they want to see a new iraq as an iraq where their vote really matters. i've talked to a lot of these kids, i was a protester myself, and they said, we don't have any faith in everything. the, those political parties do, they're trying their best. they're trying to know that they've changed the election law. so it's multi districts. there's, you know, what they call like a quad district for m p 's perk of per district. it's still not helping the same candidates are showing up and they're asking for the old prime ministers that we had the, you know, 1015 years ago to be reinstated. so what they're saying, the protesters are thing were fed up with all these 3 leaders, the president, the chairman, or that the head of parliament and the prime minister. all 3 have to be removed in order to bring a new generation, a new generation of politicians that will truly fight corruption. that will truly improve the economy that will truly improve the inner piece inner p, okay? between g as in sundays and the event, something very critical points. you were protested, but

and, and journalist how go moving in iraq. so these are also points that people are concerned about. some use like to me are scared to speak up because they do not know what will happen to them in baghdad. i mean, other parts of iraq is very stable. so that people, there are really scared of speaking now because they, they have in their loved ones, their family and their friends go missing or dead. so this is also another factor that stops the youth from speaking up and from losing hope. for us says the focus of its talks with the taliban, him cats are, were security and terrorism concerns. the taliban says the 2 days of high level meetings were positive, the u. s. call them candid and professional. and while washington still refuses to recognize the taliban government, it's agreed to provide humanitarian aid directly to the afghan people. the taliban will now meet with a delegation from the european union. tens of thousands of people have rallied across poland, angry at a court ruling which said that parts of e u law are inco

tried for his crimes in iraq. general powell played a pivotal role in paving the way for the u.s. invasion. it was february 5, 2003 that powell addressed the united nations security council and made the case for a first strike on iraq. his message was clear. iraq possessed extremely daerous weapons of mass destruction and saddam hussein was trying to decei you and inspectors -- u.n. inspectors. >> the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents. let me take you inside that intelligence file and share with you what we know from eyewitness accounts. we have first-hand descriptions of biological weapons factories on wheels and on rails. the trucks and train cars are easily moved and are designed to evade detection by inspectors. in a matter of months, they can produce a quantity of biological poison equal to the entire amount that iraq claimed to have produced in the years prior to the gulf war. amy: all of colin powell's claims about weapons of mass destruction turned out to be false. he

what is next for iraq? what's next for her lack after 1st election since mass protest in a sentence fashioning? what would you say? what would you hope for the issues are still there and the next government, the face, a lot of challenges. there is high rate of poverty. there are a lot of school drop out call. good 19 with dealed with very weak because our health structure is very weak. people need tangible change in their life. and i am hopeful because of having 97 female elected. and i hope they'll be the voice, especially a woman. i'm sure that i see that russia, what is next for iraq in a sentence this, this would rely on the blocks and the alliances that are going to be performed within over the next weeks. that will give us a clear picture on whether the country is going to continue in this sort of political submission or whether there will be progress. what i can hope for is that this parliament realizes that change is possible and that protest can bring change . and maybe now that there is an opposit

iran became the dominant force in iraq and now you see the reign of terror going all the way across iraq. look at the election going on right now in iraq and all the turmoil, syria, yemen, lebanon. we totally destroyed that fine balance of power. but what undermined powell within the bush administration was vice president cheney and secretary of defense donald rumsfeld. president george w. bush surrounded himself with his father's friends, but he did not have the intellect to deal with his father'sriends. those neoconservatives were always undermining everything powell was trying to do, to include condoleezza rice. he was treating her like a daughter and she should have been supporting him, but she didn't. that is what politically forced owl to leave the administration. go ahead. . monte: you did mention this when talking about colin powell shattering, trailblazing, if you will, for the african-american community. do you think the former secretary of state was aware of all the doors he was opening for african-americans, because back then, nobody really talked about him being a trail blaz

is iraq. ah. representatives of the taliban see they've wrapped up what they're calling positive talks with the us in cap in a statement. they said the full implementation of the bo, her agreement was considered to be the best way of resolving their problems. and the u. s. delegation stated they will give humanitarian assistance, the afghans providing facilities for organizations to deliver aid unaffected by political issues. they are now sitting down with a delegation from the european union. natasha gal name has more now from those talks indo. the afghan ministry of information characterized the to day talks as quote, positive and says, the hope is this will pay the way for recognition of this transitional afghan government, not only by the united states, but by the international community. the afghan delegation led by the acting foreign minister, came to doha, seeking international recognition and the much needed financial assistance that accompanies it. the country is in the midst of econo

