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A week of deadly bombings continues in baghdad. at least two people were killed in one market bombing today. the site has been repeatedly hit in recent months. a series of attacks on wednesday killed at least 100 people and wounded more than 500. there were six blasts in 60 minutes wednesday. last night, five bombings struck baghdad streets in just an hour. well, both iraqis and a top u.s. military commander are criticizing iraqi security in the wake of wednesdays bombings. cnn pentagon corres...

Something like 1,000 people cheering and applauding his return back. this is old video from -- well, when i say old, i should say from a couple hours ago. this is the other side of that trip. this is him this morning as he was in scotland getting ready to leave for tripoli. as you can see, he turns here, he shakes hands with a couple of the men who had escorted there and then, wearing that nike hat, oddly enough, he makes his way up the stairs and has now been in the air and has arrived in tripo...

Are considered strategically important to u.s. interests. they are important countries, but theyre not strategically vital. as it was said to me, and as accurate, afghanistans a pile of rock. it just so happens that al qaeda had bases there at one point. if the taliban want to reengage, re-enter the political process in their insurgency, as long as they dont host al qaeda, america doesnt care beyond that. >> peter bergen, appreciate it. michael, stick around. well talk about iraq and i want to t...

This is absolutely horrible, but this is what happens when you appease a tyrant and a maniac like gadhafi. >> you know, the former administration made a big deal out of trying to come to terms with gadhafi, essentially saying hes no longer the man he used to be, thanks to their negotiating efforts. it sounds from what you just said that you dont buy any of that. >> i dont buy any of it. at the time, bush came out on cnn and said, you know, we have had our differences with the libyan leader. he d...

Explosions, simultaneous truck bombings at the foreign and finance ministries, nearly hundreds dead, hundreds more hurt. what do you make of this, six bombings, 95 dead, most deadly day since u.s. have pulled back troops. >> welcome to iraq. this is whats happening under the u.s.-led war. i remember when i was there not so long ago, just before i left, 80 died in one day. today the death tolls 95 or 100. this is part of a long-running campaign. >> the prime minister today said theyre going to ha...

>> it is my decision that mr mr. abdel baset mohmed al megrahi -- >> jack and kathleen flynn couldnt believe what they were watching. frustration and disgust on their faces as scotland announced the release of the terrorist who killed their son, 21-year-old j.p. >> terminally ill with prostate cancer was released on compassionate grounds and allowed to return to libya to die. >> i think its totally, totally wrong. no matter if he only has three months to live or even a month to live, okay? he sh...

That. moving along to a story that has out raged a lot of people. the man who brought down pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland, 20 years ago, he was sent free today. scotland sent that man there al megrahi home to libya after just eight years in prison. why? scottish authorities say the former libyan intelligent agent has terminal prostate cancer and now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power. the obama administration fiercely opposed what youre seeing right now, this mans released....

Has been rather high. ivan watson, cnn, bamiyan in central afghanistan. and while we wait for results on the afghan election, another developing story is the release of the lockerbie, scotland, bombing suspect. there he is right there. taken today to a plane and sent to libya to supposedly go home and die in peace. with us on the phone is burt amerman, whos brother, tom, was on that plane. actually, youre live now. im getting to see you. thanks for joining us, burt. im wondering what your re -...

Reminiscent of iraqs darkest days when the insurgency was at its peak, the type of violence that so many iraqis had hoped was a thing of the past. in the span of less than an hour, six attacks, the deadliest day in iraq since the country took responsibility for its own security on june 30th. this is the aftermath of just one of many bombings to strike the capital, baghdad. were here just few moments after the explosion itself took place, a scene of toe al and utter devastation, and tensions here...

Through the facade of the ten-story building. we did manage to get down to the scene of that explosion. iraqi security forces there standing with expressions of sheer shock on their faces. ambulances screaming by. walking wounded and then those trying to save individuals whom they believed may have been trapped underneath the rubble. this is the deadliest day in iraq since the u.s. military completed the withdrawal of its combat forces from iraqi cities and towns on june 30th. since then the ira...