here in the russian capital you're watching on the headlines now fresh occupy protests across the united states as described. financial giant goldman sachs. police continue a 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 the presidency. barack obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation people point to the devastated infrastructure and unstable government american

troops are leaving behind. was india's ambassador to iraq in the one nine hundred ninety s. his analysis of the u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq is simple that of washington it will still try to control the country's rich oil reserves. caught up with him in utah. 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 good not to have done anything but to introduce some semblance of democracy otherwise what was the reason they're 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 government it has very strong links with its. religious in iran. and therefore the main aim which i should say was sure that the oil the oil. remains available would be in jeopardy and i think that is basically the president if you withdraw from iraq completely

you leave this 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. 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. basically americans who would be basically military men but working for the u.s. embassy similarly there will be a consulate in there will be a consulate in. good cook there would be a consulate or not 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 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 they 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 a 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 one 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 the u.s. invasion iraq was 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 of arms that people were kept what we call in check and of course the strong arm methods of. the who has been there whether it was or even earlier most of them were using very tough methods to keep. the population in check now whether the new government that 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. actually i think it's a just the shuffle of the cards so as to speak because the americans are 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 with a twenty thousand strong u.s. embassy most of the staff except logan always be there and secondly they have made sure that there is no air force in fact you 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 there are controlled by the americans. which means that you can be in force at will whenever you want however you want and you can also prevent anybody else 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 tell 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 find of course the mountains then there's the bed of the plains and there's

a river the shuttle 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 sort 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 some. and it won't be the first time and prop probably not the last time either 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 b. u.s. administration of set the deadlines themselves and as i mentioned in the case 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 understand 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 advisors military advisers and training teams except who may not be taking part in combat. role but they can certainly act as an advisory role to the new afghan army as in many develops but many cases 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 your own obviously otherwise why would anybody spend a trillion dollars to go lose about forty five thousand two thousand what for and the reason is the oil in iraq is plenty. and second it's 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 think about

a dollar and a half to three years or a lot and therefore anybody who has access to the. 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 it's going to stand is in the neighborhood of course it makes a difference because naturally the 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 declares because of a defeat does it take place because the united states gets. byard of. 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 withdrawal 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 day may go or would have beautiful time and i think that perhaps is the best case scenario all it'll definitely be interesting to see how president obama polls 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. wealthy british science. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my next concert

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the headlines on odds he and the fresh occupy protests flare up across the united states as described activists target poor trade and to financial giant goldman sachs but as police continue a relentless crackdown on the movement's activities. taking the plunge again russia's a third richest man announces his second attempt to enter politics by running for the presidency. and as barack obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation iraqis point to the devastated infrastructure and unstable government american troops are leaving behind. the latest action from the world of sports with richard

. great to have you with us headlines. road to recovery looking my. team trying five one first game since september plane crash which killed their entire squad. the citizens. of the city handed the first league defeat of the season for both among chinese song to lose to want to chelsea. return to the ring. announces his next find which will be the former judo olympic gold medalist. but do you begin with ice hockey as well come on t.v. on a small will have produced a comprehensive five one home victory in the first competitive game just three

months after the plane crash which wiped out their entire squad. forty three people died after the plane burst into flames as it crashed into the banks of the boulder river near jaroslav on september seventh and among them were thirty six players and coaching staff from looking mighty well since the tragedy of the team's donated players to the club to help it stay in existence and the crew's balls if janet five won in front of a home crowd was a very chilling encounter a division below the top tier cage of the club took the decision to drop down a level to live a new team time to gel. with me on the four ball in the english premier league leaders manchester city's top of the first defeat of the season spray went down to want to chelsea roosters were looking to extend their lead at the top to five points from bitter rivals manchester united and they would get off to the perfect style moneyball of teles scoring not just two minutes and genies million from

chelsea were level eleven minutes before half time from the release bowling powerfully pollens johansen restored parity for the game destined to end one one seven minutes from time frank alarm clock ready for the penalties called to give a blues all three points to chelsea two of its seven points of sixty two states. meanwhile real madrid back in action on choose the play. ply their trade of a third tier of spanish football in the copa del rey was about eighteen years team saw fifteen game winning streak snapped on sunday by bitter rivals barcelona one hundred first league defeat of the season three one defeat of a burn a bomb on the board u.b.s. is determined to get his side back to winning ways motivation won't be a problem and as ever he was in more than confident mood. just boys my motivation that i would like there warner to have my name be said that to me given years one of the most successful managers and the biggest clock in history

