nations user lucian's on palestine have not been fulfilled so our bus really expressing despair aggravation if you will a idea that the united nations is not able to implement its own resolutions on the other hand as you said increasing number of states that this is columbia is recognizing the palestinian state and there is a general warmness if you will the people clapping when president abbas speaks while when prime incident and i was speaking only his own new york crowd upstairs. on the other hand palestine is shrinking on the ground illegal israeli settlements are increasing palestine is becoming more and more besieged more and more divided and so on so forth and the entire peace process that a bus built his whole career on over the last twenty five years is in total shambles because the united states now is because said no to everything that you guys have spoken about over the last twenty five years and now jerusalem is off the

table refugees off the table settlements out of the table borders and security out of that there will. and what of the policy is left with almost nothing and very briefly at a moment as we have to move on but we also heard from netanyahu he hardly mentioned fact he didn't mention the palestinians went straight to iran what do you make of that sort of difference between the two leaders look if a bus was quite tragic in his discourse nothing else was quite comical why do i say comical not because i don't think nuclear armageddon is anything to joke about just because i think that the new has proved to be for political reasons to be totally discreditable it lacks total could ability when it comes to the iran and the nuclear question because his entire discourse is political he's predicted many times that iran is going to become a nuclear power it never did he continues to make more of the same discourse about iran nuclear power what nuclear power while at the same time ignoring that israel that did not sign on the n.p.t. treaty is a nuclear power it has two hundred nuclear warheads but of course we would hear

none of that from the israeli prime minister moment and have to leave them alone bush senior political analyst as always thank you. thank you back to washington d.c. now where the u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is giving his testimony to the senate judiciary committee let's listen in with it live now listen to the witnesses who allegedly were at this event thirty six years ago listen to miss kaiser she does not know me i was not at the party described by dr ford this confirmation process has become a national disgrace the constitution gives the senate important role in the confirmation process but you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy since my nomination in july there's been a frenzy on the left to come up with something anything to block my confirmation.

shortly after i was nominated the democratic senate leader said he would quote oppose me with everything he's got a democratic senator on this committee public publicly referred to me as evil evil think about that word and said that those who supported me were quote complicit in evil another democratic senator on this committee said quote judge kavin always your worst nightmare a former head of the democratic national committee said quote judge kavanaugh will threaten the lives of millions of americans for decades to come i understand the passions of the moment but i would say to those senators your words have meaning millions of americans listened carefully to you

given comments like those is it any surprise that people have been willing to do anything to make any physical threat against my family to send any violent e-mail to my wife to make any kind of allegation against me and against my friends to blow me up and take me down you so the wind for decades to come i fear that the whole country will reap the whirlwind. the behavior of several of the democratic members of this committee in my hearing a few weeks ago was an embarrassment but at least it was just a good old fashioned attempt at borking those efforts didn't work when i did at least ok enough at the hearings that it looked like i might actually get confirmed a new tactic was needed some of you were lying in wait and had it ready

this first allegation was held in secret for weeks by a democratic member of this committee and by staff it would be needed only if you couldn't take me out on the merits. when it was needed this allegation was unleashed and publicly deployed over dr ford's wishes. and then and then as no doubt was expected if not planned came a long series of false last minute smears designed to scare me and drive me out of the process before any hearing occurred crazy stuff gangs illegitimate shoulder in fights on boats in rhode island all nonsense reported breathlessly and often uncritically by the media this is

destroyed my family and my good name a good name built up through decades of very hard work and public service at the highest levels of the american government. this whole two week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fuel to the apparent pent up anger about president trump and the two thousand and sixteen election fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record revenge on behalf of the clintons and millions of dollars and money from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus the consequences will extend long past my nomination the consequences will be with us for decades this quote task and coordinated character assassination will dissuade competent and good people of all political

persuasions from serving our country and as we all know in the united states political system of the early to thousands what goes around comes around i am an optimistic guy. i always try to be on the sunrise side of the mountain to be optimistic about the day that is coming but today i have to say that i fear for the future last time i was here i told this committee that a federal judge must be independent not swayed by public or political pressure i said i was such a judge and i am i will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process you've tried hard you've given it your all no one can question your effort but your coordinated and well funded effort to destroy my good name and destroy my

family will not drug me out the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out you may defeat me in the final vote but you'll never get me to quit never i'm here today to tell the truth i've never sexually assaulted anyone not in high school not in college not ever sexual assault is horrific one of my closest friends to this day is a woman who was sexually abused and who in the one nine hundred ninety s. when we were not thirty's confided in me about the abuse and sought my advice i was one of the only people she consulted allegations of sexual assault must always be taken seriously always those who make allegations always deserve to be heard

