it at kabul's cinema, using antique tools of the trade. the cinema's workers remember well it's heyday, but technology and a rapidly changing society is killing the buzz around the big screen. decades of work pushed people back into their homes and into a mindset that still remains. generations of afghans used to come here to watch movies. the theater itself has hardly changed if over 50 years, but the current generation are left to come here to watch phipps, and they end up playing to an empty house. mohammed remembers with pride how the place once was. >> this cinema, i remember, it was very deluxe. people would come with their families here, and there was hardly a free seat. everybody was perfect, carpet and curtains, and it was full of men and women. >> reporter: while the rest of kabul rushes to modernize, the park cinema stayed locked in its past. few investors wanted to throw their money into something now so unpopular. cinema remains open civil because the government covers most of its costs. even they are sentimental about the pla

international and cross live to kabul and talk to political analyst hakimi hello to you sir from moscow thanks so much for joining us today the u.s. has spent billions in afghanistan is going to spend on load more just to leave do you think it's money well spent. actually. came to afghanistan in two thousand and one for many residents and they have many goals to reach it but unfortunately the united states and its ally couldn't reach for instance. to remove the taliban regime and to defeat al qaeda to state to build a state in afghanistan a democratic state to fight. in afghanistan. or facing a lot of problems feels taliban and al qaeda still remain at large and taliban are fighting the americans threw up the american troops and international troops on the ground and they are getting improved. on. the ground and. afghanistan is the first corrupt country in the war and. international community felt the democratic. say that. continues to thrive you say that democracy hasn't been established the government is corrupt you talk about al qaeda and the taliban in a state of resurgence will the

jane ferguson is live in kabul. tell us what you are hearing. >> the local district chief from the area by is the geri area, there was bombing outside a gate, a bomb in a 4 x 4. after it was detonated five attackers entered the base, wearing u.s. military uniforms, suicide vests and carrying small armed guns. there was an ongoing fight for up to an hour after that. it seems that that is thou over. both sides with. >> saf and the district chiefs confirmed the incident is over. al jazeera spoke with a taliban spokesperson, confirming they were behind the attack and said it was thech about passing on a message to international forces. they said, "you are not safe, not in kabul or your own base." it's very much the message they wanted to get across. it's believed there are casualties involved in this instance. >> nobody is safe considering that recent attack in the heart of kabul. >> well, there was, of course, a shocking attack in the heart of kabul a few days ago which the taliban claimed responsibility for as well. t

we have reports from kabul. >> reporter: only after sunrise was the level of damage clear. over 20 guests were enjoying dinner at this restaurant when it was attacked by the taliban. it was believed that none of them survived. >> unfortunately, the death toll we have indicate 21 dead including 13 foreigners. >> reporter: when the attackers approached the restaurant there were cars parked all around here as there would be at any popular restaurant on a friday night. still this morning there is blood in the street, they haven't managed to clean up the entire carnage from those who were injured or killed outside of the restaurant. the first attacker was this suicide-bomber who blew off what were incredibly thick steel doors that allow the attackers in and start shooting the diners. this is where so many people lost their lives. once inside they shot diners and staff. footage obtained by al jazeera appears to show many tried to hide under tables before being killed. the victims were of various nationalities. four of them were u.n. staff. the u.n. hoped the restaurant was safe b

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul afghanistan. now meteorologist dave warren, take a look from space, and you can see the snow on the ground, not moving that whitish color that's the snow, these are the clouds that brought the snow has pushed off the coast, getting a little chance to melt here with some sunshine, and the temperatures are up too, climbing above freezing and should stay there, at least overnight tonight, and then throughout the next few days getting a few degrees warmer each day, it may not refreeze tonight, but still be careful on the roadways. 36 in atlanta, and alabama 46 new orleans, so the temperatures are climbing a bit, and now we with are talking about the storm out west, needed rain and snow. across california and the southwest, have to get that snow up there until april 1st when it started to melt, and that feed as lot of the reservoirs way below average, so we are welcoming this storm here. another area of low pressure bringing some light snow to the northern plains. that will be followed by a brief drop