let's see the future of iraq in another way, rather than to go to the weapon. ok, so now the other issue here, of course, is also the low turnout. as we said, we kind of thought as bronk has, has become, as the biggest winner as emerge is the biggest win win in parliament. but there is the issue of low turnout. how will that affect the legitimacy of these elected people? well, it's not legitimate. honestly speaking, we're talking about 70 percent of the people didn't go to the election. it show you how much people desperate from this political process. on another hand, it show you how much the burden, the challenge that on the shoulder of said to the southern and the others to have a successful executive government which, which is now doubt that it's not easy to have a successful executive government, especially with the problems that your rock has and especially on the economy, coal sector. so we need to manage the economy, coal sector with, with a very professional iraqi government and try also to many of the future of iraq in the, in the turning day. but i'm

and then you can see a and iraq. and so it is, calculation was made by the united states as by the soviet union in the late 198 is this, you know, whatever the strategic value of it, maybe it isn't, was the normal blood and treasure involved in, in continuum, talking about it. but that doesn't mean that you give up on all the other ways, and i don't mean i don't think americans just going to give up in the middle east just like that. yeah. well that let me think it's, it's, it's still problematic. let me go to you for we end up part of the program here, but you know, we, we have, we can't discount the players on the ground. and there's a lot of chatter, a lot of the re reassessing on bed, blah bellows talking to each other. recalibrating what iran is in the mix and all that. i think we can talk all about what the u. s. and its allies want, but there's a lot of murmurings going on on the ground. and the dentist name is a psychological issue. they lost ok. they can be to beat it. ok. so i, that's one kind of boeing in

military psence in iraq. he spoke on monday in najaf. >> we lcome all embassiethat do not interfere in iraq's internal affairs, so long as they do not interfere. we will have a diplomatic response or perhaps a popular one, which is suitable to the office. iraq is only for iraqis. amy: several iranian parties have questioned the early results, which show them losing a number of seats. we'll have more on the iraqi elections later in the broadcast. leaders of the g20 nations are holding a virtual meeting today to discuss ways to help address the growing humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. after the taliban seized power, the united states, imf, and world bank cut off funds to afghanistan, which is heavily reliant on foreign aid. the united nations estimates one million afghan children are at risk of starvation. on monday, u.n. secretary general antonio guterres urged the foreign community to address the crisis. >> right now with assets frozen, the economy is breaking down. banks are closing, and essential service

they know a lot about iraq and a lot about these recent elections. the comment section is live right now. jump into the comment section. also, question to be part of today show. let's look at the turn out in comparison to previous elections because people were beginning to read something into the turn out. anyway, let's, let's put up that cut out right now. and then we can look through and just see the difference between 2579 percent. that is in them. and then 2020. well, what am i saying that the way well, let's be realistic. democracy is something completely new to iraqis, post at least half a century of military rule and dictatorship. so this kind of like an instrument of kind of like a living let it be like in governance or social or stand up and so on. it's yet to be kind of like understood and implemented rightly in terms of like you turn out . i don't see any problem with the 41 percent. even if it's or even if it's lower, if i would compare it to, to the last election in the u. k that was 37 percent and i'm talking about a mature democracy. s

some of the most destroyed places within iraq itself. now they have nothing to go back to this, no homes that they can return to. so they stay in this camp a lot. the camp management of said is actually the people they want. the rocky federal government wants to return back to their homes. are actually some of iraq's most vulnerable. similar numbers are repeated across displacement camps, housing, rockies. they are in effect, refugees in their own country. it's not known just how many people won't be able to vote, but it's clear that people are voicing their frustration with the government loudly . and whether it's the boycott, the vote movement, or people's inability to vote both unlikely to have an impact on the polls. that's bring in him, ron kon, now is life for us outside opposing station and about. so m, ron, we look to your package, danny, going to wonder how much, how people internally displaced people pinning on an election like this to turn around their devastated lives. well, before i answer that question, sammy, let me just 3

