now is blackwater back to find out more news after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race often very dramatic development the only very critical time to sit down and talk. greek riots or wall street arab spring these are the beginnings. of the protests across europe today it was all connected it's all based on the exact same concept of bankers printing too much money creating this wealth and income gap and it's delayed or deferred sure that the violence was baked into the cake and now leaders like are getting their just desserts. coming that's the chilling warning in a bizarre full page gun magazine in the name of one of the world's most notorious missing blackwater top private military contractors blackwater was banned from iraq in two thousand and seven following numerous numerous arifin reports of muscle civilians will make the out even stranger that blackwater was renamed i could be me meeting many to speculate the infamous. i wonder if. there were dead bodies e

just last week a former blackwater contractor was charged with first degree murder for his part in that slaughter it was then that things went easy for the mercenary group which was then rebranded renamed and resold into obscurity but it's presumably back now i states is spent dearly in blood and treasure in time in afghanistan every prince co-founder of the original blackwater now that everyone's fearful over trumps of ghana's down withdrawal erik prince sees an opportunity the option i was pushing the options that were considered by some of the. white house an irregular warfare option that would use a capability special forces capability some contracted capability to strengthen to give a skeletal support structure to the afghan security forces prince is selling a new kind of war private war war waged not by governments but by corporations the plan is simple six thousand mercenaries backed up by the few thousand u.s. special forces guys give them a small air force private their force and the blue cost to about five billion dollars a year a year for reference the afghan war has cost on

blackwater is making a comeback. and is published in its name warning that we are coming to. the u.s. congress has criticized a cooperation deal between the associated press and china's news agency saying beijing might exploit it for propaganda. and as another year draws to an end a media analyst lionel shares his personal look back at the winners and losers of twenty eighteen. the initial screech clamor of revolution the truth. it's two o'clock here in moscow and you're watching international live from our studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. the u.s. defense secretary spent his christmas working at the pentagon even after donald trump's abrupt decision to remove him from office two months earlier than he planned to resign james mattis wrote this holiday letter to american soldiers. in this world awash in change you hold the line storm clouds because of you your fellow citizens. james mattis resigned last week after the u.s. president announced his decision to withdraw troops from syria he also advised donald trump to keep ships in afghanistan opposing t

defense secretary james mattis fears grow that notorious blackwater is making a comeback after a full page on his published in its name warning that we are coming. here in moscow and you're watching international live from last year with. welcome to the program a major new strategic weapon called god will enter russian service already next year and altie is the first channel to show unique footage from the defense ministry is first public test run. maria phenomena to tell us all about why this is a significant moment. well speaking off to the launch of russia's vladimir putin who oversaw a live personally from defense ministries control and command center here in moscow explain to the importance of wednesday event saying it was great success as it was excellent new year's eve to the entire nation adding a tooling sure russia's security for generations to come so as russia's president puts it it's all about protecting the country and its population in the oven door it sounds indeed like a very powerful weapon it goes a very high up into the atmosphere and then can fly or rather glides

blackwater is making a comeback. with the warning we. the u.s. . cooperation deal between. seeks a second meeting with. the. international into the for. the u.s. the defense secretary spent his christmas working at the pentagon even after donald trump abrupt decision to remove him from office two months earlier than he had planned to resign and james mattis wrote this to american soldiers. in this world to washington change you hold the line store. because of you you'll feel safe at home. last week after the u.s. president announced his decision to withdraw troops from syria he also advised donald trump to keep troops in afghanistan opposing the idea of using private contractors in war though now it seems that's precisely what could happen next. imagine you're sitting there on your porch reading about guns and huntin and all things good and then you see this ad we are coming blackwater judging by the logo the infamous private security group who is trigger happy antics further disgrace the very name mercenary but i never heard that. they were dead bodies everywhere and this

fears grow that the notorious mercenary army blackwater implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback after a full page ad was published in its name warning we are coming. plus a russian town becomes the subject of a national scandal after the children of local officials go on a trip to turkey using charity money. for joining us here in moscow this is r.t. international. some news just in syria and israel have accused each other of cross border missile fired i.d.f. and syrian military both claim to have intercepted incoming hostile targets let's go to television our special correspondent paula slayer poor seems to be the latest in a series of clashes one of the two sides had to save themselves. well the situation flared up within the last half hour what we receiving reports now are that the syrian air defense system claims to have intercepted missiles that struck near the syrian capital of damascus what we're hearing from the syrian side is that they opened fire on to quote enemy targets to con front them and we're also hearing from syrian state television that the strikes

