troops were being deployed to central africa. on october 14, 2011, the president transmitted a report consistent with the war powers resolution inform the congress that quote, in furtherance of the congress is stated policy, i've authorized a small number of combat equipped u.s. forces to deploy to central africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working towards the removal of joseph kony from the battlefield, end quote. he further stated quote, although the u.s. forces our combat equipped, they will only be providing information, advice and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage lra forces and less necessary for self-defense, end quote. as the sole house committee of jurisdiction for the lra act, and the primary committee jurisdiction over the war powers act, it is incumbent upon us to ensure that this action complies with those the letter and the spirit of the law come and for the u.s. national security interests. pertinent information related to this mission such as the anticip

special forces are now on the ground in central africa, with more than on the way. the first declared u.s. military mission in subsaharan africa since the blackhawk down incident in mogadishu, somalia that left 18 soldiers dead and 73 wounded. as ed henry reports, the president is deploying these troops to train and advise african forces fighting a notorious army, blamed for years of murder, rape and kidnapping. but the u.s. deployment raises question it's why now? why there? and not other hot spots? >> tonight in central afcar, trying to hunt down the rebel leader, wanted for a brutal campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping women and girls to become sex slaves. the move was disclosed by president obama in a letter to congressional leaders on friday afternoon, as he toured a general motors factory in michigan with south korean president li. the u.s. special operations fighters will only be there for month, but still a dramatic move for a president who repeatedly made the case against u.s. boots on the ground in libya. >> i said that america's role would be limited a

troops to central africa two days ago. e starting out in uganda but could go to a host of countries in africa, including the democratic republic of congo. the u.s. troops are members of the special forces. they're stressing inside the white house that it's just about 100 troops, that they're just trainers, and that they're only going to be there for' few for w months, but obviously there are other missions, it's a training mission, and the u.s. gets sucked into a longer time period, combat, etc. we're told the trainers would only be in a combat role if they have to be drawn in for self-defense. what their mission is going to be is to chase down this rebel, who you mentioned, joseph coney, the head of the lra. the bottom line is the white house is putting out statistics showing thousands of murders, children have been kidnapped in central africa, brought into the sex trade. so congress passed a law in 2009, the president signed it into law in 2010, and basically that law said the administration needed to do something, needed

in central. africa from again that it came on it or it is huge area including all those riches in south sudan or oil and minerals and in cologne will all in minerals as well so we start with like in vietnam one hundred advisors let's talk about it when you're. ok and you know the u.s. forces there they're combat equipped so they're prepared to defend themselves and attack and they need to but are really only supposed to be providing information and advice believe that the u.s. will not change from combat missions where we don't know this is pure speculation what we do know is that this is basically going to be. special forces cia contingency one super collector local intelligence probably and probably barack's let's say drolls to go ask her the lord's resistance army and the connies guys which are a lot more than four hundred you last a substantial number that we got there in the middle of the jungle they had two thousand people like two years ago it's a do in dealing force dia the problem is the organ

troops are on their way to central africa their task of helping uganda combat a rebel army of terrorizing civilians and the region and as the u.s. intervenes what does the public know about the country how do they feel about the military intervention and do they even care artie's other dionne of the set out to the streets to find out. as the obama administration announced its plan of sending advisory troops into uganda if. you would have a quick second i went out on the streets of d.c. to ask americans what they make of all this have you heard about you know the latest news about your ministration going to uganda and i have no i didn't but i'm not for it i hated. the idea i did what do you think about that obama i don't like our president i think he's doing a lousy job that's one of our country i don't like obama but i most of the time i think it's a good thing that we protect our interests and help others that are right there had never been one to. feel as though. we need to solve the problems of the world everywhere i think here too you know make sure to say people in africa you know th

is this in your opinion a unique model that is being used in central africa? or is this comparable to some other operations, like in the southern philippines. chairman rohrabacher led a delegation there a few months ago where we got to see a unique operation there, a limited number of u.s. military advising, not engaging in combat, but trying to be very focused on the terror safe-haven and training camps there. is this a unique model or drawing and other experiences that have work? and let me start with ambassador vershbow. >> congressmen, this is not unique model in the sense that training and equipping partner forces is something that we have done in many parts of the world. my experience, if you look at my biography, it is more in europe. with that training programs to train the bosnian army forces after the dayton accord, we train the georgian forces to deal with terrorist forces in the border regions with the russian federation. each mission is tailored to the specific circumstances and the requirements of the partner involved. but this sort of advise and

