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and reza, a former revolutionary guard member who worked as undercover cia agent in iran.ot your real name, i want to ask you where we left off. the workers of the world people have been planning and plotting this. even the open society people, george soros, he has been planning these things for a long time. i think they are actually thinking in their arrogance, you know what? we'll work with these people. you know, we'll help them they'll help us. yada, yada, yada. but workers of the world uniting over jobs does not beat believers of world uniting for god. with a machete, do they? >> they don't understand the ideology. first of all, they have to differentiate between the iranian people and the radical islamists ruling them. >> right, right. >> the iranian people have been aspiring for democracy and freedom. even the 2009 uprising, it was close to overthrowing the government. but they chose to negotiate with them. the government proposed radicals ruling iran are committed to islam, committed to allah and they take it literally from the quran. which demands kill infidels un

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regime wants to develop nuclear weapons i mean they categorically say no i can see that the revolutionary guards maybe same look we must develop them for forty tyrants but the nonsense of it comes down to this supposing iran did have a few nuclear weapons do you think it would launch a first strike on israel of course it wouldn't because he ran would be obliterated this is just a bluff and it serves israel's purpose because it takes the world's attention away from what israel is doing which is talking increasing continue to expand the settlements and israel actually its leaders must be very pleased with what's going on in the arab world actually because again it's taken all the focus away from israel and it gets on the building more. like. they're almost almost how possible to think it is that. in the wake of all these revolutions in the middle east islamists will come to power in egypt. with this it's terrifying thing if we stand back and look how we evolved through tunis here through egypt. the what we might call the extremists of the fundamentalist muslims they weren't in the game it was basi

sanctions on top syrian officials barack obama has also authorized sanctions against iran's revolutionary guard foreign policy experience misleading doesn't believe iran will come to president assad's risky. the u.s. has said there. iran is involved in helping the syrians and so on but you know i think that this is very much fundamentally still an internal syrian matter and i don't think the iranians frankly with all the problems they have in their own country are going to be able to salvage this regime my sense is that if i know the iranians and i think i do they are already reaching out to other players in syria most likely some of the islamic groups others because for them it's important to have a relationship with a country which is on the confrontation line with israel it's a conduit between iran and hezbollah it enables iran to play in the arab israeli conflict in a major way it's a very important country i believe the old phrase was that there was no war without egypt and no peace without syria in terms of arab israeli peace so it's a tremendously important country of course it has an in

preparing sanctions now against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets iran's revolutionary guard being times also said to be penalized for allegedly providing material support to damascus. retired u.s. air force left turn colonel cohen quite close he says america's chosen a route to a selective punishment in the region these days. you know we've got instructions i don't know syria but leadership the family of that side we are putting sanctions in continually expanding sanctions on iran we are protesting at the un for actions that these governments are taking or allegedly taking it's their people unfortunately we are showing our hypocrisy because we're not doing that in saudi arabia we're not doing that in bahrain we supported the guys that were we backed the guys back. if they want to secure why we will overlook any syrian but those governments will do and i think it's becoming very obvious not just to the rest of the world i think it's been watching this but even to americans these are operations are unpopular in the united states americans do not understand what we are doing of

washington claims that iran's revolutionary guard is aiding the crackdown across syria and a blogger steve in lebanon says it's tehran that's the real endgame for u.s. operations in the region i think iran is the end target and again he too do you really think countries in iran's orbit what's going on in syria right now is regime change if it can be enough to save it is free to give the syrian people they have and it leads to a new regime in syria and their american care could accomplish its objective a regime change rather than go to war but if it doesn't work then what you're going to reinstate come in maybe the idea is that change what's going on and it isn't working too well in new faces but don't be wastin friendly policies in syria so you can be separated. do you links from the other. experiment could be. nato together with the libyan rebels have dismissed an offer from tripoli for a cease fire and the staging of peace negotiations the coalition insists there will be no tolerance until colonel gadhafi stops the bloodshed the libyan opposition says it's too late now for any talk

preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets plus the rands revolutionary guards also said to be penalised for allegedly providing material support to damascus that's what the american blogger stephen lemony told me to rand is the end game of the u.s. operation in the region. i think a really is the ends are here in the game he too easily coteries in iran's orbit what's going on in syria right now is clearly regime change his behavior not some statement is free to give the syrian people we have. a new regime in syria. america can accomplish that objective by regime change irreparably go into war but if it doesn't work then watch for the marines to come in maybe he idea is to change what's going on and it is already too well new faces in the western friendly policies in syria so it can be separated. dealings from the other it. could be. nato has dismissed an offer from libya meantime for a cease fire in the staging of peace talks the coalition since the cold gadhafi must stop the bloodshed first the libyan opposition also rejected a call saying that a compromise is

