palestinian president mahmoud abbas greeted president obama warmly when he arrived in ramallah today, but not everyone is pleased. protests broke out this week in gaza and the west bank among palestinians angry that president obama hasn t done more to stop israeli settlements and force a compromise. joining me now, bobby gosh, editor of time international. bobby, the president spoke about settlements this morning. anything new there, and anything that the palestinians will take to heart? well, the president said that settlements were not very helpful and they were a little irresponsible on israel s part. palestinians will take some heart from that, but i think they would have preferred much stronger language from the president. the man in the street certainly would. i think mahmoud abbas probably understands the president s
are climbing through the rubble looking for both the victims and survivors with bare hands. in libya, they are waving flags, blasting car horns and cheering wildly. people across the country are celebrating the end of the moammar gadhafi era. transitional leaders today formally declared the country liberated. meanwhile, it is now confirmed moammar gadhafi died from a gunshot wound to the head. libyans in misrata have been lining up to file past the body of the long-time leader. a libyan doctor announced the autopsy results today and says his official report will be eventually released to the public. in western australia, police have identified the american victim of a shark attack. 32-year-old george thomas wanewrite of texas was killed by a great white while scuba diving. friends say he whiz in the water alone when they noticed air bubbles and blood rushing to the surface. this was the second fatal shark attack in the past two weeks near the city of perth. now to t
so, i m sure they have mixed feelings when you know you ve spent all this time there, you ve lost your colleagues there. the nagging fear that the moment you withdrawal, the people that you fought against will come back and reclaim that territory. that s hard to live with. but on the other hand, the military is overstretched. they have a harder war to fight in afghanistan. there are conflicts in other parts of the world. i think commanders at the top of the chain of command are probably relieved not to have one more war to fight. with regard to iraq, though, bobby, the concerns that iraq may slip into a bad pattern, i mean, how possible is that? how strong is the iraqi government at keeping control of the people? the picture is mixed. they ve gotten better with every passing month. but there s still a lot of violence. only in last month, more than nearly 200 iraqis were killed in violent action.
al qaeda and other extremist groups still exist. there are still groups that want to destabilize the country. iraq has neighbors who have iran, for instance, who have a history of poking their noses in the iraqi business. so, it s it s going to be quite tricky. the iraq government, they haven t really had the opportunity to stand on their own. and prove themselves. and prove themselves. now they have no choice. now they won t have the americans to turn to. they have to do this for themselves. can they? that s going to be that s going to be the big question. they re taking a risk. prime minister maliki is taking a huge risk. time magazine s bobby ghosh. trouble in new hampshire. what happened to michele bachmann s staff in the granite staff? you heard about prince harry s new american woman and her tattoo. live in london about that. later, dylan rhadigan tells me what s really fueling the occupy office movement. [ male announcer ] this is lara.
death of osama bin laden and anwar al alaki but the number one issue is the economy. yes. more on the president s announcement of iraq, withdrawal of troops means they ll be coming back to u.s. in the next ten weeks. joining me in studio, bobby gosh, editor of time magazine. the president said he was going to do this. doesn t come as a surprise, does it? no, it doesn t come as a surprise. for many point of view, the fact that they were that he brought the troops home or the fact he was unable to persuade the iraqis to allow a certain number, a few thousand american trainers to remain, because that was not surprising at all because iraqi politics never would have allowed for that. fleets go with the iraqi politi politics. can you tell us what happened, the demand for americans in immunity and iraqi refusal to