in iraq and also there are those small pockets of isis and care cocaine on bar province's and given iraqi army's considerable success in fighting the ash can they eliminate they remain in jihadists without america's help. i think so yes i mean as you said rightly that is not fragmented they're trying to regroup but i doubt if they will get to the same scale and scope of activities that they had before so they will be pockets of the insurgency activity some perhaps intense and i think all of that is or is within the capabilities of the iraqi security forces the united states three provides primarily support and sometimes intelligence on the ground but that was in the early years of the the war against irish now i think both of these capabilities are well in hand by the iraqi security forces but why do you think it's taken so long to finally eliminate them from iraq i mean it's been a long time since dianne has been reduced to this couple of small pockets in the countryside well i mean the insurgency or the whatever you want to call it didn't come out of a vacuum there's a certain organic c

decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic for standards is giving them new hope. i'm steve on this episode one on one he's follows one man's incredible journey from refugee to world leading surgeon as he melds humans with robotics to help people walk again. welcome back to the. point surrounded by armored vehicles and. we have plenty of security with us you can see among my way to the even seen a hospital in baghdad's green zone we don't do damage it's one of a strangely is foremost wolf the p.t. exogenous. shyness ahead of the chinese sami's ls tellings allegedly. people have come from all over iraq aiming they hung on the man they called up to manage it. primarily to point out those some of them immediately. is one of the largest number of the teams in the same people due to the force that. went through and going. twenty nine year old ali bassam lost his leg more than two years ago when he volunteered to go to the frontlines and fight against islamic state. and there for over. a mo

decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic for standards is giving them new hope. i'm steve on this episode one on one he's follows one man's incredible journey from refugee to world leading surgeon as he melds humans with robotics to help people walk again. welcome to baghdad. we're surrounded by armored vehicles and. we have plenty of security with us saying i'm on my way to the even seen a hospital in baghdad's green zone with dr moon jude al me jared spann one of the strangely is foremost. on the show the silent eat. less tellings a less holy. people have come from all over iraq aiming they hung on the man they called up to lynch it. from having to put out those some of the bin laden fish. as one of the law. largest number of disabled people due to the force that. went through in the gulf. twenty nine year old ellie bassam lost his leg more than two years ago when he volunteered to go to the frontlines and fight against islamic state. and there for over. one hundred. three. of. th

the latest on these stories head to our team coming up a former iraqi government ministers they guest on safety and talking about the ongoing rivalry between us on the run in post-war iraq. the rivalry between the u.s. and iran nice threatening to tear iraq apart can the war torn country manage to pressure from both sides to talk about this i'm joined by dr ali allawi iraq's former minister of trade difference and finance. struggle against isis. iraq is managing to hold itself together while hoping that the new faces in the capital will steer it forward safe and sound but with iran and the united states using iraq as a competitive arena can baghdad stay out of the teheran washington cold war forever does the new government risk being torn apart by the foreign players rivalry always the profit to be made from trying to play both sides. dr allawi rocks were minister of trade stefansson finance welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today dr levy the spokesman for the u.s. led coalition in iraq has said that american forces will remain in the country as long as they're

early years of the of the war against no i think both of these capabilities are well in hand by the iraqi security forces but why do you think it's taken so long to finally eliminate them from iraq i mean it's being a long time since dianne has been reduced to this couple of small pockets in the countryside well i mean the insurgency or the whatever you want to call it didn't come out of a vacuum there's a certain organic connection between it and the insurgency that opted after the american invasion occupation of two thousand and three twenty dollar meant during the period say between twenty ten and twenty fourteen but it was fed by the civil war in syria and then. to do a much more dangerous and formidable way in iraq the point i'm trying to make here is that on this the on the lying circumstances that allowed for the emergence of this very very violence. i think that we may get sons and even grandsons of diet at some point in the future it's primarily a political issue in iraq that has taken on military. fixations and in the final analysis once you contain the terrorist aspect of it an

in iraq and also there are those small pockets of vices and care cocaine on bar province's and given iraqi army considerable success in fighting the ash can they eliminate they remain in jihadists without america's help. i think so yes i mean as you said rightly that is a fragmented they're trying to regroup but i doubt if they will get to the same scale and scope of activities that they had before so there will be pockets of insurgency activity some perhaps intense and i think all of that is or is within the capabilities of the iraqi security forces the united states really provides primarily support and sometimes intelligence on the ground but that was in the early years of the the war against no i think both of these capabilities are well in hand by the iraqi security forces but why do you think it's taken so long to finally eliminate them from iraq i mean it's been a long time since diana has been reduced to this couple of small pockets in the countryside well i mean the insurgency will tell you want to call it didn't come out of a vacuum there's a certain organic connection between it

