we're specifically looking at the persian gulf, and although u.s. navy frigates and ships paid some port calls in previous centuries, it really is world war ii that the united states and its military gets involved in the gulf in a big way. >> host: why? >> guest: well, surprisingly, it doesn't have to do directly with oil. world war iimarked the entry of the united states and its military for two reasons. one is to provide a secure pathway for supplies to our bee league erred soviet russian allies in their quest to defeat the germans. so the persian gulf route represented one pathway the united states could send lease equipment through a back channel, through persia and iraq or iran, through the mountains, and were picked up by the russians north of tehran. and for a second reason, a much smaller percentage of personnel were involved in training missions, in both iran and saudi arabia. but whereas after the end of world war ii, our 60,000 uniformed and civilian troops left the supply delivery business to russia, they left the gulf, those small numbe

up through the early 1870's was one of british hegemonic control over the persian golf. the aftermath of rope or two with the independence of india that the british brigade at -- began their retrenchment with the independence of india, the british lost the rationale for their military presence and their lost the money to pay for their presence there. >>host: did the americans step in because of the vacuum or because they were asked? >> the story of british control shepherding over the golf plays itself out over 20 years. in 1968 the british announced the impending withdrawal in three years the americans initially said in very it explicit terms will not replace the british. the january 1968 announcement came during the same month as the ted offensive and there was no interest anywhere on capitol hill for any additional military commitments in asia. the british began three years of turnover and sent many emirates on a path to independence. so late 1971 when the british withdrew a series of newly independent states demerged but britain was there to help quell the pressures

neighbors in the southern part of persian gulf but of course it's a very complicated situation there are foreign forces in the region there are foreign intervention by americans and by some others so it is still is still we need to talk more about but what we are seeing says we see some meat on the bones already yes. ok well let's talk about again a stand against that has always been a very very problem country in the region a very important country in the middle east if there are controlled by the nato coalition there is the presence of nato in afghanistan hampered taro's relations with cuba. no relation with afghanistan has been always very good and very crucial afghanistan is our neighbor we have something about thousand kilometer of the border with afghanistan and we see peace and stability of afghanistan as are all. and we want to establish and to maintain good friends relations with afghanistan and we have been able to do that despite presence of nato forces in afghanistan well nato forces are supposed to leave that country to withdraw from afghanistan by the end of two thousan

facing a war in the persian gulf. fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for real? your generation has it made. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver only from at&t u-verse. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible. >>> today is veteran's day here in the unite. 23 years ago, ktvu visited with american service members in the persian gulf as they prepared for war with iraq. in the days before widespread internet, people were eager for news in home. >> reporter: on the persian gulf sit american warships and on warships is the mercy. its 900 crew members thinking about their mission here at home, perhaps about home. perhaps about when they will get to go home. when the helicopter launched out, people came out to look. as we wandered one of decks a week old newspaper was devoured by hungry checks. there's nothin

m-2-1 predator drone over the persian gulf. it's the first time the iranians ever fired on a u.s. drone. the shots missed on both attempted. iran's fighter pilots briefly pursued the drone that landed safely at an undisclosed location. >> incident occurred over international waters. 16 nautical miles off the coastline. aircraft was never in iranian air space. it was always flying in international air space. the internationally recognized territorial limit is 12 nautical miles off the coast. we never entered the 12 nautical mile limit. >> asked whether the incident was an act of war, the pentagon spokesman said he would not legally label it.

ben, get in there." >> but it was great, 'cause they spoke persian.: is that right? >> yeah, had i known that, i wouldn't have gone to "turkeygeles." [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: you are also in the movie as an actor. and i think that must be tough to direct yourself. how do you direct yourself acting? >> you know, i've never said this before. i hope that we're in polite company, but it's a little bit like masturbation. i mean, you kind of know what you want. you know what i mean? [ laughter ] you know where you're going. you kinda know what the -- it's intuitive. you know what i mean? [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] >> jimmy: okay. very good. good answer. [ applause ] kind of odd. and then you have to grow out your hair for this. now, here's what we -- here's where -- >> this was bad. >> jimmy: well, i didn't know that you were doing a period piece. i didn't know what you were doing. i just see a photo of you and i go, "affleck's gone bieber on me." [ laughter ] what is going on with this? this is just you shopping. it's, like a paparazzi photo.

