American mercenaries hired by UAE to kill in Yemen - BBC World Service Documentaries

[@Native-sl3xv]

He said, "You've been to Yemen. It's a hell hole". The female interviewer was like... I was born there. 😂😂😂

[@hunger4jsutice]

Yemen is one of the most beautiful counties on earth. Is there any doubt this was initiated by Mossad?

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

​@@hunger4jsuticeSpear operations group is created and owned by Israel. Israel somehow has their hands in literally everywhere.

[@adamnorsk]

Yemen is a literal hell. Stop taking meds @@hunger4jsutice

[@bennyskim]

Yemen is a million times better than Detroit

[@zaidsayed3222]

“I am going after bad people evil people”….. in case you haven’t realised he is Al-Qaeda

[@Shangox]

Humans life means nothing to these people the only thing that matters to them is money

[@MrElliotc02]

Unlike most of humanity...

[@Reno_Slim]

Islamists' lives are much, MUCH less valuable than normal people's lives. Islamists are the only people the mercenaries are interested in.

[@corettamohohlo5445]

Ye, I totally agree It's tough to be arab and Muslim in thus world. I feel sorry for them the west have succeeded and painting them evil n most dangerous. the west created all this by attacking the Arabs in the first place. Now the cycle is never ending.

[@mteokay1246]

same applies to white western powers who for whatever reasons set up military operations in nonwhite countries with zero thought whatsoever to the hundred thousands civilians they kill in the process.

[@CockSmasher-xw4px]

Not necessarily money, they just want control

[@siuabc]

Wow, this is right out of a movie, except this is no movie! This is real!

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Usa is the empire from starwars 😂😂

[@saaji55]

This’s fake story, would you imagine a hit-and-run man confess doing crimes on a TV documentary, and not even the victim hadn't done anything to file a lawsuit against this actor?!! It's part of UK propaganda against gulf countries to blackmail them using a pro-Houthy reporter that fails to put up a convenient story! UAE is corrupting Yemen, but it's not more than what have the Houthy done to Yemen, western governments bias against Saudia and UAE; is the sole reason Houthy militia is still seizing Major parts of Yemen. I'm Yemeni and this my view on the situation.

[@vjamesg100]

Make a good movie as well. Ridley Scott would be the director, and probably write the script. Russell Crowe would have to be in it. He hasn't done anything for some time.

[@John_theodore]

interesting how from around minute marker 18:00-19:00 they describe aid for YMN being used for these operations, and then just before that they also describe these operations as being initially masked as having been done by ______ groups (this is what global media reported), since they were effectively pushed at all of the main figures in their sociogovernmental apparatus.

[@Wachepti]

Incredible watch. I was particularly floored by the assassin saying " oh yeah we independently verify all targets ourselves" and then admitting right afterwards that they just hit whoever is on the list.

[@jon123xyz]

Those two things are not mutually exclusive.

[@KazenoniKakuremi]

he literally their employee lol he can say what he likes and wrap it a narrative of counterrorism but hes just a mercenary , who does whatever hes paid to do

[@SuperDrake85]

These guys probably get the nod of approval from the US DoD too. Or if not the nod of approval, at least a shoulder shrug and a "whatever - doesn't bother me any". There's people the US wants dead, people the US does NOT want dead, and people the US doesn't give a rat's ass about one way or the other. Most of these targets probably fall into category 3.

[@whartonitec1041]

$1.15M a month doesn’t give you the leverage to challenge the kill list.

[@fuckwitmcdipshit2963]

She lied, they were taken out of terrorist organization list because they were used to destabilize syria. If they were in the list, aid could not be provided. They were on the list when assasinations were happening.

[@alafpolo862]

I like how BBC throws UAE under the bus, while never mentioned UAE did all these acts with the support of US and UK and none of these could have happened without the knowledge of CIA and MI6.

[@nopt1118]

Two-faced. See how the BBC refused to livestream South Africa's genocide case but the following day, they livestreamed Israel's rebuttal.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Its shifting the blame a little, since it slowly becomes impossible to deny

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

And for the Mossad, Israel, the American and European Military Industrial Complex, Oil Companies, and to sell arms to the Islamic world and launder American Taxpayer Dollars which the Politicians and Military Brass get kickbacks from.

[@hendrikroux4596]

Absolutely CORRECT! and propably initiated by them (the CIA/US and UK) I am so dicusted in the western nations lies on lies and horrific disgraceful murdering actions

[@John_theodore]

yeah, pretty clear thats what Spear actually was. I mean from 27:30 onwards it literally describes how the t_____ were actually the ones used as mercs, which is nuts, and at 29:47 they literally describe with actual documentation what happened.

[@PoppaTrunk007]

Bro got real uncomfortable and had to smile because he didnt know she knew stuff nobody was supposed to know

[@emileblanche5868]

The dude ain’t got nothing to worry about. Everything he did was legal.

[@lambert1623]

She knows too much already., so no more interviews for this journalist.

[@PoppaTrunk007]

@@lambert1623 I agree.. and if we feel like I can only imagine what the others feel about her. She’s pretty incredible with it

[@hunger4jsutice]

Funny...legal...wrong​@@emileblanche5868

[@sukanahdhalai8768]

Wrong acc this interview was filmed 9 months prior to this documentary, and the president was not even aware of the making of this documentary. Also the man she accused of blowing up the uss cole is wrong. Its not nassrr alshibi, the man involved was name ramzi ibn alshibi. Ill tell u sum, this while documnetary was filled with b.s ​@isaiahperez7138

[@trackertom]

If you took this story and went up the ladder a couple rungs you'd be labelled a conspiracy theorist and censored

[@davidpeterson9507]

She is likely censored now and has a lot more to say privately .Remember freedom of speech if its the right speech.

