and the pentagon's hunting for the sources behind the biggest leak in u.s. military history the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks published some ninety thousand classified documents exposing cover ups over the war in afghanistan reports include details of civilian casualties at the hands of american and allied troops as well as concerns that pakistani intelligence helped the taliban insurgency several files track osama bin laden despite the u.s. claims it received no reliable information on him in years pentagon chiefs admits it will take weeks to assess the damage caused by the revelations he's going to teach it comes been hearing from soldiers involved in the last major wiki leak. you know something that any military tries to keep under wraps civilians killed during an operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet is secretly video of american soldiers opening would looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than

a dozen people were reported dan including two reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investing in the u.s. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own rules of engagement so while the u.s. military is ok with causing some corporal damage it's when civilians die in the course of action a number of soldiers who were involved in those killings now speak out and say this shouldn't be a norm of warfare you can see in even mccord a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience he went s. words to say soldiers in his unit were ordered to kill civilians in certain circumstances mccord said the message they got from their commander was if someone in your line gets hit with an improvised explosive device three sixty rotational

fire you kill everyone on the street. josh the brewers served in the same unit as ethan mccord he refused to talk about the order because of as he said the threats and warnings that he'd received from his former army fellows but the secret video of how the captive killings seemed nothing unusual to him from our experiences what was shown in that video was no uncommon and happened on a fairly regular basis josh says the training they'd gone through did not angry much sensitivity there he remembers one of the songs soldiers were made to sing the more intense on going is because i went down to the market where all the children were all women shop where i was shoddy and i began to chop josh and a group of other former soldiers are now touring the us and telling people of their

experiences and their regret to me it was when i was finally able to kind of put myself in the shoes of of all the people. really start to imagine how i doubt your people were to me when i was the. basis of storming into people's homes sometimes in the middle of the night. and children's faces. some blame the type of war the us was finding for the psychological trauma so many american soldiers are now going through it was a very disorienting and destabilizing condition of warfare for most american soldiers to try to separate the benign populace from the insurgents who wanted to kill them that were absolutely indistinguishable from regular civilians. of the latter. eason mccord and josh stieber signed

a letter of apology to the mother of the children hurt during the operation and pledged to change from the inside out again is chicken art team washington d.c. well for this bennis is from the washington institute for policy studies she joins me now to provide more perspective on the latest pentagon scandal and its consequences. as we've seen from that report the previous week a week exposing american soldiers killing civilians in iraq hasn't changed us tactics in war other reasons to believe this latest incident will have any greater impact do you think. i think there's a very good chance that the latest impact will come in the form of the response of civilians not only in the united states but around the world in countries like in europe in canada in australia in turkey the countries where troops are being sent to afghanistan to fight in the u.s. war i think that there is going to be far greater outrage than we've seen so far as a result of these these new available documents and i think that that's going to

lead to new an increased pressure on all those governments to pull their troops out much faster so that's the effect that i think we will see first of all i ask you for your thoughts about the author whoever he or she was of this report of the author of the leaker when a u.s. army intelligence analyst bradley manning charged this month with leaking classified information is now being checked by investigators as a possible source of this latest leak in your eyes is he is a hero or a villain. well clearly we don't know who it was i think that it's very important that information like this come out i think whoever did it did it in the best interests of our people in this country and the people of the world the people of afghanistan people need to know in this country what is being done in our name by our young soldiers with with our tax money and for which we are being held accountable but we don't know we don't have the information yes this stuff was classified but it's clear that this is not information these are all reports of

events that already happened that's not going to put anybody's life at risk what puts lives at risk is these kinds of actions and if this spurs people to more opposition so that the war can be brought to a to a halt sooner i think that that's a heroic act and it will it will end up being very important in history because avoids those doesn't see it that way it's described in the release as a breach of federal mourner threat to american military personnel classified documents are secret for a reason should we keep secrets secret of the. well there are many parts that wiki leaks has said that they are keeping secret because it name names that people who might be might might face problems as a result could be put in danger and they kept those back i think that was absolutely appropriate there are no names in these reports that they have come out i think that things get kept secret for a reason often that reason is to prevent political embarrassment to prevent the american people in this case from finding out that this war is a losing war

