in march two thousand and five an american army major made surprising revelations in this army review he claims that the use of white phosphorus proved highly effective. he adds that he used it willingly against the insurgents the major refers to such a collection as shake and bake missions according to this officer white phosphorus was used in iraq to kill. given this damning evidence the international press seized upon the story. they would have to wait until november sixteenth two thousand and five for the american administration to officially admit to the media that the city was bombed with white phosphorous. back to floozy seven years after the bombing the population is convinced that white phosphorus is still killing. such is the case with khalifa he lives in the jolan neighborhood one of the hardest hit by the bombing. in two thousand and five founded the first charity for war victims. though it is aimed to gather as much information as possible beginning with these files on sick children how. this child for example developed a brain tumor just after the bombing back in two tho

we had an army major at fort hood killed 13 americans, and he had in his wallet a card that said soldier of allah, was in regular contact with a clear in yemen who was urging the killing of americans, the army to its institutional shame refuse in its report to deal with the religious motivations which were clearly at the heart of what he was doing. to start with that mission that we have to develop intellectual honesty about what threatens us. the president's proposal to cut the defense budget is suicidal. it is absolutely suicidal. that we say in passing, when leon panetta at testified in the senate that he believed that a nato agreement or a united nations agreement superseded the congress, he should resign as secretary of defense. he has forgotten -- he is not the united nations secretary of defense. he is the united states' secretary of defense. we have yielded none of our constitution of party from the congress to the united nations or to nato to authorize use of force without the congress approving its. he is fundamentally wrong and all of us should be alarmed at the idea that the

army forces and people's army of vietnam, fought the first major battle of the american war. nothing else. not who kicked who whose ass. just the fact that there was a battle. and he was when he died the -- when he died the whole project collapsed. i've been back to the x-ray battlefield one other time after the 1993. i went back with 12 of my veterans. you can take me to the west only until the road ones out and then you got to start walking. the first place you hit is lz albany. and then you walk another mile and a half north and you hit lz x-ray. it's still a strub jingle. high elephant grass. it's still a scrub jungle. there's been some logging out there by the japanese, primarily, but i think all that stopped and -- when we were there in 1993 and '97, there was the remains of a logging road which had all grown over. so as you well know, the tours of veterans of vietnam, they've taken, maybe to hanoi, to the museum won't be donang, the palaces, saigon, the roof on the care vel. and the outdoor roof on the hotel across the street, i forget the name of it. but they don't ta

capitol and an army major jumps up at fort hood and kills 13 americans and wounds 33, with a card inis wallet saying soldier of ala. if the pakistani government at least key elements was protecting and hiding bin laden for seven years in a military city, one mile from their national defense university, if karzi stands by mute in afghanistan while religious fa natics are killing americans, there's something pro foundly wrong with our entire approach to the region, and our entire strategy for dealing with radical islam. one reason for energy independence is to say to the saudis, we will no longer tolerate their funding of ideas that teach hatred and terrorism. similarly we need to establish standards for the united states refugee camps and we need to be clear that the teaching of hatred, the recruiting of mar ters and the anticipation that children will grow up to be killers are not patterns compatible with a peace process and we will not tolerate engaging in a process with people that engage in those behaviors. i believe we are at pa great cross roads. i believe the current administra

americans now in its path. already mud slides and a major highway shut down and now concern over new twisters. >>> the mind of a soldier. new details in the case of the american army sergeant accused of mass murder. in solitary confinement his lawyers arrived as we get a new look at him as a young boy. >>> bully pulpipulpit. the president with new words. >>> brand-new and troubling portrait of childhood in america. >>> mad for detail. tonight the mad man taking it back to the '60s and our behind-the-scenes tour. what's really in peggy's desk and what's on the hanger. >> this is the iconic blue betty coat. >>> good evening and we begin here on a sunday night with yet another weather warning for millions of americans. dangerous and potentially deadly weather is on the move right now. tornado watches are up in two states. that number expected to grow. and now the system is moving from west to east gathering new strength. you can see right there in the(& circle where the weather is most severe right now and tonight tornado watches just going up in texas and oklahoma. you can see the counties in red. we're getting a first picture out of arizona. heavy snow around flags