at the same time the person who is the subject of the allegations also deserves to be heard due process is a foundation of the american rule of law due process means listening to both sides as i told you in my hearing three weeks ago on the only child of martin ed cavanaugh they're here today when i was ten. my mom went to law school and as a lawyer she worked hard and overcame barriers including the workplace sexual harassment that so many women face of the time and still face today she became a trailblazer one of merrill marilyn's earliest women prosecutors and trial judges she and my dad taught me the importance of equality and respect for all people and

she inspired me to be a lawyer and a judge last time i was here i told you that when my mom was a prosecutor and i was in high school she used to practice her closing arguments at the dining room table on my dad and me as i told you her trademark line was use your common sense what rings true what rings false her trademark line is a good reminder as we sit here today some thirty six years after the alleged event occurred when there is no corroboration and indeed it is refuted by the people allegedly there after i have been in the public arena for twenty six years without even a hint a whiff of an allegation like this and when my nomination to the supreme court was just about to be voted on at a time when i'm called evil by

a democratic member of this committee while democratic opponents of my nomination say people will die if i am confirmed this on slaughter of last minute allegations does not ring true i'm not questioning that dr ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time but i have never done this to her or to anyone that's not who i am it is not who i was i am innocent of this charge. i intend no ill will to dr ford and her family the other night actually in my daughter lives that said their prayers and little lives all of ten years old

said to actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year old. we mean we know it well. but first let's start with my career for the last twenty six years since one thousand nine hundred two i've served in many high profile and seven sensitive government positions for which the f.b.i. has investigated my background six separate times six separate fit f.b.i. background investigations over twenty six years all of them after the eleventh event alleged here i have been in the public arena and under extreme public

scrutiny for decades in one thousand nine hundred eighty two i worked for the office of solicitor general in the department of justice in one nine hundred ninety three i clerked on the supreme court for justice anthony kennedy i spent four years of the independent counsel's office during the one nine hundred ninety s. that office was the subject of enormous scrutiny from the media and the public during one nine hundred ninety eight the year of the impeachment of president clinton our office generally and i personally were in the middle of an intense national media and political spotlight i i and other leading members of ken starr's office were opposition research from head to toe from birth through the present day recall the people who are exposed that year of one nine hundred ninety eight as having engaged in some sexual wrongdoing or indiscretions and their pasts one

person on the left even paid a million dollars for people to report evidence of sexual wrongdoing and it worked . expose some prominent people nothing about me from two thousand and one to two thousand and six i worked for president george w. bush in the white house as staff secretary i was by president bush's side for three years and was intrusted with the nation's most sensitive secrets i traveled on air force one all over the country and the world with president bush i went everywhere with him from texas to pakistan from alaska to all straight from buckingham palace to the vatican three years in the west wing five and a half years in the white house i was then nominated to be a judge on the d.c. circuit i was thoroughly vetted by the white house the f.b.i. the american bar association in this committee i said before this committee for two

thorough confirmation hearings in two thousand and four and two thousand and six for the past twelve years leading up to my nomination for this job i've served in a very public arena as a federal judge on what is often referred to as the second most important court in the country i've handled some of the most significant and sensitive cases affecting the lives and liberties of the american people i have been a good judge and for this nomination another f.b.i. background investigation another american bar association investigation thirty one hours of hearings sixty five senator meetings twelve hundred written questions more than all previous supreme court nominees combined throughout that entire time throughout my fifty three years and seven months on this earth until last week

no one ever accused me of any kind of sexual misconduct no one ever. a lifetime a lifetime of public service and a lifetime of high profile public service at the highest levels of american government and never a hint of anything of this kind and that's because nothing of this kind ever happened second let's turn to specifics i categorically in unequivocal lead to deny the allegation against me by dr ford i never had any sexual or physical encounter of any kind with dr ford i never attended a gathering like the one doctor for describes in her allegation i have never sexually assaulted dr ford or anyone again i am not

questioning that dr ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time but i have never done that to her or to anyone dr ford's allegation stems from a party that she alleges occurred during the summer of one thousand nine hundred eighty two thirty six years ago i was seventeen years old between my junior and senior years of high school at georgetown prep a rigorous all boys catholic jesuit high school in rockville maryland when my friends and i spent time together parties on weekends it was usually with friends from nearby catholic all girls school high schools stone ridge holy child visitation immaculata holy cross doctor for did not attend one of those

schools she attended an independent private school name hold no arms and she was a year behind me she and i did not travel in the same social circles it is possible that we met at some point at some of the ends although i do not recall that. to repeat all of the people a dental filed by dr ford as being present at the party have said they do not remember any such party ever happening importantly her friend miss kaiser has not only denied knowledge of the party ms kiser said under penalty of felony she does not know me does not recall ever being at a party with me ever and my two male friends who were allegedly there who knew me well have told this committee under penalty of felony that they do not recall any such party and then i never did or would do anything like this

dr ford's allegation is not merely uncorroborated it is refuted by the very people she says were there including by a long time friend of hers refuted third dr ford has said that this event occurred in a house near columbia country club which is at the corner of connecticut avenue in east west highway in chevy chase maryland in her letter to senator feinstein she said that there were four other people at the house but none of those people nor i live near columbia country club as of the summer of one nine hundred eighty two dr ford was fifteen and could not drive yet and she did not live near columbia country club she says confidently that she had one beer at the party but she does not say how she got to the house in question or how she got home or whose house it was

fourth i've submitted to this committee detailed calendars recording my activities in the summer of one nine hundred eighty two why did i keep calendars my dad started keeping deek detailed counters of his life in one nine hundred seventy eight he did so as both a calendar and a diary. it's a very organized guide to put it mildly. christmas time we sit around in the yells of the old stories old

milestones old weddings old events from his calendars. in ninth grade. in one crate in one thousand nine hundred eighty i started keeping counters my own for me also it's both a calendar and a diary i've kept such calendars diaries for the last thirty eight years mine are not as good as my dad's in some years and when i was a kid the counters are about what you would expect from a kid some goofy parts someone bears thing parts but i did have the summer of nineteen eighty two documented pretty well the event described by dr

ford presumably happened on a weekend because i believe everyone worked and had jobs in the summers in any event a drunken early evening a vent of the kind she describes presumably happened on a weekend if it was a weekend my calendar show that i was out of town almost every weekend night before football training camp started in late august the only weekend nights that i was in d.c. were friday june for when i was with my dad in a program off hernot and had my high school achievement test at eight thirty the next morning. i also was in d.c.

on saturday night aug seventh but i was at a small gathering at bacchis house in rockville with matt did a nice lori and jenny their names are all listed on my calendar i won't use their last names here and then on the weekend of oct aug twenty to twenty second. i was staying at the garrets with pat and chris as we did final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday the twenty second as the calendars confirm the what that weekend before a brutal football training camp schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point if the party described by dr ford happened in the summer of one thousand nine hundred two on a weekend night my calendar shows all but definitively that i was not there during the weekdays in the summer of one thousand nine hundred two as you can see i

was out of town for two weeks of the summer for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five star basketball camp in hone's dale pennsylvania when i was in town i spent much of my time working working out lifting weights playing basketball or hanging out and having superiors with friends as we talked about life and football and school and girls some of notice that i didn't have church on sundays on my counters i also didn't list brushing my teeth and for me going to church on sundays was like brushing my teeth automatic still is. in the summer of one thousand nine hundred one i had worked construction

in the summer of one nine hundred eighty two my job was cutting lawns i had my own business of sorts you see some specifics about the lawn cutting listed on the august calendar page when i had to time the last lawn cuttings of the summer of various lawns before football training camp i played in a lot of summer league basketball games for the georgetown prep team at night at blair high school in silver spring many nights i worked out with other guys at tobin's house. he was the great quarterback on our football team and his dad ran workouts. or lifted weights to georgetown prep in preparation for the football season i attended and watch many sporting events as is my habit to this day the calendars

show a few weekday gatherings at friends' houses after a workout or just a meet up and have some beers but none of those gatherings include the group of people that dr ford is a den of fide and as my calendar show i was very precise about listing who was there very precise in keeping keep in mind my counters also were diaries of sorts forward looking and backward looking just like my dads you can see for example that i crossed out missed work outs and they cancelled doctor's appointments and then i listed the precise people who had shown up for certain events. the calendars are obviously not dispositive on their own but there another piece of evidence in the mix for you to consider.

