died like a dog he died like a coward in the stories that shaped the week donald trump announces the death of the islamic state leader we compare the raid against. the operation that killed bin laden. it is delayed yet again and the u.k. is heading for an early general election widely seen as another referendum on leaving the. american journalist claims political persecution after his arrest for an alleged assault and. he's being targeted for reporting on the opposition violence. have been at the forefront of exposing the u.s. against venezuela and now they're trying to steal my freedom.

this is our international launch on thomas have you with us as we recap the week's top stories donald trump's announcement of the death of an ice old leader. a week ago shocked the world the terror group has confirmed the claim the u.s. president said the terrorist detonated a suicide vest during the u.s. raid in syria killing himself and the 2 of his children. a brutal killer one who has caused so much hardship and death has violently been eliminated he died like a dog he died like a coward. well this drone video shows the aftermath of the u.s. operation the compound is located in italy but province the last rebel stronghold in syria of looks now into the similarities between the u.s.

raid against the baghdadi and the operation that killed bin laden honestly at this point it's turning into whack a mole whack a terrorist it's like an initiation now for american presidents to kill the biggest the baddest guy you can add and take a really cool photo. the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice of move a car al baghdadi is dead. but the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden the leader of al qaeda. and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men women and children deja vu doesn't do this just this big bad bin laden hiding out in pakistan

a friendly nation that washington liberally sprinkles with billions in aid big bad baghdadi id gotten even a bastion of u.s. supported rebels which up until 2007 seed washington liberally supplied with guns ammunition and missiles it is the last a major rebel stronghold in the north of syria the last rebel stronghold of in that one of the last remaining areas in western syria that the government does not control booth tera honchos were given the same burial ceremony with the same rights baguette his remains were buried at sea the in accordance with the law of armed conflict within 24 hours of his death some by the law his corpse was taken by the troops to the aircraft carrier the u.s.s. carl vinson the he was buried at sea according to muslim tradition of cool 7 things classified new pictures new proof that it was the men they claim to have killed

just their would also he were to dogs the dog that helped sniff out bin laden and the pooch hoods in the raid in baghdad what are the chances are all well and good the great click bait for the tabloids but the timing in both cases a year before elections to kill the biggest the baddest guy you can add has got to get voters and you aside right the feet of al qaida defeated isis problem is of course they didn't 8 years since bin laden's death we find alive and kicking with their own mini caliphate in egypt where they were hosting the. of isis is a province that is the largest al qaeda safe haven since $911.00 killing bin laden didn't stop al qaida they grew since then now a week off to trump off the baghdadi isis has already proclaimed the new cable if

but hey at least both a bomb and trump got absolutely bad pictures to 50 commanders in chief. you know neal discussed of the death of baghdad and what it means for islamic state with our to america correspondent bowser mileage how significant a development is that what extent will i still be weakened well they've lost the territory long ago i mean what we're dealing with for all intents and purposes are small bands of. leftover bands of fighters their power their true power was was broken long ago with the end of the is would be a significant development in so far as he declared himself the colleague and this the manner of his death has been. there only the legitimizing to that particular role somebody who claims to have the mandate of heaven such as it is and you know

ending in such a fashion which i think was the purpose of president trump's comments the way he phrased it there'd be a lot of anger directed double trouble over his. what was called his betrayal of the kurds and that wasn't very long ago potentially beneficial might this be in the other aspect for him kicking out such a high profile target well your vast majority of americans would react to this with pride and joy ok. isis is done for fantastic the media absolutely hated because this ruins their entire narrative about being a bumbling politician who's who's messing up the syria policy who's just needs to be impeached right away that's the narrative they've been trying to sell the american people for the past 3 years it was a terrible day for them and a really good day for trump from the standpoint of inter-marriage an optics for the for the population of the country at large because it helped obama didn't win the

