strengthen iraq. we are looking towards a stronger implementation of the constitution. we still need to have some kind of a revenue-sharing agreement not just being in that ad, for all iraqis. what about the sunnis? what about the people of basra? we need a revenue-sharing mechanism that enables everyone to share in the wealth. we need to have, for example, in the disputed territories a joint security mechanism, which previously worked very successfully. we need to have a mechanism for dealing with the trauma that has been imposed on the people of iraq. all of the soldiers who were killed, whether they were kurdish arab, just the soldier families, every families have had to deal with the trauma of loss. and of course the people who face genocide, the trauma that they face, and these are issues we need to deal with. when we talk about the issue of justice and accountability for isis, this is another area where we all need to cooperate. the kurdistan region will need to cooperate with baghdad if we are

legacy in iraq. this is a very relevant and current topic for those of you entering military service this will directly impact you. sitting before you have some of the leading authorities on the subject and they don't say that lightly we are fortunate to have each member sitting on the panel and we hope you appreciate each of you although not familiar with their backgrounds because of your majors but we are fortunate to have them here at this university and we will hear from them shortly so before i introduce the moderator i would like to recognize and think several people who make this possible please stand when i call your name. president snyder and hold applause to the end. the interim president and ceo of the pritzker military museum and library, also like to note this imposing is made available through the generosity them partnership of the pritzker library years retired class of 1959 u.s. army retired major general class of 1950. i also like to thank the alumni supporters on and off campus plea

in iraq, it's definitely a truly political moment is a pivotal moment to look at in iraq itself, but also in the region and on the world stage and i understand the panels look at to some of those. stating within the boundaries of iraq, and after having visited iraq four times in the past year and through our work, it is definitely evidence that there is an enhanced defense of national sentiment, mostly outside the kurdistan region about the iraqi nationalism in the military defeat of isis. now, that energy is going into the political space of the elections coming up in the process of the elections is mostly set. we can have a dedicated event about the process, but a couple of things will be critical in the process to the election, which is turn out from a widescale turnout is important for this election. in fact income in the platforms on which this election will be run. so far, the common theme is to want across sectarian blocs before the election, but that is important to deliver after the election. we need a government that is formed quickly, a government that is inclusive of not

iraq after 2002—2003. has that turned you into an anti—war artist? oh, i don't think i was ever a pro—war artist, um... no, but now, would you say it's one of your driving forces to deliver messages through your art which are about — i don't want to put words in your mouth, the negative impacts of war? i think so. i mean, it's notjust that i do with the work. i think i do a lot of things, hopefully, with the work. but if i think about my long—term engagements with iraqis and with iraq war veterans back in the united states, it's looking at the way in which both the soldier and the refugee experience, the dehumanisation of that experience of combat and occupation. yeah, i mean, you've got these extraordinary — i don't know what to call them, actually, and it will be interesting to know what you call them. you couldn't call them pieces of art, they're more experiential. exactly. you've got this one project in chicago where you have iraqis who've fled from iraq, for all the reasons we have just disc

iraq war and then watching the second iraq war on fault with the us occupying iraq after 2003, has that turns you into an anti—war artist?|j don't turns you into an anti—war artist?” don't think i was ever a pro— war artist... would you now say it is one of your driving forces to deliver messages through your art which are about, i don't want to put word5 which are about, i don't want to put words in your mouth, about the negative impacts of war?” words in your mouth, about the negative impacts of war? i think so. it is not just negative impacts of war? i think so. it is notjust that i do with the work. i think they do a lot of things hopefully with the work. if i think about my long—term engagements with iraqi5 think about my long—term engagements with iraqis and iraq war veterans backin with iraqis and iraq war veterans back in the united states, it is looking at the way in which both the soldier and the refugee experience the dehumanisation of that experience of combat and occupation. yeah, you have these extraordinary, i don't know what to call them and will be interes

iraq is dismembered, divided. sectarian. .. you know iraq. iraq is dismembered, divided. sectarian... you know fight between the people, there. it is not a united country as it used to be. there was sectarianism under saddam hussein? no. were the heat we like him or not he was a secular leader. —— whether we like him. definitely he had shortcomings and was brutal, fio he had shortcomings and was brutal, no question but iraq was, you know, a stone of stability in the middle east, whether we like it or not. secondly, what we witnessed, we witnessed islamic state and isis emerging there. now the crisis in syria. now we are having the russian 's coming to the region —— the russians coming. iran reaps the benefit of that war, iraq in particular, iran has the upper hand. we had a very serious summit taking place in ankara just a few days ago. russia, turkey and iran are working together and i believe there is a nucleus of a new walsall alliance taking place in that part. the middle east is completely dangerous. there is no stability at all. that is the problem. the peop

