that was the announcement made by french president nicolas sarkozy and afghan leader hamid karzai. this came after the french president warned of a pullout after the killing of french troops by an afghan soldier. earlier, i spoke to the french representative to afghanistan. thank you for joining us. you talking in your book about the danger of deadlines in afghanistan but now we are expecting president sarkozy of france and afghan president hamid karzai to ask nato to hand over combat missions to afghan troops in 2013. that is a year earlier than the plan to withdraw. what do you think of that? >> i am surprised. i warned against deadlines because and afghan society, you simply cannot implement solutions to anything in the short time frames we're used to in the west. we do not understand how long it takes. i warned against time lines because it is much more important, i believe to do what you need to do based on the situation in the ground. when the situation in the ground is ready, then we shall be ready. if it is not ready, then we should not be dictated by artificial time lines,

to put that emphasis. >> in your book, you talk about your personal relationship with president hamid karzai and you say that you are disappointed with him. you are not the first person to say that. has he actually changed or is his dependence on war lords and power brokers on inevitable part of the job? >> i was disappointed by the fact that he became increasingly dependent on the war lords and power brokers but i do say that i understand him in many ways and i understand his way of acting in critical circumstances better than most. i spent quite a lot of time with him. first of all, i agreed with him quite often. when i disagreed with him the most often i understood why he did what he did. we do not quite understand the political landscape just as an afghan war in the region. this is just as an afghan does not understand the political landscape in america. >> you talk about the despair and the lost war and you have called for more patients. after 10 years, how much longer is this going to take? >> we can see how much time we lost. have we for 10 years pursued a clear and coherent strategy?

other foreign policy goings on turns out we're still flying drones over iraq and afghan president hamid karzai is planning on meeting with the taliban and saudi arabia so we'll see if that's his way of shutting the u.s. negotiations a guitar and a greek debt deal has been stalled once again get more details on what this could mean for the u.s. for artie's lauren lyster host of the capital account or have all that and more few tonight including it as of half the hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. so this past weekend sixty minutes aired an interview with secretary of defense leon panetta now was a good sit down with the former cia director that covered a pretty wide range of topics some of them highly important if you ask me now the mainstream media however didn't really pay all that much attention to what he said and in fact i'm pretty sure that c.n.n. was the only that worked that even bothered following up on some of the secretary statements this morning from what we saw and for some reason their take away was that the following line of panetta is was rea

hamid karzai calls the video inhumane. leon panetta said it could endanger peace talks with the taliban. the marines promise an internal and criminal investigation of the matter. tara mergener has our report. >> referee: membe the act would violate international laws of war. it's not clear if the dead were taliban fighters, civilians or someone else. but at least two of the marines seen in the video have been identified. several more may be in trouble. >> anyone, anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> defense secretary leon panetta condemned the video saying, i have seen the foot anl and i find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable. he also spoke with hamid karzai who called the video completely inhumane. the taliban issued a statement asking the united nations to get involved and stop what it calls the barbaric act of the american soldiers that go against all human norms. >> relations between the u.s. and war weary afghanistan are alr

are under way in qatar afghan president hamid karzai has announced that his plans his plans to personally attend a meeting with taliban figures in saudi arabia aka going around the u.s. negotiations so how do you break it all down well joining me to discuss it is jack rice former cia officer and criminal defense attorney jack thanks so much for joining us tonight we've got we got a lot on our plate so i guess let's just start with secretary defense leon panetta and i'm going to replay one of the clips that i showed at the top of the show here . this person wanted to so they raised questions about whether or not they're terrorists and they were to return to the united states of course they would be entitled to due process that that's something we provide every u.s. citizen and for that matter frankly if any terrorist groups are rested we provide due process to that individual as well but if a terrorist is out there on the battlefield and the terrorist is threatening this country that person is an intimate combatant and when an enemy combatant whole should go to church. you fire back. a jag

