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>> i start hearing americans and their screaming and i thought, umm i'm just gonna throw this grenade... >> after 13 years, he's now out on bail an exclusive interview guantanamo's child - omar khadr only on al jazeera america >> i.s.i.l. wins new support from powerful sunni tribes in anbar province as it battles iraqi government forces. hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from doha, i'm martine dennis. also to come - the f.i.f.a. scandal grows. executives admit bribes were paid in choosing the 1998 and 2010 world cups. when will democracy return to thailand. a year after the military coup we hear from the country's prime
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minister and a food scare in india. nestle's maggie instant noodles are ordered off the shelves. first i.s.i.l. has just got a major boost in its war with the iraqi government. several tribal sheikhs and tribes have pledged allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and levant. now, they met in the city of fallujah on wednesday, and pledged support to the head of i.s.i.l. abu bakr al-baghdadi. let's get the latest turning to our correspondent in baghdad, imran khan. this must be a blow to the iraqi government. >> it's a worrying development. it's been a long time coming. a lot of sunni tribes said to the government, before i.s.i.l.
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took over the city of fallujah that they needed to be brought into the government. they needed the jobs they were promised in the army. they were promised a number of things that would never materialize for them. anger levels have been building for a long time. the reason that they have pledged allegiance to the i.s.i.l. leader abu bakr al-baghdadi, is because they feel that the shia militias that come to anbar province brought with them a sectarian war. they referred to the militias as being part of their empire and refer to it as being part of iran. there's an historical precedent here. the sunnis say they were able to, with the help of americans, to defeat i.s.i.l.'s predecessor al qaeda in iraq. this time around they are ignored and without really understanding the sunni problems and plight you will not be able to get rid of the root causes that brought about i.s.i.l. in the first place. pledging allegiance is a big
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move for the subi tribes. we are not sure if they did it under duress and fall usualing e did it under occupation of i.s.i.l. a lot of tribes pledged under duress. what it means it one of the biggest tribes has a number of fighters at its disposals. they have a big boost. it will be the fourth multiplier. >> one of the consequences of this of course is that more iraqis from anbar province are not prepared to live under i.s.i.l. control will be on the move. >> that's right. we have seen a displace. crisis here. what the w.h.o. the world health organization said. is they are facing a shortfall of funding. if they don't get the money for the 3 million iraqi's displaced in the country. they are looking for funding.
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they are facing funding as well. this had an effect to baghdad. there's a lot of counts where help hasn't been reached. i went to visit one this is what i found. >> this is a camp that the humanitarian aid groups seemed to have forgotten. or didn't know existed in the first place. it's one of many across bag dads that housed iraqis who escaped fighting in anbar. there's no help from the international community. it's run from local charitable locations. for what little they have the people that live here are thankful. for the younger ones war left its mark. >> my children are quiet, they don't have the life in them that they used to. they stay inside the tent and don't play. i say go outside, they never stay out for long. it's too harsh, there's nothing for them to do. there are issues that need to be addressed that only professionals can tackle.
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many of these children suffer from stress-related trauma. health professionals encourage them to draw pictures and talk about experiences to help them cope. here they are left to their own devices. a mosque has been turned into a school. it can only cope with a limited number of children. here the lack of funding is a little that can be done beyond trying to keep the kids busy. >> these children show signs of stress, we see children breakdown and cry. they have nightmares and are withdrawn. it's taken us a few weeks to get them to play like this. >> the world health organisation warns it is facing a shortfall. funding has been tight for a long time now. there wasn't any available for the camp. >> funding has an impact on the people that live here. if the international community
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runs out of money, places will remain forgotten, and the situation that these people are in will get more desperate now, let's go to the greeing f.i.f.a. scandal, which is continuing to unravel giving us new details. chuck blazer a former top executive admitted that he and other, took bribes in connection with the cup. the deals released a transcript of chuck blazer's 2013 hearing, and meanwhile, jack warner, an f.i.f.a. vice president indicted by the government for corruption said he will tell investigators everything he knows, and will provide the documents. >> these documents is an involvement in the following matters - the link between f.i.f.a.
