al qaeda came into the anbar parts iraq. it was very effective against americans because of that suicide bombers. yes, an effective self-defense militia because they were so brutal in that access to funds, but also brutal against the sunni population. the anbar province was smuggling routes, forcing or building a stew and women over as wide. they had taliban rules that were foreign to iraqis. so the anbar and elsewhere, al qaeda began to be an oppressive phenomenon even for a sunnis who were one point dependent on it for self-defense. you had pass attempts by sunni militiamen to fight al qaeda. particularly in 2005 in anbar province. but the sunni tribesmen was that against al qaeda. but she began to see in 2006, six months before petraeus arrived in iraq was the awakening of phenomenon. americans were settled the way they viewed iraq. officers had been to iraq or three times now, no longer few things in this black-and-white good guys and bad guys prism and they began to deal with local power brokers. you had the beginning of

the north. u.s. forces in iraq has worked closely with the government of iraq and kurdish security forces to reduce tensions and facilitate the integration of these forces. our goal is to leave behind an iraq that is stable. during our trip we heard that in general the iraq security forces have made major progress and a capable of dealing with internal security threats to the iraqi people and our leading those operations. however, we also heard it will be sometime before the iraq security forces can provide for iraq's external defense. u.s. forces iraq trading and advisory mission is focused on training the trainer programs as the training mission is transferred to the iraq ministry of defense. u.s. forces in iraq continues to work with iraq's ministries of defense and interior with the goal of building their minimum essential capabilities. iraq will continue to need support in building its capabilities to meet in turtle and the external threats for years to come. i am concerned however by the latest report from th

the leadership was only partial. iraq still awaits the elections for the prime minister, the key cabinet ministers, the minister of defense, the minister of interior, and minister of national security as well as the resolution of issues relating to the powers of the national council on higher we were told the responsibility in iraq was the drawdown of u.s. forces from the defense department to the state department, including training of the iraq police. to carry out these responsibilities, the u.s. embassy in baghdad anticipates that it will have some 15,000 to 20,000 personnel under its authority including two consulates, two embassy branch offices, five offices, security operations. whether this transition is successful will depend in no small part on whether the state department is provided the resources it needs to take on what it needs to take on sustain those responsibilities. congress will need to do its part to ensure that the state department has what it needs to do all it can to help secure the hard-fought gains

what about the decision to invade iraq? ously that was a more controversial decision on the bush administration to go into afghanistan, and you're very critical in this book about the invasion of iraq. even go so far as to say by any rational standard, the country did not pose a real threat to the united states. i agree with a lot of criticism in the way the war was conducted and i think the lack of preparation for the postinvasion phase and the way that the bush administration took its eyes off afghanistan to focus on iraq, i think that's all true. but i can't help think you're going a bit 40 when you're saying by any rational standard iraq did not pose a threat to united states when this is a country we had previously fought for, a country that had invaded two of its neighbors, who won an -- iran and kuwait. it continues to be a strategic threat united states otherwise we would not have a no fly zone. we would have had all these other things trying to get saddam hussein. so are you confident there was no rationale at all f

the minimum essential capabilities. iraql need support in building its capabilities in building internal and external threats. i'm concerned, however, by the latest support from the special inspection general for iraq we construction, which finds that the development of iraqi security forces is at risk from shortfalls and logistics capacity, corruption within the ministry of defense, and the failure to plan appropriately for the maintenance and sustainment of infrastructure and equipment. the special report cites a report by the dod office of inspector general, which warns of problems with iraq's development of its capability to achieve and sustain them of material readiness levels for the era of security forces, saying that this "could result in a downward spiral of operational readiness that would put iraq's security and stability at risk." general austin, i'm interested in getting your professional opinion on whether you agree with those assessments. one major question is what security relationship the united states and i

key to iraq's success in the future. we at united states forces iraq are doing everything that we can with the limid time remaining to strengthen the iraqi security forces. the key to the successful transition from a military-led effort to a civilian-led one is the need to fully resource the embassy to perform these tanks and responsibilities. i'd like to take just a moment to publicly acknowledge the near 50,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen, as well as our corp of professional civilians serving under the united states forces in iraq for their dedication and perseverance. i'd also like to commend our families for their many sacrifices. we certainly wouldn't be where we are today without their unwavering support. mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you once again for thispportunity to appear with ambassador jeffrey this morning, and i stand ready to answer any questions that you may. >> general, thanyou very much. again, thank you both for your leadership. what we will do is have a seven

