aid agencies are working in some of the most difficult environments in somalia. but one thing that aid agencies can do together is to have a collective strategy to negotiate collectively to get an union formed access to al-shabaab her tores to deliver assistance. >> thank you. speaking to us from mogadishu. >>> venezuela's president said this he will force businesses to cut prices. he had 49% of the votes. the coalition will be a test of the government. this is the reaction of president madu ro against his opponent. >> we have doubts of people of venezuela have told the world that the revolution continues. >> the results, according to the national electoral council is thaisthat this is a divided cou. do we want a divide venezuela? no, we want an united venezuela. >> singapore has set up an inquiry to investigate the city's worse riots in years. 27 people were arrested after two police vehicles were set on fire. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: a police car under attack on the streets of singapore. the crowd eventually overturned the vehicle. others they se

somalia is an extreme example but it is by far not the only one. in syria and yemen and pakistan and afghanistan you find similar patterns of armed groups seeking to exploit aid agencies. we did research with the taliban in afghanistan last year and we found a similar system of registering and surveilling. not having female staff or not doing girls education. and it was a really difficult thing for aid agencies in afghanistan just as it is in somalia. >> but having to pay money i imagine is even more difficult. and it's a fine line that these aid groups have to walk seeking access to areas, often means having to negotiate with al shabaab, a group that is considered a terrorist organization by countries like the united states. and so therefore, that puts these aid groups in violation of international laws. how do they deal then with that aspect? >> it's extremely difficult. the laws are murky but they're far-reaching and some aid agencies we talked to felt they could be put in jail simply for talking to al shabaab. you can't work in al shabaab areas

then there are the undeclared wars in countries like yemen, pakistan, somalia. covert military operations that officials barely acknowledge. those are the kinds of wars that geremi scahill covers. he wrote a book on "blackwater." the military contractor that was paid big money for work largely done in the shadows in iraq and afghanistan. he has done more of that kind of journalism as national security reporter. this year geremi published a book called "dirty wars." and a documentary version of the book opened up in theaters: he is one of the names along with glen greenwald that will be bankrolled by an ebay billionaire. i sat down with scahill to discuss the documentary and some of the challenges he had when moving from report to this new kind of reporter. thank you for being here. >> good to be back. >> you wrote "dirty wars." and now the documentary. what do you think the documentary could achieve. >> the book itself. i intended it as a resource that was interesting to absorb. i tried it write it in a non-fiction way. with the phi film, i had never e anything

trucks carrying members of a maritime police unit in northern somalia thirty seven officers were also injured in the attack no groups admitted carrying out assault bell should be seen as the most likely culprit has been false from its strongholds the al qaeda linked insurgent groups been trying to gain control in the country's north. in pakistan's capital hundreds have protested against american drone strikes the rally was staged by the terry care in the south party led by the former cricket star in rome can demonstrators chanted anti us slogans and demanding an immediate end to all drone attacks in the country strikes a deeply unpopular in pakistan but american officials say they are crucial in the fight against terrorism update on the extreme weather battering europe the wind there with the u.k. of in-born the worst of it thousands of people had to move to safety of the last twenty four hours as the worst tidal surge in sixty years swept the east and british coast across the continent meantime the disasters of them killed at least seven people many homes have been left of the tricit

dan stayed on, leaving to go to university back and forth and was eventually in somalia. he continued until there was a time when i think the voice inside of him said it was time for him to leave. he said he would like to leave but there was nobody to replace him. that led to a phone call between dan and i. he was just 22 years old. it was my birthday. he called me in london. awhile. he said i think it's time to leave because it was getting terribly dangerous. and he said, mom, don't does me to go. the story is not over yet. i have to stay. and it was then that i said, okay. i had to really think about it, but i said you are living the life of your choice, and i am so proud of you and then the phone went dead. and that was the last conversation we had because two weeks later, he was killed. >> you think of him a lot? >> if i didn't have that, i don't know what would have happened to me to be honest. it's probably enabled me to do what i have done since then. >> and the gift you left behind, all of these journals and whitings and pictures and photographs because you have b

