there was a vacuum in iraq. we first spoke many years ago, andi iraq. we first spoke many years ago, and i wonder if we speak again in ten years, you actually believe iraq as we know it today will exist. we have talked about your belief that islamic state is not eradicated and that the struggle will continue, and the terror and the violence. we have talked about the kurds and your belief that there could be a conflict looming with the kurdish in the north of your country. yes. iraq doesn't seem to have a viable future? for now, there is that sense. but it is something that is changing in iraq. the movement of the people, talking to the clerics of the shia and sunni, they are calling for a civic state, for dismantling sectarianism and moving towards an equal citizenship. that is talk, and the reality on the ground is that the sectarian militia, popular mobilisation forces, these sad... the clerics are aware, this was due to be mobilisation of people, millions went to the streets. —— these are. this is change. this is very clear change. the government

my guest today is the veteran vice president of iraq, ayad allawi. does iraq have a viable future? ayad allawi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. let's begin with the fallout from iraq's national army victory over so—called islamic state in mosul. your prime minister, mr abadi, hailed it as a great victory for iraq. there was a sense of triumphalism in his voice. are you feeling triumphant today? not really. winning a battle or two was not like winning the war. we want to win the war against extremism and against terrorism. in mosul of course this was a good in achievement but indeed we have not to lose sight of the people of mosul, their steadfastness did, and what he international community did, the us, uk and australia and so on. but what we want to achieve, really, and i warned them that this is not the end of the story. i warned abadi, i warned the president, we need to win the war, and winning the war should be a political win. by abolishing extremism as a whole from this society, and this can only be done by having an inclusive political process and by having a qua

[inaudible] fled to iraq. u unfortunately, they don't have the services that are provided in iraq due to the blockades a lot of needed humanitarian aid has not been brought to camp and other places like that and they are still in horrible humanitarian conditions and the question is what exactly have you done in syria to help the community there that is still suffering and still does not have relief from the situation. thank you. >> one more question for. >> my name is jolene and i am asking the question from an american perspective although i have worked in the middle east and i thank you all for having this, by the way. i think it's sorely needed. my question is what you just got through saying. you have isis out of their and if there isn't some form of government we will be fighting them again and again and again and my perspective on isis is just like any dictator or anyone who likes those who took over and it's not about religion but about money and power. what is the trump administration going to do to br

operations to liberate kuwait from iraq, to liberate operations from iraq. to al-qaeda, to daesh, to isis they all emanate from this region to yemen. let's concentrate. let's not be too ambitious. let's concentrate on this region. >> rose: no israel now. >> no. which has been the hot bed of war and violence and conflict. we are ready to deal witness, we are ready to resolve the problems, we are ready to engage in dialogue and confidence building measures. ould not look for an enemy. there is no need for an enemy. we don't need an enemy. we already have enough enemies. >> rose: so you don't see the united states as an enemy. >> i'm talking about our immediate neighbor. the united states can be fine its relations with iran. at this time and for some time the united states has defined its relations to iran in terms of hostility. this is nothing new, not particular to this administration. unfortunately the united states has followed the hostile policy towards iran and it has received a reciprocal reaction. >> rose: would that include president obama. >> presiden

it is a very important commerce route, very important for iraq, and jordan, and the government of iraq as well as anbar province. the iraqis have been working to set conditions to open the highway and we hope it can happen fairly soon. i give them great credit for what they are putting in place to get that open. the billion dollar a month commerce route, it is important for the future of the region and obviously something we are supporting both governments, encouraging them to move forward on that. number nine, the border crossing with saudi arabia is a border crossing that has been closed since multiple u.s. 1990. administrations have encouraged an opening between iraqi and saudi arabia that the doors have remained closed for decades. we achieved a breakthrough, the iraqis and saudis, a breakthrough that they really reached on their own, that has led to exchanges of key ministers and talking about opening the border crossing for the first time since 1990. again, a critical commerce route, and e can kind of see the post-isis situation come into shape there. it is very important, which

