the libyan embassy in tokyo is flying a new national flag. the embassy replaced a solid green banner used by moammar gadhafi's government with the tricolor flag used before gadhafi took power. the flag is used by the national transitional council of opposition forces. an embassy official told nhk that flag was replaced on monday morning because a change in government had taken place. >>> russian border guards have detained a japanese man off one of the four russian-held islands claimed by japan. the japanese government is demanding his immediate release. japanese officials were informed of the incident on monday. they say the man was in a small boat when it was seized off kunashiri on sunday night. russian authorities said the man was held because he didn't have the proper documents to land on the island. japan's government has made an official protest. >> translator: we have called on russia to ensure the man's safety and to release him as soon as possible. it's regrettable that russia has run counter to japan's legal claims by seizing a jap

we in embassy prague are proud to work with our czech partners on those issues. looking to the future of our strategic partnership, we're broadening our cooperation, developing an approach that goes beyond any narrow focus to one with multiple areas of specialized cooperation where the czechs excel. they are partners in areas ranging from helicopters to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear mitigation to p.r.t.'s, provential reconstruction teams. in the economic and commercial area, embassy prague has actively advocated for american business during my tenure. we have san open door for u.s. firms and i have met with dozens of american companies from the very largest to the smallest. when they have concerns in the czech republic we vigorously work to resolve them, engaging all the way up to the highest levels of government if necessary. i have also encouraged czech investment in the u.s. traveling with government officials and czech businesses to scout business opportunities here that will generate good, high-paying jobs in the united states. in our commer

we have an extraordinarily talented embassy team that i found on arrival in january. there's one now even through our transition. they do the heavy lifting diplomacy every day they do a lot without an ambassador but the fact is having an ambassador present improves united states' access, having someone to talk every day to different institutions in government and the civilians and the public in a way that cannot be done. i'm grateful that the president appointed me. i'm grateful to have been there in particular throughout this period of the arab spring with so much going on in the region, where turkey has swung in and helped play a stabilizing role in those transitions. i regret i was unable to resolve the concerns of an individual member of the senate, former member of the senate. i would be honored and grateful to address any concerns from any member. regarding my past service, my current service in turkey or anywhere else. i thank you for the opportunity to address some of that today if there are concerns. >> thank you. as i understand, part of the questioning had

embassy are glad to spread that information. we asked turkish regulators and government entities to, you know, point out, remind their companies the choices they're going to have to face and make the information further available in turkish to their companies. we're working with them. >> let me just say in conclusion with regard to cyprus, i'd associate myself with senator menendez's comments about that subject. and i know ambassador eisen, we don't have a time to ask a question but we'll submit our question in writing but i think you know the high regard we have for you as well and we have a lot of mutual friends in pennsylvania. thank you. >> thank you, senator. >> senator kuehn. >> thank you, madam chair congresswoman. i want to thank you for your service here and i clarify that in my view you all three serve in distinction and advocate for your confirmation so that you can continue in these strong leadership roles. i won't stay for the second panel so i wanted to particularly commend ambassador ford with his resolve with the

several embassies, including the american embassy, are located in the area. more than 2 million people live in abuja. in june islamic extremists targeted the police headquarters in a suicide bombing. >>> the situation in the libyan capital tripoli remains tense even though opposition forces have transferred their base into the city. groups loyal to libyan leader moammar al gadhafi continue to carry out attacks against the national transitional council forces on friday. this comes despite an early announcement by the council that it had moved its headquarters from the northeastern city of benghazi. pro-gadhafi forces have deployed snipers around the city and infiltrated opposition forces in an attempt to launch surprise attacks. resistance also continues in the besiege leader's birthplace and in a southern military city. on thursday night opposition groups captured a building in southern tripoli after a fierce gun battle. gadhafi and his family members were thought to have been in the building. their whereabouts remain unknown. the national council's number to

