museums are important for preserving our history, so that it is a loss to future generations. but our physical museums, places themselves, a relic of the past. this is one of the best museums in the world. huh. tyson, st. petersburg, how prophy is the director here? and i bet he has met with china slums, the us for shooting down what is called a weather balloon that drifted over us territory, despite numerous assurances that he didn't pose a threat to america. also this our less than a teaspoon of dr. android a little bit about this amount is just about the amount of a teaspoon. we have 1st, an description of biological weapons. factories on wheels and on rails flies that have claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent iraqis, 20 years since the us push the invasion of iraq, the un. we continue our special coverage of the legacy left behind by the

devastating war. a former chief, un weapons inspector to iraq examines the real goals of washington. the conflicts united states government had no intention, 11 inspectors to do their job. the united states was going to go to war with iraq, regardless. regardless, it doesn't matter what the truth was. and the more successful we inspectors became disarming. iraq, the more threat we posed to the american policy and in iraqi journalist $23.00 sure is that then president george w bush became a symbol of protest against us invasion across the world. he told us his message to the man responsible for thousands of iraqi, that i wish to say to form a u. s. president bush, that i wish to see you in prison before you die. and if that does not happen, i wish before i die to see you face real condemnation with

a and that means this the weekly here on our to international. my name is be just got taken over from fear isabel. and here are some of the top stories on the we just got a beijing has condemned the us attack on the chinese balloon. that had been drifting over the us for several days, despite his previous claims of the balloon was not capable of surveillance and didn't pose a threat. china is strongly dissatisfied with the us attack on the chinese, on mondays ship and voices in protest. we have repeatedly informed the us side that the balloon is designed purely for civilian use, an accidental across the u. s. borders. in such circumstances, the u. s. use of force is an obvious overreaction and a violation of international practice. finally, after days of deliberation and doubt, us find 2 jets of short time. what they claim is a chinese spy bloom. budging of course, denies this. it says that it was a web whether observation balloon, although there is some confusion over whose recommendation it was to, to shoot down the balloon and listen to what us president joe biden told jan this

successfully took it down. and i want a complimentary graders who did it, and we'll have more to report on a little later. thank you. what they say by the same a recommendation from year it was funny and that's why the whole down on wednesday i was like the recommend day said to me that way to look take this place to do it some already asking questions over the timing of the incident, it came just ahead of a time visit by the us to stay on the blink and to churn. and now that was subsequently cancelled, or he says indefinitely postponed, but beijing said now is the time for co heads and it continues to insist on diplomacy. some politicians and media in the us have hiked it up to attack and smith, china. the chinese side is firmly opposed to that. one of the tasks, of a diplomatic teams on both sides just to properly manage bilateral relations, particularly to manage some on expected situations in

a cool headed and prudent manner. well, i think just in another statement, since a blink and cancel his visit page in his head, china is never violate to the territory and space of another sovereign country. but of course, the u. s. and western media has wasted no time in ratcheting up the anti china rhetoric and the supposed threat posed by, by aging in a swiss. now, the pentagon is now claiming that chinese spy balloons flew over us territory, or at least 3 occasion occasions under the trumpet ministration. now that for me, u. s. defense, etc. more casper said he was surprised by this statement from the pentagon, and he said he was never informed of such incidents during his time in, in office. but we now have form a u. s. defense and military officials have described the latest incident as embarrassing, especially given that the u. s. is the world's leading military power and opposition. republican party members have now they've got on the offensive, and they've accused biden of not acting decisively enough. and they say that he's

failed to protect american national security, but some listen to what they've said. i friend robert o'brien, former national security adviser. why aren't we taking action to deal with this? and why didn't we know about it? robert o'brien, larry, this is one of those embarrassing things i've ever seen in american diplomacy. we sped trillions and trillions of dollars on hardware, on soldiers, on airman, on sailors. and we can't do anything about it. why was allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? if you look at this, national security is one of the biggest things that any country can do. it is a function of government. we see that the by the administration knew about this balloon days ago, and it seems that there was an opportunity when i was coming over islands in alaska that we could have taken it down. now of course, china denies that the balloon was carrying out surveillance and the u. s. navy is currently searching for the wreckage of the balloon. we can expect to hear more

from that over the coming coming hours. but the, the, the claims of the threat posed by china or something of double standards. let's not forget, it was just last summer that the us house of representatives speak and nancy pelosi in flight intentions with a provocative visit to taiwan, which beijing said was in breach of the one china policy, which of course is supported by washington, which has also flooded the island with billions of dollars in arms, i think reco spending levels and bite and himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china. and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accuse itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o. because packed with the security packed with britain, australia, when 2021 which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations. earlier we spoke to nelson wong,

