in the cove in your living like the fema home. but in the 21st century, the headlines in our report suggest us mistakenly enough can aid work in a drain strike, killing 10 members of one family. we speak to a former drone operator. he tells us about his own experiences of killing innocent people. every shot that we like, they're cheering their congratulating each other. they're high fiving each other. people are getting promoted because of this stuff. well, in our review, the week a series of lead unconfirmed messages from the u. s. military, they will. the panic of the withdrawal from afghanistan, troops, unable to rescue desperate american citizens. we speak with a former special forces soldier and shed be encrypted. our biggest problem of getting people out actually is the us government is actually not tied in. i know

that sounds crazy, but the biggest problem is not without the valley. been them actually it's in some cases of actually helped us on the british prime minister admit to breaking the election promised by hiking tax is to fix a short form in health and social care fund. ah, hello, welcome. the latest developments me look back at what's been happening over the last 7 days to watch and weekly here on archie, international, non useless each does suggest that a u. s. strome, striking couple intended for terrorists, killed an aide worker who was loading his car with water. 10 civilians died in the attack including 7 children at the end of last month. us forces said that the mans vehicle matched the description of one used by the terrorist group. i k. i also

said there were multiple glass on the impact of the drain strike suggesting he was transporting explosives. but it turns out that that claim was false according to an investigation by the new york times. the aid work had even been employed by an american n. g o one. as part of our sexual series of reports on the scanner, stan called on heard voices. we next talk with a former american military driving operator. the will use all tools at our disposal phase. killed our children to united states was bringing people to watch the site. it was a pointless exercise. will brandon brian flew predator drones for the u. s. military to help pay for his education, he spoke to us about his own personal experiences which include his belief that he killed innocent men. after my 1st shot, i took the 3 innocent men killed that i believe in this,

and i called my mother afterwards and cried. and she told me that it was good that i felt bad about it, because if i felt good about it, i was, i would just be another psychopath. ah no other way. and again, my education and the military showed up one day and i will pay for your education if you, sir, for a minimum of 4 years. and how can anyone turn that down? i started comes down and turns around now goes in the military crater. and since your job is to kill people and break things, so you got all these young enlisted deeds and girls. galvan guys who are out of high school, grab no experience in anything who are now. basically,

video game snipers for months of training, made put in the position to make these decisions. the are the 1st 3 months. i was in active missions, i watched enemy forces die or friendly forces die enemy forces die and an innocence innocent people die. and so i got to see like the impact on everybody ah, [000:00:00;00]

ah, ah, mental degredation with the proper term in every shot that we took, like they're cheering their congratulating each other. they're high fiving each other. people are getting promoted because of this stuff. it's like a withering away of who you are. me when you are hunting, a man named and was lucky. he was a mom from pm and ah . ready i was told one day going in that president obama himself would call us up and give the order himself to me. and i got this euphoric feeling.

the death of a lock is a major blow to all kind of most active operational affiliate. and then his 16 year old son was killed 2 weeks later in a drawing when i asked some of the people that i knew why they struck romanella lucky, they said that because they didn't want them to become a figure. the 1st thing that trump did in office was kill and our, our lockheed 8 year old daughter. well we sit with the terrorist, you have to take out their families, maybe to them, it seems practical. but to me it seems even, oh i, there was an incident involved killing of civilians. they might have been to new zealand white civilians in afghanistan. president obama got on television himself and was saying it was not the fault of intelligence or the military leadership. it was defaulted to drone operators that cause this and that really upset me because

we get no intel. i felt like he was blaming me, commander in chief of the united states military, where it's pointing a little me and saying, oh, all those things that were other people's fault and sexually, you're from the, ah, i didn't know who i was anymore. i didn't know what i believed anymore. i didn't know my purpose anymore. i almost kill myself with a 9 millimeters 6 p 2266, our german law enforcement weapon. and the only reason i don't is because of him. like he said, he just wants he wanted to go for a walk and i'm sitting there with the guy in my hand and i'd ready to do it. and he's just like, dad, let's go for what, let's go for walk. i'm going to go for one. ready

i. ready finished and stories. some people, his eyes were forever changed by americans longest for that scene, our special series on heard voices, which you can also watch online. now more americans were allowed to leave afghanistan on thursday. the taliban, giving them the green light to flee on charter flights almost 10 days after the the official end of the u. s. withdrawal. many more, however, remain as the biden administration grapples with the fall light, with a series of lead messages named, shedding light on its failed efforts to get it. citizens act and the american citizens. yes, all of them. we are effing, abandoned american citizens. well, those tags which haven't been verified were disclosed by michael yawn or war correspondent and for me, us special forces soldier. he was among the civilians working with the military and