a failing war and has been all along that's what's key here this has been a failing war all along many of us said right at the beginning that this war was never going to quote succeed if i succeed we meant. transforming afghanistan into something it never was and will not be under under the boots of american soldiers but i think that understanding that is what's key and the fact is that things are kept secret. for reasons that have nothing to do with real security and have everything to do with political embarrassment for wiki leaks well this isn't the end of the story the promise of more revelations into us conduct in iraq but what do you think we can expect in the future and what might the ramifications of be. well i think that we we will see significant opposition rising as i mentioned but i think also as we learned more for example the existence of a death squad operating within the u.s. military known as task force three seven three whose job it was they were made up

of navy seals special operations force whose job it was they had a list of seventy people on a quote kill or capture list and their job was to move around the country and attack anyone on that list and kill them now if they came across one of those people perhaps sitting in front of her house or his house i assume it was probably all men sitting in front of his house holding his child in his lap would they be authorized to kill the child too i mean we don't we don't know but the notion that this is authorized by our military it sounds way too much like the el salvador option like central america of the one nine hundred eighty s. when government supported death squads in those countries were running around the countryside killing people on a list this is not what we understand our role is to be in afghanistan or anywhere else we go to hear your thoughts on the program should be institute for policy studies in washington d.c. thanks for being on r.t. . thank you kevin. coming up in

a few moments tonight once latvia was the fastest growing european economy now many people rely on charities for the bare necessities we go to report coming up. fresh new sanctions against iran have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry has said the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermines collective efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear issue on monday the e.u. adopted tougher sanctions against iran's energy sector in an attempt to prevent the islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons the measures include a ban on the sale of equipment and technology for its part around denies western fears it's trying to build an atomic bomb we can discuss the latest developments with michael thomas from the director general of the middle east association the u.k. organization promoting trade in the middle east region including iran in fact we cut we spoke to him earlier on. as it is there really any need to be unilateral

sanctions like these adopted by the u.s. and the e.u. you know already u.n. restrictions russia has been warning against unilateral moves if these going any further around and meet the return to international talks its nuclear program even more problematic there have been functions in place against around since one nine hundred seventy nine people that are used to this and don't feel the fact it the only thing that latest sanctions can bring is even deep distrust between iran and the global community. apologies for that was obviously the wrong clip of you know support there those pingers from the moscow based of newspaper. from l.a. latvians drastic economy economic conditions mean they have to turn to charities for survival formally the fastest growing european economy these days the only thing thriving is unemployment a result. a sustainable recovery is a promise that many believe the government's incapable of keeping. diana gives out food to people in need for months she's made sure families can get

a square meal but this isn't a developing country it's the modern economy of latvia and recently joined the. when we brought the first food bags to those families many parents wept there could have never foreseen a crisis of this magnitude they had jobs they were well to do and respected and all of a sudden they find themselves in a situation where they have to plead for help to feed their children latvia speculated aggressively on international markets leaving this so-called baltic tiger vulnerable when the crisis hit those with loans and mortgages were suddenly seriously short of money. if brussels sneezed we in latvia already had a bad case of angina a very small and very open economy felt the world's problems more painfully than the others and we were experiencing our own mistakes much more painful e to. last years unemployment saw to over twenty percent middle class families with houses and cars couldn't afford to put food on the table and almost eight percent

of the population registered below the poverty line disappear to go we could never imagine if giving food to people in this country would ever be needed the situation showed that it is needed so we decided to start it the food bank relies on donations of money and food to supplement the diets of hard up families the charity raise half a million dollars in two thousand and nine money vitally needed as the government is failing to support those in need. it all came too soon and created sort of a traffic jam the social services were not prepared for an influx of people who needed it all at once unable to rely on their leaders latvians have dipped into their own pockets and cupboards to help each other out and it's not always the rich who give the most will be the donors are often not the richest sort of people more often than not we notice their women with children and quite often it's children who say let's leave some charity money here in this food part we've got to end pork

and fish we've got some sugar we've got condensed milk got flour we've got stock pastor cooking oil and much more but it's this food that shows how deep the financial crisis has cut in latvia until the families affected get more work this food will only be a temporary comfort not a cure tom barton r.t. that view. still ahead but not such a bright future russian psychics get a reality check because authorities push for proof of their abilities before allowing them to make any reading. a russian helicopter with nine people on board been hijacked in sudan's troubled for province russia's foreign minister confirmed the news but said no one has been harmed so far the crew of four russian citizens while the five passengers are sudanese nationals the helicopter belongs to

