back here with r t here's a look at the top stories of the week lebanon sees a weapons abroad aboard the ship was in its waters a cargo was said to be destined for syria's opposition fighters and that's an explosion that damascus deal another blow to the u.n. sponsored peace plan. sarkozy reaffirms his pledge to drastically cut immigration after losing the first round of french presidential ballot to socialist candidate from swallow and its national front far ride votes. are now up for grabs during the may sixth runoff. at over twenty people remain in hospital after a series of blasts rocked the eastern ukrainian city of the upper petrofsky on friday twenty nine injured this is back to terror attacks also stoked fear abroad as the country for paris to host the euro two thousand and twelve football tournament. ally and anger ready to boil over as

a new cyber security bill could allow the u.s. government to obtain people's private information from internet companies the pakis passed the u.s. house of representatives but is now threatening to be vetoed by president obama. next we ask a former u.s. army colonel whether american israel could strike iran as early as this summer despite no definite proof it's building a nuclear weapon. we're sitting down with douglas macgregor a retired army colonel who fought in the gulf war and was referred to by some officials as the best fighter the u.s. army has got this mcgregor thank you very much for joining good to be here president obama has put forward an ultimatum for iran either make progress with negotiators or face consequences consequences meaning war some say

a strike may happen within the next few months in your opinion how realistic is that should we expect the war in summer topical question right now in washington d.c. i think the answer right at the moment is no president obama is not remotely interested in waging war against iran so let's be clear about that no one at the top of the united states military establishment is interested in waging war against iran and the intelligence community has made it abundantly clear that iran is nowhere near the development of a nuclear warhead or the capacity to deliver one so we had those things up it's very very obvious that it least in the places that count the white house the department of defense there is no interest in waging a war on iran and let me say something that's so great there is a great push from israeli influence groups not president obama to just back a potential strike and as you said the administration says the iranians haven't even decided to build

a bomb so all this war talk is based on what is based really on i think the american israeli public affairs committee and it's a subordinate elements or affiliated elements they represent enormous quantities of money that over many years have cultivated enormous influence and power in congress and you simply are talking is just to appease the lobbyists well i think you've got a lot of people on the hill who fall into two categories one category that is interested in money and wants to be reelected and they don't want to run the risk of the various lobbies that are that are pushing. military action against iran to contribute money to their opponents colonel macgregor some say these trade leadership see this summer as that window of opportunity that they don't want to miss for two reasons one iran has very few friends in the wage and syria its closest ally is a mess right now and second presidential elections coming up in the u.s.

some say israel is going to use their leverage over president obama and it's going to be very hard for him to say you know what do you think about that window of opportunity for as well well if you were to launch a strike in the summer this would cause a dramatic downturn in the economy just consider that we had a rumor that supposedly iranian commandos had destroyed a pipeline in saudi arabia other fanciful nonsense and eventually it was denied by aramco the saudi arabian oil corporation but in that short period of time or oil skyrocketed on the market up beyond one hundred fifteen dollars a barrel but the point is just the rumor of action was enough to send the oil through the roof so we had a foretaste there of the dramatic economic consequences for the world if we move ahead and support israel in its desire to strike iran that's why i don't think president obama is remotely interested so they don't think that the israeli

leadership sees this as a window of opportunity though they may but look don't count out the israeli population let's not assume that everyone in israel is anxious to see iran destroyed i think that's misleading there's more division of opinion in israel than we think so again how long can mr netanyahu and mr barak play this game of the century trying to bully president obama and push him into an action that he would otherwise choose not to take did ministration is basically saying all they need is evidence that iran has acquired a nuclear weapons capability and here's what i want to ask you. about this capability issue because it's very vague i mean it means being capable of doing something but not necessarily doing it yes how do you see it was deliberately vague it's deliberately ambiguous so the various people can define it as they like what is a capability to do something in terms of weapons nuclear weapons development well how