[@uwcb1]

Bs. A conspiracy theory isn’t based in reality , she’s a reporter detailing facts.

[@miniroundaboutinbrum7915]

Well my earlier comment has been deleted because apparently I may have breached the community guidelines. Not sure why it’s obvious these guys are exactly what they say they are: guns for hire And who is paying for these assassins? Looks like the currency was $$$$$$$$$

[@Ugaas3]

You are right

[@domwick720]

@@uwcb1 if some conspiracy theories turn out true what are they based on if not reality??!

[@andrewsheppard5218]

This was a very informative documentary. It shows that mercenaries will do anything for the right price. A lot of people on these UAE assassination lists were targeted because they were viewed as a political threat to their control of Yemen.

[@paulietv2162]

Pure propaganda as expected from the BBC

[@MusaGuy24]

* Propaganda is the word you’re looking for

[@miniroundaboutinbrum7915]

Exactly there is zero legal framework for assassination lists. Anyone could end up on a hit list and they don’t know they are being targeted therefore there is no chance to identify who the “bad guys are”. These guys are exactly what they say they are: guns for hire

[@hunger4jsutice]

Sociopathic serial killer.

[@hunger4jsutice]

​@@paulietv2162because you don't want to hear the truth?

[@rezarajaeian4617]

This documentary is a compelling must-watch. Nawal Al-Maghafi has done an outstanding job revealing the stark realities behind countries that proclaim to fight terrorism -but rather promote, train, and conduct terrorist activities. It brilliantly sheds light on the formation and activities of Spear Operations Group, founded by Israeli security contractor Abraham Golan. The documentary exposes the unsettling truth about their involvement in the assassination of human rights activists in Yemen. A thought-provoking and eye-opening piece that challenges the narrative of so-called democtaric states.

[@raymondotoole2600]

The person who founded it doesn’t necessarily indicate they were involved in the assassinations. He founded the group to fight terrorism. He didn’t create the group to assassinate social activists. Shame if the group which was supposed to target terrorists have actually killed social activists but some people and organisations do change and are easily influenced by money and power

[@YoungCub]

^ no. You literally grasped onto one word of this excellent summary and missed the entire point

[@UserAbc247]

It’s absolutely heartbreaking 💔 to see what my country gone through, such a terrible and planned disaster of all time. Well done to the journalist for being brave and having the courage to make this documentary.

[@RS-rz9xj]

Loving Yemen.

[@حسنمحمد-ل6ش8ب]

❤❤​@@RS-rz9xj

[@koshisunuwarrai]

It's simple Saudi Royals and UAE's Royals don't want anyone to challenge or change their authority over the country.

[@Ashmooni]

We the citizens in all countries are moved like pawns.

[@andree.b4723]

You mean disposed off?

[@pinkman-w2e]

Worse!

[@trackertom]

I didn't realise Tropic Thunder was based on real guys.

[@BlackbirdBandit]

Tropic thunder is about pretentious actors that take themselves and their art way to serious while filming a warmovie. So your analogy doesn't fit at all. Did you even watch the movie?

[@xSavedSoulx]

@@BlackbirdBandit I don't think he did

[@buffobison3099]

@@BlackbirdBandit I think he means how these mercenaries are more like exaggerated characters of what people think soldiers are than actual people.

[@vig6321]

2:24 goddayum, the interviewer is CAKED up

[@muddwhistle7833]

@3BK235Yshe’s got a big ole’ dump truck butt

[@Scotland2306]

​@3BK235Y Draggin ze waggon.

[@matthewlawless5064]

The amount of makeup is ridiculous

[@roberthubbard5008]

She got junk in that trunk

[@brandstof6601]

Some of the best investigative reporting seen in a long time

[@pinkman-w2e]

BBC is crap

[@pinkman-w2e]

It was GARBAGE. She said "the Muslim Brotherhood... they're not a terrorist organization." Dale disagreed and said: "Yeah they are." The truth is that multiple countries HAVE designated the Muslim brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Egypt in 2013. Saudi and the UAE in 2014. BBC lady then corrects herself. This time she says: "The UNITED STATES government doesn't believe the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization." Dale disagrees again. AND given the amount of discussion and debate on the subject in the United States - it's clear that elements of the US government definitely DO believe that. So Dale is correct. BBC woman is full of crap. While the US government has never officially designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist - SHE NEVER SAID: "Officially Designated" - she was very careful with her words. So that's your idea of what constitutes "the best investigative reporting???" Lies and disinformation? You don't even CARE as long as she's saying things you like! BE HONEST!

[@Penguin_of_Death]

@@pinkman-w2ethough some elements of government may believe they are a terrorist organisation, the stated position of the US government is that they are not. I’m certain that she is referring to that. What isolated individuals think is up to them, but the policy statement is clear. You keep believing in that American dream though, you brainwashed fool… 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Dbales34]

That Yemeni official had no idea what he was getting into.. he has deceit written all over his face

[@JeeWillikurz]

And too many extra cheeseburgers 😂

[@tazbeton]

Right. He is the head of the militia formed by the UAE in south Yemen, Another mercenary.

[@مملكتالعز308]

كلا انه يعرف كل شي وهوا يتلقاء المل من المارات

[@roberthubbard5008]

Collecting money from all sides

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

Where were the protests by Muslims when 300,000 innocent Yemenis were put to hunger and massacred by Saudi led coalition?

