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drone strikes have killed hundreds of innocent people in the middle east recent years but it's more than just the u.s. behind the attacks we speak with human rights activist who is traveling to pakistan to continue her fight against this lethal tactic. unmanned drones are lethal and seemingly indiscriminate increasingly used by the u.s. in pakistan as part of the so-called war on terror the pakistani authorities released a test in two thousand and nine alone drones killed seven hundred innocent civilians today i'm talking to carol grayson she is

a human rights activist and campaigner who's about to go to a star on northwestern pakistan which is one of the most volatile and dangerous places on earth to continue her battle against drones carol thank you for coming to talk to us before you go tell me are you afraid i'm not afraid because i feel will be very well supported i mean i've been overwhelmed by the messages of support you know some really looking forward to going there and i'm not afraid at all what effect does the use of drones have on the morale of people who are living in these . they've got absolutely no security every day is an uncertainty. you know their child may go to school and not come home i mean for example i've i've had a video sent to me from a little girl called she keira who is now in the u.s. undergoing a whole series of operations because she was burnt in a drone strike she was actually left for dead and found by an ngo. and she's lost a whole family can even trace her family. i mean i was talking to

a man who was telling me about his young brother who is nine years old who'd he'd been harmed in a drone strike and he said that his brother was seriously disturbed enough after this incident and part part of the deputy from the drone had actually hit their family home and now the little boy won't even go out and play he's free to go outside his own home and of course the effect on children could have repercussions through the generations i mean do you think that that actually destroy or create more terror. yes well i think without doubt they radicalize people i mean when i've spoken to victims. i mean they want they want justice but because they can't get justice because their voices aren't they become very angry they don't even understand why or why they're being targeted i mean most of these people don't know very much about america they're just getting on with their day to day lives and they have no idea why they've been targeted the time their bomber ministration

defense these drones in part because they would use the rest to us soldiers of course people don't have to go in on the ground they make it easier to engage in this sporadic warfare over long distances is that is that a good defense in your opinion no because the people they're targeting are alleged insurgents and are clarified that alleged now i was brought up to believe you know that somebody was innocent until proven guilty these are people that have not gone through any judicial system and afterwards the americans themselves often don't know who they've hit and there's huge discrepancy over the figures. we found find out that a lot more civilians are being killed but these are the people that the americans don't tell you about and then they actually class these people over. so it's completely completely distance from the damage. they also say the americans that are holding themselves to rigorous standards and

a process of review have you seen evidence of that you know and this so secretive that when we ask them questions about the process you know we get very little from them. and they're not accountable you know who are they countable to and no state should be above the law no state should be able to just go in and take out someone i mean they breaching sovereignty going into this stage and you know they're killing innocent people and they must be held to account for about do you think they're on the path. the u.s. the use of drones is a sign of strength or a sign of weakness i mean what does it tell us about this war on terror well i believe it's a sign of weakness i think they don't they don't understand the culture they don't understand the people. i mean they say they're looking for peaceful solutions i've not seen one person from from the american administration. ask is anything about

peace small or even champion a peace march i mean i really feel at the moment that america is actually agitating to create a full scale civil war in pakistan is this being done with the greenman to the pakistani government i think it's a very difficult situation because basically the pakistani government is tied in to receiving aid from the u.s. and it seems that although publicly saying it you know it's condemns drone strikes at the same time it's in a sense it's bribery from from the us because. i assume this is the stronger talk about taking action against u.s. drones then immediately america is threatening sanctions so it's a very difficult situation and when you talk about a peace march tell us tell us what you mean well this will be the first time to be historic because basically human rights activists journalists lawyer is coming from