which was posted to youtube.afghan president hamid karzai's spokesman called what the inhumane."it's a thought that's shared by officials in washington... and top commanders in afghanistan. "any acts which treat the dead - enemy or friendly - with disrespect are utterly unacceptable." the identities of the marines in the video haven't been formally released. but officials say they are part of the 3rd battalion, 2nd marine regiment, based at camp lejeune, north carolina... which returned from deployment in september or october of last year. riot nats natsshoppers got a little rowdy when the apple store in 4-s.unhappy people pelted the - store with eggs.. rocks and other debris. witnesses say to chase the rioters away. apple announced friday it will halt sales of ts new i-phone 4s in beijing and shanghai for the safety of its customers. coming up... mitt romney is inching closer... to a republican bid person... who could be standing in his way. and your morning cup of joe... no longer in liquid form.why some lawmakers want to put a stop... to so-called "caffeine inhalers."you're wa

diplomat to the region to meet with president hamid karzai. president obama met with the prime minister from q qatar. secretary clinton cautioned this is far from a don deal, take a listen. >> we remain committed to the red lines, that we have consistently laid out, namely, that both the afghan government, and the international community must see the insurgents renounce violence, break with al-qaida, and support the laws and constitution of afghanistan, including protecting the rights of women and minorities. >> reporter: now, all kind of other hurdles beyond what secretary clinton just laid out. you also have the fact that president hamid karzai is to say the least a wildcard in all of this. no one ever really knows what he's going to do, and whether he would sign off on this. also in terms of the taliban wanted prisoners to be released from the u.s. military prison at guantanamo, that would obviously be very, very controversial, and the u.s. would have to walk very delicately in these negotiations before just letting those prisoners out, jon

which was posted to youtube.afghan president hamid karzai's spokesman called what the marines did... is simply inhumane.it's a thought that's shared by officials in washington... and top commanders in afghanistan. "any acts which treat the dead - enemy or friendly - with disrespect are utterly unacceptable." the identities of people in the video haven't been formally released. but officials do believe they are part of the 3rd battalion, 2nd marine regiment, based at camp lejeune, north carolina... which returned from deployment in september r october of last year. more than 100- thousand marines remain in afghanistan... and a former general says these imaggs could damage our credibility as a country. 3 a nationwide manhunt may be launched to find four convicted murderers pardoned in mississippi.no one seems to know where they are.but as ninette sosa reports... state officials are making it their mission to find out. 3 these four men --all onvicted murderers given life sentences -- are roaming free thanks to a pardon from former mississippi governor haley barbour.the state's attorney

defense secretary leon panetta called hamid karzai on thursday to promise a full investigation. panetta called it inexcusable. they are shown u rating on the taliban militants. four service members are identified and two questioned at camp lejeune, north carolina. >>> secretary panetta announced thursday the u.s. will draw 7,000 troops from europe. the redeployment is part of the new military strategy that president obama announced last week. >>> tensions soar warning iran about closing the strait of hormuz. "the new york times" reports that iran will cross a, quote, red line if it acted too close to the strait. iran recently staged military exercises after threatening to cut off ship traffic near the persian gulf, a crucial waterway for oil supplies. >>> iran has agreed to allow inspectors later this month but it's not clear if the inspectors will be permitted to visit key nuclear sites involved in a nuclear weapon program. iran denies it's trying to build a nuclear bomb. >>> here is other stories making news early today in america. a this was caught on surveillance video when

special representative marc grossman, travels to region where he will meet with afghan president hamid karzairrassing video reportedly shows us marines urinating on the corpses offdead taliban fighters. secretary of state hillary clinton expressed "total dismay" over the video, and stressed the military personnel were apparently rogue actors. clinton says: "it is american values. anyone -- participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct, must be held fully possibility of another abu ghraib-type scandal could pnflame the situation in afghanistan just as the u.s. is trying to help broker peace talks to end the more than decade-long war. analysts say this incident may give the taliban another reason to stall and the afghan leader another reason to balk. ullyot says: "this also makes it tougher for karzai to justify entering talks at this point because these are seee as american sponsored talks 26322 and americans are even less popular as a result of this tape." eager to help bboker the reconciliation talks, the administration has laid out its red lines -- namely that both the afgh

defense secretary leon pennsylvanpanetta called hamid karzai thursday and called the act inexcusable. the four service members have been identified and two of them are being questioned at camp lejeune, north carolina. secretary panetta also announced thursday the u.s. will draw about 7,000 troops from europe. the re-deployment is part of the military strategy that president obama announced last week. >>> as tensions soar, the obama administration has used a secret channel of communication to warn iran against closing the strait of hormuz. iran recently staged military exercises after threatening to cut off ship traffic near the persian gulf, a crucial waterway for oil supplies. >>> in the meantime, iran has allowed a delegation of united nations nuclear delegators this month. it's not clear if they'll be permitted to visit nuclear sites. iran denies it is trying to build a nuclear bomb. >>> and here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. a texas homeowner's scary brush with death was caught on surveillance video when he confronted a pair of would-be car thi