[@noisyboy4985]

Probably supporting them 😂

[@Qbkgrfqq0]

It's Saudi Arabia, not the United States of America, so there's no need to protest This is how Muslims think

[@kareharpies]

Of the two countries, Saudi Arabia and USA, only one of them says "right is might" and pretends to be a moral authority.

[@mohammedjafer9265]

Allah will deal with every injustice their eyes will stare in horror that's a reminder for the believer in this prison of a world

[@beshrashahbain7916]

@@Qbkgrfqq0who do you think is finding Saudi? Lol the US

[@godofsounds]

Appreciate the transparency to reveal themselves and important parts of the story to make people understand the point of view and reasons for the actions. Very interesting. Thanks

[@johhnyytwotime510]

"For the love of money, is the root of all evil"

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Avarice

[@YoungCub]

The reporter needs to never return to Yemen. Her life is at risk after the interview with the STC guy and showing him the picture that implicated him. Obviously a corrupt person with power & he warned her to watch her questions…

[@Hermetic-one]

I have worked around middle East bad guys & they all use veiled threats & intimidation..I had a guy tell me to remember khoshoggi😂...I had a glock #30 & they never knew ...it was a group of iranians in Car biz...slick smart ballsy bunch... criminals 😂...the guys nephew was jealous of me due to success .

[@howecreative]

The music track on this is so loud that the compressor is ducking the master limiter, and it’s making the voiceover really quiet. You can barely hear the voiceover at points. Amateur hour on the audio. Which is a shame, as this is one of the best bbc documentaries I’ve seen in a long time.

[@user-xh8sr8qk9i]

It sucks.

[@abdiganiaden]

Relax, its still very easy to listen

[@f1o18iwi9]

true, strange how a company so huge as bbc makes mistakes like that.

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

yeah its a rushed production but another propa.gandah piece by the notorious maps bbc

[@waldemarsikorski4759]

Not true, I don't have any issues.@@f1o18iwi9

[@operator9858]

They dont even try and hide it anymore....

[@tecsto7069]

Hide what? It was never hidden, Is not illegal to e a mercenary receive money from a government and kill for it. In Human history we saw that done for centuries.

[@operator9858]

@@tecsto7069 it wasnt exactly advertised tho either was it? and as demonstrated in the vid some groups arent even on the lists and they arent really all that discerning.

[@tecsto7069]

@@operator9858 Neither is you, neither is me, neither is any group legal or not, anything can't be 100% transparent of what they are doing , is pure human nature to be in advantage.

[@operator9858]

@@tecsto7069 it shows that we provoked them at a time when regional conflict is more and more likely that we will have few options in and depleted capability from other conflicts and potential others on the horizon.

[@mikeferrini8884]

Their ego's couldn't help themselves.

[@johnnsabimana245]

Isaac received every training on earth except one:looking in the eyes of the survivor and explain to him how he failed.

[@kjcb78]

Would have been a better vid if you could have toned down volume on the background music, so we could hear the narrator journalist! Her voice was way too soft with all the other noise!

[@BlaQQQue]

You might want to get your hearing checked. This is BBC and not a KZbinr home made video. I am half deaf and could hear it all. Good luck.

[@privateprivate4315]

She made me LOL hard when she tried to say the Muslim brotherhood is not a terrorist organization.

[@mmmmm-r6k]

I mean I literally learnt about them a couple years back... pretty sure it's a movement that processes a lot of radical and extremist material but it's not an official terrorist group as they don't have their own militia or I may be misinformed

[@ayoubchaouch191]

One of the best investigative documentaries produced.

[@zosa6403]

Great work in journalism!

[@0.yz87]

اللهم احفظ بلادي اليمن 🇾🇪❤️.

[@debraodom8423]

God be with you. I pray everyday God changes the U.S.

[@LeHarlequinGaming]

Amazing investigative journalism

[@T-19-]

This is the tip of the iceberg. This sort of thing is so common we don’t even know it.

[@curson5206]

Brilliant journalism! Please take care❤

[@maxsmith3580]

what journalism ? It was mostly a mashup of 'believe my source' and 'leaked documents' that would be inadmissible in any court of law. She cherry picked parts of other interviews and got some 'muslim brotherhood' activist types to make it look plausible. Now had she gone and done some Journalism inside the Houthi held territory, one would have called that Journalism. This is a Turkish sponsored hit job at best.

[@graceofislam6004]

Amazing Documentary, I only wished an Emirati official would be one of the interviewees. As a security manager working for INGO in Yemen back then, we always baffled to assess the risk of assassinations as its initiators were uncertain; but something that always helped ! Studying the victims, their political stand, affiliation and Aligning the interest of why/whom would benefit from them being killed ... We Yemenis have been at wars on each others throats since Dawn of times. However, when a foreign country comes in under pretence they come in piece & wants the locals best interests; they dont get to hire guns and kill our people just because they do not like what they say😡😡 I remember one of those assassinations was a journalist and his pregnant wife ! The IED was under passenger seat. As soon as the wife get in , the explosion was so big, they picked up the fetus 100 meters away. The poor man survived ! I wouldn't have wanted to live after my wife and baby are killed.

[@2967575]

Bunch of bullshit everyone knows thats this is a made up documentary and the Yemenis are being threatened 24/7 in yemen by the houthis for speaking the truth they are forced to lie

[@markstewart4501]

To the Religious, religion will be used as the excuse. To the nationalist, nationalism will be used as the excuse. To the pacifist, pacifism will be used as the excuse. To those that ACTUALLY know the weakness in their ideology...they learn to deflect or never reason with themselves again. Is it, "devil in the details", or "the devil has details"? Heck, "the devil made me do it"...why not? Greed is the grand motive all choices. Think. Feel. We serve money, and anyones god is the excuse.