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though it isn't just a case for the iranians of israel, it's a case of the entire persian gulf.t's why as you well know, the hostility between the persians and the arabs, in particular the gulf arabs, is very high. and what makes this kind of conflict between israelis and palestinians so particularly difficult is that if the israelis could resolve this and the palestinians, they could then turn to a hopefully regional alliance against the iranian threat into the area. in effect, close the doors to iranian influence in the area. that's why when i was there, i argued strongly with both sides, it makes sense for both of you, both the palestinian authority and israel are very hostile to the iranian regime. makes sense for you guys to sit down and talk, resolve your differences, so that you can confront the real enemy. >> really good to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you rgs piers. >>> coming up, can this country defuse the threat of a ground war in gaza? i will ask a man who knows how washington works. bob woodward. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not the mall.

captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> bret: fire in the sky over persian gulf. iran tries to shoot down surveillance aircraft. we learned of it today. when it happened is raising eyebrows. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. the cold standoff with iran wageed mostly on an economic battleground. quite a bit warmer tonight. that is because the weapons in the latest incident are real. as with the target. unmanned u.s. predator surveillance graft. the incident was real. though the timing is perhaps, perhaps suspect. one week ago. six days before the u.s. election. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is following this breaking story from the pentagon. >> reporter: at 4:50 a.m. november 1, days before the u.s. presidential election, two iranian su-25 frog foot fighter jets like these intercepted and fired twice upon an unmanned, unarmed u.s. m-2-1 predator drone over the persian gulf. it's the first time the iranians ever fired on a u.s. drone. the shots missed on both attempted. iran's fighter pilots briefly pursued the d

war planes to the persian gulf. in the united arab emirates just a couple of hundred. this is not the first report we've had all western increased deployments in the area there have been a whole spate of them in recent weeks and months which all point in the same direction all be increased u.s. british and other western nations deploying a great deal more than the normal commitment to the gulf area not big enough in normal times i think we all understand what the imperial structure of the of the middle east is and that is that the western powers britain and america with the support of britain and other western european powers believe that it has an absolute right to control this area of the globe and it employees the israeli state has its watchdog we read stories that the israelis and the u.s. have now come to an agreement about a time scale within which they must deal with iran so i don't say that's going to happen a day after the u.s. elections but i do think that things will move on and we'll be clear exactly what the program deploying further pressure on the irania

and british media reports that the country set to send warplanes to the persian gulf to be stationed just a couple of hundred kilometers from iran. if you just joined us for a good evening from me kevin though in here at r.t. tonight our top story evidence of brutality by syria's rebel fighters has been branded shocking by human rights organizations and the u.n. says the killings of syrian soldiers if confirmed constitutes another war crime online footage appears to show the summary execution of twenty eight syrian troops in the north this video can't be independently verified but it is seemingly of rebels beating and kicking the soldiers some of whom were wounded before shooting them bad. this is china is calling for phased ceasefire now and a gradual transition in syria and the united states is planning to get greater influence for frontline militants investigative journalist james corbett told us it's in washington's interest to silence the crimes committed by. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and and unfortunately that is being completely ignored

it happened last thursday, the persian gulf.jets fired on the u.s. predator surveillance drone. the drone was not hit. his return to his base. the iranian news agency quotes the top iranian news official saying his country took and this is in their words decisive action against the drone. another iranian general tells the news agency if any foreign planes trying to enter our country's space, our armed forces will confront it. >> the international airspace east of kuwait. the u.s. has launched now a formal protest with iran. barbara starr broke the story. she's joining live on the pentagon. barbara, first of all, what do we know? how is this different than what we've seen before? >> well, this, suzanne, is the first time we are told by the pentagon that iran has actually fired at a u.s. drone in an attempt to apparently take it down. it's not happened before. drones have crashed inside of iran. this is the first time iran has taken military action. the belief it was iran's revolutionary guard core that was flying those planes, th

the word baha has the numerical equivalent of nine in persian.erefore the number nine is symbolic of unity, of culmination and of the glory of god. that's why bahai houses of worship have nine sides. the only requirement other than nine sides for a bahai house of worship is that it have a dome. >> see i wanted to bring that particular explanation in at this point to show you what happens when the social sciences and the humanities collide, you get total confusion here. because we had gordon melton here talking about what do we do with this sect/cult typology due to susanna's good question about christianity we tried to use that typology to describe the development of christianity and how it could have gone through all of our various stages. but here we have a believer and we always go to believers who has trouble would have trouble with any of that. wants to make a whole new category do i hear that a religion can simply be a brand new revelation with absolutely no connection whatsoever culturally to anything that came before it. and what could be

