five 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 of pakistani intelligence helped the taliban insurgency several files track osama bin laden despite u.s. claims and received no reliable information about them for years but the good seems admits it will take weeks to assess the damage caused by the revelations about his gun if you can has been hearing from soldiers involved in the last major wiki leak . but knowing 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 a secret video of american soldiers opening with looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were recruited dan including two reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investigated and 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 quiet roll 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 a eason mccord a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience who went as far as 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 they come to 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 just as the training they'd gone through did not in grain much sensitivity either he remembers one of the songs soldiers were made to sing more intense on his own as i went down to the market where all the children were all women shop where i was shabby 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 for me it was when i was finally able to kind of put myself in the in the shoes of of other people. and

really start to imagine how i doubt i would feel if people were down to me what i was doing other people on regular basis of storylines in people's homes sometimes in the middle of writing kids and in children's faces. some blamed 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. seven rather. even according josh the bush signed a letter of apology to the mother of the children hurt during the operation and pledge to change from the inside out again is chicken art team washington d.c.

as beautiful as ben is from the washington institute for policy studies she told me she believes classified military records is a strategy to hide the failures of the war in afghanistan from the public. 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 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 and if this 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 it has been and still going on here from the washington institute for policy studies. and if you see one slot was europe's fastest growing economy many people have to rely on charities for the bare necessities coming up. sanctions against iran have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry 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 iran denies western feels it's trying to build an atomic bomb so the round ball should say the new sanctions are not likely to make the country cooperate on its nuclear program either. as it is there

really any need to be unilateral sanctions like those adopted by the us and the e.u. when they are already un restrictions russia has been warning against unilateral moves if these can only further alienate around and make the return to international talks over its nuclear program even more problematic they have been functions in place against iran since one nine hundred seventy nine people that are used to this and don't feel the fact it the only thing that later sanctions can bring is even deeper distrust between iran and the global community. support of a from the moscow based overstay newspaper coming up mysticism on the question of russians psychic get a reality check of authorities push for proof of their abilities before allowing them to make any predictions. for many latvians drastic economic conditions mean they have to turn to charities now for survival for the fastest growing european economy these days the only thing thriving is unemployment

and as artie's told barton found out a sustainable recovery is a promise that many believe the government's incapable of keeping. dynamic 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 you gotta chill out when we brought the first food bags to those families many parents swept 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 in international markets leaving the so-called baltic tiger vulnerable on the crisis hit those with loans and mortgages were suddenly seriously short of money if we get rid of brussels sneezed we in latvia already had a bad case of angina. a very small and very open economy felt. world's problems

more painfully than the others and we were experiencing our own mistakes much more painfully two. years unemployment soared 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 disappears ago 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 years in mars because that 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 aid 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 we read newspaper the donors are often not the richest sort of people but more often than not we notice their women with children and quite often the children who say let's leave some charity money here in this food part we've got tinned pork and fish we've got some sugar we've got condensed milk you've got flour you've got stock pastor cooking oil and much more but it's this food that shows how deep the financial crisis has cut in love here until the families affected get more work this food will only be a temporary comfort not a cure tom barton r.t. that view. so we'll use a brief p.p. boss tony hayward will step down after the company posted the seventeen billion dollars second quarter loss its first in eighteen years he shouldered much of the blame for the firm's four hundred of the oil spill in the gulf of mexico british companies already confirmed bob dudley one of its american executives will take

over in october meanwhile he was expected to be offered a new role in the joint venture between b.p. the russian oil company t. and k. . activists in south korea sent propaganda leaflets to the north to mark the anniversary of the korean war armistice flyers and d.v.d.'s criticizing pyongyang as human rights records were released in the sky attached to balloons cross border tension remains high fifty seven years after the end the u.s. and south korea are currently conducting military exercises off the korean peninsula and 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 pyongyang was responsible accusation it denies. cargo plane caught fire and crash landed in saudi arabia. the pilot and copilot taken to hospital with minor injuries officials say the plane burst into flames and split into landing but they haven't released any and.

