By islamic state, so called. In this programme, i want to look at the way the world has changed during my 50 years as a foreign correspondent. And we are in iraq because its played such an important part in my career. Its easy to assume that bad news is the only news, but my experience has been rather different, as well see. With our Cameraman Sitting in front and our security adviser driving, we are getting near mosul now. There, it looks pretty recent, actually, doesnt it . Until a few days ago, this territory was held by islamic state. Craters were made by ieds roadside bombs. Islamic state captured mosul two and a half years ago. Now the iraqi army is on the offensive but the ground is littered with hidden explosives and booby traps left by is. When we get there, gents, please be aware of your footing, in case theres any mines or anything that hasnt exploded yet. There you are. And then you will be able to say, well, i told them just off the main road are some well to do Family Hou
are angry, we hear that. in general i don t think anybody s going to try to primary the president at this point. thank you. thank you. here s a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. libya rebels claim gadhafi s youngest son was killed in a western air strike. the libyan government denies it. msnbc has learned the army as hay announced most combat deployments will decrease to nine months in a war zone. right now it s a year. the cdc wants you to check your freerz for ground turkey. and sir paul mccartney plans to talk to police about the phone hacking scandal. his ex-wife heather mills claimed a british newspaper spied on the couple while they were married. a shocking case of murder in missouri where a man s fighting for his freedom after spending eight years behind bars for a murder he insists he did not commit. it began ten years ago when a
the libyan government of course is claiming that all of these different air strikes and strikes from the sea have caused civilian casualties and have been doing nothing but put a stream of images on libyan state television showing some of the grotesque injuries they claim are caused by the western air strike. about the rebels and some people that i ve spoken to here have a different explanation for in, they say that whatever gadhafi s forces kill some of the rebels or kill stifl civilian, they will take the bodies and according to one person i spoke to whose cousin was killed in in the fighting here, they believe that gadhafi is using the bodies for these prop begaganda purpos. but there is no way for to us confirm if the people gadhafi is putting on television is are simply bodies taken from the morgue or about if they re fighters and civilians killed by