a fifth dr ford's allegation is radically inconsistent with my record and my character from my youth to the present day. as students at an all boys catholic jesuit school many of us became friends and remain friends to this day with students at local catholic all girls schools one feature of my life that has remained true to the present day is that i've always had a lot of close female friends i'm not talking about girlfriends i'm talking about friends who are women that started in high school. maybe it was because i'm an only child and had no sisters but anyway we had no social media or text or email and we talked on the

phone i remember talking almost every night it seemed to my friends amy or julie. or kristin or karen or suzanne remora or megan or nikki the list goes on friends for a life time built on a foundation of talking through school and life starting at age fourteen several of those great women are in the seats right behind me today. my friends and i sometimes got together and had parties on weekends the drinking age was eighteen and maryland for most of my time in high school and was eighteen in d.c. for all my time in high school i drank beer with my friends almost everyone did sometimes i had too many beers sometimes others did i like to be or i still like

beer but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out and i never sexually assaulted anyone there is a bright line between drinking beer which i gladly do and which i fully embrace and sexually assaulting someone which is a violent crime if every american who drinks beer or every american who drank beer in high school is suddenly presumed guilty of sexual assault will be an ugly new place in this country i never committed sexual assault. as high school students we sometimes did goofy or stupid things i doubt we are alone in looking back at a high school and cringing at some things. for one thing our yearbook was a disaster. i think some editors and students one of the yearbook to be some

combination of animal house caddy shack and fast times at ridgemont high which were all recent movies at that time many of us went along in the yearbook to the point of absurdity this past week. my friends and i have cringed. when we read about it and talk to each other. one thing in particular we're sad about

one of our good. and one of our good female friends who we would myron went to dances with had her name used on the yearbook page with the term alumnus. that yearbook graham reference was clumsily intended to show affection and that she was one of us but in this circus the media has interpreted the terms related to sex was not related to sex the woman herself noted the media on the record she and i never had any six sexual interaction of at all. so sorry to her for the yearbook reference. this may sound a bit trivial given all that we are here for but one thing i want to try to make.

sure sure of in the future is my friendship with her she was and is a great person. as to sex this is not a topic i ever imagined would come up in a judicial confirmation hearing but i want to give you a full picture of who i was. and never had sexual intercourse or anything close to it during high school or for many years after that in some crowds i was probably a little hourly shy about my inexperience. tried to hide that the same time i was also inwardly proud of it. for me and the girls who i was friends with that lack of major rampant sexual activity in high school was a matter of faith and respect and caution.

the committee has a letter from sixty five women who knew me and high school. they said that i always treated them with dignity and respect. that letter came together in one night thirty five years after graduation while a sexual assault allegation was pending against me in a very fraught and public situation where they knew they knew they'd be vilified if they defended me think about that they put themselves on the line for me. those are small some women love them.

you also have all letter from women who knew me in college most were varsity athletes and they described it i treated them as friends and equals and supported them in their sports at a time when women's sports was emerging in the wake of title nine i think all of them for all of their attacks and their emails and their support. one of those women friends from college a self described liberal and feminist semi attacks last night that said quote deep breaths you're a good man a good man a good man. and tex yesterday from another of those women friends from college said quote. brett be strong

point for you to my core. a third texts yesterday from yet another those women i'm friends with from college. said i'm holding you in the light of god. as i said in my opening statement the last time i was with you cherish your friends look out for your friends lift up your friends love your friends i've felt that love more over the last two weeks than i ever have in my life i thank all my friends i love all my friends. throughout my life i've devoted huge efforts to encouraging in promoting the careers of women i will put my record up against anyone's male or female

i am proud of the letter from eighty four women eighty four women who worked with me at the bush white house from two thousand and one to two thousand and six and described me as quote a man of the highest integrity. read the op ed from sarah day from yarmouth maine she worked in the oval office operations outside of president bush's office here's what she recently wrote in central maine dot com and today she stands by her comments quote brett was an advocate for young women like me he encouraged me to take on more responsibility and feel confident in my role in fact during the two thousand and four republican national convention brett gave me the opportunity to help with the preparation a review of the president's remarks something i never

something i never would have had the chance to do if he had not included me. and he didn't just include me in the work he made sure i was at madison square garden to watch the president's speech instead of back at the hotel watching on t.v. . and quote. as a judge since two thousand and six i've had the privilege of hiring four recent wall school graduates to serve as my law clerks each year. the law clerks for federal judges are the best and brightest graduates of american law schools they work for one year terms for judges after law school and then they move on in their careers for judges training these young lawyers is an important responsibility the chlorox will become the next generation of american lawyers and leaders judges