rights of the kurdish people in iraq. i've no idea of being realized . the preliminary results of the election showed up iraq can hold an election with the minimum amount of fraud and irregularities. while the focus is understandably on the elections right now, it must be understood that this outcome is expressly linked to the various factors that are destroying a syrians in iraq, hooting, a denial of real security, economic, marginalization and social exclusion. electoral reform is needed to ensure that minority representatives are actually representative of minority populations. i think i know to the different policies to prove the difference is to get to form any government government space privileges and today are you know, right, other minorities and also provide security. they blue p to the lack of people. so let me show a patio in the studio. hello, russia. hello, daphne and hello lou. way. good to have you here on the stream. i want you to greet international audience. russia. tell everybody who you are and what y

and he never, never said that america should withdraw from iraq. so i think that america has invested a huge amount. so the decades in saudi arabia, the gulf states, and the middle east and go straight to who they are vital points in the world. and so, if there is indeed a rivalry and you know, some sort of a cold war coming with china, then control all the go will be as important as strategic goal of the united states as it was during the cold war. an interesting case because of the americans to say, you know, yes, they gave up on vietnam, cambodia and laos, but you know, they still got indonesia, malaysia, japan, which at the time at least as far as american perceptions are concerned. we're in danger of going to the communist. so say, you know, our intervention achieve goals that we prevented a whole say a little bit of communism in asia. so it wasn't probably just a matter of giving up on the american influence. let me to do both to be a 1st to patrick here. i can agree with both of you with the same time for different reasons. i think, i mean,

okay, it's our iraq. let's negotiate, let's talk into the, into the interest of iraq. well, now there is mounting tension among iraq's political rivals, who seemed to ignore the fact that nearly 60 percent of the population. why trotted that action on the actual jersey that the eas top brags that official says many custom checks between burson and northern island should be removed. northern ireland has a border which separates the you and the u. k. and there's growing frustration on both sides about how trade across the border should be controlled. on tuesday, the u. k is breaks that minutes, that talked of tearing up a protocol that's created checks on goods between great britain and northern ireland. the u. k says it will engage fully and constructively with the you, but it wants to see significant change. the european commission says the proposals offer unique opportunities for northern ireland with this robust package of practical imaginative solutions. we can continue to implement the protocol on the island northern ireland for the benefit of all communities on th

you've experienced iraq politics. how would you describe it from the inside? no repeating whatsoever shows mansion, but from an economic perspective in the air state patronage very much controls the economy. so everything here and iraq is in the state own state manager, state controls are which are very much it limits the possibility and, and the opportunities for private sector to flourish. m m m. ringback l i care, for example the, the, the, the government is the primary operator of everything was in a free market economy is when we could see the government's regulator, a policy maker and a tax collector. anything but a and operators or we don't like, for example, the united states produces more oil than iraq and saudi arabia put together. but they don't have a national oil company where in iraq, if we want to talk about, for example, privatization and introducing the market economy and so on. this is a big red line that we need to explain to the traditional mindset. that's it, very much controlling everything. well, if a young person said to you, i want to

military in places like iraq and afghanistan. i ask you this because you have spent so much time in afghanistan trying to help the u.s. -- i remember you were trying to help general petraeus at one point. is there moral or lessons for america at throwing money at the problem and hoping somehow it will get stability in afghanistan and instead getting massive amounts of corruption? >> yes, and i think there are two lessons to be learned. one is that it matters, the behavior of a government towards its own citizens. people were being robbed not only of the developmental resources that should be reaching them but they were also being robbed on a daily basis by every government official they encountered and they were losing their dignity as well as their money. that's what matters. people start to get angry and then they go to extremes. and in the case of afghanistan, that meant the taliban. the second lesson is a harder one, i think, which is to say afghanistan really looks a lot like a mirror of us. i mean, i've heard afghanistan be

and so one of these was the 1st iraq war, and then you had later the 2nd iraq war during the 1st iraq war on the team with president george h. w bush. he was a, he was largely a hero of that along with other other general sort of looking at it and then pulling out us forces. when then later, the 2nd walk war came in after 911. and you know, the debate in 2003 doors, w bush brought him into van. and i think it's one of the most controversial moments in colon power life was being used to sell that war to sell that war to allies, to sell that war to the american public. because he had a volved is one of the most trusted americans in the world. and i'm just interested if you ever talk with him deeply about that moment in which we now know. in hindsight, the material that he presented at the united nations was deeply flawed. deeply wrong that they've been duped by a and intelligent sort. name curveball i be interested in, in what your thoughts are about that, that i'm trying to figure out how this guy became such a pawn in that moment. well, let me go back just a little bit to when he was