iraq after 2002—2003. has that turns you into an anti—war artist? oh, i don't think i was ever a pro—war artist, um... no, but now, would you say it's one of your driving forces to deliver messages through your art that are about, i don't want to put words in your mouth, the negative impacts of war? i think so. i mean, it's notjust that i do with the work. i think i do a lot of things, hopefully, with the work. if i think about my long—term engagements with iraqis and with iraq war veterans back in the united states, it's looking at the way in which both the soldier and the refugee experience the dehumanisation of that experience of combat and occupation. yeah, i mean, you have got these extraordinary... i don't know what to call them, actually, and it will be interesting to know what you call them. you couldn'tcall them pieces of art, they're more experiential. you've got this one project in chicago where you have iraqis who have fled from iraq, for all the reasons we have just discussed, they are c

their way into iraq. we need our neighbors to play their role as well. this is not something that we in kurdistan or iraq as a whole can fight against alone. it means we need the united states and the coalition to stay with us. that is why i made that appeal earlier, the american people may be tired of being in iraq for 15 years now, but you play an important role. you play an important role diplomatically, politically, and militarily. it is in your own interest to help all of us, not to allow these ideologies to gain a foothold. alberto: thank you. iraq, there is the ideology, but i think it is a much smaller scale than many people think. that the kind of danger the governmentd issues were the vehicle through where this ideology from space and became amplified. i think that is now contained. the threat is not fully eliminated. it is there. success of the electoral process, the success of governance, and the success of government issues need to remain a priority and engage the community and maintain a cha

look at the situation now, look at iraq. iraq is dismembered, divided. sectarian... you know, fights between the people, there. it is not a united country, as it used to be. there was sectarianism under saddam hussein? no. whether we like him or not, he was a secular leader. definitely, he had shortcomings and was brutal, no question, but iraq was, you know, a stone of stability in the middle east, whether we like it or not. secondly, what we witnessed, we witnessed islamic state and isis emerging, there. now the crisis in syria. now we are having the russians coming to the region. iran reaps the benefit of that war, iraq in particular, iran has the upper hand. we had a very serious summit taking place in ankara just a few days ago. russia, turkey and iran are working together and i believe there is a nucleus of a new alliance taking place in that part. the middle east is completely dangerous. there is no stability at all. that is the problem. the people who were behind, and supported, this war in iraq, are they saying, "ok, let us look at this situation, are we goin

inspection teams in iraq. even as they were conducting the most intrusive system of arms control in history the inspectors missed a great deal and in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of the of the organization was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and that when i am no system member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because the plans already to take some action military action against iraq the bottom line is that the pentagon is hardly keeping its lack of evidence on whether the attack even happened a big secret never mind the perpetrator behind it all that matters is sticking to the tried and trusted path the problem is that the united states believes an act it would be. of any any at all they believe that they have their own rules and it is not the case the threat to use force in our union other action the goals against the united nations charter and also we are concerned about the possibility of this coalition that this could go out of control and we might end up with

intervene in iraq we decided that we wanted to be part of this new iraq because this could be the iraq we had hoped for federal democratic pluralistic that didn't happen this is what led us to a referendum we have had to fight for our own survival in the survival of iraq by fighting dar sure isis we have taken care of one point eight million displaced people in syrian refugees we have had to deal with a crash an oil prices we have had to deal with baghdad many would say right dealing with russian oil prices and refugees and. let me. point out that it would be easier many would argue to deal with the problems that you have had to deal with i saw oil price issues if you will part of iraq rather than all in a room but we were part of iraq in two thousand and fourteen because we were part of iraq we hadn't had a referendum our budget is cut off a war is imposed on us the genocide is committed against our people once again by the iraqi government to be so why did it happen because the sunni arab community in iraq was completely disillusioned to some isis looked like a better alternative i'm