[@2967575]

Those assassinations were made by the Houthis and bbc knows it and knows that the list provided was a houthies hit list they just want to frame the Emirates and everyone knows it , why didn’t the bbc blame the houthis for what they’ve done, false imprisonment, kidnapping, raping , theft , assassinations and bombing innocent civilians

[@ahmedalanami2964]

👍👍👍👍

[@yassiguy]

This is bone chilling, but unfortunately not surprising.

[@dxux4679]

And for the BBC, no less.

[@roberthubbard5008]

You can bet that Spear isn't going to do anything for anyone without US approval

[@fellfromspace]

Such profound respect for Nawal Al-Maghafi and her team for the dangerous and vital work they are doing in reporting out these stories.

[@abcdef-qk6jf]

It looks like a new Angola. Almost 50 years later - the history is repeated. A mercernaires heaven - a Hell for almost everybody else....

[@peterkin1010]

Sadly the wrong side won in Angola. A terrorist organisation the MPLA with virtually no popular support was imposed via the Soviet Union and Cuba on the Angolsn people. Angola had two million people killed thanks to Brezhnev and Castro and for daring to try and stand up to them via Dr Jonas Savimbi. After the Soviet Union fell Casstro slowly disengaged his 500000 troops . The corrupt Dos Santos led MPLA regime stayed in power and a mercenary organisation in a cowardly manner switched sides resulting in the death of Dr Savimbi .Oil money talked and the Angolan people still suffer as a legacy of Communist war criminals many thousands of miles away.

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

Hey just saying it’s been like that for alot longer than 50 years think back to like 1100 years ago and then keep going for another 1000 or so all the way until humans first existed and the start is probably around that point it’s unfortunately as old as war itself has existed and prostitution

[@MusaGuy24]

Also, there is no such thing as an ‘AMERICAN MERCENARY’ Mercenaries; in the role of mercenaries are stateless only loyalty is to the client, of whom can be from any country, group, region, religion.

[@ne0rcx]

Real weird how t he DOD keeps hiring these mercenaries. Its almost like these guys can do illegal things and then face no consequences. Its why they label anyone they kill a terrorist. So you can get away with a lot more.

[@function0077]

@@ne0rcxAs an American voter, I am against the use of mercenaries. I want transparency and accountability from my government so I can make good decisions about who does and doesn't deserve power (i.e. who I vote for). If it is truly worth doing, it can be done thru official channels (e.g. diplomatically, militarily, etc.).

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

But they are Nationals with Citizenship (in this case Americans) trained with our Tax Dollars in our Military. It goes way deeper than that in many cases, but the bottom line is our tax dollars are being used for bribes and kickbacks to Politicians, Military Brass, Military Industrial Complex Companies, and Mercenary company owners such as the people behind Blackwater and Spear.

[@function0077]

@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEOLEO, as in the acronym for law enforcement officer? Is your screen name ironic or sincere? Because if it is sincere, then isn't it an oxymoron?

[@mechadonia]

I mean, they were born somewhere. It’s not like they came from space. They are American citizens, they were paid to do mercenary work by UAE. They carried out assassinations under orders of UAE despite the fact that the targets were not valid terrorist targets under US law, indicating that they acted contrary to or apathetic of official US interests. They were not taking orders from the US in any capacity, and were willing to take orders from anyone who could cut them a check. For further research into this story I suggest you look up anything that Abraham Golan has said. He was the leader of the SPEAR team and said as much, he (Israeli and former IDF) was even initially contacted for the Yemen assassinations by a Palestinian official; he even recounts that they said “under other circumstances, we would be trying to kill eachother; but business is business”. This doesn’t sound like something two soldiers representing their respective countries would say, no?

[@loo6837]

Good documentary. Very painful, very sad to watch this from the comfort of my living room. My heart goes out to this steadfast gentleman and Hudo bravest mother and all those in Yemen.

[@pinkman-w2e]

So stupid - you fall for the media lies so easily. Obviously a liberal aren't you?

[@rileywolf69]

That bald guy is a super dangerous man. Wow

[@UserAbc247]

Honestly you can see the evil in his face. Im literally fuming.

[@pinkman-w2e]

The disinformation coming from the BBC reporter is 100X more dangerous.

[@email4664]

Steroids and him- a tight bond it seems. The only sex he has is likely taken

[@roberthubbard5008]

Dale Comstock. Captain America. Mr. Badass

[@alisam4140]

@18:50 the UAE was paying the killers and saying to the public that this was "aid" to Yemen. Psychopathic.

[@shawnramsay1851]

In the end he didnt have the courage to go meet the man they tried to kill?????

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

Yeah that was pretty crap I was hoping he would actually be true to his word on that

[@biff408]

@@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan probably he was told by some official or lawyer not to go

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

@@biff408 yeah don’t get me wrong there was no point in him going because he wouldn’t be able to answer any questions the guy would have asked on camera unless he lied through his teeth so nobody would really have anything to gain out of that but still kinda a loser act to pretend like he was going and at the airport ect knowing he was never going

[@dr-enoch]

@@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan Yup. These mercenaries pretend to be tough, but they are cowards at heart.

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

@@dr-enoch yeah I don’t doubt most are in general i think the vast majority or people in any army and civilians are all cowards for the most part depending on where you want to draw that line but it’s extremely rare to find someone who is truly 100% not a coward imo atleast everyone’s scared of something and even the toughest people may not admit it but if they really thought they were about to die surely they would have to feel atleast a little afraid right? Idk just assuming i luckily haven’t had to be in such a rough situation to know

[@justfantasic]

They're hiring mercenaries

[@Razzotis2211]

So what's different between hiring mercenaries and having proxies like iran😅

[@Ahilmalik1]

​@@Razzotis2211iran is defending against mercenaries

[@ghosttube6525]

​@@Ahilmalik1Well, their doing a horrible job

[@Shyhalu]

@@Razzotis2211 Nothing, but liberals and rhinos normalized hypocrisy so its ok when we do it.

