at the top of my list was somalia. >> somalia, one of the most dangerous countries on the planet. so much so few reporters traveled there. there's been no national government for more than 20 years. islamic rebels rule much of the country, but amanda on her own as a freelance journalist wanted to make a name for herself. >> she didn't tell me she was going to somalia. >> kelly was her amanda's best friend. they'd traveled the world together. she remembers her desire to go to somalia. >> she felt that it was really important that she go there. that there were hundreds of thousands of refugees starving in the refugee camps and no one was telling their story. >> as amanda was launching this new phase of her professional life her personal life intruded. she unexpectedly heard from nigel, now divorced. >> i got an e-mail out of the blue. >> you tell him where you're going. >> i tell him where i'm going. he's still interested in pursuing journalism. why not invite him to come with me. >> amanda e-mailed her mother about the risky trip. >> and you're thinking what? >> i would really rath

when we come back, we will talk about what happened in somalia, u.s.olvement in a massacre that took placace of somali citizens -- civilians. [music break] [♪] amy: i am amy goodman. the pentagon is on the defensive after a new investigation revealed evidence that u.s. special operations forces massacred civilians in somalia earlier this year, allegedly firing on unarmed farmers and their families, then planting weapons beside the bodies to appear as though the people were armed members of al-shabaab. on wednesday, the pentagon released a statement that said, "after a thorough assessment of the somali national army-led operation near bariire, somalia, on 2017 and the associated august 25, allegations of civilian casualties, u.s. special operations command africa has concluded that the only casualties were those of armed enemy combatants." this statement came after "the daily beast" published an investigation wednesday on the bariire operation and its aftermath, and reported what eyewitnesses have said since the attack. the victims were farmers, and the

troops on the ground in somalia. the largest number of troops in somalia since blackhawk down.n 2014 there were only a few dozen. last month a senior pentagon official denied any rampup in somalia, despite what is obviously an expanded u.s. military presence there. >> i do not believe necessarily there's a rampup. it's just the density of the targets is such that there's some opportunities to do those strikes. i would not assess it with a buildup as you're calling it. >> reporter: with the increased u.s. presence in somalia and rapid targeting of al-shabaab, the need for good intelligence is increasing, dana. recent strikes have led to accusations of civilian casualties by local farmers as u.s. troops rely on information given to them by local somali forces and people who often have their own vendettas among rival clans. >> reporter: jennifer griffin, thank you very much. mitch mcconnell was just asked about what happens if roy moore wins tonight's special election? we're gonna tell you his answer. plus an uphill battle for fire fighters in southern california. look at this. th

we have turkey has a big military facility providing military education and training to the somalia you know somalia military and right now in sold sudan so we have a triangle here and it is three and girl and this force projection attempts against whom i think right now as you have said you know a saudi led you know gulf block is against turkey and turkey particularly in the eastern mediterranean we have been very very getting increasingly wizard will rival the re between a turkey and a greek. greek cyprus greece israel and egypt a block over the hydrocarbon reserves in the eastern mediterranean sort uncle has been feeling itself i think under pressure and to go beyond to get through that pressure a million children it is a military move i will say yeah that's right it's a sort of leverage to use against this a bloc to diffuse the existing tension mr morales also let me say this last point sir show this is a bilateral yes go ahead briefly please. did this and this last point is extremely important what we are here talking about is now then regional alliance building can afford to w

weight two hundred thirty thousand people live some have started to return to somalia but wise groups are concerned they're being pressured to go back or speak to filippo grandi the u.n. high commissioner for refugees and eighteen solidarity. one year since egypt arrested canid mahmoud hussein accusing him of reporting false news to create chaos al-jazeera continues to deny all the allegations against him and demands he's immediate release. mood hussein's case is one of many examples of governments targeting journalists on the road and press freedoms will also be looking at the arrest of reporters and need more using colonial era laws written nearly a century ago i made. it with news grades live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us it's taken almost a year but u.s. president donald trump is on the brink of his first major legislative triumph. the tax cuts and jobs act is passed that was vice president mike pence announcing that the senate had now really approved the biggest rewrite of america's tax laws in more t