of the of the war against the irish now i think both of these capabilities are well in hand by the iraqi security forces but why do you think it's taken so long to finally eliminate them from iraq i mean it's been a long time since diana has been reduced to this couple of small pockets in the countryside well i mean the insurgency or the whatever you want to call it didn't come out of a vacuum there's a certain organic connection between it and the insurgency that opted after the american invasion occupation of two thousand and three twenty dollar meant during the period say between twenty ten and twenty fourteen but it was fed by the civil war in syria and then. a much more dangerous and formidable way in iraq the point i'm trying to make here is that on this the on the lying circumstances that allowed for the emergence of this very very violence. i think that we may get the sons and even grandsons of diet at some point in the future it's primarily a political issue in iraq that has taken on military. and in the final analysis once you contain the terrorist aspect of it and the insurgen

now ali hates iraqi police and soldiers. he sings i.s. songs. its ideology h has shaped hihis thououghts. reporter: islamic state didn't just leave behind destruction in mosul. they sowed hatred in people's hearts. i.s. snipers even used children as bait. when iraqi soldiers came to rescue the children, they were ambushed. hamudi was used this way. he was dragged out of a firefight by a dog as iraqi special forces closed in. the baby survived, but lost his arm. he's just eight months old, and no one knows what happened to his parents. sukina: most children can hold milk bottles at eight months. but he can't because he's missing an arm. he's often ill, and needs a lot of care. reporter: there are many such sad stories here at the orphanage. but at least now the children can laugh, sing -- and dream of a better future. anchor: many children and young adults around the world share that hope of a better future. in sub-saharan africa, more than 60% of the population is under 25. many of them long to have fulfilling work. yet, more often than notththa

the early years of the the war against no i think both of these capabilities are well in hand by the iraqi security forces but why do you think it's taken so long to finally eliminate them from iraq i mean it's being a long time since dianne has been reduced to this couple of small pockets in the countryside well i mean the insurgency or the whatever you want to call it didn't come out of a vacuum there's a certain organic connection between it and the insurgency that opted after the american invasion occupation of two thousand and three it went dormant during the period say between twenty ten and twenty fourteen but it was followed by the civil war in syria. and then off to the much more dangerous and formidable way in iraq the point i'm trying to make here is that on this eon the lying circumstances that allowed for the emergence of this very varied and twenty violence. i think that we may get sons and even grandsons of died at some point in the future it's primarily a political issue in iraq that has taken on military. fixations and in the final analysis once you contain the terrorist a

now only hates iraqi police and soldiers. he sings songs its ideology has shaped his thoughts. the idea of. islamic state didn't just leave behind destruction in mosul they sowed hatred in people's hearts. pious snipers even used children as bait when iraqi soldiers came to rescue the children they were ambushed. was used this way he was dragged out of a firefight by a dog as iraqi special forces closed in the baby survived but lost his arm he's just eight months old and no one knows what's happened to his parents and he doesn't know what has me most children can hold milk bottles at eight months but he can't because he's missing an arm and he's often ill and needs a lot of care you haven't got a huge amount of the key right here there are many such sad stories here at the orphanage but at least now the children can laugh sing and dream of a better future. many children and young adults around the world share that hope of a better future in sub-saharan africa more than sixty percent of the population is under twenty five many of them long to have fulfilling work yet more often

now ali hates iraqi police and soldiers. he sings i.s. songs. its ideology h has shaped hihis thououghts. reporter: islamic state didn't just leave behind destruction in mosul. they sowed hatred in people's hearts. i.s. snipers even used children as bait. when iraqi soldiers came to rescue the children, they were ambushed. hamudi was used this way. he was dragged out of a firefight by a dog as iraqi special forces closed in. the baby survived, but lost his arm. he's just eight months old, and no one knows what happened to his parents. sukina: most children can hold milk bottles at eight months. but he can't because he's missing an arm. he's often ill, and needs a lot of care. reporter: there are many such sad stories here at the orphanage. but at least now the children can laugh, sing -- and dream of a better future. anchor: many children and young adults around the world share that hope of a better future. in sub-saharan africa, more than 60% of the population is under 25. many of them long to have fulfilling work. yet, more often than notththa

james dunn, who oversaw the iraqi police. police. whether it is useful by partisan, political reasons. political reasons. it is something that democracy should avoid. that democracy should avoid. this is just about the sending. just about the sending. i think he's a bright. a bright. back in history as you can record it. it. particularly for internal domestic politics. politics. then say, well, we should not control our borders. control our borders. we need to make sure that is clear. sure that is clear. around the political rhetoric and forget it. forget it. came forward and it we used physical force ? came forward and it we used physical force? force? put in that position is unconscionable. unconscionable. gave you is wrong, execute the order we should have given you. we should have given you. border, would you define the president ‘s border? border, would you define the president 's border? president 's border? consider shooting innocent civilians any legal order. any legal order. there are rules of engagement put out. engagement put out. have the right if theyjust disagree with

