and set up in kuwait.you had this long flow of both people and of ideas flowing across the gulf, particularly quit being a strong center for the. because it was more open and provided a place of refuge for people who are having political trouble elsewhere. what this means is that kuwait has kind of all of the different versions of socialism you'd find anywhere throughout and beyond. you have salafi movements, that would be pro-market, pro-saudi monarchy even. and related to movements that are like that. you have oppositional movements to give new movements that are trying to fuse solecism with democracy. all these different elements are present. at the same time because of the presence of the parliament he did have salafi movements that are been able to enter the apartment and get a strong presence there. he also a lot of sympathy for salafi movements amongst sort of the more tribal areas of kuwait which have been growing in influence. and they are able to use their presence in the parliament are putting p

i mean, the muslim brotherhood came back in kuwait in the '50s creating. salafi early to kuwait. and started forming charities very early. and extensive network of charities. i was really impressed when i was in kuwait in the late 1990s just the pervasiveness of collecting money at that time. i mean, any store you went in to would have a little area where nay would collect money. they were collecting money for different causes. i'll never forget things. one, salafi really important salafi society having this huge sign written in blood across the top of it. they were collecting at the time money for chechnya. not only they had the charities they've had charities that are extremely networked internationally that are have been collecting money for charitable purposes, humanitarian purposes, and the experience both in afghanistan and chech knee ya and bosnia collecting money as well for more militant causes. i think what struck me i thought about it more was when you look at who is giving money and she kind of hit on this. especially the ones funding the jihadist in syria, it isn't s

i think the problem in kuwait is it is one thing that i love about kuwait is the politics are , muchmore open, but it also allows the space for that much more sectarian rhetoric and competitive politics to come out in the open. >> thank you. i want to turn to you now and talk about kuwait's counter- threat financing laws. one of the points that it makes up and points out in her paper is that kuwait became attractive as a hub for this kind of private fundraising because its laws are particularly lax. can you talk about that? can you put kuwait's laws into context? are they particularly lax? add myuld like to congratulations to beth on the paper. i think to answer that question you need to go back to 1989. it won't take long to get to the present day. in 1989, the financial action task force was set up and it was set up to counter money laundering as a function from -- of the narcotics trade from latin america. fast-forward to 9/11, and one of the things that is often overlooked is the first shot in the global war on terror was fired by the administration was a financial shot, an execu

and could you put kuwait in kuwait's laws in the context of the golf in the region?and are they particularly lax? >> i think to answer that question, we need to go back to 1989 and at that time, it was set up initially set up to counter money laundering from latin america. one of the things that is overlooked is the first part of the global war on terror. and i basically put in place the sanction of organizations and at the same time they were told that you need to come up with an addition to your money laundering regulations and guidelines. and they were monitored and this implementation in the most recent valuation is done in 2010. in the context of this, it is fair to say that kuwait did not -- they were not doing a good job. and it was very frustrated by the lack of progress in the report at that time highlighted what they called many shortcomings in this includes finance and a poor level of preventative measures. and from this constant perspective, many of them are beauties on and they fall into four categories and 47 of the 49 categories rated noncompliant or p

i think the problem in kuwait is it is one thing that i love people like about kuwait is the politicsare much more open, but it also allows the space for that much more sectarian rhetoric and competitive politics to come out in the open. >> thank you. i want to turn to you now and talk about kuwait's counter threat financing laws. one of the points that it makes up and points out in her paper is that kuwait became attractive as a hub for this kind of private fundraising because its laws are particularly lax. can you talk about that? can you put weight's -- can you s into context?w >> i think to answer that question you need to go back to 1989. in 1989, the financial action it wasrce was set up and set up to counter money --ndering as a function of from latin america. fast-forward to 9/11, and one of the things that is often overlooked is the first shot in the global war on terror was the administration was i financial shot, an executive place 13224, which put in the option for the u.s. to sanction organizations that were deemed to be financing terrorist organizations. tf was told time