wanted to liberate iraq intervene in iraq we decided that we wanted to be part of this new iraq because this could be the iraq we had hoped for federal democratic pluralistic that didn't happen this is what led us to a referendum we have had to fight for our own survival in the survival of iraq by fighting dar sure isis we have taken care of one point eight million displaced people in syrian refugees we have had to deal with a crash an oil prices we have had to deal with baghdad many would say right dealing with russian oil prices and refugees i'll let me. let me. point out that it would be easier many would argue to deal with the problems that you have had to deal with i saw oil prices issues if you will part of iraq rather than all in a room but we were part of iraq in two thousand and fourteen we were part of iraq we hadn't had a referendum our budget is cut off a war is imposed on us the genocide is committed against our people once again by the iraqi government to be so why did it happen because the sunni arab community in iraq was completely disillusioned to some isis looked like

wanted to liberate iraq intervene in iraq we decided that we wanted to be part of this new iraq because this could be the iraq we had hoped for federal democratic pluralistic that didn't happen this is what led us to a referendum we have had to fight for our own survival in the survival of iraq by fighting dar sure isis we have taken care of one point eight million displaced people and syrian refugees we have had to deal with a crash an oil prices we have had to deal with baghdad many would say right dealing with russian oil prices and refugees well let me ask let me. point out that it would be easier many would argue to deal with the problems that you have had to deal with i saw oil price issues if you will part of iraq rather than all in a room but we were part of iraq in two thousand and fourteen because we were part of iraq we hadn't had a referendum our budget is cut off a war is imposed on us the genocide is committed against our people once again by the iraqi government to be so why did it happen because the sunni arab community in iraq was completely disillusioned to some isis l

inspection teams in iraq. even as they were conducting the most intrusive system of arms control in history the inspectors missed a great deal and in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of all of the organization was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and that when i am no system member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because the plans already to take some action military action against iraq the bottom line is that the pentagon is hardly keeping its for lack of evidence on whether the attack even happened a big secret never mind the perpetrator behind it all that matters sticking to the tried and trusted path the problem is that the united states believes and i thought it would be. of any any at all they believe that they have their own rules and it is not the case the threat to use force you not through action the goals against the united nations charter and also we are concerned about the possibility of this coalition does this could go out of control and we might end up

allies to engage in military actions for humanitarian purposes was a major part of the case of the iraq war obviously there are other arguments but the idea that saddam and gassed his own people that he was suppressing his own people that were coming to liberate the iraqis that was an important part of the arguments lots of people were making back in two thousand to two thousand and three and i don't think that turned out very well for the people reportedly trying to help the same is true when it came time for the intervention in libya we claim that we were going to help the libyan people by freeing them from gadhafi we killed gadhafi and then paid very little attention to what happened in libya in the aftermath which was even worse suffering worse chaos militia rule the return of the slave trade so i think the record of people who claim that the united states is going to drop bombs in order to bring happiness or protect people in the world is an extremely poor one that's generally the excuse it's used for geo political motives that are really driving the war and not actually the real r

intervene in iraq we decided that we wanted to be part of this new iraq because this could be the iraq we had hoped for federal democratic pluralistic that didn't happen this is what led us to a referendum we have had to fight for our own survival in the survival of iraq by fighting dar sure isis we have taken care of one point eight million displaced people and syrian refugees we have had to deal with a crash an oil prices we have had to deal with baghdad many would say right dealing with russian oil prices and refugees and i say let me. let me i would believe the point although it would be easier many would argue to deal with the problems that you have had to deal with i saw oil price issues if you will part of iraq rather than all in a room but we were part of iraq in two thousand and fourteen because we were part of iraq we hadn't had a referendum our budget is cut off a war is imposed on us the genocide is committed against our people once again by the iraqi government to be so why did it happen because the sunni arab community in iraq was completely disillusioned to some isis loo

archaeologist the loss of the mosque is a loss for the whole of iraq. until now we don't have an exact statistic of what has been looted or destroyed artifacts the reader on artifacts the reader on display at the most museums and in other places were damaged or destroyed by eisel generally or information tells us that at least eighty archaeological sites were sabotaged by still before the military campaign to drive them out began in late two thousand and sixteen. eisel is alleged to have sold off the tax on the international black market in two thousand and fifteen the university college london institute of akio logy reported that antiquities from areas controlled by eisel while openly on sale in london iraq is say the government has done little to assess the loss because it has more pressing concerns then though has the local authorities and the government view iraq's artifacts as something of an accessory and not a crucial issue to worry about the issues of displaced people and security are at the top of their agenda nowadays but if we give it a secon