in narrowly-defined terms, it does threaten the stability of a large swath of central africa, the sizeu uganda, one of america's strongest allies against al-qaeda, the central african republican -- the central african republic and the democratic republic of congo, two countries that face senate challenges policing their territories and who civilians are currently suffering the bankrupt of the lra's atrocities. i believe it is squarely in our national interest to build the capacity of allied forces so that they can fight bad actors on their own and to support our allies when they need assistance as we expect them to do for usment the u.s. and the international community have long recognized that the lra poses a serious threat to the stability of central africa and have taken a number of steps to stop their barbaric behavior. in 2005 the international criminal court indicted joseph kony and three of his commanders for crimes against humanity. the u.s. placed the lra on the terrorist exclusion list, and joseph kony on the specially-designated global terrorist list. from 2006 to 2008, ugan

. >> reporter: we joined him and his vie raus forecasting team on their latest trip to central africa. this one, to cameroon, when he fears may become the birthplace for the next deadly pandemic. he wants to stop it before it can get started. so, looking in central fafry ka, because there have been a lot of diseases that have come from this part of the world, it's a good place to try to see what might be next? >> yeah, we're looking, where do we have a diversity of animals and where do we have people with a lot of exposure to those animals? >> reporter: hollywood movies like "contagion" have tapped into the fear of new vie rulss leaping from animals to humans but that prospect isn't farfetched. in fact, it's happened. in asia, in 2002, 8,000 cases of s.a.r.s. then, h1n1 leapt from pigs to humans and killed 18,000 people. and of course, aids. 65 million have died. the original source? a cyrus from chimpanzees from this region. to get here, we flown to the teeming city of duoala and then drove to kribi, where we meet with nathan to begin a trek into the bush. >> we're going to be headed

president obama announcing he is sending 100,000 -- wone hundred troops to central africa much to battle the lord's resistance army accused of heinous crimes. >> these 100 u.s. troops mostly special operation forces will be helping governments and militaries in central africatrying to take down the violent guerrilla group. lord's resistance group that is terrorizing the people there. the first of the 100 troops arrived with more to follow. the white house said they will be sent to sudan and democratic republic of the congo as well u.s. personnel will be on the ground to provide training and not engage the lra forces directly unless it is in self defense. in a letter to congress president obama said i believe in deploying u.s. forces furthers the u.s. national security interests and foreign policy and counter the efforts of the lra in central africa. the soldiers are roming the jungle area. president obama said u.s. troops will help local sources working for the removal of joseph coney from the battlefield. one questioned why he let them know yesterday. >> these are terrorist and keeps a

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south sudan and the democratic republic of congo and as well so when you look at the area in central africa any you see. oil in the amount of mineral reaches at play in when we see that china is making me a role in this area and when we look at the africans agenda which is to combat china commercially viable military ization of africa then you understand these one hundred the beginning of may and he will be going to go the soup. so let's take a look at what's catching your i r t dot com this hour although there's plenty going on in the world to bring you down are online humor with some satirical perspective on what's happening by more cutting cartoons on the web site. and escaping the cargo hold miami residents find they're having to slug it out with an invasion of large snails from africa slowly eating them out of house and home find out how they got there and the trouble they're causing at our team dot com. well greece raises another tough week with a key parliamentary vote on even more of belt tightening it's still trying to convince its creditors that it deserves more cash to help avoid

it's taking place right now in central africa. and that data is being analyzed here in san francisco. we'll explain. >>> and also, another story that we've talked quite a bit about is about cell phones and radiation. here in san francisco, starting this month, these flyers like this will need to be handed out and on display in stores. take a look. cell phones emit radio-frequency energy. you'll start seeing those here in san francis along with specific tips on what to do including limiting cell phone use by children, using a headset, using belt clips, avoiding cell phones in weak signal areas. this is something, again, we've been reporting on for some time. concern that using a cell phone for too long, too many years could potentially be problematic to your health. the world health organization even weighing in on this earlier this year saying they now consider cell phone radiation -- the non-ionizing radiation, a plausible carcinogen, something that could cause cancer. at least here in san francisco, you'll see flyers like this f

south sudan and the democratic republic of congo and as well so when you look at that area in central africa in you see the amount of oil and the amount of mineral reaches at play and when we see that china is making me the role in this area and when we look at the africans agenda which is to combat china commercially viable military is a show of africa then you understand these one hundred the beginning of may me will be going to go the soup. let's check on what's catching your eye on our website this hour pain for our consequence and ukraine's president ever not wanted in brussels as e.u. officials count on a visit following the controversial conviction of former prime minister yulia tymoshenko. and although there's plenty going on in the world to bring down our online humor hog put something terrible perspective on what's happening by more cutting cartoons on the r.t. website. and escaping at the last cargo miami residents find they're having to slug it out with an invasion of large south africa will be eating them out of house and home find out how they got there and the trouble they're

troops to central africa to deal with a bloody battle unfolding. of killing tens of thousands of people throughout central africa. 100 u.s. ground forces now in uganda. i spoke about this last hour with the ranking member of the senate arms service committee, senator john mccain. >> so, i think that actions need to be taken to help these countries combat particularly uganda and its neighbors to combat this lra, but i want to be very careful we don't get into another lebanon or somalia. i'm not saying we will, but we've got to be very careful and i think it requires more consultation with congress and the american people. you don't want to get into something that you can't get out of and so, i certainly applaud the goal. i would like to know more and i think the american people should know more as to exactly how we're going to do it. remember we sent peace keepers into places before that ended in tragedy. >> lot of people remembering black hawk down in mogadishu, somalia about 20 years ago. >>> other news we're following, just days after learning ab

lord's resistance army a guerrilla group which has terrorized the country and other parts of central africa for decades its leader is wanted for war crimes but asia times correspondent pepe escobar says the u.s. agenda in africa already goes beyond protecting civilians. first of all this is an exchange of gifts president obama is giving a gift to the dictator of will gun them civilly it was being in power for twenty five to twenty six years and he's as responsible of us human rights in any effect at tax on civilians and murders attacks on civilians as joseph cohen and so obama's senate is one hundred u.s. special forces billed as advisers so remember vietnam in one nine hundred sixty one sixty two it started with a bunch of advisers going to get out and we know what history taught us later this is a civil war and it's and that make war once again the u.s. is right stepping right into the middle of a net the war that's been going on for over two decades with the bigger picture is even more impressive because this is not about again that sells and even obama at made it on the record already t

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troops to central africa to advise those who are staging an anti-insurgency against the lords resistance army, one of the most brutal insurgencies on the face of the earth at this moment. so 100 u.s. advisors are going in there. most of them, we are told, or many of them at least, are special ops troops. good idea? >> well, first of all, i wish we would just be honest or say nothing. i don't think you send special ops troops in there with instructions not to kill anybody. >> which they were said they were going in as an advisory manner -- >> i'm just saying. if the united states should intervene in a way that works, if it should and black operation, don't say anything about it, our guys show up, our technology shows up, the other side loses, we quietly go off again. if it is going to be overt operation, say we will now do what it takes to make sure we achieve our objectives. period. that should be the rule of engagement. some kind of nonsensical we don't want to shoot you but we're sending armed troops -- it is just stupid. doesn't make any sense. the other question i would just raise wi

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we're now in central africa. one thing that we should have learned in the last 12 years is that once we are involved in a foreign involvement, in a foreign entanglement, it's very difficult to get out. it's usually at a great price. secretary gates is the one who said that america had no vital interest in libya. so yes the world is better off without moammar qaddafi but there's also a risk. this is just a snapshot in time. we don't know yet, bob, who will be the true leader in libya. it could be the muslim brotherhood. it could be more extremist elements. plus we also know that the shoulder-fired rockets have gone missing. this is very dangerous and a very dangerous world. libya is a very volatile situation. >> schieffer: you just said in answer to an earlier question, we always leave troops behind. shouldn't that argue that if you're saying that that maybe we should figure out some way to leave some troops in libya. is that what you're saying? >> it appears that that will not be the case according to the early r

the lra has been pillaging central africa for a while now. they exist for one reason, it to kill and capture and to resupply for the next plunger. there is no other reason for its being. this savagery has landed them on the terrorism list. it is good to see evelyn here. we appreciate your efforts on the behalf of other of debt to gross employees. -- abducted girls and boys. one boy told that he was supposed to kill eight other children. they were surrounded in a circle. they were taking turns bashing heads in. if this is not a crime against humanity, i do not know what is. it was orchestrated by a kony. congress passed legislation to counter the lra threat. we pressed it is rationed to be bold, and to develop a plan to help apprehend or remove joseph kony and his top commanders. a broad coalition were passing this. the administration is now sending small teams specializing in training foreign units. this is a reason the command was created. the need for a light footprint is targeted. this is far from the peacekeeping model. the u.s. has made

the lra has been pillaging central africa for a while now.on, it to kill and capture and to resupply for the next plunger. there is no other reason for its being. this savagery has landed them on the terrorism list. it is good to see evelyn here. we appreciate your efforts on the behalf of other of debt to gross employees. one boy told that he was supposed to kill eight other children. they were surrounded in a circle. they were taking turns bashing heads in. if this is not a crime against humanity, i do not know what is. it was orchestrated by a kony. congress passed legislation to counter the lra threat. we pressed it is rationed to be bold, and to develop a plan to help apprehend or remove joseph kony and his top commanders. a broad coalition were passing this. the administration is now sending small teams specializing in training foreign units. this is a reason the command was created. the need for a light footprint is targeted. this is far from the peacekeeping model. the u.s. has made a big commitment in south sudan. the lra de in situ

help in central africa in fighting the lra. department says additionan troops were not available to send until now. heather? >> heather: thank you very much, molly henneberg live for us in washington. >> gregg: alabama students living illegally in the united states are no longer at risk of being deported. this after a federal court of appeals struck down a controversial part of the law requiring public schools to check the immigration status of students. other parts of the law will still stand, though, including a provision allowing police to check people's residency status during routine traffic stops. the appellate court is expected to hear even more arguments challenging the law in late november. >> heather: the occupy wall street movement started in new york city, in our nation's capitol today. the washington rally focusing on president obama's jobs plan and the dedication of the martin luther king memorial. take a listen. >> i'm coming down to dc to celebrate martin luther king, the message of economic justice and job crea

it is in uganda and central africa republi and congo and moves through and rapes and pillages.s people apart >> chris: we are running out of time. why send troops there but not to end the slaughter in syria? >> guest: that is a good question. i think this is, two entirely different set of circumstances. one is a reaction, it is part of the arab spring and the other is an ongoing move to aniliate people and kill large numbers of people . i think it is a small group of 100 people. they give military advice to the regional arm yewe'll see what happens. >> chris: finally the obama administration is scaling back the troops that we will keep in iraq in the end of 2011. few than a thousand and perhaps a few hundred because we can't work out a deal with the iraqi government. >> guest: the agreement expires at the end of this year and we need a new at that timus of forces or we are there against the will of the government and we'll not condition against the will of a government. >> chris: are you troubled about the idea we would be all out? >> guest: i am troubled, you know, i look at k

today that president obama is preparing to send hundreds of advisors as well as combat troops to central africa africa allegedly to assist in quote removing from the battlefield a rebel commander the existence of whom the united states has apparently not noticed for decades now that we have any warm feelings towards joseph koni or his lieutenants but here's a question why now well we'll discuss that in our seven pm newscast with robert naiman policy director for just foreign policy and that is going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered go to our t. dot com slash usa or check out our youtube page lots of our latest videos are posted there lots of occupy wall street that addresses you tube dot com.

to end violence and atrocities, against the people of central africa and means more american boots on the ground and yet, another foreign land. hi, good to have you here, i'm jamie colby. >> kelly: i'm kelly wright, welcome to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters and president obama announcing the deployment of about 100 u.s. troops, jamie to uganda in hopes of removing this man that you're looking at. from the battlefield for two decades now, his lord's resistance army has murdered, raped and kidnapped tens of thousands of people. the white house saying our troops will be armed. but will only fight in cases of self-defense. and molly henneberg is following the story right now and joins us live in washington with more details and what's the exact mission, molly? >> hi, kelly, hi jamie. president obama says our troops are sent to help regional forces in central africa take down that man you were just showing, the leader of the violent rebel group there, the lord's resistance army or lra, the first of the troops deployed on tuesday and then in a letter to congress, deploy

why have we sent 100 trainers and advisers to central africa, particularly uganda?feat of the lords resistance army. one of the most brutal, heinous terrorist organizations on the planet that has been going around for 15, 20 years and literally kidnapping children, killing their parents, raping their brothers and sisters and impressing them into conflict. i've been up to northern uganda during the height of the conflict. i held a 1-month-old child who was left for dead on the side of the road where her family was slaughtered and her brothers taken off to fight. that is one of the most brutal, horrific conflicts on the planet, and through the concerted efforts of countries in the region, particularly uganda with american support over many years, they have shrunk enormously the size of the lords resistance army. there is a remnant of a few hundred that are still marauding around the central african region including in south sudan, congo, central africa, congo, parts of uganda. the president took the decision on a bipartisan piece of legislation coming out of congress

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