they then crushed the iraqi our pricing with overwhelming force. two thousand two hundred british an indian soldiers were killed. but around eight and a half thousand iraqis were killed or wounded. by now many arabs were starting to look back on alterman rule as preferable to being under the british and french mandates. that arab people believe that they could seek greater ties with the turkish people because most arab people saw the turks as fellow muslims who are fighting a similar issue european occupation. but the defeat it also means we're also facing a changed world. five countries occupied parts of present day turkey. the treaty of seven near paris in august one thousand nine hundred twenty laid out the allies harsh post-war terms. the turks turn to the hero of. the army officer who led the ultimate defeat of the allies in the dardanelles in one thousand nine hundred fifteen. the conditions of the treaty of servitor placed on the ultimate empire were extreme so it seemed to come out that the turks and the turks nation would refuse them and a

that our military commanders were not interested in helping the iraqi people. they were not interested in the well being of their own soldiers either. we started engaging their persistence in combat. which was basically hit and run operation for them. in order to retaliate since we were dealing with a ghost enemy we're going after the people who are killing to. the situation was very intense we were being hit with mortar rounds improvised explosive devices rocket propelled grenades were moving targets which made it very difficult for anybody to question the morality of the war and. so i lost my my moral compass you could say i was too afraid to question i was too afraid to take a stand. until i went home i had to with for a lot and eventually became clear to me that i could not in good conscience continue to be a part of the war at that point i became the first combat veteran to publicly refuse to go back to war based on morality and based on my own assertion that the war was oil driven. after five months the area of being on the ground and being a wall and put

>> the iraqi police? are they working together, some of them have infiltrated the iraqi police. >> i would be happy to address that in closed session. >> in closed session. we are going to have a long closed session. we will take you up on that. >> you know where to find me. always happy to appear before the subcommittee. >> we appreciate that. we look forward to talking to you again in a classified setting. but i would like to reiterate, i would like a list of those iranian proxies, and where they are. and i will echo what the ranking member said about the money. the iranians are spending at least $1 billion on causing terror in the world and we are spending one quarter of that to fight their actions. i think we are in for a long duration of iranian terrorist activities throughout the world. after all, they are the number one state sponsor of terror in the world. did you want to say something else? >> of course. one more question. thank you, ambassador. can you describe how the bureau for counterterroris

chair: are there iranian proxies working with the iraqi police? ambassador: with the iraqi who? chair: the iraqi police? are they working together, some of them have infiltrated the iraqi police. ambassador: i would be happy to address that in closed session. we are going to have a long closed session. we will take you up on that. ambassador: you know where to find me. always happy to appear before the subcommittee. chair: we appreciate that. we look forward to talking to you again in a classified setting. but i would like to reiterate, i would like a list of those iranian proxies and where they are. and i will echo what the ranking member said about the money. the iranians are spending at least $1 billion on causing terror in the world, and we are spending a quarter of that to fight their actions. i think we are in for a long duration of iranian terrorist activities throughout the world. after all, they are the number one state sponsor of terror in the world. did you want to say something else? congressman: of course. one more question. thank you, ambassador. can you describe h

chair: are there iranian proxies working with the iraqi police? ambassador: with the iraqi who? chair: the iraqi police? are they working together, some of them have infiltrated the iraqi police. ambassador: i would be happy to address that in closed session. we are going to have a long closed session. we will take you up on that. ambassador: you know where to find me. always happy to appear before the subcommittee. chair: we appreciate that. we look forward to talking to you again in a classified setting. but i would like to reiterate, i would like a list of those iranian proxies and where they are. and i will echo what the ranking member said about the money. the iranians are spending at least $1 billion on causing terror in the world, and we are spending more than that, and we are spending a quarter of that to fight their actions. i think we are in for a long duration of iranian terrorist activities throughout the world. after all, they are the number one state sponsor of terror in the world. did you want to say something else? congressman: of course. one more question. thank

