well first of all it's not just imran khan that says just about every expert in international law outside the united states will say that it leaves that there are at least some aspects of the current policy which are clear violations of international law the un special rapporteur tour on extrajudicial executions has said that you know if these reports are true about what the us is doing they would constitute for example the killings of rescue that even if the war were illegal which it may be able to death that but put that aside suppose that this is a legal conflict you can't target civilian rescuer that's a war crime so it's not just imran khan saying it's people all around the world including in. your national law experts in the united states why doesn't the pakistan government do something oh well that's kind of the fifty thousand dollar question on the one hand the the public the democratically elected part of the pakistani government just totally against these drone strikes the pakistani parliament passed unanimously a resolution demanding that these drone strikes stop and every paki

convoy which is travelling from islamabad to south waziristan is being led by cricketing legend imran khan who's since become an opposition politician the reason is a hotbed of taliban militancy and a major faith because of the you with strife well arty's army correspondent tariq more here dean has been following the convoy itself and joins us live now good to see you there tariq so just how big was this convoy becoming while you were out the . right before i answer how big is that let me tell you again i describe it high hopes and high risk and talked of disappointment on the biology of p.d.i. which is by kissed on to her again soft chairman of a known con i actually joined the convoy. in the outskirts of islamabad heading towards the rice made con which is there at the end of the one job city by job prevents where the convoy is going to stay on my hair and for the morning they are planning to proceed to ours south with the rest time but let me tell you it set up the disappointments on the numbers that was expected actually to join him run a con on the only convoy there was that hardly. t

announcing the incident after his questioning, imran khan tweeted -- "my stance is known. it drone attacks must stop." earlier this month, imran khan led a march of thousands of people in pakistan to rally against the drones. he is running for president in pakistan. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on the road in medford, oregon, broadcasting from southern oregon's public television. much of the east coast is shut down today as residents prepare for hurricane sandy, a massive storm that could impact up to 50 million people from the carolinas to boston. new york and other cities have shut down schools and transit systems. hundreds of thousands of people have already been evacuated. millions could lose power over the next day. the storm has already killed 66 people the caribbean where it battered haiti and cuba. meet urologists say sandy could be the largest ever to hit the u.s. mainland. while not as powerful as hurricane katrina, the storm stretches a record 520 miles from its eye. earli

the high profile pakistani politician imran khan has been interrogated by u.s. officials over his anti drone views pull off a plane to new york explain the details of his campaign against deadly american air strikes in pakistan the former cricket star has asked for an apology but is obviously in english to reports washington remains unrepentant about its controversial program. killing the civilians of one country in the name of security of another the united states has been doing just that for over eighteen years and pakistan. there are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered three thousand americans they are plotting to strike again federally administered tribal areas burned bright red on the map that's where u.s. drone attacks have been killing thousands of people claiming the majority of them are militant extremists a study led by scholars from new york and stanford university's found that only around two percent of the total number of deaths were militants among the remaining several thousand victims of drone attacks hundred seventy five were chi

border the protests which were against saturdays being led by cricket legend turned politician imran khanand has attracted thousands of people concepts a large number of civilians have died in the american drone strike that is calling for an end to the killings demonstrators plan to reach a subtle as there is don and an area plagued by insurgency and that is frequently targeted by the missiles that were turned back they were ignoring reports that the convoy could be targeted by taliban suicide bombers but political activists our al the believes the rally has the full support of the people. the lords grand jury go of that region has welcomed him there it would be only in a system that is being provided by the government a pox on which does not want to open this area of new exposure because for the past five years they've been hiding the fact that drones have been attacking this region on the on the public front they actually deny it but on privately behind the doors of the us government they actually accept the fact just a simple attack on us of their energy and unfortunately for the past

which is travelling from islamabad to solve the world's ari's don is being led by cricket pleasant imran khanhas since become an opposition politician. so are those with the latest action from the world of sports. and i welcome to the sports and these are the headlines. out of steam locomotive and missed the chance to go joint top of the russian premier league off an easy one new attempt to cuba. while red bull flying sebastian vettel dominates qualifying to three inches for full position of the season to sunday's japanese chrome pretty. top two tussle reassure up of the easiest part to not lead to set up a china final against world number one turiaf bizarre encounter. but let's kick off with football where love to watch is moscow have missed the chance to join us at the top of the russian premier league after losing one military band. went out of his way to keep his side's goal intact but the coalition just failed to stop what turned out to be the only goal with the game as a mark romania strike that they will be able couldn't reach him to the far post with twenty minutes left and that's des