embassy in havana. as it stands, neither of us has an embassy in each other's country. we have intersections in other country's embassies. if you want to deal with an issue involving cuba while you're in the u.s. you have to go to a building under the protection of the swiss embassy in d.c. switzerland is always neutral. also, if you want to deal with an american issue while in cuba. have you to go to a building under the protection of switzerland's embassy in havana. that section has been in the front line of a weird petty propaganda war between our two countries. cubans put up a billboard across the street from it that said, we are not afraid from you. cuba erected a stage next to the u.s. intersection so they could hold rallies and protests over ilan gonzalez. cuba responded by erecting billboards showing the abuse at abu ghraib prison. pictures are in the middle. but you can't help but stare at the swastika on the end. >>> america responded by putting up a billboard with big scrolling lit up anti-castro messages. to which cuba responded by putting up a bunch of flag

the largest embassy in khartoum is the chinese embassy. they are all over the place. president bush offered them anti-aircraft material and this administration never sent it. you take one of those antono v's out of the sky and that will change the dynamic. the un has failed. the u.n. failed in rwanda. the u.n. failed in bosnia. the u.n. failed in dar for. fur. they stood by and allowed 400,000 people to die. kofi and not watch what was happening in rwanda. president clinton felt so bad about it that he wanted rwanda to apologize because the state department was watching. what is taking place here took place in rwanda. nobody did anything. china is the problem. you have to remove bashir. he has to be removed. regime change, government change, there is no other way. it has been going on for 21 years. 2.1 million people mainly christian but some muslim were killed in the north-south battle. 200,000 - 400,000 killed in darfur. people are being turned over to be taken away. that sounds like the nazis. that sense that something out of a bad movie. the u.n. has failed. these

this is all my embassy did for ten months."r weeks, the ambassador had been making the case against o'neill, even lobbying louis freeh. finally, her accusations had their intended effect. headquarters supported her decision not to let o'neill back into yemen. >> john was upset. she was badmouthing him. she had caused a stir at headquarters. i actually think john was more disappointed that our headquarters didn't back us as far as sending him back and... and taking a stronger stand with the state department. eventually, our headquarters said, "well, let's try and work around not having john go back." and so that's what i had to do. >> narrator: so, o'neill would not be in yemen. the investigation slowed to a crawl. >> i watched with dismay as the issue of the uss "cole" completely disappeared from the us scene completely, again, in a new administration. it was just not on their agenda. clearly, it was not on the agenda of the congress, the media or anyone else. again, it went into oblivion. >> narrator: by spring, intelligence a

before they go into an embassy let's say or an office, they, or a mafia home, that's another example, they will do surveillance for weeks to find out who goes in, who goes out. on the night of the break-in, they have agents who watch anybody who might return. let's say they work in an office and are at home. they want to make sure they don't go back. if they do go back, they will divert them. they will stage a phony traffic accident. dress as police officers and stop them. open a fire hydrant in the area 0 to make sure nobody goes there and also before they show a photo of any dog that might be in the premises to a veterinarian on contract, and he will prescribe based on the type of dog and weight ever the dog just the right amount of tranquilizer that is then put into a dart gun. >> come on. >> shoot it into the dog. at the end of the break-in, shoot him again whip other drugs to wake them up because they don't want to create suspicion and the even bring their own dust, in case they disturb a coffee table, or desk, put their own dust on to make sure it's undisturbed. create phony fro

talented embassy team in three principle areas. first the defense and the security relationship between the two countries. second, commercial and economic ties, and third, shared values, particularly the shared values of good government and civil rights for all. .. general petraeus, who explained the critically important responsibilities that are check allies are carrying outside eyesight, day by day, with their u.s. partners in afghanistan. the checks are also a staunch friend of israel and a strong supporter of u.s. policy towards iran. they are one of our very best allies in europe on those issues and across-the-board. in our own neighborhood, the czech republic is a leading advocate within the european union for countries like georgia, ukraine and moldova through the eastern partnership initiative. elsewhere from cuba to burma to belarus to north korea, checks are champions of human rights. we in the embassy in prague are proud to work with our chat partners on these issues. looking ahead to the future of our defense and strate

