>>(vo)and their offices in london, islamabad and dakar. >>that would mean me showing up at his house with an armed escort. >>(vo) shadowing the unit's busy staff, in this film we meet the young british women suspected of being forced into marriage, and follow their dramatic rescues. >>his wife here. >>(vo) we will also discover that the notions of honor that often drive forced marriage can (vo)this is the forced marriage unit. it's early morning in islamabad, and albert david and his team from the british high commission have received a message from the forced marriage unit in london that a 20 year-old british girl is being kept against her will and forced into a marriage. >>she was in contact with my colleagues, um, at the forced marriage unit in london, and she clearly does not want to be forced into this marriage. >>(vo) pakistan has a large british community, and albert's team deal with between 130 and 150 cases of forced marriage every year. a forced marriage is different from an arranged marriage, in that it is conducted without the

. >> reporter: a long line of cars in islamabad. the line stretches more than four kilometers. they are desperate to buy not gasoline but natural gas. >> translator: i've been waiting since this morning. >> translator: i'm worried the situation may get even worse. >> reporter: but six out of ten in pakistan lean on natural gas. pakistan is a leader of natural gas so governments have built the nation's energy policy around it. but supplies have become increasingly unreliable. militants have blown up pipelines, and government finances are in disarray. the there have been public protests. gas prices have been rise being 10,000 a month. anger was fueled even more by an offshore policy of favoring government and industrial users of allegra consumers. amid the shortages of natural gas, they're turning to food. the shortage of energy, electricity, gas, is getting serious in pakistan now. so to people who use it -- it's increasing. now there's another program increasing demand that's caused prices to surge by 50%. this woman cooks for 15 members of her family. she has to burn food in h

nhk world reports from islamabad. >> reporter: president asif ali zardari met in islamabad on tuesday. he said the gas pipeline should be implemented swiftly. pakistan needs iranian gas to help counter serious energy shortage and surging demand for power. the iranian vice president said iran already led pipes on its side of the border. he expressed a hope that construction would start on the pakistani side. the united states is pressuring pakistan to give up iranian natural gas in ports. it is part of the obama administration's strategy of trying to isolate iran, which it accuses of seeking nuclear weapons. but the comments indicate pakistan intends to step up energy cooperation with iran. observers say it may further strain the already sour relationship between the united states and pakistan. nhk world, islamabad. >>> and that wraps up our bullet bulletin. >>> volunteers rush into disaster zones when they get the call. some 900,000 have headed to northeast japan since the disaster last march. but fewer and fewer are visiting the region. now a travel agency wants to give people opport

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 level these talks are taking place. do we have any idea yet? upe according to the president, this is a very senior level talk. senior members of the insurgency, but bear in mind that kabul is hoping islamabad would allow direct access, perhaps to someone like his deputy and facilitate talks. that itself mr. karzai is wish on his truck to is lad abam. >> ha

but there are reports that islamabad is supporting the insurgents. the taliban are islamabad according to one report. >> these claims are not new. these kinds of been made for many, many years. it is up to the neighbors like pakistan -- important, yes, but neighbors like pakistan. >> and what of afghanistan for all future? -- and what of afghanistan's future? many afghans from the government to the armed forces when they fear the taliban will be back in power. bbc news, kabul. >> for more on the fallout from this report, i spoke to a senior from the senator for -- for the center for american progress a short time ago. these allegations have been around for a long time. but having them in this secret, leaked in nato report, is it important? >> at least for the last five years, we have heard about pakastani support for the taliban. i think the most damaging part of this report are the notes that indicate afghan security forces and officials in the afghan government are working with elements of the taliban and some of the weapons we are providing the af

some protesters held a rally here on islamabad. they said back stan should resist cooperating. >> translator: i strongly oppose the reopening of the nato supply route because the supplies are used to attack us, the muslims. the u.s. weapons are killing us. >> translator: our government is a puppet of the u.s. they're doing nothing to support us. >> reporter: the government is already struggling with low approval rates in the worsening economy. they could lose even more support if they mess with the current dynamic. they are expected to gauge public opinion closely before they consider changing anything with the u.s. >> what happens if they maintain the status quo? >> reporter: the administration plans to end combat mission in afghanistan by the end of 2014. they are already withdrawing troops in stages. u.s.-led forces have failed to achieve tangible results in ten years of war. pakistan's cooperation is a must if the u.s. is to conduct operations effectively. insurgents frequently cross into afghanistan over the border with pakist

