ah, a ah staging, slams washington for shooting down what it called a chinese weather balloon. they drifted over the us to find numerous assurances, but they did not pose a threat. as well as former prime minister reveals, he was coordinated by the us and his efforts to mediate at peace still for ukraine last year, which ultimately failed off the washington, pulled the plug also ahead with less than a teaspoon of dry anthro, right. little bit about this amount, and this is just about the amount of a teaspoon. we have, 1st and description of biological weapons factories on wheels and on rails 20 years

since the us lied to the world or the un about iraq. we read captain legacy for devastating a former chief, un weapons inspector to iraq. questions washington with united states government had no intention allowing the inspectors to do their job. the united states was going to go to war with iraq regard regard, but it doesn't matter what the truth was. and the more successful we inspectors became in disarming iraq. the more threat we posed to the american policy with a very welcome, you're watching the weekly on all the international, bring to get the latest wealth news out days along with a round up of the stories. the shape the week is good to happy with us. now paging has condemned the u. s. a chinese balloon that had been drifting over the new west for several days to spawn his previous claims that the croft was not capable of

surveillance and did not pose a threat. china re straumy dissatisfied with the u. s. attack on the chinese, on monday, ship invoices, it's protest. we have repeatedly informed the u. s. site that the balloons design purely for civilian use, an accidentally across the u. s. borders and 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 a jets of short time. what they claim is a chinese spy bloom by aging, 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 you in this area. 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 way. the

recommendation from you was funny and that's why the whole that is through the down or wednesday i was like the recommend day said to me, let's wait to look take this place to do it. some are already asking questions over the timing of the incident. it came just ahead of a time visit by the u. s. equity estate, the blink and to china. now that was subsequently cancelled or was he says, indefinitely postponed. but by using a said now is the time for co heads. and it continues to insist on diplomacy, some politicians and media in the u. s. 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 is to properly manage bilateral relations, particularly to manage semantics. spect situations in a cool headed and prudent manner. well, i think just in another statement, since a blink can cancel his visit beijing, his head, china has never violated 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 beijing in a twist. now, the pentagon is now claiming that chinese spy balloons flew over us territory, or at least 3 cases and occasions under the trump administration. now former us defense, etc. mar 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 former 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. that's i would 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 did we know about it? robert o'brien, larry, this is awesome. bras and things that 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 is a court of government. we see that the by the administration knew about this balloon days ago. and it seems that there was an opportunity when it was coming over islands in alaska that we could have taken it down. now, 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 the over the coming coming hours, but the, the are the claims of the threat posed by china or something of double standards. let's not forget, it was just last that the us house of representatives speak. nancy pelosi and flame tensions 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 recorder spending levels and biden himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china and the u. s. has continued to sail battle ships down the south. china sea is accused itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the orders packed with the security packed with brittany, australia in 2021 which is aimed at containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations forma is wally prime minister natalie bennett, has ds, how his role in attempting to broker a peace still in the 1st weeks of the ukraine conflict last year in an interview which moscow has yet to respond to. and bennett said his efforts well to motley,

sought down by washington and its allies. and he was soccer and i was just a mediator. i turned to america for guidance. i didn't do as i pleased anything i did was coordinated down to the last detail with the u. s. germany and france vein block to the west. wanted to keep the pressure on putin rather than negotiating money. there were several rounds and negotiations between moscow and kevin, the 1st weeks of the conflict. in late march after a summit, in a stumble, russia agreed to de escalate and pull this trip south of north and ukraine. how havoc he has and as western bacchus of since refused to talk peace and a calling for victory over russia on the battlefield, natalie bennett says president lensky only agreed to leave the safety of his kias bunker after the israeli leda assured him that russia is not trying to kill him, which is something president putin allegedly promised to banish. who yard me there . not if he got. so i knew that zalinski was under threat. he was in

