most recently his most recent military service with as the commander of the third special forces group, multiple deployments to include two times as commander of combined joint special operations task force in afghanistan so ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome for colonel joseph celeski. [applause]. >> thank you, a great introduction. i want to thank the usa's leadership institute for atlanta warfare and usa books if i got all that right for their sponsorship of the book, it is extremely helpful. i want to thank the team, military author's friend and publisher, willing to work with me and do what i want them to do. give me the next slide please. i'm not going to talk for long and we will spend more time on the question and answer period. these slides, over 3000 original photographs that have never been seen in laos. what i have done is you have a badge in the book, all the pictures in this presentation are more pictures. we will get a view and some rare video clips. next slide. when i grew up people talked about laos occasionally. we had no idea about the private forum. and quite busy

let me introduce you to michael waltz from florida who was a special forces officer in afghanistan. the first green beret are elected to congress. he described his role in searching for missing army private. a soldierivate was that walked off his face, he deserted his base in 2009 on june 30. that's the day i took command in that rotation. i was an army special forces in southeast afghanistan including the province where he was stationed. he stacked up his gear, left his weapon behind. he sent emails to his father denouncing what america was doing there. in my view he did not desert, he defected.

let me introduce you to michael waltz from florida who was a special forces officer in afghanistan. the first green beret are elected to congress. he described his role in searching for missing army private. a soldierivate was that walked off his face, he deserted his base in 2009 on june 30. that's the day i took command in that rotation. i was an army special forces in southeast afghanistan including the province where he was stationed. he stacked up his gear, left his weapon behind. he sent emails to his father denouncing what america was doing there. in my view he did not desert, he defected. he went to the enemy and was working with the enemy until his circumstances changed. i have been vocal in the fact that he is not a hero.

plus a newspaper exposé alleges british special forces are fighting alongside child soldiers in yemenand the saudi incursion icecaps a shadow over london's arms sales to riyadh. and with a deadline for leaving the e.u. just ten days away the british parliament rejects all table options to resolve the brics a deadlock making the prospect of crushing without a deal more likely. the prime minister's deal that is dead money poultry refuses to compromise. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our two h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the hunger in government is claiming a suspected to haunt us and europe as a refugee and was given a prepaid debit card by the e.u. the blocks issued some sixty four thousand such cards to newcomers are peter all over has more. imagine a suspected islamic terrorist receiving aid money meant for refugees not just any terrorist acing eisel commander and not just any money a new tax payer money and it gets worse reports say that he received a monthly payment of five hundred euros on his debit card that's well over today's gross m

days at times to relax a ban on sales to saudi arabia and over british special forces reportedly fighting on the same scientists child soldiers in yemen. and with the deadline for leaving the you just ten days away the british parliament jags all tabled options to resolve the broad set deadlock making the prospect of crashing out with a deal more likely. the prime minister's deal that is david moyes called me refuses to compromise. it's midday here in moscow and you're watching our international live from off studio with mina david welcome to the program. to angry now where the government claims a suspected jihad assented europe as a refugee and obtained a prepaid debit card the e.u. has issued some sixty four thousand such cards to new comers as artie's peter oliver reports imagine a suspected islamic terrorist receiving aid money meant for refugees not just any terrorist a senior eisel commander and not just any money taxpayer money and it gets worse reports say that he received a monthly payment of five hundred euros on his debit card that's well over today's gross minimum wage in hung

s facing backlash over its attempts to relax a ban on sale to saudi arabia and british special forces reportedly fighting on the same side as child soldiers in yemen. and with the deadline for leaving the e.u. just ten days away the british parliament rejects all options to resolve the braggs it deadlocked making the prospect of crashing out without a deal more likely. prime minister's deal is dead. tree. it's nine o'clock here in moscow you're watching international live from last year i mean it is a tutor welcome to the program. to hungary where the government claims a suspected jihadist entered europe as a refugee and obtained a prepaid debit card has issued some sixty four files and such cards to newcomers as. reports imagine a suspected islamic terrorist receiving money for refugees not just any terrorist eisel commander and not just any money taxpayer money and it gets worse reports say that he received a monthly. payments of five hundred euros on his debit card that's well over today's gross minimum wage in hungary these prepaid cards are issued to a joint project between the u

