investigate whether the tariq aziz verdict was time to take the heat out of wiki leaks exposé of torture and killings which happened under washington's watch. and our team meets a palestinian boy forced chaffer bombs us to israeli soldiers await sentencing for using him as a human shield. you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow nine am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now it's been confirmed within the last hour that russia is to build good nouns first ever a nuclear power plant it comes as president medvedev took part in a summit of southeast asian nations in her knowing the region is one of the world's economic powerhouses and needs to modernize its supply to continue its rapid growth well we'll be bringing you more on this rather program as we'll be getting in touch with our correspondent later on. and in the meantime.

but it is better off today than it was in saddam hussein -- >> mr. meek, same question. >> well, i would tell you there. there was a no-fly zone prior to going into iraq. it was a war that was brought about based on falsehoods and not on fact. and also, there are a number of american lives that have been lost. saying that, those sacrifices that have been made, i think it's very, very important to note that the international community must continue to stay involved in iraq. the biggest embassy in the world, the u.s. embassy, is in iraq right now because of the bush doctrine. i think it's important to note that -- i understand the situation as it relates to the world being safer because we went into iraq, i couldn't necessarily give you that overall blanket "yes" on that, because it was a lot of -- >> do you think we'd be better off if we hadn't gone in? >> i think we would have been better off if we would have looked at diplomatic solutions and wouldn't have been lied to by the bush administration. i think a number of american lives could have been sa

this week a top aide to saddam hussein was given the death sentence on charges of murder and crimes against humanity but the verdict has drawn international condemnation british m.p. jeremy corbyn says referring to the old regime was a ruse to deflect attention from the revelations by wiki leaks the reason they're doing it now correct this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for the territories is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out it will be nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation of the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three counsel the death penalty abandon the whole idea of the death penalty and instead look at the issues of human rights and justice to look at the behavior of forces ever since the invasion took place i do not see the value in executing terek izzy's any more

and in iraq itself saddam hussein's former deputy deputy has been given a death sentence from the high court to record says was found guilty of the persecution of islamic parties the head of russia's duma committee on foreign affairs says the verdict was deliberately time to distract attention from the role over the latest wiki leaks revelations well british m.p. jeremy corbin told me earlier that executing a member of an old regime is wrong when these current abuse allegations still await investigation. the reason we're doing it now and the correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for peter it is very easy it is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out it would mean nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three cancel the deat

saddam hussein's deputy was convicted for persecuting islamic parties. money week for terrorism in the north caucasus and forty's claimed the funds that were being sent from overseas organizations to a recent surge of violence in the region. for the moment thomas he'll be here with more on this story in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime financial headlines with the spin with. this week they take on oil and the federal reserve that unique analysis of the latest developments in the u.s. is next here on r.t. . and this is the kaiser report we've been talking about the international conflict brewing in various economies around the world and gauging the currency war let's go back a couple of months and talk about what we brought to your attention at the time the war between saver.

and among the week's main stories as saddam hussein's deputy faces death for crimes against humanity it's being claimed the kurdish was trying to divert attention from the latest revelations probably a few leaks from mind whistleblower released four hundred thousand classified u.s. files on torture and killings which happened under washington's watch. next as promised how medals molding the future as we check in for the latest edition of technology update.

hussein he was convicted of killing members of shia political parties opposed to saddam's regime although he denied any personal involvement. brazil chooses dilma rousseff to be the country's first female president she will succeed the highly popular outgoing president lula da silva rousseff from the ruling party has campaigned on the success of a lot of silva who's credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty law and least early reports from. now where the gap between rich and poor continues to shrink. hine barbed wire walls. and those who live behind shanty cinder block ones but in this developing nation and one of the fastest growing major economies in the world where they are pioneering deep water oil research and ethanol production for example signs of human development to marked by a before and after before outgoing president lula da silva took office he woke up going to talk to people didn't recognise the poor today the rich are en route because the poor as poor as they were before people have the opportunity to think he's increased the job market civil construction for

well this week a top aide to saddam hussein was given the death sentence sentence i should say on charges of murder and crimes against humanity but the verdict has drawn international condemnation british m.p. jeremy corbyn says referring to the old regime was a ruse to deflect attention from the revelations by wiki leaks the reason they're doing it now correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for the territory is to divert attention absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out it would be nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three counsel the death penalty a brand of the whole idea of the death penalty and instead look at the issues of human rights and just to sort of look at the behavior of forces ever since the invasion took place i do not see the value i

