armies.ef functions of light cavalry are twofold. screening and rating. stuart was not responsible, never had been responsible for gathering intelligence for robert e. lee. that function was performed by first , spies, secondly, individuals doubts, and in the case of robert e. lee was the third source, northern newspapers. lee loved to read northern newspapers not because he loved northern newspapers but the northern newspapers so obligingly printed the same movements of the army of the potomac in their columns. so intelligence gathering was something that came from other sources, not from jeb stuart. the fact that jeb stuart wrote himself as foolishly as he did, as recklessly as he did out of contact with lee's are needed not me robert e. lee had no idea what he was doing, where he was going or what he was likely to meet. lee knew very wellt he was doing. he even knew where jeb stuart was. he complained to george campbell brown, the stepson of richard s. you and one of his staffers that he h

it is critical that the army is able to talk army-to-army and that we have the capability to do that, moving forward. people do not realize the army has 82,000 soldiers in the pacific, more than any other service. what has happened in the last four years, a lot of them were serving in afghanistan and iraq. in 2013, that will be the last year that we have any units in the pacific serving in iraq and afghanistan. we have now prioritized back to the pacific and we will continue to do that as they conduct several important engagements. we have a huge exercise right now going on. being certified as a joint task force, component command. we conducted airborne operation with our partners this week. we have significant activity going on in the pacific to help bilateral relationships, help develop countries capabilities, and the other thing it assures us is is access. those are some of the key contributions we have as we support and shake the asia- pacific region for the future. >> 82 dozen u.s. army soldiers in the asia-pacific is not a whit -- 82,000 u.s. army soldiers in asia-pacific, not a

in fact the army backed him up to the hilt it is the army who are running the show they are calling the shots they are heavy supported by the americans they call it to aid to egypt is say in fact not to egypt eighty is simply money too that made it through running the show who are have massive power to have been in center of the power mubarak was not talk while he was a dictator who was in democratic could be elected he wasn't me and he came from the army he belongs to the army through and through and he imposed himself on that people while if we look at he was democratically elected as the be elected in egypt and he had the mandate to all four years the army moved against him they declared that cool hiding behind the people so we can say in every sense of the world what happened was clearly an updated more defiant. way the army high did to be behind the masses who were clamoring and demanding and then to more seized. through demands i do mean again you know if you're going across got going to be going to jeffrey new york where do you stand on this and there's a little bit of both h

it was liberated from assad's army more than three months ago. >> narrator: the army of the assad regime has been pushed back across the valley to the other side of the orontes river. ahmad's village is well within range of their artillery. shells and mortars are routinely fired into this village. >> (translated): god willing, bashar al-assad's army can't get in here. we run things here now. >> narrator: doctors and nurses are ordered to report immediately to the local hospital. ahmad is already there, using his phone to film casualties. >> (translated): i ran to the area to see who was injured, to see how i could help. these people's lives are over. this is what god had written for them. i just despaired, and thought it was time that arab countries felt our suffering. >> narrator: ahmad and the people of his village have witnessed these scenes many times, fearing they will be next. today, it's mohammed mattar who has lost members of his family. >> narrator: mohammed is surrounded by the bodies of three of his nephews. they were killed 20 minutes ago by a government shell. inside the hos

cornwallis' army was simply a detachment of the main british army. the british still held new york and savannah and augusta and canada and much of the fortresses in the northwest. they could have continued to fight. george iii regarded yorktown as a minor set back like saratoga and arguably should go on. the public opinion changed. in the summer of 1774 the public had been almost unanimous behind the government when it passed the tea act later the coercive acts. but with the help wake of war in 1775 you have the first major antiwar petitioning movement in britain. the cause against the war was brilliantly espoused by some of the great parliamentarians of all time. charles james foxx, william pitt both younger and edmund burke. the government was also subject to greater public scrutiny than any government of 18th century thanks to the growth of new spenders and newspapers to report that debates in the house of commons. after the defeat in yorktown the government majorities collapsed and lord north had to decide. historians recoil from ever suggesting