nhk world's hideki reports from islamabad. >> reporter: president asif ali zardari met with visiting iranian vice president. to help counter serious energy shortage and surging demand for power. the iranian vice president said iran has already laid pipes on its side of the border. he expressed the hope that construction would start on the pakistani side soon. the united states is pressuring pakistan to give up iranian natural gas imports. it's part of the obama administration's strategy of trying to isolate iran, which it accuses of seeking nuclear weapons. but zardari's comments indicate that pakistan intends to step up energy cooperation with iran. observers say it may further strain the already sour relationship between the united states and the pakistan. hideki yui, nhk world, islamabad. >> and that wraps up our bull on the in bangkok. >> all right. >>> blue skies over tokyo. but residents are still having to bundle up. sayaka mori has the weather picture for here and elsewhere. >> hello. time now for your weather update. let's begin with east asia. a large high pressure system i

there are elements in the government and islamabad who would prefer to try to impose or do language on the entire country. in fact, the idea of pouring the language on what was then east ben gala created as much as anything the independent republic of bangladesh. i would hope we not try to accommodate the most extreme nationalistic or just extreme position of some elements in islamabad. because right now we're broadcasting and cindy is spoken by far more people in pakistan. we have a very complicated relationship with the pakistani government. we need to reach out to the pakistani people, particularly those in the sufi influenced south of pakistan where the version of islam is so compatible with american values. i know i won't be the only person up here to talk about camp liberty and how important it is that we assure the humanitarian safety of everyone who was there. there are certainly elements to how that camp has been set up that makes it look not almost like a prison camp. there are reports that the residents have no access to lawyers, their family, no freedom of movement. and, ob

from the beginning to do the right thing the right way the united states has to told directly to islamabad and only after this successful completion of this negotiation only if then they have a chance to accomplish any positive development in rick installing peace and security both you know afghanistan and across the border a little later here an r.t. will be joining our intrepid explorer james brown as he goes native while traveling across russia. i. was. wrong. and the latest edition of discovering russia is coming away in just over an hour from now next so it's the business update with dmitri. thanks bill oil prices have jumped to the highest levels in nine months after iran halted crude exports to the u.k. and france on sunday now this move follows the european union's decision to stop buying iranian oil starting in july the west hopes to persuade iran to curb its nuclear program brant is trading at almost one hundred twenty one dollars per barrel the have the gains for the. two which is currently trading at just over one hundred five dollars per barrel now experts don't expect prices

the last year has been terrible in terms of relations between washington and islamabad. there was of course the bin laden rain. right now, remember pakistan has blocked nato's supplies going to afghanistan. they are looking to redraw and terms of an ks man with the u.s. on one hand have pressure from reports like this from nato. on the other, they have an increasingly anti-american sentiment among the public and it is likely to increase with reports that this, both within the army ranks of the public, saying really it is time to cut our ties with the west completely. >> back to you in kabul, perhaps worst of all is this idea that people, when given the choice, seem to prefer the taliban, or many seem to prefer the taliban than the karzai government. in the that is right. because of corruption. taliban are mounting not just a military campaign of this report painted picture of a very successful hearts and minds campaign. they wait for international troops to leave and then they go in with the hearts and minds campaign. here is something else -- if you are not happy with t

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our correspondent is in islamabad, aleem maqbool. given the report that came out last week, again talking about what has been expected for so long, that pakistan's i.s.i. has certainly got close contacts with members of some of these militant groups, what is the reason for this particular chap being successful, do you think? >> well, there have been several drone attacks in the last couple of weeks. there was even one yesterday in which 10 militants were killed, and the united states would say that if this militant has been killed, and it is always very difficult to independently verify who is killed in these attacks, because it is in an in-hospital area, we're only getting this at the moment from officials in the area, then they will say that this really is justification for the drone program, which has been very controversial here. president obama broke the american silence really on the drone program just in the last couple of weeks, talking about it pinpointing al qaeda militants and being really the only way to target militants