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f.i.f.a., the link between f.i.f.a. funding and the congress. let's get more on what jack warner calls his avalanche from lawrence lee accepting us this update from zurich. >> jack warner cuts a figure a little unhinged. but if you listen to interpol, he's not any of those, he's basically the head of an criminal organization involved in racketeering. forward years and years and years. for all this time jack warner
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says this was a lie, and seems to have had the most extraordinary about turn that perhaps brought on chuck blazer's testimony, and he had been involved in bribery for the 1998 world cup to france and 2010 world cup to south africa. jack warner has been on information in trinidad. enough is enough coming up with a broad cast in which gloves were off. he had documents, checks and so on which he had given to the third party. and this proved that he was endemic for corruption. it appears that jack warner has turned against sepp blatter, and wants to bring him down which is what the fbi wants. what they want is blatter's former proteges and liu tenants to come out against him. here it seems that the threads around sepp blatter said empire are starting to unravel more and
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more quickly. >> now to yemen, where houthi rebels and forces of the former president shelved the city of taiz in the south of the country, there has been a new attempt to storm the city. it was repelled by fighters loyal to yemen's government. at least 17 houthi fighters including a senior commander reported to have been killed wednesday. allegations made to al jazeera suggest yemen's ex-president ali abdullah saleh supported and directed al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, a former al qaeda operative now a government informant, wrote exclusively to al jazeera saying ali abdullah saleh's government was playing a double game. we have this report. >> reporter: this car bomb attack in a yemeni province killed eight spanish tourists. al-qaeda claimed responsibility. this man says there's more to the story. and it may involve the former
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yemeni president ali abdullah saleh. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he was a member of al qaeda until his arrest by pakistani intelligence and the c.i.a. in 2004. returned to yemen, gaoled until twim he was released -- 2006, he was released and began work as a paid informant for the yemeni government. he warned security agencies a week before the attack and provided details on the day itself. just over a year lair a daring -- later, a daring assault on the embassy left 19 dead. he again says he warned the security everses. services -- services. three months before, a week
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before and three days before. >> reporter: his handler was ali abdullah saleh's nephew the cole nel. he said he did not just ignore the attacks, he wept as far as to hand over money for the explosives used in the u.s. embassy attack. and give money to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. about
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al jazeera verified his background within al qaeda, and we established that he was a bomb-maker. that's how he gained detailed knowledge about the attacks. he lost his right thumb handling explosives. we showed his test motorbike moany -- testimony to two retired intelligence experts. >> this is a guy who in substantial measure is who he says he is, he knows these people. he has insights into how they operate. if you look at the history of al qaeda, few people came out with details of what is going on at the top. someone reporting what was going on in months years, even if it's a few years back is an extraordinary valuable. >> if i had to give them a ballpark grade, i would say
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70-30, 70 being genuine. >> spain and the u.s. investigated the attacks, and closed their cases. the colonel could not be reached for comment. they said that they are willing to testify in front of an international panel in order to bring justice. you can see the full documentary al qaeda informant from 20 hours grep itch meantime on -- greenwich meantime on thursday on al jazeera online/aing al-qaedainformant. and there's extended interviews and articles. officials in nepal struggle to find who is entitled to financial assistance after the earthquake i'm phil lefavelle and there's
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a steady stream arriving on how to beat the hackers. hackers. >> we were drugged water boarded, dogs they throw at you the whole book. >> the youngest person ever held at guantanamo bay >> a guy would go for a few days you'd hear screaming he would come back a destroyed person you can only imagine what happened to him... >> accused of killing an american soldier at 15... >> i start hearing americans and their screaming and i thought, umm i'm just gonna throw this grenade... >> after 13 years, he's now out on bail an exclusive interview
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>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. hello again, let's look at the top stories at al jazeera. several sunni tribal sheikhs in anbar province have pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. now, they met in the city of fallujah on wednesday, and promised support to the head of i.s.i.l. abu bakr al-baghdadi. top f.i.f.a. executives have told a u.s. judge that he and others agreed to take prescribes for the awarding of the 1998 and
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2010 world cups blaze's testimony in 2013 was released by the u.s. justice department on wednesday. allegations made to al jazeera suggests that yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh supported and directed al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. a former al qaeda operative has spoken exclusively to our investigative unit. >> now, the swiss cop necessarily's -- company nestle's snint noodle -- significant noodle brand imaginie has (imaginie has -- maggie has banned the sale for high levels of led. nestle said the lead levels are within acceptable limit. >> we are waiting for the reports from all states to come.