bin laden photo that went everywhere and now they're saying that you have a sim very much the same situation analogous situation and yet the treatment is completely different. it was supposed to be a hollowing bragg's it for the u.k. on thursday but prime minister was forced to ask the e.u. for yet another extension after months of parliamentary log and now the country is heading for a snap election with all options still on the table. sums up the song so far. has hit its hollow we regs a deadline in case you haven't noticed the u.k. hasn't left the european union again they've called a general election instead it's fair to say that for many here in britain brags it is now a joke ever since the country very good to leave the e.u. back in 2016 the u.k.'s internet users have been trying to console themselves through the 5 stages. of grief denial when the brags it was

all it was fast announced even the queen was confused the british people have to leave the european union right she said the people. and then there was the time that everyone realized that adele song was about bread does it. and brags it werry journalists started talking about the most important meal of the day 7 instead she will say that breaks it means breakfast breaks it until it breaks it means breakfast and you keep the breaks breakfast we will make breakfast breakfast a success. after a denial that was anger best summed up by john bercow trying to keep a lid on parliamentary proceedings. you know what i'm doing

6. i want it was time to officially trigger article 50 that's that letter telling brussels that the u.k. really does want divorce well the analogy is well priceless. then there was bargaining when terrorism a made trip off to trip to brussels trying to get herself a brags it deal off to advance the own set of bragg's it in joost depression that was when brits started coming up with drinking games just to make things a little more exciting what we need is a bricks and drinking guy it would be so much more interesting if the whole country lined up some shots and took one every time said. words will mention the governor

still searching for the sense of. the moment it's like you better take breaks a drink you're going to eat a little bit go on. to resume raise government's vision of a successful brags it had become this magical unattainable unicorn. politics you know basically parents who promise their daughter a unicorn to reason money is presenting them a horse with an oist cream cone gluten which while over in brussels the u.k.'s inability to get a briggs it deal through parliament turned into existential angst there is a special place in hell for those promoting bragg's it without a plan said donald tusk and the guest list is still being finalized according to. those still empty and. it means the little space. one man we can bet terse may think

will make an appearance is britain's new prime minister boris johnson. with another extension agreed with brussels under a general election on the way the u.k. gets to stay in gregg's it limbo for another few months in fact bragg's it purgatory has become the norm for those of us living on these green and pleasant pastures which brings us to the final stage of grief and that is except. the american journalist claims of the us is trying to silence him for his reporting on venezuela was recently arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman during a protest at the venezuelan embassy in washington back in may he spoke to r.t. about the case. why 5 months after the incident alleged in the court

documents and this false charge did i have a team of police officers show up and demand entry to my house and take me to prison for 2 days without access to a lawyer i was told by someone who has. very good inside knowledge of this case that a judge already rejected the warrant and i for the last 5 months have been able to walk free i have traveled in and out of the country if there had been a warrant at any point i would have already been arrested furthermore. why didn't they notify me that there was a warrant so i could turn myself in and show up at my own arraignment because i have nothing to fear i'm completely innocent i'm not a flight risk why didn't they do that it's an attempt to persecute me for the journalism that we've done at the gray zone because at the gray zone we have been at the forefront of exposing the u.s. against venezuela of exposing one team for the covert and overt u.s.

support they've received and for the massive corruption and now they're trying to steal my freedom. police say the woman in question identified the journalist from a photo she is a supporter of the venezuelan opposition max blumenthal was reporting from outside the venezuelan embassy where the woman claims she was badly beaten. i want to make it to be pushed into the 2 of them to me trying to. passage so i started to how do. i know you really are this year u.s. backed opposition leaders in venezuela launched a failed coup against president nicolas maduro and in washington supporters of the opposition attempted to install themselves in the country's embassy during the tussle for control with pro-government activists the alleged assault took place on max blumenthal's attorney told us more about the political persecution claim. they