candy has experienced an increase in violence over the last several years with much of it blamed on somalia and rebel groups. fans china has joined the move club it's amanda lunar rover has landed and rolled into the surface of earth satellite becoming only the third country to do so after the u.s. and the former soviet union the exploration vehicle is named the jade rabbit after the story of a mythical chinese moon goddess who kept a pet rabbit the rover will spend three months carrying out geological investigations but even before the mission blasted off america was critical saying it could raise a cloud of dust during touchdown. more than five thousand people have been evacuated from flood damaged homes in northern gaza at least one person was killed and over a hundred suffered injuries due to the severe weather in some areas the water level was reported to have reached two meters high making some homes accessible only by boat the flooding was triggered by several days of torrential rain. this week in syria al qaida linked travel's reportedly abducted one hundred twenty kurds from a vill

our show about how she lost control of most of somalia talent since it is odd that the years. he reminds in control of the country's many rule red matter is now believed to have around knowing thousand members the great claimed responsibility for the recent west x more the attack in kenya that's two giant kfc has closed its last two locations in syria demonstrating the international thespian chains lack of faith in the country's future. some four point four million syrians are struggling in extreme poverty and that the country's citizens are unemployed. the franchise says its operational costs exceeded profit forcing them to close placing them on a long list of businesses that have recently shut down as a result of the shrinking economy the civil war which were started in twenty eleven couple to production in that leading colonel sanders with little too far i can to try the importing them from lebanon but violence on the roads in the high price of diesel quickly altered the operation. the ongoing violence has seen the value of the syrian pounds dropping the kids these meals we

as somalia khan talk about it. concerns us the workers in the mine and the locals is that we haven't learned anything for ten years and if we don't live here there's nothing to drink here there's no drinking water these little boxes which you see surrounding us. so this is where the work of the mine live.

en somalia por ejemplo la tasa de inscripciÓn de nacimiento es de apenas 3%. latinoamÉrica ha avanzado mucho en este campo, pero paÍses como el salvador todavÍa existen 12% de los nacimientos sin registrar. >> la desigualdad estructural que es muy caracterÍstica en el continente americano es uno de lo primeros pasos que lleva al regreso. >> pobreza, aislamiento, tasas primitivas, desconocimiento de las leyes contribuyen a la falta de identidad. >> incluso a pesar de haber sido registrados, uno de cada siete niÑos en el mundo no posee una constancia de su inscripciÓn. >> un documento que usualmente es necesario para asistir a la escuela, tener un empleo como realizar un trÁmite bancario, y hasta morir y ser enterrado legalmente. >> tienen problemas serios porque no han sido aceptados nunca como vivos. por lo tanto, no pueden haber muerto sino han nacido previamente. registrar a los niÑos es responsabilidad de los padres. segÚn unicef, es mÁs que un derecho. las sociedades nunca serÁn equitativas hasta que cuenten a todos sus integrantes. >> cientÍfi

largely in response to a crisis of confidence across somalia. a lot of somalis have become the energiesingly if unsatisfied with the prime minister, a lot of people are becoming increasingly critical. we have heard rumors of internal struggles. the president thought he needed to reshuffle, had no powers to dismiss the prime minister, the only way he could get rid of him was through a vote of no confidence. what happens from now is, the president has a period of 30 days to come up with a new prime minister and that prime minister has a further 30 days to nominate a cabinet. it is a theory this process could carry on for another two months before we get anything like a stable government. the theory is whenever you get this kind of competition for jobs in somalia there is often a period of security problems as well, because the various clans use security problems to provoke their positions. so it looks like we're going to face a series of political unrest and that could create some serious problems for security. >> at least four people have been ki

and staff. >> somalia is a dif kuflt cficu environment. >> this is one of the problems when the only tool you have is bags of food. but by calling for more government aid, you are calling for more of the aid that despite all the promises of reformer, has ended up in the hands of corrupt dictators. >> we are not just calling for more government aid. >> i understand. you do some great work. why do you call for it at all. >> one of the biggest misconceptions is that most u.s. assistance goes to governments. in fact not true. most u.s. assistance goes to u.s. based charities, ngos, contractors. >> the u.n. which -- some times. >> there is a portion that goes to the u.n. we are clear that the u.n. its not the solution to pocher tee. just as the aid is not the solution to proverty. >> let's hear from an african entrepreneur. he runs a business in america. but, she, she tried operating her business in her home country of senegal. listen to greg, you agree. combination, foreign aid, government, would help. >> i have a hard time with foreign aid. african union itself is admitting that $148 bi

