if. this is our see him tonight american forces x. top commander in afghanistan says that after ten years of waging this deadly for the country they still don't know how to bring the conflict to an end. living in nato forces launched the biggest isolde yet on colonel gadhafi some terms so as civilians flee the last remaining stronghold in panic. and from occupy wall street to occupy washington the growing wave of fury over corporate gluttony reaches the u.s. capitol with people demanding an end to the roof of the bridge. welcome

it's ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin zero in bringing you the top stories from r.t. tonight and first a decade ago on october the seventh two thousand and one the war in afghanistan began as a counter strike for the nine eleven atrocities masterminded from the country by some of bin ladden retired army general stanley mcchrystal said the u.s. began the occupation with a front nearly simplistic view and still have no idea how to end the conflict successfully meantime in the war zone american bases are still expanding with an ongoing program of infrastructure building jason what legs visited by a ground base for r.t. . if united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base getting bigger you asleep forces over at the telepathically two thousand one bugbear field is little more than a flight telling the correct runway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of the afghan capital has grown into a small city itself to over twenty five thousand foot tall personal fleets of

military hardware and enough vehicles to cause traffic ships in the expansion is no way aided by scores of color triple u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more building world work after sending an extra thirty thousand troops after the same last year president obama started bringing them home this summer but with afghan forces struggling to stand alone it's likely that less will leave than planned and bases like this one are going to shrink in a time soon. at least there are plenty of home comforts from soldiers staying on for telephone deployments we can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to fine jewelry enjoy a cappuccino grab some take out a new pizza and franchise and if i'm tired of working out in june you're free to go to the salon for a haircut and such although some officials have tried to limit such amenities calling them a distraction from the more troops you happen to have and these are streaming but

if you thought you'd need a thief to live then that is. the right. local afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business inside and outside the war without agreement the soldiers might just as would be nothing we like having them here but not everyone agrees to tell it on rocket attacks or on the run and as the base becomes more and more crowded and threats of those living inside multiplies no matter how high it's most become everyone gets a close call you this congestion get this much equipment personnel can solve it into one tight spot get close it's going to destroy something or someone. he's a really beautiful. this is still. from. carol john allen one of the military's top brass said u.s. troops will still be in the country even for the twenty fourth that have been announced by nato in the white house this insurgent attacks have been increasing in

recent months with several high profile assassinations and shoot in the heart of the capital kabul as we've been reporting civilian casualties in the country are also on the rise to discuss the outcome so far this ongoing military campaign ten years on i'm joined by michael chugg analyst at the george mason university school for conflict resolution this is chad thanks ever so much for being with us tonight this conflict is already becoming the longest war in u.s. history of the outcome still up in the air in years to come how do you think the history books are going to record what actually happened at the end of it all. what's interesting is not only the longest war but it's the most expensive war cost seen one million per soldier per year so we're spending three hundred twenty five million per day ten billion per month one hundred twenty billion per year in terms of how the history books will tell the story i think we'll look at the success and sustainability of the strategies and i would argue they aren't successful and they aren't sustainable we've tried every military strategy under the sun from counterterrorism to counterinsurgency now we're trying out these afghan local

police which is essentially u.s. commanders giving money in years sions to whomever they choose on the ground that's not sustainable we'll look at the development strategy which is also not sustainable foreign contractors. excessive egregious war profiteering as illuminated recently by the work time contracting commission senate foreign relations committee and the look at our diplomacy strategy in terms of failed reconciliation peace talks recently you know the u.s. was extending a hand while having a hand behind its back and hand behind its back was killing taliban as was expecting call around to come to the table so i think across the board in terms of success and sustainability of the strategies it's. failed on all three counts let's wind this but let's look back to the beginning of this just a few days before nine eleven the taliban offered to give up some of bin laden did it continued to do so after that campaign started why do you think the u.s. didn't take them up on that offer. well it's interesting if not taking the taliban

up on several offers there are several recent case studies where in taliban leaders went to the negotiation table and were killed on the way i mean the real problem with killing the top taliban brass if you will is that they were willing to negotiate now that you're killing them off you have a younger breed coming in and they're less willing to negotiate they've been fighting for fewer years they're not as tired of fighting and of fighting and so when you're killing the top taliban elder leadership you're also killing off those most willing to negotiate with president karzai mitta that the combined forces failed to provide afghans with security is what's going to happen if and when the coalition forces do leave the country. what's interesting in terms of winning the hearts and minds either afghans or americans we've lost on all accounts you know afghans are not experiencing more security more freedom of movement more economic opportunity more access to health care medical services schools they're not experiencing and in fact it's declining to face even more insecurity attacks have