and all that fell iraq. he took us backwards. ♪ >> the streets of port-au-prince are uncharacteristically quiet after unions and organizations called a strike against haiti's dire security situation. if you taxi drivers drove through looking for customers. many say she is nash the spiraling economic crisis. the situation for many haitians has become harder since the assassination of the president in july followed by an earthquake that killed more than 2000 people in august. >> in all countries around the world, security is the first public good. that means that when you are in a country which has no social security, a gang forces you to move around. they kidnap you and rape your children. when we can't eat, it is an insecurity. i support the strike 100%. >> we stopped in relation to the economic situation in the country. in this country, nothing works. the population lives in a situation which can no longer live. we all have a problem that the children cannot go to school, gas problems, these problems take

m d in iraq, unequivocally. and then later retracting it essentially how much of a stain, if i can put it that way. does that leave on his diplomatic career, at least well, it was definitely a stain, and he himself admitted that this was quote, unquote of lot. on his record, he was someone that didn't want to involve the us in unnecessary military action. that was part of the pol doc powell doctrine. and that in any kind of military action necessitated public support and needed to ensure that it was in u. s. national interests. so at the time he was trying to advise bush not to go into iraq. he says, we know how to go into baghdad, but you're going to need to have some kind of plan for nation building and state building afterwards. and then we're not really prepared for that. so he had worn bush, many times about this, but his warnings went unheeded in as a result, he was set up to then defend us of what the u. s. was going to do in iraq in front of u. n. and by doing so, he really made the situation quite worse

and i know there's 4 agenda, but in iraq, not the, but it's little than, than iraq in iraq. the foreign edge, the ablaze their big role, bigger than the internal agenda and a custodial lake. so the agenda of turkey agenda, agenda and criminal agenda that they, they blame. they play their big role even is corrupted. now with the corrupted are rising, the same slogan we are, are we going to reform? we want reform, we are trip to fight rotted, and even thus the corrupted and you know, all who i mean there, there, but these the major parties and then she on a sunday and, and accomplish an order that i think there's many of them that they're dissolved tomorrow will be an announcement may be or after to morrow, or are they waiting that parties that she about is or the could dish or the soon the a when they say this is in their interest or, and they will say they were so okay. it is right election, and if they see this is it's not and they'll say they will move mystery. i will see the iraqi, the blood shaped and the slides after next week. if they, it's not of interest. okay. we mu

the balls have closed avenue out in iraq. the falling machines are now going to issue the detailed reports with who won, who lost the turnout. void votes. later on there will be a manual vote in manuel county in order to compare the papers with the reports of the falling machine so that they'll be details report that is going to be issued by the electoral commission that the nina amelia to lift the law. the voting process was over at 6 p. m, and now we're getting results from the 2 devices, the verification device and the optical scan with god's will, we will distribute the results with multiple copies to the agents of the political entities. but voting system glitches on it. visibly for turn out, sure, iraq is aren't convinced the election will deliver the change. they want no matter who comes out on top. well, obviously the political, let's a choice. all the list of candidates hang was not sufficient. and i hope that the politicians, the political lead might draw the consequences found of this. the vote was held early in re

after its 2003 invasion of iraq that overthrew saddam hussein. security forces and armed groups, some of whom are linked to incumbent political parties, killed more than 600 people, the faces of the victims imprinted on the flags and posters the protesters carry as they vow to stay the course. alaa al sattar is an engineering graduate and a key organizer. >> ( translated ): today we remember the martyrs who fell in this uprising and we remember the bloodshed that happened, while many demands have not been fulfilled. >> reporter: al sattar helped form one of the new parties that emerged from the protests. they want to abolish iraq's power-sharing system, which divides ministerial posts between shia, sunni and kurdish parties no matter how they did in the election and which is widely seen as fueling corruption and incompetence. in response to protesters' demands, elections are being held early, and there are now 83 districts up from 18. but al sattar says the new election law caters to the political establishment. >> ( translated ): the electoral d