the egyptian army tells mohammed morsi he's no longer the president after its deadline for action was not met by the leader. latin american nations expressed outrage over some states allegedly refusing the airspace and demanding to search the but maybe in the president's jet discredited rumors it may have been smuggling whistleblower edward snowden out of moscow. the situation has united south american nations more than ever with leaders calling the forcing of the flight offensive and humiliating our top stories this hour. international news and comment online on screen twenty four hours a day this is. egypt is undergoing a full scale military coup now that's according to the state run newspaper which says the army has declared that president morsi is no longer the president well let's hear more now from paula slim who is in cairo so paula tell us what are you understanding of the situation from where you are in the city center. what exactly does seem as if a minute is under way i mean egypt disappointed. to be egyptian president mohamed morsi as well as person of the muslim brotherho

in fact the army to the hilt it is the army who are running the show they are calling the shots they are supported by the americans they call the aid to egypt is in fact not to you it is simply money to the military who all running the show who are who have massive power who have been in center of the power mubarak was not talk to you was a dictator who was in democratically elected he wasn't and he came from the army he belongs to the army through and through and he imposed himself on the people while we look to see he was democratically elected as the first freely elected civilian in egypt and he had a mandate to all four years. the army moved against him they declared that cool hiding behind that people so we can say in every sense of the world what happened was clearly an up day to. kuwait the hi good to be behind the masses who were clamoring and demanding and then to see it. through demands i do mean again you know if you're going to cry i got mean we're going to be going to jeffrey in new york where do you stand on this and there's a little bit of both here ok i can understand

cornwallis' his army was simply a detachment of the main british army. the british still held new york, savannah, and augusta and canada and much of the fortresses in the northwest. they could have continued to fight. regarded yorktown as a minor setback like saratoga and dougie we should go on. public opinion changed. this summer 1770 for the public had been almost unanimous the and the government when it passed the tea act in later the coercive acts. but with the outbreak of war in 1775, you have the first major anti-war petition movement in britain. the cause against the wall was brilliantly espoused by some of the great parliamentarians of all time. william pierce, younger and older sovereigns signs. the government was subject to great public scrutiny than any government of the 18th century thanks to the growth of newspapers and the right that scored for newspapers to report the debates in the house of commons. after the defeat at yorktown the government majorities' collapsed and they had to resign. now, historians recall suggesting that anything is

the prussian army is better call the french army is as good. if you put the navy and, british dominance. ask yourself this question how many wars did great britain lose between 1750 and 1950, two of them. the american revolution and the war in afghanistan. everybody loses in afghanistan. [laughter] graveyard for empires. okay. and in order to the implement the decision mcgeorge free himself -- and it's important to hear that, george iii himself, it doesn't come from parliament, it comes from george free himself. he says we will prepare an invasion force larger than any ever forced to cross the atlantic. 42,000 soldiers and sailors, over 400 ships, the largest amphibious ever to cross the atlantic. the only time it succeeded then as world war i or world war ii. and we are going to squash this rebellion in the cradle. and we are going to attack new york and occupy new york as our major headquarters and spread from there. but a deadly and devastating knockout blow at the beginning. what's the situation politically in the american colonies? there i

i think it's critical that the army is able to go talk army to army and we have the capablabilities too that as we move forward. the army has 82,000 soldiers. what's happened over the last three or four years, lot of them were serving in afghanistan and iraq. in 2013, will be the last year we'll are any units out of the pacific serving in iraq. we will continue to do that as they continue to conduct several important engagements. we have one going on now. first core, which is a sign to u.s. army pacific is being certified as a joint task force. we conducted airborne operations with our partners this week. we have significant amount of activity going on in the pacific to help bilateral relationships. to help develop country's capabilities. the other thing that allow us, it ensure us access. those are some of the key contributions as we support. >> you're correct, 82,000 u.s. army soldiers in the asia-pacific is not a well known statistic. and significant contribution that you're making through efforts there. i will stop talking and open up the floor to the rest of you. please just do me