if you are in kuwait, that is easy. you can hold an event and put about the middle and everyone will give. overseas, if you are afraid to donation, there are a lot of examples i have heard of individuals ending on an airplane with a suitcase and showing up in kuwait. they visit the donor them self. this is fairly easy to do. if you go to the kuwait airport, no one will stop you with a suitcase full of cash. it won't happen. increasingly frequent as people are becoming nervous about getting caught. --these fundraising appeals are distinctions being made about the kind of aid that they are appealing for ? today make appeals for humanitarian aid? the person who is raising the money will do as they see fit? >> this is one of the complications and thinking about and tackling this question. a lot of the advertising uses all of the forms of what is considered charity. it is for the orphans are the widows. to feed the hungry. help the needy. to separate these things is very complicated. for example, i spoke with one donor who s

it may not be a case -- for kuwait to do anything about it. so one of the complications is as kristin alluded to is a lot of people involved are politically support at the moment. so one particular individual that you actually mentioned is former parliamenttarian. you know, on twitter he said let's give -- let's get people to the street. there would be 10,000 people in would kuwait city tomorrow. that person you're dealing with is particularly difficult. but there was one example that i thought was very telling is, you know, there was a great story about two different fundraising events were held. one was held with the presence of one of the mp who supports the syrian opposition. one was held to be the mp. and they were both in public. the one with the mp wasn't touched. the police sortful came and they were like too complicated. they didn't break it up. the way the donors look at the mp is sort of as a political cover. a way to give them a space more to corporate. they are providing space for other people to race money and creating a huge hea

the same thing in kuwait. they didn't really want to take on some of the script somewhat was a very popular issued at the time, syria, giving support to syrians and looking like they're acting on support of another faction within the community. there's also potential -- there's been a lot more ruling family factionalism in kuwait. more competition within the ruling family. i have no idea if this enters into the syrian issue but at least there's the potential that what has been in the past a very popular issued coming out in a position that unpopular may be played against another competitor against the ruling family. one thing that's interesting to think about is a lot of the height of this has passed and the ruling, has a lot more influence right now and seems to be able to try to control this. a lot of the ways they got more of the public coming back to the position is because of how bad things were going in syria and because of the fears that kuwaiti said that this was going thingsere to be imported into kuw

less than two months after that, iraq invaded kuwait. only after several years did he acknowledge that saddam exploited him. they acknowledged that they transformed their 48 hour embassy sit-in back in is the 79 into a 444-day crisis once they read a boston globe article in which a carter national security staffer leaked that military operation to be taken off the table. now, they talk about a pair dime in which every strategy has an information, military, and economic component, and academic talk about hard and soft power. the concepts are the same. success depends on all elements of government power being used together, and yet diplomats and politicians seek to free sanctions and military preparations in order, they imagine, to enable diplomacy's success. nothing is further from the truth. culture matters. the problem is not inadequate sensitivity to other culture. if anything, americans are too sensitive. for example, prom innocent ambassador pickerring and colleagues warned after some iranians complained that iranians, quote, ripped

omar is live for us in kuwait. now, omar, usually the gcc focuses on gcc issues but they also talk about regional issues as well. let's start with iran, and it's nuclear deal. what's expected to come out of discussions from that. >> now, let's start with iran as you statemented. the final summit came out welcoming the nuclear deal, between the p five plus one, with iran, last month. saying in deal will only boost the security and stability of the region. they said this is the first step towards a wider and a comprehensive deal with iran, which leads to a nonproliferation deal to make this area -- to -- to rid this area with weapons of mass destruction, including in nuclear weapons. now, this is very interesting point, because not all gcc members trust iran. they call on iran to boost its relation with its neighbors. they welcome the new president and they call on the iranians to take practical steps to stop the medaling in arab and regional affairs in the region. >> very interesting dynamics there. but the g.c.c. s