deployed aircraft carriers and you know takes part in the largest military exercise in the persian gulf as we did just just a couple months ago and as the iranians escalate by installing new centrifuges in their facilities and other things like that how long can we how can how long can we do this how long can we turn the heat up and still allow cooler heads to prevail like we saw with this incident which had there been a miscalculation we could have seen a full blown military confrontation erupt from this from this incident so i think both sides are trying to be careful to not allow this to become causes belly for an actual war between the u.s. and iran what's your sense in terms of this presidential election it's finally over do you get a sense that the iranian people are happy that president obama will be getting a second term do you feel like the majority of the country it was hoping for a change in america or do they just not care at all you know my sense just anecdotally and you know is that everybody who. didn't want to see a war is relieved i think that you know the romney campai

economics of the country and our ideological affinity, and he had been radicalized by the israeli persian and south lebanon in the early 1980's. was a very toxic mix that led them to take the steps in the assassination. >> why was he targeted? >> because he was an american and very visible presence in the greatest university in the middle east. there was no more high-profile example in that region than the presidency. >> was the american university put in beirut on purpose that in the 1850's was the root like? >> the route was and still is a very multicultural cosmopolitan international city where east meets west then and now muslims do some christians all mixed into a significant degree and the american missionary presence in the middle east was particularly significant in beirut and became the sort of launching pad for creating what became the greatest university in the region because of this connection. >> could that university have been put in another city and thrive? >> perhaps the presence was no greater anywhere else unless in addition to being ambitious and visionary and practical

is on standby to send planes to the persian gulf the jets would be stationed in the united arab emirates just a couple of hundred kilometers from iran. minister of defense insists any such deployment would not be related to concerns about iran's nuclear ambitions but antiwar activist john reese believes it's about to destabilize the situation in the region. this is not the first report we've had all western increased deployments in the area there have been a whole spate of them recent weeks and months which all point in the same direction of increased u.s. british and other western nations deploying a great deal more than the normal commitment to the gulf area not big enough in normal times i think we all understand what the imperial structure of the of the middle east is and that is that the western powers britain and america with the support of britain and other western european powers believe that it has an absolute right to control this area of the globality employees the israeli state has its watchdog we've seen a very complex series of sort of moves character moves bluff statements

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iranian war planes fire ed on a surveillance drone over the persian gulf. israeli leaders have threatened to launch air strikes against iran's nuclear facilities. >>> afghan officials have had litt success in getting taliban insurgents to lay down their weapons. now they are reaching out to pakistan for help to start peace talks. the government's chief envoy to the taliban met pakistani foreign minister. he said negotiations are necessary for ensuring stability in afghanistan. he reportedly asked pakistan officials to act as mediators. the insurgents have indicated a willingness to discuss a peace deal with u.s. officials. former pakistani intelligence chief says pakistani authorities are well placed to support peace talks. he cites their close relationship with the taliban. >>> china gave the media a glimpse of its military aircraft. it showed off some unmanned aircraft and a stealth fighter. the air show will open on tuesday. it will be the country's largest. drones develop by a state own company are on display for the first time. the nine meter aircraft

drone last week over the persian gulf.ne surveillance in international airspace when iran airplanes fired on at least -- fired on it at least twice. the drone was not hit. it is the first time iran has ever fired at an american drone. no word of why we are just learning about the attack. >> no word on whether secretary of state hillary clinton will go before congress on the attack that went after chris stevens. their hearings will be closed to the public. the state department is making cables detailing what happened the night of the attack available to some law americas ahead of the hearings. most of the law americas are out of town at the time. they feeled have to review the documents instead. >> the fbi believes this is an ak-47 bandit. he struck again this time in idaho. he used an assault rifle and forced the employees into the vault and made out with the cash. he is accused of robbing several banks in florida and washington earlier in the year. >> an officer is shot and injured in the robberies. a 70,000 reward is off

look, make no mistake, carol, this raises tensions in the persian gulf, doesn't it? bullets flying through the air. this is not what anyone wants to see in this vital oil shipping lane area. the iranians this morning saying they will respond to any further transgressions. the u.s. insisting it was in international air space, routine surveillance mission. i think the question is, what happens if this does happen again? you know, nobody really knows. will the iranians take more aggressive action? will the u.s. military respond? it's very concerning because of the economic essentialness, the economic vitality of that very area, carol. >> barbara starr reporting live for us from the pentagon. also today, we could learn new details about the attack in benghazi that left four americans dead, including the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. this pentagon briefing comes as lawmakers on capitol hill resume congressional hearings next week on the libyan attack. stevens and three others were killed on september 11th at the american consulate. the careers of seven members

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air force creditor grown in the persian gulf according to the pentagon. the drone was carrying out routine surveillance of maritime strength. dave: jennifer griffin joins us with the details. i don't know about an act of war but it ratchets up the tension. >> certainly unprecedented. the pentagon has confirmed today that on november 1st at 4:50 a.m. eastern time, a 25 fraud foot iranian fighter jet, two of them intercepted and was fired upon an unmanned unarmed u.s. predator grown. first time the iranians have fired on u.s. unmanned aerial vehicle, shots missed on both attempts and the drone headed away from the iranian coast landing safely soon after an undisclosed location with the iranian jets pursued the ground for a short period after firing shots. >> u.s. military aircraft conducting routine surveillance over the arabian gulf intercepted by iranian s u 25 fraud for aircraft and fired upon with guns. the incident occurred over international waters, 16 nautical miles across the coast line. it was not hit and returned to its base safely. >> george bidd

drone in the persian gulf last week. it was unarmed and in international air space east of kuwait performing surveillance. the drone was not hit, but it raises fresh concerns in the obama administration about iranian aggression in the crucial gulf oil shipping lanes. >>> pregnancy test s for men? how those tests may be capable of detecting a deadly disease. and whether you like it or not, the holiday shopping season is upon us! which stores want to start black friday on thursday. >>> not mon no quarterback in bay history has thrown for more yards! he is retiring. and the word on andrew bogut, not so hot. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for real? your generation has it made. [ mal

golden dawn held a rally at the scene of an historic battle in which the greeks were defeated by the persians. some of the members of the paramilitary right-wing extremist group openly gave hitler salutes at a commemoration of their heroes while their leader delivered a blatantly xenophobic message. >> we want to keep our country clean. we want reese to belong to greeks. we do not want these hassans, mohammeds, and alis to remain residents of our countries. >> the party leader is seen here on the eve of parliamentary elections. he was unwilling to give us an interview. he is gaining in influence and now has 18 parliamentary seats. polls show that his popularity has soared from 7% in may to a current high of more than 10%. so far, police have failed to make headway in establishing a connection between golden dawn and the attacks on immigrants. >> the investigation is still at a preliminary stage, but the police are conscientious. that uphold the law and in the case of an attack regardless of weather it is racially motivated or not, they will question witnesses and secure evidence. they are doi

the use of drones over the persian gulf to monitor iran's nuclear program. israel's leaders have warned they'll conduct air raids if iran refuses to halt its nuclear program. >>> afghan officials have requested pakistani help in bringing about peace talks with taliban insurgents. met pakistani foreign minister on monday in islamabad. rabani is head for peace talks with the taliban. he says it's necessary for afghanistan's stability. he reportedly asked pakistan to act as mediator in potential talks. but the insurgents have shown a positive attitude with the u.s. government. former intelligence chief told nhk pakistan is well placed to support peace talks due to the authorities' close relationship with the taliban. >>> china's hu jintao has overseen an economy that expanded year after year after his ten years as president. but many have missed out. they watched their neighbors get wealthier and wealthier. that's left many seething with resentment and many are trying to find solace in their face. michitaka yamaoka explains. >> reporter: about 300 people live i

especially in japan, russia and the persian gulf. dr. nekaris is finding fewer of them in the jungle, but they're easy to find in the illegal animal markets of azy. their teeth removed with nail clippers. they sell for about $25. smuggled out of the country, though, they are worth thousands. are they endangered? >> they all are, yes. >> reporter: illegal trade -- >> is the number one threat. >> reporter: the world was a safer place for these animals, when the world beyond the jungle didn't know that the oh, so lovable loris existed. i'm jeffrey kofman for "nightline" in paignton, england. >> slow lorises airs november 20th on animal planet.

the pentagon says the attack occurred last thursday in international air space over the persian gulf. >> unarmed, unmanned, u.s. mq1 aircraft conducting routine surveillance over the iranian gulf was intercepted by iranian su-25 aircraft and was fired upon with guns. >> little says the iranian jets fired at least twice at the drone but failed to hit it. the u.s. believes the pilots intended to shoot the aircraft down. he says the u.s. uses drones for reconnaissance in accordance with international rules and that the country will continue to conduct such flights. the obama administration has intensified its surveillance of iran. it has also stepped up economic sanctions. the actions are part of efforts to pressure iran to suspend its nuclear development program. analysts say the attack on the drone reflects iran's growing frustration over the u.s. actions. >>> the man who shot u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head and killed six people has been sentenced to life in prison. the shooting rampage took place in january last year in the state of arizona. jared lee loughner shot

