as a historical document and as a primary resource to be used for the investigations we also know from those sorts of cases that we've dealt with previously that we always get pushed back whenever we review abuse by some of what i was ation we always get that organization or its friends pushing back to try and steer the message away from the allegations that have been raised and one of the main criticisms has been leveled at you is that you have published the villages the names and in some cases the g.p.s. coordinates of people afghans who cooperated with the u.s. military and you even come under some criticism from human rights organizations for that and a u.s. official has called it a potential hit list for the taliban what's your response to that you know this appears the mostly be media beat up i mean where we're looking at these you seriously to see whether that is true we did hold back keep doing thousand reports for for the through the review because they had this sort of classification that

suggested maybe they contain that sort of material we approached the white house to ask them for assistance in reviewing material before we published the white house you don't accept that request. now. all of this is coming from the times of london and the times did not kill off about any of these reports whatsoever in fact today i see that there is a title of an article afghan men already did but actually if you read the article what you see at the very bottom is in fact that the man died two years ago. at this stage we're looking at this is mostly a media beat up of course we're very concerned to make sure innocents are protected so we're very happy to receive any evidence which report is possibly revealing information about someone who is who is innocent. but once again at this stage we

have not confirmed those allegations at all in fact we've actually looked at them and we see that those allegations are not correct but there's also been a suggestion that the release of this information will make it harder for allied forces to get afghans this is to cooperate with them while what we reveal and that's what we've been doing for the path for us is the truth about how when i was asians actually behave you know if afghans don't like how those organizations actually behave then of course he's their right to engage with them or not engage with them it's not so much that there is it i think is the potential danger that they might be in now that such a huge body of information in the public demanding once again that is an allegation by the london times and the publication who is in a oppositional relationship to the guardian paper that we collaborated with the printed fourteen pages on monday elation to this issue the times of london printed

zero pages in relation to this issue on monday so they are in now in an adversary relationship because they weren't invited to the party this is being a media sensation you release the information especially to selected media outlets three newspapers and since then you've given. must amount to up to one hundred media interviews including apparently the larry king show or your publicist well it's just ridiculous i mean fought far from that in fact we try to have no problems he tried to work under the same rules that that the economist runs on them where everyone has a. shared byline. we have founded it the public the moderns that someone speak for organization now and because of the security threats to this sort of work we do. not many people are willing to step forward and speak. in the end someone has to do it i was already a public figure so if i am the person. who does that these documents date from the

period between two thousand and four and two thousand and nine why have you published them not really a when they could have made more of a difference what we are any receiving material you know recently we publish as soon as possible and what do process is you go through between receiving it and publishing it took me through that so when we receive material like this it is very very difficult to read this is it's an internal military language internal jargon the format was some computer format in fact impossible for a normal person to read so we had to understand the format real reform at this break even in a presentable way and then explore the material to pull out of the stories and set up. a coalition of media groups to do just that so it took quite a quite a lot of work not just from us but also the other three organizations involved and

there must be a huge amount of expertise involved in doing something like that as well where does your expertise in the expertise of your organization come from that we have an eight hundred people involved specialists in different areas different regional areas computer specialists in india. and in different ways former intelligence officers and so on and we draw on that expertise to try and understand material like this now washington says that these documents are outdated says is there any truth to that claim well it depends on what you're talking about if you're talking about how the war has progressed of course they know that the war has been going since two thousand and one that's nine years this material covers the last six years the exception the last seven months now the exception is in accordance to some degree it means that you need to know it is not all tactical. significance it's interesting to talk about troops who are about just about to do something

which means it is over a century no threat to. u.s. military forces but is deeply important for understanding the progress of the war now that the white house say that while the material only goes up to december a new say but we released obama's new policy on the war but obama's new policy on the war was in fact a continuation the previous policy except more troops so why should the war change so dramatically just because it's really to blame on a policy change is being put in place if we look back through the material and we see. when the last big pull was the change was that was when mcchrystal came in and so we can see from the archives that mcchrystal big changes in policy didn't seem to result in big changes on the ground there's no reason to believe that obama's small the change in policy. in december of last year

