Archives in washington, d. C. , when they have just opened an exhibit on the vietnam war. We are here with jerry were live at it National Archives in washington d. C. And were here with jerry sego. Why are you out here today . To help the archives bring attention to this remember vietnam series and our continuous goals to honor the Vietnam Veterans by our display of the vietnam ear a ahead quarters. Sometimes the vietnam war is referred to as the first helicopter war. Why is that . The utalization of it was multiple uses. The helicopter took the place of trucks, jeeps and other equipment that had been used in other wars. Med vaccing troops was a big deal from the field and they could put troops in a lot more efficiency quicker and safer if you believe it is safer, it actually was. Driving along roads that could be ambushed and even though they took aerial fighter, they could pinpoint them into a place quicker and a lot of things was learned by utalization off the helicopter like our me
A decade long. That is in ramallah in the occupied west bank and has. In the grand hall of the egyptian Intelligence Headquarters fatah and hamas officially signed on to egypts grand plan for palestinian reconciliation after a decade of division both sides expressed hope that this time it was for good. And again mean there has been full agreement on the concept of empowering the government and the legitimate Palestinian Government will return to working normally in accordance with his prerogative and the law. Despite the fact that we have some different views different political points we have different disputes but this will never change the fact that we are brothers we are brothers in religion we are brothers in nationality we are brothers in the National Interest we suffer the same we have the same future we need to find a way for a unity of our people to secure the ambitions of our people. This isnt the first time theyve been here repeated attempts to reconcile have failed a main s
Turkey iran and russia more from al jazeera. Who is at the jewel of the goes to Border Crossing on the turkey syria border. The possible the operation is underway but the buildup continues here on the border with syria there are still more reinforcements and more vehicles getting into the military Turkish Military bases on the border with the promise of. Now the stated goal of turkey in operation is to try to see the province of the best part of the ceasefire agreement between the different opposition factions russia and the Syrian Government but the troops now that crossed into syria are stationed in an area of village called. Which is on the. Border on the border where this is a territory under the control of. The Syrian Kurdish faction it seems that the Turkish Military is trying to take advantage of its deployment inside syria to block the kurds from expanding west towards places like libya and so briefly turkey of two goals first of all material presence in the second and most imp
The remaining fighters are leaving the city as part of a deal brokered by tribal leaders and members of the group attacking civilians with them as human shields. As more from one talk unit took his border with syria. Negotiations are still underway in iraq to convince. To live the city i mean tribes and fighters from the pub been have been trying to. Convince foreign fighters affiliated with to leave in exchange for free passage now were getting some conflicting reports about what is happening now some say that its just a matter of time before everyone leaves that are others suggest that some of the battle hardened. I see the fighters say that they are committed to fighting to the death now the u. S. Led coalition has been distancing itself from this deal saying that it wont tolerate to see those foreign fighters leave and then resurface in different parts of the country but this remains a very crucial moment the as the though remains confident that its just a matter of a few hours bef
Forces tensions have been mounting evidence the kurds held a referendum on secession last month all struck that has more from. The kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk the city now officially back in the hands of the Iraqi Government which foresees but made a rapid advance in the middle of the night fifteen hours later the Industrial Area airports military base and critical oil fields were under the control of iraqi forces. Soon after they marched into the center of the city. Iraqi officials were quick to declare victory. The joint military operation was launched at dawn and progress significantly as the troops approached the area to crete and the north oil company were confronted by some rebels who tried to hinder the progress of the advancing units turned five and silenced. Thank god today we have achieved all our goals according to our plan. The u. S. Military which a trained both sides in this dispute trying to downplay the escalation in a statement blaming the fire