the army is also a key economic factor in egypt. whether it is tourism, construction, or heavy industry, the army is involved in every level. as the largest employer, that gives the army chiefs huge power. it was president mohamed morsi appointed him to his post. but he has now distanced himself from the president warning that he will not allow egypt to be plunged into what he called "a dark tunnel." >> we are happy to have our middle east expert. we have breaking news coming in, miguel, that mohamed morsi can no longer be president according to the military in a state run newspaper. is this unexpected development? >> in a way, it is. they made it very clear that the ultimatum set has run out. four hours after the ultimatum has ended, now there is a real coup d'État in egypt. they are seizing power from the democratically elected president and this is a major landmark in contemporary egyptian history. it is the first democratically elect a president being toppled by the military after just one year and power. >> you would say this m

now he is the casualty of the army's judgment that he failed the state. the military sided with protesters who accuse the president of ignoring all opposition, a pushing an islamist agenda -- agenda, and of neglecting the essential reforms. at least reduce believes the muslim brotherhood angry and potentially dangerous, infuriated that their man was given only a year and arguing that it makes a sham of democracy. >> whatever else you said about president were sick, he was elected in a fair election. there is a great danger here -- whatever else you said about president morsi. why cannot happen to other presidents who are democratically elected in the future? cracks in just a year after what looked like a triumph of democracy in egypt, the victor has been forced out. egypt is no stranger to military coups, but president morsi's downfall is different and will have consequences far beyond each of its borders. >> events in egypt being watched very closely from here in washington. you heard the cries of jubilation there when the announcement was made. what has

the army is also a key economic factor in egypt. whether it is tourism, construction, or heavy industry, the army is involved in every level. as the largest employer, that gives the army chiefs huge power. it was president mohamed morsi appointed him to his post. but he has now distanced himself from the president warning that he will not allow egypt to be plunged into what he called "a dark tunnel." >> we are happy to have our middle east expert. we have breaking news coming in, miguel, that mohamed morsi can no longer be president according to the military in a state run newspaper. is this unexpected development? >> in a way, it is. they made it very clear that the ultimatum set has run out. four hours after the ultimatum has ended, now there is a real coup d'État in egypt. they are seizing power from the democratically elected president and this is a major landmark in contemporary egyptian history. it is the first democratically elect a president being toppled by the military after just one year and power. >> you would say this m

look the egyptian army is well trained it is an army that is that has experience of course not just been protesting but it was also involved in wars with israel but any army in the world even the superpowers united states or russia or others when it comes to direct confrontation with the question a regular force meaning the taliban force in afghanistan under scase as you have before the northern sinai the egyptian army will be able to dismantle the resistance but what the egyptian army would have to things like any other army in the world fighting terrorism is the long range get a lot of water and that's get in the water you cannot and it only with a point with military means you need other means as well is there another aspect to this i had trying to wipe out any potential political opponents brewing there oh they don't need they had thirty to thirty three million egyptians working on the streets of cairo if your opponent is basically the muslim brotherhood so the political battle is happening in cairo and major other cities and in this case amid a slight majority or a larger majority o

but cornwalis march north to defeat the army of 1780. that life was more more difficult even with basic intelligence it was complete the outnumbered. the british had never anticipated having to occupy america. it was the belief the majority of americans supported britain with the revolutionary leadership was in the minority this seemed to be basted was crucial on seemingly good information available to them. and supported by americans living in london. people like joseph galloway who said write-up to yorktown that the americans support the british and was confirmed of the dissension of the patriot committees. a chili's been emphasized that like most revolutions revolutions, this is also a civil war. after 1776 he would retreat in the same number he had done earlier. thomas paine complained of the sunshine patriots and that from the continental army with their ranks of pennsylvania and new jersey in 1778 the most trusted of all advisers told the government they would have to double the number of soldiers in america. the very presence of t

