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now, at this time north africa was essentially controlled by the french. you had the three colonies, morocco, algeria and tunisia, all french colonies. these colonies were run by the french government, the government that essentially surrendered to nazi germany in 1940 when france fell, and they were allowed under the terms of that armistice to hold on to their colonies in north africa. so presumably, when we invade north africa in november of 1942, we're going to be facing french troops, ironically. now, f, the r hears -- fdr hears churchill's arguments for first setting our troops against the germans if north africa, and he agrees. george marshall, when he finds out that the president has abandoned the original plan for the cross-channel invasion in 1943, is appalled. he realizes that if all of the men and material are sucked off of that campaign that's being arranged out of europe across the channel, that you'll never be ready by 1943. and, indeed, d-day, the invasion of normandy, doesn't take place until june '44. when eisenhower learns that the presid
now, at this time north africa was essentially controlled by the french. you had the three colonies, morocco, algeria and tunisia, all french colonies. these colonies were run by the french government, the government that essentially surrendered to nazi germany in 1940 when france fell, and they were allowed under the terms of that armistice to hold on to their colonies in north africa. so presumably, when we invade north africa in november of 1942, we're going to be facing french troops,...
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fdr backed eisenhower completely in his dealings with darlan in north africa. the president realized that what ike was doing was cutting a deal with the devil to reduce the resistance of french troops when we finally invaded these colonies, which was the case. the french fought for about three days, and that was it. so as a result of the deal that eisenhower cut with the admiral, many thousands of lives or were saved. eisenhower saw -- excuse me, the president saw eisenhower perform again in north africa. the president went to the conference at cat blank ca in -- casablanca in 1943, and he met at this oint be eisenhower, and the president always had an eye for a pretty woman. and he noticed that eisenhower was chaufferred around by a very comely britisher, a witty woman, very attractive, by the name of kay sommers by. at this point in the upper levels of the allied command, the rumors are fairly rampant asking the question how close is dwight eisenhower to kay sommersby, his driver? admiral marshall is dead on any suggestion of hanky-panky of people under his c
fdr backed eisenhower completely in his dealings with darlan in north africa. the president realized that what ike was doing was cutting a deal with the devil to reduce the resistance of french troops when we finally invaded these colonies, which was the case. the french fought for about three days, and that was it. so as a result of the deal that eisenhower cut with the admiral, many thousands of lives or were saved. eisenhower saw -- excuse me, the president saw eisenhower perform again in...
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how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa?flicts between countries, but also conflicts within them? how do we address the choice of standing callously buy while children are subjected to nerve gas or embroiling ourselves in season else's civil war. what is the role of force in resolving disputes that threaten the stability of the region and undermine all basic standards of civilized conduct? and what is the role of the united nations and international law in meeting cries for justice? today i want to outline where the united states of america stands on these issues. with respect to syria, we believe that as a starting point the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons. when i stated my willingness to order a limited strike against the assad regime in response to the brazen use of chemical weapons, i did not do so lightly. i did so because i believe it is in the national security interests of the united states and in the interests of the world to meaningfully enforce a prohibition who's origins are older
how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa?flicts between countries, but also conflicts within them? how do we address the choice of standing callously buy while children are subjected to nerve gas or embroiling ourselves in season else's civil war. what is the role of force in resolving disputes that threaten the stability of the region and undermine all basic standards of civilized conduct? and what is the role of the united nations and international law in meeting...
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how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa? conflicts between countries, but also conflicts within them. how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas or embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what's the role of force in resolving disputes that threaten the stability of the region and undermine all basic standards of civilized conduct? and what's the role of the united nations, and international law, in meeting cries for justice? today i want to outline where the united states of america stands on these issues. with respect to syria, we believe that as a starting point, the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons. when i stated my willingness to order a limited strike against the assad regime in response to the brazen use of chemical weapons, i did not do so lightly. i did so because i believe it is in the national security interest of the united states and in the interest of the world to meaningfully enforce a prohibition whose origins are ol
how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa? conflicts between countries, but also conflicts within them. how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas or embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what's the role of force in resolving disputes that threaten the stability of the region and undermine all basic standards of civilized conduct? and what's the role of the united nations, and international law, in...
