and ukraine easy, son? sure. in order to do this, you know, these things doesn't want to allow us to happen. and this is a lot more what is going on with the headlines right now. one ot international as a 13 year old resident of jerusalem has been identified as the shooter in an attack that wounded to people in the city today that this comes after my shooting took the lives of 7 on friday. these trenches are maybe about a kilometer away from lazar or intense fighting continues. as i'm speaking, russian military forces engaging and heavy fighting for the city of over the dog and don't have script public. our correspondent roman called to rec remains reporting from the front line. i don't see begins special coverage of the legacy left behind by the devastating war in iraq. it has been 20 years since the us

invasion and occupation day which left countless civilians that with well, it's good to have your company for the salad broadcast from moscow. straight to your top stores right now. so a 13 year old resident of jerusalem has been aidid as the shooter in an attack that wounded 2 people in the city today that's according to his ready police. the gunman was wounded and apprehended by authorities offer you opened fire in an eastern part of the city. now this comes off that 9 palestinians were killed in the west bank jeanine refugee camp by israeli forces 2 days ago. that's according to reports. now the latest shooter is believed to have wounded, at least 2 people. that incident occurred just outside the ancient walls of the old city and will keep you posted as mo, details are in coming. so

previously, 7 people were killed and several others wounded in a mass shooting at a cynical interest to them. the incident occurred on the international holocaust. remember in states is ready fleet the by the government is a 21 year old resident of the palestinian territory of east jerusalem authorities describing the incident as a terror attack. and the perpetrator was killed in a shootout with beliefs. we spoke about it all with a journalist on government, a commentator, i may oran, who says that such attacks in jerusalem or just yet another instance of the unending violence between israelis and palestinians. there is peace. we shad this cycle of biological. unfortunately it is true, but if you look at the strategic contacts, if you look at the overall and below, obviously there is no political horizon for the palestinians. under nathaniel government. on the contrary, they get key players in this government such as the police are now we've got

national security minister beat them a bank beer bank beer has nothing to do with the army. with the defense forces, he's in charge of the police. one important component of the police, he's de boulder patrol bank beer tries to supervise the bolt patrol personally, regardless of declarations and bravado on bank b. a side, he's not calling the shots. at least not yet. russian forces have been pressing for control of that. strategically important city of oglethorpe in the donuts republic of the following drone footage appears to show the aftermath of heavy fighting as moscow's forces make their advance into that city. a correspondent there on the front line, sent us this report, his aunty roman cousin ref. we are on the outskirts of the city of oglethorpe.

we are with the forces of the next republic, sir, interior, and ben is free. we will try and get as close to the door as possible. fighting there continues, as russian forces have already gain control over the nearby town next to glitter the city of lazar is arrived behind me and you can probably, i see it's a heavy fighting continues right now as we speak at the moment. sir. there are 2 formations a here. one is of the internal ministry, often as republic and the other are the marines of russia's pacific fleet. now, the forces at the moment are in the suburbs of lazar. there is no street fighting, taking place right now. the plan is, according to my sources, is to execute

a so called pincer movements where the korean army will be encircled. meanwhile, russian defense ministry have also reported that the roads leading out of england door towards ukraine are now all so completely blocked. should lock the situation is stable. we are a storm in the city trying to clear the enemy from a glass door. people are waiting for us there and are constantly calling this year . we have learned to identify all major techniques, so they no longer work like the command has already changed tactics. a little drawing conclusions from previous battles. and i repeat once again that we know all the native techniques so off to resist in a little. they will start to surrender and mass commander of the 3rd platoon is showing me the trenches that they have just taken over from ukrainian military. hon . take a look. this is a looks like one of the flags of ukrainian regiments.

30341 o 2. now i'm not sure what this means, but so there's lot of ammunition here as well. there is a broad clothing that ukrainian military left answer these trenches, or maybe about a kilometer away from oak lazar with intense fighting continues here on the outskirts of lazar. now we just raised a drone in order to film a little bit closer to the city to find out what's going on within the city limits . however, we lost our drone according to the military, here, it was intercepted by ukraine. so right now, we are leaving this area according to the soldiers that i spoke with. they're

hoping that the battle for lazar will end successfully for them. very soon. rum on culture of hearty the nest republic. moscow and islam about have agreed on a crude oil export deal to pakistan with payments to be settled in each country's national currency. both sides have confirmed, i'll finalize the terms of the deal by march. pakistani officials have said the agreement will allow the country to access russia as a low cost crude oil report. the payments will be made in pakistan's national currency. the arrangement comes as the countries experiencing energy shortages and power outages with fuel stations running low on stocks. meanwhile, italian energy giant any has announced it will not deliver any more. ellen g shipments true islam of odd. we spoke with a what kind of shed ozzy, a social protection expert, who says that a pressure from the west is a prerequisite for more cooperation between pakistan and russia. pakistan is moving