pakistan's prime minister, yousuf raza gilani, has been charged with contempt in islamabad. he pleaded not guilty. he was indicted for refusing to reopen corruption cases against president zardari. mr. gilani argues the president has immunity from prosecution. if convicted, the prime minister could be jailed for up to six months and, of course, lose his office. our correspondent, aleem maqbool, was there and told us what happened in court. >> the crisis is continuing and is set to continue for some time yet. but the prime minister appeared in court, in the supreme court, behind me for about an hour or so. things went pretty much as expected. he was indicted, charged with contempt, and as expected, he entered a plea of not guilty. this all centers around a judgment that the supreme court made a couple of years ago. then it ordered the prime minister to send a letter to the swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against the president, asif ali zardari. he hasn't done that, and that's why these proceedings have begun. >> and how long is it going to take to resolve this? m

. >> the leaders of pakistan, afghanistan and iran have met many islamabad amid rising international tex about iran's nuclear program. even so the position of iran at the summit appeared bolstered by its wealth and natural resources. the president of pakistan, karzai from afghanistan and iran's president ahmadinejad issued a statement after their talks on friday. their pledge to increase cooperation in energy, trade and counterterrorism. ahmadinejad promised to continue supporting the energy needs of pakistan and afghanistan. ahmadinejad blamed outside flunss for the problems faced by the region. even though he avoided mentioning any country by name, his remarks were aimed at the united states and its allies. in singapore, asia's largest air show is underway along with tate of the art civilian aircraft, fighter ts are ao on disay reflecting the ongoing arms ra inmost importantef organithan 50 helicoers have ne fo >>hesi mkeisn ea daer ati18mige rf peleilremb d mbe is . in . f ilpis ll0%e ealy ts omsimaf co for many panese cities. uring them to return is especial imp for a lainreve. >

he made the comment at a summit in islamabad where the government there stressed importance of a peacerocess in afghanistan. armed robbers stole olympic artifacts in olympia. the thieves reportedly used hammers to smash their way in. they tied up the museum employee, and the local mayor said the items stolen were of incalculable value. the libyans are celebrating the start of the revelation -- revolution. there are fears of instability, largely because of significant numbers of former rebel fighters have yet to hand over their weapons to the government. this is a german filmmaker who spent the last year and reporting in libya and is with us in studio. i know you are back from your most recent trip and have been looking at conditions on the ground in tripoli and beyond. what is your impression of the level of civility? >> it is not great. on any given day you will hear gunfire in the capital. there are checkpoints every several meters when there is uncertainty. the government is unwilling to make decisions about the future of the country. many libyans have been described it as being in

. >> the leaders of pakistan, afghanistan and iran have met many islamabad amid rising international tex about iran's nuclear program. even so the position of iran at the summit appeared bolstered by its wealth and natural resources. the president of pakistan, karzai from afghanistan and iran's president ahmadinejad issued a statement after their talks on friday. their pledge to increase cooperation in energy, trade and counterterrorism. ahmadinejad promised to continue supporting the energy needs of pakistan and afghanistan. ahmadinejad blamed outside flunss for the problems faced by the region. even though he avoided mentioning any country by name, his remarks were aimed at the united states and its allies. in singapore, asia's largest air show is underway along with tate of the art civilian aircraft, fighter jets are also on display reflecting the ongoing arms race in the region. >> reporter: asia's largest and the third most important defense exhibitions in the world, organizers are expecting 140,000 visitors for the entire event. some 900 companies and organizations from more th

relative of the hakani network a wing of the table livering right next to the offices right near islamabad but as you said the government here basically brushed off these allegations and they will undoubtedly claim the intelligence is flawed in this report, but as you say, it's looking more and more to the outside world that their claim of non-interference in afghanistan is simply a lie. >> we've sort of been here before, haven't we? >> what is the sense of the people in pakistan? do they feel that the intelligence services do work closely with the table? -- with the taliban? >> i think there's some recognition from the public that there is this going on and particularly in the instance of the raid in which osama bin laden was killed. pakistan has found itself having to defend itself again and again but this has caused animosity towards the west with all this pressure being heaped on them. and pakistan has already stopped supply trout coalition forces in afghanistan and thinking about redrawing its terms of engagement with the west and every time something like this comes up, there's more