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how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa?ithin them. how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas or embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what's the role of force in resolving disputes and under mine all basic standards of civilized conduct and what's the role of the united nations and international law in meeting cries for justice? today i want to outline where the united states of america stands on these issues. with respect to syria, we believe that as a starting point the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons. when i stated my willingness to order a limited strike against the assad regime in response to the brazen use of chemical weapons, i did not do so lightly. i did so because i believe it is in the national security of the united states to prohibit the origins are older than the united nations itself. the ban of chemical weapons even in war has been agreed to by 98 percent of humanity. it is strengthed by the searing members of
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foreign policy in the middle east and north africa, and the policy that could stay in place during theest of his i'm in office. regarding iran he said actions speak louder than words. he talked about iran being verifiable in terms of its nuclear plans. the knew iranian president says they are very keen on moving ahead for peaceful nuclear energy. and president obama said that was welcome by the united states. they supported iran's move towards that. and also he removed to the 1953 removal of the iranian prime minister. that is huge, absolutely huge for a president president to mention that. on the issue of syria, we talked about the threat of force and how that has brought syria to the situation we're in now, where the country has handed over the details required of it on its chemical weapons program. and he called for a strong, security council resolution to be got together here to make sure that syria goes on keeping its promises and there should be consequences, dell, if it does not. >> you heard there the streets of theron that there the speech is viewed as somewhat conciliatory. i
foreign policy in the middle east and north africa, and the policy that could stay in place during theest of his i'm in office. regarding iran he said actions speak louder than words. he talked about iran being verifiable in terms of its nuclear plans. the knew iranian president says they are very keen on moving ahead for peaceful nuclear energy. and president obama said that was welcome by the united states. they supported iran's move towards that. and also he removed to the 1953 removal of...
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how should we respond the conflicts in the middle east and north africa?etween countries, but also conflicts within them. how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas or embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what's the role of force in resolving disputes that threaten the stability of the region and undermine all basic standards of civilized conduct? and what's the role of the united nations and international law in meeting cries for justice? today i want to outline where the united states of america stands on these issues. with respect to syria, we believe that as a starting point, the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons. when i stated my willingness to order a limited strike existence the assad -- against the assad regime in response to the brazen use of chemical weapons, i did not do so lightly. i did so because i believe it is in the national security interests of the united states and in the interests of the world to meaningfully enforce a prohibition whose ori
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for middle east and north africa. thank you. >>> a reminder that al jazeera has continuing coverage of the ongoing crisis in syria. stay tuned to us here at al jazeera and also go to aljazeera.com for updates. >>> israel held a joint test with the u.s. they fired a land-based missile over the mediterranean sea in a test of an anti-missile system there. the u.s. says the test was part of a long-planned joint effort and had nothing to do with any consideration of an attack as a response to syria's use of chemical weapons. paul has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: the significant alarm that was evident on tuesday morning has now calmed down somewhat, but what we do know is that the israelis fired one of their new type of missiles. it's a sparrow missile known here in israel as hebrew anchor to test arrow two, which is known here in israel as hets. obviously, it caused alarm because although the americans were informed in advance this test was taking place, and the russians were not informed. so the russian tracking of t
for middle east and north africa. thank you. >>> a reminder that al jazeera has continuing coverage of the ongoing crisis in syria. stay tuned to us here at al jazeera and also go to aljazeera.com for updates. >>> israel held a joint test with the u.s. they fired a land-based missile over the mediterranean sea in a test of an anti-missile system there. the u.s. says the test was part of a long-planned joint effort and had nothing to do with any consideration of an attack as a...
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how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa? conflicts between countries but also conflicts within them? how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas while we are embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what is the war of force of a region that threatens and undermine conduct and what's the role of the united nations and international law in meeting cries for justice? today, i want to outline where the united states of america stands on these issues. with respect to syria, we believe that as a starting point, the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons. when i stated my willingness to order a limited strike against the assad regime in response to the use of chemical weapons, i did not do so lightly. i did so because i believe it is in the national security interest of the united states and in the interest of the world to meaningfully enforce the prohibitions that are older than the united nations itself. the ban against the use of chemical weap
how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa? conflicts between countries but also conflicts within them? how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas while we are embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what is the war of force of a region that threatens and undermine conduct and what's the role of the united nations and international law in meeting cries for justice? today, i want to outline where the...
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how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa? conflicts between countries but also conflicts within them? how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas while we are embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what is the war of force of a region that threatens and undermine conduct and what's the role of the united nations and international law in meeting cries for justice? today, i want to outline where the united states of america stands on these issues. with respect to syria, we believe that as a starting point, the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons. when i stated my willingness to order a limited strike against the assad regime in response to the use of chemical weapons, i did not do so lightly. i did so because i believe it is in the national security interest of the united states and in the interest of the world to meaningfully enforce the prohibitions that are older than the united nations itself. the ban against the use of chemical weap
how should we respond to conflicts in the middle east and north africa? conflicts between countries but also conflicts within them? how do we address the choice of standing callously by while children are subjected to nerve gas while we are embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? what is the war of force of a region that threatens and undermine conduct and what's the role of the united nations and international law in meeting cries for justice? today, i want to outline where the...
