To dede. Glad you could join us. Cons are demanding accountability after that of australian troops allegedly killed at least 39. 00 afghans in cold blood. During deployments in afghanistan, a 4 year investigation by the Australian Defense forces found that the troops of elite army units were involved in dozens of unlawful killings which could amount to walk. Crimes. Australian troops have been in afghanistan for nearly 20 years as a majority of the alleged mud were committed in 20122013. The alleged actions of australian forces, enough aniston being described as one of the darkest chapters in the countrys military history. The defense minister Linda Reynolds made no secret of her revulsion at the report 2 weeks ago. And it made me physically ill. And it was very, very distressing raid. Because i know she said the consequences should be far reaching and doesnt represent. Its not just about the individuals who committed these allege and crimes, but its also lessons for throughout the chi
Asking the u. S. Regulators to allow emergency use of the covert 19 vaccine developed by its german partner beyond tick. It starts the clock on a process that could deliver limited 1st doses as early as next month. Pfizer and biotech have announced that their vaccine appears. 95 percent effective in preventing mild to severe covert. 19. Austria has announced plans for mass testing to begin next month. Testing the general population will be carried out in 2 rounds, one in december and 1 in january participation will be voluntary. The World Health Organization has said the drug rendez, of ish, should not be used to treat patients hospitalized with covert 19. It had been same as a potential treatment, but the w. H. O. Said there was a lack of evidence that it improved patient survival rates or reduce the need for ventilation. 75 years ago today, the trials opened in nuremberg of 24 high ranking members of the nazi dictatorship. The judicial proceedings were the 1st of their kind. The nure
And 53 twa employees were killed in that crash. She knew a lot of them, she trained a lot of them, and she was heart broken. She was going from one Memorial Service to another. She runs into stacy, and stacy says, hey, is your husband still an investigative reporter. And she says, yeah. She goes, or have him talk to me. So stacy and sanders get together, and the first thing stacy tells sanders is, theres a coverup going on. And so they started collaborating to get information out of the investigation into the mainstream. And one thing that stacy told sanders about was this orange residue on these seatbacks and in one certain section of the plane. Sanders asks him to scrape off the residue. It doesnt scrape, so he takes a pinch of foam rubber. Puts it in a fedex envelope, sends it to sanders, sanders has it tested, goes public with the results. As a result of that, stacy, sanders and Elizabeth Sanders are hounded, finally arrested. Elizabeth and james are tried and convicted in a federa
And 53 twa employees were killed in that crash. She knew a lot of them, she trained a lot of them, and she was heart broken. She was going from one Memorial Service to another. She runs into stacy, and stacy says, hey, is your husband still an investigative reporter. And she says, yeah. She goes, or have him talk to me. So stacy and sanders get together, and the first thing stacy tells sanders is, theres a coverup going on. And so they started collaborating to get information out of the investigation into the mainstream. And one thing that stacy told sanders about was this orange residue on these seatbacks and in one certain section of the plane. Sanders asks him to scrape off the residue. It doesnt scrape, so he takes a pinch of foam rubber. Puts it in a fedex envelope, sends it to sanders, sanders has it tested, goes public with the results. As a result of that, stacy, sanders and Elizabeth Sanders are hounded, finally arrested. Elizabeth and james are tried and convicted in a federa
We will go to his double for the latest. As the United States marks the 14th anniversary of the september 11 attacks, we look at a scandal growing in afghanistan. Did u. S. Military cover up a massacre by u. S. Special forces of afghan civilians . Many of these cases, it has been documented recently in a report, there is just no followup whatsoever with clear evidence of the violation of laws. It is no surprise u. S. Military sort of investigates itself and responsible for holding itself accountable. Amy we will speak with awardwinning journalist matt aikins. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a major Foreign Policy victory for president obama, republicans in the senate failed to secure enough votes thursday to derail the iran nuclear agreement. The senate voted against clearing the way for a debate of the bill in a 58 to 42 vote, less than the 60 votes needed to advance a resolution of disapproval.