decided to arrest him right after the gray zone had republic a story that showed that. and his team were receiving funding from usa id now are those 2 things related it certainly would seem like this is some form of retaliation if you sit in a court for arraignment you'll see 3040 people come up and their cases if it's a simple assault allegedly. will be what's called no paper the prosecution won't bring a case here we have a dynamic where one individual was arrested in may and now 6 months later. they are now bringing a case against max blumenthal on the same matter where i do believe that there are political motives i mean how else does one explain a case that you know is brought 6 months after the fact. you know what was going on in those 6 months prior why did they not bring the case then

because there's not evidence this man didn't do this so here we have a journalist on this topic and on others who has been critically reporting inconvenient facts about powerful people you know both in the u.s. government and u.s. interests and you know it's reported critically on those which is a journalist is supposed to do and now he's been. retaliated against and now you know this is his punishment for speaking out that is what this looks like we contacted the prosecutor's office in washington for comment on max blumenthal's case we will let you know if we hear back from them. huge crowds flooded in central baghdad throughout the weekend calling for a radical overhaul of the country's political system demonstrators have been blocking major roads and burning tires forcing government offices and businesses to close rallies have also been taking place in the country's south with protesters disrupting transport networks in basra iraq's government is accused of rampant

corruption and failure to restore basic public services adding to the anger it has also launched a brutal crackdown on the centers killing more than $250.00 since the uprising began. to meet a lot of the university students in baghdad taking part in this protest it's for our country and most of the people here are deeply patriotic. these protests are sending a message if our demands are not mad we will hold even bigger demonstrations. lead the people decide for themselves let the people form the government please go where the people are protesting and say the government should resign everyone is taking to the streets students young people the elderly when everyone is on the streets. all right middle eastern affairs analyst ali rescue told us more about what's driving the protests. the fact is that you do have lawyers 'd for corruption in

iraq this is something which all these iraqi citizens have complained over time and again you have to remember that there's a lot of. resources in iraq iraq is a very rich country you know oil so we rock should be a prosperous nation if you take it will you start using mine do you know its economic strengths you already. it's as i said we're just tourists from the worst place with many shades of who don't deserve to know so you are going to be. told this problem. u.s. prosecutors this week rejected a claim from president trump's former security advisor michael flynn that he is the victim of a plot to set up an innocent man when faces up to 5 years in prison on charges of lying to the f.b.i. and the trump russia collusion a probe artie's donald quarter takes a closer look at the story.

michael flynn lied to the f.b.i. one is a proven liar practice liar michael flynn is a liar why did the f.b.i. wire general flynn casualty number one of the russia gate saga is calling out the f.b.i. he claims they changed the wording of his responses to their questioning and did so to arrest him we also have information that the agents did manipulate the 3 o 2 you know it was long in a quote deliberative state as they called it which is highly unusual in an homage self we have taxes exhibit 11 to our document the comparison of the february 10th and february 11th 3 o 2 that show the addition of substantial additional claims that were not in there before and are not supported by the notes.

the f.b.i. uses 30 tuesday keep an official record of their interviews in flynn's case the form was used by the f.b.i. to claim he lied but did he really it's not so clear anymore flynn's defense team just released a court documents suggesting something very different happened that the f.b.i. actually significantly changed the meaning of what he actually said. the f.b.i. wanted to know if flynn had ever discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador he said he wasn't sure he had spoken to many investors and didn't really keep a tally although the record showed he said this. flynn stated he did not the narrative of flynn the liar was born but that wasn't the only problem with the interview some of which were there from the get go. the f.b.i. wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview senior official you

would work through the white house counsel and the discussions and approvals and it would be there and i thought it's early enough to send a couple guys over so who did call me send on over agent peter struck who was fired for sending messages to his f.b.i. girlfriend funny enough it's those messages that shed some light on how flynn's 3 o 2 was apparently tampered with a major edits and sent them to joe i also emailed you the day 230 to all of this was proven to be a lie it was a set up and there is an investigation that is going on by attorney use the f.b.i. for political purposes in order to manipulate or to target certain people like michael flynn by using the countries like russia and others as scapegoats as enemies of the people as is those not to be trusted all of this was set up in order to harm political opponents and these notes that were typed up later were altered in edited even so much so that the written word in it was altered later it would be