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how should we respond to complex in the middle east and north africa? conflicts between countries, but also conflicts within them. the choice ofess standing carelessly by well children are subjected to nerve gas, to avoid embroiling ourselves in someone else's civil war? aimeds the role of force order to solve disputes in that region? what's the role of the united nations, and international law in meeting cries for justice? outline whereo the united states of america stands on these issues. syria, wect to believe that as a starting point, the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons. when i stated my willingness to order a military strike against the syrian regime, i did not do so lightly. it isso because i believe in the national security interest of the united states, and in the interest of the world , to meaningfully enforce the that is older than the united states itself. the ban against the use of chemical weapons has been agreed to by 98% of humanity. it is strengthened by the searing memories of shoulders of any in the tre
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al sha bob, al qaeda in north africa and i think -- me about all three groups. >>al shabob is somali-based and launched the american population in st. paul, minnesota. >> let me stop you there. americans may have been involved in this attack, that's what they are referring to? >> yes, they are. going back to the 20007, 2008 is between 40 and 50 americans that we know of who left the minneapolis area to go to be trained by al shabob. the others were not strong enough to serve over there. they can likely get more americans involved because there is a significant number to be trained. that's the focus in nigeria, a vicious al qaeda-affiliated group. in the peninsula in yemen, you have al qaeda in iraq and you have segments of all of these places like mali and libya. the main three we are talking about al shabob and al qaeda in yemen. for a while, the state department resisted making al shabob the organization because they felt they were concerned with the civil war in somalia. a number of them named the terrorist organization and it was. as we see, they go beyond t
al sha bob, al qaeda in north africa and i think -- me about all three groups. >>al shabob is somali-based and launched the american population in st. paul, minnesota. >> let me stop you there. americans may have been involved in this attack, that's what they are referring to? >> yes, they are. going back to the 20007, 2008 is between 40 and 50 americans that we know of who left the minneapolis area to go to be trained by al shabob. the others were not strong enough to serve...
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breakthroughs on these two issues would have a profound and positive impact on the entire middle east and north africa. >> the president said the u.s. will remain engaged in the middle east. >>> president obama is also attending a health forum with former president bill clinton in new york today. >>> ravens coach john harbaugh is speaking out after a star play is injured. jacoby jones was inside a party bus when a brawl broke out and an exotic dancer allegedly hit jones on the head with a giant champagne bottle. one of joneses' teammates is speaking out about the incident. >> people make mistakes. things happen. you never know when you're not there you can't really judge on what happened, so you know, we love jacoby. we're behind him 100% in everything. >> head coach john harbaugh says it's not something we want to be known for and it's nothing to be proud of. >>> and still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, clear skies on a very sunny autumn afternoon. meteorologist chelsea ingram is updating your first warning weather forecast. >> first here's a look at today's midday stocks and last night's winn
breakthroughs on these two issues would have a profound and positive impact on the entire middle east and north africa. >> the president said the u.s. will remain engaged in the middle east. >>> president obama is also attending a health forum with former president bill clinton in new york today. >>> ravens coach john harbaugh is speaking out after a star play is injured. jacoby jones was inside a party bus when a brawl broke out and an exotic dancer allegedly hit jones...
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syria keeps its promises regarding its chemical weapons stockpile, and on the middle east and north africahe talked about the need for the united states to not be criticized for med elling in other country's affairs and at the same time be criticized for not doing enough to help others particularly muslims. i thought interesting regarding iraq, dell, he made the point that iraq is proof, he said, that you can't impose democracy just through force alone. that's pretty much the summary of what was almost 45-minute speech, dell. >> and the president using words like harder humility saying we live in a world of perfect choices. what do we expect rouhani to say today? >> reporter: we don't really know, but if you go to last friday's "washington post" newspaper and that op-ed written by the new iranian president he outlined all sorts of areas there, and pretty much that's what he is going to be talking about. but the world is rather excited about president rouhani, to be honest with you, and this has all been a very, very good start. so we'll be looking for the tone of what he has to say, and wh
syria keeps its promises regarding its chemical weapons stockpile, and on the middle east and north africahe talked about the need for the united states to not be criticized for med elling in other country's affairs and at the same time be criticized for not doing enough to help others particularly muslims. i thought interesting regarding iraq, dell, he made the point that iraq is proof, he said, that you can't impose democracy just through force alone. that's pretty much the summary of what...