the army plan is preliminary. this is from an army spokesman. everything is in flux. you would think the better course of action for the muslim brotherhood would be to slow down for a minute and hope they can get control again during the elections. >> yes, perhaps replace morsi as their leader and put up a new candidate. as jen griffin was correctly saying, they are by far the best organized political grouping in egypt. if they play their cards right here, are you absolutely right. they may still -- well, remember they got 13 million votes last night. that's not an insignificant number. what is important is how the opposition now groups itself for that presidential election. remember they were hopelessly split last night. last time. they put up stew many candidates and that allowed the muslim brotherhood in. if they can come united around one candidate, perhaps the liberal leader, the former head of the iaea, if they can coalesce around him, then perhaps the liberals would have a much better chance. there is so much going to happen in the coming hours, days, weeks tha

they apparently pumped a number of bullets into the army vehicle. apparently, some casualties have taken place. i would request you to inquire from the army as to how many casualties are taken place. police will let you know what happened, how it happened, and subsequent investigations. >> the prime minister made a visit to kashmir. a day after militants killed eight soldiers in an ambush, the bloodiest in a series of attacks since a separatist was hanged to death in february. separatists called a general strike to coincide with the visit. the prime minister condemned the terror attack in kashmir and asserted such cowardly acts would not deter efforts of security forces to bring about these in the state, and he went ahead to inaugurate a major link adjoins the the valley with the rest of the country. >> the militant outfit claimed responsibility of the deadly attack, but experts say it is not the traditional modus operandi of attack. >> this is -- should not, i think, lead us to conclude that our leader has succumbed to terrorist efforts to destabil

the army has not said exactly what they want to do.there have been reports from reuters news agency that one of their plans if -- is to defend the constitution, which is controversial, because there is a lot of religious law in it. i think besides our way apart, and there is the army in between them. i think things will happen tomorrow. >> people are still out there with the fireworks in tahrir square. thank you, jeremy. resident morsi has started speaking on egyptian television. he is addressing the nation. as soon as we get the translation of what he is saying, you can see him there. ,resident morsi right now, live addressing the egyptian population about protests. we will bring you the information as soon as we get it. in syria, 2.5 years after the civil war started, the head of the united nations expressed fears that 2.5 thousand civilians are trapped in the city of homs, with fighting all around them. growing concerns that islamic radicals are gaining a stronger foothold, and using sharia courts to enforce laws in rebel held areas

so i used those documents to get me in the army. i was an orphan, so the army became a home for me. it became my family. something that i loved very much. i was very protective of this institution. i always loved my soldier because i was a soldier and i wanted to keep them alive. i believed in winning battles and fighting wars and i was a warrior. but not at the expense of my men. i figure that great love was something that made me stand up and stop the madness. c-span: just think of you have written a book. i know you talked about the north korean war in your book, but if you basically said that the vietnam war was a good thing, but there were positive reviews and positive praise for your looks. have you received that? >> guest: well, i do not know. certainly in certain circles and had an endorsement. but i think in the book is the truth and i think that those people who are writing the review is, most of them had done on the battlefield and had gone through that same experience. they are just seeing somebody finally coming out in a detailed form and offering what happened in vietn

and the army is in a pickle. the army does not want to rule. the army never expected to see that kind of failure. and the ultimatum on the part of the army, 48 hours to meet the demands of the people, the demands of the people to be met in 48 hours? these are timeless demands. bottomless demands. i think army miscalculated as well. >> rose: from egypt to brazil, we look at that country with larry roeter ruchir sharma, and paolo sotero. >> the list of grievances is long and varied but if you want to boil it down and simplify it, you can say it's really about respect. you know, the country's been through an enormous period of growth. it has seen a lifting of 50 million people into the middle-class. and now that they're there, you know, the government, i think, thought that people would be grateful. instead, what the people are saying is if this is middle-class country, we want middle-class services. we want middle-class values which include honesty, probity in public affairs. show us the real thing. don't just talk about it. >> rose: egypt in cri

