that followed washington waged its war on terror with the aim of preventing in nine eleven from ever happening again but critics say conflict has become an obsession with a price tag of billions of dollars as guided to count reports in our special coverage . it started as a war on terror spawned by the deadliest terrorist attack in history in the world history with the enemy that's that's clear but the circle of america's enemies grew quickly and included nations that had nothing to do with nine eleven they were defined by george bush as the axis of evil some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since september the eleventh. but we know their true nature. north korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. while starving a citizens. iran aggressively pursue zs weapons in exports terror while an unelected few repressed the iranian people's hope for freedom. iraq and change the

font of america and to support terror two years after nine eleven the us invaded iraq on the grounds that he had weapons of mass destruction and was doing business with al qaida grounds which proved to be false hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians have died since the invasion they use the moment and in the wake of nine eleven to divert from afghanistan our real target should have been our real target and go to iraq it also was the low hanging fruit north korea was far more dangerous but too difficult one hundred thousand casualties were predicted by the problem on both sides seoul would be destroyed iran was too difficult seventy million people not fractured like the iraqis and the sunni and shia and christian and other as for the motives behind invading iraq some top or oil iraq right now is sitting on probably two hundred billion barrels maybe three hundred billion barrels that's correct zone or report mo he plans to be a thirteen million barrels per day production capacity in seven years that

surpasses saudi arabia now you know why dick cheney went to war in iraq others blame america's self assigned role as the world's policeman the driving idea behind it is that it had to monex debility of the idea is that so but world is going to be more secure place overall if there is a a unocal or world a sole remaining superpower much of what has happened post nine eleven in the name of responding to nine eleven has been a pretext as terrorism was no longer the only reason for landing on washington's enemy list the us has even more far reaching plans on the table who are. vice president dick cheney says he urged the bush administration to bomb syria at one time because of its alleged nuclear weapons program a move which experts say would have had disastrous effects on the region so president obama was elected on hopes that he would and the endless wars overseas

which most americans are opposed to but he continues and adds one more another oil rich nation libya and this time in the name of removing an evil dictator. some worry syria could be next we have a an executive power that is beyond any check by the people by the congress or by the courts for war we can go toward the drop of a coin we've reached the point now where the present in the united states can kill people for state purposes any time he or she feels the need since nine eleven america's war on terror has crossed many borders from pakistan to yemen and other countries that chase for a handful of terrorists has turned the lives of the entire nations upside down we're talking about hundreds of thousands of innocent lives taken by the decade of constant war and many worry that a tragedy as great as nine eleven has served as a pretext for an even greater tragedy one that has no end in sight i'm going to

check our reporting from washington our team. washington's response to the attacks especially the invasion of iraq and afghanistan received massive global criticism bill van auken a member of the international a tory board of the world socialist web site says the wars just happened to suit us foreign policy you know we were always told nine eleven changed everything and certainly it is a changing point in american and world history but i think if you look at what took place in the aftermath of nine eleven they don't flow from the events they flow from policies that had been in the works for at least previous decade the perception among a whole layer of really what became the production. of american foreign policy makers that you know polar moment had a river risen the united states could carry out its will by military force anywhere in the world and it could use military force to reverse what had become more and more evidently an economic decline decline in its position on the world stage take

iraq i mean saddam hussein was an opponent of al qaida. invented reasons going to iraq when he had relations with the drug cartel which now everyone admits was a lie they claimed he had weapons of mass destruction which now everyone knows was a lie so what you're dealing with are wars not to protect the american people but to serve the interests of the elite that run this country the top one percent the corporations the banks that saw in wars with plunder the ability to get ever more wealth and to consolidate american grip on the oil resources of the world one of the apparent consequences of the war on terror has been a rise in islamophobia both in america and abroad speaking of a political scientist and former u.s. national security advisor told r.t. that from the outset washington adopted the wrong approach in its fight back. the response should not generalize this. one particular religious phenomenon but it's a political

a show in which our objective ought to be to isolate the terrorists from their political cultural national context and required avoiding stigmatizing the phenomenon as a generalized islam the phenomenon but view it as an aberration. against which we can use also the support of their epic prophets i think we didn't do that we also enlarge the theater of war from the gaddis down to iraq and as a consequence we have become embroiled in much larger regional political conflict and not some sort of the religious crusade. for terrorist attacks that become synonymous with. a senseless slaughter of the most serious people stop. the mission coveting.

