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special coverage of the legacy left behind by the devastating more, a former teeth, un weapons inspector to a rat, unveiled the approvals of washington in the conflict. the united states government had no intention allowing the inspectors to do their job. the united states was going to go to war with iraq, regardless, regardless, it doesn t matter what the truth was. and the more successful we inspectors became in disarming iraq. the more threat we posed to the american policy and that iraq, a journalist who threw his shoes, that then president george w bush, became a symbol of protest against us invasion across the world. he told us this message to the man responsible for thousands of iraqis that i wish to say to former u. s. president bush, that i wish to see you in prison before you died. and if that does not happen, i wish before i die to see you face real condemnation. with good afternoon for mark peter shuttle studios and moscow, and welcome to the weekly with the hour and weeks most pressing you stories worldwide. i m fiorella is about beijing has condemned the u. s. attack on a chinese balloon, which had been floating over u. s. territory for several days despite its previous warnings that the balloon is not capable of surveillance and does not pose any threat. china is strongly dissatisfied with the us attack on the chinese on mandate ship and voices in protest. we have repeatedly informed the us side that the balloons designed purely for civilian use, an accidental across the u. s. borders. in such circumstances, the u. s. use of force is an obvious overreaction and a violation of international practice. finally, after days of deliberation and doubt, us find 2 jets of short time. what they claim is a chinese spy bloom. but of course, denies this. it says that it was a web, whether observation balloon, although there is some confusion over whose recommendation it was to, to shoot down the balloon and listen to what us president joe biden told journalists earlier. the successfully took it down. and i want to accomplish on our graders who did it, and we ll have more to report on a little later. thank you. by the way, i know a recommendation from you was funny and that s why i told them this through to down on wednesday i was recommended. they said to me, let s wait to look, take this place to do it some already asking questions over the timing of the incident. it came just ahead of a time visit by the u. s. tech to stay on the blink and to churn. and now that was subsequently cancelled or was he says, indefinitely postponed, but beijing said now is the time for co heads and it continues to insist on diplomacy. some politicians and media in the us have hiked it up to attack in smith, china. the chinese side is firmly opposed to that one of the tasks to the diplomatic teams on both sides is to properly manage bilateral relations, particularly to manage some on expected situations in a cool headed and prudent manner. well, i think just in another statement since by a blink and cancel his visit page in his head, china is never violate to the territory and space of another sovereign country. but of course, the u. s. and western media has wasted no time in ratcheting up the anti china rhetoric and the supposed threat posed by, by aging in a twist. now, the pentagon is now claiming that chinese spy, balloons flew over us territory, or at least 3 occasion occasions under the trumpet, ministration. now, for me, u. s. defense, etc. mar casper said he was surprised by this statement from the pentagon and he said he was never informed of such incidents during his time in, in office. but we now have form a u. s. defense and military officials have described the latest incident as embarrassing, especially given that the u. s. is the world s leading military power and opposition. republican party members have now they ve got on the offensive, and they ve accused biden of not acting decisively enough. and they say that he s failed to protect american national security. that s i would listen to what they ve said. i friend robert o brien, former national security adviser. why aren t we taking action to deal with this? and why didn t we know about it? robert o brien, larry, this is one of those embarrassing things that i ve ever seen in american diplomacy . we sped trillions and trillions of dollars on hardware, on soldiers, on airman, on sailors. and we can t do anything about it. why was allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? if you look at this, national security is one of the biggest things that any country can do is a function of government. we see that the by the administration knew about this balloon days ago, and it seems that there was an opportunity when it was coming over islands in alaska that we could have taken it down. now of course, china denies that the balloon was carrying out surveillance and the u. s. navy is currently searching for the wreckage of the balloon. we can expect to hear more from that over the coming coming hours. but the, the, the claims of the threat posed by china, something of double standards, let s not forget, it was just last summer that the us house of representatives speak and nancy pelosi and flame tensions with a provocative visit to taiwan, which beijing said was in breach of the one china policy, which of course is supported by washington, which has also flooded the island with billions of dollars in arms. i think reco spending levels and bite and himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china. and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accuse itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o. because packed with the security packed with britain, australia in 2021 which is containing china s military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations. earlier we spoke with nelson wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for impact and international studies. he says, china has no need to use such balloons as surveillance devices. they say is apparently not a pleasant incident, but i don t believe it is. why is for anybody to make a big fuss of it? because the chinese government has confirmed in the 1st place that they see below august ship or exactly what you call it is from china. and china fails regret for its intended entry into u. s. s. space. china has enough satellites already in china. wants to do any surveillance, why should they use the pollutants which are so big and so obvious. now i don t think this connection makes any sense. so let s see. i mean, we re all have to watch and see. but whatever the case, i think the wisdom of both countries, leaders and i ve all depressed and now put to test, oh, it s been 20 years since the us invasion of iraq. and here at r t, we continue special coverage of the anniversary, examining the devastation and destabilization the war caused throughout the middle east. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from great. hm . green food it s with today also marks 20 years since the van u. s. secretary of state pushed military action in iraq at the un security council . an episode well known for his display of a vial in an attempt to prove allegations of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. that claim later proved to be false. one of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on racks. biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents. we have 1st hand descriptions of biological weapons, factories on wheels and on rails. it felt like justifying an invasion of iraq to the world. mattered that much to the u. s. though, after all, then president george w bush already had plans to invade the sovereign middle eastern nation claims that baghdad was stock piling, illegal weapons and developing its nuclear program. war a plenty, and the catch fear, phrase, weapons of mass destruction had already been popularized. evidence. however, was either lacking or in powells case, fabricated like the vile of white powder he so confidently waved in the world s face as he accused saddam hussein of having a math, titanic reserves of chemical weapons when a rack finally admitted. having these weapons in 1995, the quantities were vast. less than a teaspoon of dry anthrax, a little bit about this amount. this is just about the amount of a teaspoon. less than a t spoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope shut down the united states senate in the fall of 2001. this forced several 100 people to undergo emergency medical treatment and killed 2 postal workers. powell pointed the finger at faulty intelligence after it became clear that there was no merits to america s accusations. he said he was very disappointed. i m very concerned when i made that presentation in february 2003. it was based on the best information that the central intelligence agency made available to me. but it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate in wrong and in some cases, deliberately misleading. and for that i am disappointed and i regret it. oh, how quickly the u. s. is closest ally jumped into the blood bath at washington s command, but when all was said and done, former british prime minister tony blair said it was all in good faith since the west needed to bring down evil saddam after tried to deflect blame. though blair also said he was very sorry, i did not mislead this country. i made a decision in good faith on the information i had at the time. and i believe that it is better that we took that decision and a nation whose people we wanted to set free and secure from the evil. the sedan became instead victim to sectarian terrorism. for all of this, i express more sorrow, regret, and apology, that you may have no will complete the other world leaders sense something foul from the get go, which is why powell thought fit to give his speech. in the 1st place, france, germany and russia all decided they would vote against the u. s. as hawkish initiatives that the united nations devoted on for the creek, the world is close to war. my question was in still, as it does, is the threat coming from the iraqi dictator justify a war, a war which will kill thousands of children, women and men. thousands of my answer is no. tell us what is your stars no matter what? the circumstances will vote no because we consider at this time there is no place for going to work to achieve the object of that. we all want at the moment, which is the disarmament of iraq. where you actually approach if you re at the military action against iraq is a huge political mistake. i already sat above the humanitarian side of the ship. on top of that, the un former chief weapons inspector to iraq. scott ritter said iraq capability to have weapons of mass destruction had been eliminated by december of 9998. it s no wonder writer, saw pals, accusations against baghdad as relying only on circumstantial evidence. how just keeps hitting you with circumstantial evidence. and he confuses people and he lied . he lied the people, he misled people. fabricating evidence, flying, killing, hundreds of thousands of people. another stark reminder of the length washington is willing to go to the success of its foreign policy agenda. is that steak and 20 years after the us invasion of iraq? we asked scott ritter what was behind power claims at the un security council. the former chief un weapons inspector to iraq, says washington never had any intention to let the experts do their job as iraq. this armament was the last thing the u. s. wanted in reality, i was brought in to help create an intelligence organization that would assist the special commission and evaluating the accuracy of the iraqi declarations about what weapons of mass destruction they had. you see, i thought that the mission of the special commission was to disarm iraq. and we worked in a very assiduous manner to carry out that mission. but it turned out that the disarmament of iraq was the last thing the united states wanted. the united states was going to go to war with iraq, regardless. regardless, it doesn t matter what the truth was. so i dressed the iraqi parliament. i gave a speech that wasn t pre screened. and as a speech, a said, if you don t let weapons inspectors back in your country will be destroyed, you have to let them back in without any pre conditions said, something s going to let weapons inspectors back in. i one i succeeded. and so when i came out is the exact opposite, feels like inspectors are going to be allowed back. and i said, yes, you can t talk about going to war with iraq unless you allow the inspectors to complete