the convoy which is traveling from islamabad to south waziristan is being led by cricket legend imran khan who since become an opposition politician the region is a hotbed of taliban militancy and a major focus of the u.s. strikes a political activist a while but all the things the rally is supported by the broader pakistani public. lords. of that region have welcomed in their own need assistance that is being provided by the government of sound which does not want to open this up to exposure because for the past five years they've been hiding the fact that bones have been attacking this region on the on the public front that you deny it but on private behind the doors with the us government they actually accept the fact just in a simple attack on the energy and unfortunately for the past five years our government has actually bought into the american war on terror the american war has now become our was and they should be should catch on all of these terrorists that are doing it but unfortunately not able not able to handle the nomic affairs of the country let alone this terrorism issue t

way towards a volatile tribal belt of the motorcade led by cricket legend an opposition front man imran khan was headed to south waziristan the region most frequently targeted by u.s. drone strikes they were going though to stage a mass rally against american missiles the convoy was joined by dozens of foreign peace activists robert naiman list of u.s. foreign policy who took part in the two day protest says washington's current stance borders on lawlessness. just about every expert in international law outside the united states will say that it leaves that there are at least some aspects of the current policy which are clear violations of international law the bureau of investigative journalism in the u.k. has count at somewhere between four hundred and eight hundred civilian deaths since two thousand and four from u.s. drone strike has between fifteen and thirty percent the un special rapporteur tour on extrajudicial execution said that you know if these reports are true about what the u.s. is doing they would constitute war crimes the pakistani parliament passed unanimously a resolution d

tribal hub along the afghan border the protests which was led by cricket legend turned politician imran khanand attracted thousands of people a large number of civilians have died in american drone strikes and khan is calling for an end to the killings robert naiman activist and then analysts pushing for reform soon with foreign policy claims civilians have become the main victims from drone attacks not high level militant leaders as washington claims of. president obama's counterterrorism advisor his claim that civilian deaths from drone strikes are exceedingly rare well we know that the bureau investigative journalism in the u.k. has counted somewhere between four hundred hundred meter. civilian deaths since two thousand and four from u.s. drone strike so in fact far from being exceedingly rare the civilian deaths are normal that's a regular thing and in fact there are seven to fifteen times as many as the deaths of these so-called top level terrorist leaders so the actual policy is something completely different from the story that's being told in united states the stories being told unit

former pakistani cricket legend turned politician imran khan was pulled off a plane and interrogated by u.s. officials for over two hours on his way to new york from toronto he was led away for questioning over his vocal opposition to america's drone strikes in pakistan he now dammit demands an apology from washington one that he is not likely to get artie's arena has more. killing the civilians of one country in the name of security of another the united states has been doing just that for over eighty years and pakistan. there are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered three thousand americans they are plotting to strike again federally administered tribal areas burn bright red on the map that's where u.s. drone attacks have been killing thousands of people claiming the majority of them are militant extremists a study led by scholars from new york and stanford university's found that only around two percent of the total number of deaths were militants among the remaining several thousand victims of don't attacks hundred seventy five were children the fact of the matter

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which is travelling from islamabad to south is being led by cricketing legend imran khan he's since the days of cricketing he's become an opposition politician claims that the drone strikes have killed large numbers of civilians on enraged tribal factions he's now calling on people to shoot the drones out of the sky and the region there was a hotbed for taliban militancy and a major focus of u.s. strikes. the pope has been handed an eighteen month sentence. to a journalist private letters. said that he would not appeal the verdict he said to serve his sentence under house arrest however a papal spokesman said that benedict the sixteenth will most likely pardon his former aide the high profile was exposed when an italian journalist published a book accusing the leaders of the roman catholic church of numerous intrigues corruption and homosexual affair. miners in south africa have gathered for a rally against the dismissal of twelve thousand of their colleagues they were sucked off to staging a strike demanding better pay and conditions the protestors are also mourning their colleagues ki