have large peacekeeping force in somalia as well as the troops they're sen sending to the ca.r. one expert said the large number of simultaneous missions perhaps explains why the world took so long to focus on the c.a.r. >> tragically the crisis in the central african republic was totally overshadowed by mali. they did not want to deal with two crises at the same time, so c.a.r. was put on hold, and now they're responding much too la late. >> reporter: the french president franÇois hollande said the way forward may be to set up african troops to deal with the those on the continent. >> there to work with the africans, i think it's the only way to avoid this situation we are really facing now. running from mali to south africa and from somalia to sudan. >> reporter: there is no shortage of african nations offering troops. the problem is they often lack the training and equipment that they need. even in cases of soldiers turning up without their own boots of most pressing need of the things that are the most expensive. the trucks and helicopters to transport troops around. james

tied with somalia and afghanistan as the most corrupt. that is according to a brand new survey from the watch dog group, transparency international. let's go over this. the manager editor of foreign affairs magazine is with us. good to see you. he's is going over to a list of the countries and we'll give him a lot to say here as well. we have some pictures i want to bring up on the monster board over here. these are the three countries that are the most corrupt in all the world, according to this list don't have any reason to doubt this. no political overtones. north korea, and how much maui geoff them. $1.2 billion since 1995. somalia $82.4 million per year, and afghanistan, $13 billion to bring -- $13 billion per year. what are we getting for our money? >> a good question. what you're pointing to here is one of the classic dilemmas in foreign policy. we don't get to choose our partners and we end up having to do business with lots of odeus regimes we may not like because they have things that we need. and so that involves tradeoffs betw

it was created in response to america unseating a regime in somalia. their agenda is anti-american from its inception. they have cited america's involvement in recent attacks and they continue to threaten the un. as the quote alluded to, they are the face of a new and more vicious style of attack. i talked to first responders there the day of the grisly westgate shooting who talked about the shape bodies were in, the type of bullets used, with an aim of creating gory visuals broadcast around the world, really tearing people apart. this is something that is as brutal as anything we've seen from an al qaeda affiliate. counter-terrorism experts i spoke to said despite the threats they are not yet capable of striking on american soil. as you heard in that segment fear lingers they might be eventually. >> not able to strike on american soil but obviously interested in recruiting inside the united states and using that fertile ground within minnesota, the somali population there being the largest in the united states, a population of 32,000. you have an orga

i think this was largely in response what has been a crisis of confidence across somalia. they feel at a "t" hasn't made the kinds of strides forward that they expect from this administration. we've heard rumors of internal squabbles. he had no powers to dismiss the prime minister. the only way to get rid of him was through a vote of no confidence, which is why we're seeing this now. i think we're in in a period of i can stability. the president has a period of 30 days to come up with a new prime minister, and then that prime minister has a further 30 days to nominate a cabinet. in theory this could go on for another two months. but the problem in somalia, whenever you have this competition of jobs there is often a period of security problems because of the various plans provoke security problems to improve their negotiating position. so it looks as though we're going to face a very serious period of political unrest and that could create some serious problems for security. >> investigators in the united states are trying to figure out what caused a passenger train to dera

>> well, obviously the weather, somalia is very warm and minnesota is very cold. so adjustment is very harsh. open the social aspect it's difficult as being muslims in a very different part of the world and arriving in middle of the united states, it's quite challenging for them as well. >> i can attest to the cold being a native minnesotan. it is quite an adjustment. what about coming there, living there and trying to establish pooh community? i've been to that community myself. i mean it's -- there are shops, there are restaurants, there are entire neighborhoods full of these somali immigrants. >> the area of is called cedar riverside, downtown, about ten, 15 minute cab ride. you're right, they have trite to replicate their lifestyle that they left and bring it here with shops and what they call somali malls, where they can buy and shop everything they might find back home and here in the united states. >> what are the challenges for that community trying to keep extremists out of there? trying to stop sloobl fo al shar fighting the overseas? >> 25 to 50 young m

and when we read discussing how everything happens at once, the aftermath with somalia, haiti, bosnia, tony lake cracked one of the best lines of all time he worked in the white house. sometimes i really miss the cold war. bosnia in some ways became a metaphor for the struggles of the 21st century. the first conflict which reminded us the end of the cold war basically took the veil off this image we were privileged to have even when it didn't comport with reality that there was a bipolar world and as dangerous as it was with nuclear weapons hanging around at least it was organized. even our spies helped each other, i used to say. if the russians were better off with spies in the cold war, for america, were really good. that way we knew their intentions, they didn't mean to launch a nuclear weapon at us and we were better off that the russian spies were really good because they knew we didn't intend to blow them off of the face of the earth. hard to convince anybody who's life is on the line working for the cia or the kgb that it was a good thing if the other side was good at what they

