A discussion going on about whether the american intelligence was so bad by accident or by design doesnt even matter as far as you are concerned are clearly of invasion of iraq and the liberation of what we call that of iraq has been a turning point in iraq as history. Also was a chance for iraqi liberation from tyranny. Or have been exposed to for a good 35 years or so that the iraqi people lived under persecution torture. And political persecution that they were subjected to a very bloody regime for years and years so we as iraqis most of us would see it as a liberation although it was termed later talking persian and led to a lot of unrest and conflict but in its core the tours are a cause for celebration for iraqis well its interesting you say that this liberation as you just alluded to came at the at a very high cost and i would argue that many people in iraq are still paying that cost of with the main risks and insecurities and our own lives so are you saying that it was all wort
My. Other thanks for joining us this is r. T. International. The dutch led criminal trial into the downing of the may 17th passenger plane opens on monday 6 years after the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all 298 on board subsequent probe alleged that a missile which hit the plane was transported from russia the probe has been heavily criticized as biased solitude minsky has more from the netherlands. Its a trial its set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book Missile Launch from russia into Eastern Ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 the 4 suspects are not charged with personally firing the missile the men all deny the charges International Arrest warrants have been issued for them but they wont be here and will be tried in absentia some of those that we expect to be here are 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and thats because dutch prosecutors sa
Will it make its way back to zero . Seems to be part of the conversation building in markets. Barrelumped above 65 a as supply disruptions in iraq brought concern to geoPolitical Risk. With more is Annmarie Hordern. Detention we are seeing in libya and iraq come very different in nature. What is the impact of these on oil supplies . Annmarie they are both geoPolitical Risks to the oil supply. In libya, the government says we could go to 72,000 barrels a day. This has to do with the eastern military commander. He has a blockade now on the port, so actual supply is not disrupted. The market may be shrugging off a little bit because in days or hours, that blockade could be lifted. Iraq, while it is a minor disruption, which is producing more than 4 Million Barrels a day, it opens up a window of worry. Just last thursday, the iea says iraq remains very vulnerable. It is more about could the supply threatened become much bigger. Anna they are overproducing their opec target. Annmarie this c
Crude Oil Last Week which hit the highest interday wti up to 63. 72 an barrel ice brent crude is up to 69. 49. Gold hit a nearly fourmonth high last week posting its eighth straight positive session on friday. Longest daily winning streak since june of 2019 right now gold price is up another 1. 75 to 1,579. 60 an ounce. Our top story, tensions with iran escalating over the weekend. Eamon javers has the latest from washington good morning. Good morning, joe the iranians were vowing revenge over the weekend the administration took to television to explain its decision to kill that iranian general who was in iraq last week and to offer an explanation for what its plan is Going Forward. Mike pompeo said the administration is prepared and ready to handle anything that the iranians respond with. Heres what he said. If the American People should know that we have prepared for this, that we are ready well talk cultural that our responses are lawful and the president will take every action nece
On. If we dont get more cuts, presume believe that is negative for oil prices. Eurosterling around the 0. 85 level. Got closer to it a little later on. This is a big line of sand for that pair. We are now up by 0. 2 . The hong kong story absolutely front and center. President trump signing a bill expressing u. S. Support for the protesters in hong kong. It is a move that threatens to complicate trade talks with china. There was a lot of reaction around the world. Not a welcomet is news, but the Market Reaction so far has been pretty calm, so to speak. Basically, its just another thing like having the tariffs. Its a thanksgiving present for everyone. This too shall pass. This was more posturing than substance. This is a real headache for them to try to figure out what is going to be a violation of human rights. How are they going to decide that . It is a foregone conclusion that he would sign, so china is prepared or was prepared for this. The new bipartisan consensus from both the u. S