moscow filed a request pointing out that tunnel on sunday of could join unspecified groups outside the u.s. however nothing suspicious was found in the course of the f.b.i. analysis for more on this here's artie's honest to see a truck in a near boston. on saturday information has emerged quoting to local law enforcement officials who say that in fact the foreign government that had requested the united states question the older brother to me. was according to them the russian government saying that this older brother should be looked into in terms of his any possible links with extremist groups and from what we know the f.b.i. did in fact question him they took him in for questioning they were in fact tracking his social networking sites for quite some time but as we found out and discovered obviously the f.b.i. did not necessary at the time to keep following this young man because they did not find anything suspicious in his behavior back in two thousand and eleven we

certainly know that obviously the arrest of the younger brother took place they're going to try to find out more about this exactly how soon and what exactly kind of connections the older and the younger brother might have had to extremist groups possibly outside the united states so we do know that the older brother twenty six year old to maryland did in fact traveled to the north caucuses back in january two thousand and twelve and he stayed there for about six months and there are certain suspicions that that could have been the time where i kind of his behavior changed and maybe his links to certain extremist groups increased the younger brother remains in a hospital in the boston area he is being treated last night we heard when he was arrested that he had suffered serious injuries there were certain rumors possibly that he had suffered some kind of spinal injury in the standoff between police that lasted for about two hours that we do know that he's in hospital right now and that

all the legal proceedings will in fact kick off as soon as he gets all the medical treatment that's necessary for him to be able to function in this investigation mr future going to reporting for us there from boston now some of the most. dramatic and memorable pictures from friday's manhunt in boston are available at r.t. dot com the news of the terror suspects capture sent a wave of public euphoria through the boston area those dramatic images are there in our special photo section where you can also see how the standoff itself unfolded sticking with this story in an exclusive interview on r t the mother of the two alleged bombers says one of her sons was hounded by the f.b.i. for several years she also claims that there is no way that either of them could have been involved in any terrorist attack he's admitting a question of a travel to pakistan where the mother now lives to find out more about the family's back story. the investigation into the background of this have knives brothers has

brought us here to this part of the capital of dagestan now this is the house where their parents live however as we try to reach them this morning it turned out that they fled to the neighboring region of chain to their relatives to avoid all the attention meanwhile this morning i managed to speak to the mother of the two brothers and she told me how devastated she is and that she still can't believe that her sons may have been involved in the board not how nobody talked about the terrorism my son. got involved in the early. years ago he was told by a b i like by by you they knew what my. what action what. we were going how could this happen how could they were conjoined. never ever this is

not my sons are in and those neighbors we spoke to are shocks they said that it was a very nice and a very quiet family. i know the brothers very well from the childhood we used to live in chechnya together was the neighbor then we moved here i know they couldn't have carried out the attack and they couldn't have been involved in it they spent most of their lives in the us study. they didn't have any links with the harvests and other militant and the youngest brother jihad on his social network back to mansion at this school number one in the high school and one of those places where he used to study however here are very few people remember that saddam lives brothers. the family came to darkest on in september two thousand and one with the boys' school then they apparently managed to get papers. believe stone they left in

less than a year they didn't spend a long time here and they didn't grow up they first entered the school together with their two sisters back in two thousand and one however for a very short period of time and in two thousand and two they left to the united states. moscow warned against classing terrorism as either domestic or foreign and right after it emerged that the alleged bombers have links to russia's north caucasus region new york's former mayor rudy giuliani has already admitted that the u.s. has a for a long time turned a blind eye to terrorism in the north caucasus western media have actually tended to portray the armed groups in the mountainous region as freedom fighters. explains . when news broke of an unexpected north caucasus traced to the boston bombings literally every global media outlet was quick to put the word into their headlines told their source that they fled the russian caucus of chechnya he is an ethnic chechen brothers this not to be ethnic chechens lived in kurdistan and dagestan

before coming to the u.s. the two suspects were branded as coming from a russian region close to chechnya indeed many may need reminding of the name and location of republic of the distance where the two supposedly came from but the word certainly rings bells probably because of the media headlines in the one thousand nine hundred and at the beginning of the new millennium that's when russia had a military operation in the north caucasus. russian troops deployed in the republic can finally be drawn the rebels fighting for independence all go have been dramatically reduced and of course the church of independence could no become the ultimate you can't that conflict often went beyond the borders of the chechen republic let's remember apartment buildings bombed in moscow a theater siege in the russian capital and a school takeover in russia's north thousands of civilians were killed but the man who had blood on their hands were often described as freedom fighters and rebels by the western media at times it even sounded like a romantic image the reality is that in the north caucasus russia has been fighting

the same war which america embarked upon after the twin towers were brought down against global terrorism mosco never made a secret that those fighting on the side of the chechen militants were closely tied to al qaeda and were financed from abroad by terrorist organizations worldwide but it's only after nine eleven the transport bombings in madrid and london that understanding the notion that terrorism has no nationality has started to appear in the global media from freedom fighters to armed dangerous terrorists most wanted man in america years have passed media labels have changed the question is whether it change in attitude towards a common enemy will follow in due course. brian levin director of the center for the study of hate and extremism at the california state university of san bernardino says in the light of the events in boston the u.s. must turn a spotlight on the security situation at home the domestic situation united states is that we are reasonably secure but it's not failsafe and i think it's been proven