look at iraq and yemen and somalia, and how can we describe this unhappiness to them? >> i think before you can actually look at what makes you happy, you need to take away things that make you unhappy. if there's hunger and starvation in your country, civil war, take care of that first, and we can start talking about happiness. is this for everybody? no, there are places where there are fundamental things that need to be put right first. >> can i jump in? >> of course, go for it. >> thank you, i just want to specify that when we talk about materialism, there are different parts of a materialistic spectrum. to clarify it. if you're extremely poor, and if you're not sure if you're going to eat today or tomorrow, you're at an extreme low part of material wealth. and material wealth goes a long way to safety and shelter and food. and that's pretty much in every culture that i have seen. but once you get to the basic needs level, i think that's a very gray area. i went among the bushman people of the kalahari desert. and their needs are much lower than $75,000 a year, but

. >> in somalia three doctors have been shot dead another kagisso, mogale. they were on their way to a local hospital when they were kill. rebels linking to al-shabab are being blamed. >> workers in nigeria are on strike, expect to last for nine days. the medical union wants better conditions for its members. we have this report. >> isaac is an anxious man. he brought his severely burnt son to the university of abuja teaching hospital. a nation-wide strike cut services in public hospitals. >> many patients coming in to receive medical attention are not going to meet a doctor. this is someone that needs urgent attention. >> this man was referred here after visiting five other hospitals. many here are leaving. this is the picture in government hospitals across nigeria, as doctors begin a nationwide strike. >> the striking doctors want better pay and conditions. >> doctors want better work place conditions and appropriate health care. >> most government hospitals like proper vass ilties. funding is far below world health organization standards. the doctors say

let's recall also the somalia mission which has made a lot of headway against slshabob and is doing a very important job. not only main feigning peace and security for the people of mali but also fending off the presence of extremists who could present problems across the broader region and beyond. if you combine those very large missions with these two that we've discussed, yes, the demands are very high. and so it is true that u.n. peacekeeping as a whole right now is at one of its high water marks in the history of the u.n. peacekeeping. so one of the things that we're seeking to do to try to get more countries interested in deplowing their forces and wearing blue helmets because the needs are feeling very great right now. >> ifill: you mentioned so malleolar, around the world there are a couple of different lessons to be taken from that, one is to stay out. and the other is that you cannot allow big states to fail. which lesson can you apply in this case? >> well, i think that we all know now is that particularly when you have a failed state or an under governed or ungoverned base

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stopped air strikes in pakistan, somalia, and yemen. this video of weinstein is the first released since september of last year. he was abduct from his home in pakistan in 2011. at the time he worked for a u.s.-based firm that advises the range of pakistani business and government sectors. >>> snow is falling today in areas where residents are still waiting to get their power back following a weekend ice storm. utility crews are working for fix the problem, but they worry that the weather could set back those efforts. officials say thousands of homes and businesses, the main should get power back by tomorrow. it's already been difficult for crews because cool temperatures are keeping the ice from melting off power lines and tree branches. now forecasters expect to see two to six inches of snow and crews worry the additional weight on branches and power lines could actually hamper those efforts. >>> an oklahoma woman down on her luck and about to get evicted stumbles upon a purse full of money, and credit cards and valuables. christmas m

but we also engaged in the piracy in somalia. it's important that we -- without going into the specifics, we have to be prepared for everything. so, you know, yeah. >> that's also one of the reasons why you guys are making a lot of investment. you were a founding joint strike fighter partner. there are more and more countries coming aboard. japan has come aboard. looks like korea is going to be headed in that direction. you are also just recently purchased four aircraft from the united states. what kind of capability is this going to give dutch forces over the future? >> the f-35 was extremely important after 12 years of political debate back home, we finally were able to make -- to take the decision. we will buy 37 at least because it's within the current budget tear framework. you know , europe is getting hit by the financial and economic crisis -- >> washington is being hit by financial economics as well >> so it's not too easy at the month. but if you take a look at our f-16s for 30, 40 years -- >> you were a founding partner