plus the newspaper exposes alleged british special forces are fighting alongside child soldiers and young men in the saudi incursion has cast a shadow over a lot of its arms sales to riyadh. but the deadline for leaving the e.u. just ten days away at the british parliament rejects all tabled options to resolve the brics the deadlock making the prospect of crushing out without a deal more likely. prime ministers deal that is. refused to compromise. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r.t.e. h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us. the government says it's detained a senior member of terror group islamic state who was posing as a refugee but it passed says he'd been issued with a prepaid debit card game to help newcomers get by some sixty four thousand big cards have been handed out to asylum seekers as part of the program artie's peter all over picks up the story. imagine a suspected islamic terrorist receiving aid money meant for refugees not just any terrorist a senior eisel commander and not just any money taxpayer money and it gets worse reports say that he received

plus a newspaper exposé alleges british special forces are fighting alongside child soldiers in yemenand the saudi incursion as counter shadow over london's arms sales to riyadh. and with the deadline for leaving the e.u. just ten days away the british parliament rejects all tabled options to resolve the deadlock making the prospect of crushing out without a deal more likely. the prime minister's deal is. refused to compromise. you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned four pm. government is claiming a suspected you harvest entered europe as a refugee and was given a prepaid debit card by the e.u. blocks issued some sixty four thousand such cards to newcomers terrorist receiving money meant for refugees not just any taxpayer money and it gets worse reports say that he received monthly payments of five hundred euros on his debit card that's when today's gross minimum wage in hungary these prepaid cards are issued to a joint project between the united nations and the european union this supposed to be a strict screening process

newspaper exposé alleges british special forces are fighting alongside child soldiers in yemen but thesaudi incursion has cast a shadow over london's arms sales to riyadh. and with a deadline for leaving the e.u. just ten days away at the british parliament rejects all table to resolve the brics a deadlock making the prospect of crashing out without a deal more likely the prime minister's deal that is dead it's. refusing to compromise. you're watching r t international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. and government is claiming a suspected jihad us entered europe as a refugee and was given a prepaid debit card by the e.u. the blocks issued some sixty four thousand such cards to newcomers archies peter all over. imagine a suspected islamic terrorist receiving aid money meant for refugees not just any terrorist a senior eisel commander and not just any money taxpayer money and it gets worse reports say that he received monthly payments of five hundred euros on his debit card that's well over today's gross minimum wage in hungary these

a newspaper exposé alleges that british special forces are fighting alongside child soldiers in yementhe saudi incursion has cast a shadow over london's arms sales to rio a. very good evening to you this is r.t. international. the british prime minister has offered to sit down with the leader of the opposition jeremy corbett in a bid to break the brig's it passed reason may also announce that she will try to negotiate a further short extension of the withdrawal period with e.u. leaders and next week's european council meeting the process that the house of commons has tried to lead has not come up with an answer. so today i am taking action to break the logjam i'm offering to sit down with the leader of the opposition and to try to agree a plan that we would both stick to to ensure that we leave the european union and that we do so with a deal. and we'll bring you the latest reaction to this briggs it saga we're going to our correspondent live in london a little later this hour. moving on for now the hung garion government is claiming a suspected jihadist entered europe as a refugee an

weeks ago fighting forced around twenty thousand people from their villages and the afghan army special forces are being ordered to join the battle shallop both reports. the afghan army controls the roads and croon are but isolate and the taliban contests the countryside it's a police a school with you in convoy one of the few ways to exit areas further is the right for violence between the armed groups has escalated in recent weeks twenty thousand people from their hopes villages from the worst area of chpa daraa have arrived at this health clinic looking for help. and i sort of arrived in our village and we were dressed like this we took nothing and we just fled by foot we left everything behind and came here some of our families are still living under eisel and with the ongoing fighting this is shereen his son mohammed