no real army, no navy. no money. no gun powder. washington never commanded an army in his life. >> rose: speaking of knowing his role in history. george washington, who we get to know here, was carried forward because he understood what he had to do even though he didn't have the a great strategy, even though as you say he was not a great general by any other definition except that he was a great leader. >> that's the key to washington. he isn't an intellectual like john adams or jefferson. he isn't a great orator like patrick henry. he isn't a brilliant napoleonic sort of figure. he's a leader. people will follow him and he has integrity and he won't give up. he never forgets what it's about. what war is for. and again and again you have people saying that they're not going to quit because i will not leave this good man. you have to remember at one point it was down to 3,000 troops. that's all he had left. hundreds, thousands had either quit gone home when their enlistments expired, handed over to the enemy. >> rose: because they

army military institute which is in carlisle, pa. adjacent to the army war college. is the place where an official records, official records goes to the national archives that this is where letters, diaries and the like go and see your dad's trove would fit perfectly and among other things they organize their archive by units, so your dad's letters would be with the seventh armored division and other letters and diaries and so on in the seventh armored division. that sort of stuff for historians like me is absolutely invaluable. i would encourage you to put copies, a pretty good website u.s. army military institute part of the army history and education center you can find it and see how we get in touch. >> host: we are out of time with rich and concern. we didn't get to someone else feature in your book, marlene dietrich, a picture of her on the front lines and the tuskegee airmen are featured in rick atkinson's work and we didn't have a chance to get to either of those. very quickly, "the long gray line" was about the west point class of '66, at the 11 about the pe

of army feel that the militants in sinai because of the hold by the muslim brotherhood lead those. militants in sinai to rebel and make trouble of course if you didn't come up here attacks on the source canal attack on . the people in north sinai me infiltrate into mainland egypt and that's why they're blocked all the roads and access to the lead egypt from sinai and deployed through intelligence work and. beefing security to encircle the of those in certain parts of most sinai preparing to launch this desert storm campin and do hope that there would be able to medicate them once and for all this me take time because as i mentioned to you sinai is a huge area it's it's not that easy but at least it would give the activity for a long time not only again as gyptian but also again this is the it is again this. is so it is in the interest of the whole world that they support the egyptian military campaign against terrorism in north sinai dr final thirty seconds show me the broader picture here the the civil unrest in the country and what do you think about the way the army handled it l

we are a revolution, not a structured army. if we were we would have saka.ed abu t he defines his own battalion. is the west asking me to fight him too? t vladimir putin says abu is apse -- sakar reveals the real character. these are people who open up their bodies and eat their intestines in front of the public and their cameras. are these the people you want to supply with weapons? abu sakar says he's ready to stand trial, but only if president assad does too. eanwhile, syria's descent into madness continues. >> you're watching "bbc world news" america." still to come, could video game technology help children with chronic pain? we look at how doctors are trying to treat a painful illness. in the united states, news that more people will be popular spot is coney island. ben bernanke suggests the reserve bank could start withdrawing its support since the economy has improveled. so what's going on? >> we are up and down and kind of spinning around. jonathan core pena says the end of cheap money is sending financial markets into

desperation as far as the army is concerned no no it's showing what the army always does the army and police have done this now for two and a half. the beginning of their in war disagree since day which well they would do something that they had plenty of they would if they had. to disable even should and should and they don't have to shoot to the head to the chest of the abdomen they have done this. since the trenches the journey takes you know after syria for a triple commentator thank you for being on the program. all upsetting images of the violence in egypt and posted on twitter we can see that some of those injured are children or a close indeed a thirteen year old boy's picture coming up in a minute was killed in alexandria and there are also pictures showing civilians allegedly firing live rounds at pro morsi protesters now at r.t. dot com we've got a timeline of the turmoil egypt suffered since president morsy was deposed we've gathered some of the most dramatic pictures and accounts for us to say it's a r.t. dot com front to acquaint yourself a little more without go up to s