[@idk.1903]

@@Razzotis2211 Thank you for this

[@christineotieno7880]

The world is so violent. Wow. In such a world where everyone is pushing their own interests, who knows who is saying the truth or half-truths?

[@HKim0072]

I like this statement and agree with it. Geopolitics is extremely messy. I'm American. Qatar outwardly are allies, but behind the scenes does some questionable behavior. Saudis leadership "generally" are allies with us, but the many of the Saudi population isn't. We've been allies with Egypt for decades and supporting with military aid and they almost sent weapons to the Russians. lol, we sold weapons to the Iranians secretly in the 1980s.

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

@@HKim0072geopolitics is literally just word salading political alliances for their gain until a better looking gain becomes available hence how one day your best bros with with your neighbour and then a few days later you don’t have a neighbour anymore because you jumped ship for a better deal and to add to the op the world is a lot more violent than any of us alive today realise me included we are an extremely violent species that is capable of unbelievably horrific acts if the wrong people are in positions to do so and there are lots of wrong people in all kinds of things all over the world

[@Hamzahabdo-u2n]

As a Yemeni I knew that long time ago This is just for the people who don't know how evil uae is Look at whats happening in Sudan because of the uae They even support Israel

[@yannicanguelov3170]

Thats top tier journalism right there

[@CarlWicker]

I like the first mercenary to be interviewed and the mid life crisis beard dye.

[@timzittlow6647]

That dude is more bad ass than you or I could wish go be..I doubt he's in any crisis

[@The88Cheat]

If there wasn't video of him doing this shit, I would have assumed he was a wannabe toughguy lol

[@norrisdanville]

Dude was Delta force. He ain't playing

[@guerrillaninja]

It's taboo to go to the media. They all know it. I bet Golan is pissed that he was put on blast.

[@mikethomas3069]

He's the type of guy that would kill you with his ear hair... He makes chuck Norris run

[@davedean3968]

why isn't Saudi Arabia mentioned in this? we were bombarded with guilt trips about Saudi's war in Yemen for a few years... easy for journalists to rip on western allied forces, but there's not a lot of backbone to go at Saudi specifically. which is where it's all obviously funded from. rip khashoggi

[@jsmoo1206]

You literally answered your own question when you put RIP Khashoggi.....

[@MB2.0]

Khashoggi was a cia asset btw. The only reason why there was a peep about his death

[@MB2.0]

And by the way the Saudis arent mentioned because it focuses on mostly the UAE. The saudis are just as guilty as the UAE + Westerners

[@kentershackle1329]

scared of MBS...

[@MB2.0]

@jsmoo1206 btw Jamal Khash was a cia asset, which is the only reason why he made the news after getting dealt with. He isnt the innocent flower the West makes him out to be

[@MM-gk1tm]

Low empathy seems to make it easier to pass the responsibility to someone else... if you really care about the people your actions are affecting you make it your business to know.

[@kyledraper1800]

PMC's should be banned worldwide. Fighting foreign fights solely for profit is despicable.

[@MrChuckwagon55]