we are told one just arrived into kabul in recent days. also among the dead are several afghan workers and four u.n. employees. also the lebanese owner of the restaurant who reportedly had a gun and tried to battle the attackers in the dining room area. with u.s. troops winding down their mission in afghanistan, there is a growing fear that they will, the taliban will try to attack soft targets like restaurants, places where international workers are having dinner and things like that as an effort to destabilize the country. and the resulting chaos and violence will ultimately remove and sort of crush the fragile gains that have been made in afghanistan. with afghanistan's presidential elections coming up in april, there is a growing fear there will be a lot more attacks like this, arthel. >> innocent people trying to do everyday activities. conor powell, thank you very much. >>> to egypt. nearly all the voters going to the polls to approve a military-backed constitution. this vote is the first since a coup toppled the first freely-elected

role they will play when their combat mission is over is in limbo relations between washington and kabul are heading for the deep freeze and catherine of her for the taliban could be the ones to benefit. after thirteen years in afghanistan washington is counting down together with our allies we will complete our mission there by the end of this year and america's longest war will finally be over. but ending a war isn't the same as winning one when it comes to afghanistan peace is far from certain security situation is worsening in the country and. that americans. will be able to stop the war in afghanistan and. the activities of taliban and the taliban have been active in the past two weeks alone the group has staged numerous attacks in kabul kandahar nimrods helmont and. in fact ministry of interior incident reports reveal clashes with the taliban in most of the eleven provinces bordering pakistan the group also controls several districts in parwan just a short drive from the country's capital some provinces are believed to be controlled by shadow governments that answer directly to the

the government of afghanistan afghanistan faces a looming threat of the taliban's resurgence as kabul and washington wrangle over a proposed security deal to end the thirteen year war. this is r.t. international law to mustardy center here in moscow where it's just past midnight and ten pm in ukraine where the president has signed a law that gives amnesty to all demonstrators detained during the riots in the country on condition the protesters stop their blockade of streets and government buildings meanwhile the country's opposition leaders are at a security conference in munich where they've got a few important meetings lined up including a one on one with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry well earlier i spoke to daniel mcadams he's the executive director of the ron paul institute and he says washington support for ukraine's opposition is bordering on the offensive. by what rights to see have any authority to to to undermine a legitimately elected government in tell the president of this country what he should or should not do you know what's really funny because the us is the u

eat eat suspected guided by inmates the decision on prisoners being hit in the book from prison near kabul it was me down gently sixteen act in the team said by a fine president on a sunny on the grounds that they are inducing but he developed a technique in the bins the united states on the scene via voice opposition to the front stance he does decision to de suspected on a bun he meets point in the incidence ten minutes. washington said that he didn't even meet up suspected to be in want. any bets off hundred and seventeen members of the ofcom on international security forces. washington had in the physical which are common in maastricht in the team which hosts more than the house and suspected the gabon and congo thirty days of christ on the knees more than six hundred and fifty prisoners d's in court despite us opposition. world who go to whole new dorm room importantly this was no the gregorian the good news to type your message. what the government ll post the new home quickly the front cover. well soon hobo who will go into the dough to do ts wld up so chit chat. no cusp of a lowly

that breaking news the soup was on its list at least thirteen people dead in afghanistan's capital kabul that's right it's believed foreigners are among the dead possibly germans that's what the taliban are saying they've claimed responsibility for the blacks it took place in a heavily fortified district nice and cool in the states. police say the moma blew himself up outside a restaurant. after that they would posts of gun fly inside. it's still unknown if police had killed or captured two of the taliban militants who opened fire in the restaurant blix delivered to our elementary straight years without political correspondent simon young is standing by for us. what else do you know resigning. which is the recap is us angus restaurant left savannah like a td in an area whose accused me of this easy. a week she said yea we where there are many foreign embassies in this restaurant we believe is popular with foreigners in kabul the taliban claimed responsibility and said that a number of germans have been killed in this attack including they say at least one high level official that now the

looming threat of tahn about her senator and this with the militant group gaining strength just as kabul and washington wrangle over a post pullout security deal. on britain and france are set to pull that counts to come up with some new deadly troubles despite the growing evidence and criticism of the number of civilians falling victim to on land i have cropped off of the brain. stalled talks accusations traded and endless demands made this sums up the process being played out in geneva with virtual stalemate on the battlefield outside proxies for left to make the hard decisions and compromises to alleviate and then to finally end the civil war but do these outside powers have the political will. welcome back to national let's move on now time is ticking away before american troops pull out of afghanistan and the security box which they're supportive role they will play one back combat mission is over isn't in bad relations between washington and kabul heading for the deep freeze and as this economy reports they talabani could be the ones to benefit here after thirteen years in afghanis

but his office i was chosen to run a busy district in kabul for the last time and applied many of the government hopes will question when will they then joined the country's police force presence of god who had expressed pride of the appointment of a woman as district police chief. we haven't bought. i showed it to fema's top is one of the treaties jet engines that organizes of presidential elections to be having incurred this year are facing about two hours causing the meantime needed to carry out searches at police stations and an honest and to constantly spinning of that and then joining the police is in cleveland and st in full on gaming to me because under state law cash to shop and enhancement and abuse will suffer at the hands of weekly geeks. click on the chimney of the us who has spent twenty two years and the force said. gospel so tickled and support the women and she preferred to focus on the job rather than on exchanges with some childhood that of the intel estimates blake and warm this month the hon be the best way in which a fellow named honda in a meeting convened over

. >> kabul had a thriving industry, but a fear of violence keeps people at home.urney to the past to catch a glimpse of once remained as kabul said heyday >> time almost stands still. the staff show adelaide bollywood movies, using antique tools of the trait. the cinema dates its workers, remembering hays heyday. technology and rapidly changing society killed the buzz around watching films on the big screen. it was not just modernity that kill cinema going, decades of war pushed people into their homes and a mind-set that remains. generations of afghans come here to watch movies. the theatre is hardly changed in 50 years, but the current generation are electing to come to watch films and they play to an empty house. >> this man remembers with pride how upmarket the place was. >> translation: this cinema, as i remember it, was delux and limited. people came with their families, there was hardly a free seat. everything was perfect, carpet, curtai curtains. it was full of men and women. >> the rest of kabul rushed to modernize, the park cinema was locked in its past.

they say it was a visual attack on innocent people at a restaurant in kabul.nmen stormed the building. they opened fire on customers before being shot dead by security guards themselves. it is popular with foreigners it was busy on that friday night. afghan officials say 134 foreigners are among the dead including americans, canadians, and british citizens. the u.n. says it lost four employees. the taliban claimed spomt for the attack. they said it is in revenge for an air strike earlier this week. kabul is no stranger to attacks but this is one of the worst against a foreign civilian target since the war began. anthony and vinita? >> charlie, you've been to kabul, afghanistan many times. how safe are you in them? >> they're surrounded by blast barriers. there is an area where you're frisked and really held before you're allowed into the next part of the restaurant but the areas surrounding these is really a question here. it should be protected by afghan check points who are there specifically to root out these potential suicide bombers. >> but what about the

suicide bomber blowing himself up at the entrance of a popular restaurant in kabul. bursting in the same restaurant to begin shooting at patrons. the two americans were killed work with the american university of afghanistan. >>> police searching for a third suspect in philadelphia high school shooting that injured two students. the suspected suspect turning himself in last night and another question has been questioned and later released. >>> thousands of evacuees from the southern california wildfire are returning home now, after the fire destroyed five homes and damaged more than a dozen others in the foothills northeast of los angeles. dry conditions are expected to continue increasing the fire danger. as the firefighters battled flare-ups, the governor is declaring a drought emergency from the state of california. >>> chemicals blame for a chemical spill that caused widespread spill filed for bankruptcy. those are a quick look at the top stories in today's fox news flash. >>> we'll get to fox news alert to you. the western back syrian opposition coalition has re

and they resecured highway 1 south of kabul.so bottom line is the key terrain, the roads, and the decisive terrain, the main city of kabul, kandahar, but also jill bad and others. those are well within control. from are areas tested to be sure. if you look at the areas -- [inaudible] areas to the west of kandahar. if you look at gazi city. that contested. it was fairly contested. this past summer [inaudible] and part of some part down around -- if you added up all of that geographic mas, you are talking about roughly speaking about 20 percent of the land mass of afghanistan was fairly contested. if you look at the denty of population, you're probably talking somewhere about 15% or so of the population that was in those areas of significant level of violence over the summer. put that in the reverse about 80% or more of the land mass and 80% of the people were actually secured during this last summer fighting season with the ansf. there's another key point, i think, that came out of this past summer. if you're an insurgent all war

jawad was one of these detainees in two thousand and two he was arrested in a crowded marketplace in kabul after a grenade exploded injuring three u.s. servicemen. did not have a birth certificate and his age at the time is uncertain but he was estimated to be between fourteen and sixteen. after a short detention in afghanistan he was moved to guantanamo bay went on the base were supposed to be you know through keep to the worst of the worst you know the best really bad people and you have a child who's being accused of a strong narrative you are sort of the cold war criminal just it just didn't make

