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a shelter on the day. we're here twenty four hours a day. here in central moscow good to have you with us top stories now this hour as the war in afghanistan reaches year ten online videos posted by nato soldiers are undermining the coalition's reputation islamic extremist web sites using direct links to clips uploaded by an eye troops to drum up new support for the taliban. unrest flares once again in kurdistan days before parliamentary elections are due to be held security is being intensified across the country ahead of sunday's poll . and ahead of us overseas broadcasting in america international news channels

including r t he says the u.s. needs to shelter in the global media war. i'll be back with another update for us in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime it's been nine years since the u.s. led invasion of afghanistan and as the allies prepare to withdraw after a decade in the field author and journalist and jones now reflects on the conflicts a legacy. r.t. is sitting down with journalist and author ann jones her most recent book is called war is not over when it's over and thank you very much for sitting down to speak with art it's my pleasure i'd like to be in by asking you about your time on a u.s. military base in afghanistan and to tell me what you saw and experienced well i was at a forward operating base on the border with pakistan and. it

was a strange experience for me but i think that the foremost thing i learned there was from the base commander when i talked to him about the counterinsurgency strategy in afghanistan and he said i'm not fighting counterinsurgency here i'm fighting conventional war since his battalion had taken over this base only a few weeks before he'd lost a lot of man. he was right there on the border of pakistan and there was a lot of activity and of course all the news that was being reported here was about the build up to the great assault in khandahar and all the journalists who were in the south and i apparently was the first american journalist to go to that base and they were really fighting for their lives at at the same time it was very bizarre

because the base itself is very cushy it's very much like home you can go to the chow hall and have lobster tails not not very well cooked but they are who loves details. so on the one hand there's this great effort to separate the troops from the war to make things seem as much like her. home as possible and on the other hand every time they go outside the wire they were they were in danger of losing people and they had lost a lot so there's this disconnect between the base and what's out there. and they go out in their enormous armored vehicles and patrol and get ambushed or run into bombs while the afghans and the taliban are out there running around in their little cotton he's

you know fighting the war their style. and when these american troops are fighting in an area that is particularly destitute and when they go outside the wire they have to see that this civilians surrounding them are terribly poor and struggling people i don't i couldn't figure out how the soldiers computed what they were being asked to do and why they were doing it and how the commander was officially fighting one kind of war but actually fighting quite desperately another kind of war and and why he was the folks in the in the eastern part of the country were just kind of on their own wall all attention was concentrated in the south in the east they didn't even have enough military helicopters to evacuate the

wounded you mention the taliban and i want to also ask you about something you recently wrote an article about afghan women being abandoned you said the taliban do terrible things that the problem with demonizing them is that it diverts attention away from other equally unpleasant and threatening facts let's not make the common mistake of thinking that the devil we see is the only want. as i continued reading your article i made the assumption that. another devil you were referring to as also those that are in charge and the government that is backed and supported by the united states thanks actually the us the devil in afghanistan well the us is yeah i think you could say that in a way because we are supporting an administration that is not only corrupt but of course as fundamentalist in many ways as the taliban. not

just the executive branch and the cabinet but the parliament as well they're all controlled by former mujahideen. islamic extremists that the u.s. the bush administration put in power and so we're on the one hand talking about spreading democracy and equal rights for women and all of those nice things and on the other hand in many ways there's not a dime's worth of difference between the government we're supporting and the taliban were fighting against and now of course where we keep talking about having negotiations cars i want wanted to negotiate for years in the us opposed it but now seems to be supporting it as a way out but you can be sure that if these negotiations go forward with the taliban and the karzai government. it's afghan women and minorities

who are going to suffer in the long run based on what you saw when you were in afghanistan what does the u.s. fundamentally want with afghanistan at this point in the position there and what is victory or what is stabilization what is spreading democracy and what does the u.s. lot i have no idea i can't answer that question. and and many of the soldiers i talked to couldn't answer that question many officers couldn't answer that question certainly there are a lot of people in our political system who couldn't answer that question i think they're struggling with that in the white house as well. of a friend of mine just contacted me from kabul this morning complaining that last night. in kabul general petraeus was on the news broadcast on the one hand saying that negotiations with the taliban were going forward very well and then the other hand saying that the united states was gathering all its forces to fight the

taliban to the death and she said in a very desperate way. what does this mean please make up your mind we afghans are suffering who benefits from hundreds of thousands of americans being there i mean the soldiers many of them it's been reported in some of come out on the record saying they don't want to be there clearly the afghans never asked for america to invade and occupy their country who benefits from all this that's happening more contractors a lot of money is being made off the war. the armament suppliers the contractors who are supposedly providing the security. for the people who supposedly are developing the country. there are many reports of the u.s. paying the taliban so that the taliban shoot at their convoys so

that they can supply their troops so that they can go out and battle against the taliban. if you're on the ground there you see all kinds of catch twenty two like that doesn't make any sense. people are making money off it and some of. those people are afghans and some of those people are americans and and others but the generality of afghan people are suffering enormously you know we've been we've been at this since we went in in the late seventy's to try to lure the the soviets to come in we've been meddling in those affairs and we've consistently backed the wrong people who have blown back to haunt us and i think that the this snarl that