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, ladies and gentlemen, nowhere in the world has violence been so deadly and destructive as in north africa and west asia. military intervention inning afghanistan, saddam hussein's imposed war against iran. occasion of kuwait, military intervenings against iraq, brutal repression of the palestinian people. assassination of political figures in iran and terrorist bombings in countries such as iraq, afghanistan, and lebanon are examples of violence in this region in the last three decades. what has been and continues to be practices against the innocent people of palestine is nothing less than structural violence. palestine is under occupation. the basic rights of the palestinians are tragically violated and they are deprived of the right of return and access to their home's birthplace and homeland, a concept can hardly describe the crimes and institutionalized aggression against the innocent palestinian people. the human tragedy in syria represent a painful example of catastrophic spread of violence and extremism in our region from the very crisis outset, regional and international actors h
, ladies and gentlemen, nowhere in the world has violence been so deadly and destructive as in north africa and west asia. military intervention inning afghanistan, saddam hussein's imposed war against iran. occasion of kuwait, military intervenings against iraq, brutal repression of the palestinian people. assassination of political figures in iran and terrorist bombings in countries such as iraq, afghanistan, and lebanon are examples of violence in this region in the last three decades. what...
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. >> the convulsions in the middle east and north africa, and old order is upended and people grapple with what comes next. tehran stillin ane the old messages about evil america. the hope is the actions of a new president might make dealing with what comes next in the middle east a little less difficult. rouhani has made appeals to the west, arriving in new york and then tweeting the news, presenting himself as pragmatic and modern. in the end, he met the french president, not the american one, but her real dialogue between iran and america, if it happens, could change a lot. all the crises connected in different ways. the one about iran's nuclear program is smoldering, but has the potential to be the most dangerous of the mall, which is why they are pursuing a diplomatic opening here at the u.n. this week. but to make it work, of the iranians and the americans are going to have to show much more flexibility than they have in the past. people, not just demonstrators at the u.n. in recent years, a fundamental split in the middle east has been friends of america versus friends of iran.
. >> the convulsions in the middle east and north africa, and old order is upended and people grapple with what comes next. tehran stillin ane the old messages about evil america. the hope is the actions of a new president might make dealing with what comes next in the middle east a little less difficult. rouhani has made appeals to the west, arriving in new york and then tweeting the news, presenting himself as pragmatic and modern. in the end, he met the french president, not the...
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there has been some success in parts of asia, north africa, and latin america. one point 2 billion people still live in extreme poverty. over 100 million children are undernourished and underweight. reducing child mortality is another key goal but the proportion of newborns dying is actually rising although there has been a significant reduction in the number of deaths among under five-year-old. they are likely to fall short of the goal to cut the mortality rate by two thirds. despite some success, hopes are dwindling that all of the millennium development goals will be achieved in full. >> one of the places where the u.n. millennium project was first put into action was in western kenya. >> the 11th villages that comprise the cluster are home aa was once considered a hotspot or hunger lack of clean drinking water were rampant. slew of international organizations, many of the villagers have been able to successfully pull themselves out of poverty. >> it will be a good banana harvest this season. bananas and soybeans are new additions to sugarcane and mays crops
there has been some success in parts of asia, north africa, and latin america. one point 2 billion people still live in extreme poverty. over 100 million children are undernourished and underweight. reducing child mortality is another key goal but the proportion of newborns dying is actually rising although there has been a significant reduction in the number of deaths among under five-year-old. they are likely to fall short of the goal to cut the mortality rate by two thirds. despite some...
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so we believe those same conflicts can be overcome in the middle east and north africa. states has a hard-earned humility when it comes to our ability to determine events inside other countries. the notion of american empire may be useful propaganda, but it isn't born out by america's current policy or public opinion. indeed, as reent debates within the united states over syria clearly showed. the danger for the world is not an america that is too eager to immerse itself in the affairs of other countries or take on every problem in the region as its own. the danger for the world is the united states after a decade of war, rightly concerned about issues back home, aware of the hostility that our engagement in the region has engendered throughout the muslim world may disengage, creating a vacuum of leadership that no other nation is ready to fill. i believe such disengagement would be a mistake. i believe america must remain engaged for our own security, but i also believe the world is better for it. some may disagree but i believe america is exceptional in part that we ha
so we believe those same conflicts can be overcome in the middle east and north africa. states has a hard-earned humility when it comes to our ability to determine events inside other countries. the notion of american empire may be useful propaganda, but it isn't born out by america's current policy or public opinion. indeed, as reent debates within the united states over syria clearly showed. the danger for the world is not an america that is too eager to immerse itself in the affairs of other...