>> the iraqi police? are they working together, some of them have infiltrated the iraqi police. >> i would be happy to address that in closed session. >> in closed session. we are going to have a long closed session. we will take you up on that. >> you know where to find me. always happy to appear before the subcommittee. >> we appreciate that. we look forward to talking to you again in a classified setting. but i would like to reiterate, i would like a list of those iranian proxies, and where they are. and i will echo what the ranking member said about the money. the arabians are spending at least $1 billion on causing terror in the world -- the iranians are spending at least $1 billion on causing terror and -- in the world and we are spending one quarter of that to fight their actions. i think we are in for a long duration of iranian terrorist activities throughout the world. after all, they are the number one state sponsor of terror in the world. did you want to say something else? >> of course. one mo

now ali hates iraqi police and soldiers. he sings songs. ideology has shaped his thoughts. the idea of. islamic state didn't just leave behind destruction in mosul they sowed hatred in people's hearts. by a sniper's even used children as bait when iraqi soldiers came to rescue the children they were ambushed. was used this way he was dragged out of a firefight by a dog as iraqi special forces closed in the baby survived but lost his arm he's just eight months old and no one knows what's happened to his parents and he don't know what has me most children can hold milk bottles at eight months but he can't because he's missing an arm and means that he's often ill and needs a lot of care you have to move data from one of the key word here there are many such sad stories here at the orphanage but at least now the children can laugh sing and dream of a better future. many children and young adults around the world share that hope of a better future in sub-saharan africa more than sixty percent of the population is under twenty five many of them long to have fulfilling work yet mo

the saudi and iraqi coalition in yemen has targeted an air base. to launch missiles and ground it's sending more troops to retake the port city of data and the u.n. relaunches talks to end the war. front services have been cut in parts of pakistan and protesters continue to block the roads as anger grows over a blast from the case and demanding the government overturn the supreme court's decision to release the christian woman who was convicted of insulting islam in twenty ten she was acquitted on wednesday. of the murder of german has brought more attention to the dangers for those who work those who work in the media face friday is the un's international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists many of them are killed for doing their jobs and those targeting them escape punishment john holt reports anticorruption journalist daphne corona. killed when a bomb exploded under her car in malta one year ago. palestinian photographer shot by israeli forces during a mass demonstration along the gaza border in april. and at least eight journalis

>> the iraqi police. the iranian proxies, some of them have infiltrated the iraqi police. >> i would be happy to discuss that in a closed session. >> we'll have a long closed session. we will take you up on that. >> you know where to find me. >> we appreciate that and we look forward to talking to you again in a classified setting and i would like to reiterate, we'd like a list of those iranian proxies and where they are and i will echo what the ranking member said about the money and the iranians are spending at least a billion dollars on causing terror in the world, and i think they're spending more on that and they admit to a billion and we're spending a quarter of that trying to fight their actions and we -- i think we're in for a long duration for iranian terrorist activities throughout the world. after all, they are the number one state sponsor of terror in the world. >> did you want to say something else? one more question. thank you, am. ambassador. addressing counterterrorism specifically and how

organization that's kind of calmed down but there are still local grievances and many local minded iraqis and syrians who are entertaining the ideas of groups like this because of more socio economic reasons not necessarily the idea of isis which is something that's come up already today so just to be clear though in terms of the territory that you're saying yes they've been pushed out of cities they've been pushed out of mosul they don't control ground so they're quote unquote caliphate but they're still there is a force in terms of net woods in terms of ideas in terms of the a little too young disillusioned people i mean you know this is a very dynamic organization i mean it's gone through different i mean it's not it's not the first time that i saw has lost territories of the network if you look at it a bit longer term in two thousand and eight nine and ten of that also last territory and it makes an assumption that it will come back at some point given the fact that everyone keeps focusing on the military solution and on rather than the actual problem that allows it to emerge and i've

during their talks iranian president hassan rouhani and his iraqi counterpart burnham sali discussed the importance of security cooperation between their two oil rich nations rouhani made the point that it is up to the countries in the region to handle their own security a familiar tactic or iranian leaders used to publicly bolster the importance of their own role simultaneously characterizing the role of the united states as foreign interference roger my side of the mountain. stream. which they were both of the opinion that all people will benefit from stability in this region we don't need foreign intervention regional countries should have closer relationships and mutual cooperation especially iran and iraq and iran and to commit time to form a new regional establishments that would cater to the interests of all nations and so we attach a high importance to the role that you've drawn it in iraq must be an area for common interest for regional nations not a field for conflicting desires the economy that iraq and iran rely on their bilateral trade and iraq is one of the few countrie

kurd and was in fact the prime minister of iraqi kurdistan at one time and deputy prime minister of iraq when i was commanding the search and by the way, he is an extraordinary figure, beyond the great education in the uk and all his other accomplishments over the years, use the figure who during the battle of , this very truthfully it was an impulsive move by the prime minister to launch these divisions on short notice giving us very little time to react and the prime minister then himself went down to basra and occupied one of saddam's old palaces and he was surrounded by militia. it does serious is on brigadier general was killed. during the fighting, so this is a very serious situation. there was already a great deal of content with the prime minister at that time. i remember a meeting where we escorted by president cheney to meet with the president of iraqi time and we realized all of a sudden it wasn't just the president, was both vice president so you have heard, sunni and shia and not the prime minister and the message was this is a couple months before the battle of basra,

