back the anti-malaria drug referred to by agent hudson as mefloquine mefloquine was developed by the us army and is distributed by roche pharmaceuticals under the brand name lariam lariam was the focus of intense media scrutiny in two thousand and two after three soldiers from fort bragg killed their wives and ultimately committed suicide after returning from afghanistan all three were reported to have taken lariam while deployed in two thousand and three there was also reports of an increase in suicide among troops taking their eamonn iraq. part of every military mission is giving the troops the protection they need including medicines to prevent disease including malaria which kills at least seven hundred thousand people around the world each year thousands of u.s. troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately warned about its rare side effects serious life changing side effects in collaboration with u.p.i. investigative reporter mark benjamin cnn's in

. >> at their headquarters, the army says the authenticity of the footage is questionable. but it is being investigated. a spokesman told ushat army uniforms are freely available at local markets. he said the scene in the video could have been staged in five minutes. he dismissed the footage as propaganda. this is not the first time the army has been accused of carrying out executions. there are claims that there have been scores of killings in the past years. defended theis t army. >> its -- a soldier is responsible. there is a chain of command. i do not think anyone can question the discipline. >> but questions are being asked, including the white house. washington is calling on pakistan to investigate the video fully. >> the united nations has published its report in two mass killings in the democratic republic of congo. it dittos events between 1993 and 2003. basic to account for the mass killing of hutu people there. they accused rwanda and ugandan army is of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and possibly genocide. >> the united nations officials around the world have been waiting to see if the language in the publ

are awaiting sentencing after being convicted of using a palestinian child as a human shield the founder of the breaking the silence movement says the army is using the two as scapegoats to falsely show civilian human rights are upheld. this is in a way a political trial and this is a trial to try to clean the system these two late low ranking soldiers are going to pay for the mistakes of all the a separation of all the military for the big problems of the strategy and weapons that were used in operation cast lead for the rules of engagement and they're going to pay for it and in a way the army is trying to sacrifice them to clean itself and this is i think a problem there is a history of this of more and more cases of soldiers complaining of policy and complaining and still it seems like the ground level in the military cannot accept in a way this change because when you are in the field you always think that the judge in jerusalem they have their own idea about how to do things and you know how to do things and this is the way you were trained on and that's why this is the way you do and in a way when you're in the system and when you'

us. across iraq camps like this have been evacuated by the american army and handed over to the iraqi security forces property and equipment that has nothing taken afghanistan has either been returned home to the united states of mind here but american officials worry that the tens of millions of dollars of equipment left behind could end up in the wrong hands. so why talk to the americans didn't leave anything behind for three i'm sure of it all the stuff it's all generic and sort of the rican scamp used humvees the regular army get it from the american army we had to buy them. anybody can come here to shop but very few do there's no love lost for things american in iraq today most. people here in america if they are also scared that these things may be polluted in cause disease or up to save says he wouldn't take a chance buying anything here he's. been warned by local media they could be poisonous substances in the abandoned us military camps were legal for your main diseases including chose to eat in council and the concern is backed up by the iraqi government but look at who acquitted of

using civilians for. a claim of ridicule by civil rights campaigners it's a regular army tactic. iraq's prime minister is under pressure following the massive leak of secret american files revealing. civilian deaths in the country with critics asking if he's unfit to be in power meanwhile he says the release of the files which he says are to be investigated threatens the balance of power in the country. that the city may soon find itself suffocating under its own rubbish unless a proper deal with its garbage is found environmental inspectors say. the biggest. wars or. what is the future of the global economy archies spotlight host discusses this and lots more with the director of the macro economic research department at the moscow higher school of economics.

