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u.s. military base in the u.k. which is if you become part of a european missile defense shield they say britain barely knows what's going on there it's putting the country's security risk. it's no ordinary fourth of july celebration at this top secret u.s. military base here it's a little piece of america in the heart of the ukase yorkshire dales where if you were demanding independence from america this place symbolizes what's wrong with the special relationship between britain and united states here we have a base that's on u.s. control which the british government and british people have no control menwith hill is the largest intel gathering and surveillance space outside the us there are thirty two satellite dishes housed inside the huge golf ball structures which can eavesdrop on telephone calls faxes and e-mails from around the world it's been operational since the one nine hundred sixty s. but now it's set to become part of the controversial missile defense shield to alert the u.s. to only launch a ballisti

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now speaking of the military as you know the u.s. has a top secret military base in the u.k. it's called menwith hill and since the one nine hundred fifty s. has been a crucial element in surveillance and intelligence gathering however like many u.s. military projects this base is quite expensive it cost ten billion dollars to be exact and its presence doesn't sit well with the locals lore and it has more. here it's a little piece of america in the heart of the u.k. so you actually tales where it's britons who are demanding independence from america this place symbolizes what's wrong with the special relationship between britain and you know states here we have a base that's on u.s. control which the british government and british people have no control menwith hill is the largest intel gathering and surveillance space outside the us there are thirty two satellite dishes housed inside the huge golf ball structures which can eavesdrop on telephone calls faxes and e-mails from around the world it's been operational since the one nine hundred sixty s. but now it's set to become

u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically u.s. . so many military and security functions to these security companies they are not regulated in that they are not control and this is what we have extremely concerned that we have coleen is for relation to the national at the international level so that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their activities saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so for seeing around the world cases of kidnapping rape murder. and we see very very only very rare cases in which states are actually a criminal investigation or prosecution or sing out of. what experts say further privatization of war is convenient for the american government because among other reasons it doesn't have to justify the deaths of troops at home the president whoever the president may be can get us involved in conflicts only using uniform forces to do the official fighting and then thousands

u.s. default so that's on the economic front yet on the military front we see the u.s. military taking a far more heavy handed approach towards china and why is that the timing is not very good for the u.s. certainly well. you have to realize this is part of a worldwide competition right now the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and china is the number two and chinese or oil eighty percent of chinese energy supplies move by sea they either move through the straits of home once which is controlled by the american fifth fleet or the move to the extremists which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this they they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of put it some on their energy juggler vein and so they're they're very kind of tense and they're concerned about keeping those sea lanes open that's why they are so. pushy about the south china sea i think that mistake on the part of the chinese have been is that they've been a little overly pushy with some of the smaller countries in the region and t

u.s. forces engage in limited military mission that involves limited exposure for u.s. troops and a limited risk of serious escalation and employs limited military means, we are not involved in hostilities envisioned by the war powers resolution that was intended to trigger an automatic 60-they pulled out. let me say a word about each of these four limitations. first, the nature of the mission is unusually limited. but presidential design, u.s. forces are playing a constraint and supporting role in nato-led multinational civilian protection mission. this circumstance is virtually unique and not found in any of the recent historic situations in which the hostility question has been debated from the iranian hostage crisis to el salvador to lebanon, to fighting with iran in the persian gulf or the use of ground troops in somalia. second, the exposure of our armed forces is limited. from the transition date of march 31 forward, there have been no u.s. casualties, no threat of significant u.s. casualties, no active exchange in fire with hostile forces, no significant armed co

u.s. military a soldier. sees what's going on over there and that and can tell you exactly that there's no good that's coming out of iraq. it's a people listen to that they listen to a soldier i think his opinion is it really indicative of what most soldiers think i think most soldiers think this right here you know that. that really we ought to stay the course because states we've got to put together we've got to fight smarter we'll fight harder but we don't just give up and run away we can't leave these people we commit ourselves now whether or not we are for the you know being committed or not we're there now and we need to get committed to the cause but i would much rather guy for a cause then for it to just die in vain i mean we've cut and run now all those people died in vain all it's time for us to pull ourselves up at a bootstraps and. i mean come on wake up america we got it we got to win this thing . for about a mile or so the canyon started then and this is dog oregon it better be a power saw in ho

u.s. military. we need to ensure law enforcement agencies likes dea will still be allowed to step up afghan operations. i want to hear what steps the administration has taken to plan for eventual draw down of troops, what impact it will have on counter narcotics operations. i am concerned in the race to reduce the presence, we may lose any ground on the fight against drug trade in that country. i strongly encourage the administration provide congress with a strategy for the continuation of our counter narcotics programs as the number of troops is reduced. i look forward to hearing from witnesses today regarding the status of a government-wide counter narcotics plan, status of funding disputes between government agencies and also about what programs have been working and not working in our current efforts to combat drug trafficking, money laundering in afghanistan. >> thank you very much, co-chairman. i would like to introduce our witnesses today. moving from my left to right, thomas harrigan, chief

