these are the latest pictures from ramadi. police removed tents put up by the protesters. >> violence in fallujah killed another 10. iraqi sunnis say they have enough of what they call marginalisation by the shia led government. >> in the city of fallujah, armed men burnt a military vehicle, taking control of government and security officers. other gunmen blocked a highway into the city to stop government forces from approaching. all this happened as 44 iraqi members of parliament announced they'd resign. they are demanding the army get out of ramadi, the largest city here, and that a prominent sunni politician be released. >> i received the resignation from members of parliament. i'll do my best with the government institutions and international community. we are asking the government to answer the demands of the protesters, and to pull back their troops. >> in ramadi the army cleared protesters from their year-old sit-in. >> last night there were 30 al qaeda members there. we don't know who gave them the information. they fl

imran khan reports. >> outside the home of a sunni political leader in ramadi, and a critic of nouri al-maliki. he was taken into custody, not before his brother and several security members were killed. >> translation: during the fire exchange one soldier was killed and five injured. every action has a reaction. ali was injured, together with two guards. they were taken to hospital. after one hour or two we were told that ali has died. >> he was the leader of a sit-in process in ramadi against the marginalisation of sunnis. the prime minister threatened to break up the city by friday if demonstrators don't disperse. >> this made protesters angrier. they marched on the streets. >> ali is influential. it's an armed tried. they are threatening the government, giving them a 12 hour truce. every army camp inside anwar. all the signs are there for a standoff between the army and supporters. iraq has seen some of the worst violence and sectarian tension since 2008. sunnis feel they have not only doing targetting. >> the party of myanmar's opposition leader aung san suy kyi says it will tak

he was arrested in ramadi on terrorism charge. a gun battle broke out when police tried to detain him resulting in the death of five people. he has been an influential figure in the she ar shia led government. >>> the death toll in friday ace car bomb in beirut has reached seven. a critic of the syrian government was among those attacked. he'll be buried sunday. >>> the socia >> jihad message to the mothers, we have to stick, it seems that someone somewhere, we have to stick to the others. >> we have more from beirut. >> reporter: we're downtown beirut where explosion took place, and it's about 24 hours since that explosion took place and lebanon is still picking up the pieces. now if we can show you the investigators have built the tents on the side to where the car bomb exploded. that's where it was parked next to that building still under construction. the car bomb tossed shata's car up in the air, and it landed in that spot where it is covered in that tent. investigators want to make sure that nobody touches this two major evi

. >> police have removed tents that have been put in the central part of ramadi. the protests began with the arrest of an sunni m.p. by shia government. >>> truck drivers have been stopped from taking aid. >> reporter: they've been here since november 22nd. stopping any trucks suspected of carrying supplies for n.a.t.o. forces in afghanistan. as they work for the movement of justice party and has been here every day as the blockade started. >> innocent people have been killed. that's why they will not stop >> reporter: drone strikes are deeply unpopular in pakistan. the government routinely condemns each attack as a violation of national sovereignty but it's also believed that it gives it's approval to some strikes. >> the government has been largely silenced about the blockade but it is no doubt a concern. the u.s. congress recently passed a bill that could see pakistan receive $1.5 billion in cash but it's linked to the movement of the supply lines. if that stopped so, too, could be the payments. >> reporter: it's not just the government that's concerned. said k

the iraqi army is moving tanks into ramadi. it comes after the arrest of a sunni member of parliament. he's being held on terrorism charges. five people were killed when police tried to detain him. he had been an influential figure against the shia-led government of nourial al mali can i. in a press conference said that guards fired at the troops. >> during the firing exchange one of our soldiers were killed and five others injured. injured with two guards they were taken to hospital. our force arrested al awani died. the injured five of our soldiers and two of al awani's guards are still in hospital. >> give us an idea of how influential al awani was. >> reporter: well, he's very popular within his movement because he's a very fierce critic of the prime minister nouri al maliki. there are been sit-ins taking place every friday. on thursday, he does a very televised address. now this is going to inflame tensions quite seriously in iraq. the serious for this is that the sunnies in anbar province feel that not only have they been