stories here one fears grow that notorious mercenary blackwater implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback for a full page is published in its name warning that we. the u.s. congress has criticized the cooperation deal between the associated press. saying. for propaganda. that seeks a second meeting with kim jong un the us. to pay a billion dollars in damages to the family of a student after being released from north korean custody. just moments after ten am on wednesday december the twenty six here in a very snowy moscow let's get into your top stories for this hour. the u.s. defense secretary spent his christmas are working at the pentagon even after donald trump's abrupt decision to remove him from office two months earlier than he had planned to resign james mattis wrote this holiday letter to american soldiers. in this won't a washington change you hold the line stormed it because of you you'll fellow citizens live safe at home james mattis resigned last week after the u.s. president announced his decision to withdraw troops from syria he also advised donald trump

fears grow that notorious mercenary army blackwater which was implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback. published in its name warning we are becoming. a russian child becomes the focus of a national scandal after the children of local officials go on a trip to turkey using charity money. thanks for joining us on r.t. internationals and i'm going to hold his row if you are welcome to the program of israeli military is claiming to have shot down several anti aircraft missiles coming from syria and syrian state media are saying three of its soldiers have been injured in an israeli strike on a boat to the west of damascus. reports from tel aviv what we're hearing from the syrian side is that they say they activated their ground to air defense missile systems in response to incoming missiles from israel what we are hearing is that they managed to intercept eight out of ten rockets now syrian state media says that they intercepted what it's calling hostile and enemy targets that were aiming at areas in the demand. this region we are hearing that the israeli strikes have

also fears grow that notorious mercenary army blackwater implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback after a full page ad is published in a warning that we are coming. under russian town becomes the focus of a national scandal the children of a local pool of local officials go on the trip to turkey using charity money. good evening and welcome this is all to. the israeli military's claiming to have shot down several missiles coming from syria that's up to syrian state media recused israel of attacking targets to the west of damascus find out more from our course a hell of a bus pulled paula good to see what can you tell us that about what the two sides had to say for themselves. well the situation has flared up quite dramatically between israel and syria and as you say both sides accusing the other what we're hearing from the syrian side is that they say they activated their ground to air defense missile systems in response to incoming missiles from israel what we are hearing is that they managed to intercept eight out of ten rockets now syrian state media says that

dearly in blood and treasure in time in afghanistan every prince co-founder of the original blackwater now that everyone's fearful over trumps of ghana's stalin withdrawal erik prince sees an opportunity the option i was pushing the options that were considered by some in the white house and irregular warfare option that would use capability special forces capability some contracted capability to strengthen to give a skeletal support structure to the afghan security forces prince is selling a new kind of war private war war waged not by governments but by corporations the plan is simple six thousand mercenaries backed up by the few thousand u.s. special forces guys give them a small air force private their force and the blue cost to about five billion dollars a year a year for reference the afghan war has cost on average five billion a month for seventeen years but the pentagon is reluctant you just can't trust national security breach these reputation to merck's the guys willing to kill for money when the american put put their mission credibility on the line privatizing it is probabl

got a response as of yet the blackwater found erik prince recently published plans to replace u.s.troops in afghanistan with a massive private army that idea was repeatedly turned down by defense secretary jim matters he's stepping down although trump just last week announced he's halting the number of pentagon troops in the country pulling the military out of syria altogether that leads to some to think it paves the way for mercenary armies to return in a major way the co-founder of the international antiwar movement code pink benjamin believes that privatizing war is a dangerous precedent. i don't think the american public would stand for a company that has been so has committed so many crimes in the past and just the idea that we would be paying poor people who would be fighting for profit we've privatized so much of our military are ready but it's been all of the services that the military needs not the actual fighting itself but let's be clear about one thing erik prince and mercenaries make money by continuing wars not by ending them so this certainly would not make any sense

grow that the tourist mercenary army blackwater implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback after a full page ad is published in its name warning that coming. from the russian town that comes the subject of a national scandal after the children of the local officials go on a trip to turkey using charity money. and welcome this is r.t. international. million people have already signed an online petition demanding to. climate inaction piles fresh problems on the french president has tried to placate . protesters rallying against tax rises do pinski has more. seems this was not the president the corn was hoping to find under his christmas tree on christmas day this petition is backed by four charities including two charities here in france and it's not just go on and move the one point six million signatures it's also being backed by french celebrities but we are simply going to sue the french thinks of already written actions regarding climate change you assume we're trying to force the state to drastically reduce emissions the last one another headache perhaps of pre

we've requested comment from both the magazine and the company that now owns blackwater well you knowwhen we get a reply like walter found erik prince recently published plans to replace u.s. troops in afghanistan with a massive private army it was repeatedly turned down by defense secretary jim mattis but he's now stepping down trump last week announced he's calling the number of pentagon troops in the country and also put to putting the military out of syria all together eating some to think it does pave the way for most of the return in a big way the co-founder of the international antiwar movement code pink benjamin but he's not privatizing war is a dangerous idea. i don't think the american public would stand for a company that has been so has committed so many crimes in the past and just the idea that we would be paying who are people who would be fighting for profit we've privatized so much of our military are ready but it's been all of the services that the military needs not the actual fighting itself but let's be clear about one thing erik prince and mercenaries make money b