is on the team members. to. look back at nine eleven on aussie. a tragic loss hit the sports world this week fans and families are mourning the victims of a plane crash in central russia which killed almost the entire locomotive jaroslav ice hockey team over one hundred thousand people came to pay their last respects to the much loved players in their hometown shannon thomas looks at the catastrophe. and waves of emotion poor through jaroslav as residents realize the full weight of the tragedy that country or the lives of some of the city's brightest stars but ended up with an fans of this team for many years our whole family including our little child went to all their games for us is there operable us it's like losing a family member. i knew one of the players he was my neighbor and he was a great person he's got two little kids left how could this happen when we saw the

news on t.v. i just burst into tears. at just after four in the afternoon on wednesday the charter plane carrying almost the entire jaroslava locomotive k h o hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff bursting into a wall of flame after clipping a runway antenna forty three of the forty five on board perished soon as they look at mostly serious we heard the plane takeoff so we told our granddaughter look there's going to be an airplane then i heard a bang and my daughter told me mom oh it's falling down to the side but then came the flames and the smoke and we wanted to run away but we didn't know where to run and then we went to the river and saw the plane which was in the wake of the tragedy vladimir putin ordered an immediate and thorough investigation as president medvedev led a country in mourning visiting the crash site and paying his respects. meanwhile fans of the three time championship winning jaroslava lokomotiv team made their voices heard in a show of solidarity and support. as you can see from the flowers and candles and

mementos left here at the stadium the loss of. what was a huge blow to his community. international nature of this team it was a larger loss for russia and the rest of the world as well. my friends when the play and the guys have played together a couple years ago of course wonders just want to give my condolences to the families and all that stuff for the ceremonies to honor the players were held in minsk in bratislava with some reflections from those who knew the players well of the title demitra told me he actually wants to quit hockey that he wants to play a little bit more and then leave and spend time with his family so this last conversation came back to my head when i heard about the crash and i want to honor him at least by lighting this candle not only him but everybody who died i would like to express my condolences to his family to his children and wife. saturday

marked the end of an official three day mourning period as thousands poured into the stadium to view fourteen coffins on display and say their final goodbyes to deposit it we have buried our friends the people who brought us joy and played for our country this is an irreplaceable loss for us all the people of us level and the whole country. and you know this level xan thomas our t.v. . still have for this hour here an r.t.s. stalemate in the systems of loyalist stands firm with a deadline to surrender ignored we have the latest on the fighting and the growing sense of fear in the capital. and israel vows to keep a peace agreement with egypt despite embassy riots that led to the evacuation of diplomatic staff in cairo. russia plans to say a fact finding mission to syria to get firsthand information on the areas hit by

violence the decision was announced after members of the syrian opposition visited moscow they accuse president bashar lawsuit of continuing a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters and i want international help russia is urging both sides to start talking and avoid another conflict speaking on the sidelines of an international policy forum in the russian city of yaroslavl president medvedev said he's concerned about advance in syria but the situation is far from simplistic. the resolutions we would approve to send a strong message to the syrian regime should in fact be addressed to both sides things aren't just black and white the anti-government protesters in syria are not followers of some refined european models of democracy some of them are to put it straight extremists and some might even be called terrorists the situation is not that simple and we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interests russia may support certain moves but only if they don't boil down to the

one sided condemnation of the government and president assad we should send a strong message calling on all the conflicting parties to come to the negotiating table start talks and stop the bloodshed. all the syrian government claims the unrest has been orchestrated by armed groups aim to destabilize a country doctor tawfiq from philadelphia university in jordan says both the authorities and protesters are responsible. but there is two thousand people. sort of the say about these two some of them maybe there are incentives or some of them are but remember there's also one thousand soldier was killed in syria so these one thousand soldiers. being killed by by peaceful demonstration definitely is in syria was not peaceful in many a sense because otherwise how could also be that one thousand. policemen have been killed during these five months yes there is mistrust from both sides but

we have the current situation and we should sit on the table and negotiate because there is no other solution. as dr tuffy shamar from philadelphia university in jordan commenting on the developments in syria. to another conflict now in libya this week could off the loyalists put up dogged resistance against rebel forces with a surrender or data line expiring on saturday fighting rages on the one of get out his last four strongholds bani walid nato airstrikes continue to assist the rebels libya's ousted leader is on the run and now on interpol's wanted list his audio messages claim he is still in the country despite reports his family and some associates crossed the border into his chair meanwhile the head of libya's transitional council giulio has moved to tripoli in a major step toward setting up a post gadhafi government the capital fell to rebels last month but life there