look at the situation now, look at iraq. iraq is dismembered, divided. sectarian... you know, fights between the people, there. it is not a united country, as it used to be. there was sectarianism under saddam hussein? no. whether we like him or not, he was a secular leader. definitely, he had shortcomings and was brutal, no question, but iraq was, you know, a stone of stability in the middle east, whether we like it or not. secondly, what we witnessed, we witnessed islamic state and isis emerging, there. now the crisis in syria. now we are having the russians coming to the region. iran reaps the benefit of that war, iraq in particular, iran has the upper hand. we had a very serious summit taking place in ankara just a few days ago. russia, turkey and iran are working together and i believe there is a nucleus of a new alliance taking place in that part. the middle east is completely dangerous. there is no stability at all. that is the problem. the people who were behind, and supported this war in iraq, are they saying, "ok, let us look at this situation, are we going

invasion of iraq. i got a phone call from washington said that i just told me that i should resign and said your management style is not agreeable to washington. also this hour the u.s. brooks a u.n. security council move to investigate the deaths of protesters on the gaza border offer at least nine palestinians were killed in.

yes. about saddam hussein's iraq, that's disrespect. sure, sure. sculpture i've ever made because... hard for me to get down with. you know, like, it's his hands blown up a0 times. that the iraqis... it's the personification of his tyranny, really. it's... and when the soldier... they really used these darth vader helmets? they used them. saddam... that has darth vader holding two light sabres over his head. because it's true, you know. toward most of their work. really fit in any of those categories. or the enemy kitchen in chicago. but they only exist in their own time and place. no. you know, you couldn't put them up to auction at sotheby‘s. frankly, you can't really make money or make a living out of them. no. so, are you a commercial artist or not? it's not the place that i come from. living inside those buildings. but at the way that markets emerge as a sight specific place. were the ticket out of the country. have an antiquity that they may or may not want to talk to about. about iraq, family and memory. heritage and what it's

and british officials that iraq without a. particle of doubt had weapons of mass destruction including the alleged well nuclear weapons and they knew they were lying then but they did it to scare people to get them to support the war because if they lose the battle of public opinion they know. they can lose the war itself and richard we just had this is a quote from russia's envoy to lebanon who said that russia will respond if the u.s. strikes syria so if you take him at his word it seems like the serious danger of escalation if the u.s. launch a military strike would the u.s. debt to do this alone or what they need to form a coalition with the likes of france before they would launch any kind of military strike. well they may decide to form an alliance but the top person in foreign policy as of yesterday in the united states is john bolton who is the most extreme form of warmonger imaginable and the fact that he's been selected by trump to be as top foreign policy and national security advisor i think should be viewed as an

lasting for a decade and included tens of 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 a small 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. or receiving more blast to the fire and we're going to have to make it instigate 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 their wast

lasting for a decade and included tens of thousands of troops and personnel to support the invasion of iraq and the war in afghanistan. where they were alleged hash 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 clune people working right next to it and now working with it with no protection whatsoever. for the receipt of your blasting of fire and we're going to have to make it into cable 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 a 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 a

military used in iraq and afghanistan to torture everything from batteries to body parts experts say the pouring out of these pits are toxic and dangerous so while troops may survive the battle they may also be poisoned. in september two thousand and four. i know in. the v.a. clinic instead of seeing old caucasian men with meal chairs and oxygen who are in their eighty's. the entire composition of the waiting room changed. of young women and men of lawlessness and these and they're all in their twenty's back from their first year long deployment in iraq. the typical service member came in with an inability to complete a two mile run within regulation time. most of them had already had a traditional work up for pulmonary disease including x. rays c.t. scans primary function testing all of these studies returned normal or near normal in almost every case. it was subtle because these service members complained of shortness of breath with exertion but their x. rays and pulmonary function tests indicated that they shouldn't have any disability at all that doctors are throwing up their han