on september 16, 2007, blackwater contractors killed 17 civilians after opening fire with machine guns and grenades on a crowded public space. slatten was convicted of killing 19-year-old ahmed haithem ahmed al rubia'y, an aspiring doctor. slatten had previously been found guilty in 2014, but the verdict was thrown out on appeal least year. three other blackwater guards charged in the case are awaiting resentencing after their 30-year sentences were vacated. the d.c. attorney general sued facebook for allowing outside companies, including political consulting firm cambridge analytica, to access user data and misleading users on the privacy of their data. in more news about facebook, the social networking giant has temporarily blocked the account of yair netanyahu, the son of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, over hate speech. earlier this month, yair netanyahu posted multiple racist posts, calling palestinians monsters and saying he wished there were no muslims in israel, claiming muslims were terroriststs. in britain, tensions are continuing to mount among leadership as the s

also fears grow that notorious a mercenary army of blackwater and created in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback after a full page ad is published in a warning that we are coming. under russian town becomes the focus of a national scandal the children of a local pool of local officials go on a trip to turkey using charity money.

and rescue in such an area indication that probably some of their soldiers have been dispersed by blackwater um so right now it's still. not clear what exactly is happening in baghdad and we were told by a military source that operations in that area is ongoing but by the way by town is a scene of one of the worst book quite a massacres in nigeria for five days in general really two thousand it.

fears grow that notorious most unary blackwater implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback that's all for a full page ad is published in its name warning that we are coming to. the u.s. congress has criticized the cooperation deal between the associated press on china and singapore a news agency saying beijing might exploited for propaganda. that's donald trump seeks a second meeting with kim jong un the u.s. judge oldest pyongyang to pay a half billion dollars in damages to the family of a student who died after being released from north korean custody.

blackwater is making a comeback full page ads published in its name warning that we are telling. us congress has criticised the cooperation deal between the associated press and china's news agency saying beijing might exploit it for propaganda. and as another year goes to an end to media analyst lionel shares his personal look back at the winners and losers of twenty eighteen. the initial screeching clamor of revolution and the truth hurts.

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defense secretary james mattis fears grow that notorious blackwater is making a comeback for a full page ad is published in its name warning that we all coming to. us congress has criticised a cooperation deal between the associated press and china's ation live news agency saying beijing might exploited for propaganda. and another draws to an end to media outlets lionel says his personal look back at the winners and losers. the initial screech clamor of revolution the truth hurts.

fears grow that the notorious mercenary army blackwater implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback after a full page ad was published in its name warning we are coming. plus a russian town becomes the subject of a national scandal after the children of local officials go in the.

fears grow the notorious mercenary army blackwater implicated in civilian massacres in iraq is making a comeback for full page ad but it's published in its name we are coming. across town becomes the focus of a national scandal after the children of a local official group go on a trip to turkey using charity money.

blackwater is making a comeback softer it posted a full page ad with its name on the warning we are coming. to the u.s. congress has criticized the cooperation deal between the associated press and china singapore news agency saying beijing might exploited for. donald trump seeks a second meeting with kim jong il a u.s. judge orders pyongyang to pay a half billion dollars in damages to the family of a student who died after being released from north korea.

most scenario blackwater is intended to relaunch with say we are coming to. the u.s. congress has criticized the cooperation deal between associated press and china as it is in a news agency saying beijing might exploit it for propaganda. seeks a second meeting with kim jong un the u.s. judge orders pyongyang to pay homage a billion dollars in damages to the family of a student who died off to being released from north korean custody.

and rescue in such an area indication that probably some of their soldiers have been dispersed by blackwater um so right now it's still. not clear what exactly is happening in baghdad and we were told by a military source that operations in that area is ongoing but by the way by town is a scene of one of the worst book quite a massacres in nigeria for five days in general really two thousand and fifteen but quite an fight as all that around that same military base multinational joint task force which is operated by soldiers from cameroon nigeria nizkor and been the republic and child as well who are fighting vocal i am and took over arms and ammunition from that area and massacred more than one thousand civil unions. still ahead here on al-jazeera a major government shakeup in saudi arabia as the kingdom faces pressure of jamal khashoggi she's murder and the war in yemen also fuel for thought germany pushes for greener cars those stories on the other side of the break do stay with us. we've got some rather nasty weather in sewer to pad over the next couple of days already saying quote a chil