private networks to rescue stranded americans and gave us details of his conversation with a high ranking us army officer that colonel was not physically present, but he was in contact major general chris donahue who, who was the combatant commander on the ground. and so that colonel wasn't physically there. in fact he was very frustrated. you can see from that tax, there was more tax those while he was really demonstrating a lot of frustration at one point you said 10, you ran the gate. in other words, had it with the car and get in. i mean, he wanted to rescue those people and you know, he, i hope that his take that would cause him any problems. he's the kind of general we need. no, he didn't want to follow those orders. he wanted to get them out. we had 3 jets on the ground that were private jets that were paid for by a friend of mine's team. his name is rick clay, and his team had paid for 3 jets. they were on the ground civilian jets waiting.

and the us military was not letting even civilian americans with passports, american passports, our biggest problem getting people out actually is the u. s. government. it's actually not the todd man. i know that sounds crazy, but the biggest problem is not valid in italy. man, i'm actually it's in some cases of actually helped us. you can't even make up the stuff. this is like something for a weird movie. so taliban is saying that us forces, happy to come and get them, or call us to let them through it. nobody can make up the stuff. i don't care who's fault it is the department of state or the military. it's all of your fault. you didn't let them in period they were at the beginning. then of course, the next day we have the pentagon in the white house that they're going know, you know, all american citizens who wanted to get in could have gotten in. but they couldn't actually make it to the airport and were saying, excuse my language, i don't know if i can say this on russian tv. they definitely were at the gate period. well mike, i know michael young, they're also released conversations with contract is who were in could bull,

one of them claiming that $45.00 americans, including women and children, were unable to enter the airport even if they had us pass sports with them. a source claim to some were beaten and assaulted in their efforts to get in and added that he was asking senior offices for clarification on how they could be helped as they faced a terrifying weight. however, his commanders apparently refused to step in another contract, wrote that us generals knew that citizens were stuck outside the airport, but still wouldn't grant access even proposed to paying other governments such as the u. k. to help lift americans and confirm that general mark millie, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, had made the decision to not open the gate. can you confirm? general milli was mentioned by name as the leader that is condemning them to death . yes, i can confirm that mentioned by name or the picture coming from those conversations

then is in stark contrast to the narrative coming from the biden administration. they continue to stress that the situation was under control, and no american citizens would be left behind. what we're doing every single minute of every single hour of every single day is working to create safe passage for all civilians, including the afghans who worked for us to the airport to get them on planes and get them out. i think they're responsible to say americans are stranded, they are not. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home homes. we completed one of the biggest err lists in history, extraordinary success. and this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of united states, military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals will after the evacuation . michael young wrote this scathing letter to the armies high command highlighting some of the missteps. specifically that the u. s. nationals were abandoned that the gates,

while 3 empty jets paid for by volunteers were waiting for them. we are supposed to can for clarity on this, but they decided to comment on they decided decline, sorry to comment on the negations, on believe the lack of transparency has made matters worse. that's what americans are saying. we leave no one behind, right. and right now we've seen the military leave people behind the gate, but it's, it's a sin to say, well, i'm just going to live because it's humiliating. so we just have to leave behind and lie about it. know we're going to try to get them out and we're getting a lot of them out right now. the military in the department state are in our way at this point. so in addition to leaving people behind, they are stopping us from getting them out. now, department state isn't our way where we want the military and the government to get out of our way. we don't need their help anymore. i mean, now that we're getting success is civilians because you know, we can do it. we don't need them,

we're faster. we're more efficient and we don't have the bureaucracy and we're just smarter than they are. so this is how america's war on terror in afghanistan came to an end. the taliban back in power and american citizens desperate to get out left behind. but how did the 20 year long us ask i mission actually begin. parties contributor rich had met hurst explains 20 years ago, the attacks of september, the 11th, changed the world forever. on the 20th anniversary, we wanted to take a look back at the fruitful event that launched the war on terror, a cataclysmic shift in world politics. so big we have to go country by country, just to see how much damage is cost. join me as we look back on america's war on terror, or is it should rightfully be cold war of terror? everyone's talking about the u. s. withdrawal. but no one seems to be asking why the us invaded afghanistan in the 1st place in 2000. and 120 years ago,