we've made for ourselves in afghanistan now is is so entangled so complex. i don't know how the united states could extricate itself with some sort of honor and consideration for the afghan people you know when you look back in history when it comes to war and conflict uprising we've seen the soviet union fail we've seen britain falle we've seen those like china is caught on alexander the great succeed but they had to exterminate majority of people any chance the u.s. would use that type of measure go to that extent i really have no idea that there's a possibility i think that today so much of the planning and even so much of what's being carried out in afghanistan is secret from us just

as our operations there against the soviets in that proxy war were kept secret from the american public so i think there's too much that we don't know that we have no way of knowing to make any kind of educated guess about that the thing that's troubling. is that obama has said consistently that he wants to begin withdrawing troops he doesn't really want to be there but at the same time the generals are offering him. no range of options at all they're just wanting to remain wanting to increase the number of troops and this raises i think a very troubling constitutional crisis because the president is the commander in chief and as we see his generals boxing him into

a corner what does that say about who's running the government in this country when it comes to our military affairs and foreign policy it's very problematic and with respect to the people of this country to americans do you think a day will calm where this war will follow us home and americans chip you know the public will be suffering the backlash the blowback of all the years that the u.s. has spent in afghanistan and all the death squads well we've already suffered that that's what nine eleven was it was a blowback for our interference in that part of the world and now it comes back to us in many other ways. obama himself said he hasn't ruled out the possibility of another similar terrorist attack that would be blowback for our continuing involvement there but also it comes back in what's happening to our own

country in. as our soldiers come home in terrible condition with. appalling physical and mental injuries and casualties and of course in what it costs this country to fight the. illegal unnecessary wars and what it's costing us at hold now in the deterioration of our own structures and our our own constitutional structures jones thank you very much for your time thank you . lisa. playing.

showbiz that it's entertainment value of the insel trade it's a nice presentation high production runs fast it's graphics. all of this is a way to sort of focus people's attention by using techniques that are associated with unseen and now during this war we had nearly two million sorry entertainment. news today volunteers once again flared up. and these are the images gold world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are all today

please please. bookstore's the start of the war in afghanistan reaches year ten online videos posted by nato soldiers are undermining the coalition's reputation is not make extremist web sites using direct links to clips uploaded by troops to drum up support for the taliban. unrest flares once again. before parliamentary elections are due to be held security is being intensified across the country ahead of sunday's pull. ahead of us overseas broadcasting in america slams international news channels including will take he says the u.s. needs to shout louder in the global media. all those stories to come at the top of the you know if we but first let's cross to kate. the action is taking place at the moment in asia yes bill it sure is the commonwealth games in india caroline

wozniacki topping the tennis rankings in china rafael nadal's flying in japan and so he's a no less a movie explained the next from the. thank you for joining me for the sports update to the top story simply the best caroline wozniacki is the new world number one off to reach the quarterfinals of the china open. while the return of the king rafael the dull overcomes canadian teenager right on it to reach the quarterfinals in tokyo. west east phoenix rise above the number in the latest hockey clash between the n.h.l. and. but we start with tennis and caroline wozniacki is the new women's world number one after reaching the quarter finals of the children are open in beijing but there is the player in the last two years to climb to the top that winning

a grand slam title was me out skate defeated her czech opponent patrick six three six to overtake serina williams in the rankings twenty year old doesn't out skate is the twenty is going to top the rankings since their inception right incentivize meanwhile serbia's ana event a bitch to beat russian seventh seed elena dementieva seven six seven six and it took only forty eight minutes behind favorite leno to trash if you think of germany six to six love anastasio are so vast of out of latvia they walk over against thirteenth seed nordica trover. meanwhile in the men's game world number one rafael nadal went through to the last eight of the japan i was with a straight sets victory over twenty thousand. dollars saved all right thanks to the second set before raising his level to win three of the next few games from the eight six four six four victories the spaniard let's face dimitri tyson thank you

for. being our second seed andy roddick also jeremy shaadi and straight sets threats of all the finals in tokyo it took the first set against the frenchman by six games to. four seconds a bit tighter and roddick saved a set points before he took a seven four on a tie break and he'll face another french and italian feast in the last eight. while nothing much is he said that save money face when meeting roddick in the quarter final clash after beating italy's andreas seppi six four six goal studies beetle troicki beat for steve you are getting meltzer seven six three six seven six in the face last week surprise bangkok will not get above gothia lopez of spain. and staying with tennis where venus williams will miss the rest of the season due to many problems this means the former world number one will not feature in the fed cup final or in the w.t. a championships the thirty year old hasn't played since losing in the semifinals of

the us open interest receiving treatment for me then i had hoped to play against this week next month and have to change a pair fine for the season ending doesn't take championships in there. for one hour and the current owners of liverpool say they will continue to fight the latest attempt to sell the club tom hicks and george to let's say an offer of five hundred fifty eight million dollars by the firm which owns the boston red sox is way too small little balls board said on wednesday it had agreed to the deal with new england sports ventures but fix and let argue that's invalid as they are sucking the board and pushing picks on mack in charge who's against the deal whether or not that is allowed is now the subject of a legal battle between the two sides. and while many of us football's are turning their attention to the upcoming euro twenty twelve qualify as also honest ali you know messi and his argentina teammates have trained at the national stadium in tokyo ahead of their friendly with japan on friday following victories over ireland