not only iraq. donald trump has made it plain that as far as he is concerned, his primary focus and responsibility is to destroy so—called islamic state and protect america from terrorism in iraq, in syria, and that is, beyond all else, his objective. fine, we don't dispute this. and political, as well as... to take care of iraq and the future of iraq, because after all, they hold legal responsibility when they dismantle the country. abolish the army... iraqis wanted us forces out, obama withdrew all forces in 2011. do you think american forces need to come back? no, no, i am not suggesting this. i am suggesting that the united states should have clear policies on what to do with iraq and they need to advise the iraqi government because they have a moral obligation to do so. they have a legal obligation to do so. they are currently fighting in iraq, fighting isis, defending the united states and the world, but iraq is the theatre for this conflict. they need to be more careful and more clearly wit

but tensions need the tough sell of the iraq policy even tougher. there was the philosophical war and we expect a great deal of time over the last many years debating whether or not we should have gone into iraq but the more relevant conversation for all of us and the country moving forward remains once you make the decision to go to the war, what is the principal purpose of the desired outcome and how do you get there and you have several choices in the case one come you can remove saddam hussein and leave which would have been a false choice, or remove the leadership and grab some ex- patriot and basically trade one dictator for another or attempt to secure the country and build institutions that could support them off with some people have suggested as an american-style democracy, but a more participatory tolerant governing structure. the coalition was developed to execute the third option and they tackled this with great passion and commitment sacrificing much with their efforts going unnoticed as the situation worsened due to the rise of al qae

government of iraq. [applause] >> the kurdish republic was in 1941 which is part of the federal government of iraq. because, i have lived it from afar, when you live a tragedy from afar you sometimes feel worse. and i have members of my family there. i remember in 2008 eric schmidt came to visit baghdad and he asked us, what is worse think that saddam did. so some of us answer, another said it was the uprising in 1991. i think the worst legacy of saddam was that we had a choice of these things. which one to choose. if he had asked us this question in 2014 or 15, we would had one answer, what he did to the yazidi's. this is the worst thing that is happened to the 21st century so far. and i hope will be the last such events of its nature. this is a sad thing because iraq is a place of minorities. based on the letters she gives a very visit description of what she sees when she goes there. it is really a -- of minorities. baghdad at the turn of the last century had a plurality of jews who would've known tha

the iraq of 2017 is not the iraq of the 14. 2017 is notmy of the iraqi army of 2014. the government is not the same. the people are not the same. i was recently at a conference in aspen were people talked about the relationships between the united states in america after 10 years of war. i have to tell you for me the real war began in 2014. and its consequences was a really brought all iraqis together. emotionallyost charged images of this war i remember were iraqi soldiers, officers, the prime minister standing side-by-side to work on liberating the rest of the areas that have been captured by isis. and it hasn't been easy. it is hard. you, i think tell the road ahead is even harder. because we still haven't finished the liberation of iraq. we still have to deal with -- isis morphs into a successor organization, something probably akin to al qaeda in 2009, we'll have to still keep on fighting it. and we have to stand together. on the issues that we will have to face, the issues the ambassador just raised on the status of where minorities are in iraq. simply put, for

iraq of 2017 is not the iraq of 2014. the iraqi army of 2017 is not the iraqi army of 2014. the government is not the same and the people are not the same. i was recently at a workshop, conference in aspen where people talked about relationships between the united states. i have to tell you for me the real work began in 2014 and its consequence was that it really brought all iraqi's together. one of the most emotionally charged images is iraqi officers in the prime minister standing side-by-side greeting the rest of the areas that have been captured by isis and it hasn't been easy. it is hard and i have to tell you i think the road ahead is even harder because we still haven't finished the liberation of iraq. we still have to deal with tall afar and is isis morphs into a successful organization we will have to still keep on fighting and we have to stand together. on the issues that we will have to face that the ambassador just raised on the status of where minorities are in iraq simply put for most iraqi's and certainly for the iraqi government iraq is not iraq without its m