in recent years fortune tellers and psychics have become increasingly popular here in russia some turned to magic to give the love life a little boost others see queues for terminal diseases but authorities say the trends attracting con artists not only swindle people out of money but also jeopardize their health the same time as the sean thomas reports now on the government's battle against fake magic. the allure of the unknown and 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 says good manners of national seem you put a slant 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 health was impaired and was getting worse 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 but they'd her about six hundred thousand rubles a year for three years but that's not because we're rich but for the sake of your childs how can 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 it by some quasi should manage things in the worst meaning of this word are 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 yourself from being conned mausam didn't we predicting 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 are called service rules 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 these 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 t.v. the only ad that really works is the grapevine you help someone in the green day family and friends and while it may seem counter intuitive some who claim to have such powers c.v. provide a valuable service and that a ban on advertising could actually be helpful here's my soon to help people in their family relationships and age of fortune telling depending on their needs most

psychics do the same thing however those who don't know what they're doing a change skin not the right see through ads and other means i believe there should be a set of documents to prove their abilities. to. a point that the duma is trying to push through as one. they could get a diploma or a medical certificate undergo a medical commission it's got each region of russia it's used their particular diplomas which means each healer can work only. in the same way they can be deployed with the other claim if the treatment does not work just like any other don't you. or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas or t moscow. the key witness speaking at the u.k.'s iraq war inquiry has told the panel he believes the invasion was illegal hans blix was the chief u.n. weapons inspector in iraq before the us led coalition toppled saddam hussein's regime let's talk more about this to get some reaction from british m.p.

jeremy corbin to join the line it's called and thanks for being with us mr blix was pretty unequivocal about the legality of the war in iraq how important is his testimony in establishing the truth behind the decision to go to war. very important indeed he's a very well respected figure in britain and around the world and he took the trouble of coming to visit the british parliament in two thousand and three and four and explained the situation there as he saw it and i'm very pleased that he's been able to give evidence that inquiry because many of us believe the invasion to be deeply flawed politically wrong but above all illegal what do you think the ramifications will be when the findings of this inquiry are eventually released maybe later this year this inquiry isn't a criminal investigation is it so is it likely at all that is fine is could ever lead to any eventual criminal prosecutions down the line it's not automatic that the evidence collected at this inquiry and the statements made lead to prosecutions

but quite clearly statements made particularly by tony blair and former foreign secretary jack straw concerning the legal documents that were presented to the cabinet to have become very important and i think he is there is an increasing likelihood that somebody or a particular group of people will try and mount a prosecution against tony blair in particular. when the findings do come out when it's had time to be digested do you think this inquiry will be sufficient to avoid future mistakes like those of the iraq war that's of course if it concludes there were any in the first place. well we haven't seen the conclusions yet so we don't know but there's been a big change in british public opinion from all the deaths in iraq also the right mounting death toll in afghanistan there is a weariness about the whole idea of humanitarian intervention which is what bush and blair were pushing in two thousand and one on words and i think that any

british government that wants to get involved in yet another war in that region or indeed anywhere else will think twice three try very hard about it and indeed in september there's actually going to be a vote in the british parliament on the afghanistan war and that is an indication of the way in which politics and public opinion in britain have moved so dramatically how important is this inquiry how useful is it at the end of the day. it's not the inquiry that many of us who opposed this war from beginning actually wanted we wanted it to dish the lead inquiry that could make prosecutions at the end of it we have this inquiry it has times proved to be quite robust it's proved to be quite good at times cross-examining at other times it's been rather soft we will wait and see what the report comes out at the end of it but i suspect as a said that i think it's going to lead to attempts at legal action against those that led us into this war this is not the inquiry that many of us wanted but it is

something that we've got here we call labor m.p. live from and the first night thank you for your thoughts on the program. coming up to ninety minutes past midnight now here in moscow our programs continue next artie's want to speak to a high profile jewish supporter of the palestinians to find out what he thinks he can help bring peace to the region.

no not really but we're. trying to get probabilities norman finkelstein has never shied away from controversy. the american jail is banned from israel and pledges support for the palestinian people the officer and former professor has lost jobs. last time we sat down it was shortly after the war in gaza and it was right before. obama became president you were very open in your opinion on what took place and who was wrong and that and that military conflict. it's been over a year since there's really assault on gaza what's your assessment of how the obama administration has done so far in bringing permanent peace to the middle east at the time when they made those comments they appear to be very

