it's building weapons experts are worried the study is just a pretext for attack on iraq. and next iran the u.s. and muslim world relations are in focus as r.t. talks with former cia officer and now a story on michael shear. we're sitting down with michael scheuer the man who had served in the cia for more than twenty years up until two thousand and four at one time he was the chief of the cia bin laden unit then he went and exposed how counter affective washington's methods were in the fight against terror he looked at the u.s. through its enemies i see in fact it's the title of one of his books called through our enemies eyes i'm very pleased to have the chance to interview you think enjoy or i'm glad to be here bin laden is gone who is washington's number one enemy now washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and in islam make

enemy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have elections because we're free because we have women in the workplace is an enemy that doesn't exist didn't exist when bin laden was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of its foreign policy in the muslim world because of its support for israel because of its support for the saudi police state because of its presence on the arab peninsula and until we accept that until americans can say to each other whether you support aid to israel or not our relationship with israel is causing this war we are not going to be able to defeat this enemy in israel itself as a country is not the problem the real problem margin is the leaders of the jewish american community in the united states who influence and corrupt our congress to support israel when we have no interest there imply that these three lobby is dragging the united states into all the wars in absolute. they're absolutely dragging us in iraq

was a war that was proffered or was called for mainly don't let me ask you this the situation in the region in the wake of all these revolutions in the middle east and north africa yes you can pretty much describe it as turmoil. turmoil is no good for israel isn't there a contradiction to what you're saying well the the american political establishment is caught between two things they're extremely put pro israel and they're almost marxist in their belief that democracy in the spread of democracy is inevitable in all places and all peoples at all times and so they need to protect the israelis but they can't say what is a reality for example. there is not going to be a democracy in tunisia or or or libya or egypt that in any way resembles democracy in the west and yet they what they've done is create anarchy they've created a situation where the only beneficiaries are the islamists the guns that have flown

out of egypt out of tunisia out of libya to the islamists have been enormous in their value and the prisons that were opened in egypt tunisia and libya have reinforced the islamist groups across the world so there are mindless there mindless pursuit of secular democracy at the end of the day and dangers the stability of the region and probably the whole world are you saying we're going to see further radicalization of the region always specially in africa yes ma'am the guns that are flowing out of the three places where there were arab spring revolts are going to cause problems in somalia across north africa and in nigeria let's talk about syria yes syria says the earth will start shaking if anyone intervenes in their internal affairs how badly does the u.s. is the u.s. trying to interfere oh i think we're interfering unconscionably. until they remove the u.s. ambassador he was running around the country trying to encourage groups to overthrow

the syrian government that is not the role of any diplomat united states or russian or chinese or british we have really very cold blooded lee urge syrians to get out in the street knowing that they're going to get trapped down by their government. again syria is a country where there is no u.s. interest since i was a little boy we've been afraid of the syrians and if you look at the map it's hard to imagine that little blot a country called syria could be a threat to the united states the cia has reportedly worked with the syrian opposition for years well i'm not sure we worked with the syrian opposition we certainly worked with the syrian government olds well i have yeah. well then if that's if it's there it's there but our our relationship with the syrians is really a relatively unimportant one but again it's another very good example of the dichotomy in the thinking of american leaders because as we call for democracy in syria if assad goes israel security goes straight down if the region becomes

a complete mess doesn't washington see any dangers to israel i mean with iran involved it won't be pretty i think that's exactly right ma'am i don't know what the thinking is except that they have come down in the belief that democracy is better for everybody in the truth is american and western foreign policy interests in the middle east have depended for fifty years on the maintenance of tyranny tyranny that pregame us access to oil tyranny that protected israel and i know in the last twenty years tyrannies that persecuted islamists to protect us all of that is going by the wayside and to the israelis credit the israelis are the only ones who have stood up and said democracy may not be very good for our security and they couldn't be more correct about iran what's washington's plan for iraq whatever israel's plan is for iran both parties republicans and democrats are deathly afraid

that the israelis will attack them off their own hook and if his ribs real attacks iran the americans will get blamed for condoning it whether we did or not so i think what we're seeing is a slow almost inexorable advance toward some kind of a conflict with with iran what do you make of these recent accusations that the iranian government was trying to kill the saudi ambassador in washington. i am not in a position to know whether or not that the information was accurate when i was a young intelligence officer i worked against iran and lebanese hizbullah and i can tell you in the ninety's they were meticulous in covering their tracks in only using it. as agents of terrorism their own people the plot that was described by the attorney general of the united states is a comic opera. it was a mexican drug cartel and took her to believe that the iranians would risk war with the united states israel and much of nato to kill

a saudi ambassador who is not even part of the royal family that's hard for me to believe let's talk about libya libya is in ruins in the wake of nato bombing since brimming with weapons and al qaeda flak was planted over a courthouse in benghazi yes how good of a playground is leap year for. people with radical agenda very strong islamist presence in libya. since the war against the soviets in afghanistan. libya has sent as many of its people to fight in those insurgencies the islamist insurgencies as any other country in north africa maybe outside of saudi arabia the libyan islamic fighting group. fought a long time against the soviets they fought against gadhafi a great number of libyans went to iraq into afghanistan to fight us and whatever strength the libyan resistance had in terms of military capability that came from