hamid karzai has already indicated that his government would accept the opening of the office. but the taliban statement strongly demanneds the release of the prisoners in the guantanamo bay. >>> still, another block of the taliban is not what it is to be. they have been inn lifted in the battle of the u.s. forces. the group's spokesperson told nhk that this visited in november and december. they asked to shift their target from the pakistani military and police to the troops in afghanistan. the spokesperson said his group had accepted the request and plans to send fighters to afghanistan in march. the groups always agree to set up a five-member council to coordinate activities. >>> next, it is over to sayaka mori for the forecast. >> let's take a look at what is happening across east asia. dry weather across the northern portions of china and mongolia. lots of sunshine for you. along the realm of the high pressure area, strong northerly winds are prevailing. that is affecting wind and snow. that will move over southern china and snow is lingering on the west coast of the korea

afghan president hamid karzai called the video insane. a lot of folks think he is right. >> steve, do we know how the video came to light? >> reporter: if the marine corps knows, if internet investigators know they haven't made it public. you can use your imagination. you have to think these marines, as stupid as they were to do this, as different as they were from almost every other u.s. marine, just by doing what they did, secondly having somebody video them doing what they did, you got to believe they're not the ones who posted it. if they came back from their deployment jim in the fall, this could have been done a year ago. maybe they showed it around and it got around and more people saw it. if you had to guess you'd guess somebody who saw it was appalled by it. that would be the person who might have posted it. >> all right. more to come on this. steve handelsman, thank you. >>> an army officer is recommending a general court-martial for the soldier charged in the biggest leak of classified information in u.s. history. private first

secretary of defense leon panetta spoke with hamid karzai after seeing the video.he video was called "utterly deplorable" saying it doesn't reflect the values that our veterans are sworn to uphold. >> thomas, the u.s. marine corps and just about everyone who has seen this video call it disgusting. and now the marine corps tells nbc news, they have, in fact, identified the four marines in this video. the video itself shows these marines in full combat gear in southern afghanistan standing over the bodies of three dead militants. and it's evident by the video that several of them are, in fact, urinating on the bodies. and at one point, you hear them chuckle and somebody in the group talk about golden showers. now, the reaction from the u.s. marine corps, the pentagon, and the military has actually been an avalanche. the commandant has ordered a full investigation and warns that if,b)rfact, these marines that have been identified are charged and found guilty, they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. secretary of defense leon panetta has called hamid karz

president hamid karzai joined in the condemnation, saying the soldiers had desecrated the bodies of the fighters. he called on the u.s. government to severely punish the offenders. regardless of their feelings for the taliban, most afghans will be appalled by the tape. foreign troops are already held in for regard by many people here. >> [speaking foreign language] >> this man said all muslims condemn them. it is against islam and the international community's mission. >> [speaking foreign language] >> another said that it will harm the peace talks. this action will increase misery in the country. similar incidents in the past has caused widespread violence across the country and attacks on foreigners. it could also harm american efforts to start peace talks with the taliban. is not yet known who posted the video. the nato led mission said the troops are likely no longer serving here. if it turns out to be authentic, the 40 seconds of tape has done great harm. another setback for relations. bbc news, kabul. >> george, the one silver lining is even though this video has had play around t

. >> afghan president hamid karzai called it completely inhumane. damage control begin immediately in several corners of the world including san francisco. today major general ronald bailey spoke at the marines memorial club and promised the men will be dealt with accordingly. >> what those marines did not meet what the standards of our corps. we talk leadership, honor and commitment, that is not what we represent in that video. >> the video went viral on the internet. it's short, only 37 seconds, but there could be long term consequences. for now, the u.s. had been inching closer to peace talks with taliban leaders. they monitor 44 tv stations in the arab world. >> we are hearing, wide condemnation and afghanistan and muslim world. everybody is agreeing it is going to set back the peace talks. >> the taliban calls it shameful but for now, it will not delay peace talks. >> reporter: those involved could face court marble proceedings we don't know where it came from but according to rules, soldiers are not allowed to take pictures or video of any hum

