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for the associate vice president in africa from the u.s. area of peace. we are joined by brigadier general mark kimmitt. former district secretary of defence for middle east policy, assistant secretary of estate for military affairs and an al jazeera contributors. >> you were in libya a few months ago. the government said that generate khalifa haftar was planning a coup. that's a charge he denies. libya has three prime ministers. does it have a functional prime minister at this point. >> it's a good question. to call it a coup is premature. there is a central deposit in the form of g.m. c. its mandate, legislative power, all of it has to be defined. if there was a government, is in capacity to serve as duty bearer, which is what the now. >> it brings up an issue that there's not much of an organised army under control. militias. does it look to you that the dissent into chaos will lead to a war. >> it could. any time that you have 1700 militias that control the use of forces inside a country instead of a central government, it's a prescription for disaste
for the associate vice president in africa from the u.s. area of peace. we are joined by brigadier general mark kimmitt. former district secretary of defence for middle east policy, assistant secretary of estate for military affairs and an al jazeera contributors. >> you were in libya a few months ago. the government said that generate khalifa haftar was planning a coup. that's a charge he denies. libya has three prime ministers. does it have a functional prime minister at this point....
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you see them across africa, indonesia, south america and the philippines. any place where the presence has been requested and training forces to resist the forces of insurgency and terrorists. the book is "always faithful, always forward - the forging of a special operations marine", appreciate you joining us. best of luck with the book. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> "consider this" will be right back. been the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >>> iranian authorities arrested six people for making this video danning to the song "happy", the the authorities saying it was hideous. five have been released but the director is in custody. it comes at a time when oppressive governments are tightening their reign on the internet. as technology develops can a government success fully censure the internet. jillion york joins us. specialising in freedom of expression in the arab world and formerly worked at the harvard burkeman center for internet society. the situation in iran is bizarre and contradict
you see them across africa, indonesia, south america and the philippines. any place where the presence has been requested and training forces to resist the forces of insurgency and terrorists. the book is "always faithful, always forward - the forging of a special operations marine", appreciate you joining us. best of luck with the book. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> "consider this" will be right back. been the night's events, a...
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nigeria's biggest, richest country in africa. if they don't want this to happen, the state department will be reluctant to do it. we say that in the story. >> then under-secretary of state johnnie carson in charge of that area of africa argued that this could have emboldened boko haram, by giving them a higher profile. >> it's a little bit of the catch 22 thing that we were talking about with the girls. if they have been kidnapped and there was an effective way to address that situation on the ground in north-east nigeria, there wouldn't be a question of them being held hostage and ransomed and large amounts of money and huge amounts of publicity. the fact is now they are an international commodity. boko haram was a relatively small, limited group, yes, kacted idea logic -- connected idea logically with al qaeda and other groups, but not projecting itself on the international stage in any way. the minute you put it on the terrorist list you say they are some of the big players in the world. >> they went against the u.n. office in
nigeria's biggest, richest country in africa. if they don't want this to happen, the state department will be reluctant to do it. we say that in the story. >> then under-secretary of state johnnie carson in charge of that area of africa argued that this could have emboldened boko haram, by giving them a higher profile. >> it's a little bit of the catch 22 thing that we were talking about with the girls. if they have been kidnapped and there was an effective way to address that...
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their rights to contribute to africa as a nation, as a consequent. they were demanding the right to be educated, and what they get was to be kidnapped. i think that for me the first thing - dialogue can happen, but those people need to know that there is no impunity. but if they know that today they have done this, and the next day if they do it they will be brought to justice and to trial and to be punished. i think it will be stopped. to boko haram, it may make sense to them, but send, as i said, all the resources possible to find the girls and bring them pack home. >> talking about the rights of the girls, 11 more girls were kidnapped by boko haram's state. nicholas caist os in the "new york times" wrote a piece how educated girls are their terrible nightmares. it talked about how educated women are doing better than their neighbours. is anything done to protect girls at schools? >> you know that the girls are asking to be educated all over africa, you know. if you wanted to get out of poverty, as you know, we worry nigeria talking about economic
their rights to contribute to africa as a nation, as a consequent. they were demanding the right to be educated, and what they get was to be kidnapped. i think that for me the first thing - dialogue can happen, but those people need to know that there is no impunity. but if they know that today they have done this, and the next day if they do it they will be brought to justice and to trial and to be punished. i think it will be stopped. to boko haram, it may make sense to them, but send, as i...
