Begin our discussion of iran, a people in repression. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the washington post. Ive visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analysts in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran the best in this country. Ill move from my left. Maziar bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21, 2009, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. Youll know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like, and if you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart called rosewater, if memory serves, was the name and the unmistakable calling card of maziars interrogator. In 2014, he started something that im sure is familiar to many people in this audience, certainly as a mustread for anyone who wants to follow iran, and thats his website
Algeria swears in a new president after an election people wanted protesters rejected. As illegitimate so how will he manage his critics and can he ends months of demonstrations demanding political change this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. For the 1st time in 20 years algeria has a president who isnt. The former leader stepped down in april when thousands of people rallied against his bid for a 5th term in office but it appears many people are also unhappy with the man taking over. A sworn in on thursday after winning last weeks election which had the lowest turnout in algerias history at less than 40 percent the former Prime Minister was one of 5 candidates who all had ties with. To blue and has offered to hold talks with protesters who for 10 months have been calling for a complete overhaul of the political system he says the election put algeria back on the path to legitimacy. In the could be this is the big success of the fruits of the Civil Movement our people
The goal was not to level the place, but to minimize damage to property and most important of all, to minimize casualties. That was accomplished. My daughter did not belong to any group. She was innocent. She had nothing to do with all of this. They killed her. Do it again, i would do it again because the cost was high. And theen, civilian military who gave their lives not for us. They gave their lives for democracy, for freedom. I do not mind paying any price under the sun to be free. On december 19th, 1989, while panamanians were getting ready for the christmas holidays, the United States was secretly mobilizing 26,000 troops for a midnight attack. I saw helicopters approaching. They were close. The lights went out, the helicopters began to shoot. People were running left and right without direction, without knowing where they were going. It was not just machinegun fire. There were bombs. The noise was frightening. You could hear gunfire from all directions. And, a strange noise we h
Algeria swears in a new president after an election few people wanted protesters rejected. As illegitimate so how will he manage his critics and can he ends months of demonstrations demanding political change this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. For the 1st time in 20 years algeria has a president who isnt. The former leader stepped down in april when thousands of people rallied against his bid for a 5th term in office but it appears many people are also unhappy with the man taking over. A sworn in on thursday after winning last weeks election which had the lowest turnout in algerias history at less than 40 percent the former Prime Minister was one of 5 candidates who all had ties with. To boone has offered to hold talks with protesters who for 10 months ive been calling for a complete overhaul of the political system he says the election put algeria back on the path to legitimacy. In the you could be a big success of the fruits of the Civil Movement people felt that
Specially the way it has been shifting during the last 3 years. They know that. Has told them so many lies about whats going on in the region in the middle east in syria in yemen. They know theyre there. But they know what the truth so i think its time to talk about this truth 3rd i mean so many interviews with the media. They dont try to get the information they try to get the scoop. They dont try to object have to do to bring the audience whats happening in the world thats why i stopped doing interviews for 4 youth well look it will be a journey from damascus to reconstruction but how many civilians how many soldiers have been killed wounded. Or displaced from your country. Just 20 level. That you so during the last 24 hours in damascus you see you arrive to to damascus is the result of the sacrifice of more than 100000 syrian soldiers who are martyred whole war and so many lives of course its along the 1000 or maybe tens of thousands of civilians or innocence whove been killed by mo