military officials is that hamid karzai was somewhat muted in his criticism, and like everybody else,calling for the most severe punishment possible, if, in fact, these marines are found guilty. they could be found guilty of desecration of a body and/or taking so-called trophy photos of the dead. all against, not only international law, but u.s. military regulations. much, mik. >>> and in our "daily fix," on the political front, the president made a hometown visit sunday, stopping for the first time at his chicago re-election headquarters. no cameras were allowed in. this morning, the obama campaign announced it took in $68 million in the fourth quarter. chris cillizza is an msnbc contributor, managing editor of postpolitics.com and our daily fix. this is a big, healthy number. how does it compare to what the romney people have done? >> it's significant more, andrea. the $68 million, you've got to separate it out a little bit. about $42 million of that is raised for obama's re-election campaign. another $24 million raised for the democratic national committee. and another $1 million r

just to finish, i think hamid karzai is here specifically to sign deals on counterinsurgency and intelligence. that is what they are specifically looking forward from the french side. >> we will see if they get that. thank you for joining us on gmt. greece is within touching distance of a deal with private banks to write down its debt. that's the word coming from the european commissioner responsible for military affairs, speaking at the world economic forum in davos. he said an agreement that could avoid a debt default could be concluded, if not today, that over the weekend. >> we are just about to close a deal on a private sector involvement between the greek government and the private creditor community. if not today, maybe over the weekend. in any case, preferably still in january rather than in february. we're very close. we have to have a sustainable solution for greece, even if greece is a special and unique case, and private sector involvement in that sense will not be applied to any other country of the eurozone. >> the eu commissioner, ollie rehn there. there will be more from davos

president hamid karzai today called it an insane act and demanded those involved be severely punished. this afghan fears the marines' actions could undermine any u.s. peace efforts, and quote, increase the misery in our country. the taliban has already pounced on the controversy. >> the enemy gets a vote here, too. we've already seen them react with statements about how offended they are by this and how they might lash out as a result. >> reporter: but how in a military unit as disciplined as the marines, could this happen? >> these people are in day-to-day brutal combat. they're young. they turn into animals if you're not careful. >> reporter: the four marines face serious criminal charges, including desecration of remains. if court-martialed and convicted, they could face jail time. >> incredibly troubling story out of the pentagon. jim miklazewski reporting for us. thanks. >>> there is more to report on the big story out of mississippi where a nationally prominent governor sometimes mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, issued dozens of pardons to convicted criminals, in

previously, the taliban refused to recognize hamid karzai. it would only talk to the u.s. and allies. >>> leon panetta still believes someone in the pakistani government knew where osama bin laden was hiding. on "60 minutes" last night, panetta told scott pelley he has no hard evidence. the pakistani military helicopters passed over the compound where osama bin laden was held. >> we had seen military helicopters actually going over this compound. >> pakistani mill tear? >> right. going over the compound. and for that reason, it concerned us that if we in fact, brought them into it, they might give bin laden a heads-up. >> you can see more of scott pelley's interview with leon panetta on the "60 minutes" page of cbs news.com. >>> the bloody ten month rebellion against bashar assad is closing in, in damascus. they're now in control of the dissidents. the violence has been approaching damascus for week. heavy fighting is reported. activists say 62 people were killed in violence nationwide on sunday. >>> in this country, occupy protesters have been served in the. they have to

president sarkozy unveiled the french plan in paris after talks with his afghan counterpart, hamid karzai. there had been speculation that france might accelerate its pullout after the killing of four french soldiers last week. france has troops in afghanistan, the fourth largest contingent in the nato-led international security force. to iraq now where more than 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the capital, baghdad. the attacker targeted a funeral procession in a mainly shi'ite district. many of those killed were a policeman guarding the warriors. more than 60 other people were wounded. the number of attacks in iraq has risen since u.s. forces left last month. so far, more than 320 people have been killed this year. let's go to monica now. as world leaders gather in davos while fitch has launched a downgrade rampage on europe. >> it always happens on a friday evening. two weeks after standard and poor's downgraded nine eurozone members, ratings agency fitch cut its ratings of five nations, and lowered its outlook on ireland. fitch cited the poor finances in spain, italy