and you know what form they would take in a devoted iraq as opposed to a united iraq. i think that when it comes to sectarian issues, i think it's hard for us to understand. the iraqis and anybody in the middle east. this is one of the reasons why when we talked about islamic extremism, there is a sense of history and the middle east. that they have very long memories and they look very far into the future about how to take their society. and i once sat with the gentleman who ultimately became the chief justice. we were in this bombed out building and we were getting ready to reappoint some justices to the iraqi supreme court who had been thrown off the bench. they were almost executed but he did not execute them. he threw them off the bench because he basically wants to dictate to them what the ruling should be under a case. that impending his son. these men that werein their 70s they were all, they came together and i was talking to this gentleman and i said you know there's a lot of work to be done. to rebuild the judiciary here. remember the regular writing laws lo

american involvement in iraq. dozens of russian speaking children were found stranded in an orphanage in iraq after their parents pledge to die fighting for terrorists we hear their stories. of. being. international our top story this hour the legal battle over a massacre in iraq a decade has returned to the. border at the. from the private u.s. security contract. with. machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad where fourteen unarmed civilians were killed and seventeen others were injured the guards argued that they were under fire from insurgents although they wouldn't support. spread condemnation and also raised serious questions about the military's accountability in iraq. but there are. there are dead bodies everywhere busy arguments going badly with t.v. . among the dead bodies lying on the street those who are. seven years old. well during the period the firm was known as blackwater as a. government unsecured contract but after the two thousand and three us invasion of iraq operating as. these black wate

in an assault on northern iraq. arabs in manyeted or areas. last year the secretary of state labeled asst week genocide the attacks on christians, syrians and other groups by isis. les administration, this administration are in agreement and have been very clear hearing over the past three years these communities have faced unspeakable atrocities including mass murder sexual enslavement, and torture. through the efforts of the iraqi and others the krg, important progress has been made here at the liberation of mosul and other parts are imparted -- are important. despite these gains today thousands remain displaced from seen homes and many have exploit tensions fissures between individual communities can trading distrust, division, and insecurity. these groups suffer at the hands and from intermittent counts as with other iraqis continue to fight for their rights as citizens and work to ensure a safe future for all iraqis. the use -- the u.s. institute thepeace and for sizes vital importance of their voices in local

i appreciate everything you have done in iraq but not all of these fled to iraq. a lot of them fled to syria and they don't have the answers they are provided in iraq due to the blockade a lot of needed aid has not been bought to places and they are still in horrible humanitarian condition. my question to you is what have you done to help the community there that still does not have any relief from the situation. sthang you. >>. >> we may take one more question before. thank you. >> thank you all for having this, by the way. my question is what you just got through saying. you have got isis out of there. if there isn't some form of govern nance we will be fighting them again and again and again. my perspective is like any dictator or people that took over. it's not really about religion. it's about money and power. what is the trump administration going to do to bring in some sort of govern nance or this will not happen again. thank you very much. >> thank you for that question. [ applause ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> you have two different communities. one

the legal battle is not over for a massacre in iraq a decade ago it was a court throws out convictions against guards for the tourist u.s. military contract blackwater also did dozens of russian speaking children. in an orphanage in iraq after their parents allegedly died fighting for terrorists we hear their story. you. know. it was. reported voting irregularities in the u.s. to. russia but we hear how the problem is more likely closer to home. but i welcome it's just turned three o'clock here in moscow watching r.t. international's could have a company that our top story the legal battle over a massacre in iraq a decade ago is heading back to the u.s. courts judges ordered the recent unsing of three operatives from the private u.s. security contractor formerly known as blackwater indicating that the sentences were too harsh for faces a complete retrial the four guards opened fire with machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad in the source square fourteen civilians were killed and seventeen others were injured guards argued that they were under fire from insurgents although. no w

kicked up out of iraq. we cannot stay there when they forced us out. they came about through their own passion. america did not do it. except for the fact that we invaded iraq in 2003. the problem is being solved. hands connecticut on one -- everything you see in most all, the bombing is the dissolving of isis. itself inmanifested 2014, we carried out 30 plus -- 30,000 plus airstrikes, along the iraqi army to go in. there are the ones bleeding on the ground, who defeated isis in their own country. they are going to be the ones fighting for raqqa. we can pat ourselves on the back. u.s. air force and the iraqi army are doing it. they are bringing about the end isis. and another year, that organization will cease to exist inside iraq and syria. it is open outlook for them. they will not survive. -- okinawa. they will not survive area except for their children. that is the next generation of trouble for us. they had kids. they are living in refugee camps. we carried out in action in this administration were bei