who's the vice chairman of the shanghai center for brim, parts and international studies. and he says that china doesn't need to use balloons to spawn america. this is apparently not a pleasant incident, but i don't believe it is. why is for anybody to make a big fuss up there because the chinese government has confirmed in the 1st place that this below all this ship or exactly what you call it, is from china. and china feels regret for its intended entry into us space. china has enough satellites already in china, wants to do any surveillance. why should they use the pollutants, which are so big and so obvious. now, i don't think this connection makes any sense. so let's see. i mean,

we're all have to watch and see. but whatever the case, i think the wisdom of both countries, leaders and i've all depressed and now put to test. ah, no, it's been 20 years since the us invasion of iraq. and here it's r t c. we continue our special coverage of that anniversary. examining the devastation on destabilization the war caused throughout 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. how

we with with well today, also marked 20 years since then u. s. secretary of state's pushed military action in iraq at the un security council. an episode well known for his display of a vial in an attempt to prove allegations of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in the country. now claim later proved to be false. one of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on racks. biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents. we have 1st hand descriptions of biological weapons, factories on wheels and on rails. it felt like justifying an invasion of iraq to the world. mattered that much to the u. s. though, after all,

then president george w bush already had plans to invade the sovereign middle eastern nation claims that baghdad. 9 was stock piling, illegal weapons and developing its nuclear program war plenty. and the catch fear, phrase, weapons of mass destruction had already been popularized. evidence, however, was either lacking or in powells case, fabricated like the vile of white powder he so confidently waved in the world's face. as he accused saddam hussein of having a mast titanic reserves of chemical weapons when a rack finally admitted. having these weapons in 1995, the quantities were vast. less than a teaspoon of dry anthrax, a little bit about this amount. this is just about the amount of a teaspoon. less than a teaspoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope shut down the united states senate in the fall of 2001. this for several 100 people to undergo emergency medical

treatment and killed 2 postal workers. powell pointed the finger at faulty intelligence after it became clear that there was no merits to america's accusations. he said he was very disappointed. i'm very concerned when i made that presentation in february 2003. it was based on the best information that the central intelligence agency made available to me. but it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate in wrong and in some cases, deliberately misleading. and for that i am disappointed and i regret it. oh, how quickly the u. s. is closest ally jumped into the blood bath at washington's command, but when all was said and done, former british prime minister tony blair said it was all in good faith since the west needed to bring down evil saddam. after trying to deflect blame. though blair also said he was very sorry, i did not mislead this country. i made a decision in good faith on the information i had at the time. and i believe that

it is better that we took that decision on a nation whose people we wanted to set free and secure from the evil of sedan, became instead victim to sectarian terrorism. for all of this, i express more sorrow, regret, and apology, than you may have know or can believe other world leaders sensed something foul from the get go, which is why powell thought fit to give his speech. in the 1st place, france, germany and russia all decided they would vote against the u. s. as hawkish initiatives at the united nations. if interested, am for ivan than is creek. the world is close to war. my question was instill asked us, does the threat coming from the iraqi dictator justify war, the war which will kill thousands of children, women and men? thousands of my answer is no chemicals. what is your stalls no matter what?

the circumstances will vote no because we consider at this time that there is no place for going to war to achieve the object of that. we all want at the moment, which is a disarmament of iraq violent accept. lucas iraq military action against iraq is a huge political mistake. i already sat above the humanitarian side of the she says, oh, on top of that, the un former chief weapons inspector to iraq. scott ritter said racks capability to have weapons of mass destruction had been eliminated. by december of 1998, it's no wonder writer, saw paolo's, accusations against baghdad, as relying only on circumstantial evidence. pal just keeps hitting you with circumstantial evidence and he confuses people and he lied. he lied to people. he misled people. fabricating evidence, lying killing, hundreds of thousands of people. another stark reminder of the lengths washington is willing to go to the success of its foreign policy agenda is at stake. or 20

years on we asked scott ritter what was behind paul's claims at the un security council. the former chief un weapons is but it's a to iraq lose a washington never had any intention to let the exposed to the jobs the xerox disarmament was. apparently the last thing us wanted i was brought in to help create an intelligence organization that would assist the special commission in a valuating, the accuracy of the iraqi declarations about what weapons of mass destruction they had. you see, i thought that the, the mission of the special commission was to disarm iraq. and um, and we worked in a very assiduous manner to carry out that mission. but it turned out that the disarmament of iraq was the last thing the united states wanted. the united states was going to go to war with iraq regardless. regardless, it doesn't matter what the truth was. so i dressed the iraqi parliament. i gave a speech. um that wasn't pre screened in as a speech. a said, if you don't let weapons inspectors back in your country will be destroyed. you

