what we've had, the statement from the russian ministry of defense which has come out and said that . 2 you credit side launched a surprise me, sol, attack a multiple rothenberg with using you estimate and supplied by mas nissan called a local hospital. the white out of the hospital was stopped by booth civilians and

military doctors have treated both the local population. this is the local clinic optimal, as well as true an injured in the fighting on the frontlines. and taken there for further treatment. the attack left footage, people dead from what you understand 20 for each of those numbers may well rise with keeping up to date with information from the russian ministry of defense a book. there's also be another strike concurrently. 2 targeting a medical facility low at the hospital, which is the way him for region of the city of his b adult, unless they need chilling for the past months and the ceaseless again chilling that facility has been struck before. but again, we don't get know about casualties, injuries of death. unlike even mobile, i don't reach the western side already. the incident,

a war club saying that those responsible this war did the strike carried out. the strike will be identified and will be punished. murat, guilty of wild rushes, death to be ambassador to you and has firmly condemned the attack, stating that the u. s. shares responsibility for the debts as it supplied the weapons used another ukrainian heinous war crime. 14 civilians killed in a hospital by u. s. supplied missiles and as we know from ukrainian officials, the targets of high mars are greed by washington. so it makes the u. s. directly complicit us taxpayer should be aware of how their money is used. let's go live now to st. petersburg base german journalists, and or 3rd, selma, super high, thomas, i the u. s. high mars system. it's said to have an accuracy rate to within 3 meters

all bets target. so how could high precision weaponry end up hitting hospitals or civilian homes? if not on purpose, no way. um, so this is nothing we'd have to discuss as well as was already mentioned that the u . s. is agreeing all the targets. so we see that was on purpose. it was agreed. so yeah, nothing to act at this point. this astonishing russia say's the west, as you mentioned. sure, as culpability. the u. s. mer tickler for the attack given that they provided the weapons, knowing civilians could be targeted with them. and as you say, they share a details about what they're going to attack with washington. so how does washington defend itself from that charge? not at all. it's not the 1st time, and we know that the western media just talk about this. i remember nearly one year

ago, mary. okay, when there was this well attached, whatever it was on this, on the birth hospital and some days, some weeks later there was to, to a text to a text on the hospital and don't ask the west. the media just didn't talk about it, it was a big show where they said, well, this where the russians and they have been to another another question, but they just don't talk about the west and media doesn't tell the people what's happening. and i'm sure that they will not get to know what's happening now, and this is the way it works. if this does emerge in the west, if this incident does gain traction, do you think incidents like it will make those question their decision on sending weaponry to carry out such talks? will public opinion change? well, that's what i said. if the west, i mean, doesn't talk about it, nobody will know it, so it will not have any influence on the public opinion. that's the way it works. there are so many walk crimes from ukraine, which,

which are what there's no doubt about them. and the western media just don't mention it. so the people who have know if the people don't know that will not be any impact on the public opinions. that problem. and there's been increased talk of late in the west, but prosecuting russia for a legend. war crimes, thomas, when you see something like this, can you imagine that the spotlight will not be put on kiev to highlight to investigate its actions? how can not happen if, if people are dead? this is ukrainian weaponry supplied by the us doing it. well again, the, the point is russia will now talk about it and the other countries, the politicians, and maybe the people out side, the western media bubble they will get to not. but in the west for the decisions, decisions are made about whatever they will delivery of weapons and all this stuff

. they have the people who will not get to know. and that's the point. if the people what know what's happening really there, are there a public opinion would be absolute different in the west, but it's the job of the western media not to cover it, not to talk about it. and this is what we see. and yeah, we can discuss about the role of the western media at this point, but there will be nothing you because of this we see for since the beginning of operation. so a moscow thomas house frequently accuse ukraine of targeting medical facilities. if that has been done in this, came a deliberate, an attack on a hospital with injured people, perhaps even children there who knows who, who was there right now we'll, we'll get that information. but why would key of do that? that's a good question. i'm you know, it's tara, it's that, that we have a precious regime that they hate everything which is russian and pro rational. we