as the marriott bombing -- >> host: in karachi -- >> guest: well, the marriott was being bombed islamabad but i was meeting them at their office but it reminded me that they were associated with some very, very dangerous people. >> host: and where were you staying in karachi? >> guest: i stayed at different places in karachi, different hotels. i used to stay at the sheraton, but the last couple of years i've tried to stay in smaller pakistani hotels that wouldn't be so much of a target, just, you know, very small sort of guest house type of hotels. >> host: because these big hotels have been attacked in karachi and islamabad. another aspect of this war on terror that you've been discussing involves a lot of murky doings and dealings with some of the leaders in the muslim world. you mentioned president general musharraf, then president of pakistan, and his involvement with the aafia case, could you comment on that? >> guest: well, he -- at the time what happened was aafia was listed as wanted for questioning in march of 2003. at that point, she disappeared from her mother's house. now, she

. -- president karzai would like islamabad's assistance in bringing the taliban to the table. >> we hopethis time that they have promised a lot to the afghan people and to afghanistan. we want them to deliver. >> this summit could be overshadowed by another neighbor. fresh from the announcements of new advancements in iran's nuclear program, mahmoud ahmadinejad was given a customary guard of honor. at time of increasing tension with israel and the united states, president ahmadinejad will be keen to show that he maintains support in this region but even among america's allies. >> north korea is known for its pageantry and today it pulled out all the stops for what would have been the 70th birthday of kim jong il. the former leader died in september but this serve as a showcase for his son and successor, kim jong un. >> north korea is having to pack a lot into its ceremonies these days. here, on the 70th anniversary of his birth, the country's late bolar had to share the limelight with his son. kim jong un has big shoes to fill and events like this are designed to help him do it. so, toda

leaders from afghanistan pakistan and iran are meeting in islamabad to find a way to end the decade long war with the taliban afghan president hamid karzai is seeking pakistan's help in organizing talks with the group the nato secretary general said he didn't know if negotiations with the taliban were possible but valid to continue putting pressure on the group made a one big us are racing to train three hundred fifty thousand police and soldiers able to take over after troops withdraw from afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen. german president wolf has resigned the opposition demanded he step down over accusations he accepted illicit favors while serving as governor of lower saxony including a large private home loan from a friend's wife on thursday prosecutors asked parliament to lift the president's immunity from prosecution over the loan scandal wolf has denied any wrongdoing. greece has more or less accepted a demand from euro zone leaders who want greater oversight of the nation's finances before they hand over the next one hundred thirty billion euros of bailout cash the loomi

let's get the latest now from islamabad. can you give the details of this latest attack, ali? >> yes, police are telling us now and the details have changed over the last couple hours. they said gunmen in military fatigues stopped the convoy of four buses on this road and the gunman then enter the buses and checked everybody's id cards. you can tell from names sony muslims from shiite muslims. they removed from the bus all of those they thought were shia muslims and executed them, shot them dead, and the rest were left alone. at the moment police don't have many claims from any group that carried out the attack. there have been any attacks in the past against shia muslims in pakistan. >> how worrisome is? this is the idea that far from being a bomb attack that indiscriminate, people are selected because of their religion and then executed? >> unfortunately, even this kind of scenario has happened many times in the northwest of the country and in the baluchistan province close to the iranian border. there have been attacks against shiite muslims for years since the 1980's and e

from the beginning to do the right thing the right way the united states has to told directly to islamabad and only after the successful completion of this negotiation only then there are a chance to come push any positive development in rick installing peace and security both you know afghanistan and across the border. if you get it's will be looking into the challenges the group of twenty major economies will be tackling this week so it's all of today's financial facts and figures in the business update with dmitri. banks bill prices have jumped to the highest levels in nine months up to run halted crude exports to the u.k. and france on sunday the move follows the european union's decision to stop buying a radiant oil starting in july the west hopes to persuade iran to curb its nuclear program and what we're seeing right now is brant one hundred twenty dollars per barrel have to gains also for nymex crude which is currently up but to one hundred five light sweet experts don't expect crude prices to climb much higher as they say reining in risks for the most part of already been priced i