resulted in any real change for the war except perhaps to increase the tempo to increase the number of interactions because there was an increase in soldiers the white house's rhetorical trick was to. say c.j. . yes there was in fact no overlap between obama's policy and this material in fact obama's policy came in december first and this material carries through in fact to the end of the year you've said that the under-reporting of civilian casualties starts at the bottom with the sort of cullman soldiery and that really no policy change at the top is going to filter down into that what do you think could make a difference it's a stream a hard situation i mean there are i can't see any easy way out of this afghan lives and the answer is not. for western forces well i said for members to. go in tomorrow. because that would lead to

a power vacuum and so on but i mean the answer is probably a staged withdrawal. making agreements between the taliban and the afghan government as that stage was drawn continues and perhaps private. as well. there will be a continuation of continual super war in afghanistan i mean even if a peace allusion is made. i predict there will be a continuation of the civil war and what he wants forces have to establish some kind of equilibrium that we will see an increase towards peace there's no easy options are on the table i'm here stands to gain from the release of all this information all the afghan people i mean that is their country and this is the history of their country and if they are to effectively manage and control their own destiny they need this information to understand what is happening to their

country but we can also say. you know it's people united states. and u.k. strayer and others in the coalition who are actually paying for all this war and he was sending its soldiers to be killed in this war and. those people also have the right to understand what is actually happening i tell you who probably not but it is all those military companies. who are making extraordinary profits by providing service services to troops weapons or clothing and so on but isn't the taliban the afghan insurgency likely to gain from this as well because you have inadvertently maybe exposed the weaknesses of the allied forces and we have to be careful that remember this is a civil war everyone says taliban but in fact the taliban have gone is this is

a civil war that is going on and the taliban are pot all the will of the afghan people now they are also part of the will perhaps of the i thought. the pakistani secret intelligence service and of course perhaps a part of the will of saudi arabia who was giving some money to this but in terms of the bodies on the ground people actually doing the work the taliban is part of the will of the afghan people and the united states and other forces need to recognize and understand that that is part of the afghan people and if you're shooting taliban you are shooting the afghan people. that doesn't mean that the they don't have a lot on their hands as well we added up on the number of i.e.d. events represented in material explode because potions of the brain provides explosive devices and over two thousand civilians were killed by i.d.'s. and

the explosive devices placed on the road to blow up a passing convoy bot. an afghan family. will go off and. this material doesn't paint the behavior of any. any military group. that has bought a. wealthy british stock. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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siding praising that overlaid with yet another victory of being too cold has not been named one of saturday's highlights. rush hour in full control of the european a flat example and ships in barcelona securing twice as many medals as the nearest rivals with one day of competition to go. and extreme behavior. gets through skateboarding builds while jimmy bass really shines on the stadium makes the sixteenth annual it's games in los angeles. now it's off way through the russian premier league season and the pick of salad these actions sold tabletop was in need to fit champions or be in and extend the overall aid in the process so me to believe won the match up to a brace of pillows from strike that i did something that was. just before half time was the out. of shot. and gets

a call from the second of the day to silva to me a final score after sixty five minutes may they cross that was in the head of the far post by the national squad striker it means a chance for the now temperance i had over the weeks of. elsewhere terry great to live here with the same squad suniel and in the late game to now my way held to a want to. here in moscow. meanwhile spanish football giants are real madrid began training ahead of a couple of pre-season friendlies in north america the club's record signing course tanner and aldo spoke to the press earlier this week and said he is excited about the upcoming season. we have to focus now on any madrid really focus on for this for this season. we come here to los angeles to carry on with the train and. we're ready and we are

ready for the decision not now more a few days to training so when you start to say there will be ready. this new coach research morning a very very good experience and a very very good training some days it is short but intensity training so who are really will motivate. and is good is always good to travel to see different cultures so we are very happy to be here. now russia continuing the imminence of a european athletics championships in barcelona a total of twenty medals now for the country twice as many as their nearest rivals frons russian made these have claimed three medals in the women's four hundred metres final but see on the field of art single style of and on top in the three of us up there getting a good start in securing gold silver and bronze respectively a bit of a holding on for a fast have a career gold medal adding to a collection which includes two olympic silvers from athens and a world championship growlings last yeah.