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> breakthroughs on these two issues would have a positive impact on the entire middle east and north africa. >> the u.s. will remain engaged in the middle east, not just for its own security but for the interest of all. jericka duncan, cbs news, the united nations. >> president obama is also attending a health forum with former president bill clinton in new york today. >>> the deadly siege at an nairobi shopping mall is in its 4th day. kenya officials say they are in control. explosions and gunfire continue as soldiers comb the four story complex to hunt down militants. two or more of the terrorists are american. u.s. officials are investigating. authorities say 62 people have died in the stand off. and the red cross says that dozens are still missing. >>> here's a live look at the white house where an unidentified man allegedly tried to sneak on to the property early this morning. the secret service says the man tried to walk behind a vehicle that was once in the gate. he only made it a few feet into the property before agents tackled him and made an arrest. >>> funeral services are taking
> breakthroughs on these two issues would have a positive impact on the entire middle east and north africa. >> the u.s. will remain engaged in the middle east, not just for its own security but for the interest of all. jericka duncan, cbs news, the united nations. >> president obama is also attending a health forum with former president bill clinton in new york today. >>> the deadly siege at an nairobi shopping mall is in its 4th day. kenya officials say they are in...
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. >> the convulsions in the middle east and north africa, and old order is upended and people grapple with what comes next. tehran stillin ane the old messages about evil america. the hope is the actions of a new president might make dealing with what comes next in the middle east a little less difficult. rouhani has made appeals to the west, arriving in new york and then tweeting the news, presenting himself as pragmatic and modern. in the end, he met the french president, not the american one, but her real dialogue between iran and america, if it happens, could change a lot. all the crises connected in different ways. the one about iran's nuclear program is smoldering, but has the potential to be the most dangerous of the mall, which is why they are pursuing a diplomatic opening here at the u.n. this week. but to make it work, of the iranians and the americans are going to have to show much more flexibility than they have in the past. people, not just demonstrators at the u.n. in recent years, a fundamental split in the middle east has been friends of america versus friends of iran.
. >> the convulsions in the middle east and north africa, and old order is upended and people grapple with what comes next. tehran stillin ane the old messages about evil america. the hope is the actions of a new president might make dealing with what comes next in the middle east a little less difficult. rouhani has made appeals to the west, arriving in new york and then tweeting the news, presenting himself as pragmatic and modern. in the end, he met the french president, not the...
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joining us now from jordan is maria, unicef's regional director from for the middle east and north africa. what is the experience daily life like for the refugees that you work with, and do they have hope that life will return to normal any time soon? >> the refugees who have really been uprooted from their homes and lives and had to take a long journey to reach the camp, to reach the border, often the families, especially children, they suffer from a lot of trauma. they are in distress. they feel fear because of the horrors they've seen. many have lost loved ones. some have been separated from loved ones. so they arrive in a very difficult condition, and we've seen with refugees over the last years have probably gone through even more horrific events within syria. at the camp they all have hope of going back, but of course, for those who arrived one year, i think their sense of hope is somewhat--is especially for the parents--is becoming difficult. but i know that kids, especially sometimes when i meet and i've met with parents, teachers, children in classrooms, you often hear, will i ha
joining us now from jordan is maria, unicef's regional director from for the middle east and north africa. what is the experience daily life like for the refugees that you work with, and do they have hope that life will return to normal any time soon? >> the refugees who have really been uprooted from their homes and lives and had to take a long journey to reach the camp, to reach the border, often the families, especially children, they suffer from a lot of trauma. they are in distress....
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you see that when we remember the moments in history, christianity, it was well fed throughout north africa, and only al exandria stands today. only they remained, and there's something there about endurance of a church and people. the second is a perm story for me, the conventional wisdom about liberalism in egypt. if you're an egyptian liberal, and i use that term loosely here in this case, you naturally believe that egypt was heaven on earth, and they came in 1952 and destroyed help. growing up, the question was, if it was so great, where does this come from in the first place? .. we get all the movement. doesn't mean there was something wrong there? doesn't it mean there was something there that lead to the emergence of all of those movements? so it's been a personal quest in a sen to find an answer to that. what was it that was wrong with the beginning? where did egypt two wrong? was it from the beginning, was it in the middle? where did the destructive past -- path we are set on begin? the conventional wisdom there were great liberals napes had important ideas of europe attempted to m
you see that when we remember the moments in history, christianity, it was well fed throughout north africa, and only al exandria stands today. only they remained, and there's something there about endurance of a church and people. the second is a perm story for me, the conventional wisdom about liberalism in egypt. if you're an egyptian liberal, and i use that term loosely here in this case, you naturally believe that egypt was heaven on earth, and they came in 1952 and destroyed help. growing...