soldiers on the ground as for the ministry of defense they apparently don't comment on the special forces but with a little sign of an answer to the conflicts we asked people here in london what they think about the crisis in yemen i'm very surprise. is that the troops are getting involved didn't know that typical of them to be saying. you know that they're kind of. trying to evade the many conflict there fueling the many conflicts you know they should be have anybody personally no i don't think they should be doing that it should be. with you know internally but i also understand yemen is you know phenomenally complicated situation some people we asked were unsure about the u.k. six at mission in yemen but then on the air you want to ask the secretary of state for defense what recent assessment he's made of the effectiveness of operations involving british forces in the yemen in the last six months. with civilians bearing the brunt of the crisis and millions on the brink of famine doubts is again being cast on the u.k.'s role and whether it's his party to the conflicts commission sethi l

over british special forces reportedly fighting on the same side as child soldiers in yemen. and with the deadline for leaving the e.u. just ten days away the british parliament rejects all tabled options to resolve the braggs at deadlock making the prospect of crashing out without a deal more likely. the prime minister's deal is done it's called. true compromise. watching all international live from last year with me welcome to the program to hungary now where the government claims suspect a jihadist and to europe as a refugee and obtained a prepaid debit card has issued some sixty four thousand such calls to new comers. to all the reports. imagine a suspected islamic terrorist receiving aid money meant for refugees not just any terrorist a senior eisel commander and not just any money a new tax payer money and it gets worse reports say that he received a monthly payment of five hundred euros on his debit card that's well over today's gross minimum wage in hungary these prepaid cards are issued to a joint project between the united nations and the european union that's suppo

s man on sunday has reveals that at least five british special force commandos were wounded in gun battles as part of the secrets military campaign in north in yemen believed to be part of the special boat services said that they are now back in britain recovering to spock there the controversy you case forces a relentlessly fighting alongside child soldiers here in the u.k. the news triggered protests and condemnation from an m.p. with the war in yemen already and it's here i'm hit to express my outrage of the complicity of the british government of the war british soldiers were fighting alongside indentured schild soldiers who are forced to fight in the yemen this is a war crime this is a crime almost against humanity and britain has been complicit in it and we must say no more inside westminster the shadow foreign secretary is questioning the state of britain's involvement if that is in any way true because if it is then it will confirm the off forces are not just a party to this conflict but witnesses to war crimes when pressed on the issue mark fields from the u.k. foreign office said

facing backlash over its attempts to relax a ban on arms sales to saudi arabia and the british special forces reportedly fighting on the same side as the child soldiers in yemen. a jihad is fine for returning to europe posing as a refugee is reportedly issued with a prepaid debit card one of sixty four thousand handed out by the e.u. to new comers. and with the deadline for leaving the just ten days away from the british parliament rejects all tabled options to resolve the break that deadlock making the prospect of crashing out without a deal more likely. to prime ministers deal that is a good car. trip coming from our. eight o'clock here in moscow you're watching altie international live from last year with mina do a cheater welcome to the program. the u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt is under fire after reaching a deal with germany over the export of certain weapons components berlin unlike london has banned arms sales to saudi arabia but a new poll was found to sell parts ultimately destined for riyadh to the u.k. artie's explains a piece. that's the contrast an accusation being thrown a

s man on sunday has reveals that at least five british special force commandos were wounded in gun battles as part of the secrets military campaign in north in yemen believed to be part of the special boat services said that they are now back in britain recovering to spark the controversy you case forces a relentlessly fighting alongside child soldiers with the war in yemen already and it's here i'm here to express my outrage of the complicity of the british government of the war british soldiers were fighting alongside indentured child soldiers that were forced to fight in the yemen this is a war crime this is a crime almost against humanity and britain has been complicit in it and we must say no more inside westminster the shadow foreign secretary is questioning the scope of britain's involvement if that is in any way true because if it is then it will confirm that off forces are not just a party to this conflict but witnesses to war crimes when pressed on the issue mark fields from the u.k. foreign office said he would seek to get to the bottom of the allegations but khan's comment on t