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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

from the beginning to do the right thing the right way the united states has to told directly to islamabad and only after this successful completion of this negotiation only then they have a chance to come push any positive development in written in stone peace and security both you know afghanistan and across the border later this hour here in our city retaining the title but portugal of europe's beach soccer crown right here in moscow all the details in about twenty minutes and our sports bulletin. and time now for the business news wasn't asha. twenty minutes past the hour you watching business are oil prices have jumped to the highest level in nine months after a wrong halt of crude exports to the u.k. and france on sunday the move follows the european union's decision to stop buying iranian oil starting in july the west hopes to persuade iran to curb its nuclear program brad has jumped to the highest level this year as you can see on the chart there it's trading at more than one hundred twenty dollars a barrel have to gains for the w t i a which is currently topping one hundred five d

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the bus was traveling from a suburb of the capital islamabad to the northern city of gilgit. eight gunmen stopped the bus. they checked people's names, then shot the male passengers. police say all casualties were shia muslims, a minority sect. police in the area are on high alert for sectarian violence. tensions have been rising since last month when month when sun muslim was killed. >>> mayan mar -- is receiving aid from japan. >> building infrastructure is essential to accentuate mayan mar's democratic reform. resuming yen loans will help the move. >> japanese foreign minister said that adjustments are being made to restart yen loans in april when mayan mar's president visits japan. gemba added the government will grant 5 billion yen or about $62 million in march. the humanitarian aid is intended to help mayan mar's recovery from floods last year and to provide food to ethnic minorities. gemba said he believes mayan mar's efforts doords democratization are real. the yen loans have been suspended from japan to mayy ma since the 1980s. >>> an automaker plans to carry out the

let's get the latest from our correspondent, aleem maqbool, who is in islamabad. foreign interference, the root of all evil, seems to be the message from mr. ahmadinejad there. what is the tenor of these discussions? >> well, the discussions are about trade. they were supposed to be about ways to stop drug smuggling or people trafficking across the borders between these three countries. but i was at that news conference, and it really did become the kind of platform that president ahmadinejad has seen so many times in the past, relishes the international platform to be able to say some of the stuff you just heard. he talked a lot about the fact that these three nations were standing together and all the problems here were because of outside interference. he said that we know who they are, and they want to keep us poor so that we depend on them, but that they stood united. certainly it is, it was the picture opportunity that he wanted as well, the three of them at the end of that press conference holding hands, with their arms around each other. and remember, of co

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happened overnight in the remote mountainous vilage about 200 miles northwest of the capital of the islamabad. the motive for the attack is unknown and we will keep you posted on more information as it becomes available. >>> an italian cruise ship that lot of electricity in the indian ocean will be towed to a nearby island. it's owned by the same company that the cruise liner costa concordia that ran aground off the coast of italy last month. 1,000 passengers on the costa allegra are being evacuate and the ship lost power following a fire in the generator room. >>> we are paying more to fill up these days, the prices are higher in parts of europe. try the equivalent of around $7.60 a gallon in the u.s. and some parts of hungary at 6.96 a gallon in poe lan. as for the u.s., the cost of filling up is now going up for 20 consecutive days. aaa reports the average price per gallon is now at around 3.70. >>> now breakdown of the gas prices east coast to the midwest. and here in baltimore. the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is about 3.64 a gallon according to aaa drivers in tulsa okl

leaders from pakistan iran and afghanistan are meeting in islamabad try and find a way to end a decade long war the taliban afghan president hamid karzai is seeking in pakistan is helping organizing talks with the group and the nato secretary general valid to continue putting the pressure on the taliban courage them to negotiate when nato and the u.s. are racing to train a three hundred fifty thousand police and soldiers able to take over after american troops withdraw from afghanistan in twenty forty. greece has more or less accepted a demand from eurozone leaders who want to greater oversight of the nation's finances before they hand over the next one hundred thirty billion euros of bailout cash a threat that moments is pushing the government into ever deeper cuts into more public protests platens is trying to find a way to trim spending by three hundred million euros and it reports that some years it is doubtful that greece can meet its obligations it's a situation that's there some european countries the little glad that they decided to stay out of the single currency system barton