the original iraqi suffered. they could not provide the citizens what they so desperately need while so much power is controlled by the militias. we must stand with the iraqis. for these reasons, i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 4592, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, reserves. and the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from florida, ileana ros-lehtinen, chairman emeritus of the foreign affairs committee, who chairs the committee on the middle east and north africa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman, chairman royce, and i commend both you and ranking member engel. i'm going to miss serving with you, eliot, and as chairman royce and i say, bye-bye in just a few weeks, but i want to thank them for always bringing to the floor bipartisan bills that m

that our military commanders were not interested in helping the iraqi people that. they were not interested in the well being of their own soldiers either. we started engaging their persistence in combat. which was basically hit and run operation for them. in order to retaliate since you were dealing with it goes down and we were going after the people are feeling. the situation was very intense we were being hit with mortar rounds improvised explosive devices rocket propelled grenades were moving targets which made it very difficult for anybody to question the morality of the war and. so i lost my my moral compass you could say i was too afraid to question i was so afraid to take a stand. until i went home. not to with furlough and eventually became clear to me that i could not in good conscience continue to be a part of the war at that point i became the first combat veteran to publicly refuse to go back to war based on morality and based on my own assertion that the war was driven. after five months area of being on the ground and being a wall and putting togethe

that our military commanders were not interested in helping the iraqi people. they were not interested in the well being of their own soldiers either. we started engaging their persistence in combat. which was basically hit and run operation for them. in order to retaliate since you were the. with the ghost enemy we're going after the people who are willing to. the situation was very intense we were being hit with mortar rounds improvised explosive devices rocket propelled grenades were moving targets which made it very difficult for anybody to question the morality of the war and. so i lost my my moral compass you could say i was too afraid to question i was too afraid to take a stand. until i went home and i to it for a long and eventually became clear to me that i could not in good conscience continue to be a part of the war at that point i became the first combat veteran to publicly refuse to go back to war based on morality and based on my own assertion that the war was driven. after five months the area of being on the ground and being a wall and putting

in iraq, trying to control the iraqi government. part of the way they are doing it is with iranian proxies that are in iraq. in iraq, trying to control the iraqi government. like i said, they have already got 50 members of the parliament holding office. we need to push back on their .nfluence in iraq afghanistan, we have been in afghanistan a long time. how long are we going to stay in afghanistan? >> as long as conditions warrant. of the southing asia strategy is our policy for afghanistan's conditions based. we are not going to set an arbitrary deadline because that will cause terrorists to wait us out. we want a conditions-based approach under which the afghan participates in a negotiated settlement with the taliban and, with other interested parties in the region, to ensure we have a strong, unity government that can deny safe haven. from a counterterror standpoint, that is a critical piece of the conversation. we can't afford to go back to a pre-2001 environment in afghanistan or elsewhere, where terrorists enjoy safe haven. wh

but does the iraqi government or the iraqi security services or the iraqi justice system have the capacity to even take this on in terms of bringing people to justice? no, i think there needs to be some international help on this case, and i think also because of the large number of bodies that they found, it's going to be really difficult to exhume them. they don't have the resources, they don't have the expertise and, also, its going to take a really long time to identify them and be in contact with their families. i mean, hundreds of families have been waiting to hear about the fate of their loved ones, but it's going to be a very, very difficult mission for the iraqi government on its own. can i ask you more broadly about the territory that used to be controlled by is, in particular mosul? we used to talk a lot about efforts to seize back mosul. we haven't talked so much since it was taken back. how is life in the city? is it gradually being rebuilt? i mean, we arejust seeing the aftermath of that whole period, the three years between 2014 and 2017, when is was in control. this is part

during their talks iranian president hassan rouhani and his iraqi counterpart burnham sali discussed the importance of security cooperation between their two oil rich nations rouhani made the point that it is up to the countries in the region to handle their own security a familiar tactic or iranian leaders used to publicly both of the importance of their own role simultaneously characterizing the role of the united states as foreign interference roger my side of the mountain. stream. which were both of the opinion that all people will benefit from stability in this region we don't need foreign intervention regional countries should have closer relationships and mutual cooperation especially iran and iraq and iran and to commit time to form a new regional establishments that would cater to the interests of all nations and so we attach a high importance to the role of iran iraq must be an area for common interest for regional nations not a field for conflicting desires the economies of iraq and iran rely on their bilateral trade and iraq is one of the few countries to get a temporary

