quite stream cascading from mountain slopes. mismatching. brings deaths at a speed of more than two hundred kilometers per. step in the avalanche. of blood from moscow this is r.t. top stories this hour libyans in the capital rage at the nato bombing campaign which they say is robbing them of both the safety and the fuel supply concert there strikes have led to a sharp petrol shortage in tripoli where thousands of civilians a bearing the brunt of the war. human rights groups fear nothing's changing for the better in egypt as the country's military rulers announced they've arrested seven thousand people since agrees revolution. and all eyes on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting together to

review ten years of collaboration and group of blueprint for the future. of this nato stepped up its strikes on the libyan capital former u.s. congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney is in the country now to see for herself libyans are coping with the onslaught as she expressed doubts about whether nato is following international norna interview on r.t. is next. former congresswoman and u.s. presidential candidate cynthia mckinney has been in libya working with a non-governmental fact finding mission for ten days already she's here at private expense as are the other members of her team to establish real evidence based facts on the reality of life in tripoli and made mates of bombardments and civil war she joins me now thank you very much cynthia thank you for having me well why is fact

finding necessary in tripoli i can't remember who it was that said that truth is the first casualty of war but we in the united states serve very well aware that the our country went to war against iraq and encouraged the entire world to cold war with it against iraq nine hundred thirty five times the bush administration lied to the american people in the international community about the reasons for going into iraq and then after the deed was done we had our deputy secretary of defense well you know we were in a room and we were just trying to figure out which law of the american people would buy so we settled upon weapons of mass destruction and just like that the international community was drawn into a war that has completely decimated destroyed an entire country the country of iraq

so now no when our government says that they have a responsibility to bomb people in order to save them i think it's important for the american people to understand what the truth is you've mentioned iraq so you do think maybe it could be like second iraq. what i think is libya could become somalia one in the reaction of the people to. the possibility of foreign ground troops here i don't think that is going to be anything that is welcome by anything anyone other than the libyan nato allies who are called the rebels have been here for a while writing so what have you seen what concerns me is that we have

reports that depleted uranium is being used we know that there are the missiles that are coming down the bunker buster bombs that are being used depleted uranium is being used here been everything that we see in grief is contaminated what are these reports come from actually a member of parliament in the united kingdom was the first person who mentioned the possible nato use of depleted uranium that i am aware of and at since that time i have spoken with some experts scientists scientists who are familiar with the telltale signs of depleted uranium use one is how the particulate matter tastes in your mouth if there is a metallic taste and of course since i have been here and there been a lot lot of bombings i have asked around about the metallic

taste one of the persons that i brought with me is an attorney and i asked him he specifically said yes. that he had a metallic taste in his mouth i have not spoken to the libyan scientists who have officially confirmed that but of course if we look at nato and their choice of weaponry we know that nato is used to play. you raining where in eastern europe they've used it in afghanistan they're probably using it in pakistan and why would they not use it here what will your conclusions be my conclusions will be merely the truth as i see it and of course i just have spoken with the dean of political science at the university also known as nasser university where two out of tory m.p.'s were bombed now why is nato bombing

universities why of a bombing compounds where people gathered to express their joy and love and concern for their leader i don't know why nato is choosing these targets but these are civilian targets and when civilian targets are bombed we have criminal activity proselyting stein in tripoli yes we've also been to a hospital and there we were able to speak with people and see their wounds now i was able to see the wounds of the people and they looked very similar to the wounds of those who experience dime weapons that the does in or metallic. weapon that was used in gaza now we've heard this massive provide evidence from a distance. of a factory having on the civilian population this is another aspect of the nato

operation and that like to stress this idea of collective punishment because of course we've heard of collective punishment in the context of israel and its treatment of the palestinians but what we are seeing here is a kind of collective punishment as well where nato is preventing. shipments of fuel and food and medicine to come in. there have been efforts to actually get medicine into the country that have been denied by nato of course you it is impossible to go on any street and miss the huge cues of sometimes three and four d. of cars that are i'm for and on and on and on as they queue up to get gasoline from the service station this is a nato policy and this is also a policy of collective punishment this is targeting the civilian population and

whenever you target a civilian population you're committing a crime to be able to speak to people i guess yes i have spoken to people and the one question that they ask me over and over and over again is why that is the question one day and so when i go back to the states i'm going to try and aspect question why why is this happening certainly it is not for humanitarian reasons because what is being caused by nato is a humanitarian catastrophe could be the goal of a strategy do you think what we have to do if we really want to understand the motivations of u.s. policy we have to go back to what ray mcgovern who is a former cia analyst had to say and he described u.s.

