sent to rome as borrowing costs soaring. next relations between the u.s. and the muslim world are in focus as r.t. talks to a former cia officer turned the story of michael scherer here on r.t. . 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 enjoyer 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 an 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 that 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 and israel itself as a country is not the problem the real problem marge 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. they're absolutely dragging us in iraq was

a war that was proffered or was called for mainly to 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 in 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 they're mindless their 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 removed 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 track 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 of 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 bills well i asked 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 regime 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 on 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 israel is real

attacks around 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 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 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 was 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 qaida 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. there 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 if what

libya is 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 ground so for terrorists to surge 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 planned 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 but 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 and 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 tack attacking the moroccans the war would be they would you say let them like and let them 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 and america will continue to bleed dr thanks for the interview yes ma'am. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough urgency department beds and not enough nurses. to take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to turn it around so i started out going to just do fire fighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the for the problem is medical i've got a rescue couple weeks ago waited for hours for i've waited sometimes three hours i

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top stories tonight surround says it will keep to its nuclear program denying claims in the u.n. nuclear watchdog leaked report that suggested building weapons experts are worried the study is just a pretext for a preemptive attack on iran. a bad line from r t the high price of education draws thousands of students back to the streets of london amid fears a repeat of last year's riots could be on the cards. nato peacekeepers have used tear gas to take over a serbian barricade erected in northern kosovo was the long lasting standoff in the region between castell forces and local serbs continues for many who live there the roadblocks already started blending into the savory. and the leaning tower of debts collapses on italy's pm berlusconi has promised resignation spout fresh market panic and sent roman borrowing costs or a. flight from moscow wednesday night sports.

good to have you with us this is sports day plenty ahead including these stories in britain. among the mighty we profile kontinental hockey league newcomers led. the attempt to ruffle the feathers of europe's elite schools it's. one win away and a.t.p. world finals place edges ever closer for both jewel fred tsonga. in paris. green fees we hear the views of some of the top contenders ahead of the bottle for gold so named asian major. let's get going on the ice and continue our profile on clubs from europe strongest talking make the case shell it's been a bump tism of fire for new boys and left a proud so far but as robert for down the reports the slovak side are fired up as

their team song is to prove they belong. show me something. about. me. like i'm from the pride of its hockey all rocking and rolling with the best in europe strongest leads the team which are in the small city of forefront jewelry the kids this isn't formally grown from a pool of the border left to move to the market with year on smoking association wouldn't be doing the teaching. the lines haven't had the best of starts played in just the one we. wanted to be. one of the probable reasons for the. being that

not only their appearance but the routine themselves and had to get used to a new home depot for the return on this most high street you delete little just let them but it's still more comfortable for us to play on big rinks like in russia just three of our players used to the small rink we have here the others have to adapt to our home arenas as soon as they do we'll hopefully start winning more with a weekend or not there is no lack of support here as the stadium is always packed down with fans passionately supporting their new idols we have like almost sold out every game. straight for the fans you know right for the. all the slovakian people and from for the check people down but that's not a lot of people from czech republic again as. they come and see them love these the nazis the players only say they will for advice the slow expand chances in vienna chilled and play

a couple of beers or similar stuff in the kitchen you have to be much better life played played with the offensive against against a russian team was deaf like a big bob play and may have somebody that i saw so you have to be seen to have to skate skate skated they don't stand because they don't skate you take cocaine penalty and satellite data other starmen in rugby muhlach squad include martins through box and kept. both players knew exactly what it takes to compete at the top level although worst of all yes we have a lot of young players like experience although it 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 and we have to build our club we have to get maybe a few a couple of new players you know at the level that they played before you know the cage challenge so they can you know add more experienced. and help the young kids

to you know adapt to this level and i think like you said if we're going to be patient i think we're going to see some good things coming out of the pope resigns we still won't be done with the bill there is no denying. hundred jews the match winning by the. river. he will print in the market. all right 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 of the for much else turkey's clash with korea sure looks the toughest to call the first leg ju to take place in istanbul where. chance to travel with the injured nico crunch malott and petritsch but the likes of top known playmaker. byron munich striker details are available being contour is a repeat of the euro two thousand and eight quarterfinals which the turks won on

penalties but croats low raring for revenge. i'm also a bit impatient because i have had a long pause them and i'm feeling so to speak a positive nervousness so the most important thing is that i'm feeling good and ready. but not five places are taken but three remain up for grabs at the end of season a.t.p. tennis world tour finals joel will fred song just the much away from taking one of them following a straight sets victory over cure mo garcia lopez of the parson masters the home favor proving equally as lethal the net as he was at the back of the court six three six four how it ended up song now and needs to be the winner of the nicolas almagro andrius second encounter to pick his ticket for the season ending finale in london which starts in less than a fortnight's time. through the important because on the one of them.

there is a 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 tournaments after claiming a six three seven five win over from the brit dust to win the second round joke which led to all murray federer on for the fears of already put their spots. it's becoming an almost weekly occurrence no n.b.a. talks breaking dawn believe this the anti climatic installment occurring and choose day with players on officials once again on able to reach a compromise but according to l.a. lakers star derek fisher hope springs eternal. 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 are 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. to wayne wade has been on his travels had made the n.b.a. lockout the twenty nine year old playing pick up games down under after finishing runner up with his miami heat last year the seven time all-star sharing his thoughts on the ongoing legal battle back home to. as players and i think they're we're trying to do what we can to make sure that we protect our game. you know futures and. as much as possible so it's not ideal situation for nobody not the players not the owners not the fans. hopefully we can come to the middle ground and get back on the court. ok let's head to ringside where the man widely regarded as the world's best pun for upon boxer steps on the canvas this weekend's money taking

on one market is once again on saturday with a w b a welterweight world championship belt steak excitement growing in las vegas with plucky army of fans hoping to get a glimpse of the filipino was here arrived into sin city the thirty two year old boxer record fifty three victories to defeat since all two of the only five hundred titles in eight different categories. marquez have met twice before their first bite in two thousand and four ending in a draw before packing earned a split decision victory three years ago. the world's current top heavy with box have. spoken about the late joe frazier who died on monday from liver cancer triple big bell tolled standing smokin joe and his legacy will never be forgotten. we have lost a legend but joe frazier will remain a legend and he will keep on living very tricky because his van's and all athletes

in their memory were generations i'm sure working with him because everything he achieved is related to the olympic games that cannot be taken away from his trip to go from now the highest paying golf tournament in asia is just around the corner phil mickelson and dole among those aiming to capture a hefty slice of the six million dollar singapore open purse know world number one luke dolphin attendance though they staying put in europe as he seeks to the euro money into his north american p.g.a. cash title. this one and probably the only two remaining large person 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 to point i don't worry about the rankings i mean those will 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 returning summer in thorpe is continuing to struggle in the pool the twenty nine year old on able to turn the tide on a string of poor performances during the one hundred meter butterfly world cup a bent in beijing but the strain 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 paused. 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 pricing and also you know kind of the emotional attachment the you had to what you used to do to sort of you know all of those things combined. is all the sports world weather is next and i'll see you

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