ah. bookings underway in iraq to elect a new parliament. the pull was brought forward in response to mass protests. nearly 25000000 people are eligible to cast a ballot. there are concerns many, it will stay away because of widespread apathy towards the political establishments . alhashan reports now from baghdad for some of the people heading to vote here and but that this election may not change much, but for the government and it's deeply divided political establishment. it's about legitimacy. the turnout will likely decide that. and that's why senior government officials and political leaders rushed to polling stations early in the morning to cast their votes, him and the som, jamie unadilla. i know we all have to contribute to change our reality. i want to tell a rockies that we still have time ahead of us to day. go out and vote change or reality for iraq and for the future. there are more than $3000.00 candidates running for the selection on the quarter of them are independent. this is another reason why some voters say they are skep

she actually called all santa celebrate his victory in iraq selections. not everyone accepts the results. ah, hello everyone. here's your update for the americas. we've got pamela. expect it to be a hurricane when it slams into western mexico. in fact, the state of sinaloa, we've got to watch for land slides and mud slides over the next few days. that will be the primary concern here. give you a white look of north america and we've got some storms from. the dakota is right down to texas, we've got winds colliding, cool, and also that warm moist air from the gulf of mexico. so we'll keep tabs on storms here. now, here is a closer look at some of those storms roll in across texas into the eastern portion that se portion of oklahoma on wednesday, you know, had a lot of snow through the northern in central rockies that moves further toward the east. hence why we're seeing that storm activity follow that as well. okay, for vancouver, we've got 11 degrees in there. is that what, whether pulling in to at this southern canadian prairies is while, when a pick a r

that on the main issue in iraq is corruption. this is, this is the pillar of problems of besides corruption, the security situation. there is also a very big a. busy demand among the public, which is stopping the forwarding, meddling and get off the politics. and as we know, iraq is a place where several regional international players have real leguinn agenda and influence. so this is, this is the main, this is the main issue about this selection. however, is this selection going to end up with? read a me think these that's, this is, this is what people also the skeptic a lot while because they see that the blocks that are going to be ended parliament . i didn't really different from before and there is another issue which is the block stuck are going to be in depaul in pod and going to be able to have decisive decision decision on who is going to be the prime minister called the government. and this is going to add more to the influence on the lever to job and deduction on regional layers. however, nothing is going to be really

what region the iraq right now as a point for dialogue? we heard in the past few weeks in iran, a saudi out of ya talking over here. it says that the regional weight is still heavier than the local res. i'm a and the law kill winners. will have domestic winners will have to deal with the regional layers and international players because they have higher leverage on their how big influence across the iraq institution. i thank you so much. any hashem, their report in life was this i out of the iraq 8 capital tennessee. as president car you said has approved a new government more than 2 months after he fired the last one. they have been appointed under a decree that k said announced following his seizure of additional powers in july. he is liada. when latino tunisia has spent the last 11 weeks without a government look at them too low until now 30 nozzler bowden who was named as tunisia as 1st female prime minister last month has sworn in her cabinet, which includes $23.00 ministers. 9 of him are women versa, though, had he been dolah, that i

let's negotiate, let's talk into the, into the interest of iraq. now there is mounting tension among the rocks political rivals who seem to ignore the fact that nearly 60 percent of the population quite got a direction and the action which is 0. but on the east top breaks it official has proposed the removal of many of the customs checks between britain and northern ireland. as a trade dispute intensifies on tuesday, the you case breaks it minister talked of tearing up the protocol that's created. trade checks between great britain and northern ireland. after breaks it now the u . k says it will engage fully and constructively with the e. u, but wants to see significant change and to simmons has more now from belfast. the british government is unhappy, nor are the main powers here in northern islands assembly. but the european union executive has gone all the way it can. it would seem to try and smooth out this seaboard a crisis. this was the message from brussels, with this robust package of practical imaginative solutions. we can continue to impl

however, in iraq, it took some times of violent, it was very violent. we see that also sort of shifting. so unless the international audience understands that they would not really see how significant these elections have been. when newcomers actually broke that chain of, of the dominance of the mainstream, political parties in 2 very important, very sacred provinces and south iraq. and also the importance of the islamic party kind of being defeated with instantly politicians as any politics. that's all very, very important that with that's a different that i would focus on. all right. of you a 2nd to have here because you are a politician. you've experienced iraq politics. how would you describe it from the inside? no repeating whatsoever shows mansion, but from an economic perspective in the air state patronage very much controls the economy. so everything here and iraq is in the state own state manager, state controls are which are very much it limits the possibility and, and the opportunities for private sector to flourish. m m m. ringback l i care,