a secret bunker. i called him and said etzky, i came out of a meeting with putin on his not going to kill you guys that he asked eoc, are you sure? i responded 100 percent. he won't kill you. zalinski 2 hours later zalinski went to his office and posted on twitter. michel, i'm not afraid as it bears, as you shall love sugar. yes, good. now i will say one thing too. i'm staying here in here on bank of our street bungling. i'm not hiding. why and i'm not afraid of anyone in your golden, they will use all that and will correspondence. thomas roper says, the west isn't interested in peace talks, as it's focused on trying to, we can russia if he said he didn't know any, he, israel didn't have any own interests. that's why he, if you said, acted on behalf of us, he did what the us wanted. did you also say clearly? yes. if it were not negotiations between russia and ukraine, but with, let's say the west in the next door. and the west didn't want to end this war

because the west was we can russia and therefore they need this fighting in ukraine . there were no serious intention from the west for any peace negotiations into the start up for there were. busy done, but in 2014, we know it's one dimensional agreement that this was just in attempt to buy time for your greatness and from love to an alarm set. and boys, johnson called dominican agreement and invitation of diplomacy. and we see the same though, after discretion of the conflict nearly one year ago when the rest by the works of bennet stopped or ukraine from negotiate. negotiating anything with russia. hundreds rallied in the west and german city and to protest against berlin sufficient to send tank. c ukraine. the demonstration sled up off the local authorities awarded the country's foreign minister. applies this usually hundreds

out for him on his harry and achievements. many germans was impressed with the move as alina bab focus box control bassy with her fiery rhetoric. she recently claimed that europe is fighting a war against russia in greece could donate some of its modern tanks and 50 percent of americans believe that government should lift sanctions if they negatively impact the innocent lives in other countries. as according to the howard paul at american market research company, that tracks public sentiment. well, let's take a closer look at the results of the poll, the majority of respondents agreed. the sanctions which interfere with he was carrying, and public health should be lifted. 60 percent of americans say that the us should remove such restrictions if they lie late international law. as more than half of respondents agree that limitations should be repealed. if they home the economic activity and livelihood of common people. and half of those polled beliefs such

sanctions should be lifted if they impede cooperation on climate change. congress thing a foreign military unsafe because is not an unusual type pick for the us as washington has imposed many sanctions on countries such as by the way, the wrong preventing the supply of humanitarian aid. since 2005, the u. s. has upheld heavy handed measures against his whaler leading to more than 40000 deaths in the nation in a single year, due to a lack of food and other primary needs. in 2018, washington imposed new restrictions on iranian banks. constraining the country's ability to provide essential like medicine than in 2021. following a 20 year occupation of afghanistan, the us froze more than $7000000000.00 of the countries assets preventing the provision of vital necessities to millions of already suffering civilians. human

and labor rights lawyer, don kovachick say such a devastating sanctions could potentially amount to war crimes, which many americans are now waking up to. they are not happy when they learn that their government is sanctioning people, you know, to the point of starvation. it is officially inexpensively, democracy, but his jimmy carter said recently, it is not a functioning democracy. it is not a democracy. in practice, most americans, again, don't want to spend as much military 8 as we do. most americans want more money spent on social spending than on the military. but we're not saying that we're seeing quite the opposite. and that is because again, we don't have a functioning democratic system. the suffering venezuelans are going through is almost 100 percent attributable to us nations, which again, us officials said, were designed to cause human suffering. they're very clear about that. so these types of sanctions violate minimal standards of human rights,

minimal standards of international humanitarian law. as set forth in the geneva conventions, and yes, therefore could be tried, is war russians, foreign minister is in the iraq capital for talks for the 1st time since 2019 the visit is part of a lot of the extensive tool of african and middle eastern countries will surely after his arrival in bagdad lab sat down for a brief discussion with a walk sound passenger to jordan. russia's top diplomats is also due to meet iraqi officials, including the prime minister. they're expected to talk by lateral ties as moscow seeks to boost economic cooperation with iraq and other countries in the region. so a lot of he's also scheduled to visit molly lloyd tamia and sit down next week. his arrival in iraq came on a grim anniversary, all the country while it's 20 years to the day, as the us deceived the whole world about walks, weapons of mass destruction,

