welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories fresh occupy protests flare up right across the u.s. as disgruntled activists target boards and trade hubs in an effort to hamper a financial giant goldman sachs that asked police continue a relentless crackdown on the movements to vittie. taking the plunge again russia's third richest man announces his second attempt to handle politics by running for president. and as brock obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation iraq is going to the devastated the structure and unstable government american troops are leaving behind. those who are the top stories here in our next ranjit singh was in his ambassador to iraq in the one nine hundred ninety s.

and he's analysis of the u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq is simple washington will still try to control the country's rich oil reserves are just freer shrader caught up with him in new delhi . president obama has announced the united states will definitively end the war in iraq at the end of this month but as the united states attempts to get the military personnel and contractors out of the country questions still remain about the implications of this decision for security in the region joining me to help discuss this is the former indian ambassador to iraq and the author of the book the ultimate prize saying kala thing so much for joining me first of all i want to ask you about the recent terrorist attacks in iraq obviously there have been quite a few in the past few years and they've claimed hundreds of iraqi citizens lives do you think there is still a role for the united states in iraq when the americans walked in. they could

not have done anything but to introduce some semblance of democracy otherwise what was the reason of going in and once they went in and they decided to introduce some semblance of democracy it was going to be a shiite led government. and because it was a shiite government it has very strong links with its cool religious in iran. and therefore the main aim which i should say was bruce make sure that the oil the oil wealth remains available would be in jeopardy and i think that is basically the president if you would draw from iraq completely you leave this is why i asked. in the hands of a shiite led government which very close links with iran and therefore it upsets the political balance as far as the middle east is concerned so to that extent. to

counter this the americans have now for all withdrawing the troops but at the same time strengthening their position in iraq now the u.s. embassy in iraq is going to be almost twenty thousand strong it's going to have numerous. offices like training training of troops etc who will be what they call basically americans who would be basically military men but working for the u.s. embassy similarly there would be a consulate in they would be a consulate in. kirkuk they would be a consulate for the north and each one of these gauntlets is about a thousand strong it will perhaps be the largest u.s. embassy anywhere in the world i mean normal embassies are usually between thirty to forty maybe if it's a very big embassy perhaps one hundred strong but twenty thousand strong it's means

that they're going to be lots of other people who are going to be still in iraq. now the reason why i say this is that big cannot afford to be completely absent from iraq and therefore the. what shall i say while agreeing to withdraw troops as per the agreement they are in no way coming back varying civilian clothes and in fact i don't see any lessening of american influence as far as iraq is concerned. and you sort of just spoke about these sectarian issues within iraq when and if the united states technically leaves the country how do you think the iraqi government will be able to stop these sectarian divisions into becoming a full fledged civil war it's going to be extremely difficult because if you see the communities of iraq as they existed most of the military

in pre us invasion iraq was soon sunni dominated most of the officers were sunni. the shirts were basically foot soldiers they had more basic military training as such and therefore because it was a similar government they were able to keep them in check it was basically by force alarms that people were kept would be called in check and of course the strong arm methods of every ruler the who has been there whether it was saddam or even earlier most of them were using very tough methods to keep people the population in check no whether the new government which is the shiite led government will be able to equally dick strong on message. control be what they called situation is a bit doubtful because frankly i don't think they have the experience to be able to run a country like iraq and therefore they're going to be for see sectarian violence perhaps may not be of the scale that it is no but may have little more than what is

presently going on and you mentioned the united states troops going to crawl way how do you think the arab gulf countries are going to react to that are they going to welcome the americans i don't think so because i don't see i don't see this. place actually i think it's a just the shuffle of the cards so as to speak because the americans not going very far they're just going to quit which is next door and you can always come back. because the bases will be kept intact and as i mentioned there is a twenty thousand strong u.s. embassy most of the staff etc don't always be there and secondly they have made sure that there is no law the air force in fact you'll find that there is hardly perhaps not even less than they don't even have five planes to fly around so they don't control the airspace the airspace over to be controlled by the americans. which means that you can reinforce at will whenever you want however you want and

you can also prevent anybody is from coming in perhaps even if the iranians were to decide the american air force would be available make sure that they don't cross over so i don't see i don't consider this an american withdrawal i think it's just a reshuffling of the pack and what about iran do you think iran could potentially be ready to fell some sort of void if the united states leaves iraq well that is always a possibility because the iran iraq border is very porous it's very difficult to police the entire border it's a very long border and. in many areas you'll find of course the mountains then there's the bed of the plains and there's a river the shuttle out of which is the boundary between iran and iraq and then most of the tribesmen living on the iranian side are also arabs and they are

shiites too so there is a lot of to and fro ing going across the border and it is intermarriage and there is also. a lot of. illicit trade which goes on across the border so as far as the iranians wanting to intervene or to create problems in iran that is always a possibility and don't forget in the past it was the iranians who used to provide arms to the kurds to create problems for saddam's. and it won't be the first time and prop probably not the last minute when they would do so obviously you know president obama also has announced that he's going to pull the troops out of afghanistan we're about to enter an election year how much of pulling out troops from iraq and afghanistan do you think is part of for domestic consumption by the americans when obviously he has to meet the deadlines which have been set by himself i mean be u.s.