. >> dahler: earlier this year, president trump declared parts of somalia a war zone. u.s. has conducted dozens of drone strikes trying to stop a ruthless terrorist group that's killed hundreds. debora patta filed this reporters notebook from mogadishu. >> reporter: a brutal civil war, followed by al-shabaab's bombing campaign, has left a city in ruins. despite this, there's a semblance of normality in parts of mogadishu. what you don't see because we're not allowed to film there, are the roadblocks on almost every street, manned either by government security forces, clan militias or private guards. filming in mogadishu has been so difficult. there are roadblocks everywhere. in the time we've been here, we were surrounded by armed police and even arrested briefly on one occasion. the arrest lasted only five hours but underscores the point that even with official percommission all the right documentation, somalia is unpredictable. even in a city that is no stranger to death and destruction, the most recent october 14 vehicle bomb that killed over 500 people was on a sca

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already said the somalia on person was planning an attack so that the level is very very high the level of alert and maybe that's one of the reasons why the police today was absolutely just only two minutes after seven police cars were missing herman for us live from melbourne we'll have more details from dinner as they come in now for a look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour the british prime minister three some may has forced one of her key cabinet allies to resign after an investigation concluded that he had breached the ministerial code damian green was found to have made misleading comments about pornography discovered on his parliamentary computers nine years ago he's admitted to making misleading statements but said he never viewed the porn in question. south korea says its soldiers fired warning shots at north korean border guards after they chased the defector official say twenty shots were fired when the guards approached demarcation line between the two countries they were pursuing a north korean soldier the second to defect to the south in about five

. >> stunning news from somalia. the deadliest battle yet involving u.s. after this jeep carrying americans was blown up. two u.s. helicopters were shot down. >> president george bush as his parting gesture sent in a humanitarian mission to rescue the somalis from this terrible famine. it turned from a humanitarian mission into a terrible military catastrophe. >> 12 american soldiers killed. >> why let the somalis drag more dead gis by the ropes through the streets of mogadishu? >> we have gone way beyond what our original intention was in somalia and it's time to get out. >> after two days of stinging criticism, the president said today the u.s. needs to, and i quote now, conclude its role in somalia. >> if the american people are to say yes to u.n. peacekeeping, the united nations must know when to say no. >> there was enormous pressure on the clinton administration not to commit the united states to similar operations in the future. fast forward. rwanda. >> good evening. fighting is going on tonight in the small african nation of rwanda. >> 20,000 are b

south africa and somalia have also joined the list of delegations cosponsoring the revelation. in democratic republic of korea. >> thank you mr. president. >> thank you. the vote has been requested. we shall not begin the voting process. those in favor please signify. >> the general assembly is now floating on draft resolution a/es-ten entitled status of jerusalem. wall delegations confirm their votes are accurately reflected on the screen. the voting has been completed, please lock the machine. [applause] the result of the vote is as follows. in favor, 128. against nine. draft resolution a/es-ten/l22 is adopted.

eleven the pentagon has been hell bent on dropping bombs from huey's on afghanistan yemen pakistan somalia the line up goes on really but for civilians in those countries a distant buzz up in the sky can be a death warrant in fact u.s. drones have slaughtered some one and a half thousand civilians according to an estimate by the bureau of investigative journalism and the figure shouldn't really come as much of a surprise to anyone who's seen what has been among the drones targets. the same unit which would be in charge of news year drone operations is standing accused of killing ten civilians in somalia this summer something the u.s. africa command has denied now that the u.s. is apparently planning to open a new front in its drone war this could also mean more work for the pentagon's p.r. machine you've done of our. in october the death of four u.s. soldiers in an ambush in knees air revealed america's military presence in the country until that point even senior u.s. politicians had no knowledge of the campaign american troops were deployed under the obama administration to help local fo

unit which would be in charge of drone operations is standing accused of killing ten civilians in somalia this summer something the u.s. africa command has denied now that the u.s. is apparently planning to open a new front in its drone war this could also mean more work for the pentagon subpoena machine. don of r t a month ago the death of four u.s. soldiers in an ambush in new jersey revealed america's military presence in the country it's something even senior u.s. politicians seemed unaware of american troops were deployed under the obama administration to help nice area forces fight local terrorist cells. african affairs analyst lawrence freeman says that west african countries can be put under a lot of pressure by various western partners probably less than a thousand troops in this year and. that over a thousand this is the first time our armed drones will be flying so this is a big problem for the new government and for west africa and for all the africa. state to carry out these kinds of military pacts this strategy will not work it's not going to be successful without a larger s