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

compound is located in an area where there is a lot of embassies. the u.s. embassy is not far from it. it could be considered as one of the most safe areas. it is generally a very safe city. it emphasizes this house talking this attack really was. >> of the attack is being linked with this radical islamist sacked. what can you tell us about that group and its activities? >> this group has been active in the north east. particularly in the last month, there have been daily news about attacks on police stations. they seem to have targeted -- what we seem to know is that a lot of unemployed youths are in support of this group. we face an increasing marsh -- marginal elevation of poverty. >> what sort of impact do you think this attack will have on the overall mood in nigeria? >> we had a string of attacks in the last 11 or 12 months. this was the first attack that was geared toward the international community. i think it shows there is a new quality, a new element to terrorism in general. i think it is important that christians and muslims aren't living peacefu

embassy in colombo talked about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day that killed nine guerrillas in combat situation but i. 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 guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this idea that you need to produce these actually encourage paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document. they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. usaid continued to. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports. that. the intervention. to bring some. i mean states iran will never seek to develop nuclear weapons he speaks exclusively to the ukrainian president. tens of thousands of israelis that are out on the streets to demand social justice under low pr

embassy if i did not get out by the weekend that i would be raped or killed. these actions devastate the lives of women around the globe. >> i tried to forget what has happened to me and face life. all i could say it is try to be someone in life and you can do it. >> when the day is darkest you can be a star when you fall hardest you find out how strong you are >> we must become foot soldiers of change. >> have had little faith. >> thank you. [applause] >> i will leave you with one last quote from alice paul. she sounded an alarm that has great poignancy and significance today. she said, if we keep on this way, it will be celebrating the 1848 convention without being much further advanced in equal rights than we are. we should not be faced because this is written into the framework of our government. today we are 13 years past her worst fears. i want to impress upon you one thing. add your voice to the chorus, sound by sound, note by note, as we rise up in a symphony of voices and say the quality. and then we also stop violence against women and children. than

embassy is saying an american was abducted from his home in lahore. we have the latest from pakistan. >> reporter: t.j., this is the third time an american has been kidnapped in pakistan. they are rare, but the way it happened is unprecedented. i don't think we have ever seen kidnappers ever break in to take someone. according to the embassy, an american citizen by the name of warren weinstein, around 3:15 a.m. this morning, in the city of lahore, an sassailants brokeo his home and others scaled the walls. police say this house was being guarded by three very well trained security guards. they are saying they are retired military commandos. that is why police are considered these kidnappers were well trained to overpower these three security guards and get to warren weinstein and leave with him. these assailants left with two vehicles. we know weinstein works for j.g. austin. they do economic development and social development here helping create jobs in pakistan. >> no one is taking responsibility? we have not heard a peep from them? >> reporter: at

several embassy including the american embassy are located in the area. more than 2 million people live in abuja. in june islamic extremists targeted the capital's police headquarters in a suicide bombing. >>> the situation in the libyan capital tripoli remains tense even though opposition forces have transferred their base into the city. groups loyal to libyan leader moammar al gadhafi continue to carry out attacks against the national transitional council forces on friday. this comes despite an early announcement by the council that it had moved its headquarters from the northeastern city of benghazi. pro-gadhafi forces have deployed snipers around the city and infiltrated opposition forces in an attempt to launch surprise attacks. resistance also continues in the besieged leader's birthplace of sirte in central libya and the southern military of serbha. on thursday night opposition groups captured a building in southern tripoli after a fierce gun battle. gadhafi and his family members were thought to have been in the building. their whereabouts remain

embassy in damascus, both americans and syrians and one of my team is here and interrupted her vacation to help me during these few days of meetings i have in washington, d.c.,. i would like to introduce jonne couplings and works -- cummings. there is a deteriorating situation all of our staff live without their families and it's a super team and it is a team effort. >> thank you as well on our behalf. >> senator, with respect to the violence, it's getting worse. the syrian government's constant brutality, its refusal to allow peaceful marches. is insistence on widespread arrest campaigns and atrocious portrait of the reports that you read about the detention conditions are just ghastly and fostering more violence. we saw that in the third largest city two weeks ago and this weekend, too. i visited a city on a government-response order trip in june and i wandered away from the crowd and it's clear what happened. there was a peaceful protest on a friday. syrian security forces shot some of the protestors. at the funeral on saturday, the next day, the people got quite emotional because th