their job. if i rec, kicks inspectors out again. if a wreck doesn t cooperate, then you have justification to accuse a rack of bad stuff, but you must let the inspectors do their job. on the, maybe i was a little naive. maybe the iraqis were because the united states government had no intention allowing the inspectors to do their job. the bottom line is, america s policy wasn t disarmament. but regime change, and the more successful we inspectors became in disarming iraq. the more threat we posed to the american policy of regime change and so when weapons inspection teams left iraq in $1098.00, the world was blind. which means that when colin powell gave his presentation to the united nations security council in february of 2003, it wasn t just misleading. it was deliberately misleading. he knew what he was saying was false. and as a result, we went to war 5 years after the beginning of the iraq occupation by us forces. then president george w bush, probably visited baghdad, but grateful residence of the war torn country did not give him the welcome. he apparently counted on as the former president had to dock from the infamous shoes thrown at his face. ah ah fun. if you looked at his face yellow and twitching, you could see the embarrassment. he was so scared. so i don t think his smile was normal as for the shoes. i demanded them when i was with the investigating judge. i told him you can do whatever you want with me, but i want my shoes. the next day he told me that the shoes had been destroyed in case they contained explosives. but when i was transferred to court for my trial, ordered by an iraqi army division, the divisions commander sat beside me. he asked me, do you know why they destroyed the shoes? i told him i heard they did so because they feared they contained explosives. he said, no. i was there as a security guard for the president. and they said that they were destroyed so that they would not turn into a symbol every one who participated in the occupation of iraq and supported the occupation of iraq shared the fate of george bush in this makes me happy. a group of beneficiaries of the american occupation said that the shoot throwing incident shows us as undeveloped people. but on the 2nd day there was a rally outside the white house with people carrying shoes and hitting pictures of the former president bush. later it was the prime minister of australia, john howard, than the prime minister of spain, who participated in the war, berlusconi, et cetera. and then it became a symbol of protests in the face of every tyrant. and anyone who wants to colonize earth, ah aah! smiled to live in louisa. they separated the body from the soul, removing the skin from the flesh and the flesh from the bone. they have other methods, like electrocution, beating, flogging and breaking bones, thought. what i went through may be less than what others have been through in iraqi detention facilities after the invasion. the hardest memory was when i was with other detainees, because i saw the inequality, the innocent people, and victims of the secret informants and the american occupation. the imprisonment of those who resisted this is a painful and disturbing memory for anyone. with for london, nicky, we woke up at dawn when the bombs began falling on baghdad. it was a shock and awe strategy. there was actually shock. what could we do initially? i thought about my family, my studies, and everything else. it remains a bad memory with more memories coming after the american soldier does not defend his land and fights in a land that has thousands of miles away from his country. therefore, they know for sure that they are wrong. we used to see it in their eyes when they interrogated and detained us. they were either very aggressive to justify their existence on your land, or very shy, trying not to look at you while saying they are wrong, many occupants, when we told them you are occupying our country, couldn t respond. they just shook their heads as if to say, what can we do? ah, woe once an american journalist asked me a question, was in saddam hussein s dictatorship, tough, but based on logic and common sense. one can say that vicious dictatorships worldwide do justify occupation. even if there is a dictator, the earth is full of dictatorships and oppressors. did america invade iraq for the benefit of iraq or to topple saddam hussein and to whom will america hand over power to the marines? are a group of corrupt people brought in by america itself. many iraqis did not welcome the americans, even though at the time to be honest, there was injustice fear and dictatorial authoritarian system that was trying to control everything. yet the situation doesn t give us the right to rejoice about the occupation. at least some had said that the occupation, as well as regime at the time, was adjusted when it was in a doing this view and security council. the united nations are too weak to play, their real role, even the european union, which america views as a poor, old man on the verge of falling. who dares to hold america accountable? since 2009, i had the idea of establishing an organization in geneva to provide relief to the victims of the occupation and hold iraq s killers accountable. imagine even the tv channel where i worked a terminated my contract and the owner said he was afraid they will freeze his money in europe for being supported by me or supporting i returned to iraq trying my best. it was my dream to collect the signatures of all iraqis who are affected by the invasion in order to file a lawsuit against the vice president in his team. i hope that the stream will one day be fulfilled. ah. my fellow americans, major combat operations and iraq have ended in the battle of iraq. the united states and our allies have prevailed. oh, i m done with the hurtful fact is that bush ended up a victor like caesar. he walked past his soldiers to hide the signs of the invasion . he committed that the mission was accomplished. but at that moment the mission of destroying iraq began the mission. bringing your act back to the middle ages began . we know very well that he is a liar and continues to life because his mission iraq has not yet been completed. i wished to say to former u. s. president bush, that i wish to see you in prison before you die. and if that