the russian airline the incident happened on monday but hasn't been reported until today russia's embassy in sudan's capital khartoum says it's doing everything possible to free the captives. b.p. boss tony hayward will step down after the company posted a seventeen billion dollars second quarter loss its first in eighteen years he shouldered much of the blame for the firm's poor handling of the oil spill in the gulf of mexico and british companies already confirmed bob dudley one of its american executives will take over in october meanwhile hayward expected to be offered a new role in the joint venture between b.p. and the russian oil company t n k we got more on that in our business bulletin shortly the world news in brief activists in south korea have sent propaganda leaflets to the north to mark the anniversary of the korean war. flyers and d.v.d.'s criticizing pyongyang as human rights record released in the sky attached to balloons cross border tension remains high fifty seven years after the end of the war the u.s.

and south korea are currently conducting military exercises off the korean peninsula and it's discouraging the north from any attack on the south a recent international inquiry into the sinking of a south korean warship in march concluded that it was responsible it's an accusation it denies. serbia's parliament's overwhelmingly approved a resolution saying the country does not recognize kosovo's independence it comes after the hague's international court of justice ruled that the region's declaration of statehood was legal parliament's resolution said that peacefully. gosia oceans are needed to find an acceptable solution kosovo announced it would succeed from serbia two years ago following a bloody war in the ninety's. of tons of cargo planes caught fire as it was trying to land in saudi arabia's riyadh airport the pilot and the copilot were taken to hospital with only slight injuries thankfully officials say the plane burst into flames and split into one land they haven't given any reason so far for the incident. people living by china's junction river bracing themselves for more

flooding as water levels reach the highest mark in thirty years with more rain predicted roads across the region of submerged shops relocating to higher ground a landslide caused by downpours in the south of the country many times left more than twenty people missing almost a thousand of died since april in what's been the worst flooding in decades. in recent years fortunetellers and psychics of become increasingly popular here in russia some turned to magic to give their love life a little boost to other see cures for terminal diseases but authorities say the trends attracting con artists to not only swindle people out of money they also jeopardize their health thomas reports on the government's battle against fake magic. the allure of the unknown and of the showcasing of psychic abilities have become big business in russia while simple entertainment for some others turned to these self-proclaimed mystics for healing and the promise of

answers to the problems of everyday life just get massive national seem hopeless lad six years ago trouble came to our family my son was lured into a relationship by a woman who use some witchcraft as a mother i couldn't help seeing that his house was impaired and was getting worse but his mind was suppressed he changed completely yes she put her trust in a psychic who claimed to have a special insight into the situation but as time passed it became clear that all the psychic was after was more of lewis's money but isn't that is that a good there's a i think her about six hundred thousand rubles a year for three years that's not because we're rich but for the sake of your child's health you do anything sell possessions take loans anything experts say the nature of this industry provides a prime opportunity for people to take advantage of those desperate for a belief system. even though with some quasi should manage things in the worst

meaning of this word or all too close to hopes but people want to keep believing so they trust them and when they finally turn for help to real doctors they find out it's too late too hard or that a patient is in need of critical measures now there is a movement in the state duma to protect people like you from being conned mausam did a thing of advertisement for services which are not backed by professional commercial experience we believe these people practice tax evasion and swindling moreover their deceiving potential consumers with these occult services the law is aimed at ads and articles printed in magazines like this one which is called oracle and it is all literally chock full of people who claim that they can heal or tell the future using views of mystical abilities but those who are. actually in the business say that this bad water affect them really at all. i would say that siri the internet brings the most clients into this business rather than printed

resources or at c.v. the only ad that really works is the grapevine you help someone in the certain bring their family and friends and while it may seem counter intuitive some who claim to have such powers see the provide a valuable service and that a ban on advertising could actually be helpful here's my thing i help people in their family relationships and i do fortune telling depending on their needs most psychics do the same thing however those who don't know what they're doing the traits can not write see through ads and other means i believe there should be a set of documents to prove their abilities. a point that the duma is trying to push through as well. they could get a diploma or a medical certificate or undergo a medical commission each region of russia is to use their particular diplomas which means each healer can work only in that region in the same way they can be to prove that the claim if the treatment doesn't work just like any other doctor or in

other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas or t. moscow she's a regular moscow staff got the latest business news next. hello welcome to the business bulletin helen r.t.e. it's two years since robert that the then head of t.n. k b p fled russia after a dispute with russian shareholders on tuesday he was to credit the new boss of b.p. taking office in october and in a final twist tony hayward to may return to russia as a director of t.i.n.k. b.p. seen i didn't read about reports. robert dudley has already earned his credit for handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill the gulf represents one third of the company's oil and gas was and refineries and his experience in russia where t.v. generates about a quarter of b.p.'s revenues and she should be well prepared to take over the whole company where she's likely true mean central to be peace jirga e.g.

