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come to night from the russian capital this is our top stories this hour as the war in afghanistan reaches year ten online videos posted by nato soldiers are undermining the coalition's reputation is not making extremist web sites or using direct links to clips uploaded by 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 . the head of u.s. overseas broadcasting in america slams international news channels including r.t.

since the us needs to shout louder in the global media. it brings up to date for the moment i'll be back for another update for you very soon but in the mean time it's been nine years since the u.s. led invasion of afghanistan and as the nato forces prepare to withdraw after a decade in the field author and journalist and jones reflects on the conflicts they can see that's our special interview next. 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 there 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 child hall and have lobster tails not not very well cooked but they are 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 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 four 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 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 in 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 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 it 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 on 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 well 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 who don't 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 the late seventy's to try to lure the the soviets to come in we've been. and 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 whole 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 a soviet union fail we've seen britain falle but 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 if there is 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 pantry to americans do you think the day will come 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 debt has caused 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 these illegal unnecessary wars and what it's costing us at hole now in the deterioration of our own structures and our our own constitutional structures and jones thank you very much for your time thank you.

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very latest from the well. it's good news from new delhi that's of course if you're in australia hi bill yes the australians are pedaling for glory at the commonwealth games taking all four goals on offer in the velodrome one day for all that's less stressed of the sport that's next. hello welcome to the sports news and here are the headlines simply the best caroline wozniacki is the new world number one after reaching the quarter finals of the two i wrote. while the return of the king ruff found the dull overcomes canadian teenager right on it to reach the quarter finals in tokyo. and going for gold australia dominates the track cycling events at the commonwealth games in delhi. will start with tennis and caroline wozniacki is the new women's world number one after reaching the quarter finals of the china open in beijing today in

the very last two years to climb to the top without winning a grand slam title as me at ski defeated her czech opponent patrick that about six three six two to overtake serena williams in the rankings a twenty year old person out skiing is the twentieth woman to top the ranking since their inception in one nine hundred seventy five meanwhile serbia's and i are valid which beat russian seventh seed elena dementieva seven six seven six and it took only forty eight minutes for home favorite leno to thrash angelic kerber of germany six two six love while honest us vs a vast of a lot via the walkover against thirteenth seed nadia petrova of russia. meanwhile in the men's game world number one rafael nadal went through to the last eight of the japan open with a straight sets victory at the canadian qualifier when it. saved four great points to three in the second set before raising his level need to win three of the next

four games to complete a six four six four victory spaniard on next face down into tears when russia in the quarterfinals. our second seed andy roddick also beat jeremy shockey in straight sets which appeared finals in tokyo he took the first set. against the french tanker for a second so this title saved a set point he took it seven four on the tie break and he will face another frenchman to go along feast in the last eight. while in the other matches as we said fifth seed maul face will meet roddick in that quarter final clash after beating italy's andreas set the six goal six paul and serbia's viktor troicki beat fourth seed here going well set seven six three six seven six in the face last week's surprised bangkok where the p.l.o. got the yellow pads of spain. staying in asia on third seed grabbing sidling beat nicolas almagro seven five four six six three to reach the quarter finals of the

china open in beijing feel next place eighth seed david ferrer who beat sun in three sets while andy murray beat out that one tongue as seven five six three the second seed will now face event which after eight defeated alexander apollo. and staying with tennis where venus williams will miss the rest of the season juice in the problems this means the former world number one will not feature in the fed cup final or in the w.t. championships the thirty year old hasn't played since losing in the semifinals of the u.s. open and she still receiving treatment for her knee williams had hoped to play in fed cup final against italy next month after the chance of qualifying for the season ending w t a championships and she's a magnet out of both. football and the current owners of liverpool say they'll continue to fight the latest attempt to sell the club tom hicks and george gillett 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 deal with new england sports ventures but picks and gillette argue that's invalid as they are sucking the board putting his son mack in charge was against the deal whether or not that is allowed. add is now the subject of a legal battle between the two sides. and while many of you as footballers are turning their attention to the upcoming euro twenty twelve qualifiers bosler in a stalinist messi and his argentina team mates 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 on the temporary coach sergio but is to replace diego maradona following their four nelse rushing by germany at the world cup and fee for world player of the year leno messi will be the main attraction for the local fans you recently recovered from an uncle injury scoring on his return for boss a in their one one draw with railway orca. teenage cyclist meghan down of australia has

