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home country. every hour of this international now just off to. welcome to the program we do start this hour with surprising revelations on how the whole syrian activist group the white helmets try to low be the pink floyd roger waters this for example is an e-mail from october twenty sixth inviting warfares to a fundraiser organized by. the work of the white helmets he's also being encouraged to watch a documentary about the group. but it didn't stop there just days before his recent

concert in boston lona was his was contacted by a french journalist working for the white helmets the reporter was asking waters for a few moments on stage to deliver a message to the children of syria war has declined both of the requests and instead publicly denounced the white helmets at the concert. we were this is a propagandist appointment synopses we would be encouraged to encourage other governments to go and still trying to go syria. thank. you. mark you. told. roger waters hit out at the white helmets group calling it a fake organization he added it exists quote only to create propaganda for she had just one terrorist in the white helmets were the first to report on the alleged chemical attack in duma although it's been widely praised in the west for its

rescue work its members have repeatedly been accused of having direct links to extremist groups. or we contacted the white helmets for comment in the meantime we've spoken to drug list on r.t. contributor max blumenthal these are the one roger waters handed his e-mails to. years journalists including myself have been reporting on the danger of the white helmets how this western funded organization funded by western and gulf governments has basically been an instrument of encouraging regime change and it's not just a group of average volunteer rescue workers it's an international influence organization whose representatives show up in congress to lobby for no fly zones and just sank sions on syria as well as parliaments across europe while they're operating on the ground alongside al qaida and their allies and these are just documented facts and for the first time

a mainstream figure on an international stage on the eve of war has validated what we've been reporting that has legitimized the journalism that we've been so mercilessly attacked for publishing and it's forced those who have attacked us and accuse us of being conspiracist to actually look at what we've reported look at the facts and they really have nothing to say back to us they can't simply dismiss it as a kremlin conspiracy anymore when roger waters is saying this. the correspondent from the russia twenty four t.v. channel claims to have found a syrian voice in the white helmets footage said to show the off the mouth of an alleged chemical attack in an interview which cannot be independently verified the child and his father recalled how events unfolded in doom on april the seventh but i guess dia breaks down the new accounts. these harrowing scenes panic fear terror soaked trembling children screaming

adults and strange as it may seem many of them had no idea about what was going on. we were in the basement my mother told me that we had run out of food and wouldn't have anything to eat until tomorrow i heard noises outside somebody was charging that we had to go to the hospital so we went there when i came in some people grabbed me started pouring water all my had. eleven year old has and was one of the apparent victims in the white helmets video here he is after being drenched and sprayed he was found in duma and interviewed by a russian war correspondent. he's fine if a little confused and that's me in the video that's me. yes as were many other kids any child would be terrified ergo

the panic which the white helmets were there to film he was eventually found though by his father who was none the wiser this is the police i didn't hear anything about a chemical attack i was outside but i did not say anything further my family was not hostile to. it does make sense poisonous gas would be invisible you'd imagine everybody would want to take precautions especially when you're hungry and they give out food at the hospital. i went to the hospital walked up stairs and found my wife and children i asked them what had happened and they said you go outside was shouting about some smell and told them to go to the hospital at the hospital they gave dates and cookies to the kids one of the doctors who was reportedly on shift at the time seemed surprised by the sudden influx some people

come to. people in what. they say had. symptoms the doctor and others did however say that some people came in complaining about difficulty breathing which is common when an explosion destroys a building for. example there's a lot of dust makes it difficult to breathe and especially affects people with asthma also people from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons but we saw no sign of that if chemical weapons were used against those people our medical staff would have also been affected we've sent a request to the white helmets to comment on this but received no answer yet what we have seen is more and more witnesses coming forward to say there was only panic

and no evidence of chemicals and we heard an explosion and somebody said it was a chemical weapon we ran to where the noise came from and started pouring water over the people but they seemed to be ok and then walked away without any help people and got so confused somebody started pouring water over people's heads saying there have been a chemical attack i was at the spot with my wife and daughter but none of us experienced any symptoms of chemical poisoning and it's remarkable how these scenes convinced three countries to launch cruise missiles at syria especially remarkable when you realize that so many of the people here had no idea about what was going on only that someone shouted about chemicals. the u.s. and the majority of european countries say