and senators. just after i took the bench in two thousand and six there was a major new york times story about the low numbers of women law clerks at the supreme court and federal appeals courts i took notice and i took action a majority of my forty eight law clerks over the last twelve years have been women in a letter to this committee my women law clerks said i was one of the stronger his strongest advocates in the federal judiciary for women lawyers and they wrote that the legal profession is fairer and more equal because of me in my time on the bench no federal judge not a single one in the country has sent more women law clerks to clerk on the supreme court than i have before this allegation

arose two weeks ago i was required to start making certain administrative preparations for my possible transfer to the supreme court just in case i was confirmed as part of that i had to in essence contingently hire a first group of four law clerks who could be available the clerk at the supreme court for me on a moment's notice. i did so in contingently hired for law clerks. all four women if confirmed i'll be the first justice in the history of the supreme court to have a group of all women law clerks that is who i am that is who i was. over the past twelve years i've taught constitutional law to hundreds of students primarily at harvard law school was hired by then dean and now justice elena kagan

one of my former women students a democrat testified to this committee that i was an even handed professor who treats people fairly and with respect. in a letter to this committee my former students male and female alike wrote that i displayed a character that impressed us all. i love teaching law but thanks to what some of you on this side of the committee have unleashed i may never be able to teach again. for the past seven years i've coached my two daughters basketball teams you saw all many of those girls when they came to my hearing for a couple of hours you have a letter from the parents of the girls i coach that described my dedication commitment and character i coach because i know that

a girl's confidence on the basketball court translates into confidence in other aspects of life. i love coaching more than anything i've ever done in my whole life but thanks to what some of you on this side of the committee have on least i may never be able to coach again. i've been a judge for twelve years i have a long record of service to america and to the constitution i revere the constitution i am deeply grateful to president trump for nominating me. he was so gracious to my family and me on the july night he announced my nomination at the white house i thank him for his steadfast support

when i accepted the president's nomination ashley and i knew this process would be challenging we never expected that it would devolve into this explaining this to our daughters as ben about the worst experience of our lives actually has been a rock i think it got every day rationally. and my family. we live in a country devoted to due process and the rule of law that means taking allegation seriously but if the mere allegation the mere assertion of an allegation it refuted allegation from thirty six years ago is enough to destroy

a person's life and career we will of abandon the basic principles of fairness and due process that define our legal system and our country i asked you to judge me by the standard that you would want to applied to your father your husband your brother. or your son my family and i intend no ill will toward dr ford or her family. but i swear today under oath before the senate and the nation before my family and god i am innocent of this charge. thank you george cavanaugh. before we start questions i won't

repeat what i said this morning but we'll do it the same way as we did for dr ford . and a five minute round and so we will start with mr mitchell. good afternoon judge kavanagh we have not met my name is rachel mitchell i'd like to go over a couple of guidelines for our question and answer session today if i ask a question. you know already but if i ask a question if i ask a question that you do not understand please ask me to clarify it or ask it in a different way. i may ask a question where i incorporate some information you've already provided if i get it wrong please correct me i'm not going to ask you to guess if you do estimate please

let me know your estimate. and i want to make sure that all of the committee members have gotten a copy of the definition of sexual behavior. at least i have one. and you have that as well judge cavanagh yeah ok first of all have you been given or reviewed a copy of the questions that i will be asking you now has anyone told you the questions that i will be asking you now i want you to take a moment to review the definition of this before you have sexual behavior.

and you had a chance to review it i have i may refer back to it if i can yes please i'd like to point out two specific parts. among the examples of sexual behavior it includes rubbing or growing in your genitals against somebody clothes or on clothes and i would also point out that the definition applies whether or not the acts were sexually motivated or for example horseplay do you understand the definition i've given you do and again if it anytime you need to review that please please let me know dr ford has stated that somewhere between five or six people were present at the gathering on this date you

mark judge leland at the time or leland kaiser now patrick p. j. smith dr ford it an unnamed boy do you know mark judge i do how do you know him. he was a friend at georgetown prep starting in ninth grade he's. someone we would in our you know group of friends were very friendly group in class who saw the letter that's been sent by my friends from georgetown prop. funny guy great writer. popular developed a serious addiction problem that lasted decades near death a couple times from his addiction. suffered

tremendously from what is your relationship with him like now i would talk to him in a couple of years we've probably been on you know mass e-mails or group e-mails that go around our high school friends and how did you know patrick smith. also ninth grade. georgetown prep. went by p.j. than. he and i lived close to one another. played football together he was defensive tackle was quarterback and wide receiver we carpooled the school along with davis every year the three of us for two years i didn't have a car so one of the two of them would drive every day and i'd been you know they'd

