five pm here in the russian capital this is r t it was a tragedy that claimed the lives of thousands in an instant and later brought two wars with an even more monstrous death toll the united states is marking a decade since the nine eleven terror attacks terrorists a crash hard planes into the twin towers of the world trade center in new york as well as the pentagon in washington a fourth plane came down in the state of pennsylvania remembered ceremonies are being held at ground zero in new york and all across america it was the worst strike on u.s. soil in history the united nation and its determination to seek out the perpetrators and prevent more deaths for the american led invasion of afghanistan that followed nine eleven has claimed thousands more lives in what's now the longest conflict in u.s. history and as i was going to education reports the killing didn't stop there. it started as a war on terror spawned by the deadliest here is the time in history the women she

would be enemy that's clear but the suffering 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 its citizens. iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror while an unelected few repressed the iranian people's hope for freedom. iraq and change the font of hostility toward 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 used the moment in 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 a hundred thousand casualties to put by the problem on both sides so would be destroyed iran was too difficult seventy million people are not fractured like the iraqis and the sunni and shia and christian and other as for the motives behind them baiting iraq some talk 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 rule as the world's policeman the driving idea behind it is that it had to monex to belittle the idea is that so but world is going to be more secure place overall if there is a a universal 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 had even more far reaching plans on the table former 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 that president obama was elected on hopes that he would and terse 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 a point now where the present in the united states can kill people for state purposes any time he or she with feels the need. since nine eleven america's war on terror has crossed many borders from pakistan to yemen and other countries the chase for a handful of terrorists has turned the lives of 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 r.t. . a suicide bombing in afghanistan has wounded more than seventy american soldiers and killed two civilians it's being seen as the taliban's way of marking a decade since nine eleven the movement issued a statement after the attack denying it had anything to do with the tragedy on u.s. soil nearly ten years after the u.s.

led coalition invaded afghanistan it doesn't seem any closer to winning the war there with the taliban still relentless all the conflicts estimated to have cost over ten thousand afghan civilians their lives are often caught in the crossfire as u.s. combat troops begin their gradual withdrawal from the country most locals don't even know why foreign forces came in the first place. helmand in southern afghanistan is the province that is borne the brunt of the fighting between the taliban and coalition forces. would afghans in this province think about nine eleven and its consequences. while on patrol with the marines i get a first opportunity to ask a couple of young afghan men what they know about nine eleven but this. can you show them a few more and can us do they know where it is even we don't know if it's god because you're a former neighbor heard about it were. the two young

men that clearly never heard of nine eleven. but maybe the elders of the local sure would have more to say yeah no you see. it is saying i just can see the smoke from the buildings and that's a that's only thing i can say when you guys show this picture of guys doing it so i think that was a call what if i just got here i would be surprised but having been here now for six months this is premised stone ages where we are and what to do about the reactions i thought fascinating so they were the guy who said it was kabul was clearly never been a cobbler. it just shows you how isolated they are even in their own country go he demanded without understand. saying i would i'm not going to i don't think you know we're going to america afghanistan come to this point and get the airplane from here to attack in the united states you know how much. it was nice to go from iraq to then here is a lot easier to understand you know why you're here and what they mean so you have

that picture you know it's good picture remind yourself because what you're there to see the afghans looking at it in this context while wearing the uniform of carrying a rifle. to me back that was. make and saying we're going to help you to discern one building and to destroy us how many buildings and they say we're going to help you where is the help but not stop a crime work your way down what they're saying to give it to our kids going to fighting and they do it to their own kids in a paper that i don't invade and. i do sympathize or understand what you're some were saying it's even just from the weather we had recently people losing their homes and nobody to help them so you know when you have when you can feed yourself or earth house yourself are you going to care about somebody you know six thousand miles away. so i can understand that this is ended up out of the top of the list with i never thought to ask those questions of anybody here so why we're here amazingly in a country where for ten years a war has been fought with nine eleven as its root cause and justification it turns

out not only with the villages oblivious to nine eleven with the afghan police and even some of the translators working with the u.s. military but you don't know that is for you to say they are not have no idea about the syrian if you haven't seen these pictures before. a survey taken in twenty ten by the international council on security and development found that ninety two percent of afghan men in helmand and other afghan provinces had no idea what nine eleven was with american troops that start with during this year it seems likely that they will leave afghanistan without the vast majority of afghans ever having really understood why they came in the first place adam plates from afghanistan for us. well to talk more about the legacy of the nine eleven terror attacks are now joined live from london by journalist scott thanks very much for joining us of course the u.k. stood side by side with the u.s. in the war on terror from the outset and ten years after the attacks have the british people changed their opinion about why the war is being fought in the first place i'm not sure british public opinion has really changed its understanding of