a chemical attack did happen in the town of duma citing their own intelligence sources they accuse the syrian government of deploying a toxic agent over the area which at the time was held by militants american british and french militaries hit syria with a barrage of airstrikes targeting a number of facilities which they claim were related to a chemical weapons production and development meanwhile allegations of a chemical attack and now being questioned even by some in the western media british journalist robert fisk visited duma and couldn't find any witnesses whatsoever a former counterterrorism officer says he's also seeing signs of backtracking on the accusations. journalists who got in on the ground robert fisk is a notable person i'm thinking of that he says and attended by syrian government employees and so on he spoke to ordinary residents to medical staff who none of whom confirmed the idea that there was a chemical attack we're already i think saying i'm detecting science myself that

there is a slight backtracking amongst government statements rowing back slightly saying well actually we weren't completely clear that's why we we were relying on social media we were lying on activists on the ground and that's why we only carried out a limited strike so that already i think preparing the ground for the possibility at least that port isn't particularly helpful for example it may actually find that there were no trace of chemicals of chemical warfare the team from the chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. came under fire in syria on wednesday while trying to enter the town of duma they are in the country to investigate the alleged chemical attack on the seventh of april. are reports on the latest developments firsts i just want to break down the process for you how it works initially the u.n. security team is meant to be sent on the ground to assess whether it's safe to work there and the agreement has been that at a certain stage they must be escorted by the syrian troops in

a different stage by russia's military police so the security staff apparently they were on this initial one her trip to put it this way and according to an official statement by the o.p.c. w. they came under small arms fire and then also an explosive device was detonated and that was the reason why they had to retreat and go back to damascus we understand from the statement from the u.s. army that the exchange of fire happened when it was specifically the syrian army in charge of providing security for that's why. on the seventeenth of april was securing the u.n. reconnaissance mission in the city of duma a skirmish you could between the syrian security service and unknown figures an officer from the syrian security service was slightly wounded in an exchange of fire previously washington and london were pointing the finger at russia and their

allies syria for what they called trying to hide facts and also hamper the mission of the chemical watchdog in syria why do operation to conceal the facts of the attack is underway supported by the russians their whole goal in this is to try to cover up of course it's not up to the un and the o.p.c. w. to judge who this attack came from but what it is worth asking is whether the russians and the syrians are genuinely helping them out on the ground and if the answer is yes that might put london and washington in somewhat awkward position here chemical weapons expert at rice university james turk says any attempts to cover trucks will prove fruitless. the very hard to clean the area up from any trace of the residues of a nerve agent i mean this this is if it's probably dispersed by a nation state attack on people it's going to be all over on walls and buildings

and if it was a chlorine attack the chlorine will be gone but no nation state in my view would ever use chlorine it is a very inefficient gas to be used that makes no sense to drop the chlorine so linder out of any aircraft. any terrorist group might might a fix a bomb to a cylinder and try to blow it up but a lot more people are going to get hurt by the munition rather than by the chlorine it has to be properly dispersed so nation states don't use chlorine. russia's ambassador to the united nations has lashed out of the u.k. over its handling of the script poisoning case. traded a concessions with the u.s. and u.k. reps during a highly charged session after moscow was once again denied access to the entire probe. russia has a proven record of conducting state sponsored assess a nation including on the territory of the united kingdom. they keep saying that

russia has a proven record of assassinations proven by whom our western partners don't listen to us and don't hear us they don't need facts the united states agrees with the u.k. the assessment that russia is responsible for the chemical weapons and sells very whether that is in their direct act or irresponsibly losing control of the agent which could be worse good luck to you or scorn your puny g.o.p. c.w. report has nothing that would help britain to incriminate russia so what is more important the c.w. has confirmed that novacek can be made in any liberal tree with the right equipment and there are such laboratories in the u.s. and u.k. the formula has been known since one thousand nine hundred eight if you look at google peyton's and search for novacek you can find more than one hundred matches in the us alone was more than a month on from the script our poisoning and questions over the source of the no used in the attack remain in the u.k. he says neither its military nor the global chemical watchdog have been able to