risen in the tray is actually issued more airstrikes increasing at sixty to eighty percent over mcchrystal so they're experiencing less security so in terms of winning the hearts and minds there were people in terms of winning the hearts and minds in america around this war and america is tired they're looking at financial cuts in congress and saying well why aren't we scaling down the war which is crippling our economy here and so i think i'm sure is we're losing well exactly tied and broke let's face it i mean it's been estimated as you started as you would say to me started out in this chapter you mention in a recent article is well that afghanistan was a cost of struggling three point seven trillion dollars so far this is we're going over the ten year timeframe in times of financial hardship like we've got i was saying so graphically in the u.s. and around the world how this war still be justified at any level. absolutely not and the studio put out a report saying if we end the wars now we save one point four trillion dollars

these are monies that can be saved at three point seven trillion that you mentioned brown study from university study i mean that's money that we didn't have that was all that funded deficit funded and they're certainly not fiscally sustainable but even look at strategy you know if we want to pursue something that works at the rand corporation which is kind of a wing of the pentagon it's a think tank produced report how to end terrorist groups in that they identified three strategies most effective policing intelligence negotiations eighty four percent of all terrorist groups that have been ended were ended as a result of those three strategies those are nation building state building strategies that don't cost much money at all we need to reduce the heavy military footprint and air print that is costing our coffers incredible amounts of money not sustainable pursuit lighter footprint perhaps around the world where things are unstable but in terms of the current strategy not it remotely financially sustainable michael shara got a list of things george mason university school for complete the resolution of this a good job in the program but. thanks to them. drill touch on their actual.

target. system. should see the signs to hugh whispers. to be sure to bring peace and stability to the world. or to use it as it only has to do. libyan fighters have launched a final attack on kill gadhafi hometown of sirte reports say the interim government troops have now largely taken the city but is still meeting pockets of heavy resistance hundreds of vehicles are pouring into the outskirts of the city as it's being pounded with heavy shelling thousands of civilians of left many more thought to remain it's all comes after colonel gadhafi and all of your messages libyans resists the interim leaders the civil war which has claimed thousands of lives so far was joined by nato under u.n. mandate to protect civilians are supposed to get chandan he's an activist

journalist he told me he does believe the western powers will leave the country any time soon. from the part of the global south africa in particular this has been an absolute disaster and civilians are clearly targeted and i think now china in this last few days china and russia have vetoed the u.n. resolution which is a similar program by nato which they cannot for libya that they want to conduct now in syria i think china and russia have admitted that they were fooled over the resolution seventy three on one libya i'm not going to be fooled again there's no sign whatsoever that nato is going to leave nato it will intervene even for the if the factional amongst the rebels continues to truth of this is the relationship continues to worsen and it's very clear that for the west and for made so their man on the ground is people like jabril and so the battle is far from over. president developes again stated that russia will not support any u.n.

resolution to impose sanctions on syria he said it's not up to the u.n. or nato to decide the political course the country should follow but his ego piskun off reports. president you did if explained that russia strongly criticizes the ongoing violence in syria it supports the idea that the country is in desperate need of democratic reform it also thinks that if the current of gordie's will not be able to create this change then we will have to go but meet the media for stress that this will have to be the choice of the syrian people and not a result of some foreign military intervention similar to healthy in vans are unfolding probably in libya and since it be you on draft resolution on syria backed by the west does not exclude the chances of foreign military intervention russia had to watch it after the results of the resolutions alters didn't take our concerns into account worse they declined to see people posing to station there would be no external military interference in the conflict this means only one

thing our partners in the u.n. security council do not rule out a replay of the libyan scenario although they said more than once that they clearly understood syria is very different to libya because you will continue resisting a chance to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council the danger overthrow political regimes the u.n. was not created for that meanwhile the violence in syria continues according to the leaders leaders coming out of the year one nearly three thousand people have lost their lives throughout the entire conflict the west says that it will continue applying pressure on syrian authorities while russia hopes that the country will be able to conduct peaceful democratic reforms on its own. kind of a correspondent for still to come for you on the program the u.k. may be facing its worst economic crisis in history the bank of a good warning comes as the country feels the budget recession that banks grated on the government implementing desperate measures to boost growth report on monday.