iraqis in one. must learn to taksim. now i can beat up on you know i did that and now so fucked up for him he made much i did ok for that would i have had the advantage that any i could go to any kind of a kid my body i know who laughs about how to do another record or not muscle how to do a minute about. britain weighed up the benefits and agreed to sorry for seems to months . for his part hussein and called for an arab uprising against the ultimate on the fifth of june nine hundred sixteen. the hashemite forces under the command of hussein son feisal mobilized. from their bases they attacked the ottoman supply line to his us railway. they found the arab tribesmen of trans-jordan a tough nut to crack. the line here today at alcatraz is near the jordanian town of maan a tribal stronghold that the hashemites were never able to capture. before the war that his job as railway had been a way for arabs here to travel from alcatraz to new destinations one hundred years on the trains don't stop here anymore. were. when feisal h

has called on both sides to stop the fighting and begin talks or people who fled the iraqi city of kirkuk are slowly coming back one year after government forces retort control from kurdish fighters who pushed eisel from the city but the threat of violence remains with security forces on the outskirts still battling to flush out remnants of weisel mohamed atta reports from baghdad. this is the city of could sum it up almost a year after it out the forces took control of the city to cut the special forces. old and stability is returning to its streets it was a highly on security situation is relatively better now it is but the economy is still fragile increase taxes and red tape getting out permits to continue our businesses is to some extent hindering our work. during that violence on the city but out the forces fierce of the nude conflict between book the kurdish authorities forced many families to flee the city most of them offices that autonomy are trying to restart their lives. in towns and villages outside could cook though it out the forces continue on oil production against the rem

the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventeen and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sorry for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of shoddy hussein's one thousand nine hundred sixteen report against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image of on him in a rule of four hundred years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colonialism. the ultimo army was also diverse in november nine hundred fourteen up to three hundred thousand of their troops were arabs from greater syria. of the army's nine most senior commanders two were all bamian two from the caucasus and two arab . and in politics saeed halim pa

iraqis in one. must learn to taksim. now i can beat up on you know i did that and so fucked up for him he made much i did ok for that would i have had the market garden united go to many credit of a could without it i know who last about how to do another an economic muscle how to do a minute about. britain weighed up the benefits and agreed to sorry for saints demands . for his part hussein called for an arab uprising against the ultimate on the fifth of june one thousand nine hundred sixteen. the hashemite forces under the command of hussein son feisal mobilized. from their base it october they attacked the ottoman supply line to his us railway. they found the arab tribesmen of trans-jordan a tough nut to crack. the line here today at alcatraz ana is near the jordanian town of mon a tribal stronghold that the husham ites were never able to capture. before the war the his honour's railway had been a way for arabs here to travel from alcatraz to new destinations one hundred years on the trains don't stop here anymore. we

people who fled the iraqi city of kirkuk slowly returning a year off to government forces. took back control from kurdish peshmerga fighters but the threat of violence still hangs over the city with security forces on the outskirts still battling to flush out remnants of eisel desirous mohamad abdalla reports. this is the city of could. almost a year after it out the forces took control of the city from cottage bush let it go full says. hold on stability is slowly returning to its streets. on a holiday and security situation is relatively better nowadays but the economy is still fragile and increased taxes and red tape getting out permits to continue our business is to some extent hindering our. doing that dance on the city but it out it forces fears of renewed conflict between book the conditional forty's forced many families to flee the city most of them offices that autonomy not trying to restart their lives in towns and villages outside could cook though it out the forces continue on oil production against the remnants of eisel who have been cutting out frequent attacks

banking system burn iraqi exasperated the problems in the. bar with negative interest rates i'm not saying i agree here i don't think we should have bailed out the banks they're all tried to do it but guess what bernanke he succeeded the u.c.b. failed max yet an interesting side note from that bailout history hank paulson was against this all bailout of citibank at the time he wanted to nationalize citibank we find out it was barack obama who rallied to the defense of the big banks on wall street a lot of people don't understand his role in that particular part of financial history and also i should note that the swiss national bank just sold from what i understand they're apple holding they had a very large business and apple stock they've said they're selling that stock central banks have been buying stock unusually now they seem to be on a winding that stock that could put some downward pressure on the markets if they start on why these positions what about gold mess it's not doing much except trading treading water any thoughts it's been

plus it's been more than a year since the iraqi city of mosul was liberated from islamic state but the danger is still not over our reporter travels to the former extremist stronghold where u.n. experts are risking their lives trying to clear thousands of suicide belts bombs and booby traps lying hidden the need for blooms and a concentration camp in northern germany the world for gox aside from a small memorial there's no marsh left to mark the site of the local market cap one of the last survivors has been talking to w. news about life there. being more money. than. i am. a little harder to have you along every one well we begin our broadcast. britain's prime minister she is expected in brussels any time now to try and finalize an agreement on the u.k.'s exit from the european union theresa may face is mounting pressure to return with a final brigs a deal that the british parliament will approve or draft agreement was met with heavy criticism in the u.k. with two senior ministers resigning and almost prompting a leadership challenge while the prime minister's critics accuse her of gi