key to iraq's success in the future. we at united states forces iraq are doing everything that we can with the limited time remaining to strengthen the iraqi security forces. the key to the successful transition from a military-led effort to a civilian-led one is the need to fully resource the embassy to perform these tanks and responsibilities. i'd like to take just a moment to publicly acknowledge the near 50,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen, as well as our corps of professional civilians serving under the united states forces in iraq for their dedication and perseverance. i'd also like to commend our families for their many sacrifices. we certainly wouldn't be where we are today without their unwavering support. mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you once again for this opportunity to appear with ambassador jeffrey this morning, and i stand ready to answer any questions that you may. >> general, thank you very much. again, thank you both for your leadership. what we will do is have

i was like, "this is not the same person i went to iraq wh before. here's no way that this is the same guy." >> narrator: he was court-martialed on nine counts, including illegal possession of drugs and threatening an officer. army doctors examined him and concluded he was suffering from chronic post-traumatic stress and homicidal thoughts. these afflictions were "battle-related." he was sent home under military escort to colorado springs, but when he got back, he escaped and went awol. >> i was like, "they're going to kick me out when i get back anyways and go through all this court stuff," so i was just like, "who cares?" i tried to get a job and just nothing was coming. nothing would pan out, and i didn't want to wait. i was like, "you know, i'm struggling, i don't have any place to live. i'm homeless." >> narrator: eastridge hooked up with his two troubled friends from baghdad. louis bressler had been sent home from iraq after assaulting his sergeant. bruce bastien was home on leave and had been charged with assaulting his wife. together, they pla

the obligation on iraq was to comply fully. he obligation on them on the - one not to disregard the whole resolution and they fail to do that to read now you're asking me whether i think that the judgment about whether there was a material breach should have been made by the minister or the attorney-general is a difficult question to answer but it was the attorney who asked the prime minister to make that judgment. >> are you comfortable with the view that the material breach that there was at that time was of such significance it will only be addressed by -- >> yes, i was, and by the time of the seventh of march security council meeting, my own very strong instinct was that the iraqi sore back in a pattern of behavior they had been before, where they were playing along in the hope of splitting the security council within degrading the consensus that had been in the previous november that they would play along sufficiently at least so we were not involved in the military action, because we were not able to get a parliamentary ma

the declaration was not complete. failure by iraq at any time to e comply and cooperate fully in the implementation of the resolution.lution as it did. they failed to comply fully. the obligation on the wasn't to comply a bit. a emphasize this.x s or to say they were just dreadful before, which was what 2003aid in late january 2003 report and now they are bitbettr better obligation on iraq was to comply fully. the obligation on them on the - one not to disregard the whole resolution and they fail to do that to read now you're asking me whether i think that the judgment about whether there was a material breach should have been made by the minister or the attorney-general is a difficult question to answer but it was the attorney who asked the prime minister to make that judgment. >> are you comfortable with the view that the material breach that there was at that time was of such significance it will only be addressed by -- >> yes, i was, and by the time of the seventh of march security council meeting, my own very strong instinct was

which is interested because the book takes place in iraq. you see where it's blurred out here behind the guy. they were mountains. iraq doesn't have many mountains. so we took those out of the photo. but i was -- i didn't know for a long time who the gentleman on the cover of the book was. even after the book had some out, i didn't know who it was. so i flipped over the dusk jacket, i got a question who was it on the cover. stop being lazy, get up after of your butt and figure it out. i turned to the dusk jacket. i looked him up. got his e-mail address. sent him a note saying your photo is on the cover of my book. could you tell me who it is? he sent me the note about how him and mike became good friends in afghanistan. how he got to know him very well and his fiance and their child. and then he informed me that mike went back to iraq and that he was killed. that he knew his family. and so that was really moving for me. because this book is about what the marines in anbar providence sacrificed their lives for. i think the photo of mike on the

the new x. it is christians in iraq fear they are being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. with some u.s. politicians frame is for the bloopers they make when inviting the world on democracy it's the american people who are being turned into the object of ridicule . and a surprise visit by the president renews concerns over transport security in brushoff need to be made visit personally discovers major lapses that one of moscow's main train stations. at seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live with me and he said now way first up this hour sectarian violence has forced the rocky christians to seek haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled there in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and that sebastian meyer reports from iraq those who've stayed there are continued target of extremist. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced

the north. u.s. forces in iraqas worked closely with the government of iraq and encourage security forces to reduce tensions and facilitated the integration of these. our goal is to leave behind an iraq that is stable. during our trip, the security forces have made progress and are capable of dealing with internal security threats to the iraqi people. their leading those operations. we also heard that it will be some high -- time before the iraqi security forces can provide for iraqi defense. the commission is focused on training the training programs as the mission is transferred to the iraqi ministry of defense. u.s. forces continue to work with the ministries of defense in iraq with the goal of building their minimal essential capabilities. iraq will continue to need a support in building its capabilities to meet internal and external threats for years to come. i am concerned by the latest report by the special inspector general for iraq reconstruction. the development of iraqi security forces is at a press from

sonic booms are factoring marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields around the iraq or destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for landing purposes on. the list just goes on and on in wartime damage to habitat and wildlife is a given sometimes unintended sometimes the result of a deliberate strategy one of the worst examples of the environmental impact of wolf it was same during the iraq invasion of kuwait in nine hundred ninety one and the deliberate igniting of the oil will sink you right by saddam hussein's traipse but also spilling a vast amounts of oil in fact tens of millions of barrels of oil into the patient gulf region and this had it terrible effect on the marine farm and on bird life in the area by my criteria and night if it's. once was in the days it had is fine and if it and it does it is not just a collection of millions of patents of sand it is it is an ecosystem and a poor vast amounts of oil into a consistent that is terribly destructive for. all's fair in love and war as they say and that's why. aircraft will hit chemical industries will sink tankers will hit a nuc

the obligation on iraq was to comply fully. the obligation on them on the - one not to disregard the whole resolution and they fail to do that to read now you're asking me whether i think that the judgment about whether there was a material breach should have been made by the minister or the attorney-general is a difficult question to answer but it was the attorney who asked the pri minister to make that judgment. >> are you comfortable with the view that the material breach that there was at that time was of such significance it will only be addressed by -- >> yes, i was, and by the time of the seventh of march security counil meeting, my own very strong instinct was that the iraqi sore back in a pattern of behavior they had been before, where they were playing along in the hope of splitting the security cocil within degradinthe consensus that had been in the previous november that they would play along sufficiently at least so we were not involved in the military action, because we were not able to get a parliamentary majority

iraq after 2011. what we will do given the fact that iraq does not have a conventional defense, external defense capability, it is just beginning to develop and the focus has been on internal security. we are going to continue our training and equipment program which would be quite extensive about fms programs that they purchased for battle tanks and armored personnel carriers, 155 mm self propelled howitzers, aircraft systems and other systems they can develop. we will be helping them do this in a broad and extensive way. at this point not with combat troops on the ground. >> in any capacity as opposed to -- >> that is the plan exactly. >> just so i understand. it has been some time since i read this strategic framework agreement but i can provide it for the record. there was loose language in the sense, a further agreement being possible if the iraqi government decided it needed help beyond a period of time. >> the first agreement, the security agreement, there is an article that says either side can ask to extend or terminate. in the strategic framework agreement there is a section on security, section

one of the failings of our reporting on the iraq war is we are really good at imbedding. we are really good at writing detailed accounts of major military acts such as the assault on fallujah. we have been really bad telling the whole story which is that our military forces are going back and forth and back and forth all the time. and the stress that puts in them of living in two world and what happens when they are back here and there and how do you live in this new reality i don't think we talked about much. but it is something they live. i will start with one of the good ones. sergeant strickland had his hand main goals was flown to walter reed. he was patched up. he healed in time to deploy with the unit again in 2006 where he was blown up again in baghdad. and medivaced again. he was medically retired. he is doing quite well. married, out of the army. not everyone else was so lucky. the mac obviously -- you can imagine have a lot of shame and guilt, not being able to save everyone he laid his hands on, started abusing drugs. mostly cocaine and alcohol when he got back

the return of u.n. weapons inspectors to iraq. n the 14th of september, use in the prime minister a paper in title iraq pursuing the ulin route, and tero in summary we should deliver a more intrusive inspection regime. so what was the purpose that we were aiming for in what became resolution 1441? was it to ensure the return of the weapons inspectors to iraq or was it to quote in the cabinet office paper create the conditions necessary to justify government military action. >> the purpose of 1441 was as it is stated to secure compliance by saddam hussein with the obligations imposed on him by the security council. i mean, the resolution means what it says, sir roderick, it's clear. and as i have said probably to the point of tedium, had saddam hussein comply with the resolution, he would have stayed in the post. in the the very minimum it would have been impossible for any british government to have taken part in any military action, but i don't believe military action would have taken place because the cause would have gone. >> th

