was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend the iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four. well the situation in iraq is also leading our top world story today in a time when a government compound in the town of baquba has left at least nine people dead and seventeen injured two car bombs went off outside the compound it's a weekly provincial council meeting in the town which lies just northeast of baghdad but last cleared the way for suicide bombers to enter the compound causing it to further explosions. the japanese cabinet has approved a plan to help the operator of the fukushima nuclear plant to pay billions of dollars in compensation to the victims of the disaster tepco will now receive government subsidies as well as contributions from the private sector the firm has been waiting for official approval to begin making payments to those affected the japanese parliament has been critical of the way tepco has dealt with the crisis triggered of cou

general david petraeus. the trains was on capitol hill today to be confirmed as the next director of the central intelligence agency in truth my goal uniform has always been to convey the most forthright and accurate picture possible. i have to be sure offered more positive assessments than the intelligence community did but although he's been lauded as the man responsible for america's strategy in iraq former c.n.n. pentagon correspondent jamie mcintyre says he has his detractors a lot of people see him as very ambitious very calculating playing the system telling the american people what they want to hear. and a lot of people also some critics also think that the success that the u.s. is tolerating in iraq is vastly overstated and despite his star power some in the military say for trances better at navigating the media and washington in a battlefield it's called the green zone hero these are your senior officers who never actually saw any action who have never themselves been under direct fire and have ne

was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend the iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four. moscow is concerned with washington's reluctance to consider proposals for a joint anti-missile defense system in europe the u.s. and nato claim the proposal could sand off a potential attack from iran however russia is worried the plans could pose a threat to national security. the phase adoptive approach to missile defense is broken up into two parts number one and number two where the. potency interceptors the plus one interceptor. are on line from phases three and four where the higher speed interceptors will be brought online and our analysis shows if the system is reconfigured a little bit that it will have some ability against russian i.c.b.m. so there is some. legitimate concern from from the russian side as to the technical ability in principle of the system being able to intercept. even neither the first phases nor the second phase is really an abili

was there there was no accountability at all for american money and david petraeus continued to spend the iraqi money six months a year after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four. iraq also leads our top stories from around the world and at least eight people have been killed during an attack on a government compound east of the capital baghdad dozens more were injured as people gathered for a weekly provincial council meeting to car bombs clear the way for insurgents to storm to have quaters followed shortly by twin suicide blasts inside the building they attack near and earlier a bombing in march which claimed fifty eight lives. seven republican presidential candidates have gathered for the first debate of the twelfth campaign the hopefuls criticized president obama over his handling of the economy and health care reform as well as his policies in afghanistan and libya however critics say the candidates focus too much on its hacking obama rather than each other the first primary elections did not take place until february. when it's

was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend the iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four. rick young from voice of russia radio believes iraq has a legal right to the cash i would say they probably have some legal claim to that money and a legitimate claim to go to court the u.s. has already said that it took those the money from the oil that from those from the oil fields they've already taken that money they seized it in the sanctions against of hussein's iraq so the money is legitimately the iraqis the question is again if the u.s. government can find the money they'll have to come up with it some way so my feeling is that. they do have some claim to this money some legal claim and it's going to take some time to want to the courts which have records they choose to go through probably international courts to get this money back police in the u.s. have closed an investigation into the so-called sexting case that's dominated national headlines for

was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four just finding all this money was really sorry we already just what as you want is a real events a very interesting point because we are almost out of iraq money and many of the iraqi officials are now saying that they want to go to court and to reclaim that money because they say that money came from iraqi oil sales from seize the rocky assets do you think that they do have a case and do you think they would ever see this money back. what they want to do is absolutely go to court it is their money it was it was in u.s. banks that was withheld from iraq during the food for oil program and if it was my money i'd go to court to get it of course we'll probably have to borrow the money from china to give it to him. brother really interesting to hear what you have to say thanks very much indeed for sharing your knowledge and experience on this matter sorry we haven't got

was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend the iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four. and iraq also leads our top stories from around the world at least eight people were killed during an attack on a government compound about fifty kilometers from the capital baghdad dozens more were injured as people gathered for a weekly provincial council meeting two car bombs cleared at the way for insurgents to storm the headquarters followed shortly by twin suicide blasts inside the building the attack mirrored an earlier al qaeda bombing in march which claimed fifty eight lives. in china migrant workers and security forces have clashed in a town northwest of hong kong reports say hundreds of protesters took part in a rally against police brutality several emergency vehicles were torched during the incident with police using tear gas to disperse the demonstration the rioting followed a days of growing unrest in the region. seven republican presidential ca

was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend iraqi money six months a year after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four and staying in the u.s. police there of close investigation into the so-called sexting cases dominated national headlines for over two weeks now and then senate said tweeted a racy photo of himself triggering a media rush that overshadowed world news including the war in libya and the violence in syria thought he's got to look at where priorities lie in the american media but he doesn't know if the american media can't get enough of anthony weiner's crotch shot the married u.s. congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman via twitter a story made it perfectly fact again don't think the shameless cover up this is a twitter hoax a prank that was done i am the victim of this poor girls the victim of a subsequent embarrassing come fashion last friday night i tweeted a photograph of myself that i intended to send as a direct message as part of a joke to

