in the british embassy you did a brief tour.you are extremely restricted because security threats -- difficult to spend the night in a village house. you are assailed by demands from the capital. if you are a diplomat working in an embassy spend a lot of time sending e-mails and organizing visits between congressmen and senators. dealing with journalist requests. even if you are an officer on the front line, i was talking to a company commander in november. what are you getting out of the afghan experience? you are a 38-year-old british major. you arrive in the country. maybe you like afghans or you don't but you don't speak fluent dari or past 10. you walk around in body armor. people are trying to shoot you. you sit in our room to have a meeting with afghan tribal chiefs. out of this you're trying to create government security and above all trying to make your career because what you do at the end of your tour is you say i inherited a dismal situation. i have no idea what my predecessor was doing. it turned out the police chie

with their british embassy may be the military or the 12 months to wordpro -- . [no audio] and then to speak the afghan language sue evade the dprk diplomat you spend a lot of time sending e-mails or organizing visits or answering the general's request. even if you are an officer. what are you really getting? you are a 38 year-old british major and arrive in the country and maybe you like afghans are maybe you don't you do not speak the language fluently. you walk around in body armor with people trying to shoot you. you try to have a meeting with the afghan tribal chiefs. and out of this complicated process you tried to create economic government's and above all what you do to say i inherited a dismal situation. and the government having no idea what he is doing. but then the foreigners came in and we grasped the situation and got rid of the police chiefs and as i a understood said tribal structure replacing in then we had some schools and clinics that went very well but then in a way it was not possible. then i have no idea what my predecessor is doing. and the

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sites known to contain stockpiles of colonel gadhafi chemical weapons including uranium dust a british embassy spokesman also says its agents are ready to secure the depots but james corbett a member of the center for research and globalization questions of why libya's new government is being sidelined in the rush. perhaps it presupposes the idea that the stockpiles are unsafe in the hands of the rebel forces and would be safer in the hands of the nato forces whereas the people who have so far been involved in siege in tripoli and killing tripoli's civilians in tripoli have been the nato side so i think the question is really who are the people to be concerned about having access to those weapons i would imagine that that if there was any danger to be had it would be obviously in the proliferation of those weapons as in early july cut off he was quoted as saying that he would be willing to strike at europe if if tripoli was was attacked so i guess that is a possibility it seems to be on the table but but certainly it's unclear to me whether if the weapons would be safer in the hands of the gad

i -- when the bilderbergers started chasing me through portugal, i telephoned the british embassy to tell them that this was happening. i got really frightened. i was suddenly being followed by men in dark glasses, who obviously... c-span: really? >> guest: yeah. and they obviously presumed i was a crazy extremist, rather than a chronicler of crazy extremists. and i telephoned the british embassy and said, "i'm being followed right now by a dark green lancia belonging to the bilderberg group." and the woman said, "oh!" and she said, "go on." and i said, "hang on. i just heard"... (laughter) (crosstalk) >> guest: "stop. let's rewind. i'm just going to take a breath." and she said, "did you say the bilderberg group?" and i said, "yes." she said, "do they know you're in portugal?" and i said, "no." and they said, "look, you've got to understand. we're just a little embassy. the bilderberg group is much bigger than we are. we're just an embassy. they're way out of our depth. what are you doing here?" so i said, "well, i'm essentially a humorous journalist out of my depth. maybe you could

an official from the british embassy says the bombers struck the british council building and the spokesman for the taliban is claiming responsibility. the attack comes on afghan independence day marking the country's independence from british control in 1919. it is not clear yet whether the attack was related to that anniversary. explosions are rattling gaza city this morning. gaza militants are launching rockets into israel while israeli aircraft strike targets in palestinian territory. all of this coming in the aftermath of yesterday's deadly bus attack, gunmen who appeared to have come from gaza ambushed civilian vehicles in southern israel killing eight people, two of which were members of israeli security forces. and take a look at this craziness, georgetown's basketball team went to china for a good will game but, well, the game turned ugly. with 10 minutes to go in the second half, a wild brawl started. players trading blows and cleared the benches for an all out melee. organizers struggling to restore order. the game was abandoned early. great for u.s.-china relations. now, lots of

the british embassy is also cle by. here were car bombs here targeting nato and government officials, killing 22 people. the taliban say they chose a british target today to mark the 92nd anniversary of afghanistan's independence from britain. >> holman: elsewhere, a nato soldier died in a roadside bombing in southern afghanistan today. syrian troops fired on protesters again in a fresh round of mass demonstrations, killing at least 20 people. the anti-government protests were held across the country in repeated calls for president bashar al-assad and his regime to go. the military deployed tanks, troops and armored personnel carriers in multiple cities. just yesterday, assad had assured the u.n. that military and police operations against the protesters had stopped. there also was new violence in israel and gaza. the israeli military staged new air strikes into gaza, and hamas militants launched rockets into southern israel. the escalation followed yesterday's attacks by gunmen that killed eight israelis. but both sides