embassy in colombo this talk back here at a pair of june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press on that day that killed knowing your release and come back with us again from brighton struck soon could you know and there's going to be strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. displayed how do you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action i mean this is and this is the idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document social intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet it's usaid continued to flow. the wealthy british style. that's not on. the. market mind. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines if you need to cause a report on our. hand after more than a child crimes nato intervention and he did this saying

at what point does the embassy get involved? >> reporter: they're already vovld. the mom was telling me their work has been incredible and they received some good news from the embassy in malaysia. there is a record of him at least through wednesday. but where he may be right now, the family still does not know. >> he's travelled a lot. he's a very experienced traveler. >> reporter: when steve sonno received an e-mail that one of his students had nonbeen heard of since thursday, he became wore yesterday. >> any time something like this happens, a student is missing, you know, it's cause for great concern to the campus community here. >> reporter: boom travelled with the 26-member chamber to perform in june. the group returned to san francisco june 28th. he decided to stay behind to travel. all communication stopped sunday. they have not heard one word from him since then. >> it's odd that it stopped and then his parents have noted in their e-mail that he's been very regular, every couple days or so contacting by phone and they haven't heard from him. >> reporter:

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embassy in colombo but up to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day filled nine guerrillas in combat with desiccation by instructs on couldn't you know that and they're both going to be strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. or at all. beat up the display and 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 encourage 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 u.s. aid continued to flow. the. military. historical. dynamic. for a. month. here with us here at home now a recap of the stories that shape the week that bush's troop drives the two thousand and twelve backlash from these over how they handled the bonnets and saying this is the timing that rangoli gove

that indian embassy in london was in fact handed over to have really put into law a representative of the overturn his general counsel say that the gadhafi regime people who were that have now gone back to libya and it's been taken over by the transitional council. we see rebel forces approaching actually very from the east and from the west and of course all the time backed by these negative ads strikes which have been heavily supported and by downing street the results of that is this week hearing reports that we don't know now wegg exactly is where you could sell these reports of being puting savefile is lines are being captured and the rebels say that they're holding them in a safe place ready to hand them over to the relevant authorities now the view generally on the ground so i have to say that the libyan conflict is rather cool and out at the knees over the last few weeks as things tend to do have very short news cycle and we've had a lot of already stuff going on here in the u.k. but people are saying now that this might be the beginning but then not thinking of that is the en

libya's main oil fields and seek it out yet to this again just teaching children with the libyan embassy in washington. under the control of the national transitional council a sign of u.s. support for libya's rebel movement the ongoing civil war the country's been raging for six months now killing thousands of people despite nato whose intervention. has taken steps to end a decades long i imagine siegel. the protestors that ousted hosni mubarak earlier this year because it was imposed in that ninety eight one hundred police to hold people for months without charge it's hugely scout before a general election scheduled for the. israel has approved the building of pals the new settlements the disputed area in east jerusalem creating tensions with palestinians and peace talks between the two sides a deadlock by the construction of jewish aims in the west bank. and told r.t. the latest announcement is yet another step away from a compromise. this is not a time when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving toward the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the

embassy in colombo to talk about here it apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on that day that killed nine guerrillas and desiccation by instructs you including you know that and there are 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 guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this 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 flow. this is tedious slamming of the social media but society feeling sidelined as david cameron calls for a family of twitter and facebook locals in the violence drug streets put faith in the wrong strength to protect homes from what's been branded a sick society. stripped of immunity for u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld could fi