and sectarianism in iraq, iraq was not a dry country iraq was a very liberal country where they had separation between the mosque and state, intermarriage of the different sect of islam. you could be living next door, you could be living next door to a sunni. saddam hussein's foreign minister was a christian. so, the idea of this overtaking of the secretary and is and that is always present, but has been amplified, i think by the influence of outsiders like iran and influenced by outsiders like those from al qaeda and other terrorist organizations and other radicals because iraq was not a radical country in that respect. saddam hussein started acting that way and sort of found religion after the 1991 gulf war because he wanted to be more relevant within the world of islam. he wanted to be able to attract more of those folks so that he could then use them to increase his sphere of influence. other questions? >> understanding the media reality, how a reliable way you say the us is partners today? , chip a hit did we take by again prematurely walking away from a mission, thinking about

invasion of iraq operating as part of the us occupation authority blackwater going. overage conduct. and also disciplinary problems following the massacre the company rebranded but he's still operating scandal has done little to dent the u.s. government's appetite for working with military contracts is who are still thriving . explains meet erik prince the founder of blackwater a private military company with a controversial reputation with its legacy you might expect prince's career to be over but this cannot be farther from the truth there's no backlash for him no shame the man's gun for hire business is booming what i care about is a taxpayer is that large you wasting food sixty five billion dollars a year in afghanistan i don't think it's appropriate to pull out completely with all the wars the us is waging abroad times are lucrative for private security firms yet you'd struggle to find one with an untainted slate dyna corp for example for over a decade the u.s. state department was giving almost seventy percent of its funding for afghanistan to this particular f

from iran and iraq. at kennedyem airport, i took them to hospitals, i showed them to diplomats, and nobody gave a dam. nobody. nobody issued a declaration in condemnation of the use. so i know what sarin gas is. believe me, i do. charlie: therefore, you should be the most dominant argument against it, and holding countries who use it -- javan sharif: to account. charlie: exactly. javan sharif: we are prepared to do that. charlie: how many years has it been -- javan sharif: provided there is an international investigation establishing that fact. charlie: you doubt the facts? javan sharif: yes. charlie: you dealt the fact that -- charlie: this is -- javan sharif: this is the latest example. the united states responded, and -- charlie: the entirety -- javan sharif: my friend -- charlie: a war that has gone on for six years -- javan sharif: >> i presented a plan in 2013 to end the war. it included a cease-fire. , national unity government people outside singh who should be in it who should not be in it. cons

rest of iraq. it is important for everybody. i believe there is consensus globally. ♪ charlie: this was before the buttion of 2016, occasionally, i would hear someone say "five to 10 years from now, the united states will be closer to iran than it is to saudi arabia." competing.re not charlie: the geopolitical world is changing. guest: i think the united states thes to reevaluate achievements of the united states and the failures of the united states in our region, and based on that, reassessment. the mall and the place of various countries in the region, we are not competing with saudi arabia. we believe iran and saudi arabia should be a part of a regional dialogue. in the new york times several years ago calling for a regional dialogue, and i believe that is what is lacking in our region. we are ready for it. i believe as soon as our saudi neighbors are ready to engage in dialogue, in resolving issues through dialogue, not through pressure -- unfortunately, this has become a habit of either usi

the difficulty the wrong/iraq wall. the difficulty the coalition forces as they are trying to reduce casualties, fighting an enemy who actively pursues civilian casualties. russell has been devastated, and if mosul hadn't been devastated, there's a chance would been even more civilian casualties and casualties on the side of the iraqi army. how effective do you think the iraqi army now appears to be, critically on the grounds, after years of training? 0nly going to be able to handle is or anything like it re—emerging again? handle is or anything like it re-emerging again? that's a good question. i think the key question is as much political as it is military, in the sense that islamic state was able to come to power because it played on tensions at a governmental level, and the iraqi army wasn't necessarily defeated, it just chose not to fight because of the desire relationships between the two populations in iraq. from a technical point of view, the iraqi army is cable, but what makes it difficult to be effective is

