I had to jump from the car and so my whole body was burnt Answer my question! What’s the point of filming an attack site and showing it to everyone? Tell me! Safety on Full automatic, semi-automatic.

When the situation calls for the use of our weapons, we use them.

Al Qaeda is the danger here.

I don’t want to live any more.

My life has been shattered by losing my five sons.

If the terrorists attack you or resist you, you have the right to injure or kill them.

They were torturing my son to make me pay a ransom.

The price? They kill people.

Especially Christians.

Have you carried out other attacks? I’ve done plenty more.

Hello.

I’m Iraqi and this is a campaign for Iraq.

I am against terrorism.

In 2013, 9,500 people died in Iraq.

S****** bombers and car bombs were a daily occurrence.

Sunni terrorists wanted to overthrow the Shia power.

The most striking feature when arriving in Baghdad is the number of roadblocks set up by the army, the police and the militias.

It’s impossible to get around without being checked.

We’re on the road from the airport.

It is one of the most dangerous roads in Iraq.

In this car park, where filming is strictly forbidden, we see unusual taxis and armoured vehicles that belong to the security services.

Thierry is the director of operations for one of them.

He is a former member of the commandos.

The risks here are the risks inherent to any journey through Baghdad: car bombs, sticky bombs, IEDs – in other words all the improvised explosive devices.

That’s why we’re out in the open.

We used to set up under a shelter in the courtyard.

But that got blown up.

How many people died? Six or seven? In general, these aren’t large-scale operations, they’re just constant harassment attacks Particularly on the security forces and on anything that might be related to foreign interests.

It’s an unrelenting effort in order to overwhelm the police, the security services and the health services.

This is a Kalashnikov.

In fact, it’s a Zastava, a Zastava M92.

It’s come from the former Yugoslavia.

We are all equipped with something similar, maybe a bit longer or shorter.

It’s carried in condition two, which means that a round isn’t chambered The hammer’s down and it’s loaded with a full magazine.

How many magazines does he have? Three.

The customer arrives.

He’ll be staying in Baghdad for several days.

20 kilometers to get to the city center in this armed vehicule, cost one thousand euros.

He also wants personal protection, which is 2500 euros a day.

The customer’s name is Loic.

He is the head of security for a French company.

We’re organising security training for our employees.

We had a major security incident a few days ago.

I think it’s fairly typical in Baghdad.

One of our employees had an explosive device attached to the bottom of his car Fortunately it exploded when he wasn’t in it.

We don’t know whether they intended for it to explode once he was out or whether it simply malfunctioned.

So we thought it would be useful to raise awareness through a workshop with our local partner.

The aim of the workshop is to explain what they have to do and what they can do to check that their vehicle isn’t booby-trapped before they go to work in the morning.

There’s no doubt that the security situation is hampering our activities.

We don’t have many employees who are willing to come to Baghdad as they would in other countries.

The anti-terrorism training takes place in an extremely secure area with blast-proof walls and guards.

Ready to shoot.

We enter the French business centre, which helps French companies set up in Iraq.

Yasser is going to lead the training.

He himself miraculously survived an attack.

Before the checkpoint, around 500 meters, I heard a big explosion inside of my car.

So at this time, it was very hard for me.

And I feel as though there’s a car bomb There is a car boom just beside me or something.

But I don’t feel that there is a sticky bomb on my car.

I try to open my door, it was difficult.

I pushed as hard as l can and I jump from the car.

And my whole body is burned.

I tried to stop the fire on my body with some dust on the street, okay? And I saw the police nobody come over for me, to help me or to call an ambulance for me or something.

I asked, but nobody come to me because they were afraid of me.

At this time, I see a man, he was between 40, 45 years old.

He said “come into my car, I will take you to the hospital” I was wounded, you know? I get burn on my hand, okay? And on my legs also until here.

And I lost my finger.

That was during the explosion, because a piece of metal flew and cut my finger off.

Everyone is aware that Yasser almost died.

When he explains how to avoid an attack, everyone listens closely.

Terrorists often put bombs in a cardboard package, in parcels or in an envelope sent to the company.