all over the world and going into a stand and people haven't been into that region for many many years so this estimated we're hoping to get about one hundred thousand people. will be following imran khan and we're going to interview drone victims because people don't see the impact of drones on the lives of people in the tribal areas people children suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder homes destroyed businesses destroyed what do you hope this march will achieve i hope it will educate people and also with regard to our country. because we now have a drone program here and we're investing billions so we want to know where our drones are going we know that the strike in afghanistan we don't know much about pakistan we want the victims to be heard you know we want to find out the impact on their lives. i mean imran khan is the only politician so far that has really highlighted this. you know it's his initiative this this peace march so bringing

people from other countries showing the press another side of his serious stand because there's also very positive side the people are very warm very welcoming. sharing information with this far as they can. trying to give us a picture of what the situation is there we talk a lot about drone strikes by the u.s. but not really a told by the u.k. why is that. initially the drone operators from britain were going over and operating out of the u.s. recently they were relocated to a lincolnshire air base the program again is secretive there's questions being asked of our government at the moment but we don't know where you know where the drone strikes are going we don't know necessarily who's been killed and it's also some people think it's a positive to have the drone industry here in terms of it will create jobs but creating for jobs creating jobs for sume and destroying the lives of others you've

also made a film about so-called collateral damage in iraq which you acknowledge was made possible by wiki leaks and its release of thirty seven apache helicopter killing and wounding civilians in two thousand and seven it was bradley manning who is the soldier accused of releasing that first you said he deserves a nobel peace prize how do you feel about what's happening to julian ourselves at the moment. quite disgusted at the way julian has been treated and i'm sure a lot of that is because of water. she was released after close contact with wiki leaks or fully support the organization i think that any campaign that speaks out on controversial issues is a high tall good. target for. discrediting not person. i mean i understand the swedish government given over options of how to deal with the situation but i think there's

a big effort to to basically get julian extradited to america and i believe this is very strongly related to what he's been doing in terms of releasing the cables you had a vigorous and successful history of campaigning tell us a bit about that and how you came to take on drains as your latest cause basically my husband was born with a condition called hemophilia where his blood clot under support of his so-called treatment he was given blood from american prisons and i researched this area and what i found out was that prisoners were actually being injected with deadly viruses for reduction of their prison sentences because they were seen as the lowest of the low then key american pharmaceutical companies actually bought blood and exported it around the world in it was used in n.h.s. hospitals treatment so my husband was infected with hiv hepatitis b. hepatitis c.

and later exposed to variant c.j.d. so my my brother in law died when he was twenty died a horrific death and i had this very long fight against the state and basically what i've come up with over these years is government trashing documents withholding information so you've discovered cover ups all through the system basically and then you want to draw well basically i came into contact with an investigative journalist in pakistan called. on. russia on socio political issues and one of the issues who rushing on was drones and i realized very quickly that these people were also collateral damage and i thought and empathy because i knew what it was like to try and take on the state you know the how difficult it is to be heard and unfortunately i know a lot of the press very you very rarely see an interview with

a drone victim so there's nowhere for people to have their voice heard so i thought it was really important to stand in solidarity and go out there and just just you know so we could both share experiences and learn from each other grace and good luck and thank you thank you very much thanks. like millions of americans i've lost thousands of dollars in retirement funds and i haven't had as bad as many it's not just about that it's about me to. a man.

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budget. all of those are the headlines for this hour here on our team next there was sporting headlines with. hello there welcome to the sport where the russian football champions have been left licking their wounds coming up shocking star big spendings innings thrashed three. and the opening pre-game of the champions league. we can win. says the red and white an upset barcelona at the nou camp tonight. and welcome back we are russia right hockey star. the d.n.a. starts to bond. but first. he says he takes full responsibility for his side's shock three nil defeat to malaga in the champions league last night the russian club spent over one hundred million dollars on new signings cocoanuts was still

early this month. i wasn't playing. with in the thirteen minutes and. obviously finding that this was the second to make it towards the end of the game. and the other much the same again. with the table to fix my. house where. my last minute went to give real madrid a big three i've managed to secure the result putting reality. by singles goals however despite the wind we. still had a slide that is. you can lose matches like tonight we're going to can lose matches. fighting like animals killed the list i mean look like like they did real madrid cannot lose matches like the mention get off it cannot those matches like the match and interviewer i think that there and