pick me up. what's your relationship like with him now he lives in the area see him once in a while haven't seen him since this this thing do you know leland or leland kaiser i know of or and if it's possible i. you know saw him met her in high school at some point somewhere that you are no aren't as i know over and again i don't want to rule out having crossed paths with her in high school similar two year. statements about knowing dr ford correct we've been hearing of brett kavanaugh testimony to the senate judiciary committee of course answering the allegations of sexual assault against him also listen to that he's currently being questioned let's bring in roslyn jordan who is joining us from washington d.c. rose what we saw there was

a visibly moved the kavanah again and again in that testimony what did you make of what you heard he's been speaking for what about fifteen minutes now. well there's been some reporting from the white house adjusting the advisors there may have counseled judge kavanaugh to be more emotional or demonstrative during his testimony today he gave an interview to one of the u.s. networks earlier in the week to defend himself against the allegations brought forward by christine ford and the reaction there was that they thought he was just a little too controlled that he needed to show more personality well the reaction from around the country has been no one of shock it's not just visibly moved some people are calling him angry some people are calling him unhinged some are suggesting that this is perhaps not the temperament that someone who wants to be a supreme court justice wants to demonstrate others are suggesting though that

given the nature of the allegations as well as the nature. taken off in some quarters that it's understandable that very angry about what it's been said about him and about the impact that it has had not just on him but on his family as well and so what he is trying to do is to persuade the senators especially those who might be reluctant to vote for him that he has done nothing wrong but perhaps more important that he does have the kind of character of someone that you would want who would be taking on a lifetime appointment which is what being a supreme court justice is what's interesting because kavana said that actually for the accusations were radically inconsistent with his character from used to present day and even he spent quite a long time in that testimony and of running us through what his life looked at at the time and what i guess you would want people listening to think his character is

but then he also said that actually the section allegations against him are a calculated and orchestrated political hate bringing this back to politics really . that's right and this is a testimony that you do not expect to hear anyone who was up for a judge ship were in this case to be one of the nine justices actually hurl at some of the members of the committee notably the democratic members of the panel but it's a very very marked and very direct attack on their credibility we'll see if they buy it. and with the latest there from washington d.c. thank you and of course the testimony of the u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh we will have more on that when i come back with more news in about half an hour coming up next though a shadow war in the thanks for having joined us by.

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africa is now a key territory on the global chessboard of the twenty first century. and from libya to the central african republic from south sudan to northern mali conflict and chaos has spread throughout the continent. at the heart of this turmoil a strategic territory in the sinai the vast region that straddles the sahara to the north and the savannahs in the south has become an important new front in the so-called war against terrorism. but is the official narrative the fight against terrorism masking a larger battle. the resources are plentiful. there is castor oil there is called. gold card. and the list goes on and on it

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the imperial european powers and veil their plans to colonize miley and the rest of africa and the burning conference in eighteen eighty five. to present to community to look to the video minces new government is that the. simplest issues of. britain belgium. spain germany italy and france each got their share. the french colonial empire extended over much of western and northern africa it provided the raw materials like the oil from algeria necessary for the industrial and military rise of postwar france. on september thirteenth one thousand nine hundred sixty france detonated its first

atomic bomb in began in the algerian so how. do you have your say by something you have your boss to. know your. poor forces as your. sort of work or if you are more are. meant to do of the. you know to just cut the zeke piece off on a false. because of course it is security to nestle's you need to know some all first person result there was city buses out there on the field. afaik a new clear out this is the good of halls of also order of peace also. but the winds of freedom would be going across africa and france was to lose all its colonies. the independence of

algeria west particularly painful in part because of its strategic oil reserves after eight years of bloody fighting the french were forced to withdraw. the bow you were going to cause a sieve of your days every so widespread it went off all their gordie afraid to do because you're a guy who is a bit taller the face of czar you know about the creator of the border. but the euphoria of independence was short lived and masked i knew reality france retains troops bases and political influence over its former colonies the policy. was. that their bosses there must be good for you good to me. by pistol. shot up falls and also most of them have all this all kicked out

it about two more to piss off sort of applause security says it by sound good fellowship it up about equal caught up and going to double up screwed up falls it is all down to the effect that if all they don't see don't notice it visual. but france's absolute dominance did not last in the sixties the discovery of huge oil reserves in the gulf of guinea attracted. when you play at. the united states. of love as your good idea while also. you also sort of caught it off it up all hope of those dark or political garbage sunday or every drop of oil where it is or the start is you don't have been dipping caught up at all. that. the united states made military as well as economic investments on the african continent africa became a battle cry.