have to let them back in without any pre conditions. said some sans, going to let weapons inspectors back in. i one i succeeded and so when i came out is the exact opposite. feels like inspectors are going to be lab back in. i said, yes, you can't talk about going to war with iraq unless you allow the inspectors to complete their job. if i rec, kicks inspectors out again. if a rec doesn't cooperate, then you have justification to accuse a rack of bad stuff. but you must let the inspectors do their job. on the, maybe i was a little naive. maybe the iraqis were because the united states government had no intention allowing the inspectors to do their job. the bottom line is, america's policy wasn't disarmament. but regime change, and the more successful we inspectors became in disarming iraq. the more threat we posed to the american policy of regime change and so when weapons inspection teams left iraq in $1098.00, the world was blind. which means that when colin powell gave his presentation to the united nations security council in february of 2003,

it wasn't just misleading. it was deliberately misleading. he knew what he was saying was false. and as a result, we went to war on 5 years after the beginning of the iraq occupation by us forces. then president george w bush, probably visited baghdad, but grateful residents of the war on country did not give him the welcome. he apparently counted on the phone, the president had to duck from the infamous shoes. so as his face, ah ah a fun. and if you looked at his face yellow and twitching,

you could see the embarrassment. he was so scared. so i don't think his smile was normal as for the shoes. i demanded them when i was with the investigating judge. i told him you can do whatever you want with me, but i want my shoes. the next day he told me that the shoes had been destroyed in case they contained explosives. but when i was transferred to court for my trial, the ordered by an iraqi army division, the divisions commander sat beside me. he asked me, do you know why they destroyed the shoes? i told him i heard they did so because they feared they contained explosives. he said, no. i was there as a security guard for the president. and they said that they were destroyed so that they would not turn into a symbol every one who participated in the occupation of iraq and supported the occupation of iraq shared the fate of george bush in this makes me happy as a group of beneficiaries of the american occupation said that the shoot throwing incident shows us as undeveloped people. but on the 2nd day there was

a rally outside the white house with people carrying shoes and hitting pictures of the former president bush. later it was the prime minister of australia, john howard, than the prime minister of spain, who participated in the war, berlusconi, et cetera. and then it became a symbol of protests in the face of every tyrant. and anyone who wants to colonize earth, ah aah! smiled little of his live, they separated the body from the soul, removing the skin from the flesh and the flesh from the bone. they have other methods like electrocution, beating, flogging and breaking bones for what i went through may be less than what others have been through in iraqi detention facilities after the invasion. the hardest memory was when i was with other detainees, because i saw the inequality, the innocent people, and victims of the secret informants and the american occupation. the imprisonment

of those who resisted this is a painful and disturbing memory for any one. ah. for london, nicky. we woke up at dawn when the bombs began falling on baghdad. it was a shock and off strategy there was actually shock. what could we do initially? i thought about my family, my studies and everything else. it remains a bad memory with more memories coming after the american soldier does not defend his land and fights in a land that has thousands of miles away from his country. therefore, they know for sure that they are wrong. we used to see it in their eyes when they interrogated and detained us. they were either very aggressive to justify their existence on your land, or very shy, trying not to look at you all saying they are wrong, many occupants,

when we told them you are occupying our country, couldn't respond. they just shook their heads as if to say, what can we do? ah, woe once an american journalist asked me a question, was in saddam hussein's dictatorship, tough, but based on logic and common sense. one can say that vicious dictatorships worldwide do justify occupation. even if there is a dictator, the earth is full of dictatorships and oppressors. did america invade iraq for the benefit of iraq or to topple saddam hussein and to whom will america hand over power to the marines? are a group of corrupt people brought in by america itself. many iraqis did not welcome the americans, even though at the time to be honest, there was injustice fear and dictatorial authoritarian system that was trying to control everything. yet the situation doesn't give us the right to rejoice about

the occupation. at least some had said that the occupation, as well as regime at the time, was unjust. blended with doing this, do you and security council? the united nations are too weak to play, their real role, even the european union, which america views as a poor, old man on the verge of falling. who dares to hold america accountable? since 2009, i had the idea of establishing an organization in geneva to provide relief to the victims of the occupation and hold iraq's killers accountable. imagine even the tv channel where i worked, terminated, my contract in the owner said he was afraid they will freeze his money in europe for being supported by me or supporting i returned to iraq trying my best. it was my dream to collect the signatures of all iraqis who are affected by the invasion in order to file a lawsuit against the vice president and his team. i hope that the stream will one

