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Civil war, you can compare the two. but the russian bombardment of these cities, if something out of their playbook, they did this in grozny, and they shelled people as a tried to leave in those humanitarian corridors. as we were trying to see happen here in the first two years of the war. >> absolutely tragic, as i just said to ali, were talking every night you and i. with ali as well, i just want to say i appreciate the reporting from newcastle, stay safe. thank you. joining us now is retired ...

Vearey vows to fight alongside Jacobs ’till last drop of blood’ ahead of Labour Court hearing By IOL Reporter Share Cape Town – ’’Whatever our skirmish in the Labour Court brings today, we remain bound in blood and fighting spirit. Till the last drop of blood.’’ This was posted on Facebook on Wednesday by Western Cape deputy police commissioner Major-General Jeremy Vearey, who had acted as a staff representative of his close ally, former Crime Intelligence bos...

For almost three months SAPS Crime Intelligence (CI) head Peter Jacobs attempted to challenge a notice that he –  along with five senior colleagues – was being suspended for suspected personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud from the Secret Service Account. Jacobs was handed a suspension notice on 30 November 2020. The CI head wrote lengthy communications to national police commissioner Khehla Sitole challenging the decision and setting out that he was being targeted as a result of his cl...

VICTORY DAY 2020 Members of the Mukti Bahini preparing for their next guerilla attack. Photo: Archives Bangladesh belongs to a select group of countries that fought their way to independence. We won our freedom by winning a fierce nine-month Liberation War against a very well trained, well-armed Pakistan Army. We remember with solemnity and gratitude the sacrifice of the millions of our people who achieved martyrdom, who were assaulted, brutalised and raped by the occupation army and had to fle...

Sectors. now you have two groups defending the city. the militias and the army and isis on the outside, this al qaeda group, still trying to take territory. richard engel, nbc news, baghdad. >> thanks to richard engel for that. now lets dive head long into the military snarl of implications here. msnbc military analyst colonel jack jacobs is here to break down whats ahead. the nightmare scenario seems to be they ultimately take baghdad here. and to prevent that, it seems like they are just up ag...

Major american force there to evacuate americans and think about what kind of mess that would be. >> zainab, last word to you. youve been talking to people back home. what do you think the main message the american people should hear from the iraqi people is right now? >> the sunni/shia divide may be a historical one but for hundreds of years, for decades, for as long as i am alive in iraq, that this was not a primary identity of us. we were iraqis first. we were arabs or kurds and the sunni and...

Country. >> general jacobs, anyone on the ground the u.s. can partner with without it blowing up into a regional set of tensions? >> no, absolutely not. its going to have to be a multinational force, if its going to be anything. and you cant rely on anybody in the region to actually come to the floor and work under our tutelage. not only that, the united states has already -- once bitten, twice shy. we have no interest of going on to the ground with anything except a relatively small number of s...

Can understand clearly and give proper value to the things theyve done in the military. but theres a lot -- theres a lot to be done yet. >> were going to have to leave it there, colonel jack jacobs and former congressman patrick murphy, thank you very much. and well be right back. on ♪ [ female announcer ] band-aid brand has quiltvent technology with air channels to let boo boos breathe. [ giggles ] [ female announcer ] quiltvent technology, only from band-aid brand. use with neosporin first...

The backlog to an average of four months by the end of 2015. joining us now, retired colonel jack jacobs, medal after honor recipient, msnbc military analyst, and patrick murphy of pennsylvania, first veteran of the iraq war to serve in congress. welcome to you both. patrick, i want to start with you. just simply, what is causing this backlog? i know there are a number of different factors that the va would cite. what is it? >> well, karen, its really three things. one, theres more veterans beca...