arrest of a sixteen year old german girl to join this state she could not face the death penalty in iraq. to force the but california i'm going to on the right side. coming from the russian capital city every hour of the day this is our to international my names you know neal a pleasure to welcome to the program our top story over two hundred fifty islamist extremists have recently come back to france after fighting in iraq and syria some have been arrested now in the courts are currently plowing through the cases of others the numbers were revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted the terror threat remains extremely in an attempt to try and rein in extremism france had opened its first day radicalization center almost a year ago but the facility has already hit the buffers sharla dubin ski reports. it was billed as frances. with just modest it was the country's first radicalisation center when it opened last year ati's. was here. this is rehab for extremists once inside psychologists say it will provide therapy and counselors will teach students about this isn't ship

language ] >> iraq invaded and took over its tiny neighbor kuwait today. the government of dictator saddam hussein claimed it went in at the invitation of revolutionaries who's had overthrown the kuwaiti government. no western authority accepted that story. >> many americans are concerned that there may be a war. >> what is required of mr. bush to say to the americans that he doesn't want war. >> if you had been in the room with saddam hussein and interviewed him for an hour and 15 minutes and spent another hour and a half with him after the interview, i think you would have reached the same conclusion. no question saddam hussein was a stone cold killer. this is the opening of the post cold war era of history. if aggression was allowed to stand, nobody thought it would end there. >> president bush came of age throughout all those decades in which there were world wars, in which there was the west against the soviets. he'd been cia director, he's been ambassador, right? everything. so he really understood the world. and understood the stakes. but for whatev

for a decade and included hands thousands of troops and every person out to support the invasion of iraq and the war in afghanistan. where they were alleged rash and these huge open air heads. they burned everything creating this black plume of smoke that had been just bursting our satellite over is small the word of five cities. and you had people living in barracks right next to this clune people working right next to it and now working with it with no protection whatsoever. for receiving more blasting the fire and we're going to have to make it instigated this way is a catastrophe in the making. at the start of the war in afghanistan. the military commanders on the ground realized that they had a big problem with the trash that was accumulating from the war each soldier was accumulating approximately nine pounds of trash a day on the battlefield they didn't know what to do with it so they came up with the idea through centcom which is central command decided to create burn pits to burn the trash that was being accumulated. over that is is where the military during the war collected al

in iraq knowing their names or after their parents allegedly. for islamic state party hears their stories later this. new video appeared online showing the arrest of a sixteen year old german girl who went to join this nomic state she could not face the death penalty in iraq. this is r t international coming live from moscow twenty four hours a day from the team and myself you know neal welcome to the program our top story all round two hundred seventy islamist extremists have recently come back to france after fighting in iraq and syria some have been arrested in the courts are currently plowing through the cases of others the numbers were revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high and then attempt to try and rein in extremism france had opened its first. center nearly a year ago but the facility has already hit the buffers charlotte dubin ski reports it was billed as a front seat. with john. was the country's. radicalization center when it opened last year it. was here. this is r

legal battles not over for a massacre in iraq a decade ago as a court throws out convictions against guards for the notorious us military contract. coming up to this morning dozens of russian speaking children were found stranded in an orphanage in iraq after the parents allegedly died fighting for the terrorists we hear some of this story. says. there's anger over a british police role playing countering far right hate crime which depicts muslims as targets. good morning i'm kevin oh it's just turned nine am here in moscow this tuesday welcome to this latest live news update from r t h q top story than the legal battle over a massacre in iraq decade ago is heading back to the u.s. courts judges friday overturned lengthy sentences for murder against three operatives from a private u.s. security contractor formerly known as blackwater for now faces a retrial for god so far with machine guns at the time and grenade launchers in baghdad. fourteen unarmed civilians were killed and seventeen others were injured the guards argued that they were under fire from insurgents but now witnesses