somalia,idual case in our military says it was enemy combatants. word. them at their as far as your, about whether or not it was intentional, i don't think there has ever been any evidence the u.s. has intentionally in this fight against al qaeda targeted civilians. we don't do that. what does happen is in the bombing, civilians are caught in the crosshair. inhumane for one thing. it only adds fuel to the fire of terrorist groups that want to attack us. it makes it easier for them to recruit. housek the role of the armed services committee is to conduct oversight, to make sure when civilian casualties happen, and to take steps to minimize it. >> we have one minute. final question? >> i do want to clarify the report. but just to go back on that, the level of aggression you are saying, is that a reflection of from, of the military? where are your concerns coming from? rep. smith: that is a reflection of trump. there was a feeling that the obama administration was too cautious. that they hesitated on a number of attacks when they should have gone forward. w

televises in former president countries where turkey also helps like somalia and syria where they've seen our projects in action and we've seen various welts on the canada. very very refugees a syrian kurds from the neighboring border area the mayor of search does what he can. the place these people call home has been destroyed after years of war. there from the syrian city of kabbani located right on the border the city was the setting for heavy battles. even though fighting has now ceased the city remains a humanitarian crisis. that has caused many kurds to flee to turkey they say that international n.g.o.s provided help until the government categorize them as terrorist suspects just a few months ago and now fills the gap of. living with my grandfather and my daughter my wife died and i don't have a job i need this help. that you had planes destroyed everything we had you know i'm not one of the know not what. would go back if we had something the red crescent gave us food in vouchers but that was three months ago they're not allowed to do that anymore. that has made and saw its ro

debora patta traveled to somalia, where the al-shabaab militant group nearly blew up a jet last year.reporter: in this cctv footage, you can see two men one is carrying a laptop. watch in the bottom right as he slips the rigged computer to the bomber in the coffee shop. the man was the head of mogadishu's airport security at the time. >> sit down! >> reporter: the laptop exploded shortly after takeoff and blew a hole in the side of the plane. only the bomber was killed. but islamic militants of al-shabaab continue to try and perfect the laptop bomb. in fact, they tried to plant the bomb a day earlier, but the flight was canceled. in the past 18 months, three other computer bombs were found after one partially exploded in a cargo hold. new, multilayered security checks, including dogs trained to sniff out explosives, are supposed to stop that. but al-shabaab still has people on the inside. said eliye, deputy head of security: >> the biggest problem we have is no matter who it manager-- everybody has to follow security. >> reporter: the militants operate freely in this crumbling city of

>> marie: far better than yemen and somalia. if you look at the governments.hey are states without a government, able to do this process? >> dan: i am really bothered her nighttime but donald trump's campaign rhetoric. okay. again, a standard that only seems to apply to president trump. obama's rhetoric did not matter you can keep your plans, but because obama -- know, but because president trump statements should be a legal ruling. the four corners it is not what he said during a campaign that matters or obama. >> marie: his statements have been ruled to matter. you can go to law school and argue that. >> harris: spirited tuesday. >> melissa: president trump is now stepping up to get a tax reform bill sent to his desk by christmas. last night, caucus members nearly derailed a vote on the senate side. this concerns about upcoming spending bill. can lawmakers get this done before christmas connect will talk about it. stay close. it is warm and fuzzy where we are. ♪ and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leadi

only 32,000 refugees have voluntarily returned to somalia, leaving nearly a quarter of a million peoplenand 0mondi reports from dadaab. these are the shelters that somali refugees have called home for years. many were born and raised here. united nations says it's now time for them to go back to their motherland, but thousands remain hesitant. the commissioner was here for a progress report on the repatriation process, and he was honest in his assessment. i am concerned, because, of course, dadaab is an old camp. has been around for 26 years i think, something like that, from the ‘90s, and you know what happens, unfortunately, is that refugee situations that go on for a long time, it is more difficult to convince donors to support them after so many years. so we are struggling with resources. i think that our appeal to our donors is, don't give up on dadaab now. this camp, the population, the people of the camp continue to need help even if there are some possibilities of repatriation. many people don't want to take those opportunities now. they should be free not to take those opportun

