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hamid karzai is in pakistan. can islamabad bring the taliban to the table? >>> good day here in london, early morning in new york, 2:00 p.m. in libya. where on the eve of the first anniversary of the uprising against colonel gadhafi, there's a warning about the statef the company. the rights group amnesty international said armed militias have threatened the security of libya. they say the rebel brigades that helped to topple gadhafi are now torturing those accused of supporting the regime. it accuses the national government of the lack of political will to deal with the militia. the bbc's gabriel gatehouse sent this report to tripoli. in benghazi, the celebrations have begun before the anniversary of the revolution that toppled gadhafi. but for thousands of people held in dell tension accused of loyalty to the regime, there's little to celebrate. amnesty international cataloged evidence of wide spread torture including beatings and whipping, people suspended in contorted positions and subjected to electric shocks. in 12 case, human rights groups say prisone

when i was there, the governor was a close ally of president hamid karzai. the governor had been under arrest, under control from the taliban and until we released him. he is very supportive, but in many ways he was a quintessential warlord. >> i gather in the reading of the book, and i do not want to put words in your malls, but it was kind of like you never trust and -- models, but it is kind of like you never trust and afghan unconditionally -- mouth, but it is kind of like afghanver trust and af unconditionally. >> the governor was brought in as a security governor. he was of a strong-arm school of counter-insurgency -- today population, control them through his militia. -- intimidate the population, control them through his militia. we tried to influence how we could. i tried to build up assemblies to check the governor's power. >> in one of the election see you were scheming to get the women involved. >> i was planning. >> you were scheming, saying that we were going to have a health clinic, but really what you are -- were doing is registering them to

on the one hand, you will see hamid karzai to use the incident to increase his own negotiating power, telling the americans it is time for the bathroom of facilities to be turned over to afghan control. -- bagram facilities turned over to afghan control. others causing more violence and afghanistan. and i think the most general reaction that many of us have -- both many of us who serve in the military as well as many afghans who do not have any negative feelings towards the coalition in afghanistan, it is just the will demint, how this happened. had this happen in february of 2002 when the united states was relatively new to afghanistan, fine, may be understandable, but this is 10 years on. >> are you surprised that soldiers are not sufficiently attuned to culture and religious sensitivities in afghanistan after all of this time? maybe somebody has not done their job in training, surely? >> i am not terribly surprised that instance like this take place. whenever you have 18-year old or 19-year-old soldiers serving in an area for the first time, it is somewhat understandable. the unite

in an effort to stop the violence, president obama wrote a letter to afghan president hamid karzai reading in part, quote, i wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident. i extend to you and the afghan people my sincere apologies. the error was inadvertentent. i assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence to include holding those accountable. the u.s. soldiers who burned the korans and other religious materials say they didn't realize the significance of what they were throwing away. the presidential candidate newt gingrich is slamming the white house's response to the incident. >> president obama surrendered twice today. i think it deserves to be brought to the country's attention. the more outrageous involves the killing of two young americans and wounding of four others in afghanistan. now, apparently there was an incident where an amount of radical islamist materials being burned apparently the koran was part of that, that has now been blown into a huge incident by various fanatics in afghanistan. the president apologized for the burning. but

i've been president hamid karzai has strongly condemned a nato as trying that killed a children in the north east of the country and this comes as un figures reveal that her record number of civilians were killed in twenty eleven the vast majority by roadside bombs and earlier the us announced that it may bring in our lands to combat operations in afghanistan more than a hundred thousand of civilians have died since the two thousand and one invasion gareth porter has more. this is the price that afghanistan pays for having foreign troops on its soil troops which carry out operations that are based on at best imperfect intelligence and it worse simply lack of fundamental knowledge of the local situations and mistakes that are that are often made. which really result in innocent people being killed completely unnecessarily the numbers are growing clearly because the telephone has continued to expand its operations in response to the growth of u.s. and nato troops and part of the taliban response and i would say the single biggest part of that response has been to lay more and more i e d'