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and then we'll take a picture of the whole issue. and accordingly, actually it will be taken. no laxity will be left. a copy of the action will be taken accordingly thailand's prime minister says he's committed to returning democracy to his country despite delays in holding elections. there has been lit of over a year since the coup. human rights group accuses the government of dissent. scott heidler has been speaking to find out more. >> reporter: retired general and former head of thailand's army the prime minister says he is a reluct and leader, and wants to make it clear he's a soldiers not a politician. >> looking forward, your goal as you say is to hold democratic elections, you stop democracy in thailand and are on the road
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giving it back to democracy. what will your role be when elections take place. >> under the roadmap we passed the first phase. we are currently in the second. which is drafting a constitution. the permanent one. when people are okay with the new constitution it will lead to another phase. general election. after the election i will pack my bag and go home. i'll be sitting at home watching thailand progress in the right direction. >> the prime minister in thailand is in the middle of the asian migrant crisis. last week in bangkok a meeting was held to coordinate operations for those still out at sea. on wednesday, a 3-star general turned himself in. he is accused of being involved in human trafficking. he days he's incident. recently one officer has been implicated in being involved in these human trafficking
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networks. how do you respond to that. we were hearing from top brass in the military and the administration that no military was involved in the hearing. they were. >> i said once that there was no military involved. this is because we didn't find any evidence. now that we have traces for him. he must be involved in the trafficking ring. one thing i would like to make clear is this military government has been working hard on solving human trafficking problems. there was not any other government before working as we do now. it's not an easy task to clean up the network or system. >> and there are many for challenges the prime minister will face before delayed elections take place, and that means more work before he can, as he says step out of the political spotlight and watch from home. you can see scott's full
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interview with the thai prime minister on "talk to al jazeera" on 0430 greenwich meantime, saturday june the 13th here at al jazeera. the chinese president held a special poll it bureau meeting to discuss the yangtze river shipping disaster. safety violations were found on the cruise ship which capsized on monday. more than 400 elderly tourists are feared drowned after the eastern star sank in jangly. adrian brown has this report from the scene. >> this will be a death toll where the death toll rises significantly. emergency workers drilled several holes into the upturned hull of the "eastern star", they've been inside, looked around but have not found
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any survivors. local government officials say some time this evening an operation may lift the "eastern star" out of the water. wednesday we saw a giant crane in position beside the "eastern star", and at the stern and bow, there were vessel they were holding it in place. it will be hazardous. it will be a tricky operation, we've had heavy rains, strong winds and, of course the waters around the eastern star are murky making it difficult for the dyeing -- the diving operations. there are many relatives that have arrived in the city from where the rescue and rescue operation is coordinated. 200 so far looked after by 400 counsellors. in other development, it's emerged that the maritime agency said back in 2013, the "eastern star" failed a safety test.