hamda ahmed, from somalia, has been waiting on her asylum claim for six months. she's living with her husband and two children in a red cross camp in rome where they receive meals, clothing and shelter. in 2015, they fled to libya, took a boat across the mediterranean sea to italy and later reached germany. >> ( translated ): we were there for two years, and my son was born there. the life was good and comfortable. there was school, everything you need. >> reporter: but germany never granted the family refugee status, and, in accordance with the dublin regulation, sent them back to italy because that's where they had first arrived. >> ( translated ): it was really difficult because i wanted to stay there. >> reporter: not everyone wants asylum seekers like ahmed to stay in italy. far-right groups are seizing public concern over the large numbers of migrants and refugees, to bolster their anti-immigration platform. the european union and the italian government have committed at least $528 million to stem the flow of people from northern africa, with $161 million d

debra patta is in the somalia capital of mogadishu with a look at the terror strategy.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. threat of unpredictable violence is ever present here. al shaab ba's reach is vast and they're one of the most dangerous of africa's organized militant groups. al shabab no longer controls the crumbling city of mogadishu, but it has still been able to wreak havoc with its relentless bombing campaign. their weapon of choice has been the vehicle bomb. like the one used for dem devastating effect on october 14th, killing over 500 people in the capital. we have repeatedly been told that al shabab has eyes and ears everywhere, that they blend easily into local communities. a quiet street like this may not look menacing but it can turn nasty in an instant. former u.s. military intelligence officer brent velicovich wants to change that. he has donated commercial drones to the somali police force and is training them to use the technology in the fight against al shabab. >> when they go into different areas to clear parts that are under shab baab control,

it's the the location as much as where it's going and somalia was a classic example of that we found evidence of u.n. funds being embezzled or otherwise being diverted into a terrorist organization and the only thing the organization was interested in doing was suppressing that information because if it was revealed the member states would be less willing to donate funds into that per u.n. secretary general attorney because i think accountability which i see appoint the u.n. secretary until it gets a rest said that he's going to bring back accountability and transparency to the organization let's see how that would happen thank you very much indeed it's anthony gallo russell friedman and lawrence korb thank you very confusing. and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story from me the whole team by for now. documenting street violence in john is. that s

that is the wish of the general assembly to follow the provision with somalia is permitted to vote in the general assembly and also allow these member states to vote in the special session. >> it is so decided. >> with agenda item number five. so in connection with this item the general assembly as before the resolution. >> i now give the floor to the distinguished representative. translator: i express appreciation so have this general assembly of the united nations over the sensitive subjects that we are experiencing that constitutes a threat of security. in accordance with the resolution number with the arab league with the council with the session in cairo ninth of december 2017, the extraordinary exceptional by the summit and assembled the 13h of decembe december 2017. also we would like to express to all the members here for their support and holding this emergency special session. mr. president we express our regret to the united states of america to exercise the veto against the resolution with the ejection arabs to protect the city of jerusalem and which to change that histori

in somalia's capital mogadishu a suicide bomber disguised as a police officer has blown himself up inside a police academy at least eighteen people were killed twenty wounded the bomber targeted officers gathering for morning exercises the terrorist group al shabaab says it carried out the attack police in germany have launched raids on properties a link to suspected members of so-called islamic state officers searched multiple locations here in berlin and in other parts of eastern germany the raids targeted four individuals three of whom are believed to still be held territory. the gambia has given to germany's president from baltar's steinmeyer a hero's welcome now the west african country has just emerged from more than two decades of dictatorship its political and business leaders are hoping that germany will help the transition to democracy now for its part berlin.

niger, somalia. a bigger more disbursed geographic area fighting not just isis but other extremist groups. that really been the change here at the pentagon. they're now bracing for what comes next. >> and they say they want to have a big diplomatic push in syria. >> secretary mootiattis expectio send more americans. not necessarily troops but diplomats and the contractors to protect them. >> how much does geography matter to isis? they had designed on territory from the beginning. talked about a new caliphate. successful at getting money, taxing people in syria, iraq and other countries. we've seen that geography reduced in size. how do they respond to that? >> it's unclear how the leadership is going to respond, because the leadership has been under such duress in syria. namely, raqqah, lost are command and control operations. a lot of the nodes, pockets they still have up and down the middle of the euphrates valley doesn't allow them to do external planning. that's the hope. we haven't seen anythin