army unit in tal afar, northwest iraq. a married couple, camille and hussein hassan, were driving home, hurrying to beat the curfew. the u.s. secret report gives the american version of what happened next. >> a sedan sped toward the patrol and failed to stop after visual signals were given. a shot was fired at the front tire, but the vehicle did not stop. the patrol engaged the vehicle, killing two civilians. >> camille and hussein were shot dead, but they weren't alone in the car. >> there were 6 children in the back seat. all were unharmed. >> the hassans' 14-year-old daughter, jilan, was heard to yell out, "why did they shoot us? we were just going home." and now we know the filed report was inaccurate. not all the children were unharmed. a bullet pierced the spine of 11-year-old rakan, who was rendered a paraplegic. the u.s. army offered compensation to the family of $7,500 dollars, calculated as $2,500 for each life taken, and $2,500 for the car. >> very often soldiers find themselves looking at a vehicle that seems s

for a peaceful protest the army says this terrorist what do you think really happened here. it is hard to have. a full account of what happened because each party is is. is not is obviously. biased to its to its side but i witness accounts that we've been collecting says the morning seemed to agree and most of them are third party eyewitness accounts. who are not part of the army and were not part of the sit in that was part of the clashes these eyewitness accounts seem to agree on the five that the clashes started when the army started firing tear gas at the sit in perhaps was the. goal of. the sit in and then quickly afterwards this is in responding which is firing. shots of the very shots and so on and this is how the violence escalated between the two sides so this doesn't seem to verify the army account that there was a terrorist and found the sit in to storm into the headquarters of the republican guards on one hand and also it doesn't seem to verify the account. of the very good that the army basically opened life fire on them as they were trained in any event there i

but also in areas like elevation other villages in the surrounding area these clashes between the army and extremists that have been operating there for quite some time now let me remind you that the situation in sinai has been a really ever since the overthrow of the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and since then we've witnessed an increase in these kind of attacks these kind of violent acts happening in the sinai but we're hearing from the army as that there are at least five hundred extremist militants operating in an area of four square kilometers now the army says that they are heavily armed it says that they could use civilians in those areas as human shields and at the same time the army has deployed both its if force and on the ground troops who are heavily armed allegedly muslim brotherhood supporters are taking up arms and i'll go into the sinai where there are joining these islamist groups from the army we're hearing that they are being fired on that they are being attacked by these extremist elements more than sixty bedwyn tribes signed a memorandum that they suppor

nine pm moscow time egypt's army launches ninety terrorist operation inside where extremists know allegedly joined by militant morsy supporters have been stepping up attacks on the military because the latest for you plus two over one hundred people feared dead now in overnight clashes in egypt as the muslim brotherhood claims supporters of the ousted president are being targeted by the military with a shoot to kill policy. also that there's concern the diplomatic push on syria could go down the drain is rebels while arms shipments from backers and call for regime change too despite agreeing to join a peace meeting. germans are showing their anger towards the n.s.a. spying program and their support towards whistleblowers edward snowden and bradley manning with demonstrations across the country and over forty cities join me peter all of that for more on this in a few moments. by their very giving who just joined us this is r.t. international it's kevin owen here in moscow tonight as i just after nine pm here now our top story the egyptian army started a large scale antiterrorist operation in

playing straight into the hands of the army. calls in six hundred extra police to keep order at the upcoming. as unionists protest the decision to shorten the route. well thanks for joining us here on r.t. today i'm live in moscow where it's now. after two weeks in hiding edward snowden is finally set to speak out he's calling together a meeting with prominent russian and international human rights activists and lawyers there was hiding is said to be. right here in moscow where the conference is set to take place there were reports now on snowden's intentions. i personally can say that i've been waiting for this moment for almost two weeks now that's how long no one has been in the transfer zone off the airport remaining mom on the whole situation while the world was going completely insane over it and now we're getting information from the airport representatives who are saying that the former cia agent will be talking to the representatives of human rights groups as well as some prominent russian lawyers about the complaint th