towards russian block because there is a paradigm shift in pakistan. and it has been felt necessary by pakistani establishment and pakistani politicians in a time when pakistan was facing an economic recession and a crisis of dollars of america has been increasing expression on pakistan through i m f. it has been history of america that it has exploited many nations of the ward with the economic sanction tool with the political tool and with the military might. and i don't think that america would be sitting idle. they would definitely be trying to intervene and they would try to put on more pressure to make focused on re think that by august on don't go towards the the, the purchase of this economy mode, economize them more g for some food. so it was

a natural response, and it was a natural consequent that pakistan is now rightly looking towards russia for its strategic dies and economic ties as well. so it's been a 20 years since the u. s. invasion of iraq. and here at r t, we are beginning our special coverage. now throughout the coming months we'll examine the devastation l. a. d stabilization that ultimately cause what across the middle east. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from great pain. who we with the medicine and suite

with january 2003 us president george w bush outlined the invasion of iraq in his state of the union address. he called the iraqi leader, saddam hussein, a brutal dictator with ties to tara, posing a direct threat to america. he pledged to to som, who signed and bring freedom to the iraqis as something the u. s. was already doing in afghanistan. decatur rack is not disarming to the contrary. he is deceiving from intelligence sources. we know, for instance, that thousands of iraqi security personnel are at work hiding documents and materials from the un inspectors sanitizing inspection sites and

monitoring the inspectors themselves. if saddam hussein does not fully disarm for the safety of our people and for the peace of the world, we will lead a coalition to disarm him. and later it turned out that hussein did not have a gold weapons of mass destruction program at washington insisted it had back then . so it was march 2003 when the us and its allies launched operation iraqi freedom . the coalition started a bombing campaign against the iraqi government and military installations. and despite months of enormous anti will protests, world wide. u. s. forces invaded iraq from kuwait within days. 3 weeks later, back that fell. now the cia top weapons inspector in iraq finally closed the whole w. m. d. investigation. finding nothing in 2005. that was 2 years after the invasion. well, the years of war in the subsequent rise of tara, certainly taking

a grim toll on iraq and it's people that will at least 180000 documented civilian deaths in the country. some surveys put in the number close to a 1000000. most iraqis die from bombing shelly suicide attacks. 9000000 displaced all fled. the u. s. that coalition last almost 5, thousands of its own soldiers. now the war scarred the lives of countless rockies, and many of them share their stories with us. oh, michelle, at either the streets were packed with barriers and tunnels. i remember, well, bagdad became a battlefield tanks and security forces of all kinds of been deployed there while i live became a living hell. because as a child you were supposed to see beautiful things. but we so bullets tags and kind

of temper humanity, children and society as a whole. there was nothing before. mm. for most of the families last members and i lost one of my brothers because of the bomb banks. the americans were killing everything in front of them. i know the end of it. one of my sons wanted to celebrate his success with his studies. so my wife gave him money to buy some junk food in the town with his friends. and they sat to eat and they were an american base. he was shot in the head by the americans. he died on the spot, cuz all my friends were killed by the explosion at that time. my neighbor was killed by the americans, but he was going to buy a kenneth could can guess. they thought he was a suicide bomber and kill him. a lot of these are very difficult memories for me. a mortar shall fell at the door of our house and killed one of my playmates. ah!

no, sucking about that, i used to live in bagdad. our dreams were shattered. we wished to complete her studies that we cannot because of the war and killings in the streets. we had to leave our homes and go to the north a with a tough we were and dan, we stayed at home and closed the windows, covered them with blankets. we were afraid of a chemical bombardment. we saw america come to us. they told us that a rock would become a paradise. they published news about how they were distributing food, but those were all false dreams. and only after i turned 14 years old, was i able to leave the house with my friends before that i couldn't even think about it. i was afraid something would happen outside. and even now i don't want to leave without telling my family where i'm going. mm.