level that some of the greatest amount of correspondence between washington and, between the british embassy and washington in london is over the plight of black british seamen who have been impressed into the u.s. navy or other black british subjects who have been caught up in the war in some terrible way. >> host: of course, britain, as you know, in previous wars had played the role of abolition during the american revolution. quite a few thousand slaves ran away to british lines and left with the parish and be ended up in canada or syria leone and then the war of 1812 the same thing happened. so britain had proved receptive to black presence in a way that was quite unusual compared to the northern or southern united states. there was a great deal of hostility, as you know, toward free blacks in, throughout the united states which is one of the reasons why the whole battle over reconstruction after the war becomes so volatile. >> guest: yes. >> host: no one knows quite what is going to be the status of these former, of these former slaves. um, let me ask you perhaps it's unfair after someo

the british embassy invited members including myself from the st.paul police department to the united kingdom and conducted site visits in our city as well. we were visited by united states ambassador to denmark who spoke about ongoing efforts and similarities between the twin cities and denmark. discussions continue and attempts 20 identify methods both models to improve outcomes. our department continues to evolve the program to address the specific needs of the residents and counterthe unique threat posed. i foresee a future where more sophisticated programming by enhanced partnerships with additional agencies and organizations continue to build upon the trust we've gained with st. paul somalia residents. the continuation of the work is part of the larger effort to counter terrorism and reduce crime. as i conclude, i want to share a few thoughts. i am sometimes asked if i believe our community can benefit from the somalia advisory counsel or the police athletic leagues. these efforts are different than the traditional notions of police work. to a

. >> [inaudible] >> is there someone at the british embassy at damascus who works? >> he doesn't intimidate -- >> i don't think he stepped out of the embassy because i never saw him. >> this question is obviously one very detailed accusation about the regime's behavior of people living in our city. we're moving around the audience, and i remind you don't be disappointed. you in the back. >> how financial solvent the regime is and secondly, what financial support do the actual prozesters have and where do they get financing from? >> okay. a brief answer. >> again, better shape than we think, but they are losing money quite rapidly mostly because they are way overbudget themselves by promising government employees who make up about a fifth of all employees a 20% pay increase during demonstrations which is foolish. they will run out of money, and if they do, they can't pay the security forces who are doing the butchering, but it's expected that the allies, particularly iran, will offer short term loans or aid in order to cover that deficit. >> can we take it that the pr

embassy. they are shaken but well. >> today afghanistan celebrated the anniversary of freedom from british rule. that is why the taliban say they targeted the u.k. the british council promotes british culture. it is an example of soft power. the taliban saw it as a soft target. >> this is particularly vicious and cowardly. it is an attack that has not succeeded. this was an attack against british interests. it is also an attack against the afghan government. british and american troops are preparing to leave. the afghans will have to take security -- take care of security on their own. they will do so eventually without foreign help. the insurgents have shown they can strike even the most heavily protected parts of the country. tonight the city remains on high alert and in fear that there may be more attacks to come. >> you are watching bbc news. showing respect for the riot victims. the duke and duchess of cambridge visit the areas hardest hit by the violence. organizers of the music festival in belgium and described the attack is unprecedented. in just five minutes, the wind and hail brought d

embassy, obviously shaken but well and uninjured. >> today afghanistan celebrated the anniversary of freedom from british rule. that is why the taliban say they targeted the u.k. the british council exists to promote britain and british coals or overseas. it is an example of false power in the soft power. >> this is a particularly vicious and cowardly attack, but it is an attack that has not succeeded. >> this was an attack against british interest but also against the afghan government. british and american troops are preparing to leave here. increasingly, the afghans will have to take care security on their own. the insurgents have again shown that they can strike, even in the most heavily protected parts of the country. tonight, the city remains on high alert, but in fear there may be more attacks to come. >> relatives of norwegians shot dead by the gunman anders breivik last month have been visiting the scene for the first time. family members have been accompanied by psychologists, priest, and investigators. >> is nearly one month since anders breivik murdered their loved ones. today, relatives of the dea

british. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy. run no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. this is a table from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day they called nine guerrillas in combat to desiccation by instructs young couldn't you know and then strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as gorillas and presented as killed in action and this and this the idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. usaid continued to. be so much brighter if you move the song from phones to. start on t.v. don't come. on other channels to drop a couple of real russian classic polls of the both of us but to is ready to reach two months of pedestrians just yes it was time

british prime minister. i'm sure that president sarkozy is very much engaged, as well. and i would say combining the efforts of both the military and our embassiesoint saying, we want to help. this is your revolution and you're the ones doing the fighting and the dying and, therefore, you must claim this as your total victory. we want to help you set up the apparatus that will help bring stability, that will help create institutions and that will help on a humanitarian basis. but i think we have to step back and make sure this is not seen as the united states or the west rushing in to take over control of the country. the perceptions and the optics of how we move forward will be important to the libyan people. >> mr. secretary, we know the british and french are on the ground, special forces have been training these guys. but people we haven't spoken about, i think we should be very much concerned about, and that's the egyptians the. they have been on the ground particularly in the east. we don't know what role they will play in egypt or in the middle east. should we be concerned about it? and what do we do about it? >> i'm not sure we can do mu