identify the country that produced the agent and you're a tutor has more details we've seen or for a lot of tit for tat and actually the accusations are coming from both camps now from the brits and the russians now the o.p.c. w. held a session behind closed doors at their headquarters in the hague it appears that there was confirmation from the british side that there was no information about the source of that chemical agent that was used in the salisbury attack that's a quick listen to what was said. neither as analysis nor the o.p.c. w.'s report i did too far as the country. of origin of the agent used in this attack there is no proof of the alternative explanation for what happened in saul's. the russian state responsibility russia has responded because of those leaks and by releasing a rather strong statement the first being our read them to you that russia has

answered all the questions that they've been asked to by the u.k. with regards to solve three and secondly russia provided proof that novacek was produced and payton to in the u. s. as a chemical weapon back in two thousand nine hundred fifteen. russia will not accept any national or international results of any investigation without access to full information including materials from the british probe without consular access to our citizens and most importantly without the obligatory participation of russian experts in actions to establish the truth that happened in saul's on march the fourth so to clarify the situation to date there is no definitive independent evidence that basically points to the fact that the thought came from russia or indeed that the kremlin ordered that attack in the fall of three and so from the russian perspective the lack of evidence as they see it is being widely ignored by

the wider community former m i five agent unemotional so even though the u.k.'s position has weakened somewhat london is unlikely to backtrack on its allegations against russia they sort of backed themselves into a corner i can't see how they can they can rescind what they've already said because particularly not only did they expel twenty three russian diplomats that actually immediately before the o.p.c. w. had even had a chance to examine the so-called evidence but they encouraged a lot of their nato partners to do the same thing so they can for diplomatically to row back from this position particularly a very vulnerable diplomatic time for britain looming so i'm not quite sure what they can do apart from to keep scapegoating russia but i suspect rather sadly this is going to sort of languish in the conspiracy theorists categories. for anyone who questions this very threadbare official narrative that britain has pulled together this is the international wives children of former islamic state fighters suffer

from sexual exploitation and they also find they are being refused aid more that story and just about. dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles. that you saw spreading tell you the gossip the tabloids but. tell. me. the prince the money and then the pentagon blows it up in various countries around the world or says us soldiers out there to get maimed and blown up you don't die

for your country to protect democracy you die in america to stop inflation that's what the soldiers out there are dying for they should replace the american flag with an upside down dollar sign or something. if you join us today thousands of wives and children to form a islamic state fighters in iraq are being sexually exploited and refused according to a report from amnesty international. because they consider me the same as an islamic state fighter they will rape and return me they want to show everyone what they can do to me to take away my own or i can feel comfortable in my tent i just wanted

door to lock and walls around me each time to say to myself tonight is the night i'm going to die we're going to see a report was based on interviews with almost one hundred women staying in the camps in iraq they claim to have been denied access to food water and healthcare and according to the organization militia groups running their camps are preventing the women and their children from returning home we asked aid worker mohammed circle and radio host john go on for their views on how family members of extremists should be dealt with. people should be treated fairly we need to find out if these people are associated with cherish if they are associated with terrorism then to office far as i'm concerned we need to send a strong message out we've got to be careful with this situation nothing iraqis are going to treat these people with respect but by the same token they've got to but the protection of the majority of citizens first we're talking about the islamic state here. this is just an alarm for us to pay attention of what we can do in the

post isis so if their ministry has this will we because we asked for john we asked for the u.n. to to send transparent independence. organization to you to look into making sure those camps regardless of the how the member of isis group is in north of how we can make sure the cycle of violence to not continue because those ninety two women or the children though tomorrow they're going to take arms against the government that abuse them and become so it's not a matter i'm sorry i don't have the i and others are as a tool to there he actually interviewed ninety six people for them said they'd either been raped you'd seen rape you've got to be careful these people are desperate of course that i want to be in these camps i understand this but you've got to look at it in its totality and mark or say i'm not condoning the way by not condone any bewsher in any way shape or form but the iraqi government have got

