me the proposed suggest us mistakenly targeted enough gun aid worker in the drone strike, killing 10 members of one family this hour. we hear from a former american throne operator. he tells us a deserted experiences of killing innocent people. every shot that we turn like they're cheering, congratulating each other. they're high fiving each other. people are getting promoted because of this stuff. meanwhile, in our review the week a series of lead unconfirmed messages from the us military. the field of panic withdrawal from afghanistan with troops unable to rescue desperately american citizens. performance special forces soldiers who shed the encrypted messages give . this is what happened. our biggest problem getting people out actually in the us

government is actually not the time. we've seen the military lead people behind the gate. the us military was not letting even civilian americans with passports, american passports. the british prime minister admits to breaking a key election promised by hiking taxes to fix a short form in health and social care fund. ah, hello welcome. she's gone that mid day here in moscow, you watch in a weekly anathema international. and you footage does suggest to us strange, striking cabal intended for terrorists, killed an aide worker loading his car with water. 10 civilians died in the attack including 7 children at the end of last month. us forces that demands vehicle match the description of what used by the terrorist group isis k. i also said there was

a large 2nd re blast after the drone strike suggesting that he was transporting explosive. but it turns out that claim is false according to an investigation by the new york times. the aid worth aid worker had even been employed by an american n g o. there are many similar fates and victims of the 20 us campaign in afghanistan. we discover, as we discover in our in depth investigation on heard voices. the will use all tools at our disposal phase, killed our children to united states was bringing people to the site. it was a pointless exercise. well, in our latest report, we talked to brandon bryant, who flew predator drones for the us 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 into 3 innocent men killed that, i believe are innocent. 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 would just be another psychopath. ah, no other way is going to get to pay for my education. and the military showed up when day and i will pay for your education if you, sir, for a minimum of 4 years. and how can anyone turn that down? oh, i know sergeant comes down and turns around now goes in the military crater, actually 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 and the forces die and then innocence, innocent people die. and so i got to see like, the impact on everybody. ah,

[000:00:00;00] ah, ah mentor, degredation with the proper term. every shot that we took, like they're cheering, they're congratulating each other. they're high fiving each other. people getting promoted because of this stuff. it's like a withering away of who you are. i when he were hunting, a man named and was lucky, he was a mom from pm and i was told one day going in that president obama himself would stop and give the

order himself to me. and i got this euphoric feeling. the death of the 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. and it's striking when i asked some of the people that i knew why they struck me, do a romanella lucky because i didn't want him to become a figurehead. the 1st thing that trump did in office was kill and or our like he's 8 year old daughter. we see with the terrorist, you have to take out their families, maybe to them, it seems practical, but to me it seems evil. ah, i, there was an incident involved killing of civilians. they might have been to new zealand white civilians in afghanistan. so president obama got on television

himself and was saying it was not the fault of intelligence or the military leadership is 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 your phone, 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 t u 266, our german law enforcement weapon. and the only reason i don't is because of him. but he said he just wants he wanted to go for a walk and i'm sitting there with the goat in my hand and i'm ready to do it. and he's just like, dad, let's go for what,

let's go for walk. i'm ready to go for one. 0 i. ready more stories change from people whose lives have been forever changed by america is longest war. that's in our special series, unheard voices which you can also watch on. 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 official end of the us patrol. many more, however, do remain as the by the ministration grapples with the full light, with a series of leave messages, now shedding light on its failed efforts to get it. citizens act an american citizens. yes, all of them we are abandoning american citizens. well, those texts which haven't been verified were disclosed by martin young. he's

a war correspondent and for my us special forces soldier and was among the civilians working with the military and private networks to try and rescue stranded americans. he gave his details of his conversations with a high ranking u. s. 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, as 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 he, i hope that his tag 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 on getting people out actually is the us 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 or weird movie. so taliban is saying that us forces, happy to come and get them, or call us to let them through. 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 a pentagon in the white house. 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 michael young,

they're also released conversations with contractors who were in co bull, one of them claiming that $45.00 americans, including women and children, were unable to enter the airport even if they had us passports. them source claim that some were beaten and assaulted in their efforts to get in and added to that he was asking senior officers for clarification on how they could be helped as they faced a terrifying weight. however, his commanders apparently refused to step in. now another contract wrote that us generals new, their citizens worst stuck outside the airport, but still wouldn't grant access even proposed paying of the government, such as the u. k. to help lift americans and confirm that general mark, millie, millie, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff had made the decision not to open the gate. can you confirm? general milly was mentioned by name as the leader that is condemning them to death . yes,

i can confirm that mentioned by name. while the picture coming from those conversations is in stark contrast to the narrative that came from the biden administration, they continually stress that the situation was under control and that 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 a safe passage for all civilians, including the afghans who work for us to the airport to get them on planes and get them out. i think they're responsible, say americans are stranded, they are not. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home homes completed one of the biggest err left in history. extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of united states, military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. well after the evacuation, michael yon wrote this scathing letter to the army high command highlighting some

of the missteps. specifically that the u. s. nationals were abandoned and that the gates while 3 and 2 jets paid for by volunteers were actually waiting for them. as we said earlier, we asked the pentagon to clarify thank declined to comment on believe so the lack of transparency actually makes matters worse. that's what americans always say. we leave no one behind. right. and right now we've seen the military lead 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. 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 as civilians, because you know, we can do it,