know they are bumping, civil targets into next. well, not only since beginning of the operation, but even before. so this is nothing new. we have seen in mario and what i've been the, i've talked to the people who just came out of out of the houses. we have seen that they view credit army, use them as human shields that they didn't let them out. that lensky announced officially that he was prohibiting any kind of recreation in these kinds of cities . so there is no rational way to understand this, but this is not new. that's the problem. and this is just, it's a tragedy. but it's just an additional case. that's the point and nobody in the west mentioned that because the media doesn't talk about not point thomas, maybe later we will get that chance to speak me and you on that issue about how to get the message across that people are dying and it's being done by us supplied weapons. thomas, thanks very much for your time today. we do appreciate a thomas repair, a german journalist and author. thank you. by way was moscow

slams kia for quote, deliberately targeting civilians. protesters have taken to the streets of the german capital, angered the government's decision. there are to supply ukraine with its leopard to main buffle tanks. r t. dominic rice chart reports for us from berlin. there a few hundreds of people here today. a one might expect a more to be on the streets actually because goals indicate that around half of the german population is strictly against weapon deliveries. the people here are demanding an immediate cease fire, as well as peace talk, so that they are against the aggressive foreign policy that the germany is taking a currently important reason why they're not that many people is that there's a lot of pressure actually on peace activists. in germany right now, just a couple of days, we found out that a peace activist was prosecuted for saying basically that

a and then the war like this all sides need to be hurt than this water seen as supporting russian aggression by german authorities. and he was therefore prosecuted, so there's a lot of fear as well amongst german people to, to protest against these issues. but nevertheless, we're looking at the munich, a security council next week where a lot of our key and nato officials come together. and we are expecting to see a large protest there with at least a several 1000 people joining it. saber rattling in high level u. s. military circles over china appears to be reaching you levels. a senior american air force general has worn that he thinks his country well face war with beijing within 2 years. i hope i am wrong. my gut tells me will fight. in 2025. she secured his 3rd term and set his war counsel in october 2022. ty, once presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer she

a reason. united states presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer she a distracted america. she's team reason an opportunity are all aligned for 2025. yet invalid league memo the general laid on his goals to build a quote for to fide, ready and took grated on agile joint force maneuver team. and therefore spoke. person has verified that the email is authentic, although said it's hutton been intended for public reading and doesn't reflect us policy and china. beijing earlier said that despite their difficult these, the people's republic goal was tries to find a way to cooperate with washington and, and move home, treat bottom we family rejected the united states, erroneous china policy, and have been exploring the right way for the 2 countries to get along with each other as the united states, as stubbornly continued to see china as its primary competitor, and engage in a blatant blockade and provocation against china. china us relations were plunged

into serious difficulties. em response, china has taken resolute actions to counter such power politics and bullying while pointing the right way forward through open and candid communication. despite claiming china is a threat in the region. us auctions there are, have led to a spike intentions, washington, significantly opp. that's military ties with japan in a move that china seas us provocative. while last year's visit to taiwan of van high speaker and nancy pelosi. so beijing respond with huge military drills around the island territory. earlier, the u. s. had agreed to sell taiwan more than $1000000000.00 worth of weapons. a deal wholly criticized by beijing. there have been tensions and trade to american and dutch officials recently struck a deal to impose new restrictions on the export of advanced micro chip tech to china. while asian effort, especially victor gaussian, any talk of war by

u. s. officials is a gross mit representation of where relations between beijing and washington stand . this general is a war monger and what he is saying and telling his troops is very dangerous thing for world peace and stability. china does not threaten the united states at all, and if washington believes china threatens the united states because china is growing larger and larger, then they will lose all their sanity. because china will continue to grow. ready larger, i hope washington will realize that war is not and should not be an option between china and the united states. 2 countries armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons, because a wall between china, the united states will soon get out of control and lead directly to armageddon. and eventually, to will not only be a disaster for the united states and for china,

but for mankind as a whole. i don't see these people dangerous as they are, represent the fundamental interest of the people in the united states. why? because china and the united states need to gather law with the, with each other, china wants to treat with every country, including the united states as an equal rather then and handling any of these countries. therefore, such fantasies are false to start with it's 20 years since the us invasion of iraq on our t special coverage of the anniversary kicks off not try the coming months will examine the devastation and d stabilization. the operation caused throughout the entire 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 who's