special envoy to afghanistan mark grossman commented after two days of talks with afghan president hamid karzai. >> efforts being made with qatar to open an office to the afghan tale ban need now to move to enable a conversation among afghans for peace. >> the taliban offered earlier this month to open an office in qatar as a vue for talks with the united states and other countries. president karzai indicated support for the taliban's decision on the opening day of a new session of the country's parliament. despite his positive comments, grossman stressed that the taliban must first renounce terrorism before peace talks begin. >> i'm looking forward to the taliban being clear about breaking ties with international terrorism and also to say that they are prepared to participate in an afghan peace process, where afghans talk to afghans about the future of afghanistan. >> the taliban has demanded the release of it members detained by the u.s. at guantanamo bay. grossman said washington has not yet made a decision on the matter. >>> the afghan government is struggling to restore security to rebuild

he spokokwith afghgh presesent hamid karzai. the administration asked thth united natatns to get involved. >> this shockiki video mama serve as recruiting grouou for anti-a-aricanism. >> t t u.s. wants to avoioi another abu ghraib scandal where 14 soldiers were photographed dedeaning civilians in iraq. the military says e video was shot months ago and posted on- line just t sterday. there is concern it could opararze u.s.-brbrerer peace government d the tatatan. >>> > e sosoieiecused of leaking critical government information to wikileaks is closer to trial. prosecutors s say private firsrs class bradady manning gave up more an 700,000 0 secretet cuments. the armymynow recommends urt marley. onvictct manning could spend life in prison. >> baltimorororlice delete ce a arrest at the eakness, and now the man who tookokthat vide is suing, and he has a powerful new ly. wjz isislili exexaining what could be a deciding factor. >> reporter: in an unprecededted move the department of justice has releasededhis s -page statement side with

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peace talks the taliban has previously refused to recognize the government of afghan president hamid karzai. greyson rejected plans for an e.u. budget commissioner to take taxes and spending under the german proposal athens would have to pay its debt before spending any more money greece in its investors and nearing a deal that could see a second euro zone bailout an agreement must be reached within a few days before the next round of money can be paid. you're watching the weekly i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in about twenty minutes from now stay with us if you can't. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations to rule the day . well with. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future. wealthy british science it's time. for. the. markets. scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on. if you just chose a very warm welcome or to your life here in moscow this week's top stories now the league's. arab

led invasion the taliban had previously refused to recognize the government of afghan president hamid karzai earlier on sunday talk about it had held a meeting with the u.s. officials in qatar to pave the way for that meeting. was abroad in central pakistan to demand that the government keep supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan closed and remains independent from u.s. policy in the region speakers at the rally claimed the uars has started propaganda to persuade the authorities to do the opposite and become closer to washington islamabad has close a border crossing to supplies will need to a troops out of the us bombing of two pakistani check points last november in which twenty four troops died. france plans to be the first european country to introduce a controversial one hour short truly doesn't mean it's time to starting in orbit president nicolas sarkozy said his country wants to provoke shock and settle example for other you member states to do the same types as opposed by the british government which science such a type should be applied globally opponents believe the levee

he called for a full investigation and called afghan president hamid karzai to convey his disgust. karzai says the video is inhumane and on a website that posts statements from the taliban the group called on the united nations to stop what it calls the barbaric acts of the american soldiers that go again all human norms. the u.s. military is trying to avoid another scandal like abu ghraib. american soldiers were captured in photos demeaning iraqi prisoners. the video comes at a tough time in u.s.-afghan relations already strained with american forces now in afghanistan for 10 years. commanders believe they have identified those involved and say the marines are no longer serving in afghanistan. two of the four were based in north carolina. all could face court-martial for violating military rules that forbid photographing human casualties. tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >>> from bankruptcy to bonuses, why a failed bay area solar company wants to give workers thousands of extra dollars. >> getting rid of the smartmeter at a cost. the price you might have to pay to opt