as somalia console about it. concerns us the workers in the mine and the locals is that we haven't learned anything for ten years. we don't live here there's nothing to drink here there's no drinking water these little boxes which you see surrounding us. this is where the work of the mine live in these boxes here. where does the money from the mine go i don't know. i really don't know they're a big caymans within the government although we all of the west gives them goes into their pockets. the mayor of said an employee of mining exploitation company does not allow us to film in his village despite ministerial authorization. we have. a neighboring mine where some villages braved the taboos confessing to us that women regularly stuff a miscarriage is here and that the contaminated water from the ground supply is surely responsible for the evils of the dust causes serious respiratory problems especially for children. today we speak about the plundering of resources in congo because the world bank in its h i p c pro

twenty twenty east a japanese maritime self defense force vessel has joined a multinational fried off somalia. this is the first time for japan's sts to take part in a joint anti piracy mission to destroy years left at the same could be pushing the prefecture last month bound for africa. one of the ship's the sunny deck during the multi national task force in the gulf of aden on tuesday. each country in a task was assigned to him at times down to patrol their ships had the job of chasing away any pirates cited numbers down. that and other an sds destroyers and being in the area since two thousand and nine. but japan pass an anti piracy law until now those patients have been restricted to escalating commercial vessels gabe's defense news the familial montana announced the start of his country's latest mission. a couple putting the snow japanese vessels will do their best to deal with pirates. while cooperating with other countries in the multinational force maybe offices from each country take tens commanding the multinational fleets on the day has said he does not think japan will be assed to

while this war of attrition is going on and on in syria you are seeing the makings of potentially a somalia on the mediterranean which will have ramifications for all of us. >> isn't it still the case that it's extremely hard to know who to support in syria? >> of course. we have royally screwed the pooch. >> gave too little, too late to guys who didn't have any traction on the ground. >> the issue, do you let it burn out but in the burning do you get burnt yourself. if large swaths of syria become alexi da safe havens then 2016 and 2017 having to invade, god forbid, parts of syria to eradicate al qaeda. we've done that one before quite a bit. >> schieffer: does anyone think anything is going to come of this? these talks? >> syria talks? or iran talks? [ laughter ] >> which problem are you talking about. >> schieffer: do we think these geneva talks in the end something is going to happen here? >> i would say, yes. i do think something is going to happen. but i think it's hard to know how long it will take to see any results from it, if that makes sense. >> happen if the united states and so

. >> the case in san diego was about $8,500 that went to somalia? >> yeah, and i don't have the specifics, but it's open record so you can pull that up pretty easy. >> this is one of the major cases they use to justify these programs and he just told us that he didn't know the specifics of it. >> there has, to my knowledge with classified clearance, never ever been a terrorist attack in the united states that's been foiled by use of any of this information. not even once, and they've been collecting this information since right after 9/11. so, there's just no basis for it. it just isn't any use. one thing that you hear from them is that they are looking for a needle in a haystack. what they're actually doing is creating a haystack and then inserting a needle in it. >> we're here today for a very simple reason, to defend the fourth amendment. >> after the leaks, as outraged constituents complained about surveillance to their elected officials, the house of representatives nearly passed a bill to end the phone data collection program. it was defeated

a japanese maritime self defense force vessel has been going to able to national fleet off somalia is the first time for japan's spf to take part in a joint anti piracy mission. to this story is left their base including the notion of free picture last month. balance for africa. what other ships the sunday that it joins the malta national taskforce and the gulf of on and on tuesday. each country in the task force is assigned a maritime zone to patrol their ships have the job of chasing away any pirate cited in their zone. the semi data and other feminists d s destroyers have been in the area since two thousand and nine when japan passed an anti piracy law until now those missions had been restricted to escorting commercial vessels. japanese defence ministry it's a naughty one of the to announce the start of his country's latest mission. on a couple putting the snow japanese vessels will do their best to deal with pirates. while cooperating with other countries in the multinational talks eighty officers from each country take turns commanding the malta national fleet. or will the city

afghani stomp north korea somalia. grease to make a little progress planning to make calls to eighteenth place. jeremy moved up one place to twelve. but it still trading best performance to see a demo and new zealand's came out on top. in gemini transparency criticizes the role played by lobbyists and how they influence legislation. it says that process needs to become more transparent. staying till like ten places to fourteenth popping down to a series of high profile scandals. in one case a member of the royal family is accused of embezzling six million euros in funds. let's go to tabloid news there's been some resolution in a high profile case that shocked the world the year ago. amen to make the single has been sentenced to six years in prison twenty million acid attack that nearly blinded the artists to give it up the blog shy that day. two other people involved were also sentenced tuesday the ballet dancer and two co defendants were late into the moscow court to hear their fate. the dpp ching who was convicted an