the attacks of september, the 11th, were used by the united states not just to invade afghanistan, but to start an entire war on terror. within 24 hours, they had already started the mass surveillance programs and not even a week after $911.00, congress passed something called the authorization for the use of military force. the a on this didn't even specify of ghana, stan, or all kyra or the taliban. it just referred to the people who attacked or helped attack america, 911, which is a really great way to bomb anyone. you don't like just accuse them of being an al qaeda supporter. and that's what every single president, since george bush has done. they've used the a o m f to bong 19 countries. so after 911, the us accused the taliban who are in power and of ghana sense of sheltering the some of the line and al qaeda. the taliban actually offered to give ballade up. if the u. s could just prove he was guilty, but bush rejected this offer multiple times. and just like in 2000, when people say if gas town is going to become a terror hub, which is all it gets back then tony blair said ok that was destroyed one month

after the invasion. literally, we have destroyed virtually all the terrorist training camps of al qaeda. we destroyed an enormous amount of the military infrastructure of the taliban thereafter. power as far as the existence completely taken out, so of america's war on terror was supposed to beat terrorism. why are there more suicide attacks and more people dying from terrorism? since 2001? just look and how the number of deaths keeps rising and rising and rising. if america lost 3000 people on 911 again, austin has had multiple 9 eleven's since the invasion. and just like the people in new york city had nothing to do with america's foreign policy. neither did the people have against them had anything to do with all kinds at all. in fact, the hijackers were mostly from saudi arabia even brought their passports to prove it. another development on saturday, new york officials revealed at a news conference here in the city that a hijackers passport was found blocks from the world trade center crash side of the

can believe app. and when people in the west see the war and go all, where did we get out of it? hold on a 2nd. what about again, what did they get out of it? what does not the victim here? the average age of denison is 18. meaning, most of afghans have grown up only knowing war because every president has kept the war of terror going their whole life. they've been hearing empty promises, one nation building and democracy. well, here's what that entails. 50000 civilians that over 26000 children wounded, 3000000 refugees, more terrorism, more deaths from terrorism, more corruption, more instability. and according to former, again, president money, 90 percent of atkins live in extreme poverty, which is a great thing to say shortly before you run away with 170000000 dollars in cash. and you know, of gannon stan was a scam and the cash cow when the vice president starting the war. dick cheney is the former c e o of one of the companies making money from the war. bush and blair

didn't invade of ghana stand for the sake of women's rights or democracy. stop white washing their imperialist crimes. they started the warrant. terror based on lies the nation build. no, did counter terrorism work? no. was the taliban defeated? no. did western corporations make lots of money? yes. the telephone is back in power. even including people who are tortured one time a baby. and we're back to square one except lots of people died and suffered. and so this idea that you can fight terrorism and impose democracy on others by invading them is a lie which falls flat on its face. when confronted with the fact that terrorism and deaths from terrorism increased after 2001, this either indicates extreme malice, or at best, enormous incompetence, an abject failure, and other weight. no one should have ever invaded afghanistan. and just because the war and i've got to stand has ended, does not mean the war on terror. has the war machine isn't going anywhere? i was archie contributor richard mad hurst, then i this week,

the taliban supposition strengthened even more with the announcement of a new interim or mailed government. the allocation of poses temporary, lo, now election day to vote for a new government was set at this point. the taliban controls almost all african territory with resistance, claiming their fight in northeast in pansy province does continue. now, according to human rights organizations, the situation on the ground does remain tense. we discussed humanitarian issues with the red cross present p to mora. he's been visiting medical facilities and this also met with the new african government on the one side, you see all that these are taped remnants of war. you see these are the camps distorted vehicles, military vehicles. you see this traction where fighting has taken place, including in some of the cities like classical regard and others. and on the other hand,

you see an normality of life and normalcy of life. you see that this country is and has been affected by 40 years of war and by poverty and the 2 together create enormous human period need. what i can see is that this is a country in bad need. of you know, many terry and assistance of help to stabilize infrastructure and basic services. it needs international support and when and how political actors states will recognize the new i've gone. government is of course up to them. our interest is that international support comes to have gone east on to the people of i've gotten the storm and in a way which is respectful of the geneva conventions of best many tavian practices.

and i'm hopeful that we managed to have acceptable conditions, given some of the assurances that myself and also the coordinator of the human tearing affairs of the us have received this week. we had a long conversation with marla about at the deputy of now we're now in government, a very substantive conversation with him self and with some of his closer agent collaborators in order to ensure that the humanitarian space, which is needed for a good, impactful, and usually human terry and assistance are guaranteed, i think we got a lot of understanding and also a good sense that we need further dialogues as we move forward. as i c r. c,

we have worked with tale bon in territories controlled by them. over the last 40 case and so now in power, we will certainly continue to capitalize on these relations. you want to wait to still to come see this are a candidate for the french presidency. cooling for his version of bricks is telling his countrymen to free themselves from the clutches of the european union. we'll have a look at that for other stories. just after the

