group in sudan militia group in a militia group and been lucky and what they did was they coordinatedtheir activities but they didn't come under unified command the unifying command as it were was need to those aerial bombardment and beneath that these militias operated basically independently so once tripoli failed to the rebellion there was annoyed to them in fact the central government was not even to create a unified come on and that is why this still fractured political disagreements which have taken up a military cust because each militias jockeying for power you know reserve the other militias so there is nor unified command and in a sense what we have now is a result of how the rebellion was conducted where is the arab spring led those countries which have had uprisings how would you assess their results. well i would say that in places like tunisia and in egypt there's been a resilient attempt by the population to create something new which is why there despite the election result in egypt use do you have hundreds of thousands of people coming into the streets not only of cai

so this militia act will matter for a lot of reasons. the final emancipation proclamation endorses black soldiers. there are two units in the field, one in kansas, one in south carolina but it's really the emancipation proclamation that makes clear this is official union policy now. we've got a couple of questions on our hands. we should have a great new pool of recruits but would black men enlist? yeah. would black men enlist? there is a sort of -- there is a pretty wide swath of white opinion which says no, they are cowards, they will never enlist. we can discount that obviously. what we need to think about is what about some free northern black opposition? why would you, if you were a plaque man in 1862, 3, want to enlist in the union army? you tried it in 1861, they said no. this is a white man's war. the united states government has legalized slavery its entire existence, there is no state where you are treated equally. you have been listening to all of this about a white man's war. the black families seemed to be closer to the econ

their militia was called out, and their militia did stand, too, but it is also true that that militia did not -- the new england militia, with some exceptions, such as the vermont militia that fought up around there, around lake champlain, but by and large, you're right, a lot of the new england militia did not participate very actively in the war of 1812. there was a convention, the hartford convention in which some of them flirted with the idea of leaving the union. it never really got anywhere, but it was really a manifestation of the discontent of the new england states with the war, and you can't blame them.

their militia was called out, and their militia did stand, too, but it is also true that that militia did not -- the new england militia, with some exceptions, such as the vermont militia that fought up around there, around lake champlain, but by and large, you're right, a lot of the new england militia di

on the friday morning of that third week in march when it became clear it was going to pass, a militia guy in alabama freaked out about health reform on his blog and demanded conservatives opposed to health reform should take to violence to stop congress from what it was doing. he wrote on his blog, and i friday morning, march 19th, 2010. sometime later on in that day, indeed, a large brick was thrown through a window at louise slaughter's business in niagara falls, new york. the window had to be boarded up completely. that same night, friday night or early saturday morning, another brick was thrown through a window at the sedgwick county office. that brick was reported to have anti-obama and anti-health care reform messages written on it. a day later, saturday night or early sunday, another brick shattered glass doors at the democratic party headquarters in rochester, new york. i think we have a picture of the brick, right? shortly after the health reform vote took place on sunday, another one, this time a fist-sized rock reportedly thrown through the front window of the hamilton coun

there were a number of cross border attacks blamed on mercenaries and militia fighters. christopher "dudus" coke was sentenced to 23 years in prison. he pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy. he was extradited from jamaican nearly two years ago after a bloody standoff in which nearly seven people died. will they or won't they? that is the question dogging spanish officials over whether to speak of the country's banks. it is the fallout from spain and it is already alarming america. gavin has this report. >> spanish ministers are trying to deny it, but there is increased speculation that spain will shortly ask the eurozone for a bailout loan to help its troubled banks. >> no. >> no, absolutely not. it is false. spain does not need a rescue. >> the images of spain belie the depth of its crisis. its banks need somewhere up to 100 billion years. today, president obama urged europe to inject more money into its banking system to prevent the crisis dragging down the rest of the world. >> right now, their focus has to be on strengthening their overall banking system, mu

he said government-backed militias seem to have free reign in the country. annan said there must be consequences for those blocking efforts to end the conflict. >>> western powers are looking at various ways to increase the pressure on the syrian government. but leaders of china, russia and four central asian countries said they oppose any military intervention to stop the violence. nhk world susumu kojima reports from beijing. >> reporter: the six leaders adopted a joint statement in beijing on thursday. at the end of the two-day summit of the shanghai cooperation organization, a mutual security and economic group. chinese president hu jintao and russian president vladimir putin took part. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad attended as an observer. the statement declares the shanghai group is against military interference in the affairs of the middle east and north africa. it also rejects any enforced hand over of power or sanctions and stresses that problems should be resolved with dialogue. the syrian violence comes in the wake of the arab spring. thos