experienced islamist fighters so the idea that somehow there is democracy afoot that libya is just simply wrong to become of me i don't know if it could become a hotbed of terror but it can become a country that's decidedly anti american anti nato. can be probably less a hotbed of terror than a country that is vastly unstable it seems the u.s. is almost creating groundsel for terrorist to search and then goes out fighting that we see it in pakistan they've got the whole nation alienated because of the strikes a lot of people want revenge how efficient is that we are very efficient in this day and age in the last twenty years in creating enemies we're not very efficient in creating security for the united states we have the best educated population in the world and we have the people with the few little list amount of common sense. how many times have we heard mr clinton mr bush mr obama say this has nothing to do

with religion this is not a religious war this is a bunch of people who are just mad men we are definitely fighting a religious war and until we come to realize that we are never going to be able to defeat it in fact we're we're encouraging the growth of the next of a new generation of people who are going to fight us the you. yes it's pulling its troops out of iraq but at the same time it's boosting its military presence in the persian gulf more ground troops are plans to be deployed new bases are being built what do you make of such expansion the ignore it just demonstrates again the ignorance of the united states government in terms of its political leadership about what what what our problem is in the muslim world the the key point of formation for al qaeda was the presence of u.s. military forces some. fifteen years after they declared war on us we're now going to take people out of iraq and put them in kuwait and bahrain in saudi arabia

reinforcing our presence in the arab peninsula only going to cause us more falls and more enemies in the islamic world it's it's it's it's a contradiction it's an it's a let me having to say this if the us pulls out out of everywhere yes it's going to be the end of terrorism it certainly would would deny the terrorists the glue of unity that keeps them focused on the united states if we weren't the main enemy they would be attacking israel they would be attacking the saudis they would be tech attacking the moroccans the war would be they would you say let them like let him go listen to saudi let them go sometimes they say the chinese will come in i said let the chinese deal with these people for the next fifty years we've had enough of it but i think the point is the americans can't get out we're dependent on the saudis to maintain our interests in the world oil market and the saudis buy next to the chinese more of our debt than anyone else so as long as we're side by

side with the with the saudis and with the israelis we're stuck in the middle east in america will continue to bleed dr thanks for the interview yes ma'am. the close up team has been to the pentagon creature where technological breakthroughs save human lives. now on she goes to the sea. little unusual ways to protect nature. where farming pioneers place local cuisine to the highest pitch. but where future developments depends on the way. russia's black sea coast should close up on our t.v.

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t.v. the high price of education thousands of students back to the streets of london amid fears a repeat of last year's riots could be on the cards. the leaning tower of death collapses and italy's prime minister berlusconi has promised nation sparking fresh market. finally takes notice of a long lasting standoff in northern. peacekeeping forces local serbs will become to use a living in. their struggle for freedom. as it will keep its nuclear program of the u.n. nuclear watchdog sleek report that suggests it's building weapons experts are worried the study is just a pretext for attack on iraq. with all the sports and excitement is building as we near the end of the tennis season don't keep us in suspense what's

going on exactly right i shall keep you in suspense there are three positions remaining for the end of season a.t.p. world finals we're going to have a look at who's very close to them in just a sec. have you with us this is sports of plenty to head over the next ten minutes or so including all the way. to ruffle the feathers of europe's elite squad. one win away a.t.p. world finals place edges ever closer for both joel wolff. burdick in. the green fees we hear the. top contenders head up the battle for gold so named asian

me. going on the ice though and continue our profile on clubs from europe strongest talkee league the k h l slovakia through their heart in the ring this season for the first time entering although it's been a ball of fire for the rookies they are determined to prove that they belong. place . shall mean close you have no place to sleep on the fish can be said to meet a seal no like their clap anthem the pride of sloth ice hockey are rocking and rolling with a blast in europe strongest leads the team which are based in a small city of call for a joint the k j l this isn't formally a club from across the border left to move to slim oculus year as the czech ice

whole game association wouldn't allow them to do in the kitchen and the lines haven't had the best of starts claiming just that one wins out of twenty two games . one of the probable reasons for that being that not only their opponents but the routine themselves have had to get used to a new home depot for the arena the smallest ice rink in the league little just at all but it's still more comfortable for us to play on big rinks like in russia just three of all players used to the small rink we have here the others have to adapt to our home arena as soon as they do we'll hopefully start winning more it's a win or not there is no lack of support here as the stadium is always packed out with fans passionately supporting their new idols they have like almost sold out every game and i am just grateful the fans are all right for. all the slovakian people at my problem for the czech people down because a lot