drone patrolling the persian gulf. the shots missed and the drone was unharmed. >>> next week a house panel will hold a hearing on the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that left ambassador chris stevens and three others dead. david petraeus and james clapper are seduled to appear. >>> well, wall street was down for a second consecutive day. a triple digit drop for the dow opening at 12,811. the s&p tumbled 17. the nasdaq sank 41. >>> overseas trading closes out the week in tokyo. the nikkei dropped 79 points while in hong kong the hang seng slipped 182. >>> investors are going to be hoping for a rebound today to close out this wild week. amazon.com is giving it another go at selling wine but only in 12 states and the district of columbia. their first attempt failed because of regulations over the sale and delivery of alcohol across state lines. >>> walmart has already started their hot sales promotions for the holidays. i know, it's already that time. i can't believe it. the stores will be open o

drone in the persian gulf last week. >> our aircraft was never in iranian airspace. it was always flying in international airspace. >> the drone which was unarmed was not hit, but that incident raises some fresh concerns within the obama administration about iranian military aggression in crucial gulf oil shipping lanes. >>> coming up what the post office wants you to know about holiday a match yup, it's that time of year -- mail. up, it's that time of year ago. >> plus how the cops took out the water canon to beat back protesters in greece. >> and you want to keep foods from packing on the pounds? there is some advice out there for you. >>> well, this what is it looked like in greece and as you can see, it is not looking good. riot teams having to use water canons on protesters 100,000 demonstrators furious over $17 billion in budget cuts passed by lawmakers just to keep that country from going bankrupt. now leaders say they had to do it just to get that much needed cash from the other eu countries. >>> santa's helpers want you to know neither rain nor snow nor gloo

spectacular group of ripped gay spartans repelling what was at that point a much bigger even gayer persian army. (laughter). >> jon: many straights have served honorably and have not cheated on their spouses. >> jon, read the bible. these people are incapable of monogamy. it goes all the way back to the garden of eden. it's like the old biblical saying goes: for every woman made from adam's fifth rib there's a guy in a garden who's tired of (bleep)ing her. (laughter) and who's drawing pictures of his penis on a rock and trying to give it to eve's sister. (laughter). >> jon: i know that you know your bible so i won't question that. >> i do! i do! i love my book. >> jon: let's not be blind her, john, the majority of the military is heterosexual. if we ban straight people, who is left to defend us? is that robots? >> no, jon, that is out of the question! have you seen what robots do unsupervised? >> no, i -- oh. >> jon: . >> those are my roombas, jon, and that day i had to clean up their mess. (laughter). >> jon: well, thank you, john (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back, my guest toni

but they speak a lot about the persian gulf saudi arabia they think the role but encouraging encouraging positive trends. in the region a lot will depend on how the situation in syria will be felt. if the reason prevails. of sense prevails and the right will begin with the people of syria the bold the future it will be you know a positive element. in all assessment the bold the future if not. thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest today was pure stagg former russian ambassador to israel and the most competent middle east experts and that's it for now from all if you want to your saying spotlight someone in launching the plane crash then walk to morrow to drop me a line. on t.v. don't are you and let's to spotlight interact move back with more friends comment on what's going on maybe next door to live on our team and ten years as a national. team will go into the future to look at the world pass you by as the best and brightest take minds gather in moscow some came to work while others came to play to get up close and personal with devices that r

drone was fired on by iran in the international air space over the persian gulf last week. now the timing of this disclosure is raising questions tonight. we have our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel with more. >> reporter: brian, this mission was classified. the predator drone was not even hit, let alone shot down. so why talk about it now? it seems that the pentagon is trying to give a very public warning to iran that if this kind of thing happens again, the u.s. could respond militarily. they may also want the american public to know this is going on in case we wake up one morning and hear there has been an exchange of fire between the u.s. and iran. all the indications are that iran, containing their nuclear program will be a big prioty for the term of this president >>> well, this incident certainly is on the record now >> thanks for your reporting on it tonight. >>> out west, high drama in a courtroom in arizona, as the man accused of shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head, wounding a total of 13, killing six others, received his sentence toda

that not only backs out 3 million barrels of oil a day from the persian gulf, all of the oil they import from the persian gulf, but it also reduces one full year of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. mitt romney is saying he'll roll back those standards. all the way down the line, there's a sharp contrast here of, you know -- there are no emergency rooms for planets. we either engage in preventive care here and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that go into the atmosphere, or we are going to see ever greater intensifying catastrophic events hitting our country and causing tremendous damage to the american people. >> congressman, thanks so much for coming on the program. we appreciate it. let's go live to roanoke, virginia. mitt romney is at what they're calling a victory event at integrity windows and doors company. let's listen. >> it was powerful to listen to jake and to speak with his sister susan. the two of them are leaders, the top two people in their company. they're making products for america. they and their family and all the people who work at marvin, they did b