iraq is a much greater threat than there actually was so we've been here before where statements bold statements have been made of certainty about. banned weapons just because of that absolutely reasonable and sensible but just as i had time doesn't mean that we can never believe a british government again when it's told by the security services of this country that that a country a state has murdered people on our soil surely we know the lessons from iraq tell us that information can get distorted especially in around of high politics and when there are high stakes and there is no reason not to least entertain a possibility that that is something which is occurring here so in this situation what we need to do kerry is not simply to accept what we're being told and believe what we're being told as we did in the run up to the rock war and we all know how about ended up we need to actually start questioning scrutinizing and drilling down in order to test the claims which should being made that's the job of parliament last the job of citizens in a democracy is not something to believe wh

once we left baghdad, i was like, i'll never go back to iraq again. there we were, back to iraq. but it was so fascinating because we wanted to be sure that we were not bringing in anybody in this group that could pose a security threat to the receiving country. and we had to be absolutely certain of that. and we had to stand before the minister of interior and say we're not going to bring in anybody here who's going to blow you up or rob people or, you know, no criminal elements in all of that. we've done our work, we've done our jobs to vet these people, make sure they really are the neediest people who need a new home. >> and in a bit of a sonny redo, you have a situation where people don't know who you are, that you're interviewing -- >> yeah. >> i don't want to use the word to-gooders, but i will. you might have that perception of this person works for a charity or ngo, they're trying to save the world, i can get one over them. i've been scamming people like this my whole life, and you and your husband are saying we want to help you, get you to a better life, and they think

invasion of iraq. i got a phone call from john bolton from washington said that i just told me that i should resign he said your management style washington. the u.s. brock's a u.n. security council move to investigate the deaths of protesters on the gaza border after at least nine palestinians were killed in a fresh round of violence. and won't get a military base in the country's president made the announcement following massive protests in the country it comes as the u.s. and others seek ways to become more entrenched in africa. live from moscow and our team from national review are this morning welcome to the program. now as poisoned former double agent recovers from last month's attack on him and his daughter in the city of salzburg his niece victoria a russian citizen has been declined a visa to visit her sick relatives. says she was not surprised by the decision and knew she would not be granted a visa she's questioned whether the british authorities have something to hide preventing a relative

or to its last straw kill the jews in iraq's second largest city give us a look at what was damaged or destroyed during arsenal's right to stay with us. hello there we've got yet more wet weather that's pushing its way across europe we haven't even got rid of the first system yet you can see it swirling away over the eastern parts of europe it is still giving us some strong winds some heavy rain and a lot of snow as well and there's only a small break before the next system is pushing in this is already giving us rain over the britain and ireland down through france and into spain and portugal as we head through chews day that would be pushing up into scandinavia still more rain and snow there and that cloud also dangles for the south through parts of italy and into the mediterranean as well in this whole region again still staying on settled as we head through wednesday so so rather messy temperatures not too bad those thirteen degrees as a top temperature there in paris now across the other side of the mediterranean we're also seeing some of that unsettled weather you can see the thi

it we know that information and intelligence was manipulated and distorted and was used to present iraq is a much greater threat than it actually was so we've been here before where statements bold statements have been made of certainty about banned weapons and just because of that absolutely reasonable and sensible but just doesn't mean that we can never believe a british government again when it is told by the security services of this country that that a country a state has murdered people on earth soil surely we know the lessons from iraq tell us that information can get distorted especially in around of high politics and when there are high stakes and there is no. a reason not to least entertain a possibility that that is something which is occurring here so in this situation what we need to do kerry is not simply to accept what we're being told and believe what we're being told as we did in the run up to the rock war and we all know how about ended up we need to actually start questioning scrutinizing and drilling down in order to test the claims which should being made the job of

so six year long campaign in iraq the report revealed there was no imminent threat to the u.k. or urgent need for military action against saddam hussein's government and also highlighted blair's certainty that iraq was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction including chemical and biological agents as unjustified the u.k. lost one hundred seventy nine servicemen and women during the campaign it also claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians in twenty sixteen a petition was uploaded on to the u.k. parliamentary website for the arrest of blair for his role in the destruction of iraq over twenty thousand people signed the petition before it was removed. for military analysts come our alarm things tony blair is just following the western line on syria this is all about playing to the gallery this is all about headlines twitter and media this is not about syria what was good for syria as far as u.s. fronts and u.k. goes it's making themselves feel good and patting themselves on the back so this is a tried and tested formula of the last seven years that the west m

