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That s been going on for decades. major jihadi groups, one affiliated with isis, one with al qaeda. they have presence in syrian iraq. up to 1500 traveled there. there s uzbek s involved in terrorism cases. they are involved in an attack in sweden, involved in the nightclub bombing on new year s eve and metro attack. here in the united states, a major counterterrorism investigation centered in brooklyn, new york in 2014 into a group of extremists. people from central asia who were planning to go and travel and join isis and discussing shooting president obama, discussing launching attacks on coney island. six people have been indicted in that case. a number of guilty pleas. so, one big question, if you ....
today i can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, america s war in iraq will be over. over the next two months, our troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. the last american soldier will cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the american people stand united in our support for our troops. that is how america s military efforts in iraq will end. but even as we mark this important milestone, we re also moving into a new phase in the relationship between the united states and iraq. it cost the united states a foreign in blood and treasure. thousands of american lives, hundreds of billions of dollars. now after nearly nine years, the end of the iraq war is in sight. the united states and iraq were unable to reach an agreement on immunity for u.s. forces going forwar ....
this 2009 speech at the u.n. was typical. translator: we are not committed to obey the rules or resolutions of the councils with this information because it is undemocratic reporter: what was supposed to be a 15-minute talk ram balanced on more than 90 minutes. but while he sometimes appeared a clown on the world stage, his actions were often deadly. in the mid-80s he funneled money and weapons to support the palestine liberation organization s fight against israel. the irish republican army s efforts to defeat british rule in northern ireland. and he viciously targeted americans. in 1986, libyan agents were accused of bombing a berlin nightclub killing two americans and a turk. u.s. president ronald reagan responded by bombing tripoli, targeting gadhafi s house. the raid killed more than 100 people, including gadhafi s own daughter. two years later, pan am flight 103 blew up over the tiny village of lockerbie, scotland, raining debris and taking 270 lives. invest ....
You tweeted something last night about 1981, ronald reagan, the fight. you know, the berlin nightclub bombing. 1988, pan am flight 103 over lockerbie scottland, then in 2003 changing relations with them quite a bit. we got libya to shut down their program. they took a public meeting. walk us through this bizarre interwoven relationship we have had with this man. he being so bizarre, the tribal leader we recall ronald reagan ordering the air strike back in april of 1986. it hit one of his children, the daughter was killed. so there was an attempted targeting of gadhafi back then. that was, of course, in ....
Criticism? what i said i m not endorsing anything anyone for any office here. what i am hoping for is what the president wants, which is a free and fair election to take place hopefully sooner rather than later. but having been involved with libya for seven years, i was a witness to the work that saif did in the lockerbie case, the nightclub bombing. i personally witnessed through the gadhafi foundation the work that saif did to free up the bulgarian nurses that were sentenced to death twice along with a palestinian doctor. i have seen the work that saif and the doctor at the foundation have done in dealing with chemical weapons destruction and with the elimination of land mines and humanitarian efforts worldwide. i have been out to the chemical weapons plant and i have actually seen visibly how they have removed the chemical weapons production materiels. i m not happy with the statements over the past month and he knows i m not happy but i ....