attack and you have to go to the kuwait invasion to understand it but it's crazy we suddenly commit we did that in vietnam and we went to an agony to do it remember we had five hundred thousand troops we lost we had no business being there we had no business thirty five thousand troops in the middle east in one thousand nine hundred two and the other thing is. at that point all i was going to say about nine eleven you know in this talk about the august sixth presidential briefing that said you know the term a strike within the u.s. but since that we've known that it's not just that it's dozens and dozens of warnings from all over the world and also internal cia warnings to the highest echelons of the department i just find it hard to believe it was pure negative i mean we already know that this government has a track record of just completely not caring about human life is there any inkling in your mind at all that they allowed these attacks to happen. i think that's you know i i you know it's a question i'm not an expert in that situation and it did accomplish what's important to m

pretext to invade iraq so this thing goes on all the time still in the bush the father of bush in kuwait way why do you think the new century false flags isn't more historically explored in these provocations kind of the use of these false starts do you are this we're especially try to expose this to national security archives as putting out great documents about these things so people know some of this but it's at the heart of our story because we're telling the other side of american history the dark side all that intervention is the assassinations the dirty tricks the psychological warfare the torture don't forget the arrogance it's behind and once you have those two it's always you able to drop the moment you're going to get away with it successfully by calling it a moral victory and say that it ended world war two then you adopt the attitude that because you want you were right because you're right you're good that's what follows and therefore you create your own moral code oh i love i love the series because i think a recurring theme is the atomic bomb not only the dropping of the

. >> the french entered negotiations with the united arab emirates, qatar, and kuwait. united arab emirates. qatar and kuwait have also shown interest. >> they have confirmed their interest, so a deal should come through in 2014 or 2015. >> at the moment, only the french air force is equipped with these planes. they have not sold the military planes be on the french birders -- french borders in more than 30 years. >> european union leaders are meeting in brussels, where they are expected to sign off on final details of a banking union. the youngapply to all -- eurozone countries, and those to join.ed the ideas that they will not spend taxpayers money to bail out banks. and a new agency backed by a 55 billion euro fund will be funded over 10 years. hundreds of protesters have been blocking traffic around the summit, demonstrating against austerity measures, as well as a free trade deal currently being negotiated with the u.s. a look at how the markets have been faring. theets rallied a day after announcement by the u.s. federal reserve that it will maintain lower interes

to kuwait."made a mistake. sorry. and finally, if you're watching football this year, you probably know that our new york giants are having a really rough season. not doing well. so i guess there's a strip club here in new york that says it will stop showing giants games because their losing streak has been so bad for business. [ light laughter ] which makes sense. because if there's one thing guys at strip clubs don't need to see is a bunch of other dudes who can't score. [ laughter ] we have a great show for you tonight! give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome to our show! i'm looking forward to this show. we've had a great show all this week. yesterday we had paul mccartney on the show. if you haven't seen it, go on youtube and watch it or latenightwithjimmyfallon.com. or nbc.com or hulu. whatever you can see it -- i don't know how else you can see our show. >> questlove: youtube. >> jimmy: youtube. i said that yeah. >> questlove: oh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: don't

and the tiller to to -- military maneuverable warfare and that is why they did so well willing from kuwait to bed bed. in an amazing movement amazing come back channel combat. the term that force that had become a counterinsurgency operation is really tough. the difference in special operations versus conventional is a conventional unit the artillery and the army and the armor is your key weapon systems or you just man the equipment because the equipment does the killing. in a special operations unit the individual is the weapon system and he just equipped the man. trying to fight a counterinsurgency you have a tank, artillery a system centric operation versus a special operations capability where you can adapt that guy to fight in that environment. it's a very hard adaptation for the u.s. army to adapt to the marine corps had a better time and it echoes the old adage every rifleman matters. in the counterinsurgency department you have 300 degrees so your cook and your truck driver everyone has to know how to fight and -- defend themselves. the u.s. finally did that somewhat with the surge