. >>> and one of those american soldiers was major robert marchanti, a member of the maryland army national guard. don, back to you. >> thank you very much, andrea. >>> the name of the u.s. soldier in custody has not been released. >>> this morning the university of maryland college park student is behind bars after threatening a mass shooting on the campus, police have released this photo of 19-year- old alexander song from fulton in howard county. according to the police he post threats and plans for a rampage to make it on the national news. he is in custody and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. >>> a police officer has been suspended accused of theft. investigators say darlene you recally's daughter under charged her for groceries, security noticed her incorrectly entering prices, police say her bill should have totaled more than $400 but she was only charged around $100. >>> a maryland priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral has been placed on leave. a letter from the archdiocese says the father was placed on leave for engaging in intimidating behavior. ba

we had an army major at fort hood that shot and killed 14 americans and wounded 33. he had in his wallet a car that said soldier of allah. he had regular contact with a cleric in yemen that urged the killing of americans. the army, i think, to institutional shame refused and the report on the incident to deal with the religious motivations which were clearly at the heart of what he was doing. you start with the notion we have to develop intellectual honesty about what threatens us. second, the president's proposal to dramatically cut the defense budget is suicidal. it is absolutely suicidal. [applause] budget is suicidal. [applause] let me say in passing that one leon panetta at testified in the senate that he believed that a nato agreement or united nations agreement superseded the congress, he should resign as secretary of defense. [applause] he has forgotten, he is not the united nations secretary of defense. he is the united states secretary of defense. we have yielded none of our constitutional authority from the congress to the united nations or to nato to auth

american topped army 57-40. up next for the eagles, lee high this saturday. >>> major league baseball could vote on expanding itslayoffs. it would add one wild card team in each league. it would be a huge plus for the up and coming nationals. and for the first time ever, the united states has beaten italy in soccer. the two played in a friendly yesterday in -- yesterday. american wins. the u.s. men will play brazil at fed ex field at the end of may. >>> straight ahead the latest on prince george's county council woman known as speed racer. learn what she's doing after going 105 miles an hour on the beltway. >>> big surprise here. gas prices up again today. been more than three weeks in a row now. learn how much you can expect to pay this morning. >>> before you fire up that engine, let's check on the commute. monika has that. >>> fog an issue here on 395 on the northbound side leaving edsall road toward downtown. also an accident in lorton closes furnace road near lorton road. coming up in my next report, more on those issues at 6:30. you're watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this was h

and this morning's other major headline comes from afghanistan, where there is worry about a taliban retaliation. an american army sergeant is accused of shooting to death mostly women and children asleep in their afghan village. >>> also this morning we're all talking about the automotive industry. u.s. carmakers have a reason to be proud about safety and quality testing. that is good to hear for the u.s. of a. >> that's right. but first, reflecting on disaster. the catastrophic chain of events that forever changed japan. >> it's been one year since the devastating 9.0 magnitude quake struck, triggering a tsunami and the worst nuclear crisis since chernobyl. abc's akiko fujita reports from sendai, japan. >> reporter: they've spent the last year trying to move forward. on this day they paused to look back. the country observing a moment of silence. the moment a powerful quake struck. at a memorial service in tokyo emperor ak hooeto vowed to never forget. waves that engulfed japan's northeast coast killed nearly 20,000 people last march. today those coastal communities are empty fields. the mountains of debris swe

major andr was hanged by whom? >> guest: hanged by the american army, in front of the army at tappan because he was a spy. he was caught behind lines in disguise. c-span: and after philadelphia, where did benedict arnold go? >> guest: he finally resigned as commandant, and then he did begin to get better. he was able finally to ride a horse, and by this time he was negotiating with the british, and by this time the british were very interested in west point. c-span: where is west point? >> guest: it's probably 50 miles north of new york city, on the hudson river. the hudson river goes almost straight north of new york city, and then it goes through these series of corkscrew turns around the mountains, called the highlands. it's very, very difficult sailing and, of course, those vessels in those days didn't sail as well as ours do now, anyway. so in order to get upriver british ships had to go through the highlands, and the americans had put a chain across in the middle of the highlands earlier in the war which the british had been able to break. so they chose west point for the next place to put a chain b

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american lives. joining me now with his thoughts on this is retired army major general, robert scales a fox news militarylyst. general, welcome. good to have you here this morning. >> hi, martha. martha: we've heard so many discussion in recent weeks of possibility of a iranian strike on iranian nuclear facilities. this war game of sorts done over the past month, assist sesed if that happened we could lose hundreds of americans lives. do you agree with that assessment? does it make sense to you? >> first, martha i'm very familiar with this war game. it is called internal look. it is a complex, high level strategic simulation in the past proven to be reasonably accurate in predicting enemy performance, iraq, afghanistan and to some extent pakistan. there were several outcomes of the game. this particular outcome was based on two things. number one, that the, that the israelis struck these facilities, failed to take them out and the united states was sort of pulled into backing up the israelis. secondlying most importantly, the iranians responded by attacking a u.s. vessel with a surface-to-surface sea ski