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you see them across africa, indonesia, south america and the philippines. any place where the presence has been requested and training forces to resist the forces of insurgency and terrorists. the book is "always faithful, always forward - the forging of a special operations marine", appreciate you joining us. best of luck with the book. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> "consider this" will be right back. been >> we're following the stories of people who have died in the desert >> the borderland memorial day marathon >> no ones prepared for this journey >> experience al jazeera america's critically acclaimed original series from the beginning >> experiencing it has changed me completely >> follow the journey as six americans face the immigration debate up close and personal. >> it's heartbreaking... >> i'm the enemy... >> i'm really pissed off... >> all of these people shouldn't be dead... >> it's insane... >> the borderland memorial day marathon only at al jazeera america the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al j
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>>> anger growing in africa over the hundreds of kidnapped girls. why attention was not paid to their plight earlier. the u.s. steps up its role in an offensive against the most dangerous al-qaeda affiliate - how much of a difference will it make. a major ruling - questions where your right to privacy ends and google's rite to link to anything online begins, and why the u.s. army is saying no to 80% of people that want to join its ranks. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this," here is more on what is ahead. >> u.s. military team on the ground helping with the search and rescue. surveillance planes in the skies over nigeria. >> nigeria has the lead, we play a supporting role. >> the integrity of the government is at stake. >> google must delete links about users if they ask. >> the european court said to google "you need to respect the rights of privacy." donald sterling, clippers owner, is trying to clear the air. >> i'm not a racist. i love people. >> i really think he has dementia. >> this is bigger than the clippers and the n.b.a. >>> ameri
>>> anger growing in africa over the hundreds of kidnapped girls. why attention was not paid to their plight earlier. the u.s. steps up its role in an offensive against the most dangerous al-qaeda affiliate - how much of a difference will it make. a major ruling - questions where your right to privacy ends and google's rite to link to anything online begins, and why the u.s. army is saying no to 80% of people that want to join its ranks. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider...
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troops to africa. 20 women serving in the u.s. senate though have sent a bipartisan letter to president obama calling on him to do more. must take action before these girls are sold into slavery. >> we are anguished as mothers, grandmothers and lovers of children that this is what the children, the girls in nigeria are worth. and so our first command and demand is to use all resources to bring the terrorist thug to justice. >> joining us now is california congresswoman karen bass, who skits on the subcommittee for africa, other members of black caucus she met with nigerian officials and secretary of state john kerry to help find the women. congresswoman, it's great to have you with us. less than 10 people will be involved in any kind of rescue. what did you discuss with the secretary? what can the u.s. do? >> well, first of all, it was a very positive meeting. we discussed many different places in africa as well as other parts of the world. but what he assured us was that the united states was going to work in cooperation with the
troops to africa. 20 women serving in the u.s. senate though have sent a bipartisan letter to president obama calling on him to do more. must take action before these girls are sold into slavery. >> we are anguished as mothers, grandmothers and lovers of children that this is what the children, the girls in nigeria are worth. and so our first command and demand is to use all resources to bring the terrorist thug to justice. >> joining us now is california congresswoman karen bass,...
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he recognised that there were worries about a diffused threat by al qaeda affiliates in yemen and africa. >> america is at a crossroads. this war, like all wars mustnd. >> from a national security agency to the c.i.a., the focus has not changed. if anything, the war on terror is expanding geographically. and in the military personal, fighting it. i'm joined by james kit field, a contributing editor to the national journal and wrote a cover story "the war after the war - inside america's shadow war on terror and why it will neverened", amongst others. in an interview, when the predecessor took over from robert muller, he thought the threat from al qaeda had diminished but he underestimate it and how they had metastasized to include yemen, east africa and other areas, do you agree? >> i do agree. the narrative now is different. when you thought the combination of the top al qaeda leadership, the arab spring gave a counter narrative to osama bin laden's call for a jihad against the local authorities. that was the only way to achieve change in the middle east. it's a different landscape now.
he recognised that there were worries about a diffused threat by al qaeda affiliates in yemen and africa. >> america is at a crossroads. this war, like all wars mustnd. >> from a national security agency to the c.i.a., the focus has not changed. if anything, the war on terror is expanding geographically. and in the military personal, fighting it. i'm joined by james kit field, a contributing editor to the national journal and wrote a cover story "the war after the war - inside...