washington claims that iran's revolutionary guard is aiding the crackdown across syria retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen in korea koski says america's chosen a route of slog of punishment in the region you know we are putting sanctions on. syria on the leadership the family at first sight we are putting sanctions in continuing expanding sanctions on iran we are protesting at the un for actions that these governments are taking or allegedly taking against their people unfortunately we are showing our hypocrisy because we're not doing that in saudi arabia we're not doing that entire range we supported the guys that were we backed the guys did back us if they let us do it like me we'll pull over look any syrian government's will do and i think it's becoming very obvious not just to the rest of the world but i think it's been watching this but even sure americans these operations are unpopular in the united states americans do not understand what we are doing a regime change types of approaches implying certainly with regard to syria and iran has been a long term united st

continues some analysts say washington's policies are only out of aiding the situation bronze revolutionary guard has also been sanctioned for allegedly supporting the practice. of russian activists sound the alarm over a vicious bullying in the army that's claiming more and more young lives and soldiers mothers see the schools aren't doing enough to stop the good practice. loss of already is in new york cash in by policing the people thanks to a series of new regulations and guidelines for petty crimes the big apple smokers among those hardest hit cities to become illegal on many parts of the city. next argue talk of a photographer whose camera is capturing the rare and delicate heritage of the arctic and he's determined not to see it but i doubt it's coming your way next in scotland. hello yellow welcome to the spotlight show our take. ventilator my guest in the studio is brian alexander. in a rapidly moving we don't have an opportunity to hit the pause button and give a particular frame a closer look maybe if we did we're going to have noticed more flaws in our actions and either charles to re

preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets iran's revolutionary guards also said to be penalized for allegedly providing material support to damascus and another development let's bring into the conversation american radio host stephen leatherman is joining us. live from chicago to discuss these latest developments in the arab world and the u.s. role maybe in the place of being on the program i mean if this news about these imminent sanctions proves to be correct it does bring. the theory that washington is getting increasingly involved in what's happening in syria and it's also targeting iran now crucially. absolutely. in syria going back. to know what are. you is intervention in syria. was. recruiting u.s. recruiting. i think you're always free across syria. oh it's so course the syrian regime which is not a free regime. regime but even if you don't think is very likely so the response the syrian government response has been very robust this year the city of chicago the risk for its own history would be just as robust right sure has the chicago police

continues but some analysts say washington's policies are only aggravating the situation iran's revolutionary guard me times also being sanctioned for allegedly supporting the crackdown. russian activists sound the alarm of a vicious bullying in the army which is claiming more and more young lives soldiers mothers say officials aren't doing enough to stop the group of practive. plus new york authorities cashing in by policing the people thanks to a series of new regulations and fines for petty crimes big apple smokers are among those hit hardest soon it'll become an eagle to puff away many parts of the city you're immortal a story that stood out see the all cost. hello yellow walk in the spotlight. artie. venturi my guest in the studio is brian alexander. in a rapidly moving we don't have the opportunity to hit the pause button and give a particular frame a closer look maybe if we did notice more flaws in our actions and have a chance to rethink and maybe even reduce or here's where photography fails they get our guest bryan alexander has brought some real here to stay but troubling skills from his

preparing sanctions now against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets plus iran's revolutionary guard is also said to be penalized for allegedly providing material support to damascus i spoke to american blogger stephen leatherman who says that iran is the end game as he sees it of the u.s. operation in the region. i think it really is the end in the game he'd be too eagerly coteries in. what's going on in syria right now is a regime change if you're not saving lives free to give the syrian people we have and still a new regime in syria. could accomplish your objectives by regime change really go into war but if it doesn't work then watch for the greens to come in baby the idea is to change what's going on and it isn't working we'll get new faces. being waged in friendly peace in syria to. be separated. nor do you links from the other. nato together with libyan rebels have dismissed an offer from tripoli for a ceasefire in the staging of peace negotiations the coalition insists that we no talks until colonel gadhafi stops the bloodshed the libyan opposition says it's too late now for

preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets also iran's revolutionary guards set to be penalized two for allegedly providing material support to damascus i spoke to american blogger steven learn when he told me to rand is the end game as he saw it for the u.s. operation in the region. i think it really is the end circuits in the game leap be to dealing coteries in terms of it what's going on in syria. is regime change if you're not conservatives free to give the syrian people they are in the pit at least or a new regime in syria. can accomplish its objectives a regime change record will go into war but if it doesn't work then what you're going to reinstate them in the idea is to change what's going on and it isn't working too well here in new faces they don't think very many proces in syria so you can be separated. do you linked from the other. they took to gether with libyan rebels have dismissed and offered me time from tripoli for a cease fire in the staging of peace negotiations the coalition insists there be no thought until colonel gadhafi stops the bloo

revolutionary guard to is also. allegedly providing material support for the syrian regime is the u.s. do you think gradually switching its attention from damascus to. know you know i mean i know that the u.s. has said that iran is involved in helping the syrians and so on but you know i think that this is very much fundamentally still an internal syrian matter we're going to see whether the numbers of people that have come out on the streets will continue to come out whether more will come out. is not his father this is not nine hundred eighty two i think that at some point he is going to have to make some concessions to get these protests to stop or he's going to have to step down and i don't think the iranians frankly with all the problems they have in their own country are going to be able to salvage this regime my sense is that if i know the iranians and i think i do they are already reaching out to other players in syria most likely some of the a sonic groups others because for them it's important to have a re

continues some analysts say washington's policies are only aggravating the situation iran's revolutionary guard has also been sanctioned for allegedly supporting the crackdown. the russian activists sound the alarm over a vicious and policing in the army which is claiming more and more young wives soldiers mothers say officials aren't doing enough to stop the little practice. plus new york authorities cashing in by policing the people thanks to a series of new regulations and fines for petty crimes that make apple smokers among those hardest hit will soon become a legal term in many parts of the city. more on these stories and more in thirty minutes time up next though peter bella talks money and business as he explores the difficulties russian companies face in foreign exchanges on the money coming your way next. hungry for the full story we've got it. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the party. hello in welcome to on the money with the business of russia his business i'm peter all of well today we're talking about russia on arbre russian companies and

their influence so the idea that we would go ahead and leave a vacuum that the iranians and the revolutionary guard and everybody who backs up it would move into would put us in a very untenable position and i just don't see that but what kind of message are we sending by the fact that robert gates before he made his final trip to iraq just yesterday he was in saudi arabia shaking hands of king of fuel and saying that they shared an excellent relationship right that doesn't look so good for iraq especially considering that saudi arabian troops were just in bahrain to. trying to quell a shia uprising i think it's a huge issue and i think the saudis right now didn't like what we did to mubarak because they're in the same boat they could have a popular uprising so they didn't like the idea that we didn't back our own tyrant you know and now they're in a situation of what is their best a teacher who they've reached out to the russians and the chinese so there you go you know maybe the u.s. is not best friend i think will end up being their best friend in the end but it's also it's more it's another pow

further preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and freezing their assets iran's revolutionary guard also said to be penalized for allegedly giving material support to damascus for more on this we go live to caring for. retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel to talk about the u.s. policy in the region thank you for joining us so as far back as two thousand and seven you were writing that the u.s. was getting ready to instigate an attack on iran and now washington is accusing to iran of supporting damascus in this bloody crackdown do you think the us preparing for another operation in the region well i'm not sure we're pretty tied down with the three operations that we have already but certainly keeping on we seem to change types of approaches in clay certainly with regard to syria and iran has been a long term united states or at least washington d.c. policy. the u.s. is still in iraq and afghanistan is also at the forefront of the campaign in libya do you think it could manage or afford another offensive in the region well we can't afford the three that we have so in some ways in

egypt or anywhere else, we have to be mindful that there are various forces of the iranian revolutionary guards and other agents, and they worked for many agents and proxies, whether it is hamas, islamic jihad, to name a few, they are in the region of the middle east. unfortunately, they have a gateway that is quite open it to the middle east, and this is syria. without syrian cooperation, iran would not be able to act so freely in the middle east. they are there. they turned lebanon from a christian to hezbollah country. hezbollah does not represent lebanese but rather iranian interests. same with hamas. islamic brotherhood in egypt. in yemen, bahrain, even in morocco. by the way, this is not just the scope of their activities. they are very active not far from your backyard in latin america. there are many, many hezbollah and iranian assaults. we have seen already their capabilities back in 1992 when they bombed the embassy in bonn as iris -- in buenoes aires. the mastermind of these attacks -- there is an interpol injunction against him. he eagerly serves as iran's defense minister. they hav