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the ah welcome back to the weekly now, the british prime minister has admitted breaking a key pledge of his election manifesto by raising personal taxes to the highest level. in decades. we promise not to raise the rates of income tax, national insurance, or v a t. this is a tax guarantee, it will protect the income. so hardworking families across the next parliament, no conservative government, no conservative government to speak every once to raise taxes. and i will be honest with the heights i accept. yes, i accept the brakes. i manifesto commitment, which is not something which is not something i do likely, but a global pandemic within the when this follows and 18 months spending bonanza, g. c k with 19 that seen the u. k. national. that spiral. and the 1st year of the panoramic, the government borrowed $300000000000.00 pounds, a large part of which was to fund the workers, fur life scheme,

or johnson co tuesdays tax saca difficult but responsible decision needed to fix the funding shortfall in health and social care were beginning the biggest catch up program in history of the n h s. the levy will share the cost as fairly, as possible between people and businesses. because we all benefit from a well supported and a chest and all businesses benefit from a healthy workforce. the shuttle work in pensions. secretary jonathan reynolds, reacting to the prime minister essentially. 3 saying the way the government try to frame this issue of, for example, people living longer and having healthier lives and insensitive way of dealing with what are very real issues for the elderly when it comes to their pensions, to governments, cases of the full data and the pandemic have produced a statistical aberration. i reject the presentation of this issue as the source of

intergenerational tension or unfairness because we all have an interest in ensuring that there's a decent state pension in the future. we would never present increase longevity as a problem. the pretense that the prime minister is only here because it's panoramic is not going to wash. he's putting a sticking plaster over gaping wounds which his party inflicted. he made a comment on social care before the pandemic, and he said he would pay for it without raising taxes before the pandemic. now this is of course, the 2nd manifest pledge that the prime minister has broken within a day. the 2nd of those being an announcement to raise national insurance contributions, which they the government that is promised not to do in the lead up to that election at the end of $29.00 teams. so the government, the chancellor, the treasury all with a balancing act to do to have to try to please if not all sectors of society as many as possible when it comes to the agenda, not just in the u. k. the so called global gender of build back

a better point. and slogan the bars johnson repeated again today, how much is rally that will we also discuss the issue with political commentator anthony webber. he says his own being a shortfall in mhs and social care funding. i think it is damaging because of the way it's been job to saw where he's playing a pandemic. the government has actually dealt with the district course that way it's been spending money. we're not thinking about the consequences. it's now trying to deal with the consequences by bringing in this additional means, like a mummy house as the leader of the opposition court. and now today, all the problems we had with the chest and with social care interested. well, the pool, the camera won't that off to break, say it could, frank's it being x because

a candidate for the french presidency is now calling on his country to seize back control and free itself from the clutches of the european union. and he's a big name in politics to charlotte. pinsky picks up the story in paris. he was the man that was losing the charge when it came to the brig negotiation thing was the man that was in charge of insuring a victory. you fool that you and during many years had to break that. she was the man that kept saying you is the gold standard during the discussion. now we should volunteer is telling a very different story, sounding for the presidency, hearing from elections, take place in a level. and the thing she is saying is shocking. many events in the phone yesterday about needing to have more influence in europe, counterpart, it was germany is doing and when it came to migration and what do you have to say?

we cannot do all this without having regained our legal sovereignty. being permanently frightened by a ruling or a condemnation at the level of the european court of justice. so the european convention on human rights or by an interpretation by our own judicial institutions . the reaction as i was in fact, some people were so shocked about these comments. they thought that this was fake news. how could someone like me? should vanya see such things. the policy is a junior european affairs minister claim on. paul said that he couldn't believe that somebody who was truly committed to you will, will be able to say such things. others suggested the mission volunteer had essentially imploded. employ korea, michelle bonnie: a is giving a master class on how to destroy your career and legacy in the desperate hope of looking electable to elect for that just straight up dislikes you regardless. well, bonia has defended his common thing. the idea of

a constitutional field would only apply when it comes to you repeat court on issues such as migration. but his attempts to defend his comments seem to have made things worse. you can only imagine how briggs and she is, has been reacting to this. here just some of the comments this is breathtaking. the hypocrisy the same. michel bonnie who doing the brakes it negotiations taught to belittle the u. k for demanding control over our courts and our borders. now he wants the same for friends for exit. this is ironic in the extreme bonnie: a preaching the merits of national sovereignty to cover the overpower for e. u and european court of human rights born is through feelings. it seems about the new and about your opinions positions of come. i don't work, climb to the wall at the moment, russell is trying to reschedule supremacy when it comes to issues of the poor