afghan special forces i saw the taliban are preparing for a three way battle in eastern afghanistan isis started in offensive against the taliban two weeks ago in a fight that's displaced more than twenty thousand people now the afghan government says it's getting involved shall about its reports from. the afghan army controls the roads and corrina but isolate and the taliban contest the countryside a police a school would you in convoy one of the few ways to exit areas further. down the road for violence between the armed groups has escalated in recent weeks twenty thousand people from their. villages from the worst area of chpa daraa have arrived at this health clinic looking for help. and i sort of arrived in our village and we were dressed like this we took nothing and we just fled by foot we left everything behind and came here some of our families are still living and i saw and with the ongoing fighting this is shereen his son mohammed saeed he was shot in the leg during a taliban eisel clash. the situation is very bad in our village and those who can make it they can come down her

shock but daraa they have gathered there and started but the proportions they are waiting for special forces to begin the operation the air force will also help us so hopefully in three days will capture the territory back . the time line is empty and these elders from chapter daraa know that the meeting with the looking for help they want temporary accommodation for the families in a government held area until they have guarantees it's safe to return. to. their wives or even more his hint these four women have twenty eight children between them they are convinced i saw the children and in the. what was the situation like that of the taliban. or did i say. i still arriving at our house and there was a big fight and we were not able to survive so we came here the whole mountain was under eisel control we were not able to live there they kept coming down to our village there were so many bullets flying. all those who fled told us they were more scared of i saw than the taliban but they are the baser of two evils the priority now finding a place for their children to raced till they feel safe t

people of good news that the taliban are kind of a thing here on the ministry of defense said special forces killed several taliban and destroyed weapons in one of the group's headquarters but the taliban full back through the night forcing a major highway to close and taking police checkpoints inside the city. this police officer tells us that the taliban were firing on them from this tree line into police and soldiers filled wards includes hospital most hurt when the taliban attacks the checkpoints and. a mortar came in exploded and it affected my eyes i couldn't see anything i shouted a lot and no one answered me or came to help the. people living here reported heavier strikes before dawn broke on saturday many close the shops and started to flee the city. got a mortar hit that area until no no one could move forward from here security forces or civilians the situation is very bad here in a statement the taliban's. says its spring offensive will target foreign occupying forces and it will fight until afghanistan is cleared of american occupation it also called on afghan police and soldier

also our newspaper exposé alleges british special forces are fighting alongside child soldiers in yemenwhere the. cast a shadow over london's own sails through. with a deadline for leaving the european union just ten days away now and the british parliament has rejected all tabled options to resolve the briggs's making the prospect of crashing out without a deal look like. the prime minister's deal is my coffee refuses to compromise. your company this evening this is international. gathering government is claiming i suspected just how this entity europe as a refugee was given a prepaid debit card by the blocks issued some sixty four thousand such cards to new comers peter all of the reports. imagine a suspected islamic terrorist receiving aid money meant for refugees not just any terrorist a senior eisel commander and not just any money taxpayer money and he gets worse reports say that he received monthly payments of five hundred euros on his debit card that's well over today's gross minimum wage in hungary these prepaid cards are issued to a joint project between the united nations and

the end we followed the full career let me just rectify something from the start not so much special forces units as for units close but not the same that's where i spend my military career and yes after that i joined executive outcomes and i had a couple of years with them and after that are for my own company and then carried on from there and now for the last eleven twelve years it's been pogroms africa shoulder i'm a director quite happy to do normal commercial. the rest of proper security work. all right but what about the media question do you like the media attention that help you get climate clients is a good for is a good thing for business. no i don't like i'm media shy and so many people in my in my business and i have on one of the older guys around and i feel that we should have a voice and if it's a sensible said the questions we should answer them and we should speak out for our industry and also for that of the private military business because we feel that has the right to exist as a place of modern business and politics and somebody should answer those questions and be on