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. >> mass kidnapping of girls in africa. one of the world's foremost daredev daredevils. >>> welcome to "consider this" here is more on what's ahead. ♪. >> the benghazi louder. >> the white house's response. >> it is disturbing that these documents were hidden. >> the e-mail that you are talking about are explicitly benghazi. >> the fate of more than 200 mystery. >> the hard line separatists, bokaharam is believed to be behind the attack. >> another man accused of killing a teenager who broke into his home. >> prosecutors believe the couple set a trap. >> it's easy to second-guess. at that moment, he believed he had no other choice. >> there is nothing wrong with a force. >> two sky divers leap from the world's tallest building in dubai. >>> we begin tonight with stunning images out of ukraine. pro-russian protesters stormed a state prosecutor's office in donetsk throwing rocks and overwhelming police attempting to defend the building. >> vladimir putin called on ukraine to pull troops out of some parts of the country, sep
. >> mass kidnapping of girls in africa. one of the world's foremost daredev daredevils. >>> welcome to "consider this" here is more on what's ahead. ♪. >> the benghazi louder. >> the white house's response. >> it is disturbing that these documents were hidden. >> the e-mail that you are talking about are explicitly benghazi. >> the fate of more than 200 mystery. >> the hard line separatists, bokaharam is believed to be behind the...
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al jazeera' america presents, the system with joe burlinger >> more american troops are heading to africa to finder the kidnapped girls. >>> the republicans might be able to skip the minority vote and still make it big in the mid terms. >>> how colleges could be hurting a new generation of graduates. >>> an rawnan video ha iranian video, celebrating happiness could be anything but. >> the search for 300 school girls kidnapped in nigeria. >> nigeria's fight against boko haram is a very challenging case. where. >> very alarming. >> justice department expected to release a report soon on drone strikes that killed four americans. >> allowing drone strikes to go forward that kill american citizens. >> these memos become historic precedent for killing americans abroad. >> high profile senate races in primaries held in six states on tuesday. >> it's about the kind of country we want. it's about restoring america. >> we begin with presidential support for embattled veterans affairs secretary, eric shinseki. staffers tried to cover up delayed treatments. president obama finally addressed the scand
al jazeera' america presents, the system with joe burlinger >> more american troops are heading to africa to finder the kidnapped girls. >>> the republicans might be able to skip the minority vote and still make it big in the mid terms. >>> how colleges could be hurting a new generation of graduates. >>> an rawnan video ha iranian video, celebrating happiness could be anything but. >> the search for 300 school girls kidnapped in nigeria. >> nigeria's...
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former ambassador to nigeria and south africa. let's start with nigeria. the government has been criticized every which way for weeks now but now we've learned that they had a four hour heads up that boko haram was going to kidnap these girls. the excuse was they couldn't get enough security forces there? >> well it's indicative of a serious problem in the way the political system as a whole has responded to boko haram. the government's military forces are not well organized. there is not a clear plan for how to deal with the problem. and some of the soldiers are without support morale. but the most important thing in a campaign like this is, you depend on human credit intelligence. you depend on intelligence coming from people in the area. and the amnesty report shows they were getting such intelligence but were not organized to act on it. and that's a serious serious breach in dealing with this kinds of a problem. >> yeah and adding insult to injury boko haram killed 300 people this week in a town that was being used as a staging point for the rescue eff
former ambassador to nigeria and south africa. let's start with nigeria. the government has been criticized every which way for weeks now but now we've learned that they had a four hour heads up that boko haram was going to kidnap these girls. the excuse was they couldn't get enough security forces there? >> well it's indicative of a serious problem in the way the political system as a whole has responded to boko haram. the government's military forces are not well organized. there is not...
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so you can buy a pimp or brothel owner can buy a girl for about a thousand dollars if she comes from africa or southern asia or latin america. >> we got all sort of social media responses, a viewer named heather she asked, how can we fight trafficking in the u.s? >> well, i think the united states has to take the basis. there is a -- i'm talking about girls and women because as i say girls comprise 80% of the people sold into slavery. there is an international convention of the united states called a convention on the end of discrimination against women. cedaw. and the united states has refused to ratify this treaty, this convention that exists because we don't want to have anything to do with the united nations and the very conservative senate. there is another one called the law against violence against women and the international version ever that requires that every country tabulate not only their own crimes but decrease the criminality of action against women and girls al and l prisoners or slaves recordless whether they are women. the worst places for sexual abuse in america are two o
so you can buy a pimp or brothel owner can buy a girl for about a thousand dollars if she comes from africa or southern asia or latin america. >> we got all sort of social media responses, a viewer named heather she asked, how can we fight trafficking in the u.s? >> well, i think the united states has to take the basis. there is a -- i'm talking about girls and women because as i say girls comprise 80% of the people sold into slavery. there is an international convention of the...
