had the cia stop assad in his tracks just after my shoes my brother was killed in libya distil most brother fabio would still be alive put yourself in the place of the earth as a victim of the family victim of terrorism and it's absurd distil know an italian businessman was murdered in one nine hundred ninety seven bombing orchestrated by posada it was one of a string of hotel and nightclub bombings in cuba distil no describes as a monster create by a country that is. government officials to push their agenda are willing to go. into your in your old after jailing posidon upon entering the us illegally law enforcement agencies warn the justice department up aside its terrorist past but he was set free anyway was now is on trial in el paso texas the charges against him not international terrorism but immigration fraud and perjury we unleashed him on the world peter kornbluh of the national security archives obtained dozens of documents pertaining to preside his involvement with the cia he says the case is about whether the united states truly can hold real terrorists. although in this case a

his coming book is "in the lion's den: inside america's cold war with assad's syria." andrew tabler, i'll begin with you. what are we to make of the fact that it seems the next prime minister of lebanon is going to be hezbollah's hand- picked candidate? >> definitely in the short term it is a setback for the obama administration policies. they a tremendous amount invested in former prime minister hariri. but in a number of ways this is a crisis that has been long in coming. the reason why this all broke down is because of the special tribunal for lebanon. and a lot of the incoming government's decisions are going to be measured against lebanon's participation with the tribunal going forward. >> warner: what do you think is the significance of this? >> the united states has to get used to this. we've seen in new reports today troubles in tunisia and egypt. now we have lebanon. what's the irony is lebanon may turn out to be the most stable of any of these governments because it's a confessional democracy. >> warner: explain confessional democracy briefly. >> the muslims

unfortunately or extremely simplistic conveyor in their study of of ganesan and their analysis of get assad measured if he if the afghan media were writing about politics sort of life or society in america or on from swat for the right so take that universe and that's how the the the information about us it's it's simplistic andrew demetriou at best well former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan karl eikenberry is on the record as saying that you are not a nation builder what do you feel when you hear something that coming from a former u.s. army general. well it's. a lot of a lot of things have been said in those reports. as we now hear from the week. from other media sources. i don't know what is meant by not a nation builder. we are building or institutions or building or we were building go police we have a democratic. order we have free media so that's one of scalding nation building and the united states is helping him really areas on that with us so my freedoms that remark well you brought up wiki leaks have you come across something that you didn't know before that helped you or it dama

that assad. do investors need to worry about the security situation in russia you've got. the olympics coming up you've got the world cup coming up is russia's security situation something that needs to worry investors. well i would like to start with something else this issue ation definitely concerns first and foremost russian citizens and me as the president and this is the most important thing because only by consolidating all public forces can we vanquish this evil that we have no right to get hysterical about terrorism and spread out with this will make terrorism stronger look at the way americans came together after the events of nine eleven even those who are not very fond of president bush said yes he's got to be at the helm he's got to be tough but it's got to be the same for our country the only way we can defeat terrorism as regards fears and concerns for our investors and all those who want to come to russia rest assured that we will ensure a high level of security we will ensure the proper level of security for the winter olympics and the world football cup a

extradited there now that's the fear of his lawyers according to legal papers released on tuesday assad is currently on bail in england sweden seeks him for trial on sex charges which were previously dropped but which he says are poor because one of his lawyer says it would be easier for washington to have a sausage extradited to the u.s. if he was sent to sweden some american politicians want him prosecuted over the release of classified government documents one european politician told r.t. that the case is becoming over politicized i'm sure there's lots of political maneuvering inside the powers that be a very difficult position the americans want to get their hands on a song which authorities now think. people can see what european arrest warrants are. quite know what they're going to do are fairly confident that they're going to come up with come sometime in a cynical fix that will allow him to go back to australia or possibly to go back militarily to some kind of deal is done about what charges will be laid against him but i'm sure this whole problem media publicity about the euro

soldiers will be available in a few weeks the troops have been protecting a hotel that is sheltering al assad atar the man has been widely recognized as the winner of the sample election a blockade remains around the building despite west african and voice recording that i read post incumbent leader had agreed to lift it. well now you might not think of it as fertile ground but ukraine is planning to start developing parts of the contaminated novel zone for agriculture scientists believe that plants in crops there are immune to the radiation caused by the nuclear disaster twenty five years ago but as are the reports huge doubts over safety remain these berries may look ripe and delicious but they're definitely not part of a healthy diet the bush is inside a thirty kilometer chernobyl exclusion zone in ukraine and radiation levels are off the scale people do not live here anymore but same cannot be said about flora and fauna some say it is the absence of anthropogenic harm in the church nor will exclusion zone which made nature develop here rapidly after the nine hundred eighty six fallout in

all you like excuse me i'm talking all right gentlemen states and i've been in that mode if we were assad did it last time here i'm going to have to go to a break and we'll go back to daniel when we get back from the break after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the middle east state. and. some. time. this history still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal the hidden in the soviet files house on the embankment on oxy. wealthy british style. on. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. download the official location q i phone the i pod touch from the i choose our. life on the go. video. on teasing line broadcasts and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. welcome back to cross talk i'm generally go to remind you we're talking about changing in the middle east. but before let's see whom russians blame for the region's instability. tunisia lebanon israel the greater middle east in general this unstable