was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend the iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four. in watching r.t. live from the very heart of moscow here's what we have ahead for you this hour with the media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving a senator questions are being raised over whether news outlets are turning into gossip mills. talked to a russian left with permanent disability when a u.s. consul general allegedly ran down in the russian city of light of a star more or less a little later. europe is seeing a surge in anti israeli sentiment with a growing clamor for governments to stop turning a blind eye to the occupation of palestinian land activists say they want actions not words and in the morning an embargo on exports from illegal settlements but as daniel bushell reports politicians are remaining tight lipped on the issue. rage against israel thousands call for the boycott of his really good over its continued exp

grabbed a stack of hundred dollar bills and walked away all of this stuff was going on while david petraeus was the commander of the multinational security transition command in iraq in zero four and zero five and this is the same period of time that one hundred ninety thousand a k forty seven and nine millimeter pistol pistols purchased by the u.s. government for the iraqi army national police disappeared the accountability of cold hard u.s. cash was essentially nonexistent for many years after the war when iraqi officials threatening court action to get the money back political analyst rick young from the voice of russia radio station believes that baghdad has every right to demand the money. i would say they probably have some legal claim to that money and a legitimate claim to go to court the u.s. has already said that it took those the money from the oil from those and from the oil fields they've already taken that money they seized it in the sanctions against . hussein's iraq so the money is legitimately the iraqis the question is again if the u.s. government can't find the money they

forces in afghanistan general david petraeus is set to become the new cia chief the u.s. looks to be moving away from his heavy approach to war as washington stands for a master of pullout from afghanistan by the generals ascend to his new role behind the wheel of global covert operations raises doubts that he can be impartial are descaling ford has more. and he's been called the rock star four star he is without question one of the finest officers and military minds of his generation the architect of modern counterinsurgency i'm asked quite often as are all of us what do you think should happen in afghanistan and my first response is well whatever general petraeus says that's the direction in which we ought to go that's the kind of respect i have for you general david petraeus. to train as was on capitol hill to be confirmed as the next director of the central intelligence agency in truth my goal in uniform has always been to convey the most forthright and accurate picture possible. i have to be sure offered more positive assessments than the intelligence community did b

told us here about see that the money went missing under the watch of the incoming cia chief david petraeus who was then in charge of america's mission in iraq pallets with american cash american currency was stored in the basement of the republican palace saddam's main building headquarters building basically the seat of the iraqi government they say it was in volts well they don't say that the doors of the vaults were wide open i knew people that were there had walked past these pallets full of american money and anybody could of could have just walked in grabbed a stack of hundred dollar bills and walked away all of this stuff was going on while david petraeus was the commander of the multinational security transition command in iraq in zero four and zero five and this is the same period of time that one hundred ninety thousand a k forty seven zero nine millimeter pistol pistols purchased by the u.s. government for the iraqi army national police disappeared the accountability of cold hard u.s. cash was essentially nonexistent for many years after the war well iraqi officials are threaten

you can be sure that senators are keying on hearing general david petraeus' thoughts on this. reaction has been mixed. i would say the democrats in general, if i had to generalize they agree that the drawdown should begin but some, including liberal democrats, think it's not fast enough and want to see a more aggressive time line and more troops pulled out at a quicker pace but others including influential republicans, they are calling this plan maybe too aggressive. they are looking forward to their -- they are concerned this could risk the substantial gains made in afghanistan. one of those people includes senator lindsey graham. listen here. >> i think the president rejected a modest withdrawal in 2011. that he is accelerated withdrawal in 2011 and '12 that could compromise our ability to maintain the gains we have fought so hard. the afghan security forces are better, but not yet able to sustain the fight without our help. >> reporter: words i'm hearing in terms of reaction, kyra, the need for flexibility in this plan. fear that precipitous pullout could risk the gains mad

news and another for them to feed the media lies a new investigation looks at claims by general david petraeus made last year and they claim the success of special ops rates and capturing members of the taliban and the summer of two thousand and ten petraeus stated that forty one hundred rank and file taliban have been captured and two thousand have been killed in six months what he did say is that eighty percent of those had been released within days of being captured because they were found to have been innocent civilians and that's all according to official u.s. military data which surprised surprise had not been publicized by the general so here the scotts that's right with me is gareth porter investigative journalist and author of this report gary thanks so much for being here tonight what more can you tell us in terms of reference there in terms of what we were told or what congress was told in the meeting i was told by general petraeus virus is that what you actually found in these official military documents or this story really begins when petrou was just having been named commander f

blink first in this trillion dollars of the war plus the middle of dishonesty goes to general david petraeus i'll talk with the investigative journalist who discovered the lies behind some of the traitors his so-called accomplishments and the heat is on for anthony weiner to resign and he is having his own at two groups a moment to stay or will it go. you need to know this let the white washing of afghanistan continue you might remember last year when general david petraeus touted a successful military operation by special forces in afghanistan led to the capture or killing of over two and a half thousand rank and file taliban fighters in a ninety day period between may and july was supposed to be a sign that president obama's new military strategy in afghanistan was working but as investigative journalist gareth porter uncovered so in general petraeus is most outed accomplishments against the taliban turned out to be a crock and of the thousands of rank and file fighters he claimed require killed almost ninety percent of them are actually innocent civilians were released just days after cap