policy is being driven by all i and l. well parts all i in l. o. for. i for israel elders for just six and so he described the logistics as those logistics that were needed by the neo cons to carry out. they're policies on behalf of israel and if we look at the behavior of the nato allies in libya the so-called rebels what we see is they open up a central bank so that means that of course the banking system that is independent here in tripoli in think that easy that banking system will be tied to the international banking system they also have concluded agreements with israel now what are those agreements one of those agreements is to provide

a base for israel in libya today just secretary general rasmussen told us he just there only hitting targets of military value do you accept that no absolutely not a university military you certainly rimmer of. these. grandbabies is not of military value i went to that house i saw the sling set foods paul said that the journalists there and there was nothing of military value there is just. innocent people does that mean restlessness military people are telling half truths i think there's nothing of the truth which received here seems a bit personal now with a coup khadafi no matter what i can only repeat what the nato leaders have said and

they have said that. colonel gadhafi is a legitimate target this murder and i don't think that there's anywhere that murder is permitted this is targeted assassination this is extrajudicial killing. this goes against international law international humanitarian law international human rights in every aspect of it. of the law and so now it has nato become a murder machine a targeted assassination machine this could have no god other thing well i don't know what he knows. he probably knows far more than you and i. i plan to meet him. well or if that were to be made available to me i would probably take advantage of that and my last question if gadhafi leaves and it looks like he will have to no matter what what will he leave behind well i think that's

a question that is more appropriate for the people of libya i know that i am here on a fact finding mission and soley to understand the truth to transmit the truth . as i see it because the. international press largely are not telling the international community the truth thank you very much. for being with us. wealthy british style. expert on. the. market.

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top stories this hour on r.t. libyans in the capital rage at the nato bombing campaign which they say is robbing them of both their safety and their fuel supply constant airstrikes have led to a sharp edge in tripoli where thousands of civilians bearing the brunt of the. human rights groups fear that nothing is changing for the better in egypt as the country's military rulers announced they've arrested seven thousand people since february revolution. and all eyes on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting together to review ten years of collaboration and drop a blueprint for the future. to bring us up to date with oh no you back with more

than fifteen minutes and then the meantime the supporters next of cake. hello welcome to the sports news and here are the top stories rude awakening politicizes that manager after watching his side concede a late home goal and it got no defeated on car while topless a star beat second place and jeter remained strong after a day of product results in the russian premier league. and fighting back serena williams wins her first competitive match after a year long injury layoff as she prepares to defend her wimbledon crown. to go first play and ruud gullit has been fired as coach of chechen side to look after his charges last their latest game with a last minute i'm going to clown car this tuesday night so i'm a young trick was the guilty man in what was the worst case scenario for the dutch trainer he was given an ultimatum to either win this game or go well it's less than

five months and it was eighteen months deal with the club and failed to impress the bosses during this stint after winning just three out of thirteen league games in charge because year old is now leaving after the club posted on their website on monday it's anything but so when it's in the packing. wells well it's a full program of not just on tuesday it is gary maintop oscar winning three want to thank you for the waste on sheikh money last longer wanted moscow try it three want a response right now try to stick to the bottom in place of korea so that's off you pulled a surprise one there when it was their place to buy a lot in the dying minutes of the last two games twice former champions remain a leading get out of moscow on classloader rushing volga. earlier in the very spot at moscow were held to a disappointing one zero draw tome broke away from tom's defense to put spot act in charge after twenty minutes and as they looked to have the game won before. blasted in a last gasp equaliser the times their share of the spoils of both the spotlight which

. the lead car in the state is young side that experience. was four different players one time in the champions league pummeled last off four kneel on a turf glaringly unmarked alex the iana open right after the kickoff to please coach which on its ability as a bitch to set up that goal of them turned score at six minutes before half time sunil alexander carried off with his assistant in this one also providing the next defense whizzing past it's about the state to finish it off in two or three in the second half and alexander who hire off made the final score four nil with a scrappy injury time goal. well second half substitute danny didn't score in the heat go first but before the game set piece back side could ensure their record signing will stay on for another four years which will meet filled up with pen to paper to extend his initial deal which set the champion's back a staggering thirty million euros three years ago what does it mean to danny has

been crowned russian champion got the same way for a supercar the russian cup and the russians to pick up. now by the end of this month we'll learn a former russian coach misleading will after all return to english premier league side chelsea the russian i'm longing for what has the knowledge us in such in call i'm sure to last month but the blues are racing to a quantum leap last week the summer transfer window wide open in england and former acting coach who think is touted as the front runner for the job with the team's chief executive running goal eight saying the time to announce the new coach is nigh as far as the manager is concerned. this is going well. with no religion all the time it's ok. for me to call me or the next minute he was going to . relive those things in the usual way. we do next when we get into the big decision to those who. are green. red bulls formula one