the polls have closed everywhere in iraq. the falling machines are now going to issue the report with one who dos turns out. void votes that on there will be a man will vote a manuel count in order to compare the papers with the reports of the falling machine so that they'll be a detailed report that is going to be issued by the electoral commission. god and hannah. i'm a little fella, the voting process was over at 6 p. m. and now we're getting results from the 2 devices, the verification device and the optical scan with god's will, we will distribute the results with multiple copies to the agents of the political entities. but warping system glitches and visibly for turn out, sure, iraq is, are convinced the election will deliver the change, the want, no matter who comes out on top. well, obviously the political, let's a choice. all the list of candidates hung was not sufficient. and i hope that the politicians, the political elite might draw the consequences found of this. the vote was held early in response to mass protes

now the bush administration was always going to invade iraq, whether without policy help. but what he did was he took those lives and presented them to the world through to you and no power later. describe that speech as a blot on his record and not some block. but if you dig into that record, it's not the only one. know there is, for example, vietnam, the, me like massacre in which american soldiers killed hundreds of young to me, civilians including children. paul himself was present at the event that he was involved in the subsequent investigation and the cover up in the end, it took american journalists to expose what really happened. they're not colin powell. so that's what he really should be remembered for me like iraq, but many news organizations, not just in america, are glorifying his memory, said it's important to note though that those obits, most of them, they mention iraq. but the shortcomings with those obits with the journalism. as it so often is, is in the emphasis was that the emphasis but also tone. and there were a lot of critics online who pointed that

into a home with the top stories on al jazeera, 10 out was low and sundays parliamentary elections in iraq. the vote was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to mass anti government. protests. electoral commission is promising fantasy and transparency is ballots. all tallied early. results should start coming out later on monday and he has him reports from baghdad . the end of a long day in iraq, which so voters stricklut through pulling stations to elect a new parliament. what longer days may lay ahead does now be up to politicians and whoever boxed them outside iraq to agree on a new prime minister. the balls have closed everywhere. iraq, the falling machines are now going to issue the detailed report with who one who lost the turnout. void votes they got on. there will be a manual vote and manuel count in order to compare the papers with the reports of the falling machine so that they'll be a detailed report that is going to be issued by the electorate commission and the anna maria to live fella, the voting process was over at 6 pm and now we're getting res

he of my li'l salvador, nicaragua, pat m iraq was. what did you make of the eulogies to the 1st african american as secretary of state and as other powerful u. s. military industrial, complex positions? well, i mean, it's what you should a, had a similar noticed a few service rumsfeld because he was just a white guy doing his job. you know, you know, i'm referring to the deceased or criminal donald rumsfeld and with the same it's become a slightly more emotional because of the skin color. but what he did was hoping to basically serve the empire to elias ministry wage was and in the k. so for co little pound, of course, he has a pre history to iraq, which is very mom. he was one of the younger officers who come right up, the main line massacre which made her became a huge scandal in the u. s. history. so that's what he is a celebrate pharaoh and give them a going to send off because they support all this stuff and have been for ages. now the media and the global media in the west is a central player and all the wars that have been taki

a key justification for the american invasion of iraq. it was a claim he later regretted your to his credit. ah, he was accountable. yeah. he, he admitted you know, his mistakes early or later. ah, that is not something that you we've heard across the bush national security team. on monday. bush issued a statement, pointing out the power was so respected, he earned the presidential medal of freedom twice. powell, a vietnam veteran serv. most of his life in the u. s. military before he entered politics, as the 1st african american secretary of state, he set an example for those who came after him. the senate april, the 1st black president, brock obama said powell never denied the role that res played in his own life. and to in our society more broadly, but he also refused to accept that race would limit his dreams. he has been my mentor for a number of years. i always make time for me and i can always go to them with what tough issues. colin powell served multiple republican presidents, but later in life endorsed democratic candidates for