this week a top aide to saddam hussein was given the death sentence on charges of murder and crimes against humanity but the verdict has drawn international condemnation british m.p. jeremy corbyn says referring to the old regime was a ruse to deflect attention from the revelations by wiki leaks the reason they're doing it now correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks if exposed to torture that is going on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for the territories is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out to do nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three council the death penalty abandon the whole idea of the death penalty and instead look at the issues of human rights and justice look at the behavior of forces ever since the invasion took place i do not see the value in executing terek izzy's any more than e

hussein was convicted of killing members social political parties opposed to saddam's regime although he denied any personal involvement. two israeli soldiers are awaiting sentencing for forcing a nine year old palestinian boy to check for bombs during the invasion of gaza almost two years ago activists ever claim to be conviction bypasses those who allow the rampant practice to continue paulus leader met the boy who was thrust into the line of fire. measured robber was just nine years old when soldiers grabbed him and made him check for bombs. i was just sitting here is really soldiers took me over there there were two bags and he told me to open them but i didn't know how to do it. he was terrified of the abandoned briefcases which the soldiers thought could be booby trapped and his fighting family forced to watch one of the ship i want to complete his hand on my son shoulder and made him go into the toilet cubicle i heard a few shots fired soon afterwards i felt like i was dying my little daughter he was with me kept saying they killed him. and yet it was five years ago that israel

to remind you ourselves of that, the world is a better and safer place because saddam hussein is no longer in charge of of the country. >> i think we would have been better off if we would have looked at diplomatic solutions and wouldn't have been lied to. a number of american lives could have been saved and could have been a different world if we gave diplomacy an opportunity. >> i think the world is a safer place because of the action we took in iraq and it's right of the administration to do what we're doing right now in afghanistan and one of the best things and best parts of that policy is the appointment of general david petraeus to lead our troops on the grounds in in conflict and number one to have safety and security for the people in our countries. >> throughout the debate. no matter the issue, the three men couldn't seem to stay away from attacking each other and julie kirtz wraps it up from washington. the fireworks in the three-way senate debate. charlie crist pushed marco rubio to disclose his financial records regarding a g.o.p. credit card and rubio pushed back calli

well staying in iraq saddam hussein's former deputy was sentenced to death this week to recover these was found guilty by the country's high court of person of persecuting opposition shiite islamic parties international human rights groups have condemned the decision to hang the seventy four year old and some x. words you the sentence doesn't attempt to divert attention away from the wiki leaks revelations british m.p. jeremy corbyn says the priority should be investigating the allegations connected to the current regime. the reason they're doing it now you are correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for the terek of the user is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out will be nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three cou

in iraq saddam hussein's former deputy has been sentenced to death a court found him guilty of persecuting islamic parties the head of the russian parliament foreign affairs committee says however the verdict was it deliberately timed to distract attention from the brow over the latest wiki leaks revelations four hundred thousand a leaked us secret files provide a gruesome litany of widespread killing and torture in iraq since the american invasion with tactic in prisons with little difference to those which applied under saddam hussein the verdict on these was also criticised by british m.p. jeremy corbin he says executing a member of the old regime is wrong when more recent abuses need to be investigated the reason they're doing it now that you are correct of this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks exposed the top. that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for me is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out to do nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we

in iraq saddam hussein's a former deputy to rick has been sentenced to death a court found him guilty of persecuting islamic parties the head of the russian parliament foreign affairs committee says how well the verdict was deliberately timed to distract attention from the brow over the latest wiki leaks revelations four hundred thousand leaked u.s. secret files provide a gruesome litany of widespread killing and torture in iraq since the american invasion with tactics in prisons a little different to those which applied under saddam hussein the verdict on these was also criticized by british jeremy corbin he says executing a member of the old regime is wrong when more recent abuses need to be investigated . the reason they're doing it now and the correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for meteoric is easy is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out will be nothing to reconcile peop

hussein period there was no all day in iraq you see saddam hussein was a tyrant himself he didn't need any competition but after americans invaded iraq al qaeda has taken food there and also there are other extremist movements even i give more while and then i'll tell it was like this like movement of uzbekistan now of the. he's dead president karimov have. into afghanistan and afghanistan but they're likely to come back after the fall of preside over and it could have. serious implications for the whole world alright co-author of the architecture of your atlantic security and political analyst from is the future of world economy and international relations thank you very much. well i was talking right there and i will have more details and more analysis on this issue here as we continue to report on this act of terrorism going on in course new today now russia and europe appear to have moved closer than ever on to issues that previously divided them at a meeting they were talking about where they were in the french town of veal they discussed the issue of a european security and that