much rich geranium are we talking about is it just enriching uranium does it involve packaging the enrich uranium does it involve a test of some type no one has been very specific and i think that's purposeful because you could if you're sitting in the white house right now and you're sitting at the cia n.s.a. or in the pentagon you can always say well we said capability we don't see it yet so is the purpose of that to to keep the u.s. way at least in this in vagueness well president obama is preeminent concern is to get reelected. and that's a very dangerous proposition right now for him depending upon what the israelis do if they launch a strike but a say on their own without consulting us independent of us entirely and they do it say late october shortly before the election obama then can say well you know we're obligated we have to help our israeli friends and he looks good if they do it

earlier then the consequences could be very profound for him because it would certainly tank our economy we would be in severe difficulty here in the united states we have a very needy a will sone an interventionist elite inside washington that operates independently of the american people that thinks of itself as being morally superior and justified in taking action anywhere against anyone that it deems appropriate that's the problem and the iranians are justifiably concerned about that but they have not reached the point where they can weaponize anything they don't have that capability and we do have the ability to detect that know it and respond to it they know those things what we need to do is move beyond this ridiculous confrontational setting that both of us are trapped in and that's very hard to do in an election year when everyone is pandering to various elements of the electorate for money and votes colonel let's say world powers p five plus one

negotiate something but the results don't satisfy as well and the west and they do go to war in summer as some predict what kind of immediate backlash should they expect iran struck a chord is subversion. the ability to subvert so the retaliation would be in the form of terrorism it would be in the form of what i would call asymmetric attacks in other words high payoff low investment in other words use what you can beyond your borders in populations friendly to you to attack the other person's interests now we should underestimate how much damage that could involve and remember we know the difference since hizbollah as well as other as iranian elements are here in the united states so we know that we would sustain losses here at home there would be damage here in the united states how many bombs would you have to explode in public malls to do enough damage to awaken everybody to what's going on my point is you

know those are the kinds of things that i would expect but a direct military confrontation would be a losing proposition for them they might be able to inflict damage on our forces and our naval forces but not on the scale that would make any difference to the outcome they they would sustain enormous damage and enormous losses what about long term the fact some say even if you weigh and haven't decided to build a bomb they sure will if attacked well i was something more important that we talk about what they will do if they are attacked i think we should look at the rest of the world what will the rest of the world do if israel attacks iran remember this is an unprovoked assault. the israelis can claim otherwise and insist otherwise and paint this picture of enormous danger represented to israel but the truth is no one buys that my view has always been that if you do this if israel does this that iran will very definitely have nuclear weapons they won't have to build them they'll get

them people will provide those to them they will have more help than they know what to do with any iran will grow more hostile and more bitter and more angry and more dangerous than it has ever been i want to ask you about syria the obama administration has kind of ruled out a military intervention saying it's too complicated what in your opinion. keeps the u.s. from attacking syria there are several things first of all there is a quiet recognition behind closed doors that if assad is removed however much people do not like hoffa's or assad that the government that succeeds in will be a radical islamist sunni muslim government hostile to israel hostile to the west hostile to shia islam in other words. not a good development from the standpoint of the united states or europe. so i think that's understood secondly there's an understanding that syria actually has despite

the fact it's much smaller than iran what twenty to twenty three million people i think very good armed forces it does have an integrated air defense structure that would take some time to dismantle but its ground force is actually very good and it's of the arab forces i would describe the syrians is probably being among the best if not the best best disciplined best officer what would be the main argument that you would suggest for the u.s. not to attack iran right now we see iran through one lens in one way we see this as a unchanging theocracy that is very of the american anti western incurable if you will know the words it's fatally stricken with this theocratic disease of religious fanaticism i don't i think it will change and i think if we can back away from this iran will evolve differently over the next ten years and we don't have to have this hostile relationship or confrontation that

would be i mean are you that's one of my organization other words don't look at you want to change for the better you look at the future look at what is driving iran what is what is iran's principal interest internal modernization economic development what do its people want israel to focus of everyone's hatred in iran absolutely not most iranians could care less about it in fact most iranians are not very friendly towards arabs so the bottom line is why are we doing what we're doing we're looking at things as though they will not change my point is that nixon had the foresight to understand china was at the beginning of a long period of change my point is that we're going to discover in the next few years that iran too is at the beginning of a long period of change thank you very much thank you.