I wish all military’s weren’t needed. A world without constant war would be refreshing. I lost really good friends, highly intelligent, incredibly talented, loyal beautiful human beings in Iraq 20 years ago FOR NOTHING. For profit for weapons manufacturers. They thought they were helping Iraq become free and happy, and they just threw away their lives. Iraq would probably be safer today if we just never invaded and left Saddam alone. Same thing with the Taliban. They are 1000 time powerful now with more modern high tech weapons than any country needs, and all the good people who died for nothing. That’s why I never joined, knew they just thought your life was meaningless, and even if you live, they treat you horribly after. The VA is a joke, most guys are screwed up in the head, die young from breathing in all the crap in the air from firing weapons and bombs going off. Garbage pay. I knew all this because Mr father, uncle, grandfathers, and further back were treated like sub human animals. They use you up and spit you out when they’re done with you. War isn’t like Hollywood movies, it’s not “cool” it’s horrible and torture, especially when you have garbage leadership. Even the most elite special operations soldiers get treated like shit. Delta Force ?I know several former Delta operators who were very accomplished and respected when they were at the Unit)? Very elite, almost impossible to make it into, the food is better, job is much more dangerous, it makes you dangerously addicted to adrenaline rushes that don’t go away when you retire, it’s so common Delta actually has a name for it, “operator syndrome” where you depend on that near death super fast adrenaline rush from the insanity of the job, but don’t have it anymore but you’ll still addicted to it, so many guys replace it with super hard drugs, incredibly dangerous behaviors like BASE jumping, getting into violent fights, anything to get that feeling they became addicted to and need, and many die from it or go to prison. You’d think the most elite, well funded SOF Unit would have some transition training or post job therapy - nope - just bye and good luck. Even though it’s the all might Delta Force, same shit pay, except even less time with your family, statistically the most likely job to die in in the entire military, because you get the hardest, most insanely difficult missions against the most dangerous, best trained enemies too. And since it’s a black Unit, if you pull of some miracle or something amazing, you can’t tell anyone about it because it’s secret- not even your wife. And because it’s this super overly competitive “tough guy” culture, you’ll almost never get compliments from other guys, because of the culture and jealousy that you did when nobody else did. The most is some worthless medal.I used to admire Delta because they are widely regarded as the most elite, most talented, greatest soldiers on earth (even said by British SAS, DEVGRU, etc) but when I became friends with some of them, they opened up to me about it. One even said it took part of his soul away and wouldn’t do it again if he could go back in time - that really blew me away). Some guys are just built for a job like that, most normal intelligent humans aren’t even if they excel at the job, it eventually catches up with them). I’ve only met one guy from Delta who had zero problems leaving, and he had zero issues killing civilians families by himself on solo missions in Afghanistan if he thought they would alert the Taliban that he was really an American disguised as an Afghani. He could kill anyone with zero feeling and immediately fall asleep. That’s rare. Most guys can’t do that without it messing you up. You retire from Delta or die, thanks for donating your best years of your life to us! Bye! That’s it. Even if you stay for the 20, you get a shitty pension, probably will have several divorces, PTSD and anger issues. Killing is an unnatural act, it screws most people up unless they are a psychopath, most guys just act like it doesn’t bother them but it does. You get very unhealthy amounts of low sleep that destroys your brain after a while, the constant fake tough guy act, screaming, being brainwashed (you have to be brainwashed or as they call it “indoctrination” because no sane person would voluntarily live a miserable existence like that). There’s a reason why the recruiters target almost exclusively young kids 17-18, because they are too young and naive to know what they are getting into. When they do, it’s too late, they’ve already signed the contract, they are screwed for the next 4 years. Happened to one of my best friends, he said he would have rather been in prison. He wanted to be a “Navy Seal” but the recruiter lied to him and intentionally had him sign the wrong contract to be stuck on some tiny shit cleaning toilets and swabbing decks every day for 4 years. And he was an absolute stud who had been training for it for over a year. Now, if he wanted to be a SEAL, he had to wait 4 years after clean king toilets on some tiny miserable ship. He was 25 at the time, so he went AWOL and somehow his mom knew a JAG lawyer and after a month in some lockup the lawyer pulled a miracle and got him out (a one in a million). He was a really tough hard dude, and he got all emotional and freaked out even talking about how horrible it was. What he hated the most was these total loser drill instructors abusing their rank and power to abuse him all the time for fun. He was a big, muscular jacked dude, and they were little nerds who constantly abused and bullied him because they knew they could get away with it and he couldn’t do anything. In the middle of the night during his 4 hours of allowed sleep they’d wake him up screaming, and make him clean all the toilets (just him when everyone else was still in bed sleeping) just because he was built like an NFL linebacker (he’s actually a super nice guy and hates bullies, so these instructors were probably bullied and were taking it out on him even though he ever bullied anyone) and just destroyed his soul based on his physique. He said it was hell on earth and still to this day can’t talk about it. He said when he went AWOL (the last day before graduation) with another guy too) he said he didn’t care if he went to jail, he’d rather be in jail then the Navy - yeah, that bad. At least in jail I guy like him could defend himself (probably wouldn’t have to because nobody would mess with him to begin with because he was such a monster). Even at the highest levels, except for maybe generals (who are really politicians not soldiers) is a miserable existence with horrible pay and probably a stressful horrible home life with your family. Probably lots of screaming from your wife because your gone all the time etc. Of course, there are some out there that enjoy this weird, bizarre, unnatural existence, but most don’t. I realize the importance of having a strong military and admire and respect the soldiers, but I could never be one, because I know what it’s like from my family and friends who have served. Almost all young kids who sign up have no idea what they’re getting themselves into. And today our government just uses them and overuses them to make money from the military industrial complex from massive contracts, at the expense of some really great people. Sorry for the rant, just feel so sorry for all these good folks who get treated like crap and risk their lives unnecessarily.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

​@@MrChuckwagon55 WAR IS A RACKET

[@pinkman-w2e]

What difference does it make - we are all slaves!

[@stevegarcia2962]

Mercs have always been used in the history of warfare

[@NeverAgain-vo7pd]

Fascinating reporting. Did anybody notice her mentioning Mohammed Dahan (former Fatah guy who was considered to be a future leader of the PA) and his connection to the UAE? Thought she was going somewhere with that thread but she never developed it.

[@Wolfe-Tone-]

Remember Fatah lost the election to Hamas where fighting began between the parties and Hamas ultimately won pushing fatah out of the Gaza strip completely. They are traitors to the Palastinian cause and it was no surprise there to see his name mixed with Israeli businessmen. Disgraceful

[@Hippobottomless]

Yea ikr she should of dive more into his story. It’s rumored he’s a mossad agent with strong ties to Israel hence why he hired that Israeli guy golan who then hired spear. Dahlan is also very close with the crown prince of UAE possibly the #2-3 guy in UAE. Crazy world we live in

[@EM-tx3ly]

Dahlan for correction

[@NeverAgain-vo7pd]

@@HippobottomlessDahlan spent A LOT of time in Israeli jails and lots of blood on his hands. The rumors of him being Mossad is just a rumor and promulgated by Fatah and Hamas. The same things have been said about Bargouthi. My guess is that we see Dahlan and Barghouthi play major roles in the future PA.

[@nopt1118]

Those are the Palestinian leaders who have sold their people's cause to Israel for money; I understand they live in luxury.

[@missk1942]

Bravo, investigative journalism at it finest, how wonderfully you facilitated the subjects in revealing their true essence, riveting.