and coming your way in a matter of minutes a look at the white of the iraq christians who were forced to flee their homes to escape sectarian violence plus. germany's chancellor is quiz over the deaths of dozens of afghan civilians in an empty taliban airstrike two years ago. now this week we kill leaks founder julian assange face extradition hearings in london or the verdict on whether he will be handed over to sweden for questioning over sex assault allegations is expected later this month and with the u.s. reportedly preparing its own case against assad many are seeing a fair conspiracy between the two countries artes and he said now it has more on the law lasting us swedish cooperation. so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states the country that gave us our flat pack furniture for dollar meatballs top models and lawn bombshells may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be supersized ju

can he sell a book saying the iraq war was right and the mistakes weren't his? can he take one more right on de-nile? i'm chris matthews w us bob woodward, bbc's katty kay, ann kornblut and "time" magazine's joe klein. first up, if egypt turns from strong moderate ally to a difficult, hostile islamic state, that might remind many of us how iran turnford ally to threat. back in 1997 when the shaw fell, president carter displayed washington's confidence in that western ally. >> iran because othe great leadership of the shaw is an island of stability and one of the more troubled areas of the world. chris: as to egypt, the island of stability language, was echoed just three months ago by secretary of state hillary clinton. >> the partnership between the united states and egypt is a corner stone of stability and security in the middle east and beyond. chris: to the great investigative reporter of our time, bob woodward, tchow we not know what was going on in egypt before this happened to us a week or so ago? >> well, we're not sure how much we did know. there's a lot

we were terribly wrong. >> that's not the case with iraq. i think the world's a better place with saddam hussein and with the taliban gone and with the al qaeda out of afghanistan. >> we will hear much more from the former defense secretary, when he appears later on "good morning america." >>> safeway is apologizing for a prescription drug error that may have endangered a colorado woman's unborn baby. a safeway pharmacy near denver gave marina silva another woman's prescription for an abortion pill. doctors were able to prevent a miscarriage. but they said silva could lose the baby or have a deformed child. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg is trying to protect himself from an online stalker. tmz says zuckerberg retained a restraining order against a man, and his girlfriend. pradeep manukonda is also accused of sending facebook messages and a letter asking zuckerberg for money. a hearing is set for later this month. >>> keith olbermann has a new tv gig. the former msnbc anchor is expected to announce an deal with current affairs channel. h

opponents of the iraq war and of the torture that was used in guantanamo and abu ghraib and. let's pick through some of the topics of this book you mentioned the iraq war and of course that takes up a major focus bush in his memoir says a rumsfeld persuaded him to go to war with iraq but now the former defense secretary saying it was the president's decision say who's telling the truth here. well i think the record shows that they both were itching for a war rumsfeld in particular had been calling for a war long before he was in the middle in the industry in one thousand nine hundred eighty signed a letter put out by the project for the new american century which called for clinton to launch a military attack against iraq so his he has been wanting war for a long time and also there were memos that came out right after nine eleven actually within hours of the attack rumsfeld had ordered his a to look for any evidence they could find it could link osama bin ladin to saddam hussein so he was immediately looking to take the war to iraq after nine eleven happened now in his book

also reporting the new exodus christians in iraq being driven out of their country calls and sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. u.s. politicians famous for the people they make when uprising of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. from our studios here in central moscow this is the twenty four hours a day the egyptian president hosni mubarak evolves to remain in office until september in a televised national dress he said he will not step down and foreign pressure he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar. pointed out the demands of the. and legitimate. they will receive hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square erupted into angry charts against him it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of between pro and anti-government protesters. well with the u.s. major player in the region professor michael vlahos of the u.s. naval war college told me earlier that the outcome of the protests is vital for washington. but the u.s.

the obligation on iraq was to comply fully. the obligation on them on the - one not to disregard the whole resolution and they fail to do that to read now you're asking me whether i think that the judgment about whether there was a material breach should have been made by the minister or the attorney-general is a difficult question to answer but it was the attorney who asked the prime minister to make that judgment. >> are you comfortable with the view that the material breach that there was at that time was of such significance it will only be addressed by -- >> yes, i was, and by the time of the seventh of march security council meeting, my own very strong instinct was that the iraqi sore back in a pattern of behavior they had been before, where they were playing along in the hope of splitting the security council within degrading the consensus that had been in the previous november that they would play along sufficiently at least so we were not involved in the military action, because we were not able to get a parliamentary m