champion sebastian vettel has been training with another red bull team this time. the new york soccer side including the former asked ambassador started erion re his team are a top of the major league soccer is eastern conference and this is in no small funds to henri has been banging the goals in netting seven in eleven matches but despite his magic touch the frenchman restored alighting with battles help on the training pitch rebels f one star copped in after coming second in sunday's canadian grand prix and on we hope speckles appearance will inspire the players to win some silverware. plus all you want you want to win and i was a junior we didn't win anything yet so you know having him around and is going to bring us a bit of luck to win something and of course you know we're full on being successful great we're trying to follow the example nice to see them come over here and see what they do is the first time i actually had. an idea with professional players on the on the field and it's amazing you know it's small things that you probably

don't see from the outside but how they move and how quickly. you know they didn't want to step compared to me obviously are just to hold the football for. tennis now and with wimbledon starting next week former world number one serena williams has successfully returned to action after almost a year out she came from behind to outlast but on the wrong cover in the first round at the grass court events at eastbourne it didn't look like a winning comeback a serene at first as the american could only take one goal in the first set and she was able to turn things around to see who won six six three six four next up for serena is russia as well number three pillars on a row about local teenage wildcard ever watson six three six three. hundred or so each one is another four while the one hundred one of the which the serbian shrugged off an early break to come out a six point six three winner against germany's new yogas signing away max the elder william sister venus who is playing in her first tournament since the australian

open on january. while the world number two kim clijsters is a. for wimbledon after a game hurting her ankle in a second round defeat even in the netherlands reigning us under strain open champion prices went crashing out in straight sets the hands of italian qualifier friendly ranked eighty second in the world clijsters has never won the wimbledon title. now after finishing fourth of that year in winter olympics in two thousand and six russia slipped to the low point of thirteen in the winter sport rankings after a disappointing display at last year's i.q. the games though according to russian sports minister. the situation is heading for a u. turn this season russia is going to sports have already had a major overhaul since those games in canada and in the run up to the next olympics in their own resort of sochi in twenty fourteen last year eight out of eleven heads of various sporting federations be let go and if the country doesn't improve their medals next year more heads will roll but hopes the measures now in place could

ensure russia will become one of the leading countries that such a program of what our immediate goals are very clear and we have in place a very comprehensive preparation program and next year we have to rise to least six place in the world winter sports rankings if that doesn't happen it will be a cause for alarm if this system doesn't work this year it will mean that the problems are rooted even more deeply than we thought. and finally to a charity event of a one off kind which featured russia's world renowned footballer andrea shoutin against a giant box that we call a value of in the heart of siberia smiling region and our very own correspondent cuz i think that far off was there for us. three thousand five hundred kilometers from moscow in southwestern is the industrial city of camera it was built on the banks of the tamari were in the sun for russia's biggest coalmining region because now it's greece and it's not really a sport is there are a few sporting facilities in summer and they're low temperatures in winter however

the priority on. region's officials is promoting sport and most of its youngsters and the c.e.o. national russia day their fish was presented their citizens with a trade and exotic charity event with on their hind end and the gallipoli fling the q. rolls. i spent three days here and had a tight share deal i visited several of images unveiled and you for the stadium i've met officials and discussed lots of issues in the near future the camera region will probably house several important sporting events and i want to be involved in making sport more affordable. but it wasn't just about promoting sport in the region as a show in spencer and getting to know the locals but i was impressed by the number of weddings i've witnessed here so far and many of the couples had their photos taken with me so i hope that when they look at these pictures and their family albums it will make them smile. so to offer russia's most famous athletes over

there was the key to time value being a heavyweight champion and i well you and you are two thousand a grown man alist arsenal midfielder and russia captain and they are sharing when face to face in a friendly football match luckily for the thirty year ghana he had to go up against a thirty seven year old walks or suffered only two losses in the boxing ring and on an affordable page when his words are more popular in siberia for business reasons as the winter last for half a year but is standard usually hosts russian hockey glitches the marriage kicked off between russia's two best known sporting st petersburg natives and their teams consisting of former fillmore's local officials and businessman valued at two meters and thirteen centimeters in height just a formidable shadow in gold while lower levels are ok by his favorite position. but the biskra least had the misfortune to experience a goalkeeping home or just a few minutes into the game well like old charity matches there was an abundance of

gold and then. shannons duly made his captain proud as he stayed two of three sports keeps a normal time while she was popularity clearly knows no boundaries as a fan broke through and got on to the beach to shake hands with the gunners new filter be happy and surprisingly in the match and drop in the bounce a shootout that follows only failed to intimidate the keeper and his keep was safe so although he might have been a little disappointed with his own influence the world champion boxer was much more satisfied with the overall day. i was playing as a goalkeeper for the first time and it's a pity i conceded so many goals but the first one was a real disaster i don't know how that happens but i'm happy that so many people came here and it was a real sport and festival so the twenty thousand people turned up to watch a james in the world the boxing against the relative giant in the world of football

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