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that is something that will further stoke up anger among the relatives, it emerged that a sistership of the "eastern star", has been ordered to stop sailing operations concern is growing in nepal that distribution of aid in areas hit by the earthquake is unfair. people in their own homes are getting help but those who rent are not. now a parliamentary committee is directing the government to help tenants. in the chaos people have lost importance documents, making the process difficult. harry fawcett reports. in this town brick by brick they are starting again. shattered homes are being cleared out. building materials collected. all thanks to community initiatives. here the earthquake lays bear
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gaps in the system. this is unsafe. this couple had $20 in financial aid. they are worried about their tenants. >> translation: when i asked the municipality to provide tenants with relief they said they have to go home villages. it's impossible to provide them with relief. >> reporter: two of the families that used to live in the house, home for now is this bit of ground. the two main earners are policemen, entitled to continuing pay. those who owned property damaged can claim the $150 aid to replace makeshift tents with shelters in time for the monsoon. >> there's more tenants in need than home owners. since the rooms are destroyed, where will we go. >> the government keen to prevent claiming said tenants will only get money if they prove losses in their home
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districts. not if they prove losses now. >> what will they do with the money. they have no land in that particular place. >> such problems are compounded by what the quakes have done physically to the bureaucracy. the distribute office was almost obliterated. there was one bit of good fortune. shelves are intact in the one surviving part of the building. >> given how much has been destroyed. it was a huge stroke of luck. if you come around if you come to the back of the building there's another tar paul jip on top of a less organised pile of paperwork. piecing this together is a mammoth task one that has to be
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repeated around the country. >> here two families in this shelter say they'll be finished in day, and will be refocused on building businesses. starting back on where life was when the earthquake struck. >> the retrial of three al jazeera journalists resumed in cairo, it was jourped on -- adjourned on monday after the prosecutor's closing army claiming that the many endanger security. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr was present. the australian journalist peter greste has not returned for the trial. they were arrested in 2013. sentenced to between 7-10 years in prison. peter was released and deported on 1st february. two weeks later. mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy received the news that the judge ordered the release. the retrial began in march,
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dragging on to delays and adjournments. >> fighting appears to have calmed down near the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk. the government blamed each other for the escalation of violence on wednesday. several people were killed in the town, and civilian buildings were danked in donetsk. it was the fiercest fighting since a fragile ceasefire put in place in february. >> there were a number of live samples of anthrax mailed from u.s. military bases across the country is double what was thought. more than 50 labs in 17 states received the samples, as well as three foreign countries, an army testing facility sent the samples without proper safeguards. the pentagon vetted why the mistake was made and is expected to release a report at the end of the commented. officials say there's no threat to the public. >> amateur cyber criminals are
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taking advantage of online tools that cap take victim's computer hostage. phil lavelle reports from london, where internet security professionals are looking for new lines of defense. >> here is a question. what does a cyber criminal look like. him, him, them, who knows. but they are trying to fine out. this team of experts from all over the world, all in london, all searching for the same answer. >> organised crime moves big time. we think it's probably bigger, more involved in cyber crime than drug crime. they are ruthless businessmen, there's a bigger return on the investment. why walk into a bank with a sawn off shotgun if you can do it with another country and lower risk. >> reporter: authorities say the problem is getting worse. by 2019 they reckon cyber criminals will steal in the region of 2.1 trillion.
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that is globally. last year in the u.s. five out of every six big businesses fell victim to a form of attack. that is 40% more than the year before. the biggest tactic is cyber ransom wear. where you give access to your machine to a hacker. they take control of your data and blackmail you saying pay off, or we'll delete everything. each worse they may take sensitive, embarrassing stuff and share it with the outside world. >> it's increasing once again, and also especially attacking not only civilians, but businesses infrastructure. and that is a threat to, well, the industry. it's probably more profitable to do this once, and get one million, instead of trying to attack 1,000 people. >> another concern is the internet of things. from kettles to toothbrushes. our homes are more and more plugged in, and more and more
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hackable. >> in a future where our cars will one day be online, it's a worrying time for experts. they have a long unpredictable road ahead. don't forget find out more about that and the rest of the day's news on the website. [ ♪♪ ] in india more than 1,000 die from the unendurable heat. in drought stricken texas, houston is under water. in california, lakes and rivers are not underwater. we can argue about the cause, what extreme weather means, but it's hard to argue that we are ready for it. coping with extremes is the "inside story".