and russian prosecutors prepared to bring new charges for the murder of journalist anna politkovskaya shot dead here in moscow exactly five years ago. because of the occupy wall street protests have reached the american capital chanting the movement's message crowds march through downtown washington d.c. and demonstrations started as a simple sit in front of the new york stock exchange but it quickly gained support all over the country more rallies followed in chicago boston san francisco los angeles activists say they're fed up with breaking their backs that work with bonuses flowing to the pockets of already both the wall street bankers and when state police used pepper spray a baton to disperse tens of thousands of people walking from lower manhattan to wall street earlier we spoke to occupy wall street activist tamara will give us that experience of being beaten by the police he also told us that the lack of definite the moms of the movement is in fact its strength. i think actually it's an

interesting contrast in the police response i've been around. i've had friends. who are just. it's it's intense. but. i think fear there's an incredible stress of not having a career was the right answer. this moment is a little bit different i don't really think this one has to come up with its own demise this is the place and we are foundation which goes through the grassroots organizations and movements. the wrist service added witness accounts were credible springtime for the royals for example to rebuild the room for both creating an alternative structure and the cycle to carve out the space for that stuff. across

the atlantic coast finances have been telling other globe ratings moody's has downgraded twelve of britain's financial firms and banks it comes out of the bank of england said the country's economy is at its lowest point since the nineteenth if these if not ever analysts say jetted seventy five billion pounds into the economy isn't going to do the country any good. we already have inflation of around about five percent in the united kingdom which compared to recent years is is highly putting more money into the economy risks actually increasing that inflation it's the bank of england's central kitty tosk to actually keep inflation under control two and a half percent or less my concern is that quantity of easing throwing another seventy five billion pounds into the economy is actually a distraction from what the u.k. government needs which is a very aggressive and radical growth strategies one that i think they lack at the moment what we've got to get away from in the united kingdom and actually right across the western world more generally is this every single bank is copper

bottomed because if they get into trouble the tax will close all the mix and one of the key things that the u.k. government is struggling with is how do we allow it by to go through the wards of all. screwing the wider economy and i think that these these downgrades. actually reflect the fact that we are beginning to move away from what was a hopeless and helpless situation which basically every bank you know you crashed in the track or in the government would come to the right so it's a grim warning put in the saying why would you wish to have an almost a toy from your doctor about your state of health i think it is a welcome warning. that was not little would director general of the free market think you'd be big affairs this is the state of britain's finances. russian prosecutors are said to hand fresh charges to key suspects in the murder of probably journalist anna politkovskaya five years ago she was gunned down in her

apartment block in moscow the other case has drawn worldwide attention now the convicted for the murder. politkovskaya family who still want to see justice done. for police who worked on this day five years ago it was a murder of a woman half way through their ship at around four pm for vieira political it was hard way through her pregnancy when she got a call her mother had been shelled dirt outside her apartment it was a watershed moment and there is life before and after it is next door i knew my life seemed i was well aware what kind of journalism my mother was into she would ok janelle if say if something happens to me documents are the money's here here are all the numbers to call but we never really took it seriously i was four months pregnant the family was full of hope and my mother promised that after her first grandchild was born she would stop going to church now and take up quieter journalistic work. but quiet journalistic work is not something you would associate

on the political scale when it should best to get it corrupt security officials and exposed to human rights violations she help people when there are cases in the highest courts in russia and in strasbourg but the irony is that five years later your own murder still remains unpunished with it has there been different periods in the process busy when people were arrested almost simultaneously in two thousand and seven and passive when nothing was happening however the events of recent months give us third optimism for a successful ending successful in terms of finding the mastermind of the murder i can tell you if the investigation was as active five years ago as it is now this time would have had more evidence on your cube or the twenty eleven has indeed been a turning point in may prosecutors named a man who is believed to have pulled the trigger. was arrested in chechnya after

years on the run in belgium and shortly afterwards investigators announced they were close to. one of the most high profile slayings in recent brush in memory. a former high ranking police official to me. it was a middleman for money agreed to organize a criminal more consisting of four people to cartier at the assassination and. provided the perpetrator with a gun and would organize other members of the group we also have other information about the alleged mastermind of the killing but it's too premature to release that information which was a lot of them agreed you know norberg as yet aware are not fully worked up until her death has been carrying out its own investigation into the john list murder a newspaper his deputy editor says it's good that interest in the case is so high both in russia and have brought but it's bad when it turns into a pressure on prosecutors but it's more. we still believe that the four people.