and syria's opposition say there's been another massacre of civilians by militia, the third in a week. here in london, final preparations are underway for this weekend's diamond jubilee celebration. four days of events are planned across the u.k. to mark queen elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. let's go to just outside buckingham palace to mishal husein, who joins us now. >> yes, we're live at buckingham palace. not many monarches get to a mile stein like 60 years. 1897 was the last time britain saw an occasion like this. that was the year queen victoria marked the occasion with her own 60 years on the throne. so this is a special moment for queen elizabeth herself and also an opportunity for britain and the commonwealth to share in the celebration. you can imagine the changes that the queen has seen in these 60 years, prime ministers coming and going, no less than 12 have come to their weekly audience with her here at buckingham palace. and london is at the heart of the celebration over the next few days, so let's get this glance at what it's been like. >> at dawn on london's desert

on the friday morning of that third week in march when it became clear it was going to pass, a militia guy in alabama freaked out about health reform on his blog and demanded conservatives opposed to health reform should take to violence to stop congress from what it was doing. he wrote on his blog, and i quote, if you wish to send a message that pelosi and her party cannot fail to hear, break their windows. break them now. break them and run to break again. break them under cover of night. break them in broad daylight, break them and await arrest. break them with rocks, with sling shots, break them with baseball bats, but break them. the time has come to take your life, and act. it's after all, more humane than shooting them in self defense, and if we do a proper job, if we break the windows of hundreds, thousands of democrat party headquarters across the country, we might just wake up enough of them to make defending ourselves at the muzzle of a rifle unnecessary. break their windows, now. friday morning, march 19th, 2010. sometime later on in that day, indeed, a large brick was thro

surry and militias are accused of gearing up -- assyrian militias are accused of carrying out another massacre near hamas. the terrorists are blaming the government and the governor of planes opposition forces. -- the government blames opposition forces. opposition forces are asking where the presence of the u.n. is. also coming up in this program, as europe heats up in the spanish bailout many prepared to buy millions of bureaus in loans. >> the space is incredibly expensive and scarce here. the solution, think small. >> it is midday in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 2:00 p.m. in syria, where activists say pro-government forces have killed at least 78 civilians. the attacks were in hama promise -- province. the victims, half of whom were women and children, are thought to have been shot at close range or stabbed to death. it suggests that diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis are having little impact on the ground. >> the gruesome aftermath of what both sides are calling another massacre. this video, put out by activists, it showed in graphic detail some of the victims. they

activists say the militia has moved on to another village and is carrying out another attack. government forces are deployed around that village and are blocking entry. activists say pro government forces are using helicopters in their assaults on several cities. and ground troops are setting crops on fire. >>> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton insists it is time to start planning for what syria might look like after assad. >> the regime sponsored violence we witnessed again in hama yesterday is simply unconscionable. assad has doubled down on his brutality and duplicity. and syria will not, cannot be peaceful, stable or certainly democratic until assad goes. >> clinton said foreign officials working with syrian opposition forces need to coordinate their efforts. she urged her diplomatic counterparts to impose and fully implement sanctions against at saad government. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon says he's preparing several options to end the violence in syria. ban says the government of president bashar al assad shows no signs of complying with the cease-fire p

so over the course of the war you have militia from different states who aren't committed to fighting and all of that will be transformed by the battle of new orleans which is a huge success, not really in strategic terms because it actually occurs after the signing of the peace treaty, but it's a cultural, it's a signal success because it's a moment when everyone performs the way they're supposed to and the challenges of unity and the challenges of commitment this had been there in the preceding several years are resolved in a nice way. just a quick snapshot of what the u.s. was like, it was a population and where was most of that concentrated? >> okay. at the beginning of the war with the u.s. thinks of itself as a young and growing nation and it very much is. the first national census was taken in 1790, and in 1790 the nation had 3.9 million people in it. by 1810 on the eve of the war, 20 years later it almost doubled to 17 million people. so this is a nation that's rising rapidly in terms of its population growth and it's a nation that is looking very explicitly to its rising popu