it showed a vote up in a tree and it showed the huge storm, blackwater, and it showed a head in the water and the body lying this way. teacher, this was there a few to get this off her chest, and i said, what's that? she said, that head is her mother. she saw her mother drown in the synonymy. tsunami.e and i thought my god, how lucky are we in this part of the world? it was a good experience for both me and bill clinton, because we could see the first-hand the devastation, then tried subsequently -- with the generosity of a lot of houstonians, i might add, we started a lot of projects there. $2 million, this will be your mile and -- your island. but you want to do it. you feel you want to do it. we did that and came together to work on the katrina relief, and i have been recently asked to do the same kind of thing to really collect the money that they have been pledged, the u.n. pledging conference pledged $6.2 billion, but they do not have it where they need it, with weatherized tents and all of that stuff. so you get a huge, wonderful feeling. so many people are doing it everyday in the

he said all they did was protect these blackwater people who would come in, rape, start crimes, tell them they are not making enough money, and i hear these people calling in talking about something they don't even know. there are lives out here that are being lost. do you think putin is just going to lie down? when general patton was fired for saying we have kicked germany's butt, we need to go ahead and kick russia's butt because they will rise up again, and then i hear these people call-in. it is not a good day for america. thank you so much, and the giver common on the air today because we have a lot of nuts in this country that don't know what's going on. host: they keep or your call, and of course we are very sorry about your loss in the service of your family members. to, if i may, it just brings back the thought. one of the things see her do in in myd -- things seared mind, i went to iraq on behalf of fox news to find out how bad the war was into a house and eight -- in 2008. there were body bags of young kids who had lost their lives in iraq. no one cared whether they were d

he said all they did was protect these blackwater people who come in, rape, start crimes, tell them they're not making enough money and i hear these people calling in talking about something they don't even know. there are lives out here that are being lost. do you think putin is going to just say lie down? when general patton was fired for saying we have kicked germany's butt, we need to go ahead and kick russia's butt because they will rise up again, and then i hear these people call in, it's not a good day for america. americans. thank you so much. thank you for coming on the air today. we have a lot of nuts in this country that don't know what's going on. >> thank you for your call. of course we're very sorry about your loss and the service of your family members. thank you very much. >> i can't add anymore. it brings back the thought, you know, one of the things that is seared in my mind is when i went to iraq, actually i went to iraq at the request of fox news to do an assessment of how bad the war was doing for roger ailes in 2003 and 2006. i was flying in and out of kuwait and there

>> erik prince from blackwater fame refused to answer certain questions for no particular reason. ed the chairman of the committee at the time, he said he's not under subpoena, and accident have to answer that. when my colleagues refuse to subpoena them, they don't have to answer questions. i suspect that would be part of the strategy. if you're going to bring someone before congress. it's not that they're before anyone in particular, everyone in that body should care that they're not required to answer questions. that can't happen if this is a government of oversight. >> there's a piece of information that is related to a blocked phone number. there's a lot that's been made of that, because there were questions about who that blocked number blocked to. could it be for don junior's dad? adam schiff said that's something you're keying in big time. how far will you go to pursue that? >> look, it's certainly something that could be subpoenaed. i don't know exactly what it's going to detail, but it is an example of what happens when you're not allowed to subpoena documents pertain inn

he said all they did was protect these blackwater people who would come in, rape, start crimes, tellthey are not making enough money, and i hear these people calling in talking about something they don't even know. there are lives out here that are being lost. do you think putin is just going to lie down? when general patton was fired for saying we have kicked germany's butt, we need to go ahead and kick russia's butt because they will rise up again, and then i hear these people call-in. it is not a good day for america. thank you so much, and the giver common on the air today because we have a lot of nuts in this country that don't know what's going on. host: they keep or your call, and of course we are very sorry about your loss in the service of your family members. to, if i may, it just brings back the thought. one of the things see her do in in myd -- things seared mind, i went to iraq on behalf of fox news to find out how bad the war was into a house and eight -- in 2008. there were body bags of young kids who had lost their lives in iraq. no one cared whether they were democra

of blackwater and theand in reference to the caucasian gentleman from maryland, i've worked with at risknts for over 25 years. they need stability. less poverty. love, guidance. and they need it in an environment where teaching and learning occurs safely. because teachers and students are flawed, that is the best reason to keep guns out of the school system. i would like for you to address the issue regarding conflicts of interest first. and the report, how long did it take them to do it? how many schools were involved? i know we can see the results on the web, as they just said. but a report that determines what is being proposed seems to be too short. host: thank you. guest: actually, senator patty murray, a democrat from washington to of the ranking member on the senate education committee, reads some of these same concerns regarding the nra and sent a letter to the devos asking what the nra influence would be on the committee. to the best of my knowledge, that letter was not answered. commission did four different listening sessions in d.c., alabama, kentucky, and wyoming. they also