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Martin Dempsey: Cyber Attacks are Black Swan Threat to US

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assesses the United States’ greatest security risks. Dempsey declares that cyber attacks are the most concerning threat to American security. Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv

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Inside Story – Have Afghan forces been infiltrated?

Three US marines were shot dead by an Afghan worker at an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base in Southern Afghanistan. And another three US marines from a Special Forces unit had been killed earlier in the day in the same area by a uniformed Afghan police officer. NATO refers to these incidents as “Green [...]

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‘West turned Assad into Gaddafi-like bogeyman’

The UN General Assembly has condemned the Security Council for failing to stop the violence in Syria with a majority vote. Russia has voted against the resolution, calling it imbalanced. Moscow is also urging the UN and the Arab League to move fast in finding a new chief peacemaker for Syria, as Kofi Annan’s stepping [...]

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Inside Story US2012 – Does the US do enough for its war veterans?

The coming US presidential election in November will be the first election since 1944 when neither presidential candidate will have served in the military. On Monday, President Obama addressed a leading veterans group while Mitt Romney will do so today. At the last election, John McCain, a decorated veteran won the majority of the veteran [...]

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Inside Story – Spain: Is austerity the answer?

Protesters in Madrid vented their anger at $80 billion dollars worth of government cutbacks and tax rises as Eurozone ministers decided to bailout Spanish banks. This would come in return for strict reform on their financial system. Divya Gopalan speaks to guests: Antonio Cabrales,Susana Martin Belmonte,Jesus Gallego-Garcia.

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Nisreen El-Shamayleh on the Syrian crisis

Damascus battles continue as UN Security Council is to decide on resolution calling for sanctions against Assad regime. Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports from neighbouring Jordan.

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Analyst, General Hisham Jaber on the Damascus blast

General Daoud Rajha is fatally wounded in suicide bomb attack on the National Security headquarters in Damascus. General Hisham Jaber, a military analyst, speaks from Beirut.

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Syrian journalist Thabet Salem on the Damascus blast

Thabet Salem, a Syrian journalist, tells Al Jazeera from Damascus on what he heard when the bomb blast went on

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Independent’s Robert Fisk on the Damascus blast

A suicide bomb blast at the national security headquarters in Rawda district in central Damascus has killed three people in President Bashar Al Assad’s inner circle. Robert Fisk, the foreign correspondent for the Independent Newspaper in the UK, speaks from Beirut.

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Nisreen El-Shamayleh on the Damascus blast

A suicide bomb blast at the national security headquarters in Rawda district in central Damascus has killed three people in President Bashar Al Assad’s inner circle. Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports.

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Congolese rebels seize border town

Rather than deal breakaway rebels a defeat, a government offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo around the eastern Virunga park led to a counterattack that sent civilians and army troops fleeing across the border. The March 23 or M23 movement, an erstwhile reformed militia led by a mutinous general who is wanted for war [...]

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Colin Powell: Despite Iraq War, Bush Admin Improved World

Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv General Colin Powell, Secretary of State under the George W. Bush Administration, discusses the aftermath to his notorious weapons of mass destruction UN speech that helped incite war in Iraq. Despite the era of conflict, Powell argues that the Bush Administration brought some good to the world.

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