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as weapons aboard a ship within its waters the cargo was said to be destined for syria's opposition fighters and that's of explosions in damascus deal another blow to the u.n. sponsored peace. sarkozy reaffirms his pledge to drastically cut immigration after losing the first round of the french presidential ballot to socialist candidate on . national fronts farai votes that are now up for grabs during the may sixth runoff . twenty people remain in hospital after a series of blasts rocked the eastern ukrainian city of. on friday leaving twenty nine injured the suspected terror attack broad as the country prepares to host the euro two thousand and twelve tournaments. are ready to boil over as a new cyber security bill could allow the u.s. government to obtain people's private information from internet companies the patent has passed the u.s.

house of representatives but is now threatening to be vetoed by president obama. the top of the hour in the meantime we bring you the sports update with andrew. hello there welcome to the sport here in r.t. and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes the champions ten mans any . one incident paid to retain their russian premier league. plus drummer in england sees arsenal grab a point we can start a new castle for nil and luis suarez hits a hat trick for liverpool on top flight powers past patrick of stuttgart to set up another final against world number one as a rank. first of football and sneak in his abilities hailed his players character after they secured their second russian premier league title in

a row they've been. to one in simply to secure the championship with three games to go on lying on loan striker on the way shouting provided the pasta set up but all mine should have called off the hof an hour and then a five minutes later. the penalty for the home side and top score alexander could you call made a mistake from the spot but alexandra. headed home from a corner to pull on by for dinar still in the first half constantly easily on of them picked up a second yellow card off ten minutes after the restart a tough blow fiza eight but they hung on to their late and stayed say enough luciano's platies man to catch their title in five seasons. elsewhere to go leapfrog spartak into third after beating their arch rivals two one in the moscow darby. was guilty of an awkward end goal midway through the first half brazilian

failing to play a free kick from their own toss each but the red and whites made amends right before the interval by making one more here. but only in the second half. boy toss each cold in a free cake for the army men and spotlights fight with affectively sealed when the meat for combo or for sent off for a second book over left and right two one to two. finished. elsewhere a double from some so you saw and she might see free one of my catch i had a terrible start with tara putting threes and that they're off the twenty five minutes however just seven minutes later the railway men were level thanks to denis goo she coughs f. it but at the tables on my single handedly after the bright becoming strike first made the most of a defensive made by three the second half. then settled matters with that dazzling injury time. this putting angie into fits ball in the table i'm in

now in the europa league places but looks like they just i thought going by the straight. to s.c. . meanwhile to be high you just finishing in the europa league places took advantage of the day had to come from behind to draw one one time to get banned marcus exactly finally breaking the deadlock for the visit is in the seventy eighth minute shooting from outside the box but not converted a penalty with six minutes to guide to snatch a point for the tea time limit champion yourself. while you. still have consolidated spot after a one one draw with study quad rivals newcastle with thrashed four nil by wigan the magpies defeat still leaves them in full four points behind the gunners another game is really soirees scored a hat trick little push three me away and i have an origin everton fresh for them for neil bolton stay in the drop side only goal difference off ritual draw at sunderland and aston villa three points clear of relegation from goal just rule

with west brom and already relegated. bowlful swarms that were on sunday chelsea high struggling to keep. we are sliding rivals top in place relegation threatened blackburn but on monday all eyes are on the manchester darby a second place city host ladies united and what could prove to be a title decider. a good three but it's might be known as the seeing. more than i was the. mind and after we should play against newcastle it would be if you go for game and after it would be nice if you could play against schwartz years in that for them would be too easy game now an ice hockey russia have bounced back from their opening defeat to finland by beating sweden for two and the latest leg of the euro hockey tour after a goalie spurs period russia struck three times within four minutes to forge ahead