we don't need them, we're faster or more efficient. and we don't have the bureaucracy and we're just smarter than they are. so then this is how we're america's war on terror. in afghanistan has come to an end the taliban back in power, american citizens desperate to get, i have been left behind. but how did the 20 year long us afghan mission actually begin asking, contributor richard met hurst. explain. 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, cataclysmic shift in world politics so big we have to go country by country, just to see how much damage is cost. jordan, me as we look back on america's war on terror, or is it should rightfully be called 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 o. m f. didn't even specify of ghana, stan or all kyra for 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 u. s. accused taliban who are in power and garrison of sheltering the some of the line and al qaeda the taliban actually offered to give been loaded up. if the u . s. could just prove he was guilty. but bush rejected this offer multiple times. and just like in 2001 people say have gas done is going to become a terrible, 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. def 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 of garrison have anything to do with all kind 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? on a 2nd. what about, i guess, 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 lives. they've been hearing empty promises, one nation building and democracy. well, here's what that entails. 50000 civilians dead. over 26000 children wounded, 3000000 refugees, more terrorism, more deaths from terrorism, more corruption, more instability. and according to former, again, president honey 90 percent of afghans 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 gas stan was a scam and a 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

afghanistan for the sake of women's rights or democracy, stop white washing their imperialist crimes. they started the war and tara, based on lies. did the nation build? no good 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 portraits one time obeyed. 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. sir,

richard met her and i still to come on. the weekly a candidate for the french presidency is calling for his version of breaks it, telling his countrymen to free themselves from the club. she's also a european union. we'll have a look at the story just after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy foundation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk

with me ah ah, i use the match the weekly now the british prime minister has admitted breaking a key pledge of his election manifesto by raising personal taxes to their 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, ever want to raise taxes. and i will be honest with the high, except yes, i accept the break i manifest commitment, which is not something which is not something i do likely, but a global pandemic within the when this follows in 18 months spending bonanza, g. c k with 19 that seen the u. k. national debt spiral. in the 1st year of the pandemic, the government borrowed 300000000000 pounds, a large part of which was to fund the work as furlough skein. bowers johnson called tuesdays tax on like a difficult but responsible decision needed to fix funding shortfall in health and social care. we're beginning the biggest catch up program in the history of the chest. 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. the governments cases of the full data and the pandemic have produced a statistical aberration. i reject the presentation of this issue as a 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 pretends to the prime minister. he's only here because it's time to make is not going to wash. he's putting

a sticking plaster over gaping wounds which his party inflicted. he made the 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 tried 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 work you surrender reporting that will be discuss the she to with the political commentator anthony rather who just said is wrong. being

a shortfall in an h s. and social care funding. i think it is damaging because of the way it's been done to saw where he's playing a pandemic. the government has actually dealt with the district course. no 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 additional meetings like a mummy term house, as the leader, the opposition court. and now today, all the problems we had with the chest and with social care existed well before the camera won't have to break. it could fax it the next because a candidate for the french presidency calling on his country to seize back control and free itself from the clutches of the european union. and he's a big name and politics to charlotte pinsky explains from powers he was the man

that was leading the charge. when it came to the brig negotiations, he was a man that was in charge of insuring a victory you for you. and during many years of briggs that she was the man that kept saying you is the gold standard during those discussions, even the q u. k. you trying to cherry pick was wanting from the youth. now mission volunteer is telling a very different story. something for the presidency, hearing from elections, take place in about a level. and the thing he is saying is shocking. many events in the south from yesterday about leaving out more influencing european counterpart. it was one to many is doing. and when it came to migration of the rule, 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 of the european

convention on human rights or by an interpretation by our own judicial institutions . the reaction, i mean, i will, in fact some people were so shocked about these comments. they thought the thing was fake news. how could someone like me? should vanya see such things. there is a junior european affairs. mr. clement ball said that he couldn't believe that somebody who was truly committed to europe will be able to say such things. others suggested the mission volunteer had essentially imploded entire career. michelle bonnie: a is giving a master class on how to destroy your career and legacy and the desperate hope of looking electable to elect for that just straight up dislikes you regardless. well, bonia has defended his comment, saying the idea of a constitutional field would only apply when it comes to you repeat court on issues such as like, gratian, but his attempts to defend his comments seem to me things worse. you can only how briggs and she is,

has been reacting to this. here are 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 over powerful e. u and european court of human rights. one is true feelings, it seems about you in about european you shouldn't come at the worst time to the book. at the moment, russell is trying to research supremacy when it comes to issues of the country, such as hungary and poland. even seeing some questions being raised by germany called to school court and his comment to from meetings to maybe to, to have more influence when it comes to the european union to counterbalance influence of germany. doesn't suggest that the relationships within the block goes

cosy. i think would have you believe which many will wonder if this does mean that there are trouble roses. hash charlie been reporting from paris that you'd be much new weekly here, naughty international back again, with more stories for you over the last 7 days in about half that ah, join me every thursday and the alex summon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me the drug started as a way to come back. a great problem. what's the wonder? it's part of the attitude of the nation, not just of north dakota, and it got to be something that you could get elected. this time,

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