day be fulfilled. ah. my fellow americans, major combat operations and iraq have ended in the battle of iraq. the united stage and our allies have prevailed. oh, i'm done with the hurtful fact is that bush ended up a victor like caesar. he walked past his soldiers to hide the signs of the invasion . he committed that the mission was accomplished. but at that moment the mission of destroying iraq began the mission. bringing your act back to the middle ages began . we know very well that he is a liar and continues to life because his mission iraq has not yet been completed. i wish to say to former u. s. president bush, that i wish to see you in prison before you die. and if that does not happen,

i wish before i die to see you face real condemnation. those are just some of the stories from the decades long conflicts. i'll be bringing you more throughout the next 2 months in our special coverage of the 20th anniversary of one of america's longest wars. ah. moving on now, nigeria is foreign minister, has praised the current president's anti corruption policy, which has helped to start the repatriation of a large amount of loot that was stolen out of the country. masses of president warned of the possible sponsorship of insecurity in nigeria. i found countries one can clearly see how these foreign countries took on the weak part of nigeria, lake chad, where we have crude oil reserves and cause serious ma'am there with consistent attacks to actualize their devilish motives other countries,

president notes of the exceptional work of these i'm far a states governor in opposing foreign interference near the late charge region, send the most local governments near the lake were in the hands of terrorists when he came to power with most now free instability remains a key issue for nigeria, northern provinces, where security forces are fighting a 13 year war against your hottest and criminal militias. now nigeria is facing more security challenges as it prepares for a residence, a presidential election at the end of february. one already played by militant attacks on a police station africa's largest crude oil producer also faces a worsening shortage of petroleum products, as locals q for hours for petrol. the new national currency swap, adding to the turbulence we spoke with the 2023 nigerian presidential candidates adamos gobber. the 2nd you think that cutting off all links with foreign interests will make the country more stable? do you think you would, you, challenger the web facility?

now what region blue dominant and we have to do it insecurity in the french speaking with africa, countries sorry to very important call was to take been strong mitchells to protect our board. of course, all of these turn, what is interest that we are come to disturb life are going to be uncles or people are we 1st demit election that is coming into the country? once nigeria has more in a link would for an intern that dominates. how do condo gas? yes. then it moved that nigeria had become a most terrible, was proposed. impossible. it's going to be nigeria sticking. it brought the middle to drain even the bricks completely politic. assume from the again, when you do, you have, don't know what if this is clear, we are been ordered was didn't want to, these are interested in, of course it negligible. going to reveal what i want to do, that it should be established. so he's good out though we have some forces that are coming from the foreign was officially the french that may be interested in just to block the nigeria. so out to get a strong brought the middle to prevent when people are getting into their hands is

masking, you know, i've a fight and i don't mean while we know that when we're doing putting into it and finally, the white house has brushed aside the question of palestine military occupation now comes amid us secretary of state and city. lincoln's recent visit for source with palestinian presidents, mahmoud abbas said the question, i'm occupation. so let me say a couple of things in the point, and i believe i think either not occupies what the status that you give it. all right, this moment, what kind of status they said the recent period, my seen a strong recent, i am saying about legally, how do you often use what embarrassed yes. so i understand the question you're asking, and as we've said previously,

it is vital for both sides to take action to prevent even greater loss and we condemn any violence, escalation or provocation. your secretary of state's visit to the region promotes must protest in palestine, locals to the street to express their anger what they called the biased by the united states was palestine carrying banners and flags we heard from people in garza, instead of lincoln visit, is meaningless with no practical arrangements expected to be made. lab garages in our lives that we're here to express or opposition the blinking visit, which is part of the unlimited your support for israeli occupation carrying out aggressive actions against palestinians. the u. s. pays nothing but lip service to the palestinians and the visit comes within you as pressure on the leadership of palestine. rule back the recent moves mainly holt of coordination, which is really security bodies with the csra america or it is crystal clear that the american policy has always been very hostile towards the palestinian people. this policy has been completely biased in favor of this ro, obviously such

a policies based on supporting israel against the palestinian people. the bumper embassy assess and he held in america has always been known as the incubator for israel. and many, all the cheeriness around the world's blinking comes here and content to jerusalem . shoot out of his rallies, carried out by the postiani youth. carry elecom on the contrary, blanket did not condemn the engineer audit crime against the seniors. i'd meet them according to the special coordinator for the middle east peace process. 2022 was the deadliest year for the palestinians in the west bank since records began to back in 2005, while the 100 attacks were committed against palestinian civilians by israeli forces last year. in con, just israel officials claimed the country faced and unprecedented, tearaway, from palestine since the beginning of 2022. meanwhile, the palestinian house minister gave an exclusive interview to archie, where she disgust issues like the health systems crisis is really restrictions, occupation, and much more. get more on this story and all the news you had over archie dot com

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