and the suicide bomb attack in southern yemen has killed four tribal militias men allied to government forces the blast was in response to army attempts to retake the city. in which which is held by al-qaeda militants military officials say another terrorist cell phone up near a checkpoint in the same city but there were no injuries. and four men were jailed for twelve years each for plotting to attack the office of a danish newspaper publishing cartoons depicting the prophet muhammad the suspected terrorists were arrested in twenty ten after their shooting rampage plants were uncovered all those convicted are of north african or middle east descent. your dogs are american economist and nobel laureate eric mask and find out what he thinks is on the horizon for the world's troubled economy. bill are it in economics it's great to have you with us sir today it's a pleasure so let's start with greece and the latest news we know that chris his public finance is practically paralyzed there caus that pensions and salaries won't be paid in june and then you have people and companies transferri

opposition activists say it's the work of pro-government militia together with syrian security forces. government officials insist armed terrorists, as they called them, carried out this latest brutality. u.n. observers who verified previous recent massacres, are once again in hama to assess the scene. tom esselmont has the latest. >> once again, hama is a focal point of this conflict. these are apparently the victims of what activists say were the killings carried out by the regime militia, plus government security forces in the village of qubair. these pictures apparently show the aftermath of an earlier attack later, also in hama province. the activist said many people in qubair were shot at close range, while others were stabbed to death, with men, women, and children among the dead. >> its army is defending more and more on gangs in order to intimidate people and lessen pressure on its army, which is losing battles everywhere. >> as these unverified pictures emerged of violence elsewhere, siriano officials went on state tv to blame the qubair attack on armed terrorist groups. off

thirty militia members were arrested. in denmark, a group of men planning revenge for a cartoon of muhammed face charges of a terrorist attack. the newspaper that apologized has apologizedd them for any offense. >> today, a danis court convicted four men of a terrorist plot, and they were given 12 years each. they planned a shooting spree in copenhagen. the evidence was strong. weapons were found and the conversations were intercepted by swedish intelligence. the act was considered deeply offensive by muslims. the cartoons were published in 2005. in a separate plot from 2010, a somali man tried to kill the cartoonist. the men who were driven in were from north african origin. edish of them sweedis citizens. prosecutors said they intended to take hostage and kill those in the office. three of them were picked up in a suburb of the danish capital. also found were 100 runs of ammunition and plastic handcuffs. this was not the only plot. say it remains ai target. >> the ongoing fallout of those cartoons. tens of thousands in

a suicide bomb attack in southern yemen has killed four tribal militia men i lied to government forces the blast was in response to army attempts to retake the city of shock which is held by al-qaeda militants military officials say another terrorism blew himself up near checkpoint in the same city but there were no injuries. nato has signed deals with three central asian nations to pull military hardware out of afghanistan through their territories that as a nato troops prepare for a complete withdrawal from afghanistan by the end of twenty four team the agreement allows of the alliance to bypass pakistan which blocked its and later supply routes after a disagreement over drone strikes. next hour to talk american economist and nobel laureate eric mascon to find out what he things on the horizon for the world's troubled economy coming up after a quick recap of the headlines. mosque in our poll our it in economics it's great to have you with us sir today it's a pleasure so let's start with greece and the latest news we know that chris his public finance is practically paralyzed third co

some of his neighbors had seen vermont during the french and indian wars and the head of the militia in litchfield county, connecticut, decided to move to his hand into the river valley up near burlington, vermont and bowlton valley. to do this, ethan allen became a land speculator and investor. at first with very small pieces of land. his timing could not have been worse. at exactly that time in 1770 the old problem of who owned the land flared. new hampshire's royal governor benny wentworth had sold charters for 170 townships in new hampshire and vermont. now who bought the charters? i did a little digging, for example, willingston, vermont is named after sam willis who was from hampstead, long island, and like his merchant friends wanted to lay some of it off in land in vermont. so willis and his friends came up with 40 shillings in silver andn't that that went to governor wentworth from granting the papers to set up a township five miles by five miles and you get to see the numbers. benny wentworth in 15 years pocketed $3 million of our money in fees just from those land charters