other iranian proxies working with the iraqi police? >> with iraqi, who? >> police. >> iranian proxies, are they working, they have infiltrated the iraqi place. >> i be happy to us that in a closed session could. >> in a closed session. we will have a long closed session. we will take you up on that. you know where to find me. >> always happy to appear before the subcommittee. >> we appreciate that and look forward to talking to you again in a classified setting. last thing, i do want to reiterate, those list of proxies iranian. and where they are. and how it echoes the ranking member said, about money, opinions are spending at least $1 billion on causing terror in the world. they admit to 1 billion. we are spending a quarter of that trying to fight their actions. i think we are in for a long duration of iranian terrorist activities through out the world. after all, they are the number one sponsor of terror in the world. did you want to say something else? >> of course. one more question. thank you, ambassador. the bureau, counterterrorism is addressing th

president's visit could be a show of support for iran in the face of american sanctions iraqi leaders no doubt find themselves in an uncomfortable position of trying to please two friends who don't get along. the multi-verse has sworn in its new president abraham mohammad sali he won the election in september against the former leader of the main the animations location near strategic maritime lanes has placed china and india at all those for influence there but when seen as a setback for china which had signed numerous infrastructure projects with means administration. here is generated mohammad now is a journalist for the maltese independent online news website to tell us the new president has prioritised story and strengthening ties with its neighbor the mystical is speaking one of the biggest policy changes would be in terms of how down the current is perceived by the stand and by the government. during the previous administration we saw a lot of. infrastructure projects that well coming up in breakneck speeds of the country and this was seen as. down and promoted as no weapon by

that's according to the united nations children's agency a survey by unicef found eighty percent of iraqi children experience violence at home or in school iraqi authorities will be meeting the agency's officials in the capital baghdad to discuss the range of problems facing young iraqis which also includes contaminated drinking water there is. a significant problem with access to potable water and this has knock on effect on health. and one of the more significant issues is the adolescent population. is the largest percentage wise in the region and is set to keep on growing for the future so unless we address some of the significant problems with health and education with water issues and so on. this is going to be reflected in the population in general in iraq for the future. around four thousand people in guatemala have fled the latest eruption of the volcano fire one of the most active in the central america ten villages have been evacuated as the volcano erupts for the third time in five months hundred ninety four people were killed in june a seven thousand meter column of ash is now

to undermine the iraqi government, funding shia militias that are not in the best interests of the iraqi people and their efforts in syria, the list goes on. the difference in behaviour between those two countries is remarkable. since we've taken countries is remarkable. since we've ta ken office the countries is remarkable. since we've taken office the kingdom of saudi arabia has been very supportive of our efforts on counterterrorism, they have assisted with us and our secretary has assisted them on a couple of projects and it is completely clear. the islamic republic of iran is the destabilising force in the middle east today. we will leave that news conference. we were watching the us secretary of state mike pompeo, just outlining the tough new sanctions that the us has imposed on iran. much more on that throughout the afternoon on bbc news. the cabinet will meet tomorrow to discuss a possible way forward, after theresa may reportedly secured "private concessions" from brussels, which could mean a deal being found in the brexit talks. much of the debate over the past two years has ce

threat to the to their lives and to their say being livelihood and safety in their countries so but iraqis have to some extent they understand the threat there certainly the syrians are also happy that you know there's no longer this islamic state caliphate or iran iraq and more so i mean there is a sense of joy that we've gone over as i mentioned a dark part of the country as histories but there's also a sense of disillusionment and a sense of fear that they've been here before me let me ask you this is there a danger that. over focusing on our soul we've lost track of other groups which also carry out all sorts of violence atrocities around the world john mentioned earlier you know in parts of africa and in kenya you've got al shabaab in nigeria you've got book or are there other groups in syria itself apart from most of the plenty of other violent and quote unquote extremist groups is there a danger that the focus of iceland whether it's up or down destructions from other violent actors in other parts of the world so there's two things the first is that with the focus on jihadi terroris

children experience violence at home or in school iraqi authorities be meeting agency officials in the capital baghdad discuss the range of problems facing young iraqis which also includes contaminated drinking water there is. a significant problem with access to potable water and this has knock on effect on health. and one of the more significant issues is the adolescent population. is the largest percentage wise in the region and is set to keep on growing for the future so unless we address some of the significant problems with health and education with the water issue and so on. this is going to be reflected in the population in general in iraq for the future. which you know jazeera still ahead south africans demand justice as a major inquiry into corruption gathers steam we look at the key players. more than four hundred thousand deaths and two hundred million cases global health officials warn that the fight against malaria has stalled at a sport we'll hear from one of baseball's biggest names as the game proposed to break out of its usual surroundings. hello winter has arrived wi