[@lifeisneverthesame910]

😂🤣😂🤣🤡🤡

[@matcabliii]

loooool

[@PkennyRongmei]

Terrorist doens't mean only holding gun, terrorist can be a politician, teacher, you never know

[@Ghost_Rider_786]

That Issac coconut is a coward ... was too afraid to meet an old man ..... shows you the character of these murderers

[@gustexas8789]

Probably has to do with the law of contracts. Could have a clause in a contract with Spear or with UAE vis a vis Spear about confidentiality, non disclosure, or various other caveats. Those reports stated millions of USD were paid every year, each Spear member might have been paid $4,000 USD per diem or per day or a flat rate of a fuckton. So, now, years later, especially if those were the money days, would you want to have to pay back that money on a breach of contract?

[@Ghost_Rider_786]

@@gustexas8789 Nah .. hes just a coward

[@SpiritusMundi3]

What’s a coconut

[@markbradbury4945]

@@SpiritusMundi3a coconut is something that's got a tough exterior that is hard too break a natural wonder 😂

[@MuhammadIhsan-q6f]

Who’s defining the bad guys???

[@jayd6813]

The war prostitutes, and prostitutes are generally not reliable in accounting for truth.

[@Huzaifakhan-nc9dx]

money

[@karma2023findsU]

The BBC and The terror backed organization Reprieve are.

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

Guns. The bad side is where the hole is.

[@MrChuckwagon55]

Issac is the bad guy who lied to all the men.

[@kakealicios1370]

Thanks bbc for the documentary. Can someone explain to the difference between a hitman and a mercenary

[@coyyiddo1701]

A mercenary is a professional soldier employed by goverments...

[@coyyiddo1701]

And hitman is AGENT 47

[@kelleylynch4490]

A mercenarry is merely a glorified thug gunman for hire.

[@flyingfetus4364]

None

[@MusaGuy24]

@@coyyiddo1701 No a mercenary is a stateless private entity who works for money, he or she has no allegiance to anyone but the client. A hitman is just a more localised word for the same thing, but often doesn’t do broad elaborate assassinations, more rather poisoning and covert kills

[@dxux4679]

What a coward. His strong enough to pull the trigger but he isn't up to watch his victims in the eyes. Shame on you. Everyone pays for his bill sooner or later.

[@FarazJananKhattak]

What a quality level of Journalism, well done!

[@brooklynweaver1]

amazing doc well structured

[@MarebAlward]

Good work will help those who want to know a side of what happened in Yemen in the last 10 years. This documentary will provide an understanding of the objectives of the countries that intervened in the war and why the Houthi did not lose until today. We need more of these serious journalistic works that give people explanation, context, information and officials at events.

[@alexr7752]

None of you people in here understand the reality of the world we live in.

[@flamurbeqiri6510]

Don't say no one understands I know religions politics media banks schools everything and anything drug lords cartels all are scams and fake the world is fake and control by some people family's for centuries 😎✌️

[@MyYTchannel.thenationalrazor]

Huda is the real courageous one in this story because hers is the fight of David vs Goliath. It's easy enough to kill someone from the shadows, but standing for what you believe in, no matter the odds, that's true courage. Lastly, wouldn't the UAE be considered a proxy, given today's definition?

[@jacobgoldstein4098]

May his all mighty bless you and your entire family. Humanity needs and appreciates you sir

[@acuteangle5237]

The official in glasses has sold his soul. That's for sure

[@areaxisthegurkha]

Mercenary is a way to license yourself as a person uninvolved in the war but a benefactor for it, all the while dodging any criticism.

[@MaltedJacker]

You just described the entire military industrial complex. 👏 Bravo

[@braudhadoch3432]

it's the same with calling someone a rascist as calling someone a terrorist, it gives people the right to do whatever they want to that person

[@will7its]

Yes, I was taught in school the dangers of labeling someone or a group of something, but I wonder if that is being taught or maybe retained anymore......

[@conorpp1]

Wonderful piece of journalism!

[@julietaaboka3285]

Great job! Thank you for letting the victims speak about their ordeal, this puts a human face to the untold suffering of the people of Yemen. What a brave and dignified human beings!

[@KhanMo-wn8cy]

Every person will be accountable for there actions on the day of judgement no one will be able to run or cover up there murders

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

God The Father God The Son God The Holy Spirit

[@kevinmaingi4836]

Great piece of investigative journalism...I love BBC, the African section did amazingly well on the piece "disciplines" ...I love BBC

[@ManGolden786]

The Haters, the Criminals with Moneys, open checkbooks to say x is a criminal, go and X-off that so called bad guy😮😢 What a world we have become! Its really sad.

[@goeleet]

Excellent documentary.

[@562Aksapper]

someone's terrorists is someone else's freedom fighter

[@michaelsmith-re2ge]

Has anything changed from Operation Gladio? Why is it whenever the US get involved terrorism increases. It really is puzzling....

[@nbeizaie]

Really? They west funds them so what is puzzling about it?

[@johndoe-vc1we]

No, it doesn't increase. It gets dissipated. Look at IS after Mosul.

[@michaelsmith-re2ge]

@@johndoe-vc1we and yet IS or is it ISIS or another BS western acronym to funnel the narrative of good and evil, not profit and loss. They are so hard to tie down know aren't they. Almost like how did they migrate to Syria and get treated in Israeli hospitals?

[@MB2.0]

​​@@johndoe-vc1we Look at The Sahel and Libya right now. Look at Syria + Iraq right now.

[@johndoe-vc1we]

@@MB2.0 Libya is upto the euros to explain. I never got a clear answer as to why that operation was carried out. But Iraq was a win. Syria was not due to Russian intervention. Sahel is for the French to sort out. Operation Serval was a success. Less so with Barkhane.

[@deanweaver4469]

Great journalism 🤠

[@MusaGuy24]

Btw when Isaac says ‘Circumstances beyond his control’ he means CIA intervention.