which the government to noise will on thursday the libyan embassy reopened in washington under the control of the rebels national transitional council but conflicts and raging for six months killing thousands of people despite nato intervention. and it's the alliance its presence in libya that's making this situation worse as the rainy and president mahmoud ahmadinejad's spoke exclusively to kevin owen about his views on the arab spring our foreign involvement. they will have a security council has made a mistake instead of sending bombs and planes to libya they should have sent mediation groups in order to prepare for free elections under the auspices of the un so if you ever won the elections would be acceptable for the people in the security council hastily issued a resolution and it is complicated situation that has led to the killings and the massacre of people and destruction of infrastructure in the country let me just get this straight are you saying that at some point in the future you may want to acquire a nuclear deterrent a nuclear weapon how did you never know but this is only

now that that exactly must go and the background of all this is just less than two weeks ago the embassy the libyan embassy in london with in fact having to do that so you have really put into law a representative of the so-called traditional council say the exactly regime people who were there have now gone back to libya and it's been taken over by the transitional council. we see rebel forces approaching affectionately vary from the east from the west of course although it's hard backed by these naysayer and strikes which are being heavily supported by loans and arms by downing street and the results of that is this week hala hearing reports that we don't know you now where exactly is fox has raised himself because he didn't say fall is around are being captured and the rebels say that they're holding them in a safe place ready to hand them over to the relevant authorities now the view generally on the ground so i have to say that the libyan conflict is rather cool and out at the knees of the last few weeks of things tend to do have a very short news cycle and we have a lot of our own

it's going off and says more on the story from just outside the iranian embassy right here in moscow. according to the iranian ambassador is going he is suing moscow over a shipment of a batch of russia's three hundred air defense systems to tehran under a deal which was signed back in two thousand and eight but this shipments never went through since in june two thousand and ten the u.n. security council adopted a set of sanctions against iran which in forced a wide range of limitations including on the sales of various arms so moscow throws the shipment last year officials said that they are ready to give iran back its down payment which is around two hundred million dollars or they're ready to go through with a deal if and when the u.n. security council lifts this set of sanctions just to tell you a little bit down to the three hundred air defense systems since one thousand nine hundred ninety four he'd been in production strictly for export but now their production a stop altogether would be more modern and its last four hundred an ass five hundred air defense systems taking their

embassy in damascus, both americans and syrians coming and one of my team is here. she actually interrupted her vacation to help me during these few days of meetings i had in washington so i would like to introduce joann cummings. joann works on economic and political issues in damascus. she lives in damascus without her husband who was evacuated because of the deteriorating security situation of our american staff lived there without their families, and it is a really super team and it is a team effort. >> thank you as well. >> cementer, with respect to the violence getting worse, the syrian government's constant brutality, its refusal to allow peaceful merchants, its insistence on widespread unrest campaigns and it's atrocious torture the reports you read about the detention conditions are just ghastly, they are in turn foster and more violence. we saw that in the homes two weeks ago. we are seeing it this weekend, too, i think, but i want to be clear. i visited on a government sponsored trip in june. i heard what they said and i wandered away from the crowd and t

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 phone the bilderberg group and explain that to them." which is what she did! and called me back to say, "well, i've spoken to the bilderberg group and they say that nobody's following you, and how can they call off someone who doesn't exist?" so i said, you know, "he's behind the tree," and he was. this man in dark glasses was poking up, staring at me from behind a tree. and when i tried to explain to him that i was just a journalist, he swatted me away. he didn't want to know who i was. that was kind of frightening. c-span: the bilderberg group stands for what? what's the name from? >> guest: oh, from the first hotel where they met in 1954, the bilderberg hotel in the netherlands. c-span: and you say british -- is he a lord now, dennis healy? >> guest: uh-huh. c-span: yeah. used to be a member of the house of commons?