and spain the visitors are seeking a third straight win. template which side you're about to step in replaced diego maradona following their four nil thrashing by germany at the world cup fever world player of the year you know messi will be the main attraction for the local fans he recently recovered from an ankle injury going on his return to boston in the one one draw little my oka. and a new problem has beset the commonwealth games in delhi it's thought contaminated water in the main pool could be responsible for a stomach virus that's affecting some of this woman's the england team say twenty percent of their swimmers have been taken ill games federation president mike fennell says the matter looked into urgently meanwhile the australians don't appear to be suffering too much they won six of the line golds and were on wednesday night including a clean sweep in the women's two hundred meter breast stroke while on the track the first gold and two moses ciro from uganda edged kenyan elliott to choking in the

five thousand meters. and we have all the latest results from delhi in the next well as i'm moving to basketball and the latest game in the n.b.a. is pre-season tour of europe so minnesota get the better of the new york knicks in paris the bessey arena was the venue and it was the knicks who were ahead early in the second quarter anthony randolph a three point play at the new york side thirty two twenty eight in front pain which involves come back kevin love seeing half and martell webster both cry and seventeen points and minnesota with seventy one sixty three on top are tied webster get this three point buy into a lead of the end of the surge areas but the six giant russian and us gov cuts last eight zero eight in the fourth ranked however the temple was managed to hang on to win this one hundred six to the homeless. stay with basketball and a press conference was held in moscow on thursday afternoon ahead of the start of

the new season here in russia the professional basketball league is just one year old and the successor to the now defunct super league nine of the former teams will compete this season along with one wilkie side nizhny novgorod the chairman of the new league's council under eight to ten sports minister tell mccall we're optimistic about the prevails future should. it. be aware as you can was given. it's the first league in russia established by the bus can both clubs themselves this isn't an unusual thing in europe where clubs come together in determine the rules of the game sports it's russian basketball isn't it it's bessie's and probably now's not the best time to start a new project sitting there with nothing could stop us posted more than a league of your teaching but it's not new but i will add so there's no adult toy with their own professionally with all the games we want to achievements on and of course we help the league will develop lots of lawyers for the national teams board that will most probably i'm talking now as the final game in the battle between the two best leagues in the walls came to an end last night and i chose sides the

phoenix coyotes beats the k.h. els did on my request for a one in that via the match followed scott petersburg's defeat of carolina earlier in the week and has revived old rivalries between east and west as for my uncle sort of explains. following a successful premier of the cage shell n.h.l. faceoff for the russians latvia takes up the baton to claim its place in the history books. welcome the phoenix coyotes in what's seen as a revival of a tradition that ended roughly twenty years ago elevated interest for such a game would be an understatement as fans stormed the ticket offices long before the start of the match as much as saw the last game with sky and hurricanes it was very good hockey so i hope it will be the same here and that's what everyone wants to see a good game the boards of the standoff between the n.h.l. and k showed clubs there is greatly on either side of the six continents while the two games held in russia in latvia are considered

a historical milestone in those countries the united states and canada are still cautious when talking about the significance of such exhibition matches for their teams the phoenix coyotes this is an intriguing experience you know you've got a massive time zone difference and it's also the start of the season right now it's football season basketball camp started the playoffs now it's a ride to major league baseball so there's all kinds of competition for. entertainment dollar and for everyone's attention so right now it's a little bit of a climax it's going up the escalator it's not the chopper you guys are yet but i would imagine if this were a little bit later on getting. to be different story rica and the whole have some of the most dedicated and noises bands in the kontinental hockey league and it's no wonder since the local outfit is personally the base of the country's national team and those factors alone were considered strong enough to trample the visiting n.h.l. side phoenix. however the first period resembled nothing of that sort most of the

enthusiasm appeared to be in the stands as this it seems played with caution at best phoenix scored zero of their goals in the dying moments of period one and two adding another one in the third. more cars again even the score in the second but that was all the last inside could do despise a multitude of opportunities all in all the game lacked the intensity of the first exhibit in st petersburg but both sides were evidently satisfied with the outcome always there a little bit quicker you know there every time we had a turnover they took advantage and create a lot of opportunities or goalie kept us in a whole film and you know a lot of fun out there so it was fun i think for both teams. played all right it's our last game before before the regular season starts so different situation for us where playing two hours and getting. playing on a rank that's much bigger than with. good experience for our players up for

a reply boston. you know i was i was glad to see our team when we came to win but i thought it was a very good game so the latest episode of the n.h.l. standoff leaves us at a draw five three to the home side in st petersburg and three once at the visitors in latvia it's impossible to state that those results resemble the state of hockey . either continent but it's safe to say that the russians and let is our habits a witness there revival of a tradition and they hope it will not be a one off affair romana call sort of artsy riga latvia. and that's an hour but i'll be back in a couple of hours of the updates from them. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get the human voice

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