killed eight civilians seven of them children the night raid targeted a residential area north of kabul despite the government's pleas for american forces to stop hitting villages local journalist bio dean reports from kabul for are today. as a result of american bull barman's in afghanistan there have been a lot of civilian casualties one women were was killed and seven children along with one civilian is injured according to the statements by. his office they have asked the americans to give an explanation as to such a barman's to civilian area this is it has actually linked drugs between kabul and the bomb beyond province in the west where it has actually for the fast past few weeks it has been. has been actually saved but the for the past few weeks it has shown kinds of resentments and fighting between the not of forces and of one forces and one side and the taliban forces and the other side but the barman's has not actually touched or hits any kind of. house or any type of our leaders in that area it's only has. targeted the civilian and because reality has been civilians according

the taliban have been active in the past two weeks alone the group has staged numerous attacks in kabul kandahar nimrods helmont and nanga har in fact ministry of interior incident reports reveal clashes with the taliban in most of the eleven provinces bordering pakistan the group also controls several districts in parwan just a short drive from the country's capital some provinces are believed to be controlled by shadow governments that answer directly to the taliban on that any work night the taliban run their area the district government is just there but there is no real security. and it could get worse a classified american intelligence assessment warns that the initial objective in afghanistan removing the taliban and disabling al qaeda as operations in the country could fail and that the taliban could return in full swing by twenty seventeen the u.s. wants some troops to remain in the country by the pentagon's logic the pursuit of terrorists is best based in the region same goes for u.s. drones and without american help the afghan army could collapse but the u.s. first needs the

our bond has been active in the past two weeks alone with the group has staged numerous attacks in kabul kandahar and ian ross month and domingo are in fact ministry of interior incident reports reveal clashes with talabani in a most of the eleven provinces bordering pakistan on the group also controls several districts in part one just a short ride from the country's capital. some provinces are believed to be controlled by shadow governments to answer directly to the top on it upon anyone. ron barrett the teaser government is just bury me. there is no real security. i could get worse. a classified american intelligence assessment warns that the initial objective in afghanistan promoted talabani and disabling al qaeda's operations in the country could fail. not that i want to return in full swing by twenty seventeen. the last one some troops to remain in the country by the pentagon's logic the pursuit of terrorists is best. based in the region. same goes for us trolleys without american help the afghan army could collapse. but the us firstly the afghan president to sign off on the key se

relations between washington and kabul have been aggravated recently after american soldiers killed a child mistaking him for an innocent well former british left tenant colonel richard williams says it's now crucial in how the afghan government copes with internal problems. what we tried to achieve is to set the conditions whereby an afghan government can deal in a nonviolent way with all of the groupings involved in building the taliban if those conditions are set and it should be here then what we're likely to see. a compromise between what kabul wants and what the taliban wants which will see afghanistan model along over the next period of time perhaps the next ten years but that in itself won't be any great strategic victory if we want to call it that or any great strategic outcome. now from on screen to online news where we've got the story of radiation spreading even further despite efforts to contain the hazardous leaks there in japan readings of eight times the japanese government safety standards even at the edges of the contamination zone. tens of thousands of fingerprints

military victory but that's proven elusive the taliban are internally divided and the rift between kabul and washington has reportedly empowered hardline commanders who want to keep on fighting at the expense of those who support peace talks the u.s. war has succeeded in toppling the taliban regime and many afghans have seen their lives improve but those gains could easily be lost depending on who wins control over afghanistan a country that's once again could be up for grabs reporting in washington for our team i'm lucy catherine. and president karzai is demond being that washington and has peace talks with the taliban as a condition for signing the security deal. dicus a terrorism consultant and a former prisoner of the taliban he says the u.s. is not able to contain the group which continues to bolster its ranks is a continuous war for over twenty years they have continued to fight some of them and since the american invasion in october fifth two thousand and one they have if anything increased their their ability to attack their holding forth the united states even with its search in

soldiers after being with stake and for the enemy they says washington's failing to get kabul to sign a security deal. on school safety russia launches a massive security operation i had over the winter games of. the largest in and implicates tree. international news life from moscow you're launching r.c. international with me thanks for trying. the u.s. is eyeing the resumption of non-lethal military aid to the syrian rebels even if it's going to islamist groups those shipments were cut off last month after the equipment was seized by fighters from the islamic front but after some of the islamists united with their security opposition america's war is eased and the norm that lethal aid is everything needed for combat except for guns and bullets it includes things like body armor night vision goggles and communication equipment but there are a lot of gray areas here where normally objects are becoming lifo for example when a radio transmitter is used to trigger an explosive devise and there's no guarantee the aid will only reach vetted organizations meanwhile some very graphic footage