in iraq but this has limit because of supporting the kurds. and here i mean you can understand the position of secretary of state who try to. set the bridges with russia because washington needs russia to pressure on iran to limit on iran at least in syria so because of obama administration policy. is that all would from. lack of clarity. washington lost a lot of tools. a lot of leverage it's true that now it's increasing its presence in terms of. presence on the ground and there are investing more but it's not easy to get back. to all the situation where they were the major force prevailing today their primary focus is to face up to iran but they need partners saudi arabia is deafening partner but they need other partners to this is where their son is trying to engage with the russian in it's very interesting is because i absolutely agree with sami i think it's the there are fewer and fewer tools of influence but there are more and more troops and troops are not a very good instrument of politics at the end of the day look at the number of tr

markets for iraq. they will be screaming, they will be crying in their will be a lot of concern express. at the end of the day, the europeans agree will we -- europeans agree we will use the secondary hammer and they will choose u.s. dollar access. with this, the most important thing that donald trump can do to all of this is maintain the credibility of the walk away options. not only the credibility of the u.s. military force, which i think is now being restored after eight years of being significantly degraded, but the walk away option. donald trump has to make it isar, i hate this deal, this a bad deal as u.s. national security, and i amthose concesso have to come from the europeans as well. and they have to be on notice that unless they begin to work with us to address the sunset provisions and the fatal flaws of the nuclear deal, donald trump may one day turn over the conference table and walk away from the deal. x one long-term problem that the iranian regime has that the tension between the nati

also in iraq russian speaking children. in an orphanage after their parents allegedly died fighting terrorists they tell us their story. to the russian lawyer who controversially met with. the issues surrounding. the whole story surrounding my meeting with has been manipulated by. this question. around the clock across the world. international from the team and myself you know me a welcome to the program our top story this hour the legal battle over a massacre in iraq a decade ago has returned to the u.s. courts judges have ordered three sentences of three operatives from the private security contractor formerly known as blackwater indicating the sentences were too harsh a fourth man faces a complete retrial. day in two thousand and seven the contractors open. fire with machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad were square fourteen on civilians were killed and seventeen others injured the blackwater guards argued they were under fire from insurgents but no witnesses support the claim the carnage drew widespread condemna

it is a very important commerce route, very important for iraq, the government of iraq and also anbar province. the iraqis have been working to set conditions to open the highway and we hope it can happen fairly soon. and give them great credit for what they are putting in place. to get that open, the billion dollar a month commerce route, it is important for the future of the region and obviously something we are supporting both governments, encouraging them to move forward on that. 9, the crossing with the saudi arabia which has been closed since 1990. multiple u.s. administrations have encouraged the opening between iraq and saudi arabia but doors have remained closed. we achieved a breakthrough, the , aqis and saudis breakthrough that has led to exchanges of key ministers and talking about opening the border crossing for the first time since 1990. it is a critical commerce route and you can kind of see the post isis situation come into shape there. it is important, that is why i wanted to include 9 on the map. beyond iraq and syria, why is it important? this is the caliphate, been

of islamic state followers in iraq. and syrian forces in a special joint operation with russian troops have retaken three villages from islamic.

international first then this hour the legal battle of the massacre in iraq a decade ago is headed back to the u.s. courts judges order the recent unsing of three operatives from the private u.s. security contract formerly known as blackwater the fourth faces a complete retrial before guards opened fire with machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad as miss square back then fourteen unarmed civilians were killed and seventeen others were injured the guards argued that they were under fire from insurgents but the witnesses support that claim the carnage at the time drew widespread condemnation and rage serious questions about the military's accountability in iraq. there are. there were dead bodies everywhere and the argument going to. be among the dead bodies lying on the street that's. seven years old. black court was on the u.s. government payroll earning it about three billion dollars it secured a contract bonanza that ensured that ensued after the two thousand and three us invasion of iraq operating as part of the us occupation authorities but watergate notoriety over its conduct

describing our problems in iraq. think about both of those, complex problem set and neither of them not military response ability. again, what we label as counterinsurgency is really just modern war among people. i got to admit i have a whole lot of frequent flyer miles. i'm involved in a project with the nato partnership for peace or we have developed an exploitable counterinsurgency crit: sending out partnership for peace nations with a list of light 35 nations that want to get it and i have been told i will get first call on being on the teaching team to go to these places. i looked at the list of the 35 nations and none of those are france or britain or places like that. they aren't exactly guarding spots. i have to work on that. i've been to nigeria and there's a lot of people interested in this sort of stuff, but they have big problems to work with in their different situations. my last point, this is where dan who is sitting over here in the audience who is one of the guys that contributed in the latter part o