under friend were injured and were acquitted in two thousand and nine with no or in some way linked to this murder but you cannot. for the record it was a lack of solid evidence presented in court and always happens because there was a public pressure on the prosecution to rush to judgment we think there are races were too premature going to. the russian supreme court. of two thousand and nine and what it i reopening of the investigation it's a significant part of the joint but it's certainly not beyond one of the biggest challenges for investigators at this point is to find other suspects who are now on the run outside the country but just like on the political scare her self her family and colleagues will never give up as they strive to find the truth it takes very little to describe someone's death in case on the political just

a dozen words on a piece of stone but these journalists life and her legacy could never feet in a forty by forty marble plates. it is the catch of our party monster. we are sort of all new stories on one as one of our website r.t. dot com for you tonight the u.s. threats leave us go without american funding as the world's education and heritage group was a step closer to allowing palestine to become a member of mine and an unusual proposal solve greece's financial woes from the mayor of liffey wayne is capital he suggested get this the businessman from his country should buy one of the greek islands to provide the debt stricken nation with cash a good idea on our t.v. or car. world news in brief this year's nobel peace prize will be awarded jointly to three women's rights activists from gehman and liberia among them the liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf the laureates were praised for their nonviolent

struggle for women's rights and participation in peace processes the nobel committee wants to send a message that will bring an end to women suppression around the world. a pakistani doctor could be charged with high treason for allegedly assisting the cia in their operation to kill osama bin laden state investigators claim shall kill after it be operated a fake vaccination program to gather d.n.a. samples in the city where the al qaeda head was killed pakistan claims the us violated its sovereignty by carrying out the unsanctioned mission to take out bin laden made the second. chilling of brutally lashed out at protesters demanding education reform police had riot gear surrounded students in the capital city are using water cannons and tear gas to push them straight to the slogan united and stronger the clash left several injured students groups are eventually forced to disperse this is the latest escalation between protesters and police and a confrontation that lasted several months. a. complete change of tone looking

ahead a bit later this followed martin andrews on a cultural trip to the renowned pushed museum of fine art in the heart of russia's capital. when the museum was founded one of its main objectives was to become an educational institute for local students many of the exhibits under splay inside the museum are exact copies of original masterpieces from all around the world and were commissions and created specifically for the pushkin. in this room for example you can see replicas of some of the most famous squeak statues of sculpture is between the fourth and first centuries. so more from art in the moscow t. just go five minutes from now tonight we've got sports news lying ahead to this will russia's footballers be booking their tickets for euro two thousand and twelve

tonight you know it's got more about that in twenty minutes first let's check out the business with to be true. hello and welcome to the program the euro zone's the sovereign debt crisis is causing problems far beyond the borders of the countries directly involved russia which has a balanced budget and healthy reserves has been hit hard in its latest report the international monetary fund says the best way to get rid of this vulnerability is to diversify away from energy. we would recommend as we have always recommend that every effort be made to be less dependent on the oil and gas sectors so the policy priority to emphasize all other industries in particular the manufacturing sector or into competitive forces and so forth russia has plenty of access to technology educated labor force all the ingredients necessary to relaunch the its

manufacturing sector like all other advanced economies so that it would be a first rate of second we think that russia might want to continue emphasizing the stronger people the public finances of the government have set a target of four point seven percent non oil deficits that is a very valid target which would make the russian economy a lot more resilient in our view. russia's burbank is considering buying a turkish unit of troubled french belgian group dexia now it's struggling to cope with its exposure to greek debt and is considering an asset sale also that is burbank say the deciding factor will be the price of the asset but the acquisition would be consistent with the bank's well publicized plan to expand into central and eastern europe. and other news russia's top diamond producer also plans to hold an i.p.o. at the end of twenty twelve or soon after most present of all rolls the good police

chief says the state plans to privatized seven to ten percent of the company we also says our growth is restructuring and preparation for listing. that should appear now in his pre-crisis volatile time we are in the only deal situation we are sitting on a big sack of money catalyze ation is better than before the two thousand and eight crisis and all sales volumes should champions performance in the coming days we will publish or two thousand and eleven first report and we will post such figures and the company has never seen in its history its critic of the. now a quick look at the stock markets in russia the r.t.s. m i six continued their bounce back on friday gaining three and the two hundred percent respectively but overall the week was negative to look at some individual share moves on the my sex metal stocks were on the rise with metro adding almost six percent attached producer while carly is among the main again is in the session itself more than six percent on news of the two and

a half billion dollars buyback oil is also good in company plans to reverse almost twenty billion dollars in refinery upgrades in ten years an example it didn't have to have seen a triple wraps up in the strait. and were close in the wilmots above the opening the week while. for last three days we're seeing a significant let's say let's try to call it really we see like three percent growth of the day and. it seems that the market sentiment from when cautious we see that all those who are still in place we see with this will probably be in place for the next two weeks while still markets wrexham quite well to consolidate its. efforts or if we should be frank from the government other european authorities to hear from that's the crisis everybody is in the world. and that's all the business for now coming up next r.t. headlines.

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