shows little improvement financial reports celebrations over the end of the old regime have been replaced by fear in the streets. a city celebrates for more than ten days the libyan capital has been rejoicing in the dictator's fall where he. he wanted to hang his portrayed here in the central square for the forty second anniversary of his rule but we put our flag up instead we won we're so happy without him. it seems in the last two weeks rebel fighters have fired bullets in the air the were shot during this whole town tripoli early august or early be a fifteen hour very very fluid. mr gadhafi. gadhafi is it that or. he told old to be more lovely would the people of that we know you see love him all of us were out of freedom is that we going to get that big and that we're

done all right with a lawyer but away from jubilant crowds we meet those who are not so pleased at the one man leaves in tripoli's abu salim district historically pro khadafi when the rebels arrived his sister was badly injured she's still in hospital in tunisia other one doesn't want to show his face on camera and ceased want to hidden location for the interview he says revolution has brought much fear in its wake. there is no peace there is no safety in the city we don't want our children outside when it's dark we are afraid we always wait for something bad when gadhafi was here at least we didn't have to sleep awake what we do know. up the little one says he's also want to change and the brighter future for his country but they sway. and people are dying on both sides the city is destroyed or no one cares do they seriously think that they changed it for the better don't want you so just look

around is that what you wanted and what is around is a scene of widespread destruction and social chaos the badly damaged buildings matched by the rise in stink of garbage and decomposing bodies. as roam the streets barely old enough to understand that what they carry are weapons not toys many shops schools and hospitals are closed while the city's symmetries are growing bigger and bigger. shortly after tripoli fell into rebel hands the national transitional council libya's new authority claimed it was moving here from benghazi but weeks have passed and the resale no sign of order being raced towards the city functioning by itself and treading a fine line between freedom and anik a. rigged notion of. tripoli libya. for the latest news and

video from around the world you can visit our t. dot com our web site here's what's online right now. again to stay and maybe the world biggest opium poppy producer but the u.k. is making inroads into the market so going online to see what british farmers are growing and why. and moscow's highest observation deck of a stock you know t.v. tower has been reopened for tourists after years of reconstruction fine a full story and more on our t.v. dot com. a twenty year sentence for a russian pilot convicted of conspiring to smuggle cocaine cause a strong reaction from moscow this. weak russia promised not to abandon constantine here shankill after the verdict by an american court was detained in liberia in two thousand and ten and secretly transported to the u.s. the case itself set a major precedent as it was the first time

a russian citizen has been sentenced to jail in the u.s. after being arrested in a third country repeatedly pleaded not guilty in the case is to fans now has a month to file an appeal although u.s. officials could take up to two years to consider it moscow says he's arrest and rendition were illegal and that it will seek his repatriation is have been put on a state of alert after protesters attacked israel's am a c. in cairo this friday they destroyed a wall near the building and ripped down the israeli flag three people died and over a thousand were injured and rioting after a demonstration demanding faster political reforms turn violent anger swelled last month after israeli forces responding to a cross border militant attack mistakenly killed five egyptian police officers there's really prime minister says his country will stick to its peace treaty with egypt despite the embassy attack that led to a vacuum of most of its diplomatic staff the protests come months after

a popular revolt ousted hosni mubarak the president of the arab lawyers association sabah hobby star says it's islam as groups who could ultimately benefit from the unrest. the various political movements are vying for power they're trying to show who is bigger than the other i think this demonstration it's only the liberals not taking part in it it is accusing the other one of trying to show their power the islamists are not they're not what the election because whatever form the election no it takes they will definitely get higher votes than the liberals the demonstrations will continue i think the egyptian people will not accept that the military continue to be in power this five that most of the military as everybody knows are the same old team of mubarak they are the people who were handpicked by mubarak with the approval of the americans the americans would be happy for the military to stay there but i don't think the egyptian people without that still had

an r.t. there rad ragen striving for independence we ask whether it's politics an economy or emotion behind wales has been to move beyond the control of london. ukraine's losing its key bargaining chip and europe's energy industry it's been the major transit route for russian gas until you were a but its monopoly is now coming to an ant but you were put in has launched the north stream gas pipeline in northern russia. in the. ukraine is on longstanding partner any transit country is always tempted to use its exclusive status as a transit state now ukraine will lose this privilege i believe our relations will evolve into an ever more civilized free market partnership. the door stream pipeline travels directly from russia to you are a bypassing ukraine its role as a transit state has been fractious in recent years resulting in disputes between