. >> the afghan president, hamid karzai, says his government and the united states have started talks with the taliban. it's the first time he's acknowledged publicly the contact with the taliban is taking place. up till now, the taliban has refused to have any deegs with mr. karzai's government, describing it as a puppet regime. the disclosure came as mr. karzai prepared to travel to islamabad for talks with pakistani leaders. let's go over to kabul. we're joined by our correspondent. can you flesh out what mr. karzai did say? >> well, mr. karzai admitted that contact had been made with the taliban in the presence of the americans, which is something that he's never said before. but we also understand from senior officials close to the president that, in the last few weeks, face to face talks, telephone conversations, as well as a variety of messages were being passed between senior afghan government officials and senior taliban officials. >> i don't suppose there's any great surprise that there are back channels open. but coming public on it does raise the question what sort of leve

. >> bret: as you know, afghan president hamid karzai call for those responsible for mistreatment of put on public trial in afghanistan. if there was punishment it would be under the military code of justice, right? not afghan public trial. >> we'll impose u.s. law. that is correct. >> bret: ambassador corrector, the u.s. apologized in numerous ways, numerous times. for this incident. has there been communication the other way from karzai apologizing for the killing of the u.s. military personnel. >> they did apology, the minister of senior and defense. they expressed condolences for the incident. >> bret: when hamid karzai called for public trial for those responsible for mistreatment of the religious material did it raise eyebrows in the embassy if there are to be proceedings? >> if there are proceedings there will be u.s. proceedings. i don't think there is any question or doubt on part of the afghan government that is how it's going to go. >> general, are you reassessing the speed at which you withdrawal from afghanistan in wake of the quran incident? >> i'm not. it's part of a l

seasonals report to hamid karzai. there is a difference. this is our standard.have is reprehensible. no question about that. the standard united states is standing up for is we're the united states and we take responsibility when we do things wrong. >> we wrap it up and we have lightning round coming up. he's friday. that means we will talk about your topic. first one is up the occupy wall street movement relevant? stay with us. "special report" is coming right back. [ female announcer ] when your child has a fever, you should know that just one dose of children's advil gives up to eight hours of fever relief. allowing your little one to get back to building a better afternoon. children's advil. relief you can trust. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> john: every week, viewers vote for your choice online in fright link lightning round. future of the occupy movement won. 61% of the vote. let's get into it. tucker, what are your thoughts about the future of the occupy movement? >> this will c

eight afghan children have been killed by a nato air strike according to president hamid karzai in a statement he condemned the aerial bombing by foreign troops now this comes a week after the united states announced that it could hold combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected documentary filmmaker clay claiborne's thinks that despite the promises civilian casualties will continue to rise he. to have any viability in legitimacy as an afghan when something like this happens but he is basically a tool of the american occupation there so we can expect any real demand to change from here this kind of thing obviously doesn't win hearts and minds this happened in the same area were afghan soldiers killed french troops on ports and i think because the u.s. playing a pullout even movie next day for him because of injured are moving their troops out we can expect more airstrikes and more civilian casualties in afghanistan we already saw two thousand and eleven eight percent above two thousand and ten in terms of civilian casualties i'm afraid we're going to see that trend continu

afghan president hamid karzai lashes out at nato forces for killing eight children and. on wednesday our top stories. international news and comment live from moscow this is twenty four hours a day the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission in conflict torn syria president assad's forces say they're conducting anti terror operations shelling several areas including the point city of homs but activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past week something hard to verify and with conflicting opposition reports of casualties there are those who believe the figures are being manipulated to push a regime change agenda bennett has this report. in the syrian observatory of human rights syrian observatory for human rights the syrian observatory for human rights it's one of the most widely quoted sources of syrian casualty figures it is not always telling the truth for ownership the syrian observatory for human rights is left several media outlets quoting false information

i've been president hamid karzai has strongly condemned a nato airstrike that killed eight children in the north east of the country this comes as un figures reveal that a second a record number of civilians were killed in twenty eleven the vast majority by a roadside bombs the u.s. announced that it may bring an early end to combat operations in afghanistan and more than one hundred thousand of civilians have died since the two thousand and one invasion and just kind of the situation when i joined live by investigative journalist historian gareth porter mr porter thank you so much indeed for time so president karzai has launched an investigation into the nato bombings but incidents like this seem to keep happening so can we expect more than just condemnation from the have got to stand president this time. no i don't think anything's changed and this is a story that of course is just about as regular as you know washing your clothes every week or two this is this is the price that afghanistan pays for having foreign troops on its soil troops which carry out operations that are based on

