And the story begins with an assassination mission. Ifirst met Isaac Gilmore in 2020. Hes a former navy seal, who later became Second In Command of a private Us Military Firm called Spear Operations Group. I was surprised isaac agreed to speak to me because at the time, Human Rights Lawyers were trying to prosecute spear for war crimes. One of the reasons that i agreed to participate in this and be part of this documentary is to be very clear about what were doing and why. This isnt, you know, innocent until proven guilty. Its war. How did you get involved with the operation in yemen . So ultimately, i met abraham, abraham golan, whos a brother and a friend. Abraham developed a relationship with Mohammed Dahlan and that was our path through to the uae government. We met with the appropriate bodies within the uae government. The pitch was to put pressure on isis and alqaeda in the state of yemen and make sure that it didnt become another chaotic hub of terrorist activity, especially wit
The middle east and beyond, most recently as the houthi group attacks ships in the red sea. the us and uk hit around 30 sites across yemen. this film is about the complex roles western and regional powers have played in yemens war. And the story begins with an assassination mission. Ifirst met Isaac Gilmore in 2020. Hes a former navy seal, who later became Second In Command of a private Us Military Firm called Spear Operations Group. I was surprised isaac agreed to speak to me because at the time, Human Rights Lawyers were trying to prosecute spear for war crimes. One of the reasons that i agreed to participate in this and be part of this documentary is to be very clear about what were doing and why. This isnt, you know, innocent until proven guilty. Its war. How did you get involved with the operation in yemen . So ultimately, i met abraham, abraham golan, whos a brother and a friend. Abra ham developed a relationship with Mohammed Dahlan and that was our path through to the uae gove
voiceover: the us and uk hit. around 30 sites across yemen. this film is about the complex roles western and regional powers have played in yemen s war, and the story begins with an assassination mission. ifirst met isaac gilmore in 2020. he s a former navy seal, who later became second in command of a private us military firm called spear operations group. i was surprised isaac agreed to speak to me because at the time, human rights lawyers were trying to prosecute spear for war crimes. one of the reasons that i agreed to participate in this and be part of this documentary is to be very clear about what we re doing and why. this isn t, you know, innocent until proven guilty. it s war. how did you get involved with the operation in yemen? so ultimately, i met abraham, abraham golan, who s a brother and a friend. abraham developed a relationship with mohammed dahlan and that was our path through to the uae government. we met with the appropriate bodies within the uae governmen
the middle east and beyond, most recently as the houthi group attacks ships in the red sea. the us and uk hit around 30 sites across yemen. this film is about the complex roles western and regional powers have played in yemen s war. ..and the story begins with an assassination mission. ifirst met isaac gilmore in 2020. he s a former navy seal, who later became second in command of a private us military firm called spear operations group. i was surprised isaac agreed to speak to me because at the time, human rights lawyers were trying to prosecute spear for war crimes. one of the reasons that i agreed to participate in this and be part of this documentary is to be very clear about what we re doing and why. this isn t, you know, innocent until proven guilty. it s war. how did you get involved with the operation in yemen? so ultimately, i met abraham, abraham golan, who s a brother and a friend. abra ham developed a relationship with mohammed dahlan and that was our path throu
Americans to fight isis if necessary. so now, let s get to the current battle in the war on isis. iraqi forces are reaching the outskirts of mosul. the country s prime minister promising to, quote, chop the head off the snake of isis. cnn s senior international correspondent, arwa damon is live near mosul with the facts from the front lines. reporter: and just take a look at the weather. before, you could see a few streets down on the horizon behind us. now there is a sand storm that is sweeping in. and this is what the battlefield looks like. this is what on the ground, the war against isis looks like. what is behind us is a town that is less than a mile away from the outskirts of mosul. and we are with the country s u.s.-trained elite counterterrorism unit. throughout the course of the day, there have been sporadic clashes, artillery exchanges of fire, rockets, and the ongoing buzz overhead of fighter jets.