this time the victims suspected militants blew themselves up as special forces closed in on a safe house residents say this densely populated neighborhood was the scene of an intense gun battle that left several dead young girl and woman were pulled alive from the rubble. that. they could probably be their family members a mother and daughter they were sent to the nearest hospital. actually they had already gained consciousness as the army medical team had given them attention immediately. investigators trying to piece together what happened here and the links to last week's attacks police carried out door to door searches in the area authorities in sri lanka are under pressure to deal swiftly with islamic extremism . this won't stop so we won't stop either we are the army we are the type of people who protect the country we have the ability we will definitely in good time completely remove these groups from the northern province we're sure of this i say this with personal responsibility. a series of raids on friday turned up bomb making material and a militant hideout one hundred thousa

program special forces have carried out a counter terror operation in the central russian city of two men two men suspected of plotting a terror attack were killed in the right video obtained this footage of the. russia's national antiterrorism committee says the men started shooting at special forces officers who then returned fire. because were killed they were said to be linked to islamic state no civilian casualties or injured officers are reported the residents of nearby houses have been evacuated to a temporary shelter until morning. germany has given the green light for arms exports to some countries involved in a given civil war including saudi arabia that's according to media outlets which have reportedly obtained documents from a government meeting all of the reports from berlin. germany has a ban on selling weapons to saudi arabia but what we are hearing is that a number of companies have been able to circumvent that ban to various different means if we look at the. base. transport equipment company they specialize in trailer technology equipment they've been saudi arabia t

have you with us because you run your own security company now after having spent years in the special forces and then reached fame as a member of mercenary unit except about comes there have been t.v. programs about you a character based on you it was played by leonardo di caprio and blood diamond are you using all his fame and attention to bring more clients to promote the business is a good thing. right so we all get older obviously and we followed the from the creative process let me just rectify something from the stuff not so much special forces units as airborne units close but not the same that's where i spent my military career and yes off of it i joined executive outcomes and i had a couple of years with them and after that i formed my own company and then carried on from there and now for the last eleven twelve years it's been programs africa show that i'm the director quite happy to do normal commercial and domestic type of security work. all right but what about the media question do you like the media attention that help you get climate clients is a good is a good thing for busi

special forces joined the raid in zabul province the chair house mainly security force personnel are reported to have been tortured during their detention. a us court has jailed a russian agent for eighteen months for conspiring to infiltrate the national rifle association that's a gun lobby group prosecutors say the thirty year old maria bettina attempted to influence american conservatives and sway the government's policies to favor moscow she will be deported after completing her sentence. as that court case was ending donald trump was guest of honor at the national rifle association saniel event the president used the convention to announce he's pulling the u.s. out of yet another international agreeing that the u.n. arms trade treaty here's our white house correspondent kimberly how. tearing up another treaty this time with the stroke of a pen in front of hundreds of national rifle association supporters donald trump made the announcement many had been anticipating i will sign right now. in front of a lot of witnesses. a message asking the senate to discontinue the treaty ratifi

special forces join the raid in zabul province it has many security force personnel some reported have been tortured during their detention taliban members are told to do been killed during the operation. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back another case of police brutality goes viral in the u.s. the office is in florida. and life is a game for many libyans seeking an escape from. celebrate the life of their hero sixty seven with the sixty seventh minute goal and their march towards the scottish title stay with us i. well there's generally quite quiet to over parts of the middle east at the moment you see a little bit of cloud just drifting its way across parts of iran but nothing too significant as you head out through afghanistan you see a little bit more in the way of cloud that could give us a few showers and still want to outbreaks of snow but all of that is clearing away for the west there's also only one or two showers around parts of turkey at the moment i think those will intensify as we head into monday and some of the downpours will be rather lively but t