forces tried to break up an antigovernment sit in and there are tents in the square of the city of ramadi and they said on sunday they reached an agreement with demonstrators and it began with an arrest of an mp by the sunni-led government. he is held on terrorism charges and supporting activists, protesting against what they see is the persecution of the soon news by the shia-led government and the police faced resistance and one tank and both sides let a battle and the sit-in continues. let's check on the global weather now with steph. >> reporter: thanks and we will have a look at australia where there is a huge tropical cyclone at the moment. we see the distinctive circulation of cloud here. it's very close to the coast at the moment. just about to make landfall but already it has given us heavy rain. we have seen 70 millimeters of wet weather already and by the time the storm clears away we are expecting another 200 millimeters on top of that. clearly the region is going to see a problem with flooding but it's not the only hazard we will have from the storm. the winds are going to be

fallujah and ramadi were unpacified areas. the u.s. forces had never even really rolled through there, and it was kind of a main area of families and soldiers of the iraqi republican guard, so they were very low call to the regime -- loyal to the regime. >> and then came the square a few years later, and at that point blackwater took a lot of heat for what happened there. civilians were killed in that exchange. what happened there, and was that the beginning of the end in a sense for blackwater? >> yeah. you know, it's unfortunate, the media tries to paint the whole organization off of one incident, and i'll just give you color to that whole event. you know, that was -- 2006 and '7 were very violent times in iraq. there was daily combat in the streets, all over the entire country. and really baghdad was the center of gravity for that insurgency. you know, the surge was trying to put u.s. forces in much smaller outposts and engage in combat with the insurgents. so in the previous week one of our helicopters was shot down, two with roads

the camp was in ramadi, in anbar province. sunnis erected it to protest what they see as discrimination by the shiite led government. meanwhile, clashes near the sit- in site today left ten people dead, including gunmen and three policemen. the government of afghanistan is rejecting a u.s. intelligence finding that many of the gains there could be lost by 2017. in kabul today, a spokesman for president hamid karzai called the assessment baseless. the national intelligence estimate is the work of 16 u.s. agencies. it also says afghanistan could descend into outright chaos if there's no agreement to keep some u.s. troops beyond 2014. the latest attempt to reach a russian ship trapped in antarctic ice was called off today, in the face of a blizzard. an australian icebreaker had been sent in to rescue 74 people who've been stuck on board the russian vessel for a week. the icebreaker was ordered to turn back due to poor visibility. the icebreaker plans to resume its mission as soon as the weather improves. the teen-ager who attacke

it was a gigantic airbase midway between ramadi and fallujah on the al-anbar province. it was like heading up construction crew and my marines were really hard-working. they were great. they would dig trenches and lay cable underground. we would get the entire company helping us out, 200 marines, pulling out cable under a airfield. they took out the old iraqi telephone wires and replaced them with 30 kilometers of cable throughout the base. then we got mortaredded. the then the cable would be cut. and my repair marines would repair it. it was like being in charge of the whole cycle of operations there, which was stressful but i worked with a lot of fantastic people, so that was really great. >> that's great. and nicole? >> my story i guess is a story of a misdirection, believe it or not. after i took the asap i wanted to be journalist. the recruiter told me i didn't make the cut, to get a proper score to enlist as, get journalism slot. so, i was like, what do you guys have to offer? he was like, you know, he mentioned a few other moss and then he mentioned supply. well,

it was a gigantic airbase midway between ramadi and fallujah in al-anbar province. it was like heading up a construction crew. my marines were hard-working. they were great. they would dig trenches and lay cable underground. we would get entire company to help us out, 200 marines pulling out cable under airfield. took out the old iraqi telephone wires, and replaced them with 30 kilometers of cable all told throughout the base. they got mortaredded. the cable would be cut. my repair marines would have to repair it. it was like being in charge of the whole cycle of operations there which was stressful but i worked with a lot of fantastic people. that was really great. >> that's great. and nicole? >> my story, i guess is a story of a misdirection, believe it or not. i, after i took the asmap i wanted to be a journalist actually, and recruiter told me i didn't make the cut. i didn't get the proper score to enlist as, to get the journalism slot. so i was like, what do you guys have to offer? he was like, you know, he mentioned a few other moss and then he mentioned suppl