what the so-called war on terrorism about but i think they would do well to look at what's happening in tripoli in libya today where as we were told that al qaida is the existentialist threat to the west we have now nato was main rebel commander in tripoli who was a for former friend of al-qaeda and a so-called jihadi so this is really the big news story of today which in the end hardly any of the news news networks are covering and also today in libya after nearly ten years after nine eleven we saw defeat off the defeat actually for the west after nine eleven definitely with the resistance in iraq which brought down the empire so the rest of the global south could develop especially that america and china with the defeat by russia of nato in the conflict with georgia and by hizbollah against israel in two thousand and six we're finding now about empire wants to go back on the offensive. in its war against the global south which is libya today and probably going to be syria now do you recall and others to follow

a we're talking about perception and you bring up libya i mean the u.k. recently joined the u.s. in intervening in libya is there a feeling that this particular campaign is justified comparing that with the perception on the war on terror ten years ago. i think there's some there's there's truth in what you're implying in as much as that they more or less successfully sold this nato war and aggression only to the western public and to much of the arab public but never the less known lessons of oversleeping learned by the west because what they've done in libya. you know gadhafi has more of a social support in libya than the taliban do in afghanistan unlike of penicillin libya is just neighboring europe so when the resistance that is raging in by the lead and certain to want to go in in libya i think you're used to watch is back ok the terror attacks in europe i mean it has still continued even after the war on terror was largely has europe actually won anything from this from taking part in

this global war on terror of course that the u.s. has led no it has it has won nothing it's seen defeat and it's and the west is not stupid i mean perhaps the rest the global self are not intelligent enough to defend that so therefore the west are more intelligent but they knew that they had to the way that they had to sell a war had to be different to the whole axis of evil thing which was a lot easier for example having killed osama bin ladin you don't see that as anything gained no i think i think if it was again it would be trying to develop a relationship of mutual respect and friendship with the rest of the world but what we're saying seeing now with libya and syria and other countries to follow is the progressing on this war path by slightly different media propagandist that means ok let's talk about that the invasion of iraq just continuing on that it was never session by the u.n. i mean it turned out that there were no weapons of mass destruction essentially states under false pretenses there a sense that someone should bear responsibility for the war and that cost thousands

of lives here. absolutely the onus is on the global self to hold empire and the west accountable the talk on iraq like attack on libya is an attack on the forward positions of the global south so the responsibility is on the global south to defend itself and in so doing and i'm a loyal friend of the global south we failed in that chavez is the best brother of a good for you so very short of cut off the oil to north america like russia did to europe so i think there is weakness in the global south that that we need to strengthen ok just very briefly and quickly the lessons learned lessons there is over the last ten years on this war on terror what should the world have learned from it the world has to learn that the west will never give up its domination of the globe without devastating and taken the rest of the world to war so in as much so doing the main lesson for us to learn is how do we develop our effective internationalism against aggression of the west and we have to we have to have the

global south has to make make the west pay and hit them where it hurts and that doesn't mean any violence it means stop stop but we'll stop all that russia to europe so i think i think this is the main lesson to them regular thanks very much for your thoughts there live from london journalist sue current chardon thanks again thank you. well our for for a full a full coverage of the ten year anniversary of the nine eleven tragedy just go to our website that's dot com where we provide you with the latest updates interviews and fifty. five all looking at your screen now you are watching live pictures from the memorial ceremony which is taking place at ground zero in new york it's being held of course to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the nine eleven attacks those citywide moment of silence is being followed by the reading of the names of the victims of the tragedy well you can watch the ceremony live as it happens on our web site that's our t.v. dot com.

was to. see me. stop. to. look back at nine eleven to see. this week russia sportive world was rocked to its core when one of his best hockey teams was all but wiped out in the blink of an eye they died on wednesday we'll look at what they've got us levels plane crashed on takeoff on saturday thousands gathered at the team's stadium to say their final goodbyes to the victims r.t. sean thomas witnessed a city in mourning. 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 the

fans of this team for many years a whole family including a little child that went to all their gayness harasses their operable loss but 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 l hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff bursting into a ball of flame after clipping a runway antenna forty three of the forty five on board perished i'm sure you look at mostly 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 it's falling down to the side 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

put in 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 your us level locomotive team made their voices heard in a show of solidarity and support. as you can see from the flowers and candles and momentos left here at the stadium the loss of. it was a huge blow to this community but due to the international nature of this team it was a larger loss for russia and the rest of the world as well. my friends but on the plane and the guys that played together a couple years ago and of course one just just want to give my condolences to the families and all that. stuff but ceremonies to honor the players were held in minsk in bratislava of somber reflections from those who knew the players well. at the

top all 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 for 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 the people of us level and . in your eyes level xan thomas r.t. . and still to come for you this hour carrie in the middle east why a mob in israeli embassy by storm leading to the evacuation of its diplomats from the country. that's why seven people are reported to have been killed by syrian

