good to have you with the life here in moscow top stories now the u.s. security contractor blackwater has undergone another branding and plans to return to iraq among other companies hoping to cash in on the country's uncertain future after american troops withdrew all. that water was previously banned from iraq over allegations of killing civilians. but the face of libya's rebellion reaches boiling point again as tens of thousands of people in benghazi have been out in the streets for three days now protesting against their new government and the secrecy

surrounding its policies. on the russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid has been stuck at the border for over twenty four hours to trucks with essential supplies were stopped by the police a move that says is a clear sign of the e.u. exceeding its authority in the region. with another summary of those new stories we in about fifty minutes from now in the meantime as the u.s. counts down to the withdrawal of all of its troops from iraq within weeks we talk to one of the original architects of the invasion and that is next on our. we were sitting down with one of the most controversial figures in the west politics he was existent secretary of defense under president reagan he was chairman of the defense policy board and a george w. bush and man who is seen by many as one of the chief architects of the war in iraq richard perle mr perle thank you very much for joining us what do you think

washington's plans are with regards to iraq could we see another case for war being built against iran will the united states now is hoping that iran will see the light. and its nuclear weapons program but whether in the end we you or someone else decides that force is necessary to stop the nuclear weapons program i can't say i think we are at the moment pursuing diplomatic means economic sanctions. and the government hopes that that will succeed i'm rather doubtful that. you're speculating on intentions as as it as it happened in iraq i mean the international atomic energy agency report said that iran might have the technology to build a nuclear an atomic weapon if it wants to but it's a long way to actually accusing a country of building

a nuclear weapon isn't it well i'm willing to accuse iran of building nuclear weapons i don't think there's any question about it they're building missiles that only makes sense if they carry nuclear warheads they are paid an enormous cost internationally by insisting enriching nuclear material which will give them the opportunity to produce weapons grade material for atomic bombs or hydrogen bombs we now have from the i.a.e.a. a detailed account from a scientist who was in. all of the program and it leaves no question as to what they're doing i don't know why anyone has any doubts about what they're doing well the thing is the war in iraq has pretty much undermine the credibility of the us when it comes to starting wars and justifying wars and you were one of the key one of the chief architects of the iraq war and the allegation that many are making is that you. including by members of the bush administration is that you were looking

for any kind of thing in intelligence to justify an invasion no it's not true we were looking for intelligence would shed some light. on some important questions like does the weapons of mass destruction is he in contact with terrorists what are the risks involved in revealing him in place after nine eleven when we discovered that we could be terribly vulnerable but the the belief that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destructions was not based on any one intelligence informant it was mostly based on the fact that we knew a lot about things that saddam had acquired for example the chemicals that you would need to put together but again it's the same with iran you are making assumptions that they have the material they have the technology and therefore they have the weapons well what are you suggesting that we stop trying to figure out

whether iran has nuclear weapons because there were intelligence errors with respect to iraq they were not in states dismantle its intelligence organizations but who of course not they're going to listen to you say you acknowledge yeah do you acknowledge that the case for war in iraq in two thousand and three was a mistake you know what i. acknowledge is that. some. some of the ideas that they behind particularly the idea that saddam had weapons of mass destruction were wrong he didn't have weapons of mass destruction and we believe he did but the argument for removing saddam did not depend on the specifics of whether he had weapons of mass destruction or not was an element but it wasn't the whole story by any means because he'd have weapons of mass destruction in the past

and there was no reason to believe he couldn't get them again in the future he just didn't have them at the moment that the cia believed he did could never understand . if the administration really believed that saddam had weapons of mass destruction they wouldn't have attacked iraq i mean what if the guy pushed the button right it's simple logic that suggest that the administration knew that he had nothing that's why they went for it it's not. that's just not true and it's not logical live. we would leave it be too dangerous to attack if we actually had a well we believe that he had chemical and biological weapons and we took enormous precautions to deal with that so that every american who went into iraq was equipped to deal with a chemical weapons attack which we expected to happen and it didn't happen why doesn't anybody attack north korea i mean they they have