tax increase in defense enemy or friendly this respect ought to be unacceptable afghan president hamid karzaithe marines did simply in human taliban sot issued a condemnation marine said part of h. parker team last year a former marine captain served in the same area the stress and isolation of small troops in combat is no excuse >> somebody standing there at the time should have said no and they did not >> as they urinate the marines joke have a great day body got this on video? i see you as you did on one of our goal didn't like a short >> i wonder how when there were out there by themselves they went down this route and frankly i do not think it was completely at issue a failed leadership i think part of this they have to be accountable for actions as individuals american sentiment generated by the iraqi do scandal this time military moved swiftly to contain the damage criminal investigative service and greig corp. have launched their own investigations officials say there may be violations geneva convention which requires the dead to be honored >> si end and barbara stark says the marines

led invasion of the taliban has publicly refused to recognize the government of other president hamid karzai earlier today taliban held a meeting with the u.s. officials in qatar to pave the way for that meeting. thousands have rallied in central pakistan to demand that the government supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan closed and remains independent from u.s. policy in degree joe because as a rally claim that the u.s. has started propaganda to persuade the authorities to do the opposite and become closer to washington islamabad has closed the border crossings to supplies for nato troops out of the u.s. bombing up to pakistan a checkpoint last november in which twenty four troops died. price wants to be the first european country to introduce a controversial financial transactions tax starting in all its present legal articles each as his country wants to provoke sharp and set an example for all the e.u. member states to do the same the tax is opposed by the british government which says such a time should be applied globally opponents believe the levy could see financial servic

peace talks the taliban has previously refused to recognize the government of asking president hamid karzai. greece has rejected plans for an e.u. budget commissioner to take power of its taxes and spending under the german proposal athens would have to pay its debt before spending any more money greece and its investors are now nearing a deal that could see a second eurozone bailout an agreement must be reached within a few days before the next round of money can be paid. we're going to take a short break here in our insane i'll be back with a recap of our top stories. we have seen the damage it has done to our environment mark chemicals what the poor probs we do not want any more and no deal most. of course system is just so there was a does more experience and i'm just just appalled but that's allowed to go on america. we are getting this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it there's no labeling there for it being used like a board to experiment be used as guinea pigs. oh now we have more questions than we have access to guards. like. down the field official altie of location

run facility president hamid karzai has demanded the u.s. hand over control of the prison to afghan authorities within a month the u.s. says it will investigate the claims. so downs' president omar al bashir has offered to help disarm former libyan rebel fighters and integrate them into army and police forces that were posted from brush bashir who is actually wanted for war crimes charges in the hague sparked outrage from amnesty international leaders visit to tripoli has many human rights groups questioning the priorities of the national transitional council is a reporter for the online magazine spiked says libya should not be criticized for having diplomatic relations with its neighbors. called him brown shaking hands with . in two thousand and nine at the g eight summit in italy or for example tony blair shaking hands with gadhafi in two thousand and seven just outside of his hometown where he was killed in sirte in two thousand and seven so i mean i think yes there are double standards here but at the same time western leaders are very o

russia facility president hamid karzai has demanded the u.s. hand over control of the prison to afghan authorities within a month the u.s. says it will investigate the claims. so downs' president omar al bashir has offered to help disarm former libyan rebel fighters and integrate them into army and police forces and a state visit to tripoli the leader said the overthrowing of colonel gadhafi was a gift to saddam the proposal from bashir who's wanted on war crime charges in the hague sparked outrage from amnesty international libyan authorities have been struggling to disarm the groups which were formed to fight gadhafi during the country's eight month civil war. keeping with libya the country's government has released hundreds from a makeshift detention center in tripoli officials were eager to paint the gesture as an act of goodwill but most of those jailed never committed any crimes as our correspondent on a boy who reports thousands continue to be held behind bars with little hope for a fair trial. it was one of the first amnesty of the new

led invasion the taliban has previously refused to recognize the government of afghan president hamid karzai earlier on sunday taliban have held a meeting with the u.s. officials in qatar to pave the way for the meeting. thousands have rallied in central pakistan to demand that the government keep supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan closed and remains independent from u.s. policy in the region speakers at the rally claim the us has started propaganda to persuade the authorities to do the opposite and become closer to washington has closed the border crossings to supplies for nato troops after the u.s. bombing of two pakistani check points last november in which one to four troops died. in france plans to be the first european country to introduce a controversial one that safely get highlights dancing in all its president nicolas sarkozy's his country wants to provoke shock and set an example for our the e.u. member states today to say the tax is opposed by the british government which has such a tired should be applied globally opponents believe the levy could see financial serv