this moment to wish knees to be the best don't we give them years and years a marine year the two highest achievers in real madrid's history fifteen victories champions league record leader of championships with barcelona but if we get to a point on saturday we will be a still leaders and if you're asking about manipulation please come on. in the meantime spain manager of the gym today. has been named as the best national coach of the year award from the international federation of football history and statistics the sixty year old led the red fury to their maiden war glory last year and hopes are high back in spain but they'll help them retain the euro. cup title in ukraine and poland next summer. when i'm going to build up there more than we can complain about the results in our competitive games and we are largely accomplished in the should we had had some setbacks and we have three some very

strong but we have managed to cope with the expectations a little time to prepare for the euro two thousand and twelve we're only one where a game on the twenty ninth of february because the league and the local competitions ovarian turns and there's also the champions and we know the players get on and we have a good beat the fundamentals are in place and everything will be there when you go on to do your little girl is now all suns all skip the. club cup campaign underway on wednesday in japan and the brazilian player of your name was lavish praise boss alone or their star striker leon almost seem one thousand year old forward is hoping to play against a club he considers to be the best in the world in the title decider. in the last four before violence name all sides. against fellow quiet pushy what they saw in the semifinals of the south american champions training session. had

a bad game. but. marshall and of the best club in the world have the opportunity to clear their male be very happy and will certainly try to win the game to be compared with missy makes me very proud of them very pleased to have this comparison. but. will be hoping to win two thousand and eleven on the high as he's announced his next opponents will be subtle as she is she with a fight taking place on new year's eve in japan the thirty five year old broke his free ride losing streak jeff monson on the end of the twentieth courtesy of the anonymous points decision. is preparing for a showdown in the olympics two thousand and eight judo gold medalist a twenty four year old japanese pointer is a new comer to the world of mixed martial arts holds a record of four wins one loss and one draw in the six pounds so far however he is likely to face his toughest test yet he takes on the last emperor.

russian cycling team got you sure have reached an agreement to sign one of the country's best road riders denise of the thirty four year old is expected to put pen to paper on wednesday as a ready join the team for a training camp in italy. for competition next season. we're going to show him as a double spanish champion all round cyclist also want to retire in two thousand and nine inferred overall of last year's tour de france. also shown three times in a mall champion also spain and. great jonny wilkinson has announced his international retirement bringing to an end in the last thirteen year career of high points always stayed international side many years ago just drop goal won the two thousand and three world cup england against australia before going back try and plain view years of injury turmoil over the fly half did

well to return to the highest level. this country reach another world cup final four years later the thirty two year old though will still carry on playing for his club side too long from. seattle care to live there slim hopes of making playoffs with a convincing victory against us and louis rams seattle's special teams but helped get the seahawks to the perfect stance they managed to blunt the rams punt attempts the ball cleanly to michael robinson the running unopposed into the end zone. all game was in the balance going into the third quarter or so bodies janssen connecting with doug baldwin is wide open. he finished a shot of one hundred yards from the game did the rest well form of drive again this comes off by seattle's running back shaun lynch minch would have the equally impressive game as he would rush more than one hundred yards the fifth time this last six scientists say also there has been

a lawyer. well after months of uncertainty even new n.b.a. season will finally get underway in the twenty fifth december he will be looking to get back on call more than most and try to make up of the disappointment of losing last year's playoff final miami opening their training camp on monday as favorite to win basketball's biggest prize and the team will certainly be raring to go last his failure to respond very soon a star studded squad including the lights over was drawn james dwayne wade and chris bosh but he failed to win the n.b.a. championship for the first time since two thousand and six when they were of course beaten four two in the final by the dallas mavericks however the head coach says there's plenty is team can build on coming into the new season. there's been so much talk about last year being an absolute epic failure for us now we don't view it that way but that's part of this journey sometimes sometimes things frankly as

much as you don't want to admit it sometimes they just don't go your way it doesn't mean we want committed doesn't mean that that wasn't our goal we have another shot at it this year and that's what we're committed to doing is give ourselves a chance there at the end and to do that we've got to start now the only thing we can control that is now. and win this day but it's a different film to come into this year. you know for me personally i'm more live. more be better myself for one moment i'm excited i mean i have two months of you know my work and being used to be a better game in a season two months ago i was excited. to finally kimmy reichen and maybe a former formula one world champion whoever it seems to fit in hasn't quite got to grips with driving a snowmobile just yet thirty two year old who recently joined lotus rhino sustained a wrist injury after crashing his overbill at a pro celebrity race in austria. however the finn is returning to earth one to two

years beating in the world rally championships was quick to dispel any rumors of picking up a major injury on twitter but there's nothing to worry about it's absolutely fine main events was won by the edna event logistics team which took the checkered flag ahead of the defending champions in the car frazier racing but as with two thousand and seven f one world champion says the main goal of the events is just the one. he said person for me here this is a bit of fun but it. is. very. funny that's the main. road we're up to date skate partridge will be here in just under two hours time to bring you all the latest station's watts eva with is coming next and rory will be here with all the latest news.

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