it it sure gives everybody you showed us a pretty tree streak so they have no idea about the hardships to face. they wanted this is. all going to loosen for any army to life and to use the enemy is the most precious thing in the world. of self-sacrifice and her mission to understand fully that you have to live the. real life stories from. nineteen forty five don't. go back to watching r.t. coming to live from moscow these are the top stories reports of a russian spy ring being busted in georgia threaten what's left of relations between the two but experts believe it's just another p.r. stunt to. power play plans for joy network of nuclear plants fuel closer links as president medvedev has to get now for a summit of asian nations. and funny business a poll shows the most trusted opinion maker in the u.s. as a t.v. comedian president obama doesn't even make the top twenty. plus we have lines here in our next martin andres takes you on a tour of haunted moscow looking for creative ways to celebrate halloween in the russian capital. this weekend thousands of people would dress up as witches or ghouls and celebrate halloween but when it comes to actual

army base. that left 13 people dead and dozens wounded. today, the alleged gunman comes face to face with the victims. >> i am used to it by now. >> an army specialist is on, hunting patrol. he has been wounded, but not overseas. he was shot four times at fort hood in texas on november 5 of last year. >> i know it is not happening anymore, but you still white cups wedding. >> the 32 people wounded and the families of the 13 people killed will finally learn more about what happened and come face-to- face with the accused killer. it will be determined if he will face a court-martial, and possibly the death penalty. >> we all call in different ways. in my situation, i'd like to know all of the fact part >> he was paralyzed from the chest down. he faces 13 counts of first- degree murder and 33 counts of attempted premeditated murder. all of those wounded are expected to be called to the set -- to the stand to provide an account of what happened. >> you will hear more stories about how selfless those 13 people were and how many heroes are among the wounded. >> we are told the hearing could stretch into november. if the prosecution is set to pr

of others lost limbs at all mines used against soviet soldiers were american mate most of the us were an army which supplied the mujahideen with the quitman weapons medicine it was american strong the missiles which helped shoot don't know claims but. two decades after the soviet. and dre was taken aback to find out that russia was back in afghanistan again this time with its anime. these are the pictures he saw on the news reports food truck producing labs and the border between afghanistan and pakistan were destroyed in a special rate and a ton of peregrine went over two hundred million dollars. we gave information to all us and asked them part is the three signs on the operation for three months to be used about seventy special forces units three landing helicopters and six of . the whole operation lasted less than was good. but many experts say washington needed a push before it started to act it's unbelievable to me that it took russia to tell the united states where the drug labs were when we have a hundred thousand troops we've spent eighty billion dollars on intelligence we have a hun

levels where the sphere is supposed to have appeared some time ago the same devices were used in the russian army the monitor registers weak radiation coming from the. radiation poses no hazard to life on whatsoever the monitor shows something might have come out of the earth but i don't know what it is. the u.f.o. experts don't yet know exactly what causes the radiation. it would be interesting to take measurements right after the objects disappearance yeah that's possible we need to measure radiation soon after an anomaly that will give us a bit of chance of finding something worthwhile. the village of two hundred kilometers from you catherine book is another paranormal hotspot in the your rules one of the villages nicholai churkin has been studying u.f.o.'s for fifty years the soviet k.g.b. was suspicious of his work nikolai was question several times and some of his evidence was confiscated but he has been able to preserve most of it. here you can see albums to photo albums with pictures of u.f.o. and reports of our expedition. experiences. the soviet u.f.o. specialist says his interest was r

options are on the table with iran yes we love this guy who will what table who is on his table use in his army never take anything off the table first of all that they want to take it off the table where it looks so good on their outside the mainstream and then there's just crazy and this guy would be probably pure crazy but yet he's apparently had a lot of statements over his long career comparing the u.s. government to nazis and you just don't play that game but this is why texas made sure he was doing it and i mean it's actually working fertile people to grab their guns right in the second i mean are you well that's that's something that people need to think about because this tea party movement this independent whatever it is there is a real angry streak there and i'm actually concerned about if some of those people do get into office how they act how their supporters act and what when they come to washington with their guns that they but i don't think we i mean i think that the american people are the angry ones so much so that they just become blinded by the light of what they think. a t