well just a hell of a given that he's in bible is noticeably absent from the pro bowl to bounce with law itself on a bill that was doing a great job in bringing russia and now the gold the russian player in four points seventy five meters while germans silkiest been born and these are rise of that silver and bronze respected me with four meters sixty five centimeters. now more success for the russian ladies and one is eight hundred meters might be a seven of a living up to the status as favorite by winning in time of one minute fifty eight point one the to sack and the twenty four year old eddie second gold of the yeah after winning in the same discipline at the world indoor championships in doha. will continue the breaking success in the middle distances winning the women's three thousand meter steeplechase well chambre martyrdom and this was unable to overpower the russian towards the end meaning spain's first medal of the condition

is a silver one it was not a lovable one a tide battle for the bruins to join compadre of the to give up on the podium. and finally the tight end to go with an excellent drama form in the women's four hundred meter hurdles one goal being record setting fashion the venture not covering the distance at a time all fifty two point nine nine hundred two seconds well darien viney at stamboul about picked up. so well while breaking this very shakes drayton setting personal best to grab a bronze medal. outside stateside now where some of the world's bast daredevils have gathered once again to showcase their skills at the sixteenth annual igs games in los angeles here you're going to stealing the show in the skateboard events where jamie bast record using some magic on a baby and makes bike anguishing on passports showing great form of showing forty six points for his wife for the highs for the finals best becoming the first rider

in history to win to be a mix for its fans four times elsewhere a two time olympic medalist shaun white was on hand to try for more and more domestically bob the twenty three year old who specializes in snowboarding as well as boarding a bus stop short by p.r. new york degraded canadian so cool on the first place and he also got his second build overnight in the past three categories. now back in russia the country's street ball team reclaimed the trophy they lost to ukraine last am. in the final of the falls annual moscow open has this story. bad weather is a common problem for st paul organizers in moscow cold hard win and poor and we intend to show up at the least appropriate moment that certainly wasn't the case at the annual master world fund which attracted the least number of british fans and spectators in this four year history. the temperature drop to just thirty two

celsius from thirty seven the previous day making nearly perfect playing conditions team russia had a lot to prove after losing their title from two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight to cream last year and after hanging on to be he still deemed the best of three series on friday the host made the quarterfinals. had an ace up their sleeve centered on it somebody who's turning to turn and winning by. on twenty kilograms but washes overall still sad along with a solid game plan and execution were too much for bill arose to handle and the same the final against italy was even an easier ride as point guard nicole didn't or was on fire from long range or whatever the player who emerged at the fan favorite didn't represent the home crowd it was team romania's experienced leader with a beautiful acting name on he'll come tanika steel he's charisma combined with an unparalleled passion and killer instict on the floor made him the star of the tournament despite one man's heartbreaking loss to italy in the third place given

my shooting that really you know we fell into a rhythm but the problem is that we didn't make it in three we were trying we were trying to go where no agreed to bottom part of the three three ball but they're going into the finally was time for what usually is the most exciting part of it all the slam dunk contest which soon turned into a two man showdown between local high flier alex on the show again and but i knew good afternoon of the serbian team and even though the serb had the most spectacular donk of all the hometown boy was more consistent and left home with a title that's for team russia their final against dystonia was a predictably tougher contest than the previous ones but once again smart play and taken advantage of the mismatches got the job done for the hosts eight hundred thirteen russia the final score with a lot of sound of named the tournament and v.p. the host keep the trophy home for the third time in four years the media was before a t.v. moscow. and there's been more sports most of it is at the luzhniki all saturday as

part of the international sports forum taking place here in the capital amman courses reports that russia is truly a country of sports especially in the summertime when the weather is just perfect and everyone wants to be callid side so without any further and to sit back relax and enjoy the crowds if the russian style.

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but almost a quarter of a million people have been mobilized across russia to tackle wildfires that are ravaging the country twenty five thousand have also been deployed at least thirty people have died and thousands have been made homeless. by the country's most severe heat wave for one hundred thirty years. said to be the worst affected. there are a variety of has been hit very very hot the last couple of days by these fires that we say the moment the emergency services say the situation head has gotten under control but what we know is that there's still a huge amounts of fires butting throughout russia and that's really proving a struggle to get under control in the last twenty four hours around one hundred thirty five new fires have broken out in the most gave each and so did a huge huge strain on emergency services and we've had the russian military have been quoted to help get control of those so huge amounts of all the.