mm got it for you. what do you want? what do you remember thursday at the kindergarten and the thursday i tell mattress cold, the textbooks shall picture the summer full my regime. but they took them away. they gave us new different books. i'll never forget the coal sop of a bullet. the sound of an explosion, even just a smoke, an american soldier, a life full of blood. i know many showing jo, aware, the americans arrested my father. he did not belong to any party. he was working at the market. he was kept in prison until 2018. i didn't have a chance to know my father. after he was released, his health deteriorated but took him to germany for treatment. but up to 4 surgeries, he died. ah,

a little you may say to me your childhood was stolen and i didn't have a child food. i spend the money war and terrorist organizations, such as anti that among slaughter. americans coming out kinda and kinda bowman, americans. when we went to school, i used to walk along the wall so as not to be shot and killed a fellow smith. although my cousin, my brother in law. unfortunately, the americans did not fulfill the promise you how to rock. because of you lost my loved ones, you hold as a lot. i was in with the, i had the united states, you destroyed iraq. you, we can national sovereignty. and over 20 years you fail to manage a rock. i wouldn't stop because we'll stop destroying stuff, control the national resources, let the rocky people lead in peace and

all that suffering might have actually been avoided. if i did, washington had not rejected the negotiation conditions that were actually offered by saddam hussein's government. in january, 2003, over now to watch a correspondence, steve sweeney explaining what was behind the events that followed. 20 years ago, us president george w bush tried to convince the world the iraqi leader, saddam hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. and that he had the evidence to prove it, the phrase w, m. d, entered the lexical with politicians, repeating it over and over again despite in fact, knowing that they didn't actually exist in iraq as their own intelligence services told them. while un weapons inspectors also said that they found no evidence of w. m days, none of the doors turned up with into the mess, distraction, and you've been surprised and said you were surprised that that was the case. do you believe the information that gave you was good information to be got?

i got a good many, a tip sess, 2 sites to go to and we went to many of them but, and only on 3 of those cases the, the find anything and, and none of these cases was weapons of mass destruction. so that shook maybe if i met, i'm all beating the drums of war. washington ignored loft hfs by iraq to negotiate for peace. the effort began in january of 2003 in which they contacted us. and through my intermediary friend, he was asked by the syrians to go to baghdad to get, i'm conditional terms from saddam hussein and the intelligence and the iraqi intelligence at the time. and he brought them out and sent them to me as conditions that saddam hussein would agree to if the united states did not attack 2 of us, there were 6 conditions, 2 of which we could have implemented immediately to test

the, the seriousness of their, of their proposals, one was we would be allowed to take to allow $5000.00 us troops to go into iraq and look for weapons of mass destruction. there was talk at high levels, all those terms because i turned them, turned them over to the secretaries office and, and was it basically the intermediary while they decided to launch the attack on and in march of 2003. so who were the architects of the invasion? well, it's a long list. first to politicians. a no, no, only president george w bush, the day before the 2003 state of the union address. u. s. secretary of state colin powell said the options were on the table including military intervention. one rack is in material breach 2. this is their last chance there have to be serious

consequences and those serious consequences. matthews of force and you've heard me say that repeatedly, repeatedly. i've also said that if the international community to the u. n, when the time comes, does not wish to use force the united states reserves its right as a sovereign nation to make a judgment within this. this clear record of violation to use force alongside like minded nations who might wish to be part of such a coalition. back in 2002 us vice president dick cheney had his eyes on regime change in iraq. with our health a liberated iraq can be a great nation once again. iraq as rich a natural resources and human talent, and has unlimited potential for a peaceful, prosperous future. our goal would be interacted as territorial integrity, a government that is democratic and pluralistic a nation where the human rights of every ethnic and religious group are recognized and protected in that troubled land. all who seek justice and dignity

and the chance to live their own lives can know they have a friend and ally in the united states of america. then of course came the media, which was crucial during efforts to build public support for wool. pushing the narrative on saddam and wm days. in september 2002, the york times america's newspaper of record went big on a sensational story. climbing a rock was trying to get its hands on nuclear weapons. more than a decade after saddam hussein agreed to give up weapons of mass destruction. iraq has stepped up its quest for nuclear weapons and has embarked on a worldwide hunt for materials to make an atomic bomb, but counter to all good journalistic practice. the only source was an anonymous one . the whole story could have been made up. and guess what? there was drums beating there and, and there were,

we had the agency over there ca saying there is debbie m. d. i personally believe to this day basically set up george bush for failure. knowing that there was no w m d, they knew it, they knew it, and they had one source that proved later to be on reliable. we presented all the information that we had all the and, and with the hope that we could prevent a war. again, not knowing at that time, that there were alteri or motives. so it was just a matter of time before the us on least it's shocking or bombing campaign. while across the pond, british prime minister, tony blair, also sold a case for war on a lie. but now infamous dodgy dossier, which claim sometimes non existent, w m. da's could attack the country in 45 minutes. the intelligence picture they paint is one accumulated over the last 4 years. it is extensive, detailed,