also with us, retooird army colonel and msnbc military analyst jack jacobs.p that conducted the research. what's the takeaway here? how bad is the financial situation? >> there's good news and bad news for the military, chris. it's very significant the amount of debt that military service members struggle with. when you look at the amount of debt that they have, that can contribute to mission unreadiness. financial readiness frequently is what is so important for misread dins. >> if you're struggling with how you're going to pay your bills, how do you concentrate on your job? it's that simple, right? >> exactly. >> one of the things that surprised me is how often these military families move. you know they often go from place to place. but in the example, for example, of the wife of david petraeus. she said they moved 23 times in 26 years. how often did you move jack? >> in 20 years i moved 13 times. in one year i moved three times alone. >> your wife is still with you. >> yes. it's very difficult, very difficult to manage your finances, manage your life, you

anything behind for i'm sure of it all the stuff it's all in sort of the reagan scant used humvees the regular army got from the american army we had to buy them. anybody can come here to shop but very few do there's no love lost for things american in iraq today more . people here in america if you're also scared that these things may be polluted in cause disease or up to save says he wouldn't take a chance buying anything here he's been warned by local media they could be poisonous substances in the abandoned us military camps. a lot of the people here manning diseases including chose to aid in cancer and the concern is backed up by the iraqi government but look at who acquitted. there must have been a great impact on the environment a great number of weapons were used in this world and on a wide scale tests show an increase in pollution levels a good chunk of the american army has nifty rock in what u.s. officials are calling the biggest movement of people and machines since world war two but the soldiers and the equipment that remains i was stalked reminder that the war is not quite over. iraq

then pakistan launched a major offensive. >> several months the army is here to tell us it has cleared much of the area it has called the town of van's central gravity. >> we have to clear this area from them and bring stability to this area. [unintelligible] >> these are the weapons the army says it has recovered from militants, an area that is secure. it is not the first time we have seen a display like this. we have seen it many times in other areas. the bombing and insurgency could continue. the feeling is every time an operation is carried out the militants escaped elsewhere. many also think not enough is being done to stop people turning to militancy in the first place, like the lack of decent education. >> the young generation needs to be educated. otherwise [unintelligible] it is not difficult for anybody to put some uneducated guy [unintelligible] >> even those in the army admit they deal with some of the issues that help feed recruits to the taliban, like poverty. they could be fighting days militants for many years to come. >> thailand fresh from a political crisis is growin

he said mexican authorities are resuming the research at 9:30 local time with the mexican army and they are using assets from the mexican army including hill corks and trained dive teams. on the u.s. side the search continues with border patrol and gaid -- game wardens. >>shepard: the mexicans were questioning her saying there is no body or no jet ski and the people there saw nothing. there is one witness. is anyone questioning the story? >>reporter: a lost people on both sides are suspicious about the accounts that she has told authorities and they do not believe her. people on both sides of the falcon lake. however, texas governor perry does believe her. and the authorities who are here on the texas side of the border believe her. some of the mexican authorities question the account as she puts them, they are searching. >>shepard: thank you, chris, from the border. go to see you. texan lawmakers holding a news conference to discuss the case and border security, in general. if you are interested in watching it we are streaming it at foxnews.com where you can watch it live. a developing story fro

and the news blog, upshot has revealed the army has used local cbs television affiliates in georgia and north carolina as training posts for some of its psychological training personnel. active duty soldiers working at the stations, as part of the army's training with industry program, the psyops soldiers learned broadcasting and communications expertise that they can use to influence the motives and ultimately behavior of foreign audiences. three ecuadorean police kernels are under criminal investigation for rebellion and attempted assassination following last week's revolt against rafael correa. on saturday, the president attended the funeral for one of five people killed in last week's unrest. >> the 24-year-old student went through 6000 people to rescue the president. they met him with bullets, tear gas, snipers on a rooftop. how can you call that being police? the police themselves should be the ones to arrest the worst elements. if they had any dignity, they would surrender their weapons, uniforms, badges. they do not deserve to be called police. >> palestinians set fire to a mosq