a bomb why doesn't anybody attack north korea well because everybody knows they have the bombs way right where we we don't attack everyone who has a nuclear weapon that's. that's clear i think there's a pretty good case for trying to change the regime. in north korea. i don't think you could do that by bombing north korea. but if what you are suggesting is that once a country has a nuclear weapon no one will attack it out of a fear that it will use its nuclear weapon there is an element of truth to that but in the case of north korea the situation between north and south korea is such that even if north korea didn't have a nuclear weapon they haven't an ability to inflict terrible damage on the capital of south korea because they have thousands of artillery pieces within range of

seoul and that is a very powerful deterrent against taking action do you still believe it was the right decision to go to to invade iraq i think the decision was based on what we knew at the time and based on what we knew at the time it was the right decision i don't believe that was carried out very effective and that's the tragedy instead of turning things over to the iraqis more or less immediately we got involved in an occupation and occupations are never popular and the fact that we were an occupying power recognized as such but he noted nations by the way was very important in the development of the insurgency against the occupation i think it would have been a different situation the u.s. went from you know it was weapons of mass destruction and ties with terrorism and

then it became all about democracy the idea that the u.s. has to in far in force democracy wherever it can i believe that that's the idea that you share no it's not but he were you move you really are saying that we should encourage in a sort of an audible layer of military means. not like in iraq no iraq we went into iraq not to establish a democracy we went into iraq because the administration believed that saddam hussein's iraq was a threat to the united states so why didn't the us just get out of iraq as soon as they found out that there is nothing there what they should have done. you have to have to ask george bush why he didn't do that do you think iraq's vast oil reserves had nothing to do with the decision to go to iraq i don't believe that. we went into iraq because iraq has over with that's the question iraq has

a world to be sure and if we need oil from iraq we'll buy it we don't seize other people's oil fields and send the oil back to the united states we buy oil we import roughly half of our oil so what you're saying you couldn't afford having said on who's saying getting rich and powerful considering to hated america it wasn't just rich and powerful it's a question of what behavior one could anticipate and he had invaded kuwait as we know he had invaded iraq as we know. nobody knew what he was going to do next there has been a number of surveys that show that america has never been as hated in the muslim world as it is now where is this coming from and how should the us address this well i don't know. what we can do affectively to counter that i mean we're not alone in that the united kingdom is hated in the muslim world rushes hated in the

muslim world you're saying russia is hated in the muslim world as much as they can wes's well i don't know who is hated more i know that i know that a lot of the people who would wish to inflict injury on the united states would also wish to inflict injury on russia as as we've seen with. so. in russia if we are hated and part of the explanation for that is that we are resisting. their. messianic belief in. in the superiority of islam that's just too bad country saying the us also has a messianic belief or faith superiority over other countries i wouldn't use the word messianic but superior we're proud of what we've accomplished if your self defense makes people angry or makes you hate it or you're right to defend yourself i have to say we are right to defend ourselves even if one of the consequences will

since time or terror even some people side to become terrorists because they don't like the fact that we defended ourselves what's the altogether seems to be a vicious circle well it's it's not a pleasant thing what do you do not defend yourself and say well if i defend myself there cannot defend against a country that never attacked the u.s. i mean i mean iraq defending yourself against a presumption of a potential attack that's what we're talking about it wasn't an immediate danger that the us was confronting in iraq i was watching a documentary about you when i was getting ready for this interview and i remember this mother of an american soldier who died in iraq and she was crying and shouting at you know you are and man of mass destruction how do you deal with situations like that you must have come across things like that where you often in the past well it's very unpleasant to what can you do i understand the mother's grief