integrating many of you have got taliban into the gun power structure and that's why you see president hamid karzai today right now in islamabad and if you watch closely his meetings the planned meetings for tomorrow president karzai meetings he's meeting with key pakistani political. political and religious leaders islamic leaders who have traditionally maintained very very close ties to the afghan taliban and other have gone resistance groups in particular the lydian have been here are so so he is basically reaching out to the very people who were shunned over the past decade the religious right i think that's a very big and a major shift president karzai has visited pakistan many many times before but he never went out to meet the religious right that is known to be very close to or has been very close to afghan taliban so we're seeing a major shift here i don't think president karzai really is thinking about. going the route of fighting the taliban i think he's looking toward integrating them and opening his own direct talks and i think everybody is talking directly to the afghan taliban the on

seasonals report to hamid karzai. there is a difference. this is our standard.ay they behave is reprehensible. no question about that. the standard united states is standing up for is we're the united states and we take responsibility when we do things wrong. >> we wrap it up and we have lightning round coming up. he's friday. that means we will talk about your topic. first one is up the occupy wall street movement relevant? stay with us. "special report" is coming right back. >> john: every week, viewers vote for your choice online in fright link lightning round. future of the occupy movement won. 61% of the vote. let's get into it. tucker, what are your thoughts about the future of the occupy movement? >> this will change in warmer weather. nobody protests in a snowstorm. >> it has been. >> but the movement is tapped out. you need nice weather to protest anything on the left. it looks like a homeless encampment. i've seen a number of them. mentally ill and drunk people. if the republicans were smart they'd endlessly replay the loop of obama sympathizes with th

there to aid hamid karzai.or ourselves and we should be. martha: i think we'll hear a lot about that issue when we get to the general election where we go forward in afghanistan. i do want to get in one question about syria. we saw marie colvin, well-respected war correspondent killed this week along with her french photographerer. this focused a lot of western attention on this issue. whether that is the right reason to or not it has, thousands of people have been killed in the street there. should the u.s. be playing a role and if so, what role? >> i think there is a political role to be played but i do not think we should be arming the opposition among other reasons we don't know exactly who the opposition is. it is dish united. the assad regime i thought we should have overthrown for 10 years but it is not just a question of overthrowing assad. it is a question who would replace him. and there is no guaranty that among the opposition leaders there aren't some who are just as brutal as assad. martha: we've s

hamid karzai has also pretty much called for calm among his own people.ident's apology? >> well, i get tired of apologies. i think if the president is doing it because he thinks it will save lives of our troops, i commend him for that. but i think that it's probably not the right strategy. as we can see, it hasn't done anything to calm things down. i get tired of the fact that we apologize when they kill our people. and i just have -- i just have a real problem with that. >> what is the right strategy then? >> well, i -- it's a difficult situation. but i think when the president gives timelines, not based on conditions on the ground, that's the thing that puts us in jeopardy. i supported when he sent the troops there to provide the additional manpower to make the progress that we needed. he didn't send the amount that the generals requested. but it still gave us more support there, and we made great gains in the south. we're trying to make those gains now in the north and in the east. but he pulled 10,000 troops out this year. he's talking about pulling o

troops and earlier this week we saw president obama send an apology letter to afghan president hamid karzai something we also saw george w. bush do in the past when he wrote in a letter of apology to nuri al maliki after u.s. soldiers shot a copy of the koran during target practice in iraq however newt gingrich also forgotten all about that incident as he attacked president obama for this apology. as an obama surrendered twenty students and i think it deserves to be brought to the country's attention there was an incident where an amount of radical islam was the truth being burned to the core and was part of that that has now been blown into you just shouldn't go various fanatics are going to stand. president apologized for the birth of hamad karzai the president as you understand doesn't feel like apologizing then i think we should say goodbye and good luck we don't need to be here risking our lives and wasting our money on somebody. so what does this entire fair affair tell us other than how little we've learned after ten long years of war join me to discuss it is jack rice former cia off