president's visit could be a show of support for iran in the face of american sanctions iraqi leaders no doubt find themselves in an uncomfortable position of trying to please two friends who don't get along. two former presidents of madagascar will face each other in the in next month's runoff election. and marc ravalomanana came out on top in last week's first round but neither got fifty percent of the vote needed for an outright win the european union observer mission said some candidates did commit breaches but overall the election was well organized madagascar is one of the world's poorest countries with forty five people living in poverty war crimes suspect alfredo tom has been extradited to the hague for his alleged role in atrocities against muslims in central african republic that's just days after a warrant was issued against tom who is a sitting member of parliament who's a senior leader within the mostly christian movement whose fight has systematically systematically attacked the muslim population of the muslim seleka rebels seized power al-qaeda attacks in northern mali

number one, the grievances of iraqi youth -- which you haven't mentioned yet -- are dominating iraqi politics right now. number two, or or shabi has the credibility of the recent military operations they were involved in. that isn't going to go away. and number three, the political class -- like in tunisia ask some of the other countries i've been looking at -- is so busy making its own arrangements and own deals to maintain power through political alliances that they're often missing the larger picture. and so that is, and i think in many ways the leader is outside of those political deals, but i think they'll a maintain their popularity going forward. >> so, mona hack ram e bead, egypt has a very substantial oplation of -- population, you'll give me the figures. some of those younger generation are the ones who went out to tahrir square, and they wanted change. i mean, it was not only the -- in fact, they went down to ask for change probably, and you would correct me if this is wrong, please, to object to the status quo. but then, of course, then they were infiltrated by the muslim

half thousand iraqis were killed or wounded. by now many arabs were starting to look back on ultimate rule as preferable to being under the british and french mandates. that arab people believe that they could seek greater ties with the turkish people because most arab people saw the turks as fellow muslims who are fighting a similar issue european occupation. but the defeat it also means we're also facing a changed world. five countries occupied parts of present day turkey. the treaty of seven near paris in august one thousand nine hundred twenty laid out the allies harsh post-war terms. the turks turn to the hero of. the army officer who led the ultimate defeat of the allies in the dardanelles in one thousand nine hundred fifteen. the conditions of the treaty of servitor placed on the ultimate empire were extreme so extreme of a command that the took on the turks nation would refuse them and any plan five invading european armies. boast of a come all managed to command the turks to victory. in what became the turkish war of in

threat to the to their lives and to their say being livelihood and safety in their countries so but iraqis have to some extent they understand the threat there certainly the syrians are also happy that you know there's no longer this islamic state caliphate or iran iraq and more so i mean there is a sense of joy that we've gone over as i mentioned a dark part of the country's history but there's also a sense of disillusionment and a sense of fear that they've been here before me let me ask you this is there a danger that. over focusing on our soul we've lost track of other groups which also carry out all sorts of violence atrocities around the world john mentioned earlier you know in parts of africa and in kenya you've got al shabaab in nigeria you've got book or there are other groups in syria itself apart from most of the plenty of other violent and quote unquote extremist groups is there a danger that the focus of iceland whether it's up or down destructions from other violent actors in other parts of the world so there's two things the first is that with the focus on jihadi terrorism t

and free of maligned foreign influences and incapable of providing security, and prosperity for the iraqi people and following democratic elections iraq is experiencing a transition of power and i urge secretary pompeo in congratulating speaker muhammad al busi as they assume their new offices. these leaders are supportive of coalition efforts and we look forward to working with them. iraq is not now nor should it be another nation's vessel, based on the foundation of the strategic framework agreement and we will have the institutional capacity, politically, economically and while fully respecting iraqi sovereignty. ultimately, a united iraq is to forge peaceful solutions to their differences. the continued arab gulf rift not only opens the door to increased meddling, but to address crises including syria and yemen and reduces the ability to deal with the external challenges. we have a more positive region for the collaboration in the gulf. it's called the middle east strategic alliance. in new york, several weeks ago the president outlined it. the regional strategic alliance for us with

the grievances of iraqi -- are dominating iraqi politics right now. number two, he has the credibility of the recent, you know, military operations. they were involved in and that's not going to go away. number three, the political class like the political class in tunisia and the other countries i've been looking at is so busy making its own arrangements and own deals to maintain power through political alliances that they're often missing the larger picture. and so that is outside of the political deals. but they will maintain their popularity going forward. >> so about the youth, the yuouh has been mentioned now. egypt has a very substantial population of -- you're giving me the figures. some of those younger generation are the ones that went out and to the square. they want to change. i mean walit was not only the w. they went to change for us. you correct me if this is wrong, please. to object to the status quo. but then, of course, they were, you know, then they were infiltrated by the muslim brotherhood and the rest is history. we know what hap