So always pay close attention to deliveries.

I was seriously injured.

I lost a finger and spent six months in hospital.

All because I hadn’t thought to check my car before setting off.

So don’t ever say to yourself that it’s okay, that you’re safe, because you don’t have a problem with anyone.

Because in fact, the terrorists are targeting the company, not you.

After the training session, we met up with Thierry again.

He checks his gun between clients.

Automatic, semi-automatic.

It’s a bit tricky at the moment, because over the last four months there’s been an increase in attacks.

We’re getting into situations similar to those in 2008.

For a long time, there were between 200 and 300 deaths per month in Baghdad, which is sad but is considered normal.

In the last four months, we’ve seen almost 1,000 deaths a month.

While we’re still a long way from the figures of 2006 and 2007, when 3,000 deaths a month were expected, But the numbers are starting to rise.

He has the second costumer of the day Pascal, a power plant salesman.

The estimated cost of rebuilding Iraq is 450 billion euros.

Being a part of this deal is worth taking a few risks.

When you work in a country, you obviously have to go there.

Personally, I go twice in 15 days.

We try to keep the trips as short as possible.

We know that there are 30 deaths a day at the moment, so we have drastic safety measures.

Personally, I wouldn’t say that I’m afraid, because I know that these measures are good, but you never know.

It’s true that you always have to be vigilant.

This morning, Pascal has a very important meeting.

We’re going to the Ministry of Energy, or more precisely the Ministry of Electricity.

And what for? To sell power stations.

It’s an armoured car, you see.

This isn’t very thick.

These are the windows.

That’s all been done by bullets.

The procedure is very precise.

Every time, there’s a car like this, an escort car.

He’s hoping to land a big contract, and Pierre Bouche is doing everything he can to help.

Pierre runs the French Business Centre, which includes offices, a restaurant and 16 rooms, all under tight security.

I think this is the opposite of control and security.

With regard to strategy? Hello.

These are the eyes, our eyes.

Here you can see the entire premises of our site.

All the cameras leave no blind spots.

We have dome cameras that give us a 360° view all around.

We’re showing you one of our methods.

There are more advanced methods that we won’t disclose, as we adapt in response to evolving security contexts.

Here you see the back of our building.

You can see all the details, all the people who could target him, or be a sniper or so.

As you can see, we can already provide indications on the direction and location from here.

Here you see the entrance hatch, where we can carry out control checks.

Here, in the middle.

The doors only open if the security check is positive.

The video surveillance enables analysis of Al-Qaida’s motus operandy This is the first time this footage is being shown We see two men They arrive peacefully, on foot.

They approach a police post, walk around it, and shoot a policeman in cold blood.

The white minibus picks them up.

A few minutes later, reinforcement arrives.

In search of the terrorists, police rush in with weapons at the ready.

Then all of a sudden.

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A parcel bomb explodes.

Two attacks at the same place.

This is the signature move of Al Qaeda.

In Baghdad, a day rarely ends peacefully.

A car has just exploded.

We arrive quickly at the scene.

Filming is forbidden because according to the government, the security situation is under control.

So, we film using a hidden camera.

Four people were killed and 14 injured.

We take advantage of nightfall to get around several military roadblocks and approach the exploded vehicle.

Here it is.

Whatever you do, you journalists just make noise.

Do you hear me? Let my men repair the damage.

Let them clean up the street and rebuild the wall.

Then you can film.

Sir, please, while you’re cleaning up, we want to film.

We have authorization from the head of security.

I don’t care about that.

I’ve already told you, I’m not letting you film until I’ve cleaned everything up.

up.

Why do you want to film after an attack and show the footage? What’s in it for you? Exactly, we want to show that terrorists carry out attacks.

You’re not answering my question.

So please answer my question.

What’s your interest in filming an explosion site and showing it to the whole world? When I got to the street, it was blocked by a car.

I asked the driver to move over.

Just then, a car bomb exploded.

We got caught in the explosion.

I was slightly injured in the stomach and leg.

The Baghdadi refused to stay silent after every attack.

Hamid does not hesitate to testify.

All the windows in his house shattered.