a lot of people from czech republic and. they come and have loved these the nazis the players only surveil for advice the slow expand dances and then a chill and play a couple of years for similar stuff in the kitchen you have to be much better. play played with your friends against against russian teams like we did with bob play me of somebody that i saw so you have to be. there to skate skate skate they don't stand because you don't skate you take cocaine but on the. other starmen in rajamouli exclude include martin and kept. both players knew exactly what it takes to compete at the top level. yes we have a lot of young players like experience who does not mean we're weak team we've lost a lot of points that we could have secured but i believe we still have what it

takes to make the players take simon we have to build our club we have to get me the. new players you know at the level they played before you know the cage so they can you know more experience our club and help the young kids to you know adapt to this level and i think like i said if we're going to be patient i think we're going to see some good things coming out of the pool for the blinds maybe still far from being done with the ball there is no denying foreign born under is just a match winning by the new robert jordan archie blueprint slovakia let's talk football where the last remaining places for euro twenty twelve will be filled within the next week the two legged play offs get going on friday and all of the four match ups turkey's clash with krishna looks the toughest to call the first leg to take place in istanbul where a christian sloven village has to travel without injured nico crunch are on

petritsch but the likes of tottenham playmaker become moderate byron munich striker . are available now being country is a repeat of the sides euro two thousand and eight quarterfinal meeting which the turks won on penalties that croats though they're wearing for. i'm also a bit impatient because i have had a long pulls them and i'm feeling so to speak of positive nervousness so the most important thing is that i'm feeling good and ready. but in my five places are taking but three remain up for grabs at the end of season a.t.p. world tour finals jewel fred song just a match away from one of them following a straight sets victory over garcia lopez up the parlous masters let's take a look at the home favorites proving equally a little off the net and was at the back of the court six three six for how it ended up. needs to beat the winner of the nicolas almagro andrius seppi and

contract to pick his ticket for the season ending finale in london which starts in less than the full. course it's true that important because on the one of them. there is the quote from the. play i will play well and i will go with. thomas burdick is also just one victory away from qualifying for the london turn into after claiming a six two seven five win over fernando verdasco in the second round djokovic murray federer won for the piers we've already been there so. it's becoming an almost weekly occurrence now n.b.a. talks breaking dawn the latest climatic installment occurring on choose they with players and officials once again on able to reach a compromise but hope springs eternal according to l.a. lakers star derek fisher. our orders are clear right now the current offer that is

on the table from the n.b.a. is not one that we can accept. orders are also clear that we're willing to continue to negotiate and we are willing to continue discussions on a potential compromise on our numbers or be our economics for some continued improvements in the system and without those improvements in the system we don't see a way of getting a deal done between now and business tomorrow evening dwayne wade has been talking basketball across bar and reason to n.b.a. lockout the twenty nine year old playing pick up games done under after finishing runner up with his miami heat last year on the seven time all-star gave his thoughts on the ongoing legal battle between the owners i'm players union back home . as players think that we're trying to do what we can to make sure that we protect our game. you know futures and. is most responsible so it's not ideal situation for the players not the owners. hopefully we can come

to. the court. let's head ringside now where the man widely regarded as the world's best pine for upon boxer steps on the canvas this weekend. taking on one marquez once again on saturday with the w b o well to wade world championship belt at stake excitement growing in las vegas with pacquiao as army hoping to get a glimpse of the filipino us here arrived into sin city with thirty two year old boxer both a record of fifty three victories with two defeats he's also the only five titles in eight different weight divisions pacquiao and marquez have met twice before the first bout in two thousand and four and begin to draw before a split decision for park and victory three years. now the highest paying golf tournament in asia is just around the corner phil mickelson on

green mcdowell those aiming to capture a hefty slice of the six million dollar singapore open purse this weekend know world number one luke donald in attendance though the englishman staying put in europe as he sticks to the euro money into his p.g.a. cash title. this want to go by are probably the only two remaining large persons so i really haven't looked at the mathematics but you know look donald what he's achieving this season i mean for him to go when the way to buy to win both money lists i mean it's just an incredible testament the way supply and i don't worry about the rankings i mean those who take care of yourself if you play well if you play well that you don't need to think about it or worry about points this or that it just happens if you play well and i'm excited about the upcoming season and i'm excited about these two tournaments right here because i feel like the work i've been doing the last couple weeks the last six weeks or so i get a little test to see you know how if i'm as far along as i as i think i am now

returning swimmer ian thorpe is continuing to struggle in the pool the twenty nine year old unable to turn the tide on a string of per performances the one hundred meter butterfly event in beijing but the issue well he isn't fretting too much physically if you want to do something it's easy enough to get fit. and be you know in shape to be able to do it i think you know then. and being able to get in that shape to get the feeling back this is the next most difficult thing and then you know getting your head around this whole concept of a price you also you know kind of the emotional attachment that's what you use to sort of you know all of those things combine. that it's all your sport for world weather is coming up in just a tick i'll tell you what i'll be back in just under two hours time with much more sport.

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