inside someone who is an islamist with known, with known affinity to iran and relationship with revolutionary guard of iran. so this is what we have to understand that we face. he puts journalists in jail that criticize him. so, basically, i don't look at it through the scope or the prism of iran or turkish/israeli relationship. it's pretty much turkish identity, are they going to try to be what they used to be, tolerant with western orientation, or are they going to be the ore way? it's up to the turks. after june we will know better. .. >> in helping the u.s. identify, who are these people, because there's so much confusion about who can we really work with and maybe through intelligence, are there any efforts to do that and help us strengthen those people? >> thank you. as i mentioned it's very important we continue, especially the united states through moral leadership and this is where israel can also help a lot by example of being a democratic state. but let me tell you, when you have such very dedicated forces, radical forces against you just to lead by example and morality is not enough bec

organization under the presidency rather than having it being dominated by the supreme leader and the revolutionary guards. that rivalry pretty much out in the open is pretty new. we have not seen a lot of that and we're seeing more and more of it all the time. i have really serious problem with mahmoud ahmadinejad. i really, you know, publicly announced -- you know, he comes and gives this dog and pony show every year at the u.n. and a bunch of academics like me get invited to go and have dinner with him and sit around and talk. and last year i said, enough. i've been to three or four of these and the performance has been pretty bad and as much as i appreciate the good iranian food, i really was not -- i was not going to go back the next time. and needless to say, i haven't had an invitation since that time. and a lot of this had to do with the crackdown after 2009 and the election and the way he behaved and so forth. but that being said, the guy is fascinating in his own way. the kind of politics he's playing of getting ready of the subsidies in iran -- that was a really gutsy move. and nobody in the pa

organization under the presidency rather than having it being dominated by the supreme leader and the revolutionary guards. that rivalry pretty much out in the open is pretty new. we have not seen a lot of that and we're seeing more and more of it all the time. i have really serious problem with mahmoud ahmadinejad. i really, you know, publicly announced -- you know, he comes and gives this dog and pony show every year at the u.n. and a bunch of academics like me get invited to go and have dinner with him and sit around and talk. and last year i said, enough. i've been to three or four of these and the performance has been pretty bad and as much as i appreciate the good iranian food, i really was not -- i was not going to go back the next time. and needless to say, i haven't had an invitation since that time. and a lot of this had to do with the crackdown after 2009 and the election and the way he behaved and so forth. but that being said, the guy is fascinating in his own way. the kind of politics he's playing of getting ready of the subsidies in iran -- that was a really gutsy move. and nobody in the pa

organization under the presidency rather than having it being dominated by the supreme leader and the revolutionary guards. that rivalry pretty much out in the open is pretty new. we have not seen a lot of that and we're seeing more and more of it all the time. i have really serious problem with mahmoud ahmadinejad. i really, you know, publicly announced -- you know, he comes and gives this dog and pony show every year at the u.n. and a bunch of academics like me get invited to go and have dinner with him and sit around and talk. and last year i said, enough. i've been to three or four of these and the performance has been pretty bad and as much as i appreciate the good iranian food, i really was not -- i was not going to go back the next time. and needless to say, i haven't had an invitation since that time. and a lot of this had to do with the crackdown after 2009 and the election and the way he behaved and so forth. but that being said, the guy is fascinating in his own way. the kind of politics he's playing of getting ready of the subsidies in iran -- that was a really gutsy move. and nobody in the pa

revolutionary scotts ez seed. grow grass anywhere. >>rob: the man accused of kidnapping j.c. do guard has entered a not guilty plea. kate thompson was in the court room for the bomb shelter the on friday carried >>kate: look credos lawyer is angry and frustrated same rumors of the deal and a guilty plea or never true. >> how would you categorize, they don't exist. the whole deal thing was just a complete misnomer. >>kate: attorney for phillips wife let the public to believe that he would plead guilty taking the fall in order to possibly get his wife a reduced sentence. his attorney said he was making it up. >> he shouldn't be speaking for fellow.the law. it i would y he should >> for his client. who does that? who says those kinds of things, he should never done that that was the wrong thing for him to do. it was inaccurate. >>kate: 11 and you're facing charges of rape, kidnapping, false and resonant and lewd acts on a child. face life in prison. if the couple will be back in court may 5th, the judge has said the side of the month of august for the trial. reporting in placerville, the