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and if the majority of the people in the middle east and the north. africa want to leave a better life if the already to prove their economy if they want to have better access to education and today there are riots in the political system they want changes in these aspirations have to be. but we shouldn't do it. in order to in saudis then to change the regime for it by force we need to engage national dialogue we need to convince the regime. it's in their interests to start this reconciliation dialogue. to start working on a new model of a political system which will help to preserve the unity of the country which will . help it. i stay on the international arena. when we talk of libya for example. to impose democracy. and a no fly zone then democracy. degraded into a cynical. use a variation aine. an internal conflict. on the side of the forces that opposed as you. spoke of and actually we saw. a situation when. he was obviously destroyed with the help of nato forces i'm talking about standards and when it appears and we. believe it starts to spread. it's a
and if the majority of the people in the middle east and the north. africa want to leave a better life if the already to prove their economy if they want to have better access to education and today there are riots in the political system they want changes in these aspirations have to be. but we shouldn't do it. in order to in saudis then to change the regime for it by force we need to engage national dialogue we need to convince the regime. it's in their interests to start this reconciliation...
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whether they're connected to al qaeda in yemen or al qaeda in north africa or now in syria, we have to be very worried about the transitory nature of self radicalization, what it means. because if they're not going to somalia, they're probably going to syria right now. >> how much does this complicate the president's agenda as he heads to the united nations this week. obviously, e.j., the general assembly meeting and syria and iran were at the top of that agenda but clearly we have this situation in kenya now as well. >> first of all, on congressman king, i'm sure those numbers are perfectly plausible. i think the question is to be very careful that we act against the small terrorist groups and not cast a much wider net that sort of implicates people who aren't implicated at all. but this actually, as the president goes there, he is going to be talking about terrorism. that's part of what he's done. and the very fact that over a long period of time we have made significant progress against terrorism, driven terrorists out of some places, somalia, a place, by the way, where we americans
whether they're connected to al qaeda in yemen or al qaeda in north africa or now in syria, we have to be very worried about the transitory nature of self radicalization, what it means. because if they're not going to somalia, they're probably going to syria right now. >> how much does this complicate the president's agenda as he heads to the united nations this week. obviously, e.j., the general assembly meeting and syria and iran were at the top of that agenda but clearly we have this...
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>> morell: there is no doubt that the ideology has spread to north africa and to other parts of the middlet. and that those... those areas could eventually become the kind of safe haven that could pose a significant threat to us. they don't right now. they pose only a regional threat. but you know, the places that i'm worried about in terms of ultimately becoming a safe haven that could pose the kind of threat that al qaeda posed to us pre-9/11 is syria, number one, and number two, afghanistan, if the taliban were to get a grip 2014. on that country again post-2014. >> welcome to the cbs sports update presented by pacific life. i'm james brown with scores from peyton winning manning bowl iii. philip rivers and roger aaron rogers both won. the texans downed the titans in overtime. the bills give head coach dug moore roan his first win. chicago is 2-0. for more sports news and information go to cbssports.com. >> kroft: 20 states have now the deal he and mom made with me when i was ten. he said, "you get the grades to go to college -- and we'll help out with the school of your choice." well,
>> morell: there is no doubt that the ideology has spread to north africa and to other parts of the middlet. and that those... those areas could eventually become the kind of safe haven that could pose a significant threat to us. they don't right now. they pose only a regional threat. but you know, the places that i'm worried about in terms of ultimately becoming a safe haven that could pose the kind of threat that al qaeda posed to us pre-9/11 is syria, number one, and number two,...
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pockets of these terrorists extend from north africa to the persian gulf and it's time he faced up to it. and it's time to face up to something else as well. international order is not maintained by some global police force which only exists in a liberal fantasy. international order is maintained, its backbone is american military might. which brings me back to syria. for two years now syria has been marred in a ferocious civil war with more than 100,000 killed with conventional arms. that's according to u.n. estimates. this tragic situation has promoted many to look to the united states for help. so one year ago president obama made a declaration. if assad used or started moving chemical weapons, he'd do something about it. well, as we all know on august 21 of this year that red line was crossed. the president's delayed response was to call for a show of force for targeted limited strikes against the regime. we've been told that the purpose of these strikes is to deter and degrade assad's regime's ability to use chemical weapons. so let's take a closer look at these aims. first, no o
pockets of these terrorists extend from north africa to the persian gulf and it's time he faced up to it. and it's time to face up to something else as well. international order is not maintained by some global police force which only exists in a liberal fantasy. international order is maintained, its backbone is american military might. which brings me back to syria. for two years now syria has been marred in a ferocious civil war with more than 100,000 killed with conventional arms. that's...