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u.s. military pullout is seeing a swap with private contractors why does the u.s. want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for rock i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this is you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because they are u.s. forces have rules of engagement in iraq right now where they can defend themselves without getting prosecuted by the iraqi courts because of the security agreement that the iraqi government right now is trying to sign that either a new agreement which i doubt they'll do but they'll come up with some type of memorandum of agreement to have trainers in iraq in two thousand and twelve and beyond but those trainers aren't going to be authorized to protect you know security you know the embassy personnel the embassy has to m

u.s. military in northern england and the reagan era star wars project saying they have a right to know what's going on there and. the shuttles are up in denmark as the country pauses strict new laws on border controls which have already caused anger from its european neighbors who say it might breach agreements on visa free travel . nato's on the floor of the claims that punish of the un's libyan. gadhafi loyalists intercepted a shipment of belgian made weapons intended for rebels. brings up that for the moment. when fifteen minutes from now the discusses the plans that are driving a wedge between moscow and washington and our specialty. from what i understand russians are not against france they are against the more advanced and the more capable guys could you expand on that well we started the study a couple of months ago to look into the technical side with what might be behind russia's concerns so there's the narrative in the west has been that russia is ideologically opposed to middle missile defense so that they're more concerned with the bases in poland and romania but we wanted to see

u.s. military. we need to ensure law enforcement agencies likes dea will still be allowed to step up afghan operations. i want to hear what steps the administration has tken to plan for eventual draw down of troops, what impact it will have on counter narcotics operations. i am concerned in the race to reduce the presence, we may lose any ground on the fight against drug trade in that country. i strongly encourage the administration provide congress with a strategy for the continuation of our counter narcotics programs as the number of troops is reduced. i look forward to hearing from witnesses today regarding the status of a government-wide counter narcotics plan, status of funding disputes between government agencies and also about what programs have been working and not wking in our current efforts to combat drug trafficking, money laundering in afghanistan. >> thank you very much, co-chairman. i would like to introduce our witnesses today. moving from my left to right, thomas harrigan, chief of

u.s. military pullout is seeing a swap with private contractors taking the place of troops it might seem to some of the u.s. wants to keep up permanent under the radar presence in afghanistan almost a clandestine long term agenda. why i think this is a very complicated slippery slope so to speak first of all a war in itself is an ugly enough but to reduce vigilanteism into war it makes it even more dangerous especially in foreign lands it will not be good for any country who wants to stay as a strategic ally of another country and then keep private armies in that country i don't think this will bode well our or have a good pact on the afghan impression when when you talk about strategic alliance with the united states i think it should be an alliance based on the regular. accountable presence of our allies troops in our country not vigilantes and under the ground and under the radar contract it's interesting how you say that what might be the afghan impression with these private contractors because allegations that these mercenaries abused human rights and kill local police people in iraq a

u.s. military and the way the cia he has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words where you get to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. that was a pakistani political analyst right there while you are with your company today let's check out some other international news we're covering for you. and in iraq five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of anbar the sunni controlled area is a known al qaeda stronghold at the center of iraq's insurgency the attack took place on a major road linking iraq with syria and jordan the gunmen were in uniform driving a stolen police vehicle. hezbollah's leader has rejected the prosecution of four senior group members suspects in the murder of former lebanese premier rafik hariri. suggested that israel should instead be the main subject of the investigation he said the attempts to charge

u.s. military document the security guarantees that protected countries without nuclear weapons against a nuclear offensive are cancelled a strategy of action is being adopted in addition to deterrence so the arsenals must be upgraded to make them easier to use france and britain have responded with surprising enthusiasm to this nuclear renaissance that the united kingdom is going to pretend that it needs nuclear weapons for its survival or its security who is attacking the united kingdom so i have got the very strange idea that because there's terrorists in the world we need to have nuclear weapons can they use nuclear weapons against terrorists but it would that not be rather like shooting musk eaters with chemicals i think the british would make a much bigger splash in the history of the world if the decider that they let the program expire we are still fighting the polio war between britain and france because when i finally corner. any senior british military man these days and ask him why do you need nuclear weapons they say every time it's nothing to do with security it's nothing to