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well with the finance technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the future covered. top stories now in the tourist u.s. security contractor blackwater has undergone another rebranding and plans to return to iraq among other companies able to cash in on the country's uncertain future american troops withdraw now called economy local who had previously been wrong about allegations of killing civilians. the birthplace of libya's rebellion reaches boiling point again as tens of thousands of people in benghazi be enough in the streets for three days now protesting against the new government from the secrecy surrounding its policies. on the russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid. that's been stuck at the border for over twenty four trucks for the central supply was

stopped by police moved that moscow says is a clear sign that the seating its authority in the region. more news stories in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime with the sport. welcome to the sport here are the headlines. top class the much you guys are on the actually both sides aiming to regroup bell as nineteen places are set to be decided europa league. one first step neymar opens a sometimes beat rate sulfide one such a big fee for a club world cup final i think. giants vassallo down. fighting back jaroslav will begin to rebuild with a five point i mean victory just three months after the plane crash that killed the

entire school. the first a football and injured count in dimitri last golf will cheer on his luck a lot of moscow team from the sidelines as the russian looks for a big victory at belgian side and elects to pick their opponents and win group l this wednesday she regularly battles the thirty seven year old midfielder is lockers only absentee with the russian side now a fortnight into their three month winter break well leaders and elect are aiming to finish the group with a perfect record and are the only team to have won all their matches so far but can win the group if they better the early attitudinal defeat they suffered two and a leg to moscow like they would then avoid being joining the knockout round against such as managed to city and manchester united to drop into the competition in the champions league meanwhile angela have lost their last two league games. meanwhile sporting lisbon have already qualified for the knockout stages as group d. winners as they travel to lot c.-o. the italian side a current a third and must get

a better result than second place absolutely who are at bottom club zurich as the remaining teams have a better head to head record so even the winds about zero might not be enough. for me while big hairy sundram are in a similar. zation de lancey at the french joint leave latest post athletic bilbao you have already won group bath however p.s.g. have a formidable home record there on an eighteen month unbeaten run in european competitions at the park their problems but even if they managed to get all three points the french outfit could still fail to qualify as they have an inferior head to head record against second place salzburg but i'm not giving up. that's going to go over the europa league title is still part of our objectives because we're still in the competition it's true that our fate is no longer you know but the goal is to win and then wait for a little bit of luck to go to no one over england follower also looking to book their place in the round of thirty two and not in yours men do at least have their

destiny in their own hands if the london side who reach the final in twenty ten managed to win at home to a group case bottom side against that they will go through to the knockout stages however they're taking nothing for granted they had a win the best campaign but at the same time have called it to her devotee him so that's why we have to be a top of a game and. i'm sure we're going to be there tomorrow we're going to be on the top of the game in perth and get three points but before we are what they can do but at same time on paper we are better side and we should win tomorrow. while over in japan brazil's teenage striker neymar has moved one step closer to his dream of playing against barcelona after his son to size breezed into the final of the thief world cup the nineteen year old school the opener in their three one win over local champions question where i saw some nifty footwork from him build up to the nineteenth minutes right however just a relative veteran of thirty one almost eclipsed their last effort with

a beauty of his own just by from. well head up the sack i gave the partisan home crowd reason to celebrate soon after the interval to warm but his header was not enough as the silver he's moving to porto next year completed the rapid stand off with yet another crack at. cutting across a free kick just after the hour sometimes for me to either boss or cut out a side the side of the final off beat the other last one counter on thursday. only the messenger have been put through their paces by coach pep guardiola in yokohama the city where they let the title slip through their fingers back in two thousand and six losing one nil late on to brazilian side internacional well they made amends two years later by capturing the trophy in abu dabi would like the chance of winning the end of year tournament in the place where they started five years ago both motivation and momentum seem to be on their side as boss of the

darts rivals real madrid three one of the byrne about last saturday to go top of la liga and they want to keep up that winning for japan. i believe is the passion now your focus would descend and you know. and tomorrow we are going to talk. with the players how is the level and when the prepares bishop or she will come to to arrive to choose the final. probably for all of that north american champions monterrey gains the upper hand over to new zealand side esperance in the battle for fifth place after a lackluster half an hour the african club finally break the deadlock to yannick jang but the strikers joy was short lived as monterrey made it all square just eight minutes later after twice being denied a glaring amount either mia finally nailed the equaliser and they very soon took the lead although the negress not being in a corner right before the break two one zero s. but also proved especially vulnerable to the aerial ball as another header just