with analysts dismissing media reports that the company could sell a stake in its cash generator team t v p possibly to gas room or ross nifty team g.b. is a cash generator on an original investment of seven billion dollars in two thousand and three b.p. has already seen twelve billion dollars of dividends officially for the last. year reported for more than thirty five billion dollars of revenues and if taken stand alone. indeed is the largest piece of cedars in terms of revenues and probably in terms of the dark and profit and of course thank you because one of the largest cash sources for b.p. so obviously catching aeration now for b.p. is one of the product target countries are lining up to pull the barrels from b.p.'s flour the company has already confirmed it is looking to sell of assets with

few details an ounce exxon mobil and chevron now both in talks to take over the company but first things first to stop the leaking first asked to begin with to plug the well that's still not done yet we're still two to three weeks away from that even though the spill has now been contained it has not been plugged so the first order of things is to get the plug done second is still figure out how the reinvestments like going to be done and then it's a question of reconstructing in winning back the trust of the american people who are dudley has shown his skills at getting a good price when he's sold to masses of team key b.p. their talent will come in handy now that b.p. needs to raise cash to people consequences of its oil spill in u.s. waters the question is how much he has to dilute the b.p. brand in the process than any bit of a business r.t. . president dmitri medvedev wants to tap new sources of finance to diversify

russia's economy he said investment along with business support services from law to accounting are the key to innovation our correspondent now tell you how clever has the details. leading up the presidential commission on modernization has shown that when it comes to venture capital investment in russia it's easy to say what needs to be done but to make what has already been achieved since thought there i'll be able to prevent your funds working in russia with a total capital of two billion dollars which of course absolutely not enough for the country and building it over to economy now president it just says that there is a laptop to monitor my god it's on the market and criticize the companies which are reluctant to take the rest of the best in innovation to post so concrete measures that are designed to work how about make that your capital investment work in russia so in a civil suit we need to develop the services needed for business county information

and. it's also necessary to increase to small enterprises you grand stand alone fine but we need not only to attract foreign investment but also to develop our financial markets so that capital inflows stay in russian companies regardless of the situation in foreign markets i'm going to do but let's have a quick look now at the moscow markets they finished tuesday's trading session in the black with the r.t.s. up over one percent p.t.b. was the top gain of that which shows gaining more than two percent must have come up before the my socks off around five percent. so the star has taken a controlling stake in canada's crewe gold corp that previously held a forty percent versus mining giant shares on the also stock exchange. and russia's biggest oil producer ross after the second quarter profits by sixty percent helped by higher oil output prices its net income dropped to more than two and a half a billion dollars while crude production gained eight point eight percent after the

launch of two new fields just one of them in the bank a field is capable of providing the equivalent of five percent of russia's current . russia is my sex stock exchange has confirmed to hold an i.p.o. after two thousand and eleven the shall issue would cut the central bank stake from forty percent to around ten as part of the preparations the duma is considering a bill that would scrap rules preventing investors from owning more than twenty percent of my sex. loan rates in russia growing for the first time since the beginning of the year russia's central bank says rates reached eleven and a half percent in june experts say banks hikes rates after that on corporate lending began to dip banks had competed to cut rates in the first half of the year but in june the head of spy bank warned that rates were too low given the risks in the economy. and that's all the business use for now but of course you can always find more stories on our website that's r.t. dot com slash business.

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civilian deaths for american soldiers say the country should focus on examining its questionable warfare methods not to expose them some claimed to have received orders to kill everyone in sight if threat. was booming there going bust latvians living off charity slammed the government for doing nothing to help with country recover from the financial meltdown leaving many to fend for themselves that they used to be the fastest growing european economy but suffered more than other member states from the recession. and magical deception russian authorities give psychics a reading of their own going to crack down on swindlers preying on people's misfortunes trying to enforce a ban on ads from professional psychics measure they say will reduce combs and tax evasion. eight thirty one moscow time next artie's murder port speaks to a high profile jewish supporter of the palestinians to find out why.