sweden pushed themselves back into contention with a couple of goals but nicolas second of the match made it to russia with just over a minute to go while just before the world champions spin and fall back from two goals down to beat host the czech republic reaching in overtime. to tennis and second seed in rishon wrap of will face another final against world number one think tory as a ranker following a hard fought victory over petrak of the in stood guard a single break of serve in the opening set was enough to take it six four but convey to the kept the russian on her toes through that and saved a match point in the second set the force of tiebreaker. over found something extra to wrap it up seven three and battle into her fourth final of the season. thank you and in the final she will face the top ranked player victoria azarenka she claimed her twenty ninth win of the year with a six one six three big three i was the fourth seed ignis could advance your

opponent the bell or rushing. the twice in the finals if you destroy united and well. while men's will number two rafael nadal swept aside fellow spaniard fernando verdasco to coast into the final of the barcelona open the six time champion won six of six born less than an hour and a half and the dow has not beaten but ass guy in all thirteen of their meetings. i am in the final he will face fell a spaniard david ferrer the number three seed withstood fifteen aces from the last hurrah in the last rising canadian had beaten andy murray in the quarterfinals but his powerful serve was not enough against fair he won both sets on a typewriter i know the n.b.a. playoffs have got underway with top seed the chicago bulls enjoying one hundred three ninety one victory over philadelphia in the postseason however the victory

was a wee shadowed by a serious injury to the bulls m.v.p. derrick rose the top school on the night with twenty three points nine assists the slate three points are opening up a twenty point lead in the fourth but late in the final frames he crumble to the grand tearing leaving it in the leguminous which will put him out of the playoffs so huge which took the shine off a comfortable win for the bulls in the eastern conference. where the defending champions the dallas mavericks lost by one point out the home a ninety nine ninety eight miami heat how dearly seriously against new york knicks after the browns james hit thirty points for them and orlando magic beat the indiana paces eighty one seventy seven. boxing and japanese challenger noble hero ishida says he plans to knock a middleweight champion dmitri when the two square off against each other in moscow on cheese day two in the russian public holiday and she held an open training

session here in the capital and admitted he was wary that a points decision could swing in favor of the local holder so a knock out would put the result beyond doubt but thirty one year old piddled has a record of nineteen wins including fifteen times and no losses are but the daniel has more. one of the brightest buxom jones russia has taught for and probably the most gifted. bill middleweight jumped on me that if you're all first came to global prominence in twenty eight sound when he entered the mandalay bay casino ring in las vegas as an underdog and stunned the crowd by knocking out american daniel jacobs capturing the gentles belt in the process but. i knew the only way to win was to knock him out but it's a very hard way to fight especially for me so i just decided to box as well as i could and enjoy the feeling that atmosphere of a packed out arena for the first time also spurred me on. says down the road his

vanity he's grown twice he's the world professional record he's perfect nineteen wins in nineteen bouts but it's not he startles in full stats which drew is here to court it's his style. when i was young i was pretty small and light and my boxing technique was all about speed and throwing lots of punches although i weighed just forty eight kilos that me but suddenly i started growing towards very fast and that changed me a lot and i suddenly couldn't act the same way in the ring i was only seventeen when i had to adjust to the changes that i started taking on board some new things but kept all that i'd learned before that made me a very well rounded boxer reading of it at the same time i was seeking my own unique style and although i watched tons of fight all of my friends were fired at me with different video i couldn't get enough water clear when i wanted to improve my left hook when i watched trinidad's fights and studied the way they did it all

concentrated on mayweather as defense defined two minor that's how my style is developed. the iraq story. yes but aged just. twenty three years later it's safe to label him as one of the smartest wires blank to date though he makes sure to salute producers. in the eighty's the middleweight division was brilliant magnificent fighters at the top of it. around and. then it was my favorite. or very intelligent or maybe it's because my first coach used to say boys must be smart shouldn't. be spectacular and i don't feel. my current. defense. getting less sophisticated and there are just

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