It made a huge noise, as it always does.

I went out straight away to see what was going on.

I saw bodies everywhere and lots of blood on the ground.

The police, ambulances and fire brigade arrived quickly.

The situation was tragic.

I was afraid of a second attack, so l quickly went home to take cover.

These attacks are often claimed by the Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda.

Tracking down terrorists is the mission of the 17th Infantry Division.

This is General Atby and Colonel Khaled.

The General commands 15,000 soldiers in the middle of an al-Qaeda zone, south of Baghdad.

They have found explosive belts in a village.

He gives Colonel Khaled instructions to go back to the scene and arrest the terrorists.

First we have to surround the target and then send soldiers to attack.

Yes sir.

There are bound to be terrorists there.

Yes sir.

If the terrorists attack you or resist you, you have the right to injure or kill them.

Convoy sets off.

There are about 15 armoured vehicles.

In six months, Colonel Khalid and his men have killed 12 terrorists.

In retaliation, 11 members of his family have been killed.

He refuses to talk about it and prefers to remain focused on his mission.

The biggest threat are explosive devices.

We can’t enter certain places in our vehicles.

We often have to continue on foot, and it’s on these paths, the terrorists plant their bombs.

They also booby-trap their houses and take the opportunity to flee while we evacuate our dead and wounded after the traps explode.

We’ve been fighting terrorism for several years now.

We have a lot of experience.

We know their methods well.

When we attack their base, we prefer to use secondary roads.

That’s how we surprise them.

If God wills it, they won’t expect it.

We will go on a path they don’t expect.

The Humvees stop and the soldiers dismount.

They show us a black crater by the side of the road.

This is where they buried the bomb so that it would explode as we passed.

Last week, Haider, one of their own, had his body torn to pieces and died on the spot.

As we leave, several men in the distance start to flee.

We’ve warned the residents to stay where they are if they see us.

“Do not flee.

If you flee, you will be considered terrorists and will be shot at.

” When the terrorists see our convoy, they run because they know that their names are on our list of suspects.

We arrive at the location where the explosive belts were found.

Soldiers are deployed and surround the area.

Check every house, search every house.

Strike Unit, go ahead, surround the houses.

Search the inside thoroughly, go, go! Stand next to the doors and at each corner.

They arrest four suspects.

Lieutenant, take the Strike Unit with you and search the second house.

His name is Ahmed Haddi Aboud, he’s a terrorist.

Do you make bombs? Answer the question.

No, I haven’t done anything.

Don’t be scared, do you make bombs? No, I’m innocent.

He says he’s innocent, but according to our information, he’s a terrorist.

The colonel says I’m a terrorist.

We’ll check his name.

If we don’t find him on the list of suspects, we’ll release him.

I’m suspected of terrorism.

What sort of work do you do? I’m a farmer and everything’s fine.

The army is here to protect people This is Omar Adhigya Koupe.

And the other one? Ahmed Haddi Aboud.

Chief, their names are not on the list of suspects, but the third one there, Abraïm Harak, is definitely on the list.

That one is a suspect.

The others are not.

We’ll apologise to them and let them go.

I was jailed twice.

Once in September and the other time in December 2011.

We’re going to verify all this out because the information we have is that he is still making bombs.

Three suspects are released.

The fourth is not.

Colonel Khaled is going to check whether he is one of the escapees from Abu Ghraib prison.

Last summer, al-Qaeda attacked it.

It resulted in 41 deaths and 800 Islamic extremists on the run.

Today’s results are good.

We’ve arrested a suspect.

He’s going to confess and give us information about his group, his colleagues, the bombs and weapons, and the ammunition they use.

After having fired at fleeing suspects and marking another arrest for Colonel Khaled, the convoy returns to base.

Within six months, the Colonel has arrested 411 terrorists and discovered 207 weapon caches.

We leave the Sunni areas controlled by Al Qaeda for the Shia stronghold of Sadr city.

Shiites make up 60% of the population here.

Last September, an attack in this marketplace killed 150 people and injured 200.

Ali was one of them.

He lost seven of his friends.