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nobody knows. >> bret: juan, the real question is can hamid karzai survive once nato forces start pullingerhaps that is what this is all about. >> i think that is the heart and soul of it. the world changes in 2014 in afghanistan. karzai's term ends. u.s. forces supposed to leave. the question is do you strengthen karzai? is the u.s. able to strengthen karzai going in to 2014 to establish the idea there is a government there, a sovereign government? and that the taliban has to negotiate with whatever comes after karzai. because there is going to be a government. if the talent wants to get on board and be part of that government they have to acknowledge karzai and acknowledge the power of the united states at this moment. i think that is the critical element, especially given the military purpose. remember, the taliban is defeated at this moment by the u.s. forces. >> bret: many people, fred, say karzai is not an expiring leader. and is -- >> i go along with that. >> bret: yeah. and has been accused of a lot of corruption. >> indeed. >> but he knows how the dress. >> bret: your thoughts ab

. >> afghan president hamid karzai urged calm in a televised addressed offering condolences, but no apology, as republicans continue to criticize the president. >> i think enough is enough, i'd like to hear apologies from those that attacked and killed our poom. >> and the congressman is introducing legislation to ban afghan to work as cards at u.s. bases. the and the senior civilian n.a.t.o. representative in afghanistan until last year. >> i think that's a bad idea and i think it limits the flexibility of our commanders on the ground. there are some very good reasons to have private security contractors and others do certain missions and free our soldiers up. >> and thinks the president's plan to draw down to 68,000 troops by september is too much too fast the president doesn't want u.s. troops to be in afghanistan any longer than necessary. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> bret: on the other side of lake erie from here, a terrible tragedy at a school in ohio. that's coming up. this is special report, on the road in michigan. . >> this is battle creek, michigan, i'm actuall

president obama is apologizing to afghan president hamid karzai and the people of afghanistan over koranthat sparked a rash of deadly protests around the country. president obama expressed a "deep regret" for an incident of which koran books were burned in a military base in afghanistan. in the meantime, two u.s. soldiers were killed today in a shootout with protesters angry about those burnings. i'm joined now by the editor for "time" magazine. thanks so much for coming on the show today. we appreciate it. what does this apology by the president really mean for the future of the u.s. relationship with afghanistan? it's a pretty significant gesture by president obama to do this. how will it resinate within the country? >> well, it's a huge gesture from the president. as we say, the president of the united states does not routinely apologize. there are not many instances going throughout history when the american president has apologized for anything. so it is a huge gesture from the white house. whether or not it'll be perceived as such in afghanistan is a whole other thing. a great deal

hamid karzai has offered condolences of the families of the four americans killed since news that u.s. personnel apparently inadvertently burned copies of the koran at an air base in afghanistan. karzai called for calm in his country but insisted the u.s. must prosecute those responsible for burning the muslim holy book. joining me from kabul, u.s. achl bass door to afghanistan, ryan crocker. mr. ambassador, let me ask you first, the u.s., over more than ten years, has spent half a trillion dollars in afghanistan, almost 2,000 american lyes have been lost. and the american people wake up this morning to find that two high military officers sitting inside a secured afghan government building were murdered, basically, by someone who was, you know, freely walked into that building and the burning of the u.s. flags, two soldiers killed in trying to combat these protests. why in the world should not americans be waking up saying we've got to get out of there? >> well, candy, it was a terrible event, strongly condemned by secretary panetta and others. general allen and i are just back from

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we have hamid karzai going into this meeting saying that his government was having to deal with the taliban. what does he hope to gain? >> he was stretching the truth. these are still between the u.s. and the taliban. president karzai wanted to send a signal that he is already talking to the taliban. there's a lot tension between pakistan and afghanistan and that is exactly why the pakistani is need iran in order to manage afghanistan now the u.s. will not play that role. >> it is in part because of u.s. policy is leaving a vacuum. >> exactly. this is leaving a vacuum behind and we are losing pakistan at some levels. they're looking for castiles. they're looking for them to help in afghanistan. >> you mentioned the pakistan u.s. relations. does the u.s. need a new approach in dealing with this? is this likely to happen? >> we have had a troubled relationship with pakistan. by letting this collapse the way it has and applying pressure, it has not worked and clearly it is providing new opportunities for both pakistan and iran. it is much better for them to be engaged pakistan and keep them aw