drone strikes the convoy led by cricket legend and opposition from man imran khan is heading to south waziristan region plagued by insurgency and most frequently targeted by american missiles this despite warnings from pakistan's taliban militants that protesters could be targeted by suicide bombers political activists and watch believes the rally has the full support of the people. of yours the grand jury go of that region has welcomed in india is the only systems that is being provided by the government which does not want to open this up to exposure because for the past five years they've been hiding the fact that zones have been a region on the on the public front they actually deny it but on privately behind the doors with the u.s. government they actually accept the facts just in a simple attack on a silver entity and unfortunately for the past five years our government has actually bought into the american war on the american war it has now become our war and they should be should catch on all of these terrorists that are doing it but unfortunately not able do not able to handl

going on for the past five or six years against the people of iraq so now you support the party of imran khan so why are you not there now. basically i am actually a social media activist and my father is a general secretary of some very good sob and he gets to or he is the second or third in command so he gets to enjoy the at their leading and brush going out there while i get to sit back home and that is the family and speak to us here on our t.v. now concept the aerial strikes were against all humanitarian laws and just help militants to recruit more people so why does the end of the pakistani government do more to stop them i wish they would i mean on the public front there are actually it's tried to denounce but it's just a simple attack most of the energy and unfortunately for the past five years our government has actually bought into the american war on terror and the board has acted which started off to be that the american war has now become our war and should be should catch on hold of these terrorists that are doing it but unfortunately not even they're not able to handle the econ

addressing the march, pakistan and political leader imran khan said the drone strikes are fostering hatredf the united states. >> these drone attacks are a violation of international law. these drone attacks are a violation of the human rights of the pakistani people. do we all condemn them? we want to send a message to america, the more drone attacks to carry out, the more the people will grow to hate you and raise their arms against you. our tribal people will not be scared off with drone attacks. >> more than 30 u.s. citizens with the group codepink traveled to pakistan to take part in the march and meet with drone strike victims. >> the illegal, immoral, a brutal attacks on the innocent people of waziristan and the fatah region must in now. these are illegal drone strikes carried out by cia. cia is a civilian organization using military equipment rid this is a war crime. >> they are illegal. they are against international law. they invade the sovereignty of pakistan and they are not productive. >> an u.s. protest held in solidarity with the march in pakistan, 10 people were arrested on

the pakistani political leader imran khan has vowed to move forward with a peace march in debt highlighting the impact of u.s. drone strikes in pakistan's troubled areas. activists from britain and the in the state's, including codepink leader medea benjamin, are joining the march from islamabad to south waziristan despite concerns over security in remote areas. president to candidates in venezuela held closing rallies thursday ahead of sunday's election. president hugo chÁvez is facing challenger henrique capriles and what to be the toughest challenge of his 14-year rule. chÁvez, who is recovering from recent cancer surgeries, addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters. >> you all know there were several times that i was about to die for being faithful to the venezuelan people. and that is my path. i will not fail you. i will always be faithful to the venezuelan people. >> president chÁvez's opponent held a rally in the venezuelan state of lara on thursday. he addressed job as director in his remarks, saying it was time for a change. >> i want to tell you your term ends. i think you inf

we saw over the weekend that the former pakistan a cricket star am running con -- imran khan tried toprocess the attacks. he was stopped by police but he did get a lot of publicity out of the attack -- out of the protest. this is a way to broaden their base by using anti-american as some -- americanism i would like to start with an introduction from the person to my left. he is a fellow -- as many of you are aware, peter bergen is also the leading national security analyst at cnn where he is called for his expertise on terrorism. he has been covering terrorism issues for many years with his time as a journalism. in 1997, he interviewed bin laden. this was the first interview where bin laden declared war on the united states and said said to a western audience. in addition, he has written many books on these subjects, --luding "holy war, onc "holy war, inc." we are pleased to have him here today. to my left is christopher swift. he is a professor of abject security studies at georgetown university's. degree in bachelor's government. he also has a ph.d. in politics and international pol