and all special coverage. we look back at the legacy of the illegal war, built on a lie at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations, to disarm iraq, to free people, and to defend the world from great with food and sleep with

rushes foreign ministry says the united states will have to get rid of the anything goes attitude so vividly manifested in the test tube scandal back in 2003. the statement was released on the 20th anniversary of colin powell, the infamous performance at the un security council. moscow added that power has since become a household name as the personification of hypocrisy, and the conviction of the ruling elite of the united states and its own impunity. or during his notorious speech, the u. s. secretary state secretary displayed a mysterious vial of white powder in an attempt to drum up support for the war, which the un ultimately refused to sanction. and the weapons of mass destruction claim eventually proved to have been a complete fabrication. 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 east or 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 t spoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope shut down the united states senate in the fall of 2001. this forced 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 tried to deflect blame. though blair

also said he was very sorry, i did not mislead this country. i made the decision in good faith on the information i had at the time. and i believe that it is better that we took that decision and 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 no. will complete the other world leaders sense 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. s hawkish initiative that the united nations, the world is close to war. my question was instill as does the threat coming from

the iraqi dictator justify a war, a war which will kill thousands of children, women and men. my answer is 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 the disarmament of iraq, where you live approach. if you're at the military action against iraq is a huge political mistake. already sat about the humanitarian side of the shield because on top of that, the un former chief weapons inspector to iraq, scott ritter said rocks, capability to weapons of mass destruction had been eliminated by december of 9998. it's no wonder writer, saw pals, accusations against baghdad, as relying only on circumstantial evidence. power 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 length washington is

willing to go to the success of its foreign policy agenda. is that steak or 20 years old? we asked school with what was really behind power claims. the former chief un weapons inspector to iraq. believe washington never had any intention to let the experts do their job as a walk disarmament was apparently the last thing the us warranties i was brought in to help create an intelligence organization that would assist the special commission and of value weighting the accuracy of the iraqi declarations about what weapons of mass destruction they had. you see, i thought that the mission of the special commission was to disarm i. rec, and, 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 addressed the iraqi parliament. they gave a speech that wasn't pre screened, and as a speech to 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, something's going to let weapons inspectors back in. i one i succeeded and so when it came out is the exact opposite. feels like inspectors are going to be law back. and 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 wreck 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 was a 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 5 years after the beginning of the iraq occupation by us forces. then president george w bush proudly visited baghdad. but didn't get the welcome. he expects it as burst, had to dodge a pair of shoes thrown in his face by an iraqi journalist. ah, ah

fun. if you looked at his face yellow and twitching, you could see the embarrassment. he was so scared from. 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, 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. 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. anyone who wants to colonize, ah, when ah, modern livin of his up. 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. but 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 in the american occupation. the imprisonment of those who resisted. this is a painful and disturbing memory for anyone. with with a key we woke up at dawn when the bombs began falling on baghdad. it was a shock and awe 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 while 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 whoa. once an american journalist asked me a question, was instead on 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. ah minute, it's doing this. do you in 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, the 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 states and our allies have prevailed. oh, i'm done with the hurtful fact is that bush ended up a victory 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. or these are just some of the stories from the decade that long conflicts will be bringing you more throughout the next 10 months and on special coverage on the 20th anniversary of one of america's longest, a month away for the latest news on base as well as documentary visit our website, r t dot com. thank you for choosing asi international. ah

ah. when i 1st joined the united nation special commission in september of 1991, i wasn't brought in as an inspector. i was brought in to help create an intelligence organization that would assist the special commission and evaluating the accuracy of the iraqi declarations about what weapons of mass destruction they had. and if the iraqis were found to be wanting, if there were inaccuracies or just gaps um to help collect information that would allow inspectors to go into iraq to either find material or documents that helped answer the questions or, you know, determined what the truth was. i or to confront the iraqis about their lies and distortions the, the.