controversial indeed you might even say they were extreme but when the goldstone report came out. richard goldstone that's not our only respected jurist police also jewish and by his own reckon the zionist goldstone report concluded there were no i'm calling here that israel launched a deliberately disproportionate attack designed. punish millie eight and terrorize the civilian population while those are pretty strong words punish a million and. a civilian population as to the record of the obama administration my recollection is that they didn't have great expectations from what would come of people. administration and in fact it's quite clear that nothing much came there are occasional spats you might call them between israel and the united states but there has been no american initiative to try to resolve the conflict in terms of

international law the resolution of the conflict which the rest of the world embraces if you move for a moment away from israel palestine and you take the case of iran since that's very topical now. around kept promise. kept promising there's going to be a change that's going to be a change but in fact several commentators wrote the barack obama administration is carrying on like all other administrations there was an offer made in october two thousand and nine by the u.s. administration to iran and how to resolve the nuclear issue. around at that time rejected the offer for several reasons mostly because they didn't trust the main powers who were involved france the u.s. even russia but now it except a good offer and as the leading academic specialist on the topic american academic specialists trita parsi dr parsi wrote in the washington post he says that barack

obama is refusing to take yes for an answer and so there is no real difference between the so-called diplomatic approach of barack obama and the. mill touristic approach as it's sometimes claimed or belligerent approach of the bush administration at the end. the day they demand their what they want is for around to cry uncle for around to give in to us power maybe barack obama does it with softer words and presents it with a more. appealing image but the policy is basically the same do you think that there was a message also sent possibly to turkey and personnel with the draft resolution being introduced so quickly after this the fuel swap t l y's are agreed upon with turkey personnel and iran it was quite clear the united states feels like power

shifting it's becoming more die fuse and the us doesn't call the shots in every place in the world. turkey has carved out a more independent half in recent years most low notably when it refused to participate in the u.s. attack on iraq. brazil is an emerging power and this was an attempt to cut them down to size less than the topic of the united nations and diplomacy because from what i understand you are lobbying to speak at the u.n. why and what do you want to say well i have been involved in the conflict in a public way for the past thirty years i first got involved in june one thousand nine hundred two when israel invaded lebanon and i do feel that in the wake of the massacre in gaza the goldstone report public opinion has changed its dramatically changed not only in internationally but in the united states and there's

a real opportunity known to put forth a reasonable settlement to the conflict not only to put forth but for there to be a receptive audience for such a real a reasonable settlement and i feel that given my personal background the fact that my parents were both survivors of the nazi holocaust my father was a survivor of auschwitz concentration camp my my mother. down the concentration camp every member of their families on both sides were exterminated during the war we never had the neons uncles cousins grandparents nothing we were just as my late mother used to say five people in the world my mother my father and my two brothers and myself my family background my professional background i have written many books in the topic and i think it's fair to say without sounding immodest i am a recognized authority on the conflict and. the fact that i have been personally involved i've made a substantial commitment one might even say in my own little way i've paid some

price for the commitment of made and most importantly i've tried very desperately very hard to be reasonable to figure out a reasonable proposal based on international law to end the conflict but we should be clear i have no interest in being the very victor over a vanquished israel i have no desire to know interest and wanting to humiliated embarrass it degraded or as i say push it against the wall so it feels like it has no choice except to strike out we won a reasonable settlement we want a settlement which allows everyone to live proud productive and peaceful lives we want a settlement that allows everyone to live in dignity and we want a settlement obviously which is in a accordance with the law with what the world should look like now you're right in the real world the law is often disregarded and replaced by the use of

a big club when you crack people skulls but we're talking about how we think the conflict should end and i think most people understand maybe not people in power regular people but understand the rule of law and that we should respect the law and i think you can reach a large audience without principle and i think the audience is now ready to listen and that's why i want to. well the united nations and hopefully achieve a reasonable settlement of the conflict and we're going to leave it right there thank you very much for saying that and speaking with me thank you.

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focus on examining its questionable warfare methods not about expose them. to kill everyone in sight if threatened. going bust latvians living off charity slam the government for doing nothing to help the country become the financial aid to many to fend for themselves that we used to be the fastest growing european economy but suffered more than other member states from such. a magical deception russian authorities give clairvoyance a reading of their own to crack down on swindlers trying to force a panel adds one professional psychics that measure juice combs and tax evasion. he travels to america's largest prison to investigate what's behind the macabre spectacle of inmates wrestling bulls for money a practice that leaves many injured or even handicapped.