administration have set the deadlines themselves and as i mentioned in the queues of iraq it's basically the shuffling of the pack i mean you give it another name you change it around call them what you like but. as far as of honest on is concerned perhaps a similar kind of started you may be followed where you may be able to withdraw u.s. may be able to withdraw troops from afghanistan but leave a very strong component behind perhaps in the form of civilian advisers military advisers and training teams except who may not be taking part in combat or be called role but they can certainly act as an advisor to all the new afghan army as inventor develops but many because i think that's a little. let's see because i don't think it's going to be a decision is going to be taken so quickly and the united states has spent so much money in iraq three trillion dollars what do you think the americans can gain from . everything that happened there i've always believed anybody who lived in iraq as

i have lived in iraq that. nobody goes there for tourism it's a complete. a country which is hot it's fifty degrees centigrade most of the time flies the best. there's nothing to see except plain does what are you there for you there for you and obviously otherwise why would anybody spend a trillion dollars to go lose about forty five thousand casualties two thousand what for and the reason is the oil in iraq is going to. and second it's a very high quality very high grade you don't need to find very much to some for content is very low and just below the surface costs a dollar to take it out of a dollar and a half to three there's oil out. there for anybody who has access to this oil. can be. a game changer as far as the politics of oil is concerned and i think that's

precisely why the americans are there and how do you think the united states pulling out of afghanistan is going to affect india well obviously it's in our neighborhood founder stan is in the neighborhood of course it makes a difference because naturally be people who are indulging in terrorism will be encouraged that they've been able to force an american withdrawal not all depends on how this majority explains does it because of a defeat does it take place because the united states gets. birotteau for understand does it take place because of very strong domestic compulsions or does it take place as a result of an agreement it really depends on how the withdraw takes place my guess is that if it takes place as a result of an agreement perhaps it can be done gradually may not be done completely in the sense of a complete withdrawal one be made gore would have putative time and i think that

perhaps is the best case scenario all it'll definitely be interesting to see how president obama pulls the troops out of iraq if that happens and what the implications of it are going to be i want to thank you so much for your time thank you. these grants to you tricia and this is products on the price of healthy eating. we need to test these foods for toxicity allergenicity immune response lower nutrition in for environmental contamination don't you feel like a lab brought some consider the experiment in human treatment i believe significant differences between the g.m. fact that they both. don't g.m.

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fresh occupy protests flare operad across the u.s. as disgruntled activists target ports and trade hubs in an effort to hamper a financial giant goldman sachs' that as police continue their relentless crackdown on the movement's activities. taking the plunge again russia's third richest man announces his second attempt to enter politics by running for president. as rock obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation iraq is pointing the devastated infrastructure of an unstable government american troops are leaving behind. alice take a look at what's happening in the world sports with richard. hello and welcome to schools have a great to have you with us on

a stop so was the headline. road to recovery like on my t.v. . team triumph i've won the screen since the plane crash which killed their entire squad. the citizens come on strike months the city home of their first league defeat of the season to learn chinese side lose to want to chelsea. back in training. classic zero victory over real madrid barcelona their preparations for the club world cup in japan. will begin with ice hockey as a look at my t.v. got to solve all produce a comprehensive a five one home victory and first competitive game just three months after a plane crash which one tired spare entire squad. forty three people died after the plane burst into flames crashed into the banks of the volga river jaroslav on september seventh and among them were thirty six players and coaching staff on looking mighty well since the tragedy of the teams of the need to play is to help

the club to stay in existence and they cruise path lift yanek five one in front of us home crowd. the h.l. encounter division below the top to a cage or club took the decision to drop down a level then you team time to gel. millions of football i'm english premier league leaders manchester city suffered their first defeat of the season as they went down to one chelsea visitors who are looking to extend the top to five points from bitter rivals manchester united they go off to the perfect star mario balotelli scoring on just two minutes but roberton one chinese men in front chelsea bow they will all eleven minutes before half time raw material is powering volleys past joe hart to restore parity with a game look destined to end one wonders seven minutes from time from the one pod from thursday to the penalty spot to give