although kuwait or the uae might have the amounts of wealth are even more wealth, they don't have the centralized decision-making and leadership. it also the other characteristic is that it has an old wealthy vision. there is a vision that characterizes the qatari leadership at cavities and agendas that in many ways is lacking in other parts of the arabian peninsula and across the persian gulf. it's a vision that initially was motivated by survival status. that is hyperactive diplomacy which i will mention in a moment it was initially motivated by a survival strategy when sheikh hamad khalifa came to power in 1995. there was an almost irrational fear that qatar would be gobbled up. it would be trampled on over wealth by saudi arabia or by developments. qatar engaged in an incredibly hyperactive diplomacy to ensure its survival and then they realize that it wasn't survival that they needed to worry about, it was getting a place secure on the global map and then building on that position within the global map to enhance qatar's local position within the global community. there is a well

kuwait had been liberated a great triumph in that the reputation carried over from vietnam days was seemingly buried once and for all. the one blemish on operation desert storm. was that. a substantial proportion of the small number of u.s. casualties suffered occurred as a consequence of friendly fire that's the fundamental lesson of vietnam for much of the military at the time we're talking about and so they were determined to maintain public support to show a new face to show success to show the recall the talk about smart the precipitation and training and professionalization of their force and they were determined to control the facts that fed that story line by any military standard gulf war one was a stunning victory by u.s. and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon.

kuwait had been liberated a great triumph in the reputation carried over from vietnam days was seemingly buried once and for all. the one blemish on operation desert storm. was that. a substantial proportion. of the small number of u.s. casualties suffered occurred as a consequence of friendly fire that's the fundamental lesson of vietnam for much of the military at the time we're talking about and so they were determined to maintain public support to show a new face to show success to show the recall the talk about smart the precipitation and training and professionalization of their force and they were determined to control the facts that fed that story line by any military standard gulf war one was a stunning victory by u.s. and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find the data piece together en

the display in kuwait city sanded three miles of coastline, this one spanned 30 miles of coastline.has been producing this show, and there were several really unique effects they'd been creating during it. for example, they were going to create a burst of fireworks that would imitate a sunrise, the first sunrise of 2014, and united arab emirates flag made out of fireworks. before the display happened, there was a flying falcon that the company producing this was going to create out of fireworks to fly around the island as the countdown was happening. so, jon, in just a few hours we'll know whether or not they actually broke the world record. as you mentioned there's a representative from guinness that is there to do an odd it and figure out how many fireworks went off. >> hard to believe they won't make the world's record there. the folks in the streets sure liked it. what else are people around the world doing to ring in 2014? >> there's a lot of celebrations around the world, and for some countries they're not even -- some cities and countries they're not waiting until midnight. j

perdidos en los brazoss de esposo y papÁ, un capitan del ejÉrcito que regresÓ inesperadamente de kuwaitcelebrar la navidad en otras partes del mundo. >>> el papa francisco celebrÓ la primera misa de navidad como lÍder de la iglesia catÓlica y mÁs de 70 mil personas llegaron a la plaza de san pedro para recibir la bendiciÓn que significa a la ciudad y el mundo. >>> el deseo es un mundo mejor, paz, diÁlogo para las regiones en conflicto, protecciÓn del medio ambiente y dignidad para los inmigrantes en todo el mundo. >>> el papa terminÓ un aÑo histÓrico para la iglesia catÓlica. >>> la misa que llega del vaticano al mundo, el papa francisco describiÓ el nacimiento de jesÚs como una luz en la oscuridad. decidiÓ personalmente cargar una imagen del niÑo jesÚs y colocarla en el pesebre. >>> llega directo al corazÓn, la mezcla del mensaje full de paz con la entrega a los demÁs. >>> no es la primera vez que rompe con la tradiciÓn, ha optado por un auto sencillo en vez de lujos, vive nunca residencia para visitas y no en el palacio, sus muestras de cariÑo logra comunicar el mensaje del evangelio.