a compromise between what kabul wants and what the taliban wants which will see afghanistan along over the next period of time perhaps the next ten years but then it's going to be any great strategic victory if we want to call it that were any great strategic outcome. now from on air to online news we've got the story fukushima's radiation spreading even further despite efforts to contain the hazardous leaks rings have hit eight times the japanese government safety standards even at the edges of the contamination zone. plus tens of thousands of fingerprints of u.k. students are collected in school databases without any consent causing outrage among civil liberty organizations and parents learn more online. the moment like. this if you. like to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher. or oil and gas conflicts will be superceded by water wars in the future that's the warning from experts and as the world population grows access to clean water resources is rising in price let's take a look at this map now the blue dots mark the places where the conflicts over water disputes

>> david it has been an incredibly brutal attack here in kabul. senior police source has told al jazeera that 14 people were killed, and that includes four women and amongst the dead with foreigners as well as afghans. he has said that three attacker attacked the restaurant. one was wearing a suicide vest he detonated at the door of the restaurant, allowing the two other attackers to enter the restaurant and open fire. the attack took place at 7:15 on a friday evening. so a very, very brutal attack here right in the heart of the city. >> and in an area which is pretty well protected, jane, is it not? and where many people would have felt they were safe enough going out? >> absolutely, it's really a diplomatic area, very close to several western embassies, the restaurant was extremely popular with diplomats, it has very senior security clearance. many people who were diplomats as well as un staff and senior afghan figures would eat there regularly on an evening like a friday night. i personally have been to that restaurant, and it has extremely goo

even in a city that's no stranger to attacks like these, for afghan and foreign civilians alike, kabul has become an even more dangerous place. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> axelrod: president obama's decision to make changes in the surveillance conducted by the national security agency means the government will no longer store massive amounts of americans' phone records. the president announced yesterday the attorney general and intelligence officials now have two months to come up with an alternative, but as nancy cordes reports, all the options have serious drawbacks. >> reporter: right >> reporter: right now the nsa stores about five years' worth of telephone records on its servers at fort meade in maryland. but after a public outcry, the president says it's time to find a new home for that sensitive data outside the government. >> this will not be simple. >> reporter: the problem, he says, is that intelligence agents will still need to access that data easily when they're tracking potential terrorists. an independent review panel established by the president recommended la

conditions are set and it should be here then what we're likely to see is a compromise between what kabul wants and what the taliban wants which will see afghanistan model along over the next period of time perhaps the next ten years but that in itself won't be any great strategic victory if we want to call it that or any great strategic outcome. now from on screen to online news where we got the story of focus she was radiation spreading even further despite efforts to contain the hazardous leaks readings have hit eight times the japanese government safety standards even at the edges of the contamination zone. plus tens of thousands of fingerprints of u.k. students are connected in school day. bases without any consent. civil liberty organizations and parents more on line. one of the new will. be. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. conflicts will be superseded by water levels in the future that's the warning from experts as the world's population grows access to clean water resources are rising in price now let's take a look at the map now you can see these blue

it's vast it's like being in a huge aircraft carrier and you know what you don't feel like you're in kabul which goes back to mr karzai i think he just plays the united states for a fool because he's all talking about his retirement how much money he's going to be able to suck out with his brothers and his family absolutely i know he's buying real estate in dubai i hear ok i mean this is a guy that's playing the west i mean like a fool go ahead i hear this echo in washington and keep saying vietnam vietnam the united states has this false view of the world as a chess sport where we can move pieces around and give them funny names like our man in. our good sunni's in here our bad shias over there and that we can move these pieces around the chess board and costings to. happen karzai is a perfect example the last so-called election that put him into power was deeply contested the united states allowed that to go through karzai its laughs with us as he takes our money but we seem to keep giving him our money in hopes that maybe something different will happen afghanistan i'm afraid will end u

pre-k's the kabul attack was -- >> the kabul attack was followed on monday by another suicide attackn a u.s. base in southern afghanistan. one u.s. soldier and nine militants were killed. the blast left heavy damage to a number of u.s. drones and helicopters. dozens of people were killed in iraq over the weekend amidst the country's worst spate of violence in six years. multiple bombings hit the capital baghdad while iraqi forces battled with al qaeda militants in anbar province. the u.s. meanwhile is set to begin training iraqi soldiers in jordan for their fight in anbar. the pentagon has also announced a new shipment of weapons and ammunition to the iraqi government. >> voters on the japanese island of okra now i have reelected a manner opposed to a military base. there was an agreement that would move the base to a more rural location, but there is been a push to move the base altogether off of the island site environmental concerns and sexual assaults by u.s. soldiers . the mayor campaigned on a pledge to block construction of the replacement site. the government of prime ministe