to young men had a major american city on lockdown and that speaks volumes we had something similar in southern california with someone who was an ideologically motivated extremist having the whole community shut down so i think that we've gotten a bit complacent but we've also had law enforcement training and put in place reasonable security measures the fact of the matter is terrorism is going to continue in the united states we had a string of dozens of plots of both from a domestic extremist and and foreign sympathetic extremists if you will and most of them are unsuccessful so it's when is that shot going to go into the goal and that's what we worry about we could have mass casualties at any time in the united states or in europe when some of these folks are successful the plots keep calm band and it's cold war driven policy of sympathizing with chechen separatists since the collapse of the soviet union of december of ninety ninety one the united states

has continued to deal with russian issues based on its old paradigm and to a large degree beat us originally came out in support of the chechen cause for independence it was the enemy of my enemy is my friend paradigm and the russians continue to be perceived as it is inherently bad inherently evil if you were going about the soviet era and. the american perspective was that any group of people trying to rescue their independence from russia therefore must be good and it's all a significant measure of u.s. government will support even to the extent of providing political asylum to one of the chechen leaders who was at the time when there indictment for terrorism in russia and certainly has been a big week and we want to hear from you tell us what you think about the bombing investigation into the boston bombing and what could unfold from it you can go to our t. dot com right now and let's see what you guys are saying more than half of you

fifty nine percent say that the second suspect will actually die in the hospital then eighteen percent this pink bit here say that the brothers are guilty or will be found guilty and that they acted on their own next level down the orange they say that a master mind will be revealed that helped them plan the whole thing and then the smallest bit in green eleven percent say that a third suspect will surface taking the investigation down a completely new path of course you can have your say had to our website r t dot com and place your vote. aiding the rebels the u.s. has announced plans to send more lethal assistance to the syrian opposition as rebels continue their long term battle to oust president assad. and the anti-government protesters in bahrain call on the international community

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and welcome back here with our team now iraq's first election since u.s. combat troops pulled out over a year ago has been overshadowed by attacks reports of blast and mortar fire near polling stations are mounting at the end of a campaign that has seen a spike in violence in recent weeks with more than a dozen candidates assassinated and a sectarian tensions are rising it doesn't look like of the new beginning many hoped for. reports from baghdad. there's been about a dozen small explosions in northern cities in iraq in three different areas as well as several rounds of mortar fire that have landed in several cities polling stations targeting polling stations south of baghdad we're hearing that there have been injuries but no casualties confirmed as of yet now this comes amid incredibly tight security restrictions here all across iraq even getting to the studios here in baghdad we have to pass multiple checkpoints and what these attacks indicate is

that despite these security restrictions determined insurgents are still able to carry out waves of violence and of course this comes on the heels on the heels of numerous attacks that have rocked iraq in recent months and weeks now what we're hearing from voters here is that the corruption is really the number one concern they feel that of corruption was addressed in these kinds of attacks wouldn't really be taking place so much well most of them happened blamed on the insurgency the revived insurgency of al qaida in iraq there are it's clear by talking to voters that there are plenty of other parties and political interests that are vested in this wave of violence and we do know that elections have been postponed in a third of iraq's provinces including the controversial ambar province where large scale demonstrations have been taking place over the past three months against this government we here at r.t. had a chance to get into a very difficult journey despite the roadblocks despite

a ban on journalists to actually enter the area but we want to find out what the people there have to say about these elections and about the situation in iraq today and let's play you that report right now this is rather a dangerous area for me that's why i'm dressed like this i'm trying to not attract as much attention foreign journalists have been banned from covering these protests from entering the anbar province altogether and al qaeda elements are still here in fact among the crowd you'll see from black flags later on when we go into to the crowd. which have been associated with al qaeda groups the protesters have been demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now they are problems force has been the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protests perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of

the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's tarion sectarian. the candidates for the government the system is unjust which is why we are promising here we are demanding change to the constitution and this government these people will not be turning out to vote for saturday's provincial elections that's the first election since americans have left from the country in december of one to eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces the anbar province where we're located right now as well as the province the government says this is because of security and indeed attacks have been escalating over the past weeks and months but most of the iraqis that you speak to here say that this is not the case it's politically motivated of course the recent weeks have proven just a bloody backdrop to the elections numerous attacks all across the country have

killed scores of civilians there's been political assassinations of candidates running for office political gatherings have been targeted on thursday a car bomb took place in baghdad in a largely sunni area in a cafe internet shop where a lot of young people tended to go out it's a situation that's reflective of the state of iraq today a country that has been torn apart by war but doesn't seem to be and closer to healing the wounds in the divisions that have been unleashed during that occupation . as sunday's formula one grand prix in bahrain heads for the starting line the pro-democracy protests are also revving up tens of thousands have turned out in recent days accusing the event of racing on their blood they blocked roads with burning tires and hurled petrol bombs at riot police who responded with tear gas the bahraini regime is also getting tough on foreign journalists trying to cover the crackdown a british t.v. crew is the latest to be deported from the country there have been more than two

years of protests often ending in violence with more than seventy people killed on both sides of the conflict the country's most famous human rights activist. is serving a jail sentence for posting anti-government messages on twitter activist mohammed al softly explains why protesters are so furious about the formula one race being hosted in the kingdom. this government is there like the grand prix this is they were. all very. systematic torture and they have faced discrimination against that but we have a majority of the people so this group needs to be on sanctions it should not be awarded events that the gram agree or any other and they talk about using it to good projects what's happening now is not going to be great is what's happening now is bringing that asked misery to this market for sport and we're now living again in this region just because. we want to.