the regime began to change after we kicked them out of kuwait. that had more of a significant impact than we thought on the regime. we just didn't understand. unless you are there, it is difficult to understand how much supression went on inside of that government. it didn't matter if you were sunni or kurd. it was everyone who was suppressed. and the violence was testimony. >> when you look at that war, and for all of us who like history, you look back, and there seems to be a rising level of violence there. >> yes. my view of this is, when we left, the violence was at a low level. we had set up for success a country that if they were willing to move forward politically, that it would move forward. it has in fact moved forward economically. its revenues are up. what is happened is you continue to have this distinct mistrust between the three major groups. in fact, even amongst shia, you have mistrust. what has happened is these political differences over time, you have this growing animosity, mistrust. others exploit this. then you start to have

he is on his second tour right now out in kuwait.ersity actually worked together to make all of this possible. >> i was only looking forward to seeing him for a couple days on crimous break and now that i get to see him a lot more now. it means a lot. makes the holidays a lot more meaningful and my graduation even more meaningful than what it was. >> i haven't seen him in about a year. good surprise for the family. i knew it would bring a little more purpose to his graduation. >> sergeant qualls says he hopes to follow in his brother's footsteps and enroll at arkansas tech next year. >>> two big names grabbed big ratings for "saturday night live" last night and it didn't hurt that a string of stars were also along for the ride. >> i thought you were stuck in traffic? >> i was. but then i ok a city bike. >> very good. >> host jimmy fallon and musical guest justin timberlike were joined by madonna, chris rock and a special guest joined the cast at the "weekend update" desk. >> what's next for you, mayor bloomberg? >> i'll be fulfilling

. >> last january leaders gathered in kuwait. 4.4 billion was needed in 2013. 60% of it was raised. >> bank ki moonhas this message, and needs to come up with 6.5 million. >> the international community and leaders have moral, political responsibility. we have 9.5 million people who have been affected. this is half of total population. >> one of the other problems is humanitarian access for those most in need in tisir ya. the council talked, but has not taken action. on that and many things regarding syria, there's stalemate. >> over the weekend the u.n. started airlifting aid to syria from northern iraq. the head of the u.n. refugee agency says it's too dangerous to go by land. a string of attacks in iraq killed 70. the deadliest attack happened in kabula. two car bombs targeted some areas. more than 7,000 civilians and over 950 security forces have been killed in iraq since january. israel and lebanon are trying to ease tensions after a flare-up on the boarder. officials met with peacekeepers to reaffirm a 2006 peace fire agreement. an israeli soldier was killed whilst driving along

it will be the second time that kuwait hosts that.e are encouraging -- >> i was about to mention the same thing and say that kuwait and other countries have been extremely generous when it comes to the syrian refugees. this is a crisis of a different magnitude. this is a crisis of a different depth. it is to be discussed during the next conference on the syrian refugees. jordan and the refugees and help the host communities that are hosting the camps as well. earlier, you have been in the forefront of helping jordan. you have been our voice as well. thank you enough and for your support. thankould say and administration. they are doing a good job. we thank them and pushing other countries to help and assist. we want to show how important it is not only from the humanitarian point of view, but a civilian point of view. helped, then there were be conducive ambience for terrorism. thank you. >> thank you. this is certainly fair to say that members of the senate share their concern about regional stability. we want to do everything we can

kuwait holds the current record for their 50th anniversary.had about 77,000 fireworks all blowing off at once. over about 60 minutes. here, they are going to trump that by more than a mile. 400,000 fireworks and we are talking massive professional fireworks all around dubai. and the cost? we actually couldn't get an exact number. they were iffy on that and at first said millions and then 10 million plus so it's not cheap but, they said, boy, it will be a good time and we are expecting to see something amazing tonight when it is new year's eve! >> how amazing to be there. enjoy it, sara. 10 million bucks and a shot at the guinness world record, a lot of lucky folks watching it happening tonight in dubai. >> i want to be there! >> i do too but we are freezing here. >> i know. there are fun festivities planned as we gear up for new year's eve in the united states. lots of activities setting in the next few hours. not just the crystal ball dropping at times square around the country. cities around the country will bring in the new year with tradit