[@Ernest-ot9tf]

Ok but why is the music sometimes so loud and dramatic? You can barely understand the voiceover at times.

[@rickhayhoe]

The loud ominous "music" overlays and distorts voice, making it hard to understand some passages. Too bad.

[@bonyanjamall2394]

يا الله وكمية الوجع بس وسط كل هذا الوجع نوال المقحفي وهدى الصراري بطلات يمنيات خلني اشعر بكل مشاعر الفخر ❤

[@thesub-5man725]

shut up

[@Diddley-js6lf]

The Bald Dude is a Madman. He has some Evils about him. If you are a Christian and Believe in The Bible where Atherton Commandments Say Thou Shall Not Commit Murder. The Difference between these Guys and The Regular American Military is The Soldiers are Fighting a War, these guys we’re getting paid To Murder Those that were Hit. Now Sometimes you as a Soldier have to do things that in a Regular persons Mind is Murder But We Don’t 99% of the Time even Know The Details along with Why. It’s done for a greater Good. This Lady is a Reporter for this News agency in Britain that Also Carry Out Hits against their Military based off of Their Government. At least these dudes were Not Sanctioned By The US Government.

[@salkoharper2908]

Yes, anyone who has been in the military (My father was in the Navy) knows there is a massive difference between your average soldier/sailor and these psychopaths. They get their rocks off to it.

[@HornHelp]

Please, this is not just a documentary cinematic work, and you may watch it while evading daily difficulties, but remember this represents the pain and crying of grief for hundreds of families of Yemeni victims for an entire decade. The Emirates, regardless of Dubai's adornment and modern urban beauty, is a country thirsty to sabotage and destroy neighboring countries such as Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and others. Al-Qaeda and the UAE share one characteristic: they go to any place that suffers from instability and lawlessness, and then they make everything worse than before. Oh Allah, Lord, help the oppressed.

[@zack256300]

The UAE are probably funding Al-Shabab too .

[@UsagiYojimbo-f1u]

Those places destroyedthemselves. Pedoprophetry isfailure predestined always

[@MrXeCute]

If you use these very high notes... we tend to down our music volume... and after that, we can't understand that low voice... we turned down the volume..;-)

[@SoniaBooqua]

These people lie so much and pretend they have no idea what’s going on. Yes, they know exactly what’s going on.

[@zeropointenergy777]

The bald guy’s prefrontal cortex doesn’t seem to have fully developed, though he is doping.

[@DrumsBah]

I suspect it's been eroded from copious amphetamine abuse. If you listen to Ep 397 of SOFREP radio podcast you can hear him ramble about this very incident tweaking out of his mind.

[@Omairsksk]

"أنا أيضًا مسلم وهندي. أشعر بالحزن الشديد أينما ترى أعمال شغب ومعارك في البلدان الإسلامية. لماذا لا نعيش نحن المسلمين معًا؟ لماذا لا نساعد الآخرين على المستوى الدولي؟ "

[@MochThamrin-xs7vw]

my brother that not our fault, muslim fight each other because of their devide et impera program, divisive politic

[@DivyanshuYadav-by9di]

Kuran ko translation ke sath pado tabhi meri baat samaj me ayegi.

[@email4664]

It is not about religion friends....We are HUMAN.

[@Eurospeedautomotiveofficial]

This woman doesn't understand war and never will. .. ... . .....😢

[@brandonfromlondonuk3484]

Imagine a world without islam

[@100amirsaad]

22:35 she never mentions it’s a company and the slob says “I’ve never heard of this company “

[@Contra-mc1yh]

Exactly! Noticed that too.😂 Saw how his one eye involuntarily jumped when she mentioned the name of Huda Al-Sirari & her son?

[@100amirsaad]

@@Contra-mc1yh uae is the new demon

[@NaveenArur]

This is an extremely important documentary about the state of affairs in Yemen

[@vicr.5725]

Congratulations to Nawal and her team for a great journlaistic investigation and documentary!!!

[@kingpintech5783]

IT'S ALL ABOUT FUEL

[@othmanon1186]

النسخة بالانقليزي لازم تنشهر عشان نفضح المرتزقة

[@arbaz79]

Great Documentary 👍.

[@FromWithin526]

so this is what call of duty is about

[@YoungCub]

Yes but those guys are run by the actual army. Google task force 145

[@jiml9856]

The guy with the badly dyed mustache first said they did their own background checks to make sure they're after bad guys. Then when pressed he says "hey when my handlers give me the intel, I'm just the soldier" riiight. Murder for hire.

[@TheMrmoc7]

This was a masterful piece of Journalism by the BBC, I am very impressed.

[@yasalli9813]

Just nothing compares to the big reality

[@erichuey2375]

The sound effects are at times overshadowing the commentary

[@timsecord8207]

Excellent journalism!

[@shsh-he5qg]

Like a true coward ! Never showed up 😂

[@bcanuck]

If he were looking for you, I'm quite sure he'd show up. The emotional trap laid for him was tacky at best. Coward " a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things ". He is no coward.

[@shsh-he5qg]

@@bcanuck so coward

[@williamjohn8633]

they were trying to implicate him in crimes.. probably the advice per his lawyer

[@OPFOR-SQUAD]

"WATCH WHAT YOU SAY" -UAE

[@nopt1118]

That was a cold-hearted monster threat. Right?

[@MM-gk1tm]

Maybe but also can be viewed as a warning to her... she is risking both of their lives so it doesn't have to be malicious. As the attorney stated later the watchmen themselves are being watched. @@nopt1118

[@nufb2000]

This reporter had a clear agenda and outcome before she started this doc, too bad, missed opportunity for real journalism