invasion of iraq. i got a phone call from washington said that i just told me that i should resign said your management style is not agreeable to washington. also this hour the u.s. blocks a u.n. security council move to investigate the deaths of protesters on the gaza border after at least nine palestinians were killed in a fresh round of violence including the journalist. a muslim said will not be offered a military base in the country's president makes the announcement the following mass protests in the country it comes as the u.s. as well as other countries seek ways to become more entrenched in africa. you're watching all of the international live with me wherever you are today thanks for joining us on the program. as poison. recovers from last month's attack on him and his daughter in the british city of saul's bree his niece victoria who's a russian citizen has been declined a visa to visit her sick relatives victoria screwball says she was not surprised by the decision and she knew she would no

, in mobilized in 11, various stints in iraq. host: with us, talking to viewers for the next 20 minutes. first, humble, texas. good morning. aller: yes, i worked around hazmat material and i didn't see no one with gear on after the bombing. seemed like it would have spread or something like that. nd what is report on afghanistan and expenditures out $5 e, i think missing like billion? thank you. syrian eah, feelings of and russian personnel in douma, he area where the chemical attacks reportedly took part. my understanding is that a lot both chlorine and sarin are onpersistent agents, they evaporate very quickly. so, you know tis possible to -- where, youthat know, chemical weapons have been hours or a fewew days, although probably prudence so, youictate you not do never know whether there is of in that is kind puddles or whatever, but the lasts for a few minutes or on the agent or temperature. ost: rond align for independents, good morning. calk kauktd /* kaukd did the investigation go through? guest: i think what the caller s t

i still took root them expanded in iraq and syria. two countries flung into violence by the political turmoil and foreign intervention of recent years. the turmoil revived sectarian differences the goldbach for ten centuries between sunni and shia almost. at the end of the day look at them is us yes you're not going to see that what did he end up so i just miss not talking football to son it all took his assessment a little bit about the problem of you know as a human you know. this is the story of the great splits within islam. of how the split a rose from a dispute of who should succeed the prophet muhammad. this is the story of the common. in. the by our mosque. outside mecca and saudi arabia. it was here in the year six twenty two that a delegation from the town of medina made by on a pledge of support and shelter to the prophet muhammad. shortly after he left mecca. and mcgrady to medina with a group of followers. over the next ten years muhammad built the first islamic state. but in june sixth thirty two the prophet died and his

was a necessary step to take especially following all of the if you can put it that way running the iraq war that kick started in two thousand and three under false pretenses so it is widely understood here in westminster that that kind of repeat vote against these strikes could have taken place as well and possibly that's why a vote on this was avoided by the british prime minister and it has to be made clear that she's not under legal obligation to have to put in this kind of vote against parliament however this has been common practice exactly following the iraq war and this was understood to be sort of traditional after the years that followed however this did not happen this time around so we're certainly expecting lots of questions raised here in westminster later on today. we spoke to a number of experts who say the u.k. prime minister didn't ask parliament because she feared she would have lost the vote on taking military action this passing strange that a parliamentary democracy wants to bypass parliament and go to war only twenty two percent of british people as a whole were in

campaign in iraq the report revealed that there was no imminent threat to the u.k. or need to military action against saddam hussein's government and also highlighted that blair's certainty that iraq was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction in clearing chemical and biological agents was unjustified the u.k. lost one hundred seventy nine servicemen and women during the campaign it also claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians twenty six thousand the petition was uploaded on the u.k. parliamentary website for the arrest of blair for his role in the destruction of iraq over twenty thousand signed the petition before it was removed. military analyst told us that tiny blair is just following the western line on syria. the only intervention blair needs is that of a psychologist to help him out because he's time and again been deluded as to what his particular role is in the world of course he sounds more and more far away from reality than before he's got extreme conceit and are against jews who think he's always right he's someone who continues to

inspection teams in iraq. even as they were conducting. the most intrusive system of arms control in history the inspectors missed a great deal and in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of all of the organization was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and that when i am no system member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because the plans already to take some action military action against iraq the bottom line is that the pentagon is hardly keeping its for lack of evidence on whether the attack even happened a big secret never mind the perpetrator behind it all that matters sticking to the tried and trusted path the problem is that the united states believes that it would be. of any any lol they believe that they have their own rules and it is not the case the threat to use force you know through action the goals against the united nations charter also we are concerned about the possibility of this coalition. this could go out of control and we might end up with why there a conflict that done the one tha