the beginning of february and he's fighting extradition to sweden over sexual assault accusations assad claims the charges have been fabricated in order to eventually prosecute him for espionage in the u.s. or the release of classified government documents while european m.p.'s told our team the case. has become over politicized. i'm sure there's lots of political maneuvering inside the powers that be a very difficult position the americans want to get their hands on or silenced authorities now think the game's up people can see what the european arrest warrants are about me. so my guesses are quite know what they're going to do fairly confident that they're going to come up with come some kind of cynical fix that will allow him are there to go back to australia or possibly to go back one terribly to sweden if some kind of deal is done about what charges will be laid against him but what they want to do i'm sure is put to bed this whole problem media publicity about the european arrest because this is just this there are other legal instruments coming through which remove our freedoms i

all you like excuse me i'm talking all right gentlemen states and i think in that mode if we were assad did to us not here i'm going to have to go to a break and we'll go back to daniel when we get back from the break after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the middle east state. good morning america. this history still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal version of the soviet files house on the embankment and ati. if. it would be soon which brightened if. someone from finest impression is. nice for instance on t.v. dot com. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. kitchen sisters. well the matter crosstalk i'm curious about the true mind you were talking about changing in the middle east on. kitchen soon. but before it let's say one russians blame for the region's instability. tunisia lebanon israel the greater middle east in general this own stable region is consumed by violence crisis and grave become amik and social realities and even israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu admitted the region's

of the same well worn tracks he can hear during the civil war and you're transported to can assad george. a world of the. ordinary where second amendment rights are exercised all the time everybody except for. except whenever i believe. it's a way of life in the south a gun is just part of the household just like a hammer is in the tool box and in the town of kennesaw. it's the law of a first one thousand nine hundred two they passed that law requiring all heads of household to only. you heard them right everyone here must own a gun and it was a rebuttal to mo wrong grove illinois play call it more or go we call it moron grove who passed a law banning firearms and i think with the law itself that got people in kennesaw take off it was performing coverage it received and what today we would call the mainstream press the battle with the mainstream doesn't end there issues in which people in kennesaw or through a lot of the south would have the i exactly opposite viewpoint and appear to reach much further back than the gun law my name is dennis myers the name my storage wildman show up here

will be gears now here demonstrators say they will be making a very to voice in egypt from president assad's mubarak's prison in the sea towards his palace and handing over some kind of memorandum of demands the army says that it will not interfere but that is not what we're seeing here on the streets on sunday we are hearing reports of the army barricading all the roads in and out of cairo we know that the trains of the have been disrupted you know their buses have been stopped and people are finding it very hard to come in and the support to the residents of cairo from neighboring cities so having said all of that it has the ingredients for a showdown with some analysts saying that we could see environments. if not knowledge than what we saw last fine day in the so-called day of rage and i have spent the day talking to protesters on the streets as well as people barricaded in their homes and it's not clear that the majority of egyptians in fact support the appointment of mohamed el baradei as the opposition figure to lead to many of the people i spoke to had the criticism leveled at him th

maneuvering inside the powers that be a very difficult position the americans want to get their hands on assad and authorities now think the game's up people can see what the european arrest warrants are about me. so my guesses are quite know what they're going to do but i'm fairly confident that they're going to come up with come some kind of cynical fix that will allow him either to go back to australia or possibly to go back to sweden if some kind of deal is done about what charges will be laid against him but what we'll want to do i'm sure is put to bed this whole problem media publicity about the european arrest because this is just this there are other legal instruments coming through which remove our freedoms in other areas of life all done in the name of integrating europe's legal systems. well in addition to what you see here on screen there are always more stories for you on our website at r.t. dot com here's some of what's online right now for you the economic crisis in the u.s. has brought many businesses to their knees and left millions unemployed to find out how government worker

appeal to this generation of young across the arab world whose imaginations have been captured by assad you know and in effect their grievances their food price the gasoline price the unemployment but those really have more to do with the wall street depression than with somebody like mubarak then of course there is the question of political oppression and repression which has been going on in egypt look at the weakness of the u.s. the u.s. could not determine the government in iraq even though the u.s. was occupying the country they wanted allow we they got maliki the pro for raining in lebanon the u.s. has tremendous influence right that's another country to travel to depend on in this case the the new government is more controlled by hezbollah than by the united states so it would seem to me now that we're going to find out soon enough whether the weakness of the u.s. has reached such a point that they can no longer overthrow a government like egypt and of course in iran in june and july of two thousand and nine there was an attempt to have the twitter revolution yet another called t