we will bring to the food medicine and fleet with by january 2003 u. s. president george w bush outlined the coming invasion of iraq in his state of the union address, but called iraqi leader, saddam hussein, a quote, brutal dictator with ties to terrorism. posing a direct threat to the united states he pledged to disarm hussein and bring freedom to the iraqi people. something the u. s. was already involved with enough callous

for decatur iraq 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. we'll later it turn dietetic st. did not have the so called weapons of mass destruction program that washington insisted. it had, so it was in march, 2003 b. u. s. joined by its allies, launched operation iraqi freedom. the coalition started

a bombing campaign directed against the iraqi government and military installations . the spied months of massive anti war protests, world wide. u. s. forces invaded iraq. busy from to wait 3 weeks into the invasion, baghdad fell the cia top weapons inspector in iraq. finally closed the w. m. d. investigation in 2005, concluding there were no such weapons in the country. well, the years of war and the subsequent rise of terrorism have taken a grim toll on a rock and its people. there were at least 180000 documented civilian debts in the country, while some surveys on the estimate the actual number to be over. 1000000, many of those died from earl bombing, shelling gunshots and suicide attacks. over 9000000 people either fled the country or where displaced while the us led coalition lost almost 5000 of its own soldiers . the war scarred the lives of many iraqis of different generations. some of them

shared their stories with us. oh hi michelle. it 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. oh wow . i live became a living health because as a child, you're supposed to see beautiful things, but we so bullets tags and kenneth tara, for humanity, children and society as a whole. there was nothing but war. ah, oh, don't 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 that and it, one of my sons wanted to celebrate his success with his studies. so my wife gave him

money to buy some junk food and eat out with his friends and they sat to eat. they were an american bass. he was shot in the head by the americans. he died on the spot. the zip up 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 or love, hear the crowd quesada. these are very difficult memories for me. a mortar shall fell at the door of our house and killed one of my playmates. ah! nothing about that one but used to live in bagdad. our dreams were shattered. we wished to complete our studies that we could not because of the war and killings in the streets. we had to leave our homes and go to the north a little

while i mentioned that, but at the time we were in baghdad, 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. 8th, 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. what do you want? what do you remember my 1st day at the kindergarten? the thursday i tell a 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. images of smoke, an american soldier, a life full of blood. i know many showing jo where 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 and among war and terrorist organizations, such as r k that among slaughter, americans bombing that 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.

ah, the alaska, i lost my though, my cousin, my brother in law. unfortunately, the americans did not fulfill the promise. you whoa to rock because of your last my loved ones. you hold has a lot of good areas in which 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 think that he'll stop destroying stuff controlling enough. mallory so says let the rocky people leave in peace. i will a big aspect. not spoken about often, all that suffering might have been avoided if washington had not rejected outright . that negotiation conditions that were offered by saddam hussein's government. back in january, 2003, with the recap. our t steep sweeney. 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 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 ins of mass distraction and you've been surprised and then you were surprised that that was the case. do you believe the information i gave you was good information. we got, i got a good many, a chip sess, 2 sites to go to and we went to many of them but, and only in 3 of those cases, 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 last ditch effort 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. 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 the 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 states 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 to this is their last chance there have to be serious consequences and those serious consequences map the issue of force. and you've heard me say that repeatedly, repeatedly. i've also said that if the international community to the un when the time comes, does not wish to use force the united states reserves, it's 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, u. s. 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 and 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 be made up. and guess what? there was drums beating there and, and there were, we had the agency over there. ca saying there's 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, and, and with the hope that we could prevent a war. again, not knowing at that time, that there were all terrier motives. so it was just a matter of time before the u. s. unleashed it's shocking or bombing campaign. while across the pond, british prime minister, tony blair, also sold a case for war on a lie, the now infamous dodgy dossier, which claim saddam's nonexistent. w. m. dees 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 sedan 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 shia population. so who's to to benefit from 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 bucks getting former oil, mom bush and former halliburton, c o dick shady into office in the 1st place. private military contractors also saw their profit, saw a 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, our militia running a mock and deep political instability, with a war blame 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. steve sweeney bringing us just some of the stories from their decades long conflict. you indeed can find more on our website r t dot com, including for un weapons inspector, scott ritter chronicling his own attempts to prevent the war. we'll touch in many other aspects of the conflict as well for i think coming months in our special coverage. the 20th anniversary of.