after the restart made its three want to the contact of champions zavala finishing up moves well as well as was throwing a lifeline midway through the second half colored rarely junee converting from the penalty spot but they failed to gain any momentum three two to monterey was how it finished stay with a well known legends and it is a down under now though have taken part in a charity football match in hamburg with a majority of the funds going to the horn of africa to help stop the region's ongoing food crisis there is an important message of the message is to say that it's complicated there are places in the world in africa where it's difficult but there are projects which are being put into effect and it's about sparing a thought for those people i decided when i made a commitment to be unesco ambassador do certain things and today was part of that it's very important to me as a caring can bring assistance to the people who need it the most and especially on

these days the worst band of the year at a time when there are a lottery celebrations throughout the world to remember that there is a lot of poor tea you know other places. i have made a winning return to the ice just three months after the plane crash that killed our entire squad the railway man one five one. the second. time russian champions that to rebuild one closer every port. it was a true celebration one that brought not only tears of joy but sorrow as well three months ago residents of jaroslava said their final goodbyes to the players and staff. who perished on their some of the most horrifying of circumstances but december the twelfth marked the beginning of a new era for the club but you know we just lost a truly great team and the men who died will forever remain unknown but we all hope youngsters who are on the ice today will bring more victories for lokomotiv and.

images of the players who are no longer with us prompted a standing ovation from the capacity crowd in the arena two thousand tickets for the opener sold out within hours of release ice hockey and your islam has always been a family affair and the tragedy affected everyone young and old. i remember windows are crying all the time and i would calm her down by saying don't cry live goes down but that i want to bad i began to cry myself it was really hard looking at the you've started over a step below the cage shelf in the eurasian higher hockey league no one in russia as the d.h.l. all but two of today's players and jaroslav have up to now being a part of local which is local it's a huge junior team in the n.h.l. with players up to twenty one years of age so this match against in the glitter of johnnie became a debut for them as official looking at the players and also at passage into adult

ice hockey. i was nervous at the first drop of the puck i knew the level of my team within the m.h.l. but it was hard to fully comprehend how we would look in the v.a. . he was essentially comprised of boys who played in a youth tournament just last week so naturally it was nerve wracking but thank god we did really well the head coach was be modest about the really well part because looking at the completely destroyed last year's b.h.l. finalist five one it's hard to tell who was happier on the night the fans that went into a frenzy after each goal or the players who got the necessary psychological boost in their very first test one thing is certain though both groups felt personal responsibility for the revival of their beloved city with anything but i want to thank the fans once again and i'm sure the entire lokomotiv organization will continue thanking the supporters in the future as well we know how much hokie means to the residents. and i hope that my boys will earn the respect of the fans by displaying their best at each much at times it feels like oh you're still always

still in a state of mourning three months after the tragedy struck the russian i saw cue ball pain and suffering have subsided during the committee opening match as the sold out arena two thousand witness the birth of a new ice hockey. for of artsy. with ice hockey and also a sense as for what my kids a fellow has agreed to join tesco moscow for the said time and deliver the catch all season although high hopes for a twenty one year old. number six by the n.h.l.'s columbus crew jackets in two thousand and eight however his other one is six goals in forty four series in north america. return to the us with finishes but fanatics co will be looking to him to bang in the goals with the armament to seal a play off place. gov now in england donald has been named the p.g.a. tour's player of the year after finishing the season at the top of the money list

in both america and europe the thirty four year old sealed the double by finishing third at the dubai world championship and is the first briton to win the players poll since it started in one nine hundred ninety in twenty six tournaments so far this season donald has missed the cut only twice and recorded twenty top ten finishes the only other european to win the award was on his parekh harrington in two thousand and eight. and that's all the sport like that.

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