the iraq. experience is not quite it was that the front bench of the shadow home secretary diane abbott on review for this morning. said that we do not want to get involved when they were in force become a de facto party to the war and then actually bones on behalf of the islamic terrorist group isis so they are strong voices in britain. to ice to see reason and not push for anything to go further than that and what if things actually interest amaze mind though is it that she's keeping a cool head on this because as well as the iraq mistake that was made in two thousand and three don't forget her predecessor try to ask parliament about going to war in syria and that got him nowhere you think that's on the mind of the fear of losing in parliament again. well i think it would be very very sort of the balancing for her to lose that nothing definite cameron in fact he probably now and that's sort of less is the circumstances that give him a way to climb down and give but isn't obama a way to climb

security council and britain's getting into the iraq war now while exposed. wrongdoing expose duplicitous behavior. and you know i think anybody looking back now i think there are very few of the people who initially championed the war who are still holding on to the same position i mean i think virtually everybody who at one point thought it was a good idea have now backtracked i mean it was a disastrous decision it was an illegal war. and the e-mail specifically was good we know all about iraq it was about process was well it was about legitimizing the invasion and you know billing the u.n. security council. yes intercepting the domestic and office communications of the six nations that was sitting on the un security council at the time in order to bribe them all intimidate more you know embarrass them in however way possible to vote for that second u.n. resolution that would have given the u.s. and the u.k. that legal cover for a preemptive strike and that that does not exist even to this day there is no legal cover there's no justification for a preemptiv

. >> this was the head of al qaeda in iraq. he was carrying out the kind of attacks that were so horrific that even al qaeda was criticizing him, killing other muslims, killing women and children. he was really public enemy number one for the u.s. at the time. they caught up to him. >> he is dead. the terrorist responsible for horrific acts of violence in iraq from beheadings to car bombings was killed by u.s. military forces in an air attack on a safe house near baghdad. >> that was a great achievement of mike flynn in iraq. >> the addition of thousands more troops during the bush administration's surge helped bring more areas of iraq under control. within a year, al qaeda in iraq is crippled. >> mccrystal and flynn tackled the problem. they are credited with turning around the situation in iraq. >> the following year, mccrystal takes command of nato's international security assistance form and flynn joins him there as deputy chief of staff for intelligence. >> afghanistan is a completely different dynamic. it is literally a s

about the script case in describes how he was forced from office for opposing the iraq war. i got a phone call from john bolton from washington and said that i. should resign said your management style washington. post journalist voice concerns over a plan by the u.s. department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets. my name's neil harvey you're watching on t.v. and to national great to have you with us. first this hour a driver has crashed a van into a crowd in the german city of munster killing two people and injuring twenty others the suspect in his own life artie's peter oliver has been following developments. been confirmed three people including the driver have died after a vehicle plowed into people who were sat at a cafe in munster the driver we understand took his own life that's what we're hearing from the authorities at the scene that has been confirmed by the interior minister of the state of north rhine-westphalia where this took place another twenty people or so of been injured in this incident as well six of those are described as being in a

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 reckon it's not the pay's that the guys are in the females are dying from the burn pits it's on my fast the illnesses are showing up in the sometimes a lot sooner he put in his time he sacrificed he gave everything that it was possible to get and. and more proud of that and we don't regret that and he doesn't regret that and we would serve again our sons have enlisted so it's not the service that's the problem and the 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 song and dance with the government where the

be in trouble there are two thousand american troops in syria and there are six thousand troops in iraq itself there are a lot of signs of a lot of reports that they will be work for against these troops in syria and iraq . but we lay at the foreign minister advisor of the ground more ship of iran the grand ayatollah he was in syria and he said clearly that we are going to five the american troops on syria and iraq and also he said clearly we are going to actually recapture it clip which is the biggest city in the north west of syria we are going to capture it and bring it to the syrian sovereign government so this is this is how the situation is developing now and i believe when. there isn't time said we are supposed to pull out all our troops from syria i believe he was correct he was rational here for the first time because if they stay there they will face the guerrilla war the same thing we did when the occupied iraq. thank you after the break. we ask us veteran and virginia state senator dick black what has got into donald trump such a vocal opponent of war on syria before he beca