lasting for a decade and included hands thousands of troops and personnel to support the invasion of iraq and the war in afghanistan. where they were alleged rash and these huge open air heads. they burned everything creating this black plume of smoke that had been just bursting are settling over is small the word of five cities. and you had people living in barracks right next to this clooney people working right next to it and now working with it with no protection whatsoever. for receiving more blasting the fire and we're going to have to make it instigated this way is a catastrophe in the making. at the start of the war in afghanistan. the military commanders on the ground realized that they had a big problem with the trash that was accumulating from the war each soldier was accumulating approximately nine pounds of trash a day on the battlefield they didn't know what to do with it so they came up with the idea through centcom which is central command decided to create burn pits to burn the trash that was being accumulated. over it is as were the military during the war collected all

what i want to be doing doing your duty in iraq and i can get you. the people that like work there and know that being missy's. and of course you should just go but do expect these people then to get tougher sentences if it goes to retrial all in all really come up with more lenient sentences which way is it going to go do you think well we hope that it will be elect sentences for them of course because he is the most notorious case of b. of being missy's. in iraq i think it was the most important but there is still need to be a need to be a more a storm that again say that the support of the rest i mean initially supported it but there's not enough and if you that there should be like the talks. centers for them of course philip we've got to leave it there i'm afraid so the time comes a quick it seems phillip does a founder a shock monitor group monitoring private contractors violations of human rights maybe will touch a bit more behind the scenes as well to ask if any lessons have been learned from this but thanks for now appreciate it if you. othe

and the head of a turkish nationalist movement is making harsh statements about kurds in northern iraq as the kurdish people plan a referendum for independence the turkish opposition group is saying those are grounds for war there are currently about fifteen million kurds in turkey and the turks fear that if the move is successful in iraq it could stoke a similar movement in turkey so here to talk more about that former pentagon official michael maloof my thanks for being with us to talk about this so that the kurdish people have have sought to have a sovereign region since the end of world war one and now turkish nationalists are saying that a kurdish referendum would be enough reason for war why is that well you've got to understand turkey. turkey turkey historically has had an influence in that region of northern iraq kurds occupied the and they want it back they want it back as part of. everyone's. neo autumn and ambitions and and along with ports portions of northern syria down to aleppo. i think that this is a bit premature to say that it's going to result in war because it's not

in iraq dozens of russian speaking children. in an orphanage. for terrorists. and we speak exclusively to the russian lawyer who controversial. issues. surrounding my meeting with has been manipulated by him. to this question. to the world this is r t international my names you know neil good to have your company our top story this hour the legal battle over a must occur in iraq a decade ago return to the u.s. courts judges have ordered three sentencing of three operatives from the private u.s. security contractor formerly known as blackwater indicating that the sentences were too harsh for faces a complete retrial well that day in two thousand and seven the contractors opened fire wood. machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad where fourteen civilians were killed seventeen others injured the blackwater guards argue they were under fire from insurgents but no witnesses support ducting the carnage drew widespread condemnation raise serious questions about the military's accountability in iraq. but i wonder about the paradox there are. there were dead bodies

he is campaigning to help orphans stranded in war torn iraq to try to find their relatives and return home again to safety they were taken there by radicalized parents who joined islamic state we've been appealing for family members who might recognize the youngsters to get in touch with us and indeed some relatives may have already been found we're pleased to say but of course the flip side of this is many are still waiting. this was a little. steps that are still. here . because. the girl you saw there in the end is the girl called mariam whose plight you may have seen yesterday we brought you a story now luckily her relatives may have been found we can tell you was an update my grandmother recognized the little girl from our appeal in a patrol reports. imagine being a grandmother whose children and grandchildren once vanished and never came back home at least you hope they're ok thanks to a couple videos sent from unknown phone numbers i might am. yes. they did they aborted you don't live yes yes it was you then someone shows you a t.v. report. where your main granddaughter says he