human rights abuses it was the belief that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction which turned out to be wrong well i mean the wiki leaks information also showed that you know he did have some chemical weapons but they weren't weapons of mass destruction and one of the justifications that they had the bush administration had made was this guy's a bad guy and we're going to go in and take him out so it's not i mean that was it wasn't always only that the unit had weapons of mass destruction now but they did that they were also going to acquire more and they were going to be more of a threat that was a judgment based on intelligence available at the time which turned out to be incorrect and we can debate whether that was knowable at the time or whether it was only something that was noble after the after the war started switching gears a little bit what i want to ask both of you what we can start with you what do you make of this tendency by mainstream outlets to sort of villainize wiki leaks and focus on julian a songe the man and wiki leaks the organization rifle strife and all

first of all the world is better off because saddam hussein is no longer in charge. he no longer is in charge of that country. let's understand one thing. right now we're worrying about iran possessing a nuclear weapon. if saddam hussein was still there and you know the long relationship you'd have two nations in a full-blown arms war the way you've seen between pakistan and india. so the world is a better and safer place not to mention the iraqi people are better off than thab were under saddam hussein. there's no doubt they have a long way to go. but it is better off today than it was when -- >> same question. >> i would tell you there. there was a no-fly zone prior to going into iraq. it was a war that was brought about based upon falsehoods and not on fact and also there are a number of american lives that have been lost. saying thatting those sacrifices that have been made, i think it's very, very important to note that the international community must continue to stay involved in iraq. the biggest embassy in the world, the u.s. embassy is in iraq because of the

in the weeks ah the main news as saddam hussein's deputy faces death world crimes against humanity we investigate whether the tariq aziz verdict was time to take the heat out of the latest revelations from wiki leaks whistleblower has released poor hundred thousand classified u.s. files and forgery killings which happened under washington's watch from. the u.s. overestimates the threat of terrorism and therefore squanders billions of dollars on military operations abroad and that's according to anti-war activist blogger and author tom engelhardt who's been speaking to his interviews coming right up. to sitting down with tom engelhardt tom dispatch dot com a blog described as a regular antidote to the mainstream media.

and stay in iraq saddam hussein's former deputy was sentenced to death this week terry because he's was found guilty by the country's high court of persecuting shared islamic parties the decision to hang as these two seventy four has drawn much international condemnation and some experts view the sentence as an attempt to divert attention away from the we can leaks revelations british m.p. jeremy corbyn is among the critics of the trial. the reason they're doing it now and the correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for me to use it is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out it will be nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three cancel the death penalty abandon the whole idea of the death penalty and instead look at the issu

staying in iraq saddam hussein's former deputy who was sentenced to death this weekend targus he's was found guilty by the country's high court of persecuting opposition shiite islamic parties the decision to hang as easy as his seventy four has drawn much international condemnation and some experts view the sentence as an attempt to divert attention away from that we can leaks revelations british m.p. jeremy corbyn is among the critics of the trial the reason they're doing it now correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks if exposed to torture that has gone on systematically and i think the sentence pronounced for the territory is to divert attention absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out will be nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three cancel the death penalty abandon the whole idea of the death penalty and instead look at the issues of human r

well this week a top aide to saddam hussein was given the death sentence on charges of murder and crimes against humanity but the verdict has drawn international condemnation british m.p. jeremy corbyn thousand referring to the old regime was a ruse to deflect attention from the revelations by wiki leaks the reason they're doing it now correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for me to our activities here is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out will be nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three cancel the death penalty abandon the whole idea of the death penalty and instead look at the issues of human rights and justice and look at the behavior of forces ever since the invasion took place i do not see the value in executin

saddam hussein is dead. osama bin laden is still out there. >> osama bin laden was going to be out there whether we did anything in iraq or not. osama bin laden is capable of hiding in large part because of the way he operates. if you fly over the mountains of afghanistan and pakistan, you know why terrorists can hide. and you can't -- if you're in those positions of responsibility, you sometimes don't get to pick and choose and say well i'll do this first then i'll do this then i'll do this. that's not how international politics work. we bhot a problem of al qaeda and afghanistan and a problem of the threat of saddam hussein. i had never believed and i was very much inside that we somehow starved afghanistan of resources in order to do iraq. i think that's a red herring. we believed that afghanistan was best dealt with a small footprint of american forces, american air power and the ground forces were afghans. i can remember very well at the outset of the war in afghanistan, something struck you as funny, o