a blues all three points with chelsea to win seven points at city and state top. meanwhile just two days after beating on rivals real madrid for the one to go european champions barcelona preparing for the semifinal of the three for war club championship in japan or bosses opening match is against tyreese side. they didn't waste any time in getting their first taste of the local training grounds in your karma meanwhile coach wants his players to relax and regain their focus of the game against the asian champions so he'll take his charges around the city before putting them through the paces once again barcelona won the year ending tolman banking. two thousand and nine anything but reclaimed by title would be considered a big blow to. the match against real madrid was a good one we were very satisfied with the quality of that game which we are always

looking ahead to the future can back it could be asked to come into this computer to shoot we've had a very tough time and we would like to make the best of the super tutti and rise to the top. elsewhere brazilian player of the year neymar is a lavish praise on both barcelona understand striker messi the nineteen year old forward is hoping to play against the club he considers to be the best of a walled in the title decider before violence. pitted against a local i. saw in the semifinals wednesday on the south american champions hold a training session and i go i headed back again. barcelona are the best club in the world if i have the opportunity to play them i'll be very happy and we'll certainly try to win the game to be compared with messi makes me very proud and i'm very pleased to have this comparison. meanwhile real madrid back in action on choosey it's a playful side. and

a couple they already foresee money in years sides of their fifteen game winning streak snapped on the saturday by rivals barcelona that handed them their first league defeat of the season and the portuguese is determined to get his side back to winning ways motivation won't be a problem and that was a safer and more confident mood. meanwhile the club world cup winning coach rafael benitez has been linked with free spending russian side angie reports but before my little paul and into milan manager has entered talks with the dagestan club the fifty one year old spaniard laid into a board cup glory just last year a tournament. which. was named the best player. trainer that you got year in september.

meanwhile in. spain manager change. there has been named as the best national coach of the year the award comes from the international federation of football history and statistics the sixteen year old the red fury to their maiden world glory last year and hopes are high back in spain . or help them to retain their european title in poland and ukraine next summer when i'm going to remember them more than we can complain about the results in our competitive games we have largely accomplished in the suv we have had some setbacks we have three some very strong growth but we have managed to cope with the expectations a little time to prepare for the euro two thousand and twelve we are going to be one where a game in the twenty ninth of february because the league and the local competitions are very returns and there is also the champions and we know the players get on and we have a good boost to the fundamentals are in place and everything will be there to do

your post. on the russian cycling team reached an agreement to sign one of the country's best road riders dean has been short of the thirty three year old it's spectate to put pen to paper on wednesday he's already joined the team for a training camp in italy to. titian next season then show off as a double spanish champion. cyclist who also won with the title here in two thousand and nine and came third overall in last year's tour de france the two show also signed three time former world champion all stuff that is of spain in october. and finally to two whales of a motor variety as russia has its first ever stage of the world superbike championships next summer and with the track just outside moscow almost finished the design and hopes will be a challenging addition to the noticeable calendar come to the top of reports. after

winning the right to host a stage of the formula one calendar in the black sea resort of sochi in two thousand and fourteen russia has gained the chance to see one of the most fascinating racing events in the world of motor sports as a stage of the superbike world championship will come to moscow next august marking the first time ever world scale more a sports competition will take place in russia the construction of the moscow raceway circuit is entering the home stretch and should be finished by july the track was designed by the famous german architect adam until kid who has produced numerous formula one circuits well we have a lot of personalities in this industry. and so if you have the start and finish line then going downhill this path it's a downhill current is a very fast car not liking in the car not to to have to make this slower going uphill and this makes it really very interesting because we go war than one time we go up and down ups and downs and that makes it

a dimension that is very. very good next year the superbike world championship will celebrate its twenty fifth season this serious has a great history and the determination to expand due to economic crises in europe and it seems like this board stop stars are excited to discover a new venue in a new country while champion countless czech who arrived in the capital hoping his bike will soon be running on a russian track while thousands of fans are expected to flock to the outskirts of moscow for one of the most exciting events in the racing world arrive in moscow in this condition first a very very special no remembers me so. some day read the story. plays were. amazing grades made to be here off course is in my mind to places to visit i didn't expect. to visit and to be here for the race there's a lot a lot to that or it just everything yeah everything is very very different. i'm

very very excited for when we are in august next year alexander is a russian interpreter from the financial sector and i don't know if the more a sports team who moved into the sport following the interest of his wife mandy and enthusiastic more bike racer the ten year deal to organize and host the russian superbike stage however is going to be a challenge not only for the organizers with the track still under construction but also for newly signed a sport team right now i do not know of that assertion but eilis i've already seen the track and it looks very challenging and interesting for the riders as well as for the spectators who will be able to witness even more because of the difference levels as for me i'm really looking forward to racing at the circuit next summer despite the whole pressure finally along with formula one world class motorsport championships are coming to russia with fans hoping the superbike stage one be a one off due to they can on the crisis but that russia will become

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