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nine people in an attack on to pickup trucks carrying members of a maritime police unit in southern somalia thirty seven officers were injured in that attack no groups admitted carrying out your soul but al-shabaab is seen as the most likely culprit since being forced from its strongholds the al qaeda linked insurgent groups been trying to gain control of the country. in pakistan's capital hundreds of protested against american drone strikes the rally was staged by the terror the care in self party led by the former cricket can demonstrators chanted anti u.s. slogans and demanded an immediate end to all drone attacks in the country those strikes prove deeply unpopular in pakistan but american officials say they are crucial in the fight against terrorism. extreme wind storms continuing to pass a europe tonight with the u.k. adding are already born the worst of it over the last twenty four hours thousands of people had to be moved to safety as the worst tidal surge in sixty years swept the eastern coast of britain across the continent the disaster is known to kill seven at least twenty homes

now some more stories making global headlines this hour in northern somalia suicide bombers killed nine people in an attack on to pickup trucks carrying members of a maritime police unit thirty seven officers were also injured in the attack no group has said they carried out these sold but al-shabaab is thought to be the number one suspect after being pushed from their strongholds the al qaeda linked insurgents have been trying to gain control of the north of the country. northwestern europe is being battered by severe weather two people have been killed and sauza is moved to safety as the worst tidal surge in sixty years sweeps down the british coast and around one hundred thousand homes are left without power in scotland and environment agency spokesman says that six thousand properties in england and wales could be flooded. hundreds have protested in islam about against american drone strikes in pakistan the rally was staged by the rican soft party led by a former cricket star in one column and strangers chanted anti-u.s. lovins and demanded an immediate end to all drone attacks stri

tied for the number one spot are somalia, north korea and afghanistan. the countries with the cleanest records include new zealand, canada and germany. the united states is tied for 19th cleanest with uruguay. >>> well, these brown snakes are becoming a huge problem in guam, particularly at andersen air force base. to combat the snake species, 2,000 mice stuffed with painkillers will be parachuted in. why? well, painkillers are deadly to the snakes, which won't be able to resist the para trooping rodents. >>> now for a first look at business, cnbc's hampton pearson. hampton, good morning. >> reporter: hi, mara. first of all, cyber monday sales topped $2 billion for the first time ever. adobe, which tracks 2,000 retail websites, says online sales rose 16% with a record 18% coming from smartphones and tablets. as of monday evening, amazon sales were up 44%. walmart.com sold out of xbox one and ps4 consoles by monday afternoon. shifting gears, car sales are expected to rebound after slightly lower numbers in september and october. suv sales could be strong

think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist plots in pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies and in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they missed collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways to get better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of alleged failures it hasn't always been the. case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress that the central intelligence agency did provide warnings about the deteriorating security situation in benghazi well mr allen as a former war correspondent i can tell you that i could have predicted that the security situation in gaza was deteriorating free of charge i mean the cia or

and will the american administration says a person strikes unmanned aircraft in pakistan yemen and somalia are thought to have killed more than a thousand civilians in just over a decade that figure doesn't include afghanistan and iraq where john talks happen on a regular basis but no casualties statistics are available despite america's operations al qaeda remains octave in the arabian peninsula but to draw an actual believes the drone strikes will go on anyway. this is just another example in a long list of despicable illegal and immoral combat drone strikes on the part of the government of the united states that it could be prevented there's no reason for this to continue and the world needs to rise up and point the finger at the united states for causing this unnecessary damage and death you know they say that they're very precise they're surgical and we can we see over and over and over again and there are many many examples of civilians women children old people being killed by these drones and even if the drones attack the people that the cia intends to attack until they've been pro

nine people in an attack on to pickup trucks carrying members of a maritime police unit in northern somalia thirty seven officers were also injured in the attack the group has admitted carrying out the assault but al-shabaab is seen as the most likely culprit since being forced from its strongholds the al qaeda linked insurgent group is being trying to gain control of the country's north . in pakistan's capital hundreds have protested against american drone strikes the rally was staged by the. party led by the former critic cricket star imran khan demonstrators chanted anti us slogans and demanded an immediate end to all drone attacks in the country the strikes are deeply unpopular in pakistan but american officials say they are crucial in the fight against terrorism. extreme windstorms a battering northwest europe two people have been killed and thousands moved to safety is the worst tidal surge in sixty years sweeps the british coast around one hundred thousand homes have been left without electricity in scotland and environment agency spokesman says that six thousand properties in englan