those that provided us with food, hygiene. the army, the royal force. everyone who was here. and those who cannot be mentioned, they deserve the gratitude of the country. >> the most popular politician in the country at the moment, certainly one of the most popular in the terms of the families here at the mine. he has been on top of this rescue operation since its inception, flying backwards and forwards from santiago to see what progress is being made. he was here for the rescue capsule, for the breakthrough at the 300 meter mark. he was here at dawn for last saturday morning. truly wonderful. iconic image is here. a mining rescue operation. something that often goes wrong in other parts of the world, something that chile has managed to get right. let's just leave you with this set of pictures that we can bring you in a few moments' time. the important thing to remember is that we are nine miners in and there are 33 in total. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experien

us and it was strange, we did not know what was going on. they neutralized the commanders. at that moment, one of the guys screamed. we are the colombian army. you are free. that was incredible. because it was hard for us to understand what they were telling us. suddenly, those guys were the prisoners and we were free. everything -- i remember screaming in a way like an animal. screaming and thinking why? i could not control myself. i said this is insane. i have to stop. this is crazy. i looked at my companions and they were doing the same thing. there were shouting and jumping and kissing and i thought the helicopter was doing like this. i thought we were going to crash. it was good -- too good to be true. tavis: let me close on this note. do you have any interest now in still being the president of columbia one day? >> no. not at all. i have no ambition. i have an ambition for my country. i think that columbia needs to find her soul. i think there is too much hatred in my country. i would like to see my fellow countrymen opening their hearts because i think love is the key for many things. it was the key for me for surviving. it was also

we should use everybody assured us a pretty tree because they have no idea about the hardships that we face. one it's this is. all of them too nice to. bring in the armyto use the other is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live it. real life stories from world war. one nine hundred forty five gold dot com. this is awesome from moscow these are all top stories tonight forcing children into the firing line two israeli soldiers await sentencing of the three convicted of using a palestinian boy as a. child was forced to welcome back still to contain von stroom because of war. come to the nation a vicious debate and calls for investigation all in the aftermath of the biggest leak of military files in u.s. history suggesting tolls and civilian deaths in iraq prime minister nouri maliki claims the timing of the exposé is a good sabotaging his efforts to form one government and undermine his power. and reigning in the web site of a terrorism and child pornography have u.n. experts calling for international cooperation to eliminate internet bret's the web currently coordina

now, the new material is reported to be nearly 400,000 pages of classified us army documents. wikileaks founder, julian assange posted 70,000 pages on the war in afghanistan and critics say he should be stopped. >> for these documents to be released, is a huge national security breach, julian assange and everybody associated with wikileaks should be declared enemies of the the state and we should take appropriate government action to deal with the enemy of the state. >> reporter: by the way, alisyn the wikileaks web site has been shut down, all weekend, julian assange has not responded to my e-mails for response to this. thank you. >> alisyn: thanks for that update, julie kirtz. meanwhile there is disturbing news out of iraq this morning, hundreds of sunnis, allies to the u.s., have apparently quit or been dismissed and many of them were told to -- we're told have rejoined al qaeda. according to the "new york times" they are well deceiscipld knowledge and part of the reason is inconclusive results from the parliamentary elections in march and the candidates for u.s. senate in

the hearing involvinga us army psychiatrist nidal malik hasan charged in a deadly shooting spree at fortoday that will bring him face- to-face victims. still does not started. no reason is given for the late he is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder we will watch the story and you know when we find out more about to raise the late. darya >>. big board, here on wall street the dow is down 31 points rainouts financial firms on wall street are appearing to do about record high pay for a second consecutive year. according to a survey conducted a hundred $44 billion in compensation and benefits will be paid out by just 35 firms that is at 4 percent increase over last year the payout covers bonuses, premiums, stock options for the firm's executives and employees. wal-mart said it will start selling the ipad tablets some time by friday. the majority of the locations will be selling yen by the height of the holiday season. it will sell ipad at apple suggested retail price of 40 or $99-899 depending on the model. it will be available on- line domestic debt but >> the stores. former rebe