and authoritative. it concludes that iraq has chemical and biological weapons that saddam has continued to produce them. that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own chia population. so who's to to benefit from it all the most? well, before the 2003 invasion, iraq's domestic oil industry was fully nationalized and close to western companies . to decades later, it is largely privatized and dominated by foreign firms, which have right in billions to understand the dynamics that are going on in the middle east. and of course, it's about oil. it's very much about oil, and we can't, we can't really deny that. i'm saddened that it's politically inconvenient to acknowledge what every one knows. the iraq war is largely about oil. people say

we're not fighting for oil. of course, we are hardly surprising since oil companies spent big box getting former oil, ma'am bush and former halliburton, c o dick shady into office in the 1st place. private military contractors also sold their profit, saw, and war proved to be a boom for the armed industry with lockheed martin saying a 47 percent increase in profits during the build up to the invasion, which continued throughout the occupation. 2 decades on an iraq remains in tatters with sectarian all militia running a mock and deep political instability. with a war blank for the rise of islamic state and other global g had his groups and calls for george w bush and tony blair to be tried as war criminals still unanswered as they enjoy the patronage of the lease that they help profit from the war launched on a lie just to some of the stories for that from a i was at the end of the day,

a decades long conflict and what's an occupation as well? we're bringing more throughout the next 2 months. it is all special coverage. the 20th anniversary of one of america's longest. ha lou ah

ah ah . i'm ashan ancy and welcome back to going underground, broadcasting all around the world from dubai in the united. i remember it as no m chomsky predicted on last week's episode. the doomsday clock on tuesday move closer to midnight than ever before indicating how close the human species is to extinction. the atomic scientists who compiled the supporting evidence for that cited the war in europe in the midst reports of imminent deployment of german tanks to fight russia for the 1st time since world war 2 were joined today by u. s. marine corps colonel who fought for nato nation troops in iraq, afghanistan, and somalia, the former deputy commander of

u. s. special operations command central. now ceo of military formation. the mozart group retired colonel andrew milburn joins me now from the ukrainian capital. thank you so much and i kind of for coming on just before we start on the mozart group, but the, i know the britain a while it was morning before the announcement about american tanks arriving in theater. so they say at chris perry and andrew bag, jewel kilda, while la helping evacuations from solider. so we're told, i don't know whether you knew them. is that the kind of work in fact that the much our group do these evacuations from the theater? yeah, it absolutely is. and then by the way, good evening. good afternoon. good morning. a great pleasure to be on your show and thank you for inviting me. yes, that's exactly the sort of work that we do. and i have up to chris and andrew and my condolences to their families for all,

for the loss. and you know why i feel a loss of course, because the mission is all important and it is extremely dangerous. these guys were traveling as we all are in the soft skin vehicles under russian on to refund as fives. and now of course, with increasing the last month in our threats from infiltrating groups we're way behind ukrainian lines such as the group. and so, you know, we don't carry weapons. there's a reason for that. are, there is purely humanitarian and it puts, it makes this very vulnerable. there is no doubt in my mind, the russians are targeting evacuation groups. we have a and an interest in the you know, this, again,

this new misidentifying, a group of various civilian vehicles and, and i want to she so yes, a tragedy but obviously to very brave young men. do you have a contract with the ukranian government at the moment? i know that you were hoping for one. no, not at all. we're almost a year into the wall. and we're doing this purely on hm. on don't a fund. so yeah, so the mozart group obviously famous in even they to nation media, partly because it's ironic reference to the russian wagner group which you just reference that what, what exactly is it, i mean, was it wise to call it after european compose a given the going to say that you are like, wagner group. i mean, clearly the wagner group is a lot of weapons. that's

a great question. and actually i, i have to think in a sense it was. but you know, we weren't really making very deliberate prolong decisions back in march. we were training guys in a hurry to defend here. someone came out with the name the most our group and had already kind of gain fraction. and yes, in retrospect, absolutely because we, there is no comparison between us and about in a group. absolutely not at all. you know, i've already outlined on missions. we also train ukrainian soldiers close to the phone line, uni, western organization that does this union the, the only organization that does this without behind the front line within uh, refund. so that we can, we so that brigade modest can rotate a guys through our training courses. here for the ranger. you are very different from the british range. a regiment which is seen as a kind of.