we have a sizable army. and so when you put all of those things together and you remembered that the soviets are hammering the third reich from the east, they do most of their fighting, most of the bleeding, most of the killing, and most of the dying, 26,000,007 aside in the war. it is a very good ally to have in the soviet union. you put all those things together and what you have is a winning coalition and a winning formula for global warfare. >> host: you right in the events of last night, the typical soldier stood 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 144 pounds. physical standards had been lowered to excepts defects that once would have kept many a man out of uniform. a man with 2400 vision could now be conscripted if this site was correctable to at least 2040 in one night. toward that end the armed services to five armed forces would make over 2 million pairs of eyeglasses for the truth. the army no longer examined eyes but counted them. we will be short? >> terribly short. particularly by the winner of 44

while leader of the army launches an anti terrorist operation in sinai way extremists and now allegedly joined by militant morsy supporters have been stepping up attacks on the military plus. germans are showing their anger towards the n.s.a. spying program on their support towards whistleblowers edward snowden and bradley manning with demonstrations across the country and over forty cities join me peter all over for more on this in a few moments. here watching r t a live from moscow with me tom would say let's take a look at the news this hour. egypt's interior ministry has warned it's going to disperse protesters seen as muslim brotherhood supporters continue their rallies that's following a night of deadly clashes between the military and those backing their deposed president morsy the health ministry has recognized a death toll of eighty but morsi supporters say it's over one hundred beltran is in cairo with more. an uncomfortable calm has descended across the country are very bloody nights here in egypt when there are clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted leader

i will be keen to see how the army plays -- let this play out today. >> the army needs to show it is therefore all egyptian . s there were mass protests of the opposition. theaw the army flying over opposition protesters. earlier today, there was a jet fighter in the skies with try colors coming out, a sort of victory parade in the sky. pro-morsi camp are protesting. they have seen armored vehicles circling their area. the army says it is to make sure they get their rights to peacefully protest. the protesters do not believe that. what we're hearing from the leadership is the army did call for everyone to refrain from attacks and retaliation and provocation and to start a national reconciliation as soon as possible. >> thank you. at the moment, reconciliation looks far away. we're looking at thousands of pro-morsi supporters. they want him to be reinstated. the army has promised it will allow them to demonstrate peacefully. the u.n. is one and 4 million syrians do not have enough to eat and says the situation is likely to get worse. that means one in five is going hungry. the report

the square behind me indicates people turn to the army in moments of on rest the military is the real power base here in egypt every one of the country's presidents has hailed from the armed forces except for mohamed morsi was ousted after just one year in office but apart from military money and political clout they also have significant economic interests owning several business monopolies and factories as one of the only functioning state institutions at the moment and with little civilian alternative to morsi and his music brotherhood many people fear that the army whether it wants to or not will once again run the country. r.t. higher and divisions between islam is in syria and the rest of the opposition have reached a critical level a key free syrian army commander has been killed by al-qaeda linked militants and the group responsible also threatened all of the commanders of western backed forces the situation in the water on countries for some nations to rethink supplying the rebels with weapons even the u.s. has put the plan on hold concerned they will end up in the wrong hand

forming full fresh presidential and parliamentary elections in the next year the army made the point that if this is not a coup but you just need to ask anybody all speak to anyone applies a little bit of logic and it certainly does have all they the trappings of a coup d'etat the concern of the boxes is that they will be more bloodshed and let me just remind you that the military was in power after the for me to present hosni mubarak was forced out of office before the current president morsi came into power and if we look at the figures the military is being backed by the united states since morsi came to power washington is given some one point three billion dollars in military aid and that is why many are saying if indeed the army comes to power here is this many a puppet government that is being setup and backed by the united states this is a concern that if the army takes over you will moderate islamic world we asked philby pushed to become more extreme and that they will be further violence and for the islamization further down the line you going to have a country here that is