be don't think that speaks by doing more mistakes than presenting peaceful activists like you don't get what you already get really get that gratian works for you. and you can had darty dot com to see our special section on bahrain with all of the latest on the run up to the grand prix race stay with us as we provide full coverage over the weekend as the events unfold. also while you're at r.t. dot com i read about the natural disaster that has struck china the huge earthquake in the southern part of the country left about one hundred sixty people dead that the death toll continues to rise you cannot learn more on that story and follow live up to its. spa treatments gyms and even a television home saudi arabia is pushing forward a revolutionary views on treating jailed al qaeda extremists more details at our

website. the u.s. secretary of state has announced a one hundred twenty three million dollars in non lethal aid to be sent to the syrian rebels john kerry says a new round of assistance will go beyond the current provisions of food and medicine but did not go into much more detail he also stated that the u.s. is going. to expand its military presence in the country it all came out during a joint media conference out of syria meeting in istanbul meeting of eleven allied states is potentially a turning point for the rebels who expected their international bankers to turn promises into action they want their western allies to provide the arms they need to topple the regime of bashar al assad but the meeting comes against a backdrop of mounting concerns over extremist groups within the rebel ranks as artie's marie financial explains. the meeting in turkey comes when the situation around syria is heating up dramatically and the countries will decide to go are

losing patience and while the gender is unclear the raw indicators that a military solution could be discussed at istanbul just ahead of the seventeen nation group conference britain and france informed the un that they have credible evidence that syria used chemical weapons at least once while the u.n. investigation over the issue is told to major european powers have stated that soil samples witness interviews and opposition sources prove nerve agents were used in and around the cities of aleppo homs and damascus it hasn't been specified which side did it but president obama had earlier made it clear no matter who is going to utilize chemical weapons once it happens it will be a red line and while u.s. officials have stressed the deterrent effect of such remarks many have taken it as a clear signal of a possible military intervention the mission in turkey also comes just days after america's defense secretary said around two hundred u.s. troops will be a sense of jordan's border with syria to both of jordan's training and defense

capabilities as one jordanian minister later commented they have also been confirmed reports that the u.s. agreed to deploy two panes with missile batteries at the border he responds to then in authorities and syrian opposition requests in another significant twist the judge has a looser front to the most effective force fighting to topple assad recently confirmed it had links to al qaida something america claimed months before blacklist in the group. as a terrorist organization but even after these revelations they had of the syrian national coalition them rela you know. groups and recognized by the majority of the friends of syria group referred to as. russia has warned the meeting in istanbul could have a negative effect in promoting dollars between the sides of the conflict and in its common sense will prevail. not seen from middle east now let's take a swing around the globe and look at some other stories making headlines this hour . hundreds of people in new delhi have been a protesting after

a five year old girl was allegedly raped tortured and kept in captivity for nearly forty hours have arrested a man over the attack the girl is in a stable condition but medics fear that she will need surgery due to her severe injuries have been months of angry protests over the mistreatment of women in india sparked by the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a bus in the capital last december. more than five thousand opposition supporters have marched in montenegro claiming that the recent presidential vote was rigged chanting anti-government slogans and carrying banners the protesters called for a new ballot. was the only challenger to the incumbent president filipe each move was declared the winner by the electoral commission on tonight those opposition continues to boycott the parliament launched a day after the election. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of stafford in england to protest against the withdrawal of hospital services

demonstrators marched from the town center to the hospital claiming that the cuts will lead to loss of life and put other local hospitals under strain has faced criticism over poor standards of health care and has been blamed for hundreds of patients but marchers save the hospital has greatly improved and they are optimistic about the future. two people a man and a woman have been shot in the legs marijuana celebration marking a counter-culture holiday in denver up to eighty thousand participants gathered in a park when shots were fired police are still looking for two suspects the celebration is the first since colorado and washington made marijuana legal for recreational use. serbia and its a breakaway province of kosovo have reached an e.u. brokered deal on a normalizing ties between the two countries belgrade is striving for membership agreed to cede its control over northern kosovo but its police and appeal court

will remain in the region the move has been condemned by the country's opposition which calls for the country's political neutrality and demands. to be dropped because of oh you know laterally declared independence in two thousand and eight the region has been highly volatile for decades with years of ethnic violence along its northern border with serbia. well after the break r.t. takes a look at colombia's booming modern day gold rush. its technology innovation. developments around russia we. covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

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