and insecurity forces carry out a raid on a house in the capital colombo a further explosion rips through the buildings killing three police officers along with the police special task force the sri lankan military has been deployed in the search for the perpetrators of sunday's deadly bombings. prime minister run ill wickramasinghe paid a visit to one of the three churches that were targeted in the attacks you would like to know that the orders have been given to find those responsible for this security services will be given all the powers they want we can't allow these kinds of crimes to take place we will also look into what went wrong what is going to be worried about for the next few days the important thing is counting on a peace that the prime minister's said there had been prior information about possible attacks and that there would be an investigation to determine why the precautions were not taken and that fears that sunday's massacre could destabilize the country the government has imposed

ago the fighting is forced around twenty thousand villagers from their homes and afghan army special forces are being ordered to join the battle shot bellis reports. the afghan army controls the roads and karuna but isolate and the taliban contests the countryside it's a police a school with you in convoy one of the few ways to access to these areas further. down the road for violence between the armed groups has escalated in recent weeks twenty thousand people from their hopes villages from the worst area of chpa daraa have arrived at this health clinic looking for help. but there i sort of arrived in our village and we were dressed like this we took nothing and we just fled by foot we left everything behind and came here some of our families are still living under eisel and with the ongoing fighting this is shereen his son mohammed saeed he was shot in the leg during a taliban eisel clash. the situation is very bad in our village those who can make it they can come down here but those who aren't physically able are stuck there it's impossible to survive there i said on the taliban have be

shock but daraa they have gathered there and started but the proportions they are waiting for special forcesto begin the operation the air force will also help us so hopefully in three days will capture the territory back. the timeline is empty and these elders from chapter daraa know that they are meeting with the you when looking for help they want temporary accommodation for the families in a government held area until they have guarantees it's safe to return. to. their wives or even more his accent these four women have twenty eight children between them they are convinced i saw their children and they in the. what was the situation like for the taliban. or did i support them through. i still arriving at our house and there was a big fight and we were not able to survive so we came here the whole mountain was under eisel control we were not able to live there they kept coming down to our village there were so many bullets flying all those who fled told us they were more scared of i saw than the taliban but that they are the basis of two evils the partially now finding a place for the chi

weeks ago the fighting's force around twenty thousand people from their villages and afghan army special forces are being ordered to join the battle our correspondent charlotte dallas has the story. the afghan army controls the roads and karuna but isolate and the taliban contests the countryside a police a school would you in convoy one of the few ways to access these areas further. violence between the armed groups has escalated in recent weeks than twenty thousand people from their homes villages from the worst area of chpa daraa have arrived at this health clinic looking for help. but there i sort of arrived in our village and we were dressed like this we took nothing and we just fled by foot we left everything behind and came here some of our families are still living and i saw and with the ongoing fighting this is shereen his son mohammed saeed he was shot in the leg during a taliban isolate clash. the situation is very bad in our village and those who can make it they can come down here but those who aren't physically able are stuck there it's impossible to survive there i said on the ta

a rematch against a prob over so beyond two who also lost a twenty four thousand election the special forces general ran a fear based campaign warning of indonesia's vulnerability to foreign powers while many voted based on bread and butter issues religion was also a factor in this election indonesia is the world's most populous muslim majority country where conservative islam is gaining influence in politics for more let's just head across to the correspondence richardson standing by in jakarta the official results are yet to be announced there's still some time off but it appears that joe cool redondo has secured another term as indonesian president. that's right this was very much a referendum on president performance over the past five years and it does look like voters are ready to give him another five years to continue carrying on his policies now in the face of it these elections were also in many ways about the economy. promise of increasing economic growth by seven percent were not met we have seen a reduction in the poverty rate we have seen him invest in infrastructure and those