a first and foremost protect the rest of the citizens these people are accused of being associated with that islamic state the report stated perceived those people associated with isis this is not this is not this is not the army this is an idea this is an internal displaced camp where people have lead from isis to be safe on the count this is not a month this is not being instigated or being questioned by the police this is how the been treated this is how they get treated and become and this kind of camps builds. again to build another isis and this in we're concerned about. clashes with police have broken out on a six day of mass and government rallies in the armenian capital demonstrators are angered at the former president's bid to take over the seat of prime minister. i was. i. was security in the city has been tightened as thousands of

demonstrators tried to block the main streets of the city in which governments meetings video footage shows police arresting protesters the heaviest clashes so far on monday with forty people injured understand eighty approximately detained. had served as president since two thousand and eight but stepped down this month due to the term limits set out in the constitution but he was since nominated for the post of prime minister the parliament approving his candidacy on tuesday the opposition claims his unit is refusing to surrender power. a number of terror related investigations in the german state have barden verdant has skyrocketed recently although it turns out half of the cases are self reporting refugees but peter all of a has been taking a look at what's actually behind this very unusual development as the number of

asylum applicants coming here to germany decreases what we have seen is an actual increase in the number coming here saying that they were part of a terrorist outfit and it has politicians absolutely possible i can't understand why someone would accuse himself of a serious crime and the hope of gaining an advantage in his asylum claim to particular reasons in the southwest of the country jump out because it's there that one hundred fifty nine people have declared themselves as members of a. terrorist organization already in twenty eighteen if we jump back to twenty seventeen well three hundred people saying exactly the same thing why would anybody claim to be a member of a foreign terrorist group well because it may be that investigation could be solved tomorrow but most likely never investigations are proving to be very time consuming because they almost always allege foreign acts for example in syria iraq

afghanistan or somalia if we look at countries like afghanistan which germany and all the e.u. nations have already referred to as a safe country to return to then you can see why people would come forward and say that they have information and would rather face a trial than deportation that you have a death or a cheese on suggesting this is the easy way out anyone who makes a false confession must understand that he is going to face criminal consequences all of which has its roots swayed back in the summer of twenty fifteen when angela merkel opened germany up to refugees peter all of r.t. . well this phenomenon is not just consigned to germany let's take a look at the current situation in greece hundreds of asylum seekers recently gathered outside a police station in the city of thessalonica for the very same reason many of you arrest as an opportunity to stay in the e.u. and the fastest way to get the necessary paperwork started

a large waiting line reportedly form for days after a surge in illegal border crossings from turkey it does follow and charisma operation against the syrian kurds a geo political analyst rainer office believes the whole refugee crisis has been very costly for europe. we continually see that the judicial system of the european countries is simply not to carry out to the challenges that the refugee crisis is posed in the past years by angle said twenty seventeen it became clear that the german government has to employ over two thousand through their traditional extroverts to deal with the increasing crying traces concerning. about all iceland lost terrorism but this also includes is exactly the burden on the german traditional system it means

a sharp increase also in employment costs. misses out international get if you to join us on this thursday returning at the top of the hour with more of your world news.

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am as kaiser this is the kaiser report the show that brings you liberation theology right into your living room for your whole family to enjoy for. speaking of freedom a lot of. americans and british people think we're bringing freedom just like remember when we bombed iraq and they were supposed to meet us the flowers throwing flowers at us and they never quite did nevertheless one thing that. apparently does is booms the stock market right there were a lot of headlines from friday the thirteenth when we bomb syria and everybody like at the street dot com we're like defense shares up by five billion dollars we're all making money so we're going to go over a few of those headlines oh that's great news to understand that under the

democrats it was the muslims are going to wipe us all out now wonder you know what i got that reversed it was somebody was afraid of muslims and now some people are afraid of russians you know they they like an existential threat from afar they don't like to look at the stuff that's happening inside america like i often tweet when people are saying they're russians russians i say what i flint michigan the u.s. government trying to kill people with voice and vote for you know the nerve agents in london what about the nerve agents in flint michigan killing americans we don't care about that because the stock market went up and we all got rich and we all hate black people so you're an idiot and i say well. it's also important you know april thirteenth a lot of people are already paying their taxes i paid a huge amount of taxes i felt really really sick to watch two hundred twenty five million dollars with a tomahawk fall on syria half of them were apparently intercepted so perhaps my tax check was actually intercepted and just evaporated in.