campaign in iraq the report revealed there was no imminent threat to the u.k. origen need for military action against saddam hussein's government also highlighted that certainty that iraq was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction including chemical and biological agents was unjustified the u.k. lost one hundred seventy nine servicemen and women in that campaign it also claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians twenty sixteen a petition was uploaded on the u.k.'s parliamentary website for the arrest of blair for his role in the destruction of iraq when twenty thousand people signed the petition before it was removed. military analysts kemal i'm told is that tony blair is just following the western line on syria this is all about playing to the gallery this is all about headlines twitter and media this is not about syria what was good for syria as far as u.s. fronts and u.k. goes it's making themselves feel good and patting themselves on the back so this is a tried and tested formula of the last seven years that the west make their mind up e

it we know that information and intelligence was manipulated and distorted and was used to present iraq is a much greater threat than it actually was so we've been here before where statements bold statements have been made of certainty about banned weapons and just because of that absolutely reasonable and sensible but just or is allowed to have doesn't mean that we can never believe a british government again when it is told by the security services of this country that that a country a state has murdered people on earth soil surely we know to lessons from iraq tell us that information can get distorted especially in around of high politics when there are high stakes and there is no reason not to least entertain a possibility that that is something which is occurring here so in this situation what we need to do ok is not simply to accept what we're being told and believe what we're being told as we did in the run up to the iraq war and we all know how about ended up we need to actually start questioning scrutinizing and drilling down in order to test the claims which should being made

during the first iraq war everything had been destroyed and there was nothing left for iraq to to be accused of still possessing chemical weapons the accusation was that my management style was not agreeable to the americans they managed to put together a conference that was illegal for the convention and that conference was the one that ousted me for the lack of support. well one man most particularly opposed to the starry being chief of leo p.c. w. john bolton was then the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security affairs he's now been appointed as the u.s. national security adviser and will shortly take up his post to study says his intentions to make iraq a member of the i.p.c. stood in the way of u.s. missions i got a phone call from john bolton from washington the first time he had contact with him and said that i was structures to to to tell me that i should resign from the organization and i asked him why he said your management style was not agreeable to washington to dick cheney vice president cetera said no way i don't accept that so he came to th

i think this is in many ways different to the iraq war the iraq war is actually a sort of distant memory i think for policymakers in washington right now and it's already very clear i think from both london and paris the french and the germans. already on board i think with participation in u.s. military action a very significant cabinet meeting in london today with overwhelming cabinet support for a british role in this military intervention so i don't expect that iraq is going to weigh heavily in terms of political decision making no i mean i'm just i mean i think if you're interrupting you there but i think. it is quite an important point to make the british cabinet decision was that event should be a response there was no mention of a military response. you know i think that you know when we're talking about a response to syria's action were overwhelmingly talking about a military response i think that's very very clear there isn't any other response i think there can be effective against the likes of anything else would be seen as absolute weakness which is why i think the position

took place then for the invasion of iraq. absolutely unlikely because as far as the war in iraq goes or other war crimes are international tribunals go they've always been very one sided and political only the people who europe oppose come to the hague but the ones that europe support never make it to the hague so it's unlikely that blair will be called for he has been called for and received in the investigation they have been citizen the rest are as far as international law goes he will get away and so will the others military analyst kamel alarm thank you so much for your time and your insights this evening. protesters have been burning barricades while police have fired tear gas near the french city of not that's a stand off by environmentalists continues for a second day officers have been trying to evict protesters from their camp and are tear charlotte urban ski was caught up in the actual you can see that we just had two new gas fired into this campus trying to move this out demonstrators away and that's because just

officials or journalists these agonizing stories from mosul iraq or rocca in syria don't exist. no on some channels you'll never see their stories maybe because they're scars or how america's top military man puts it a fact of life civilian casualties are a fact of life civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price the responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis that is on them not on us we are the good guys and munitions people on the battlefield know the difference kids' lives in another arab country yemen have turned into a disaster that's a fact so say humanitarian groups and it is a fact of life in a sense that washington is pretty much at hand when saudi arabia is bombing civilians across the border the saudis have spent billions on what sam has to offer in terms of dollars three billion dollars five hundred thirty three million dollars five hundred twenty five million dollars the spinach for you. besides in case someone forgot the am