When I approached the tent, the first bomb exploded.

The explosion destroyed everything.

I ran to the tent to evacuate the wounded, along with other people.

That’s when the second bomb exploded.

I was wounded.

I had a lot of wounds on my hand, my fingers, my leg, my back and my stomach.

I lost consciousness, they took me to hospital and I saw that it was full of injured people.

The terrorists’ aim is to prevent Shiites from practising their religious rituals.

The terrorist was arrested immediately after the attack.

We’ve obtained footage of his interrogation by the police.

Tell me how you carried out the attack.

Give me the details.

It happened between 3pm and 3.

30pm.

Majed and I arrived at the scene of the attack.

I had the bomb in a bag.

I approached the tent and put the bag next to the generator.

Then I moved away from the tent and Majed went home.

What did you have on you? I had a black remote control with two buttons.

It was in my pocket.

How much did they pay you for this operation? Between 400 and 500 euros.

Yes, I’ve done plenty more.

To stop the Sunni s****** bombers and to protect the Shiites, the Mahdi armor fighters are prepared to die.

They agree to see us.

They store Kalashnikovs under the mattress in a children’s bedroom.

There are 30,000 of these fighters, and they support Bashar al-Assad in Syria against the Sunnis and Al-Qaeda.

Their leader is Muqtada al-Sadr.

Their faces remain hidden and their weapons loaded.

They are always wary of strangers, suspecting them of providing intelligence for the Sunnis.

For example, when we arrest a terrorist and he shoots at us.

We also sometimes hand suspects over to the police, terrorist resists arrest? What happens when a terrorist resists arrest? If they resist arrest? If a terrorist resists arrest, we use our weapons and shoot him.

That’s legal.

He’s a terrorist.

He doesn’t deserve to live among us.

What’s worse, the police aren’t efficient, they’re corrupt.

For example, the terrorist who carried out the last attack on us in Sadr City said that he had easily got through the police roadblocks with his car bomb after bribing them.

Under their watchful eye, we attend the big street prayer in Sadr city.

Two million Shiites live in this district.

Every Friday, the risk of an attack is high.

Mahdi fighters and the Iraqi army are everywhere.

Hamir is one of the worshippers.

He calls for prayer.

In the last few days, we’ve been attacked twice on a street not far from here.

l thought the explosion was a car bomb, but when I got to the scene there was no sign of a bomb.

It was two suicide bombers with explosive belts that they detonated one after the other.

Unfortunately, several people died.

One of Sadr City’s influential Imams sits in the front row.

He is a Shia, like the Prime Minister, yet he denounces the ineffectiveness of the government.

The future of Iraq depends on the loyalty of politicians to our country.

If members of the government continue to be divided and inconsistent, the lack of security will worsen further and the future of the country will be increasingly bleak.

But if they unite to protect the people and for the good of Iraq, There is no doubt that security in the country will improve, God willing.

Reconciliation with the Sunnis is still a long way off.

Once a Sunni told me, “you Shiites will all go to hell because you don’t have the same belief as us.

” I told him, “Fine, let me go to hell and you go to heaven”.

I could argue with him endlessly but we would never reach an agreement.

It’s a dead end and it makes no sense.

I don’t want to be preoccupied with these trivial and worthless affairs.

After the prayer, we accompanied Hania home.

He is back with his children.

Every day, he helps them with their homework.

Did you understand the question? Yes, it’s maths.

Is angle K inside the square? You also need to find the angle.

When I hear there’s been an attack, I immediately think of my children, whether they are safe.

I can’t stop them going to school to make sure they’re safe, but I Es have to let them study.

I worry a lot when they go to school.

May God protect them.

During the last explosion, I was at school.

I was very scared for my parents and my brothers.

I thought the explosion was next to our house.

I was scared for my family, but when I got home, my grandfather reassured me.

I don’t want to leave Iraq.

I want to continue living here.

Personally, I never say that the Sunnis are behind all the attacks.

The people behind these attacks are terrorists from abroad.

They want to separate the people and create an internal political conflict.

We are brothers, we were all born here.

We live here.

We are even married to members of Sunni families.

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