u.s. military trackers sat ststned as they watched the truck drive right out of the fireball to safety. the aircraft tried to keep tracking awlaki, but between the cloud cover and confusion in the air, awlaki managed to switch vehicles. when the u.s. finally did hit the original truck after three failed missile strikes, two of his operatives were killed, but awlaki disappeared. still, the number one target. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and still ahead right here on "world news," a new battle plan to avoid alzheimer's. seven things you can do right now. >>> boomer couples. inventing a new kind of marriage, apart, but together? >>> and 103 miles in shark-infested waters. someone we all know issuing a challenge for everyone at the age of 61. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic low back pain. imagine living your life with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a non-narcotic treatment that's fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tel

u.s. military and the way the cia has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words where you get to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. ukrainian special forces have traded blows with hundreds of s. nicole sachs after violence erupted over the removal order also rise christian monument in the crimean peninsula the orthodox christian cross was erected in the resort city of said don't scream despite a local authority should ban it was removed this really despite opposition from some local residents almost three hundred question crime sites and having a protest of all signed over the course were stalled by riot police with fifteen injured in violent clashes the movement is being kept at a local office to draw and in possible future relocation. but the russian police say they've released all of the journalists had been detained among protesters during celebrations of

cases they are better weapons in the actual living military right now i don't see need or winning unless dean feed or they continue to arm the rebels. the u.s. has announced today it's pulling the plug on almost eight hundred million dollars of military aid to pakistan relations between the two countries have been strained since and some of the largest killing in may two thousand and more about this is told to journalist mcrae she's joining us on the line from islamabad. other secret she thanks for being on r.t. international now the u.s. calls pakistan doesn't have an important ally in the war on terror so what's gone wrong. i think we're seeing strong signs off united states getting really frustrated with the situation in the promise that in the past few days we've seen. we've seen signs and actions on the part of the united states that are really being described by fox and the officials. who are in terms of diplomacy for example we've seen. constant reports in mainstream media in particular in the near and finds them because we. really talking about issues that pertain to talks and that's to politics for example the murder of a journalis

u.s. military planners have said the two thousand and fourteen need to hand over security responsibilities to the afghans and the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force has even been featured in the recent move. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quantity of troops may be coming at the expense of quality started as more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem with an ability to read maps and numbers can still the difference between life and death adding to the woes are widespread drug use and desertions today roughly one in four combat soldiers quit their post critics also point out that the military leadership is made up of many rival ex warlords who still command loyalties along regional their mcleod's and could drag the country deeply conflict as the u.s. begins to scale back its role as custodian this summer there are concerns that these divisions may flare up if i start usually. yeah. it still has much to food can. you called. this you john brennan obama's counterterrorism

u.s. military officials about the growing threats the growing ties between al shabaab in somalia between al qaeda in the radio peninsula in yemen do you think that that may have been a plant that was something that was specifically being sold to the l.a. times after jeremy scahill report. i don't think there's any question in the spearman scale reporters are interesting because it really reveals the fundamental divide between independent journalism i.e. real journalism and united states and government subservient journalism which is basically most of what takes place in the media that's owned by the nation's largest corporations and jeremy scahill went to mogadishu uninvented for nine days a very dangerous thing to do and dug around on his own and found out about the existence of the cia secret prison that no private media had reported previously in response rather than picking up on his story or discussing the very serious implications legally and in terms of human rights in the fact that president obama is maintaining a secret prison by proxy through control of the somalis what they did i

u.s. military base there he said all alone here when we can put our bolivian base in the united states clearly that would not be acceptable to u.s. officials and you're right the british people should be complaining but you know this is all going on during the cold war when it was argued that although the missiles from the soviet union would be striking that britain first to knock out those installations there is no threat here there is no intercontinental ballistic missile threat here this is all cold war project and the british people ought to just be saying you know i'm of the country you know we don't need this kind of militarism here in great britain another concern there is simply that you know this is the militarization of space and is this really necessary you know we can take a back and money issue but is this really necessary to day how do you think you know once this becomes a more well known story what will the people say who are in charge of this project why it's needed. other problems bring up all of ronald reagan's star wars argument you know as to how why we need an anti ballis

u.s. military officials have said so who's telling the truth let us know what you think do you believe the u.n. or u.s. military officials when it comes to measuring violence and death in afghanistan you can respond to us on facebook twitter and you tube and knows your response just might make it on air. now we make a consistent effort to call out police departments across the country who are out of line overly aggressive and abusive but they would like to tell you about a police department who seems to be condoning it misconduct amongst their own if the los angeles police department the new article from the l.a. times highlights a fairly new procedure where any cop who acts out of line is not just going to receive a conditional official reprimand rather than the traditional suspension without pay punishment but why is this a big deal well how because this reprimand is nothing but a warning as just a verbal no between the officer and his supervisor the more serious repercussions would be coming in the future if it happens again now with even more shocking is the fact that this is happening