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Video from the azov regiment, sho. we can assume the video isnt recent because russian forces have largely pulled out from that area. but what are you seeing when you look at this fight? >> don, talk about close combat. this is one of the most impressive, real combat pieces of video that ive seen in a long time. what youre looking at here is an industrial site. you see this right here? thats a grenade launcher that is being used directly against enemy combatants, which are right over to the edge...

Z s.e.a.l.s as well. heres what we saw. on high alert in the black sea, u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, romanian and british special forces practice raid ing an enemy ship, an exercise that requires a lot of skill, but also strong cooperation, a member of the romanian special forces tells me. >> the helicopter session, the synchronization is very important so all the teams can get on board in the ship in the exact time they should. >> reporter: these are among natos most elite unit and they allowed us to f...

All from where the fighting in ukraine was taking place, and heres what we saw. on the high alert in the black sea. u.s. navys.e.a.l.s, romanian, strong cooperation, a member of the romanian special forces tells me. >> it is very important. so all the teams can get on board of the ship and the exact time they should. >> reporter: these are among natos most elite units and they allowed us to film on the condition we would not reveal their identities. the raid involves both fast rigid inflatable b...

To really train them in the american criminaljustice system. this is the first time really that we have seen it and seen this done efficiently, send this done successfully and seen this done rather seamlessly. i worked at the cia and the counterterrorism centre before, during and after 9/11 which was obviously a precarious time and i think what we fail to probably see at the time was the long—term effects of labelling these folks as enemy combatants. i think we didnt necessarily see, you know,...

Elsheikh and his accomplices as "sadists", who electrocuted, water—boarded and starved them. one said he tried to kill himself to escape. the defence tried to make out this was a case of mistaken identity, relying on the fact he always wore a full mask around hostages. when the verdicts came through, elsheikh showed very little reaction. the families quietly wept, held each other�*s hands, and there was an audible sigh of relief. its taken them nearly ten years to getjustice. for more on the...

Education that found his negative obsession with none other than feminist boogie women hillary clinton. he literally wrote a foaming at the mouth blog post in 2008 imagiing what if quote hitler-ry is sworn in in 2009 and signs a ban on firearms. yeah, he wrote that. he said that the entire militia movement would be labeled enemy combatants and police would be ordered to go house to house to disarm the american people and asked would you do it? would you just follow orders to shoot your fellow am...

While stationed at ft. benning, georgia, he and his roommate michael fortier bond with their platoon leader terry nichols over a distrust of the federal government. >> mcveigh took an instant liking to him, and he loved hearing nichols spout off about his theories about government and politics. >> mcveigh serves during "operation desert storm" in 1991 and is awarded a bronze star for valor. during his service, he kills at least two enemy combatants. >> one thing he did brag about in saudi arabia...

People away from the site of the operation but to try to get people out of that thee-story residential building. this were innocents, there were civilians living on the ground floor. we are told ten people were brought out, came out. among them, eight were children. now, after he blew up himself and his family, there was a gun fight between the special forces and one of his lieutenants who lived on the second floor. he barricaded himself there with his wife. they were killed, along with a child....

Government that we were acting as war criminals? >> senator, i dont remember that accusation, but i will say that -- >> do you believe thats true? that america was acting as war criminals in holding these detainees? >> senator, the supreme court held that the executive branch has the authority to detain people who are designated as enemy combatants for the duration of the hostilities. and what i was doing in the context of the habeas petitions at this very early stage in the process was making a...

United states, naming former president bush and former secretary rumsfeld in their official capacities. you were advocating on behalf of individuals who argued they were civilians, wrongly classified as enemy combatants of the united states. and your filing was part of your professional responsibility to zealously advocate for your clients. in those petitions, the individuals raised more than a dozen claims for relief. one of which was an allegation that the government had sanctioned torture aga...