security forces backed by troops in several towns across the country this comes as the arab league announced its reach an agreement with president bashar al assad on long promised reforms the plan outlines proposals to bring an end to the bloodshed release prisoners and hold elections within three years the u.s. and e.u. have imposed sanctions on syria are calling for the u.n. security council to condemn violence in the country the united nations says more than two thousand have died in the uprising since mid march while authorities in damascus armed groups for the young rest. russia is urging both sides to start talking to avoid another libyan conflict moscow plans to send a fact finding mission to syria to get first hand information on the areas hit by violence the decision was announced after members of the syrian opposition visited the russian capital requesting international help speaking on the sidelines of an international policy forum in the russian city. president of the head of said he's

concerned about events in syria but the situation is far from simplistic. the resolution which 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 antigovernment 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. and stop the bloodshed. well in libya the head of the country's interim government has arrived in the capital tripoli for the first time since it fell to rebel forces most of libya is now controlled by the national transitional council

to get out the loyalists have been putting up fierce resistance in the body while the one of the colonels last strongholds nato air strikes continue to assist the rebels in libya south of the there is on the right and now on interpol's wanted list he's claimed the recent audio messages that he's still in the country program offering fighters have been given until saturday to surrender to the new leadership in streets across the country though celebrations over the end of the old regime have been replaced by fear as artie's but if an ocean of reports. a city celebrates for more than ten days the libyan capital has been rejoicing in the dictator's fall. 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 one we're so happy with out here. it seems in the last weeks rebel fighters have fired don't seem to be here they were shot during this hold on tripoli earlier in august

. no you'd be of. very very well with. this move. toward. he told old to be more lovely would that be wrong that we know you would see loved him and of course rather than we don't want to get back to them we're done all right with a little care but away from jubilant crowds we meet those who are not so pleased. mom lives in tripoli's 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 when i had no 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 let our children outside when it's done 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 raman says he's also wanted change and the brighter future for his country but not based way. people are dying on both sides the city is destroyed and no one cares do they seriously think that they changed for the better don't want you so just look around is that what you wanted and what is a round is a scene of widespread destruction and social chaos the badly damaged buildings matched by the rise in stink of garbage and decomposing bodies youngsters 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 there is still no sign of order being restored the city functioning by itself and treading a fine line between freedom and anik a. river national. tripoli libya. there's option governments valid to tighten security and keep order in cairo we're now agreed mob stormed and sacked the israeli embassy on friday night three people died and more than a thousand were injured in clashes after a demonstration demanding faster political reforms turned against the embassy egyptian police were slow to intervene but eventually managed to disperse the crowd at israeli sentiment rose sharply last month after israeli forces responding to a cross border militant attack mistakenly killed five egyptians the israeli prime minister says this country will stick to its peace treaty with egypt despite the

embassy assault that led to its staff being flown home but are always journalists mom of the bell fatah says tell of the one thousand today. enemies of the church and people. the result of of anger of what israel did recently which basically they crossed the border from israel into egypt killed a number of egyptian soldiers and they promise investigation and nothing has not been delivered yet ever sends their spin huge huge them on the stray sions and the sit in a few days outside the israeli embassy the minus traitors all skiing the egyptian government to at least expelled israeli ambassador from egypt this is not the first time that israeli troops killed people all soldiers in the border area egypt's public opinion has been liberated and that means they are not going to face silence again when israel commits any act of thuggery on its own our fulda or the

people living on our food and that's what has rolled down what happened last night so we have to look at the motivation to make a strategic solution to what has actually been happening. well let's take a quick look at some news making headlines around the world today suter police have arrested four people in the city of gotten bored of suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack hundreds of people were evacuated from the city's art center following your dress however the swedish a curator police decided not to raise the terror alert level which has been elevated mark since november officials have not yet released any further information regarding this is specter plot. but as an invasion of zanzibar has begun the three days of mourning for the victims of a ferry disaster that claimed as many as two hundred lives three hundred seventy people are still missing well after losing power in rough seas the ship began taking on water eventually capsizing survivors say it was overloaded with both cargo and passengers many of whom were children meanwhile rescue teams had resume

their search but hopes of finding more survivors are fading by the hour now it's the country's worst maritime disaster in fifteen years. air and sea search teams have intensified their hunt for ten the missing oil rig workers and a dozen fishermen as tropical storm nate makes its way towards the back mexico's gulf coast a commercial vessel and two shrimp boats were lost during nate's approach and there's been no sign of the crew since the wall forecasters say the gale hasn't strengthened as expected and chances were declining that it would become the hurricane and much of the u.s. east coast is still recovering from last week's hurricane irene which left over fifty people dead. well just ahead for you we report on the deadly legacy of war but that's after a recap of this week's top story to sing that's. old

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today's news in this week's top stories on our team america. marks a decade since the tragedy of nine eleven which united a nation brought about two of the bloodiest war some twenty first century. in afghanistan which was invaded by the us shortly after the atrocity the relentless tell about stage another deadly suicide bombing as our two discover saw the ground most afghan civilians don't even know why their country was ever occupied by foreign troops. russia and the sports world say goodbye to the country's top national ice hockey team wiped out in the blink of an eye forty three people died on the. plane that crashed on takeoff. moscow calls will be international community not to take sides in serious internal violence as person of a bit of says to go see.