local activist group claims militias killed dozens of people in central syria. today the u.n.akes up the increasingly bloody revolt against the assad government. and president obama wraps up a west coast fund-raising trip yesterday. last night he told gay and lesbian groups he would roll back. >>> the ct scan, an x-ray procedure has become a common diagnostic tool but there's new evidence unnecessary exposure to such radiation even under a doctor's supervision can have serious, long-term health consequences especially for children. dick brennan has that story. >> reporter: the bundis family has three active boys. >> kid play, fall and hurt themselves. >> reporter: like any parents, ashley knows some bumps and bruises will require a trip to the doctor or even a ct scan, but a new study shows the scans could affect their health in the future. research in the journal of lancet finds radiation exposure from two to three ct scans of the head during childhood can triple the risk of developing brain cancer. >> they also found the risk from five to ten ct scans of the head tripled the

others were taken away by the militia. we cannot cooperate -- corroborate any of that. they were basically blaming this on armed terrorist gangs. there is the meaning of the security council in new york tomorrow. >> and as you say, coming up hard on the heels of the other massacre. what is the political impact likely to be? >> well, assuming the u.n. observers go there tomorrow, thursday morning, that is, and verify what happened is what happened in the other city. there are activists, to be absolutely accurate in terms of the numbers they were giving. if that happens, that will give a boost to those arguments in favor of a stronger line in syria, putting pressure on russia to put some real muscle in for the syrians to carry out the serious change in direction that kofi annan wants to see from the president there, and, of course, it will put the russians in a position in trying to resist. it will have quite the impact coming at this very moment. >> jim>> and now, "bbc world news america." in beirut. and now, the euro zone debt crisis. experts have been trying to predict

a variety of factors that helped sculpt and actually give birth to the militia movement.a war. we had a recession. we also, in the united states, had the ascension of the democrats to both houses, the appointment of left-leaning supreme court justices and the election of a southern liberal leaving traditional, conservative white males feeling disenfranchised. what came out of that was a notion that the government itself was selling america out and going after violently against citizens who merely were different and dissented. >> authorities worried that local sentiment would be on rudolph's side, and some residents seemed to support that fear. >> you started getting some t-shirts, you got some bumper stickers, you know, the hunt for rudolph, run, rudolph run, and that type of thing. again, that was portrayed in the media, i think, as support for rudolph. >> despite having the support of some of the locals, eric rudolph isn't one for company. by all accounts, he's preferred solitude since childhood. >> we put on a full press to determine and learn as much information as we

militia men killed 22 children. >> 88 people were killed and some of the bodies were set on fire. they say many of the villagers who survived the attack were taken away by the pro government forces. syria state run media offered a different account of what happened. it said police were fighting terrorists who had attacked the village killing all of them. it also said two police officers were killed in the fighting. militia loyal to assad killed at least 100 people two weeks ago and that attack on the town of houla. the violence in syria continues despite the presence of u.n. monitors to verify the impolicemention of a u.n. peace plan. >>> u.s. officials have gradually shifted toward demanding that assad be removed. secretary of state hillary clinton has stressed the need for a full transfer of power. clinton made the remark at a meeting on syria in istanbul. representatives of 15 western and arab nations as well as european -- as well as the european union took part. a u.s. official said clinton proposed a new strategy for syria including a transition of power that would eventuall

the government militias came and forced civilians, mainly old people, to walk in front of their tanks. this man does not being mind i'd -- does not mind being identified because he has no family left in syria. this latest footage which cannot be verified shows terrified women and children towering from shelling. when u.n. report today accused syrian troops of torturing children and using them as human shields. >> the army and the militia stormed into my uncle's house. they slaughtered everyone there, children, babies, as a look young as 11 months old were killed. >> the first british government minister to visit refugees from syria said diplomacy was still the way to solve this crisis. the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating. >> my focus is to make sure all of these people are fed, watered, looked after and having the likes of their blood wounds treated as soon as they get there. >> some of the firsthand accounts and video evidence these refugees are bringing it from syria is almost beyond belief. not all that can be verified. but what they say is with children and women b

libya we still have these various militias running around. we have the misrata brigades and all the different groups of people and there's still checkpoints as you drive through tripoli, and there's a long, long way to go in the process of reconciliation. at the same time as i mentioned earlier on, on july 7th, they will have a free and fair election. they have international observers there. i will be there with our outstanding ambassador chris stevens. and so -- and then i'm sure you're going to read reports of them, militia taking over the airport for 24 hours or a firefight down in the southern part of the country, the problem of arms flows that were in gadhafi's inventories flowing throughout africa is a big problem, too, and there will be enormous problems. but one of the things we should demand of the syrian resistance group and we've talked to them heavily about it is that part of their platform, part of their commitment to the people of syria is reconciliation, reconciliation. that doesn't mean there aren't going to be scores settled,