does not happen, i wish before i die to see you face real condemnation. and these are just some of the stories from the decades long conflict. we will be bringing you more throughout the next 2 months in our special coverage of the 20th anniversary of one of america s longest wars ah, to pakistan. now we re at least 5 people are reportedly injured in an explosion near a police post. the injured have reportedly been taken to the hospital emergency forces are operating at the site, which is currently cordoned off local media say that the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. ah night here is foreign minister has praised the current president, anti corruption policy, which has helped to start repatriation of a large amount of loot that was stolen out of the country. that s as the president ward of the possible sponsorship of insecurity in nigeria by foreign countries. one can clearly see how these foreign countries do come the week port of nigeria league shout, well we have crudo reserves and coast series. ma am, there with consistent attacks to actualize their devilish motives. the country s president noted the exceptional work of the some far as state governor in opposing for an interference near the lake chad region saying that most local governments near the lake we re in the hands of terrorists when he came to power with most now free instability remains a key issue for nigeria is northern province is for security forces are fighting a 13 year war against your hottest and criminal militias. now nigeria is facing new security challenges as it prepares for a presidential election at the end of february. one already accompanied by militant attacks on a pulling station africa s largest crude oil producer also faces a worsening shortage of petroleum products as local hue for hours, for petrol, with the new national currency swap, adding to the turbulence we spoke with nigeria as 2023 presidential candidate, adamos, gar, but the 2nd one thinks that cutting off all links with foreign interest will make the country more stable. you said you would, you, challenger the web for cindy in our region, predominantly have to do with insecurity in the french speaking with african countries. sorry to very important for us to take vince draw mitchells to protect our board. of course, all of these turn, what is interest that may come to 50? blaze are going to be on coast or people are we 1st the next election that is coming into the country? once nigeria has more in a link with for an intern that dominates how the condo gaseous, then it means that nigeria have become a more stable, most robust, impossible, as quantum nigeria, sticking to prompted mental to drain even to briggs completely wanted to assume from you again when you do, you have thought up for this, this is clear, we have to know that wasn t wanted, is i interested in? of course if nigel went to refill over to them, then you should be just, i believe. so he s getting out the, we have some forces that are coming from the foreign walls, especially the french that may be interested in disturb like the nigeria. so out particularly strong, brought the middle to prevent them from getting into their hands. overall total is masking, you know, as, as fighting ideology. meanwhile, we know the dep when what important interest the white house has brushed aside the question of palestine military occupation that made u. s. secretary of say anthony blankets, recent visit for talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. so let jason bush, i m the under occupation side. let me say a couple of things in the point and i believe i think i do not occupy. what is the status that you give, the palestinians right this moment what kind of saturday said the recent period. i seen a start talking about a recent period. i am saying about legally all the designated austin and the wish back. what is their status? so i understand the question we re asking, and i, as we ve said previously, it is vital for both sides to take action to prevent even greater loss and we condemn any violence, escalation or provocation. the u. s. secretary of state s visit to the region provoked mass protest in palestine local said to the street to express their anger a biased by the u. s. foreign policy signed hearing banners and flags we heard from people in does that who say blankets, visit it is meaningless with no practical arrangements to be made. alicia, we re here to express or opposition the blinking visit, which is part of the unlimited your support for israeli occupation carrying out aggressive actions against palestinians. the u. s. p is nothing but lip service to the palestinians and the visit comes with a new air pressure on the leadership of palestine to roll back the recent moves, mainly holt coordination was really security bodies. sir, said america, or it is crystal clear that the american policy has always been very hostile towards the palestinian people. this policy has been completely biased in favor of israel, obviously such a policies based on supporting israel against the palestinian people. every acc, yes. and he held in america has always been known as the incubator for israel. and many, all the children is around the world s blinking comes here and condense. the jerusalem shootout of israelis carried out by the postiani youth carry elecom on the country . lincoln did not condemn an engineer audit crime against the seniors are. that was the weekly with the hour and weeks most vital news stories for more of the minute news updates had over to r t dot com. thanks for tuning and we ll see again at the top of the hour, ah ah, with museums are important for preserving our history so that it is a lot to future generations. but our physical museums, places themselves a relic of the past. this is one of the best museums in the world at home in saint petersburg, to help refuse the director here and i bet he has met with me. hello and welcome to was apart. while most people of good will have long rejected war as a legitimate course of action that governments continue investing in new armaments and larger armies, therefore, affirming with the taxpayers money that s more is still a continuation of politics or geo politics. by other means can the fear and moral rejection of more obscure something heathen and pat.