whether kuwait is part of it or not. caring about the emirate of kuwait. it was just a nasty dictatorship of saddam hussein. so we should not have been in it, and i gave him a bad mark for building up the welfare state and creating the monsters of cheney and all the rest of it that came the next time around. on the other hand, he did try to balance the budget, and even though he said he was not going to, and i give him credit for that, and he is not on either list. ronald reagan, i think he massively made mistakes on defense. the defense budget was not just a waste of money in those eight years, it was what created the war machine that created so much havoc in the world and created so much anger and problems throughout the world that were totally unnecessary. the hubris that imperial power. that was a real negative. on the other hand, he did stand up for limiting the state. big government, the state is not the solution to every problem. in fact, it can weigh down the private economy. therefore, the idea of technological change, the idea that people should

military rolled from kuwait to iraq and when you stop it and turn night a counter insurgency force it's different mix. it creates gaps. that's what we were there to fill. you could ramp up the capability, use it for a few years and when we don't need it anymore it goes away. you don't have legacy insurance, retirements all the rest. >> jon: the cbo says it's the same. they say the same. >> the gao i saw showed us being far cheaper. >> jon: i'm going with cbo. >> okay. >> jon: you want to arm wrestle for it. >> sure. >> jon: wait, i just made a terrible mistake. will you stick around for a little bit. civilian warriors it's on the book shelves now. you should read this because we have preconceived notions about what this force is and what it means to the united states and it's important to get the view of an individual who experienced it and dealt with it. erik prince, get the modern/remixed version ♪ this holiday, tech the halls and ring in the savings with our radioshack price match guarantee. get great deals on the best brands at radioshack. jon: that's our show. here it is your momen

end from -- >>ibility i need of the day, our neighbors in gcc came out with a statement in cue a kuwait welcoming the agreement. i welcome their sense of realism and the attempt to address the realities underground rather than anxieties. i believe what we have heard has been spontaneous sort of emotional reactions, but the total outcome of our friends in the region has been positive. it continues to be israel that continues to do everything in its power in order to derail the process and in order to prevent it from implementation. our friends in the region have nothing to lose. our friends in the region have nothing to fear about. this agreement will only strengthen our security. >> coming up, i asked iran's prime minister if he is willing to reach schools sectarian -- reach across sectarian division [[voiceover]] no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, inven

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when you said deputy prime minister for planning has paid a three day visit to kuwait and from itunes and breaking a streak of nineteen at the invitation of the fact that the conduct of any note scary. during his eighteen year wait to meet the new mac feel free to pack again host the more he kept happy with the more he gets that that delays only attached importance to promoting the type of friendship and mall type tactical operations to read it now to me yet considered overweight that the conditions at the announcer for market economics that is as demonstrations of solidarity and support for people and integration to pass that every time a simple cleaning and i spent the day that daniel still weak agreed that the two countries have great potential for strengthening cooperation especially in economic trade and investment the coach ilk communications education and training sign enacting our teeth cultures and sports. during his visit deputy prime minister for planning. i was still witness at the signing of two important documents a framework agreement on trade and investment and an appl

kuwait had been liberated a great triumph in the reputation carried over from vietnam days was seemingly buried once and for all. the one blemish on operation desert storm. was that. a substantial proportion of the small number of u.s. casualties suffered occurred as a consequence of friendly fire that's the fundamental lesson of vietnam for much of the military at the time we're talking about and so they were determined to maintain public support to show a new face to show success to show the recall the talk about smart the precipitation and training and professionalization of their force and they were determined to control the facts that fed that story line by any military standard gulf war one was a stunning victory by u.s. and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire. washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find enough data pieced togethe

kuwait had been liberated a great triumph in that the reputation carried over from vietnam days was seemingly buried once and for all. the one blemish on operation desert storm. was that. a substantial proportion of the small number of u.s. casualties suffered occurred as a consequence of friendly fire that's the fundamental lesson of vietnam for much of the military at the time we're talking about and so they were determined to maintain public support to show a new face to show success to show the recall the talk about smart the precipitation and training and professionalization of their force and they were determined to control the facts that fed that story line by any military standard gulf war one was a stunning victory by u.s. and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find enough data pieced together