as if somebody say you are either normal person was questioned by police officers about a robbery and you say i did not commit this robbery but instead the officer writes down they committed the robbery and then you have to go before a judge and argue that your statements weren't lies within the notes of the officer that's what this case is talking about that's why this is so important. russians are often the go to villains in today's computer games and the latest edition of call of duty takes it to a whole new level although in a bid to protect sales version for the russian market quite a few differences. the russians on the on the stand. so i showed them quite.

closely to see. understand why. because they killed all soldiers. look at. the us and allies in rocky soldiers as they try to fool the kuwait and return to iraq. by way of. killing the people trying to escape. we want to. get this we don't want to say that one of them is correct.

a lot of hearts out trying to blur the lines between good and bad but it ends up quickly establishing the good guys as very clearly that's right it's cool to shoot at russia. and you can fashion's us. the way to do but i make no distinction between alcohol and the russian army that are both terrorists and then your presence in your dichotomies me about. my. and so my god which was nothing but it. doesn't for me more the week we have the top they are still with us our 2 international.

tax guys are financial survival guide stacey let's learn us out fill out let's say i'm not so i get an earpiece on greece some banks have to fight wall street spot thank you for something. on the story that's true if you look that's slavery. today there are good tennis and bad at it it's the bad news in yemen the united states deems to be a threat the good at it is those who work in syria the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military

juntas funding an army just was there's no fun anymore because there's always a small people willing to cut this. number off. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask. norm chomsky am i unfairly at mit and i are getting more headlines every war

activities for the last few years. noam chomsky has made to international reputation school wide as does one of the national leaders of american resistance to the vietnam war the deepest is a professor of linguistics who before he was 40 is opened a transformed the nature of his subject. you are identified with a new level whatever that is you certainly have been an activist as well as a writer. your time scale and is listed in anybody's catalog among the dozen top girls of the new law. this dandy achieved by adopting over the past 2 or 3 years a series of adamant. project at least american on most

american itself. budgets this nation american is quite an interesting one session is to tell a tear in the ocean it is used in free societies so if someone and say italy is criticizing barrels going me. corruption in the state and soon nicole that he. thinks they were cold indeed then people would collapse and laughter in the streets of rumor mill. to tell a terrorist states the notions used so in the old soviet union dissidents were cooled and he said. via that was the worst condemnation in the brazilian military dictatorship they were gold in any brazilian. no it's true that in just about every society the critics are maligned. or mistreated different ways depending on the

nature of the society like them soviet union say will be imprisoned. in the us dependency like el salvador at the same time as careful as it either brains blown out by a us or a state terrorist worse than others is it just condemned their villa from the zone and in the united states or one of the terms of abuse is anti american and there's a couple of others like you know more because there's an array of terms of abuse. of in the united states a very high degree of freedom and so if you're vilified by some commas or who cares to go on to your work anyway these concepts only arise in a culture where if you criticize state power and when i state i mean. we're generally not just government but state corporate power if you criticize

concentrated power you're against the society you're against the people it's quite strange in that it's used in the united states in fact i think for now the only democratic society with the concept isn't just ridicule and it's a sign of. elements of the elite culture which are the way to the glee.

the american dream mike many ideals was partly symbolic but partly real so in the 1950 s. and sixty's there was a the biggest growth period in. american economic history. the gold paint. it was pretty gala tarion growth so the lowest 5th of the population was improving about as much as the upper 5th. and there were some welfare state measures which improve life for much of the population it was for example possible for a. black worker to get a decent job in an auto plant. get a core of children go to school and so on and the same across the board. when.