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i have not really known much about these before. i knew very little about them. it was a series, and they were books interestingly that the titles and the authors were primarily, not entirely but primarily those authors whose books have been burned or banned by the not cease, and many of whom had become refugees to the united states or to britain or somewhere else. my wife and i yesterday in washington went to the holocaust museum. there was a display bear on the number of intellectual...

>> i have to say. this is probably not even half of our team. we do not get in until after 2:00 this morning. we had to completely unload all of the buses. i imagine some people may still be sleeping. we could not do this -- we have a great team. we had a lot of press of the past couple of weeks. the one thing the press has told us over and over again is they expected to get on the buses and for it to be run like some sleep political campaign. it is not. it is very grass roots. >> you ...

At meineke, youre always the driver. welcome back to our program. and we now turn to iraq, where successful, yet inconclusive elections, have been followed by worsening violence. this week, insurgents blasted baghdad, leaving dozens dead and more than 100 wounded. it was the latest in a series of recent attacks that have killed more than 100 people. and with no clear winner, the elections have led to political gridlock. at last count, prime minister nuri al malaki was two seats behind his main...

Military is there, and weve seen that in their responses to this violence. so, i would not characterize it as a vacuum. obviously we would like to see this move quickly, but it is going to be extraordinarily complicated. everybody will be talking to everybody else. and while allawi may have 91 votes, he is still 72 votes short of the necessary majority to form a government. so this will not be easy and it will not be quick. >> you were there all through the time when muqtada al sadr was not exac...

To get their act together sufficiently to garner a respectable number of seats. their militia days seem to be behind them. they seem to have recognized if theyre going to have any appeal going forward, it has to be as a political movement, part of a political iraq. >> lets talk a little bit about that. muqtada al sadr has been in iran for the last couple of years. what concerns you about irans role? >> well, iran is going to be influential, but theyre not going to be decisive. i dont agree with ...

Was before the election as well. >> the violence is a concern but also predictable. the iraqis are tough people. i think they will withstand this. its not the violence that concerns me so much as simply the tough politics of government formation. i think mr. allawi was optimistic when he said a government could be formed in two months. i think the more realistic deadline is the beginning of ramadan at the -- at the start of august. >> but that -- >> so i worry about a decision to have us down to...

one who votes next time. .. >> guest: mr. allawi who is now the head of, strangely the head of the sunni bloc has spoken about helping exiles. and the hashemi who was a president and allied aligned himself with allawi also has been a proponent of doing something about the exiles, so lets see what they do when they come into government, if they do. here is what i think the refugees are going to be watching for. where are the cabinet post, who gets them and the reason i say that is, in a...

and to secure the peace in some of the most troubled places. well examine the future of iraq one month after elections that have yet to produce a clear winner. we asked former prime minister alawi who leads by just two votes about democracy about new violence and about the withdrawal of u.s. troops. and then we turn to another place where the u.s. is also heavily invested, and thats sudan. will next weeks election there unravel a peace deal that was brokered by the bush administration?...

these bombs were targeted diplomats, but as is norm lit case the actual ordinary iraqi citizens were the ones that took the full brunt of it. women and children were injured and killed, and this comes as the politicians in baghdad are trying to, struggling to put together a new government. parliamentary elections were held in the beginning of march, on march 7th. they still dont have a new government the election was so close there was no clear winner. right now former prime minister a...

Iraqs election results are in and it means new leadership in the country. the coalition led by former prime minister allawi took the most votes and allawi says hes open to direct talks with all parties as he form as new government for iraq. the current prime minister, nuri al maliki wants a recall. they say it was legal. and a rick of engine fire. recalled car. express and savannah in february and march are of this year recalled. owners are advised to stop driving the vans and park them away f...