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obama will focus on fighting affiliates and extremists in other unstable parts of the world, including africa. much of the speech is expected to be a rebuttal to critics who point to syria, to ukraine, to iran, and to the middle east, all conflicts where they view the president as misguided and weak. >> this is the ultimate result of a feckless foreign policy where nobody believes in america's strength anymore. >> reporter: asked to respond, the president grew agitated. >> why is everything so eager to use military force after we just went through a decade of war at enormous costs to our troops and to our budget? what is it exactly that these critics think would have been accomplished? >> reporter: mr. obama again called for diplomacy and the use of force only as a last resort. >> you hit singles and doubles. every once in a while we may hit a home run. >> reporter: there's another obstacle in the president's way. a war wary public and it's reluctance to engage overseas. >> americans may say they want to do less, but they don't want their security threatened or broader leadership jeopardized
obama will focus on fighting affiliates and extremists in other unstable parts of the world, including africa. much of the speech is expected to be a rebuttal to critics who point to syria, to ukraine, to iran, and to the middle east, all conflicts where they view the president as misguided and weak. >> this is the ultimate result of a feckless foreign policy where nobody believes in america's strength anymore. >> reporter: asked to respond, the president grew agitated. >> why...
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you have been on human rights abuses in africa for years. this video, what is it doing putting it out now? >> it's not clear what the motivation is. what we heard on the video rit rates what we know about boko haram. it's an islamist group, seeking to enforce a form of shahhia law, and registering objection to western education, especially for girls. >> could there be a silver lining in the video. it exploded the attention, the story, which almost did not get the attention until last week. >> social media has taken off in nigeria, and the campaign to bring back our girls on twitter has exploded the amount of tension that the issue of boko haram has received in nigeria and globally as well. >> as you said, the problem is not glocially, it's in -- globally, it's in nigeria. it wasn't until the last weekend that the nigerian president addressed this. >> . >>: >> how can he possibly say the girls haven't been hurt? >> i don't know how he can say that, none of us knows that. the reason we are seeing an outcry is people are disenchanted with the w
you have been on human rights abuses in africa for years. this video, what is it doing putting it out now? >> it's not clear what the motivation is. what we heard on the video rit rates what we know about boko haram. it's an islamist group, seeking to enforce a form of shahhia law, and registering objection to western education, especially for girls. >> could there be a silver lining in the video. it exploded the attention, the story, which almost did not get the attention until...
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africa exports a lot of oil too but it's really rich in gold and diamonds. coffee is also big there. central america brings in income from a lot of products, coffee and rum, and for the rest of the continent, soy beans, oil and copper are important. and in southeast area, a lot of precious stones coming out of india. here are some of the surprising once. in swasiland, soft drink concentrates. and a lot of beef comes out of uruguay. and for the tiny island of grenada, it's all about nutmeg. let us know what you're most surprised about, tweet us @ajconsiderthis. fun facts. >> thanks hermella. straight ahead, an american icon. we'll have a look at the remarkable career of barbara walters. why. >> the brain injury that somehow >> every saturday, al jazeera america brings you controversial... >> both parties are owned by the corporations. >> ..entertaining >> it's fun to play with ideas. >> ...thought provoking >> get your damn education. >> ...surprising >> oh, absolutely! >> ...exclusive one-on-one interviews with the most interesting people of our time. >> you
africa exports a lot of oil too but it's really rich in gold and diamonds. coffee is also big there. central america brings in income from a lot of products, coffee and rum, and for the rest of the continent, soy beans, oil and copper are important. and in southeast area, a lot of precious stones coming out of india. here are some of the surprising once. in swasiland, soft drink concentrates. and a lot of beef comes out of uruguay. and for the tiny island of grenada, it's all about nutmeg. let...