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from the beginning to do the right thing the right way the united states has to told directly to islamabad and only after this successful completion of this negotiation only of them they have a chance to competition and a positive development in rick installing peace and security both you know afghanistan and across the border and coming up in an hour's time here in our team retaining the title russia b. portugal europe's beachside round right here in moscow all the details in our sports portend. and a bit later in the program are we await the saying the downward mobility of the middle class in developed countries join our across top program to get the answer well before that though we'll take a look at what's happening in the world of business that ash is here. twenty four minutes past eleven am here last few watching business on r.t. or oil prices have jumped to the highest level in a nine months after iran holding crude exports to the u.k. and france on sunday the move follows the european union's decision to stop buying iranian oil starting in july the west hopes to persuade iran to cu

leaders from afghanistan pakistan and iran are is in islamabad for talks on ending the decade long war with the taliban in afghanistan afghan president hamid karzai wants pakistan's help to organize talks with the group and the nato chief said he did you know if negotiations were possible but vow to continue military pressure on the taliban nato and the u.s. are training three hundred fifty thousand afghan police and the soldiers to take over when they withdraw in two thousand and fourteen. greece has more or less accepted a demand from euro zone leaders who want greater oversight of the nation's. announce us before they hand over the next one hundred thirty billion euros up bailout cash the looming threat of debt repayments is pushing the government into even deeper cuts leading to more public protests athens is trying to find a way to trim spending by another three hundred million euros amid reports that some fellow eurozone leaders are doubtful that greece can meet its obligations it's a situation that's left some european countries more than a little glad they decided to stay out o

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 only party in the region that i

officials in islamabad deny having ties to the taliban. >>> the top commander of forces in afghanistans calling the burning of korans and other muslim materials a mistake. it happened at the bagram military base, many books were removed from the library because they had extremist writings inside them and because detainees were exchanging messages writing in the books. a senior from the country say they may not wait to be attacked. it came during a busy day in the tense situation between iran and much of the world. jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon. >> just days after entering the mediterranean, two destroyers returned, leaving as suddenly as they arrived. despite the warships docked in syria, pentagon officials say they didn't make it that far. still a top iranian general is signaling iran would be willing to carry out a preemptive strike, a clear message to israel. quote, our strategy now is that if we feel our enemies want to endanger iran's national interest and decide to do that, we will act without waiting for their actions. the white house continued to press israe

hundreds of pakistanis shouted "death to america" in a protest today in islamabad. demonstration was organized by coalition group. many blacklisted in pakistan and abroad as terrorist organizations. the international committee of the red cross says it's trying to broker a cease-fire in syria. so it can get access to people ra advantageed by the government 11-month crackdown on dissent. chief washington correspondent james rosen shows us tonight that crackdown seems to be intensifying. >> reporter: outside mosqu mosques, and houses, amateur video purportedly shows the city of homs absurding the artillery, amid reports that regime tanks in the east are streaming toward the city. >> damascus, too, is aflame with violence. the uprising against president bashar assad is now in the 12th month. and the death toll according to the u.n. exceeds 5400 with some placing it above 7,000. that fact along with growing defections among syrian army officers including some operating armored vehicles and some in the fourth tuition, integral to assad's security led to growing calls for

he arranged to meet him just outside the capital, islamabad, not far from where osama bin laden was killed last may. the commander told us how dependent the taliban is on sanctuary in pakistan to wage war across the border. >> grey: and is the border hard to cross? >> frankly, we don't know on any given day what side the pakistanis are on. there is overwhelming evidence that, you know, even as the pakistani government takes, you know, between one billion and two billion dollars a year from the united states government in aid, they also maintain links with the taliban, and they support the taliban. and they certainly support and maintain very extensive links with the haqqani network, which is one of the most deadly insurgent groups operating in afghanistan. >> smith: the haqqani network is a major branch of the taliban, with close links to al qaeda. pakistan's military intelligence agency, the isi, has a history of supporting them. >> without their protection, without them tolerating the presence of these operatives-- to do planning, training and using pakistan soil-- they won't be able to