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were it's still going actually and north africa. the bird flu was a big scare for us of course and we went through this whole exercise. it's an extremely virulent virus that which was killing 60% of the people it infected. it started to spread between us rather than from birds to us. fortunately that hasn't been happening though it still infects the occasional person and the story of why that is in the bird flu book and some of it's in the pandemics book but in much more detail in the bird out. the reason the bird flu virus hasn't spread between us we are not totally sure. we do know -- mammalian cells and the people who have died from the bird flu got a big dose of the virus. the classical case is a little farmer in indonesia or southeast asia and this virus hasn't moved out of eurasia and africa. it's never crossed into the americas. they realized the authorities are going to come along and kill it out so they decide they're going to distribute the chickens around the family so they can be at least get a meal out of them so they g
were it's still going actually and north africa. the bird flu was a big scare for us of course and we went through this whole exercise. it's an extremely virulent virus that which was killing 60% of the people it infected. it started to spread between us rather than from birds to us. fortunately that hasn't been happening though it still infects the occasional person and the story of why that is in the bird flu book and some of it's in the pandemics book but in much more detail in the bird out....
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. >> what do you make of the way mainstream media deals with this new content, initially from north africae recently in syria, material that is very difficult to authenticate? how would you rate the performance of the mainstream media in dealing with that information, that data? >> mhmm. mhmm. well, i think it's getting better. i remember when i first started writing about citizen journalism, it was during the war between russia and georgia in 2008, and back then, you know, there were lots of pictures that were coming from [inaudible] in that case, and we just didn't know... where they came from and you just know that you cannot rely on people on the ground to go and do the reporting when the electricity is down because they cannot charge their iphones, you know? so you can give iphones to everyone on the ground in [inaudible] but you cannot expect them to do the job the professional journalists ought to be doing, in part because you want professional journalists on the ground because you trust them to go and do all of the necessary intelligence work and all of the necessary ethical work t
. >> what do you make of the way mainstream media deals with this new content, initially from north africae recently in syria, material that is very difficult to authenticate? how would you rate the performance of the mainstream media in dealing with that information, that data? >> mhmm. mhmm. well, i think it's getting better. i remember when i first started writing about citizen journalism, it was during the war between russia and georgia in 2008, and back then, you know, there...
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nuclear problem and the israeli/palestinian conflict, and further destabilize the middle east and north africa could throw the entire system of international law and order out of balance. under current international law, force is permitted, only in self defense or by the decision of the security council. anything else is unacceptable under the united nations charter and would constitute an act of aggression. >>> question, would a unilateral military strike ordered by president obama-- >> look, i think this is a double-sided issue, because putin and russia invaded georgia in 2008 without u.n. security council approval. the united states invaded iraq in 2008 without u.n. security council approval. we don't know. obama is arguing, look, if the u.n. is blocked up with putin and russia saying we won't approve anything-- >> you mean they are equally untrustworthy? >> in this country, presidents clinton and reagan have launched similar strikes and congress didn't squak. and i think most-- >> that's the blessing on it? >> no, no, no. you're not going to have cries of illegality in this country. and i
nuclear problem and the israeli/palestinian conflict, and further destabilize the middle east and north africa could throw the entire system of international law and order out of balance. under current international law, force is permitted, only in self defense or by the decision of the security council. anything else is unacceptable under the united nations charter and would constitute an act of aggression. >>> question, would a unilateral military strike ordered by president obama--...
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shipped to leave in spite of the embargo of the united nations security council is now all across north africand perhaps even beyond it's now in mali and in central african republic can charge in small retain yeah so we definitely let vacate the strict control over all kinds of. arms trade and certainly units and so the current blues words are not surprised production of soviet weapons must be stopped wherever it is going on now we have to read a lot of efforts into that because quite a number of countries including members of the united european union and nato see it as a profitable business so they are not changes to banning and stopping the unauthorized production of soviet designed to weapons and we are going to see this. and you know order to answer this question all this the we need to have more comprehensive evidence and not from hearsay but straight from the horse's mouth thank you so much thank you everybody thanks to all the ministers this press conference and now thank you. well we have a foreign minister sergei lavrov danny's french counterpart on obvious they're giving a press con
shipped to leave in spite of the embargo of the united nations security council is now all across north africand perhaps even beyond it's now in mali and in central african republic can charge in small retain yeah so we definitely let vacate the strict control over all kinds of. arms trade and certainly units and so the current blues words are not surprised production of soviet weapons must be stopped wherever it is going on now we have to read a lot of efforts into that because quite a number...