, and iran, which supports powerful militia in iraq. but many iraqis are disappointed that kadhimi hasn't delivered on promises to rein in armed groups linked to iran, or to prosecute the killers of protesters who rose up against the government in 2019. special correspondent simona foltyn investigated the case of one prominent protester assassinated in may and what it tells us about iraq's deadly politics. >> reporter: as dusk falls over karbala, home to some of the holiest sites of shia islam, a handful of people gather at a monument set up to commemorate slain anti-gernment protesters and activists. marwan al wazni's brother ehab was killed in may. >> ( translated ): that flag belonged to the martyr ehab al wazni and that flag over there as well. these are collectibles of some of the other martyrs from karbala. >> reporter: pictures of wazni are plastered across the square, a testament to his prominent role in the protest movement and a painful reminder that his killers are still at large. wazni, in the center, was the headf karbala's

we're joining the iraq. he election commission there, 83 constituencies, 18 provinces, 22000000 people registered to vote of that number. only 6000000 took part. that is 41 percent of potential voters. that is a record low. let's go back to events in baghdad was the, i'll have one that i didn't have are what is done with joey work in. i'm natal jamini as it does. we have went on get on it with them as the dark, lenient milan leaves in our morocco. 11 half bath fills. we've always received all the material from the year july like an electoral centers wide wayne in what way we're also received that we own forms. number 411 from that is either old province is. thank you very much. mila. in the name of god, the merciful and the compassionate. are they all okay, i'm relieving events in baghdad will take you to the un secretary general antonio terrace, asked the un headquarters in new york. he is talking about afghanistan less listenin to what's going on, left them, but alone. more than the city point 8000000 peop

ah, hello, thank you for joining us. polls have closed in iraq's parliamentary election with officials saying the vote could have drawn one of the smallest turnouts on record. the election was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to 2009 teens mass anti government demonstrations. nearly 25000000 people were eligible to vote. but many iraqis say they don't think the election will change anything. and others have called for a boycott. speaking just moments after the polls close, the head of iraq's electoral commission promised a fair election outcome come off on the yeoman, the phantom kasha. but to let you know, we have been open and honest with the public and counting the boats manually in line with the law. and we've been transparent and all aspects of the electoral process. all the measures have been taken. there is evidence for any fair mind person about the management of the electoral process to declare the final results of the declaration of results will take place within the next few hours. the next 24 hours. it's the 1st time that voters and headed

we were heroes in error about the iraq war. powell said we were wrong and was quite honest about that, and i also think, michelle, wheng about the trajectory of misinformation, his endorsement of barack obama in 2008 was such a huge moment politically, for the same reason you noted. this is a repository of trust, and also kind of presaged a certain political tendency of a certain kind of republican towards the democratic coalition that we now associate with donald trump in some ways started before that. >> well, i think you have a divide among the people who are in the george w. bush administration, between those who had a really sort of, i don't know, reverence attitude towards authority, overly reverent attitude towards authority, and that carried over to the cia or the state department, all of the institutions that were demonized by donald trump, and then you had people who, i mean, long before you had those pictures of a muscle bound donald trump on t-shirts and flags and the like, they were very similar kind of drawings, a

he says this election won't change anything in iraq. i think nothing will happen because the same allies, the same. the leaders the same list, the sim. so the schedule and the same a blend of the same goal. then i think nothing will have been on the ground in order that i think you're old, the dreams, all the hopes are the demand of that i q people. it's going with the wind because that many people expect to be some think will change in this election, but i think nothing will change may be just us some a few change. but i think the majority are think that the majority is still in the hand off on sunday. and the same of that, and he's behind the brian minister. and i think, or even if in the, the minute the major bullets are still still in their position and next to i think in on last many, many power been influenced by iraq because of, from the 203 years. because now because unsaturated. he's now he is, he blay, a key rule in iraq and i'll sudden he have another plan. he is, maybe he's a middle between the that up and the iranian. and h

ah, poles of closed across iraq in a parliamentary election that looks to have a low turn out. the election was supposed to be held next year. but it was brought forward in response to mass anti government protests. nearly 25000000 people were eligible to cast ballots. speaking just moments after the polls closed ahead of iraq's electoral commission promised the fair election outcome come off on the yeoman asylum kasha. but to let you know, we have been open and honest with the public and counting the boats manually in line with the law. and we've been transparent in all aspects of the electoral process. all the measures have been taken. there is evidence for any fair mind person about the management of the electoral process to declare the final results. the declaration of results will take place within the next few hours. the next 24 hours ali hashim reports now from bank that for some of the people heading to vote here and but that this election may not change much, but for the government and it's deeply divided political establishment. it's about legitimacy. the turnout will