moscow and kiev ukraine wants a discount on the current price of pays for russian gas under contracts signed back in two thousand and nine it even threatened to take the issue into court however the country's prime minister promised to stick to the current agreement until a new deal is signed. you watching r.t. live from moscow let's take a look at some other stories from around the world as many as two hundred people are dad and three hundred seventy missing after an overloaded vessel capsized and sank off the coast of danzig bar after losing engine power in the rough seas the ship began taking on water and eventually turn over survivors say the ferry was overloaded with cargo and passengers many of them children sons of bars president has declared a three day mourning period. as tropical storm nate has its way towards the mexican coast the search is on for several missing oil workers and a dozen fisherman

a commercial vessel and two fishing boats were lost during nate's approach and no sign of the crews has been found while coastal areas brace themselves for the storm air and sea rescue teams are continuing their search to spied worsening conditions . while i'm on slow clive to elect a former military general as president of hope of bringing order to the country thought of paris molina's favorite worrying leftist groups and human rights organizations still hoping to prosecute members of the country's former dictatorship but the key election issues for guatemalans appear to be high crime rate and poverty which haven't golfed the country. now the u.k. looks less than united in one corner of the four nation kingdom in wales a sense of national identity has been stoked by calls for independence in scotland and one party has pledged its commitment to breaking away from london lore and explores the small nation's ambitions. welcome to wales part of the u.k.

and a proud nation with its own language and customs and the latest voice to call for independence applied comrie which means the party of wales has always argued the country could be better off without the u.k. and it seems increasing numbers are starting to see their point of view our economy has been run from london with the interest and priorities of the south east of england to the fore and independent wills of course will be able to chart a different course based on our needs and priorities wales is a long way from declaring independence but it's no longer just a pipe dream and people here voted overwhelmingly earlier this year in favor of handing the welsh assembly full nor making powers that was considered a turning point in welsh nationhood and plights couldn't read the party of wales have undoubtedly taken heart from the surprise victory of the scottish national party that victory in may gave the s.n.p.

an outright majority in the scottish parliament which has many powers devolved from westminster the party's promise to hold a scotland wide referendum on whether to declare independence according to plied comrie that marks the turning of the tide for a unified u.k. people now i believe are beginning to to use the word independence in in a welsh context which say they wouldn't of jennifer use our last activity valid sizing the people in where's it going to see that their turn when scotland becomes independent the next logical step is for we're just becoming dependent to of course separatism is nothing new to the british isles and the thousands of victims of the troubles in northern ireland are testament to how high feelings can run both in the present day and for centuries past while national sentiment may not be a new phenomenon the reasons for it have changed over the years and in these.

current turbulent economic times money talks scotland has oil and gas but while wales was a proud coal producing nation its minds are now closed and it's got some of the highest unemployment levels in the u.k. because of that the older generation is reserved when it comes to independence but young people are filled with national but them independence is less about money and more about nationhood and identity and wales needs to be independent because it is a great country and we do we do and it like being is already patriotic i think we're more patriotic than england definitely we have a lot of culture that we shouldn't forget just seem to be better here at the moment you can get free prescriptions. education seems to be a bit better plight comrie says it's going to build on that support providing not just emotional reasons why wales should be independent but concrete economic

reasons too and it says wales does have resources particularly land and see for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind laura . cardiff. and for the fourth time a top prize of the venice film festival is coming to russia alexander's a chorus movie fouls beat off other rivals to win the gold line the jury was united in its decision it was head darren aronofsky praising the picture saying it would change viewers for ever with two years of shooting and an overall price tag of over nine million dollars is a core of most ambitious projects inspired by his strategy the dialogue in germany has yet to be translated to other languages including russian for more about the director and his work go to our website r.t.e. dot com.

shortly we asked for. george w. bush administration official for he's views on the fallout from nine eleven that's after be capped off this week's top stories in just a few minutes. we'll . leave them

feel a. sense to do so.

welcome back you're watching our t.v. live from moscow today's news in this week's top stories the u.s. commemorates its worst terrorist attack the divide of the world the nine eleven assault ten years ago prompted america to launch a policing mission that many experts claim has made the globe more dangerous. russia bids farewell to the players of a top national ice hockey team who perished in a plane crash the jet went down shortly after taking off jaroslava region killing forty three people on board. and moscow is to send a fact finding mission to syria to get firsthand information about the crisis there this as russia's president refuses to take sides in the conflict saying talks are the only way to peace. the decade that followed the nine eleven attack was.