president obama sent a letter of apology to afghan president hamid karzai yesterday saying the incident was not intentional. but that is not stopping the anti-american anger in afghanistan. two u.s. soldiers were killed yesterday during rioting. >>> and newt gingrich is criticizing the obama administration for apologizing to afghan authorities for the koran burnings. the republican presidential hopeful calls the apology "astonishing and undeserved." he says afghan president karzai actually owes the u.s. an apology for the deaths of the two u.s. soldiers. gingrich went on to say that "if hamid karzai, the president of afghanistan, doesn't feel like apologizing, then we should say good-bye and good luck. we don't need to be here, risking our lives and wasting our money on somebody who doesn't care." >>> a virginia bill that would define life as starting at conception has been tabled now for a year. the state senate in virginia voted to send the so-called personhood bill back to committee and carry it over to 2013. the legislation would make it illegal to destroy embryos and would outlaw a

we have hamid karzai going into this meeting saying that his government was having talks with the taliban. what does he hope to gain? >> he was stretching the truth. these are still between the u.s. and the taliban. president karzai wanted to send a signal that i am already talking without you and i want you to deliver to the table. there is a lot of tension between pakistan and afghanistan. that is why they need iran in order to manage afghanistan. >> in some ways, it is in part because the u.s. policies are leaving a vacuum. >> exactly. we are losing pakistan and some levels. they are looking to iran for gas deals. they are looking for them to help in afghanistan. >> you mentioned the pakistan- u.s. relations. does the u.s. need a new approach in dealing with this? in an election year, is that likely to happen? >> i think they do. we have had a troubled relationship with pakistan. letting this collapsed the way it has and applying pressure has not worked and clearly it is providing new openings for both pakistan and iran. that is an unforeseen development that has complicated the situat

. >> the afghan president hamid karzai is appealing for calm after two days of protests that have left at least six people dead. they come after nato said its troops inadvertently burned copies of the koran. despite a quick apology, tenters are still flying. for more, i'm joined now by a retired lieutenant general who is currently at the institute for the study of four. -- tempers are still flying. looking at how quickly that the apology happened, are you surprised that fees are still going on? >> i am not surprised. -- are you surprised that this is still going on? >> this is an affront to the afghan people. this is an emotion-filled a vent. this is a complex demonstration perhaps triggered by the burning of the koran but 11 years of frustration and war are wrapped up in this. -- this is an emotion-filled e vent. >> i have been listening to the people taking part in these demonstrations and many of them say it is about the koran and infidels in the country. how much does this exacerbate the problems that nato already has in the country? >> this is something that is complicated that yo

. >> reporter: the president also apologized for the incident in a letter to afghan president hamid karzai. the white house says president obama's main concern is the safety of americans in afghanistan. u.s. officials insist the copies of muslim holy books for prisoners at the air base were sent by mistake to a place used to burn garbage. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta ordered a full investigation into how that happened and he promises they'll hold the individuals involved accountable. afghan president karzai has called for calm as well but the messages from world leaders are falling on deaf ears. tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >>> a delegation of afghan religious leaders issued a statement yesterday. also calling for an end to the violence. and saying they expect the people responsible would be prosecuted through the u.s. military court system. >>> a high level meeting between cold war enemies in cuba. senators patrick leahy and richard shelby reveal they met with president raul castro yesterday and they discussed the case of detained american subcontractor alan gross.

defense secretary has welcomed afghanistan's involvement in peace talks with the taliban president hamid karzai has confirmed his country along with the u.s. are trying to negotiate an agreement with the militant group but our military contributor says karzai continues to avoid the real issues that cause instability in the country. interview to a wall street journal was the most important public relations event for the president of afghanistan it was rather strange when the mr karzai during this interview quoted unwittingly the former soviet president gorbachev referring to afghanistan as the leading war in full display of poetical correctness mr karzai was carefully spared from answering two most important challenges facing afghanistan right now that is there rampant corruption. that is suffocating the country. and the narco aggression there. too leading factors there who precipitated the implosion of ghana's stan from within and later the moscow out team takes you on a trip to live the life of the rich and famous in the russian capital. the scene is here in the russian capital with dozens of