in iraq afghanistan war injury is our generation's agent orange. if you look at the historical precedents with agent orange for decades it was not acknowledged and then after decades in his study. and then finally soldiers were training. so to go with iraq afghanistan were longing for we can't wait that long poor the burn pits to recognize that the pay's that the guys are in the females are dying from the it's i'm often asked the illnesses are showing in the sentence a lot sooner he put in his time he sacrificed. and gave everything that it was possible to get and. and more proud of that and we don't regret that he doesn't regret that and we would serve again our sons have enlisted so it's not the service that's a problem and things happen in war and we understand that there's a cost and and we will carry with that because there are some things that are worth the cost but the other side of that is that at the end of it they take care of you and every single time there's a war we do this some good do you know with the government where they say no no

legal battles not over for a massacre in iraq a decade ago as a court throws out convictions against guards for the notorious us military contract to blackwater. dozens of russian speaking children are found stranded in orphanages in iraq after their parents allegedly died fighting for terrorists to hear their story. and fresh reports of voting irregularities in the u.s. suspicions have been swiftly aimed at russia but we hear how the problems more likely close to. good morning my name is kevin owen it's just turned eleven in the morning here in moscow this tuesday welcome to this latest thirty minute news update them from r.t. international and first the legal battle over a massacre in iraq a decade ago is heading back to the u.s. courts judges ordered the recent unsing of three operatives from the private u.s. security contractor formerly known as blackwater before faces a complete retrial the four guards opened fire back then with machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad's new sewer square fourteen unarmed civilians were killed seventeen others were injured the guards argued

language ] >> iraq invaded and took over its tiny neighbor kuwait today. the government of dictator saddam hussein claimed it went in at the invitation of revolutionaries who's had overthrown the kuwaiti government. no western authority accepted that story. >> many americans are concerned that there may be a war. >> what is required of mr. bush to say to the americans that he doesn't want war. >> if you had been in the room with saddam hussein and interviewed him for an hour and 15 minutes and spent another hour and a half with him after the interview, i think you would have reached the same conclusion. no question saddam hussein was a stone cold killer. this is the opening of the post cold war era of history. if aggression was allowed to stand, nobody thought it would end there. >>sident bush came of age throughout all those decades in which there were world wars, in which there was the west against account soviets. he'd been cia director, he's been ambassador, right? everything. so he really understood the world. but for whatever reason when iraq invaded

it manifested itself because the government of iraq it best out of iraq. we could not stay there when they force us out. they came about through their own sectarian passion. america did not do it except for the fact that we invaded iraq in 2003, right? the problem is being solved. barack obama started the solution. genetic longhand where we bombed the hell out of them. you see the bombing of mosul, the bombing of raqqa, deep denigration and dissolving of isis as a caliphate was eight sustained years of those policies and then when the isis manifested itself in 2015, we carried out 30,000 plus was the lastich six months of allowing the iraqi army to go when and they are the ones bleeding on the ground to divided -- who defeated isis on their own ground. they are the ones fighting for raqqa. so, we can pat ourselves on the back and say donald trump didn't i know. the u.s. air force and the iraqi army are doing it. your bring about the end to isis . in another year, that organization will cease to exist inside of iraq and syria. it is oaken a la for them. the

legal battle is not over for a massacre in iraq a decade of court throws out convictions against guards for the tourists u.s. military contracts or blackwater also dozens of russian speaking children were found strand you know finish in iraq after their parents allegedly died fighting for terrorists we hear their stories. anytime during. the. course of voting irregularities in the u.s. have been swiftly russia but we hear how the problem is more likely closer to home . follow that come july from moscow you're watching r.t. international it's good to have you company our top story this hour the legal battle over a massacre in iraq a decade to get was heading back to the u.s. courts judges or did the recent unsing of three operatives from the private u.s. security contract to formally known as blackwater indicating that the sentences were too harsh a fourth faces a complete retrial of the four guards opened fire with machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad snus or square fourteen unarmed civilians were killed and seventeen others were injured the guards argued that they were under f