claimed her second gold medal as australia dominated the track cycling events at the commonwealth games in delhi nineteen year old donkey already won the twenty five kilometer points race powered her way to win the ten kilometer scratch race to spread one all four gold medals on offer and claimed ten out of eleven so far while over in all cheering nicky hunt the bull's eye with the final shot to ensure england's women picked canada to gold in the group and contest in the team event while in tennis indian top seed somdev devvarman beat rubin stay there with new zealand six three six four to reach the semifinals of the men's singles and rival singapore malaysia three nil in the summary finals of the women's table tennis player away completing the racks. for going to basketball and in the n.b.a.'s pre-season tour of europe minnesota got the better of new york knicks in paris the best the arena was the venue and it is the knicks who were ahead early in the

second quarter to randolph three point play and it looks like thirty to twenty two in front then came the timberwolves comeback kevin love scene here and martell webster claimed seventeen points and a so-so seventy one sixty three on toss by the time website this trade going to play to the lead at the end of the said period the next giant russian to say was caused such a blast in eighty eight eighty only in the fourth district however the olds managed to hang on to win this one hundred six to one hundred six. staying 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 success that the now defunct super league has nine of the former teams will continue this season along with one look inside nizhny novgorod the chairman of the league's council andre about two terms on sports minister tony not close to

mature optimistic about the creature like she has it. be aware. it's the first league in russia established by the basketball club's themselves this isn't an unusual thing in europe where clubs come together and determine the rules of the game sports russian basketball isn't at its best and probably now is not the best time to start a new broader sit in there with nothing could stop us posted beleaguer beautician but it's not new but i would add so there's no doubt that will hold their own professionally with all the games we want to achievements and of course we hope the league will develop lots of awareness for the national team sport that will most probably finally do ice hockey as the final game in the battle between the two best leagues in the world came to an end on wednesday night and i chose sides of the phoenix coyotes beat the k.h. els dinner my regrets three one in that via the match. carolina earlier in the week and has revived old rivalries between east and west as for monk explains. following

a successful premiere of the cage and a shelf a cell for the russians latvia takes up the baton to claim its place in the history books. of 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 i saw the last game with. it was very good so i hope it will be the same here that's what everyone wants to see a good game the importance of the standoff between the n.h.l. and k. showed clubs there is greatly on either side of the two consonants 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 once all king about the significance of such exhibition matches for their teams the phoenix coyotes this is a intriguing experience you know you go to a massive time zone difference and it's also the start of the season right now it's

football season basketball camp start of the playoffs now as arrived in major league baseball so there's all kinds of competition for the entertainment dollar and for everyone's attention so right now it's a little bit of a climb it's going up the escalator is not the top or you guys are yet but i would imagine if this were a little bit later on getting geared up towards the playoffs be a different story reka and a lot there's a whole have some of the most dedicated and noises fans in the kontinental hockey going it's no wonder since the local outfit personally the base of the country's national team and those two factors alone were considered strong enough to trample the visiting n.h.l. side phoenix coyotes however the first period resembled nothing of that sort most of the enthusiasm appeared to be in the stands as the tootsies played with call. 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 latvian side could do despise a multitude of opportunities all in all the game lacked the intensity of the first exhibit match 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 our goalie kept us in a goal from 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 were playing two hours and getting her playing and playing on a rank that's much bigger than we'd play on so good experience for our players join up with four we played boston saturday night and. 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. case shells down dolphin leaves us at a draw five three to the home side in st petersburg and three once of the visitors

in latvia it's impossible to state that those results resemble the state of hockey on either continent but it's safe to say that the russians and latvia is are happy to witness the revival of a tradition and they hope it will not be a one off affair remonde call artsy riga latvia. that's all the sport for this bill isn't often feel. hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers.