you go to al-jazeera even maybe press t.v. if you can get it but they do give a very different picture of what's going on in the world and you know again we go to these situations where if there hadn't been the another side to report americans would have been oblivious to what had happened and if you really i get the sense that the american government and the networks in the united states cable t.v. they don't like their little monopoly they don't like the competition and if they really see if the american public actually saw what american foreign policy is doing americans may start questioning that foreign policy which is rather taboo right now. i think that's exactly right i think isaacson's words were precisely what they sounded like on first impression and it was a clarification and sends the opposite message because the message she meant to send the message she did send sounded unusual i guess upon reflection look at the shadow that hangs over conversations like this is the iraq war and i think many people at this point a

came on line five years ago or less than that was al jazeera press t.v.'s out there right now the chinese are going to be importing an enormous amount of money into an english lobel english language station but at the same time there are people that are afraid of these stations in the united states so some people want more news a different perspective and other people appear to be afraid of that perspective

al jazeera had given the coordinates of the office several times to the pentagon maybe that was their first mistake later the same day the u.s. tank shot at the palestine hotel where around one hundred international journalists were staying the attack killed jose couso a camera man for the spanish tell us think and told us a veteran reuters cameraman. around the number. thirty one. i have a friend a colleague who was at the palestine when it was shot when the reuters office was shot by the taig which the u.s. military claim that they take had drawn fire i've personally seen these tapes they showed the tape for several minutes before fire there was no gunfire anywhere everyone knows that the palestine is the journalist hotel that whole compound is for journalists the real message through actions from the pentagon is that we will make your life more hazardous and it's not just you know independent journalists and people on the left who have made this charge we've had many mainstream organizations like the committee to protect journalists expressing concerns sending letters having meetin

>> reporter: al jazeera dedicated a whole hour special calling it "the secret iraq file" with guests chiming in. >> who is going to ask the united states to respond to this? >> reporter: reports that won't go down well on the arab street. wikileaks founder julian assange defended publishing these documents. >> the first casualty of war is the truth. >> reporter: some say these leaks will endanger the lives of u.s. soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. the bbc's jim muir reports on the view in baghdad. >> well, the wikileaks affair is making headlines in the papers here, although for the general iraqi public, the revelations are all pretty old news, but they are having a big political impact. the office of prime minister nuri al maliki issued a furious statement more or less implying it's all a conspiracy to stop him keeping his job. >> reporter: in afghanistan, our alex marquardt says the response to the latest revelations has been muted. >> the last time wikileaks released a batch of classified documents they were about the war here in afghanistan. 75,000 of them the pentagon says could

it first appeared in al- jazeera. >> the prison torture cover up, the extent of deadly check point encounters. >> reporter: wikileak is believed to have 700,000 documents. the big concern is that the documents contain the names of iraqis who now might be subject to reprisal. >> there are iraqi names that bethink were exposed here because they were the ones that were cooperating with us. >> reporter: the documents are reports sent in by american units on the field from 2004 through 2009. civilian casualty, 100,000 according to one tablelation, later the numbers previously made public. many killed by american troops but most of them by other iraqis. secret prison, iraqis abused by other iraqis. >> you can see by the iraqi military and security services the torturing of over 1,000 people and the lack of intervention for that torture by the united states. >> reporter: it will take weeks to work through all the documents but so far what they tell us is that the iraq war was even uglier than we thought. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> reporter: now although all the do you means appear to b

the audio message was broadcast by qatar-based television network al jazeera on wednesday. the network says the voice in the recording is bin laden's. the message slammed france's ban on full face veils. it also claimed a group named al qaeda against france carried out the kidnapping of five french nationals in niger in september. the recording also said france will be safe if it withdraws its troops from afghanistan. france has raised its alert level to prepare for possible terrorist acts in the country in the wake of the niger kidnappings. >>> former argentinean president nester kir chner has died. kirchner was highly praised for rebuilding the country's economy. local media report the 60-year-old kirchner died of a heart attack on wednesday at his home in southern argentina. kirchner took office in 2003, after the country's economy collapsed. he worked hard to reduce external debts and achieved economic growth of 8% to 9%. in 2007 his wife, christina fernandez, was elected to succeed him. kirchner was considered as a candidate in the next election, but his health began t

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in afghanistan the comments were made in an audio tape which has been aired on al-jazeera he said the ban of the burka justifies violence against french people and this is the first time france has been specifically targeted. in haiti international aid workers and the u.n. are trying to put a stop to the spread of cholera samples are being taken from a river in the or near police peacekeeping base over fears ways from the side because of the deadly outbreak at least three hundred people have died so far and over four and a half thousand have been hospitalized. british prime minister david cameron has phoned leaders of other unions of them to reject a planned six percent rise in next year's budget it's believe the rise will cost you k. an additional nine hundred million pounds a year increasing the country's contribution at a time of domestic budget cuts cameron has already been criticised by opposition labor party for failing to stand up for british interests. and britain is already beginning to suffer from the drastic consequences of the huge budget cards and last week the country's

it first appeared on the arab network al jazeera. >> found within the files, the real civilian casualties. the prison torture coverup, the extent of deadly checkpoint encounters. >> reporter: wikileaks is believed to have 390,000 documents, which would make this the largest publication of secret material in history. pentagon officials say their biggest concern is that the documents contain the names of iraqis who might be subject to reprisal. >> there are 300-plus iraqi names that we thought were considerably exposed here because they were ones who were cooperating with us. >> reporter: the documents are reports sent in by american units in the field from 2004 through 2009. civilian casualties. 100,000, according to one tabulation. greater than numbers previously made public. many killed by american troops, but most of them by other iraqis. secret prisons. iraqis tortured and abused by other iraqis. some cases the u.s. investigated, others were ignored or simply referred to the iraqis. assange claims it's evidence of war crimes. >> we can also see from the iraqi military and security serv

justifies the threat of violence the comments were made in an audiotape which has been aired on al-jazeera this is the first time france has been specifically targeted by al qaeda. in haiti international aid workers and the u.n. trying to put a stop to the spread of cholera samples are being taken from a river near a nepalese peacekeeping base over fears that from the site caused the deadly outbreak at least three hundred people have died so far and over four and a half thousand have been hospitalized. are our about the lisbon treaty amendments is set to dominate a meeting of e.u. heads in brussels and germany and france one strict penalties including the loss of voting rights for countries which break budget rules critics argue this may lead to more referendums through. europe's smaller member states say france and germany are trying to influence policy without consultation. or britain is already beginning to suffer from the drastic consequences of the huge budget cuts announced last week the country's universities are among the sectors affected as artie's a lor i met found out top academ

in afghanistan the comments were made in an audio tape which has been aired on al-jazeera and he said that the band. the burka justifies violence against french people this is the first time france has been specifically targeted by al qaida. have killed fifteen people at a car wash in a mexican pacific coast state the country's third massacre in less than a week president felipe calderon has called for a minute's silence for the victims of the attack and the two other massacres that have occurred since friday killing twenty seven people a territorial battle between drug cartels has raged and sit out of juarez for nearly three years claiming more than six thousand lives. in time president nestor kirschner has died suddenly at sixty after suffering a severe heart attack at a popular husband of current president christiana fernand this was a likely candidate in next year's presidential elections his supporters have planned in mass gathering outside argentina's presidential palace served as president from two thousand and three to two thousand and seven bring argentina it's not a crisis a

earlier this year the nation report of the two groups had secret talks in the maldives last year al-jazeera english mentioned a very similar conference and back in two thousand and seven and as n.b.c. claimed that karzai even offered taliban leader mullah omar a seat in the afghanistan government if it meant and in the war you know these are just a few of the headlines that we've seen over and over and over again over the years . so i guess the obvious question is how do these talks if they're even happening differ from the ones in the years past when not the something if after all of the time of the u.s. has been fighting in that country the two sides just worked it out amongst themselves without our help you know tomorrow marks the ninth anniversary of the invasion of afghanistan and i can't help but wonder what anyone including nato forces have learned in the last nine years what's changed how we figure out what our goals are and when we're going to leave and don't worry you're going to hear all of our thoughts on the war in afghanistan tomorrow when we do take a look back at the past ni

. >> in an interview with al jazeera today, afghan president karzai said he has had unofficial meetings with taliban leaders. secretary of state hillary clinton said any talks with the taliban are in the early stages. >> on the reconciliation front, this is a much more complex effort that is just beginning. there are a lot of difrent strains -- strings to it that may or may not be legitimate or borne out as producing any bonafide reconciliation. >> turkish lawyers representing victims of israel's deadly attack on a gaza bound aid flotilla have petitioned the international criminal court to investigate the israeli military for war crimes. nine people were killed in the may 31 attack, including 19- year-old turkish american firkin dogan. on thursday, his fher urged the obama administration to back the call for an icc probe. >> the rights of my son are not being protected. i urge the usa to defend the rights of my son because he is an american citizen. i want the minister of foreign affairs to contact me. even animal rights are protected in the u.s.a., but not my son's rights. >> neither t

it appeared on al-jazeera. >> find within the files the real civilian casualties. the prison torture cover up, the extent of deadly checkpoint encounters. >> reporter: wikileaks is believed to have 390,000 documents. pentagon officials say their biggest concern is that the documents contain the names of iraqis who might now be subject to reprisal. >> there are 300 plus iraqi names that we thought were considerably exposed here because they were ones who were cooperating with us. >> reporter: the documents are reports sent in by american units in the field from 2004 through 2009. civilian casualties. 100,000 according to one tabulation. greater than numbers previously made public. many killed by american troops, but most of them by other other iraqis. secret prisons, iraqis tortured and abused by other iraqis. >> you can also see from the iraqi military and security services the torturing of over 1000 people. and the lack of intervention for that torture by the united states. >> reporter: it will take weeks to work through all the documents, but so far what they tel

back to al jazeera, i think they need to do it. what was that guy, up 12 -- he had no one down in florida, and it becomes international news that they are burning the koran. -- burning the koran. that is not national news. he is unknot job. he is easy to stand on the other side as well. what has to happen is allowed for voice from the people in this room and our political leaders -- we need to call them on that, people saying to the demagogues on other -- on either side, it is not just what you are saying that i disagree with, it is why you are saying that, how you are saying that, and what its impact is. have you thought about what you are doing to the problem? that is a tall order. we have to communicate that is a better approach, the fundamental approach of a democratic, constitutional republic. we have to communicate that. it is difficult. i am a big student of the founders. my one son is william washington. i do not think any of them could get elected today. franklin was a vegetarian abolitionist, and he enjoyed recreational p

>> i've seen the video and was posted on al jazeera and different websites. >> i'm sorry i haven't seen it but i will tell you that primm and mr. netanyahu knows america very well. he spent much of his childhood here playing soccer for high school outside of philadelphia, speaks english without an accent and will probably correct your paper if you give it to him as an editor because he knows he does it to mind. [laughter] and he's sorry about and is remarkably well and seems completely out of character to him. he has profound respect for the american political system and profound respect for the way america choose its leaders and for the president of the united states and on a very personal level whenever it comes to washington and we have close discussions about what is happening here politically he is intensely interested and a great regard. we go to the white house together and he has a sense of destiny. here i am meeting the man who's been chosen by the people of the united states and that alone has deep meaning for him, deep meaning for him pbr can think of nobody in the israeli po

mention, has been used by an extraordinary group of people, "the new york times," "washington times," al jazeera, open democracy, the independent, the guardian, the world health organization, the international criminal court, "the new england journal of medicine" and the european union joint research center and the brookings institute in washington. and at 10:25 we'll also be hearing from phil shunner who leads the team in public interest lawyers and has been practicing as a solicitor in the u.k. since 1981 and written extensively on international and human rights law. in recent years he's acted in some of the most important judicial review cases to be brought in his area of expertise and in march of 2010 he led the team to success in the european court of human rights in a particularly important case. he was made a solicitor of the >> he was made sew lit tore of the year in 2008 and was one of the top 10 in the following year. i think we can now start with julian asaj. s ce we don't have much time, i won't speak for long. this disclosure is about the truth. philip nightly, the great investigati

we played back in june an interview that the director of nasa had al jazeera, here's what he's supposedout a way to engage with the muslim world and engage muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and engineering. >> it wasn't just his idea, he in that interview said president obama had asked him to do just that. >> outreach. that's what he said. nasa should be involved in muslim outreach. >> right. and then press secretary robert gibbs at that time said he probably misspoke. and that space exploration was still nasa's top job. but where do we find charles bolden today, brian? >> we find him in saudi arabia signing two agreements with saudi arabia to help with our space program. and also to salute their contributions to it. >> that's right. and one of the things in saudi arabia was to mark the 25 years since a muslim went into space, somebody who went up on one of the space shuttles as well. it's interesting, though, given the fact that he had said in that kind of gaffetastic quote about muslim outreach and robert gibbs walked it back, according