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africa exports a lot of oil too but it's really rich in gold and diamonds. coffee is also big there. central america brings in income from a lot of products, coffee and rum, and for the rest of the continent, soy beans, oil and copper are important. and in southeast area, a lot of precious stones coming out of india. here are some of the surprising once. in swasiland, soft drink concentrates. and a lot of beef comes out of uruguay. and for the tiny island of grenada, it's all about nutmeg. let us know what you're most surprised about, tweet us @ajconsiderthis. fun facts. >> thanks hermella. straight ahead, an american icon. we'll have a look at the remarkable career of barbara walters. why. >> the brain injury that somehow turned this man into a genius. >> i'm joe berlinger this is the system people want to believe that the justice system works. people wanna believe that prosecutors and police do the right thing. i think every american needs to be concerned about that. we do have the best justice system in the world, in theory... the problem is, it's run by
africa exports a lot of oil too but it's really rich in gold and diamonds. coffee is also big there. central america brings in income from a lot of products, coffee and rum, and for the rest of the continent, soy beans, oil and copper are important. and in southeast area, a lot of precious stones coming out of india. here are some of the surprising once. in swasiland, soft drink concentrates. and a lot of beef comes out of uruguay. and for the tiny island of grenada, it's all about nutmeg. let...
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africa is a great case. you went are many countries that may be at risk. how do we pry otherize and hank them? how do we choose which countries will receive scarce resources for prevention. a tool like this helps to rack and stack the countries. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >>> the american diet is considered extreme. we have a reputation for offering outrageour portions, but are sed used by a juice-fast for trendy change. a new product heralded as the end of food may trump anything you consider. it's soyland, a meal replacement drink developed by a tech entre preppure, tired of the hassles of food. it claims to contain the nutrients for a healthy diet. at $3 a serving, it's affordable. the name comes from the futuristic movie "soyland greens", a movie about humans eating processed humans. >> i'm not sure i could survive on this alone, unless forced to. >> for more we are joined by dr ira bright, the man you saw, a clinical assistant professor of medicine and agastero enterologist. we watched him test soya lant for the "new york time
africa is a great case. you went are many countries that may be at risk. how do we pry otherize and hank them? how do we choose which countries will receive scarce resources for prevention. a tool like this helps to rack and stack the countries. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >>> the american diet is considered extreme. we have a reputation for offering outrageour portions, but are sed used by a juice-fast for trendy change. a new product heralded as...
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is next for ukraine i'm joined by ambassador william taylor, vice president for the middle east and africa for the u.s. institute of peace. he served as election observer in ukraine over the weekend. i know you got back from kiev. you spent time in kiev, odessa and north of the crimea. what was the response outside the capital to the election and the responsibility, however endangered that we will see a unified ukraine. >> i think there has been a real shift. a momentum shift in favour of ukraine. you see this politically with the election, with this large turn out. large support for the president now. president petero poroshenko. but also you see a shift in momentum on the military side. i think the new president has been willing to take strong action. his military is moving forward in donetsk and as i understand it the airport is upped control of the -- under control of the ukrainians. i think the shift is a good one. it's welcomed across the country. >> we spoke to andre, another observer, saying the mood was great. do you think this could help resolve the conflict with moscow and the w
is next for ukraine i'm joined by ambassador william taylor, vice president for the middle east and africa for the u.s. institute of peace. he served as election observer in ukraine over the weekend. i know you got back from kiev. you spent time in kiev, odessa and north of the crimea. what was the response outside the capital to the election and the responsibility, however endangered that we will see a unified ukraine. >> i think there has been a real shift. a momentum shift in favour of...
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rugged territory of the the likelihood of getting them back, i know you are not an expert on that but africa? >> i would think it's very, very, very difficult for the government to engage in the right type of operations to get those girls back. of course, with the united states' help, especially with intelligence gathering, it's much more feasible that be it was before they got western help, but i think that it's going to be very difficult to back. and even if they do, they might actually do more harm by again engaging in these kind of bull in the china shop repressive counter-terrorism efforts. so when they go in to try to get the girls who knows if they are not precise enough if they don't do precise special operations, what kind of impact that will have on the captured girls. >> let's hope that the u.s. help does have some effect and that something is done to help these girls. jocanna thomas, good to have you with us and it's good to have your perspective. thank you? >> thank you for having me. >> turning to a gloomy weather report for the entire country, long longer, hotter summers, drou
rugged territory of the the likelihood of getting them back, i know you are not an expert on that but africa? >> i would think it's very, very, very difficult for the government to engage in the right type of operations to get those girls back. of course, with the united states' help, especially with intelligence gathering, it's much more feasible that be it was before they got western help, but i think that it's going to be very difficult to back. and even if they do, they might actually...
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jacob zuma is officially declared the winner of south africa's election. >>> michael sam becomes the first openly gay man drafted into america's biggest football
jacob zuma is officially declared the winner of south africa's election. >>> michael sam becomes the first openly gay man drafted into america's biggest football