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. >>> more details are emerging about the friday suicide attack at a kabul restaurant. national security adviser susan rice called the attack a heinous and cowardly attack. >> only after sunrise was the level of damage here. over 20 guests were enjoying dinner at this restaurant. it appears that none of them survived. >> unfortunately, the debt toll report decides 21 deaths. and including 13 foreigners. >> when the attackers approached the restaurant there were cars parked all around here. still there is blood in the street where they have not cleaned up the carnage. the first attacker is the suicide-bomber who blue off incredibly thick steel doors allowing two other attackers to enter in here and shoot at the diners. this is where so many people lost their lives. once inside they shot diners and staff. footage obtained by al jazeera appears to show that they tried to hide under tables before being killed. victims were of varying nationalities. many thought this place was safe. >> it speaks to the fact that security is a big issue no mart how secure a place might seem i

jane ferguson al jazeera, kabul afghanistan. >> reporter: now, could some of the most prominent facesbritish side of the iraq war appear officially accused of war crimes? not beyond the realms of possible the international court and our european news center will explain why. >> sammy, they have been formally asked to investigate war crimes outlined in a 250 page document that details allegations of beatings and marked executions and sexual assaults. and names jeff the former defense secretary, defense minister, ingram and the head of the british army. the document draws on the cases of more than 400 iraqis. and representing what it says are thousands of allegations of miss treatment amounting to war crimes and torture and cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment and want it held under article 15 of the rome statute. the report is the work of the european center for constitutional human rights or the acc hr and a number of british human rights lawyer, one of them phil shiner has been speaking to al jazeera. >> we analyze over 400 cases of torture although there are now over a thousand

. >> at least 21 people killed as the taliban strikes in the heart of kabul's diplomatic quarter. germany, as the u.s. president promises to reform the way intelligence agencies operate. and the rally goes down to the wire as urnser takes the lead. >> the death toll from an attack on a popular restaurant has climbed to 21 people. kabul's police chief said the victims included 13 foreigners and eight afghans and a majority of them were civilians making it the worst violence against foreign civilians since u.s.-led troops invade it had country nearly 13 years ago. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack saying it was to avenge a u.s. air strike earlier in the week that also killed civilians. >> the restaurant targeted is right in the heart of the diplomatic district and was popular with foreign diplomats and afghan officials. strict security checks are standard. as in most restaurants. his did not deter the taliban. the chef at the restaurant broke his leg as he tried to escape the attack. >> we didn't realize what was going on. then we escaped to the neighbor's house via

jawad was one of these detainees in two thousand and two he was arrested in a crowded marketplace in kabul after a grenade exploded injuring three u.s. servicemen. did not have a birth certificate and his age at the time is uncertain but he was estimated to be between fourteen and sixteen. after a short detention in afghanistan he was moved to guantanamo bay one time the bears were supposed to be you know group keep them the worst in the worst you know the best really bad people and you have a child who's being accused of a strong narrative you know sort of the cold war criminal just it just didn't make sense. during an interrogation of mohammed jawad the interrogator became alarmed when the youth began talking to a wall he asked a psychologist assigned to detainee interrogations to observe jawad and check his mental state her response was reported by another officer in a sworn deposition. he appears to be rather frightened and it looks as if he could break easily if he were isolated from his support network and major allies soley on the interrogator make him as uncomfortable as possible.

to extraordinary lengths for his client to get the missing records and depositions he travelled to kabul in an armory without the protection of u.s. forces he returned with messages of support from joe what's family and powerful evidence that mohammad too wide was innocent. and i think it was such a mess for chase and it was so i'm going manic of all things wrong with kuantan that they just got him out of there and try to make it go away. the united states is a very good example here because in the early years they had a pretty strong genuine democracy that by now i would argue has degenerated into a system where money and power that much. of the majority of the founding fathers of the united states would constantly say that they were not find in a democracy that was horrible they wanted top leaders that you. and they purposely designed to be institutions to as they put it exclude the majority of our participation. on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out. the shops were always full of goods. in september leningrad was blocked. on

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