the mujahideen are all over the country. they are numerous. of the population and it's not really motivating for an army to be fighting against its own people. i think that's the main reason of those desertions. >> reporter: mujahideen tactics have improved to the point where even the cities are not longer totally secure for soviet troops. kandahar, a major afghan city, has changed hands several times. >> translator: the afghan garn ters are now able to infiltrate the camps in the city. they are capable of launching attacks on the soviets and then fleeing. the technique of hit and run. however, attacking the soviet camps is somewhat like stabbing a dragon's tail. a deluge of metal and fire burrs up around you. >> translator: but now you find small well-armed commando units which have gotten used to soviet method os of warfare and now how to counter them. let me give you an example. last year when helicopters were flying overhead the afghans were paralyzed with fear. they were afraid of these helicopters against which were unequipped to fight.

congress provided nearly $3 billion in covert money and arms to the afghan mujahideen fighters in the980s. in this 1983 photograph president reagan meets with a group of afghan mujahideen commanders in the white house. in february of 1988 reformist leader gorbachev announced the soviet government would withdraw their 100,000 troops from afghanistan. the final troop withdraw was a year later. >>> american history tv airs all weekend every weekend on c-span3 and in prime time on week nights when congress is in recess. on our website, c-span.org/history you can watch all of our past programs. find the tv schedule, see youtube clips of upcoming shows and connect with us on twitter and facebook. tonight we feature "reel america" with a sampling of archival films made between 1946 and 1982. this a weekly program you can watch every sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. only on american history tv on c-span3. >>> travel with us to historic sites, museums and archives to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. friday night on "american history tv and prime time highlights from our american

another tactic that chechen mujahideen started implementing was the employment of women in conflict. for those of you familiar with jihad and the international terrorist forces this is a new tactic in the chechen fighters pioneered this tack tick implying women and complex. the traditional world and islam is jihad for women is supporting fighters and providing for the fighters. and chechnya women became the active fighters and this tactic spread to moscow and later on groups such as al qaeda in iraq started implementing this tactic as well. another shift in the terrorist threat in russia was the conversion of adherence to radicalism and the employment of slavic solove fee and terrorist attacks. especially in moscow will be very hard due to the increased surveillance of security services it would be very hard to carry out a loan terrorist attack if you are from the north caucasus because of their ethnic profile so they tactics the terrorist forces in implemented was using the slavs who look like anyone passing by in moscow and using them to carry out suicide attacks. since the mid-to

. >> i might remind you that we poured arms into the mujahideen. >> we supported them, yes, indeed. >> which is something i wish we hadn't done. but my question, how many people are we prepared to watch, how many men, women and children are we willing to watch being slaughtered by the russians and bashar assad and drive millions of refugees into europe and then eventually the united states. >> rose: you are say stg a morao do whatever is necessary, including boots on the ground to stop them. >> some, now remember, i'm not talking about 100,000. i'm not talking about the surge. i'm talking about some boots on the ground. >> rose: when you look at libyae we supported going into libya to overthrow qaddafi, and now you have a failed state. and you have a failed state with isis making gains. >> uh-huh. >> rose: what are the lessons o? >> the first lesson is that the first step is defeat of, is the changing government. we still have 38,000 troops in korea, as i mentioned. but most importantly, is, that you have to help them build a nation. we walked away. we completely walked away from liby

we armed the mujahideen, you know, an once the soviet, once the afghans defeated the soviets, they turned their weapons on each other and at some point turn their weapons on us. so we have to think about the consequences of arming, you know, these groups that may become problems later on for us. >> we're the worst mentor ins world. >> larry: should we not be the world's police. we're kind of the real superpower. >> our police here suck. we should not-- (laughter) >> we shouldn't be supporting exporting that to other places, cops here love to shoot brown and black people. there's tons of brown people there. >> larry: that's true. >> okay, i've lost the audience. >> there is no easy answer. first of all, when we do our bombing of isis in syria, we have to make sure that the targets that we hit also do not benefit, like taking them out would benefit assad. that's so hard to do. it's like -- >> i would bomb you but no, you know what i mean. >> that is why there could be an opportunity to, i don't want to say ally with russia, but at least come to the table. i mean what about trying diplomacy

. >> the mujahideen make their point. we did not come here to watch this occupier or to play. they have stolen our lands and our holy places, we will take them back by any means necessary, with stones or with bullets. [ gunfire ] >> that victory may still be far off for these young palestinians. but perhaps new leaders and fresh solutions can emerge from the fog of their revolt. al jazeera, bethlehem, occupy west bank. >> democrats called for the special congressional panel looking into the bengahzi attack to be shot down. the move comes one day after hillary clinton's marathon testimony before the committee. libby casey is live for us in washington, d.c. good to see you. democrats are saying enough is enough. >> that's right. members of this senate want to see the committee dismanned. and members of the committee itself those democrats are agreeing. they also want republican leadership to stop the proceedings. many of those members threatened to walk away from the committee. but today committee members said they will not walk away because they want their perspective heard. th

the mujahideen need to have strong faith and prepared to meet their god. we did not come to watch this occupier or to play. they have stolen our lands and our holy places and we will take them back by any means necessary with stones or with bullets he says. that victory may still be far off for these young palestinians. but perhaps new leaders and fresh solutions can emerge from the fog of their revolt. karl penhall, al jazeera, bethlehem in the occupied west bank. >> an israeli human rights group released disturbing video slowing israeli soldiers beating an unarmed palestinian man. the 25-year-old was work flg a storage room when clashes between palestinians and israeli soldiers broke out. then soldiers ran towards him beating and kicking him for seven minutes as he lies on the floor. he says they accused him of throwing stones but he insisted he was working. after recounting his story to a judge and providing witnesses and the security video to corroborate he was released. the israeli military says it is looking into the incident. >>> world leaders meet