activists claim more than 80 people including women and children were massacred by a pro-government militia yesterday. >> the international community is expressing outrage. the obama administration is calling for syrian president bashir assad to be removed. >> reporter: cell phone video captures what appears to be a successful rebel attack on a syrian government tank, but there are few victories for the uprising which is far outmatched by president assad's military. people ran for their lives as the town came under attack and on wednesday opposition leaders say about 80 people, including women and children, were executed by for-government militia. representatives from the united nations tried to reach the site of the massacre but were reportedly turned away by gunfire. the latest violence is sparking global outrage and u.n. leaders believe the country is on the verge of civil war. >> syria is not libya. it will not implode. it will explode and explode beyond its borders. >> reporter: today secretary of state hillary clinton is scheduled to meet with u.n. special enjoy kofi annan as world le

activists say pro-government militia and security forces killed at least 78 people, including women and children in this central province of hama. the syrian observatory for human rights group said army troops shelled the area and then militia men armed with guns and knives carried out the attack. meanwhile in turkey, secretary of state hillary clinton told a meeting of foreign ministers that a transition in syria must include full powers for an interim government and free elections. >>> back here at home, opening arguments are set for next monday in the case against jerry sandusky. yesterday the last of 12 jurors and four alternates were chosen. several of them have connections to the university. something the judge in the case called unavoidable in such a small community. nbc's brian mooar reports from belfont, pennsylvania. >> reporter: though it once seemed unlikely, a judge seated a 12th member of the jury that will decide the child sex abuse case against former penn state defensive coach jerry sandusky. >> the judge is clearly moving the case along quickly. the jury selection proc

but trouble in tripoli armed militia men take over libyan capital's international airport storming it with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles crosses are now reportedly taking place as a group demands the release of one of its leaders. up next we'll talk to american economist and nobel laureate eric mask him to find out what he thinks is on the horizon for the troubled world economy. i will aria it in economics it's great to have you with us sir today it's a pleasure so we'll start with greece and the latest news we know that christie's public finance is practically paralyzed three cows that pensions and salaries won't be paid in june and then you have people and companies transferring their assets out of the country how much worse can actually the cash crunch get will they even be able to get to the seventeenth of june election we don't know the answer to that since since the election is. in the near future i suspect that they they can and hobble through to the election but things could deteriorate and get even worse and in the meantime i c b the greek situation as a tragedy bec

trouble in tripoli armed militia men take over libyan capital so international airport storming in with heavy machine guns an armored vehicle classes are now reported to be taking place as the group demands the release of one of its leaders. up next is the latest sport here on r t with paul. thank you very much lisa hello welcome to the world of sport is what we call coming up still standing russia's so representative in the french open maria sharapova place in the quarterfinals with a three step win over czech klara as a couple of. out of the rough tiger woods ends the worst three tournament run of his career with a stunning win at the memorial. riverrun moscow plays host to the latest stage of the new world cup which will say well this is an important prep tournament for russia's london twenty twelve olympic hopefuls. but let's start on the clay courts of the french open where the only remaining russian in the competition maria sharapova has booked her place in the quarterfinals although she was pushed all the way in her last sixteen tie unseeded czech klara soccer part of her becomin

the chairman of lib yes' national transitional counsel agreed to investigate the militia's claims.r u.s. official confirmed to the bbc that the drone strike on monday in pakistan's tribal belt targeted al qaeda's second in command. it's not known if he was among eight suspected militants killed in the attack. pakistan demanded the u.s. stopped its tressel drone program. a copy of one of austria's villages has just been opened in china. it has been re-created in the southern chinese province of guandong. >> this is made in china. the world heritage listed austrian village which stores thousands of tourists every year has been cloned. the chinese copying its replica of its tower its picturesque woodens houses. when news of the project broke, villagers were upset. but since then, attitudes have softened. so much so that the mayor approached that with an austrian delegation take part in the opening ceremony. >> this is the way it looks. the population is amused that such a little place is important enough to get a copy. >> back in austria, the original province houses thousands of chin