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in the middle of the last century with the movement of muslims from turkey into central europe, north africa into french-speaking europe and the subcontinent into british-held territories. that trend was only 1300 years old. we have one even older that is just now beginning to get underway. the movement of copts after 1900 years from, i mean, to say it's their historic homeland doesn't even begin -- it's a superficial way of saying it because to be copt is to be egyptian. for hundreds of years, i mean, copt means egyptian, egyptian means copts, and they were a majority of egypt well into the muslim era. but now, azzam notes with -- as sam notes with regret, sadness and a sense of the unknown, now copts have begun the great immigration outward. there are now 550 coptic churches outside egypt. coptic christianity is a growing church, except it is dying in egypt because of the repression and persecution, combination of state power and islamic extremism. where does this lead? can a coptic church survive without a strong pillar in egypt? can a coptic church survive without much coptic christianit
in the middle of the last century with the movement of muslims from turkey into central europe, north africa into french-speaking europe and the subcontinent into british-held territories. that trend was only 1300 years old. we have one even older that is just now beginning to get underway. the movement of copts after 1900 years from, i mean, to say it's their historic homeland doesn't even begin -- it's a superficial way of saying it because to be copt is to be egyptian. for hundreds of years,...
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we deeply believe it is in our interests to see a middle east and north africa that is peaceful and prosperous. and will continue to promote democracy and human rights and open markets because we believe these practices achieve peace and prosperity. ok so let's break down the speaking style here he's using very deliberate words his words are followed by these long pauses after he makes kind of that and poncho he's also using a lot of firm hand gestures when speaking i mean what is he trying to do here with this well he's been he's trying to do two things first of all he's trying to convey this message almost interpersonally like he's talking to somebody but talking to them very forcefully not trying to overpower them but reaffirm you know basic norms and basic paradigms that everybody can get on board with that's one but the other thing he's trying to do is kind of show a lack over you know the devil's in the details so if he can bowl you over with the common threads of the common themes and have people not along so yes i get with that though they'll be a little less inclined to turn around an
we deeply believe it is in our interests to see a middle east and north africa that is peaceful and prosperous. and will continue to promote democracy and human rights and open markets because we believe these practices achieve peace and prosperity. ok so let's break down the speaking style here he's using very deliberate words his words are followed by these long pauses after he makes kind of that and poncho he's also using a lot of firm hand gestures when speaking i mean what is he trying to...
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bid his family and friends the center announced a found support student research and travel to north africa and the middle east. to. >> there is a legacy is that he was willing to risk his life in purse yuft his job which is in this case international diplomacy. >> stepfather told us today quote, what he stood for and represented is pop ported by memorials and tributes paid to hism he became a hero, we're proud of him. >> more trouble tonight for a highway project that is coming under fire from environmental protestors having a permit revoked caltrans resumed hauling dirt but can only hall at night through the town of willit. two demonstrators chained themselves backing up trucks and stopping work on the project. three people were arrested. caltrans is building a bypass but they're building sensitive wetlands. >> quite a stinky mess in san pablo strip mall, raw sewage seeped out of the ground today. customers had to step over smelly water covering spaces in the parking lot some pechl say they can see human waste coming up from the ground. officials say this was caused by a clogged sewer lin
bid his family and friends the center announced a found support student research and travel to north africa and the middle east. to. >> there is a legacy is that he was willing to risk his life in purse yuft his job which is in this case international diplomacy. >> stepfather told us today quote, what he stood for and represented is pop ported by memorials and tributes paid to hism he became a hero, we're proud of him. >> more trouble tonight for a highway project that is...
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bid his family and friends the center announced a found support student research and travel to north africa and the middle east. to. >> there is a legacy is that he was willing to risk his life in purse yuft his job which is in this case international diplomacy. >> stepfather told us today quote, what he stood for and represented is pop ported by memorials and tributes paid to hism he became a hero, we're proud of him. >> more trouble tonight for a highway project that is coming under fire from environmental protestors having a permit revoked caltrans resumed hauling dirt but can only hall at night through the town of willit. two demonstrators chained themselves backing up trucks and stopping work on the project. three people were arrested. caltrans is building a bypass but they're building through sensitive wetlands. >> quite a stinky mess in san pablo strip mall, raw sewage seeped out of the ground today. customers had to step over smelly water covering spaces in the parking lot some pechl say they can see human waste coming up from the ground. officials say this was caused by a clogged s
bid his family and friends the center announced a found support student research and travel to north africa and the middle east. to. >> there is a legacy is that he was willing to risk his life in purse yuft his job which is in this case international diplomacy. >> stepfather told us today quote, what he stood for and represented is pop ported by memorials and tributes paid to hism he became a hero, we're proud of him. >> more trouble tonight for a highway project that is...