coast's leadership dispute within a month incumbent leader who is refusing to step down his opponent al assad otara is internationally recognized as the winner of the presidential election the union call for an end to the government backed siege confined to a hotel it also strongly condemned the surge in violence that has gripped the country following the stalemate. the australian government is defending a proposed levy it hopes will pay for massive flood damage across the country eastern states heavy rains are responsible for the devastation that claimed thirty five lives and damaged or destroyed some thirty thousand homes and businesses a vast sea which developed near the southern state of victoria has left some communities in the region on high alert for days authorities are also monitoring two to cyclons. being off the east coast. former south african president nelson mandela is recovering at home in johannesburg after hospital treatment the ninety two year old was admitted for two nights with an acute respiratory infection doctors say his condition is now stable and official said mandela

excuse me i'm talking all right gentlemen states and i've been in that mode if we were assad did ross not here i'm going to have to go to a break and we'll go back to daniel when we get back from the break after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the middle east state. repairing a broken. highway construction and humanitarian aid. but as shady officials get the spoils of war it's the people who pay the price. profiteering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan the dollars. on. the plane so to speak to the homes to me. to the. and developed by cossacks in ancient times. now wattie goes to the center of russian defense production. with christianity and shamanism existed side by side for centuries. people in remote villages a cut off from the basics we take for granted. the ability in republic russia close up on r.t. . well the matter cross-talk i bitterly go through mind you were talking about change in the middle east. but before it let's say one russians blame for the region's instability and. tunisia lebanon israel the greater middle east in general

the government was a sunni member of the ruling pakistan people's party and was close to president assad from the zaatari the polls say that god was angry and to see his opposition to the country's blaspheme in the three days. mourning have been declared. iran has confirmed it's invited foreign powers to towards nuclear sites ahead of talks everett's atomic program and voice from russia china and the e.u. are included in the offer is not yet clear whether officials from the u.s. have been asked for international concerns over iran's nuclear ambitions which iran insists are peaceful. sky watchers across the globe are being treated to the sight of a partial solar eclipse that was first seen over algeria before spreading across the middle eastern europe and the pyramids were built for lucky tourists and the moon shadow here between two thirds of the sun's surface a yellow or red crescent skins of petersburg are among the city's treated to a spectacular. almost forty thousand people across central russia are still without electricity after new year blackouts and emergency situation was decla

excuse me i'm talking all right gentlemen states and i've been in that mode if we were assad did to stop here i'm going to have to go to a break and we'll go back to daniel when we get back from the break after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the middle east state. and. the place of taking this team to the home straight. to the land developed by cossacks in ancient times. now watty goes to the center of russian defense production. live christianity and shamanism existed side by side for centuries. people in remote villages a cut off from the basics please take for granted. the republic russia close up on. otty. repairing a broken ancient. highway construction and humanitarian aid. has shady officials talking to spoils of war it's the people who pay the price. profiteering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan the dollars. will. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. the future covered. kicking. and. welcome back to cross talk i'm here a little to remind you we're talking about change in the middle east. but before let's se

soldiers will be available in a few weeks at the troops have been protecting hotel that is sheltering al assad atar the man has been widely recognized as the winner of the developer election a blockade remains around the building despite a west african and voice reporting that ivory coast incumbent leader had agreed to lift it. but over a hundred years since the death of russia's best loved novelist leo tolstoy an r.t. spoke to his of ward winning biographer and wilson about why the writer's legacy is so important. and stood up against this extremely powerful regime and told the truth in a world of love and this was a fantastic example for russia. terrible years which followed his death the tradition of tolstoy lived and it's enabled the dissidents when the courageously began to emerge and stand in this times to look at his example and see that there's only one voice telling the truth. and you can watch that interview in full here in r.t.e. in fifteen minutes time. and from healing and protection to marriages and good harvest in ancient times shamans were in charge of almost all aspects of lif

be seventy secret bases being built in afghanistan whose only reason of actually being built is to assad the sultan flank of russia in the case of war the drugs which are being pushed from the bagram air base in afghanistan into russia killing over thirty thousand russian youth which is genocide and of course viktor bout is just another example of the point of the big troubles cases will be able to get his hands on these alleged weapons unless a powerful nation still behind him in this particular case this powerful nation by process of elimination has to be russia and basically puts russia in the same pariah status as bit as a way as north korea as iran and. destroys russia's credit bill. to ensure rational level but again they've got a very difficult time getting back to work towards case proving anything whatsoever because the charges against the board actually are for the public prosecutor's august twenty sixth two thousand and nine appeal clearly stated board conspired to provide guided ballistic missiles to farquhar we're talking about is something that goes with a nuclear warhead s

had the cia stop assad in his tracks just after my shoes my brother was killed in libya distil most brother fabio would still be alive put yourself in the place of the us of a victim of the family victim of terrorism and it's absurd distil know an italian businessman was murdered in one nine hundred ninety seven bombing orchestrated by posada it was one of a string of hotel and nightclub bombings in cuba distil know describes posada as a monster create by a country that his. government officials to push their agenda are willing to go. into your in your old after jailing posidon upon entering the u.s. illegally law enforcement agencies warn the judge.