the first half we didn't play well i don't know he played better than i was and i said wonderful we played where we scored towards i'm going to want to see you are one should pay more attention you can't concede. a goal only because you go too deep and we did. we should do more graduates and. increase the time when just bowled said one thing enormously grabbing her right here while wealthy parents on him and rushed in all mixed yet the french capital got songs like the big yard but scored. those are the run through the first thirty four hours a lot of. performers like tonight he's good for our confidence full of allah. true or not i'm really happy for this. obviously parties are a very good team and it's true today they are probably the best team against which

we could play it is true that we did not sure capabilities were not being very successful but i would say that is on the set pieces this scored the first three goals. while in great pain from behind to beat french champion's mom to one broken with field. head from the spot to go within three minutes but also eight and she gave arsenal a victory even going to top this group the german side who got it she won win themselves over in p.r. in greece. tonight champions league action continues in a spot at moscow have the daunting task of taking on barcelona in spain red lights manager knows it will be difficult the former. coach is never beaten in twelve attempts but he is optimistic that could change this evening when he moves. we've come with an idea that is to win we know that barcelona are the favorite team in the group but we also want to make our own way in the group and we will not

waste any opportunity to achieve that tomorrow we start in what is possibly the most difficult stadium of this fourteen group that comprises six games but our mentality is to win against barcelona. while spot i phone has been erratic in the russian prime a league barcelona go into the match in a rich vein of form they are top of the league are after winning all four of their games so far although boss are wary of the russian outfit and their manager. some reason or other one of you got more as a coach brief and has always put us under pressure i think you'll do the same with spartak as you did when he coached the lance so this is a new team and he has known the players that long for the champions league you don't usually know your opponents where well but this isn't the case with emery so the surprise factor doesn't count for the spartak game. meanwhile chelsea start the defense of their title with a home tie against italian giants eventis the blues are currently top of the

english premier league while their opponents are on an incredible forty two game unbeaten run in syria and chelsea boss about it imma tell you believed you are one of the best sides in the competition. and run. some quality within that team experience young players play is. probably one of the most difficult pictures you could have picked or being drawn against in this champions league. while at old trafford mansion i could host turkish side gala tasa right in group h. fullback patrice evra could be fit for united after recovering from a minor knock striker robin van persie is set to make his champions league debut for the red devils united have lifted europe's top club trophy three times but were eliminated at the group stage last season and manager sir alex ferguson has five to field a strong side to prevent an early shock we don't want to be as clear as through ice

you. think the team are to see more of for it we've worked. for the past few years. has been really simple all for those opportunities for young players but we put in more experienced team to more. in other news ice hockey star in a couple of has returned to russia to play during the n.h.l. lockout the new jersey devils forward has signed a deal with k.h. outside scarse and petersburg the twenty nine year old russian winger is expected to play the game against a number moscow at the weekend and is one of several n.h.l. stars that have decided to play in the cake shelf until the lockout is resolved others include you can email and sergei gonchar under rules each team is allowed to sign up to three players from the north american league and courtship is looking forward to the experience. i want to go to richard mills of the terms of the main

reason for choosing sky was to get pleasure from hockey to play in a wonderful atmosphere and to play in a team that fights for the top places and the fact the team is located near my home town to visit it is also very good as my children now have an opportunity to spend time with their grandma really a pretty good fisherman is now the organizers of the next winter olympics in russia's black sea resort of sochi promised the games will be the most innovative in history and have unveiled a new cutting edge lympics stamp the stand has our all quick response technology so one quick swipe of the a mobile phone across the official logo will take you to the game's website the stamp is worth twenty five russian roubles at around seventy five cents and is the first of forty five which will be dedicated to their wing to gangs. and we will finish where we started with football because it is time to look back at the best strikes from the russian prime a league last week although gloms any fans might want to give this one and miss his

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