Im willing to. That every night i know. The way they can tell that story is what can make a difference. d or rule. For years private armies have provided services to governments around the world they are often secretive that operate in the shadows. Blackwater now known as academy is one of the most well known private army it has provided troops and other services to the u. S. Government in different conflicts including the war in iraq but its not always clear how these private armies are formed where they operate or even what their missions consist of so we travel to south africa to find out more even barlow is chairman of specialized tasks training equipment and Protection International a private army that according to barlow has operated throughout africa and beyond he was also behind another Similar Company that shut down in 1980 called executive outcomes and while many argue private armies are mercenaries doing the jobs government dont want to do barlow insists his operations are l
Military alliance is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant and even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest loop of a in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the Crisis Research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris the many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato. Is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because the nato summit is coming up next week and its been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people are worried that. Donald trump will st
So that we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General custom sort of money on friday the formal funeral for the top iranian commander as well as. The Deputy Commander of the iran backed Popular Mobilisation forces is underway but will later be buried in najaf in iraq sort of on his body will be flown to iran lets go live to samoa fulton whos in baghdad for us and so many thousands out on the streets all seems pretty peaceful right now and theyve theyve actually crossed the river now is that right. These crowds are now marching through an area thats called the japanese which is opposite of the fortified green zone on the other side of the tigris river were seeing huge crowds consisting of people who are wearing civilian clothing were also seeing some people who are wearing military fatigues presumably members of the Popular Mobilization forces and you can see that some of the footage th
Of people, and those packages have gps tracking devices. Its a way of deterring the crime and catching the criminal if they do strike. Len ramirez, kpix 5. And take a look at this tearful mug shot we got today of another package theft suspect busted by milpitas police. They say it only took 8 minutes for 37yearold Flor Hernandez to a bait package. Officers arrived behind her and booked her into jail. They say theyll continue to bait thieves this holiday season. And we have more rain on the way expected to make for a soggy commute tomorrow. Darren peck has more on when well see the heaviest showers. By later tonight. If you look at high def doppler and see all the bright green, that will arrive by midnight tonight. But i want to show you why its tomorrow mornings commute when we really feel the more noticeable impacts from this. If you look at the last 3 hours, that band of green is slowly working its way toward the coast. Lets take it from where it is now in high def doppler, bring the
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