american forces in the entire region. i recall so strikingly -- it became fascinating to me years later when i was there, an egyptian army majorised as a journalist came to was one day on a donkey. he had me stay with him and he hated me because i was american. we had a stinger missile there. i had never seen one before. he wanted to fire this missile. thaw he did that and the mujahedin said he killed a lot of rocks. they were upset he was allowed to fire a missile and second, they did not like him. it i realized years later he was the very beginning of what became al qaeda. someone from west point, from the counter-terrorism center came to me to a half years ago and said we're still trying to find this man that you wrote about who is still a member of al qaeda. what i'm trying to say is this war initially was a war against communism, a war against the -- a war that the united states back fully. afghanistan was a battleground between the soviet union and united states. our proxy armies were the new -- or the mujahedin in the south and gave billions of dollars to. the soviet union, which disbanded in 1990, backed the communist

american forces in the entire region. i recall that it became so fascinating to me years later, when we were there. an egyptian army majorised as a journalist came to us on a darn -- on a town q&a. he had stayed with me. he hated me because we were americans. he had a stinger missile -- we had a stinger missile there. he wanted to fire it. and he did that. all of the afghans said that he killed a lot of rocks. he was upset and that they were allowed to fire the missiles. second, the did not like him. years later i realized that he was the beginning of what became al qaeda. from the west point counter- terrorism center, someone came to me a couple of years ago and said they were still trying to find this man that you wrote about -- i wrote about it in a book, and he is still a member of al qaeda. what i am trying to say here is that this war, initially, was a war against communism. a war that the united states back fully. afghanistan was the battleground in the cold war between the soviet union and the united states. proxy armies were the mujahedin in the south. we have billions of dollars in clearing charlie wilson's war

american army sergeant accused of opening fire on sleeping afghan villagers, killing at least 16 of them. >> the victims were mostly women and children. and this violent and deadly act could have major consequences for already troubled relations with afghanistan. it's monday march 12th. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. a new partner in crime, t.j. winick. we like to give rob nelson at least maybe one day off every six months. so today is it. >> well, i'm here. >> glad to have you. >> here to pinch hit. thank you very much. i am t.j. winick in for rob nelson. and the taliban may retaliate after this deadly shooting. so close to the koran-burning incident that infuriated so many afghans. we're getting more details now about the army sergeant under investigation and his background. >>> also this morning, a very controversial form of punishment. a miami father forced his seventh-grade son to stand on a street corner wearing this embarrassing sign. he did so poorly in school that his dad decided to take action. i know everybody has different parenting methods. i personally like to bribe my child. my children, i should say, plural. to each his own. >> that's an interesting one

anti-american slogans, demanding that army staff sergeant robert bales be placed on trial in afghanistan under islamic law. the protest is the second in afghanistan since the killings last sunday. >> gregg: majorq. fox news confirming a prrp if the u.s. state department an american citizen has just been released from a detention center there the u.s. embassy in baghdad providing assistance to the citizen. according to a united nations official this man is a u.s. contractor held by an iraqi militia for nine months. we'll bring updates as we get them. >> new deadly violence rocking syria's capital. state run media reporting that twin suicide car bombings hitting intelligence and security buildings in damascus. at least 27 have been killed, more than 100 injured. the government blaming opposition forces for it. anti-government rebels are denying any role at all. u.s. intelligence officials pointing to al-qaeda in iraq as a likely culprit. taking advantage of syria's year long uprising. >> heather: now to politics. hot topic on the campaign trail, soaring gas prices. take a look at how they are taking a bigger bite out of your wallet. current national average is $3.83. up over 30 cents from last m

this is an enormous problem in trying to deal with these things we we have them army major yell shoot and kill 13 americans and. thirty-three and had in his wallet a card that said soldier of allah and he was in regular contact with a cleric in yemen who was urging the killing of americans. the army to its institutional change -- shea murphy is in its report on the incident to deal with the religious motivations which were clearly at the heart of what he is doing so to start with that notion that we developed intellectual honesty about what threatens us. the president's proposal to dramatically cut the defense budget is suicidal. it is absolutely suicidal. [applause] let me say in passing when leon panetta testified in the senate that he believed a nato agreement or united nations agreement superseded congress he should resign as secretary of defense. [applause] he has forgotten, he is not the united nations secretary of defense. he is the united states secretary of defense. [applause] we have yielded none of our constitutional authority to the united nations or nato to authorize use of force without the c