that there be an embassy in london with in fact handed over to have reopened by representatives the scope of the charges you know powerful through the exactly a great scene of people who were there have now gone back to libya and it's been taken over by the transitional council. we see rebel forces create shaking our aaa both from the east talent from the west and of course all the time backed by these naysayer and strikes which is being heavily supported by loans and arms by downing street and results the fact is that we are hearing reports that we don't know now wegg exactly is parties resulted from reports of being putin say polish land have been captured and the rebels say that they're holding them in a safe place ready to hand them over to the relevant authorities now the view generally on the ground and i have to say that the libyan conflict is rather small and out of the news over the last few weeks those things tend to do have a very short news cycle and we have a lot of our own stuff going on here in the u.k. but people are saying now that this might be the hearing but they

many many thanks indeed live outside the iranian embassy in moscow. north korea has confirmed it's ready to resume a long stalled the six party talks on its nuclear program without any preconditions will also consider suspending the production and testing of nuclear weapons while talks are ongoing north korea's reclusive leader kim jong il met president dmitri medvedev and russia's republic of korea during a revis it the country. is in a republic scuttle following the talks after a meeting with the russian president the north korean leader kim jong il has announced his country's willingness to return to this. six party negotiations aimed at denuclearizing the korean peninsula but it will only reimpose its moratorium on production and testing of nuclear weapons once those six party talks begin the rest of the six party talks members like south korea japan the united states they all wanted north korean leader to implement the moratorium first and then have north korea return to the six party talks which have been stalled since two thousand and eight the

that there be an embassy in london with in fact handed over to i really principle i represented this particular traditional council say the exactly great sheen of people who would have now gone back in india and it's been taken over by the transitional council we see not rebel forces creech actually goes to the east and from the west as of course all the time backed by these nascent asked right which is being heavily supported by loans and arms by downing street the results of that is that we are hearing reports that we don't know now where exactly is proxies resulted from the reports of the increasing savefile is the arms have been captured and the rebels say that they're holding them in a safe place ready to hand them over to the residents of florida keys now the view generally on the grounds i have to say that the libyan conflict is rather full announces the news over the last few weeks as things tend to do have very short news cycles and we have a lot of our own stuff going on here in the u.k. but people are saying now that this might be the beginning but they're not thinking of

embassy. you hear the fighting it started with it's getting very becoming you know it's you know discussion god knows what can happen. it's a green court and into the real international community no new countries action to get us out of here and now you just ask me if i hear if i hear the latest i got i was that gunfire was that possibly nato bombing. there was gunfire me i have been. going for. you did say earlier that you have but it is imposed on us and it is in the immediate vicinity of your hotel i mean it's your neighborhood to say under siege. is my neighborhood in d.c. but yes if somebody was sure i don't know if they did i'm sorry to say i cannot go on her chair and once in a person should be left in their car and be asked to come back with a message was. maybe i'm letting you know that the messages we are hearing on the ground there are conflicting for the report see what al-jazeera seen. and you can get very upset very upset a. good thing you know going the way the law. will try to

embassy. do you hear the fighting it started it's getting very becoming you know it's you know this crash god knows what can happen. to the real international community not in need of countries take action to get us out of here and i know you just ask me if i hear if i hear the latest gunfire was i got fire was up possibly nato bombing. there was going to fire me and i haven't heard that going for. you did say earlier that you. know it's it is in the immediate vicinity of your hotel lebanese your neighborhood to say under siege. is my neighborhood under siege but we have snipers here somebody was sure i don't know if they did i'm sorry i cannot go for check and once in a person sure they left in their car and asked to come back with a message was we are here. maybe i'm letting you know that the messages we're hearing on the ground are conflicting what they report see what al-jazeera she would soon see and you can get very upset if you very upset. if you're not going the way the law. will try t

embassy, i remember years ago going to the u.s. embassy. there was a parking lot outside it and the lines for visas would be hundreds and hundreds of people waiting all day in lines for visas. everybody wanted to go there. they wanted to study there, they wanted to get advanced degrees there. host: here in the united states? guest: i'm talking about the u.s. embassy in islamabad, pakistan. it has always been a great desire of any pakistani who could to get to the united states to study, to work, to get a higher degree, to find opportunities that they couldn't find at home. so the relationship is old and solid and constant. but what's happened in the past, i mean, it's really been about 25 years, but particularly in the past five to 10 years, is that it's changed, and what started changing it was the fact that after the soviets were defeated in afghanistan in 1989, the united states basically sort of dropped pakistan and sort of the aid was cut off, interest was lost, there was no longer the soviet threat. so pakistanis felt very abandoned b