the image of the children outdoors reminded him of students in iraq. >> translator: it's just like the way iraq is now. he wanted to help the children from two countries communicate. he brought letters from his students to japanese children. >> translator: my country suffered from the war. i want to be a doctor when i grow up. >> translator: i want to be a pilot to fly to you. >> reporter: he took part when the children sung "never give up your dream." ♪ >> translator: i think the people here can understand the pain that iraqis feel because the japanese also went through war. when i return to iraq, i'll share with my colleagues what i learned about japanese educat n education. >> reporter: sareem is back in his own classroom. he taught about japan using pictures he took during his stay. >> translator: look how clean this school is. the students clean it themselves. japan was devastated by world war ii. i want you to rebuild your country the way japan did. >> reporter: he showed letters sent by the japanese students. >> translator: dear friends in iraq, please visit our third grade clas

with the time that we have remaining, u.s. forces in iraq will continue to advise, train, assist, and equip the iraqi security forces and to narrow some of these capability gas. we will also work closely with the u.s. embassy as we transition from a predominantly military-led to a civilian-led effort in iraq. we are dedicated to partners with our embassy teammates in preparing for this important transition. the key to a successful transition is the need to fully resource the embassy to perform their tasks and responsibilities. we are developing the office of security cooperation, which will fall under the embassy, and the osc will provide oversight over all security cooperation in iraq, and it will assume responsibility for the near $13 billion worth of foreign military sales programs that we currently have with the iraqis. it will also coordinate international military education and training. this office will work hard and dedicated to closing the capability gaps within the iraqi security forces. clearly, there is much work to do, but i am

the strings. new exodus christians in iraq fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority groups. a surprise visit by the president renews concerns over transport security in russia and to me personally discovered major lapses at one of moscow's main train stations . u.s. politicians are famous for the bloopers they make when advising the world on democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule . from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak has to address the nation later tonight in the cia says it expects he will resign it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters these are pictures coming to you from cairo central square where massive crowds are staying put these are recent pictures we're seeing here on r.t. refusing to leave until the president stands with immediate effect one more on this story now we're

bush the eight hundred page work defends the iraq invasion and says guantanamo base detention center provided the only effective way of obtaining intelligence well brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition says it's because of rumsfeld that the world now sees america as complicit in the business of torture he set up an interrogation regime that allowed a starting of course anchoring with grave that allowed the american government to be understood by the entire world is nothing but torture inc torture incorporated that he helped set up along with the c.i. a not only not only the guantanamo bay which is the un described as a torture center but all sorts of black cold prisons and secret detention centers where people were horribly tortured and murdered in fact and now he has to describe this is something that was good so of course from the point of view of rumsfeld and bush and cheney they want to rescue their image they want the american corporate media to treat them kindly they want of course as they do constantly to make mega millions of dollars from this kind of promotion but i

on the iraq war, no regrets. the weather of 2011. is anybody talking climate change? >> i have not seen it this bad since the 1960's. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it started peacefully with tens of thousands of egyptians taking to the streets of cairo and elsewhere in egypt calling for regime change. mubarak and his repressive regime, they said, must go. for a few days, the demonstrations were made mostly peaceful, and then -- who were these people? witnesses like "the new york times'" nicholas christoph in cairo said they were thugs. after talking with egyptian president mubarak earlier this week, president obama said this. >> an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. furthermore, the process must include a broad spectrum of egyptian of voices and opposition parties. it should lead to elections that are free and fair. >> free and fair elections. what are the odds of that happening, charles? >> i think a good, as long as the army stays intact, as long as the army's not drag it to one s

the u.s. has come forward with statements were guarding all of these protests except for those going on in iraq so we want to know why the u.s. has been so quiet when it comes to iraq in particular maybe it has something to do with our several year involvement and war in this country well as author michael o'brien next the richest of banker turned prisoners seeks out bernie made off made several claims in his latest interview including one saying of the entire government is a ponzi scheme so is he just spreading the blame or is this con artist right we'll talk about it with richard also how much will the u.s. be directly affected by the conflicts in libya do americans realize that supporting democratic revolutions may end up hurting their wallets we're going to hash it all out with our team financial correspondent lauren lyster then the hacktivists have struck again after concentrating their efforts on defending weekly anonymous has expanded and recently they attacked a web site for the koch brothers group americans for prosperity so now they've added more groups to their hit list and we want t

my second time and the london bureau chief was it during the iraq war. the bbc had some very aggressive coverage which was more critical in the run-up to the iraq war than what was here in the u.s. that was very helpful, journalistically. there was one point, after a correspondent published what i thought was a very helpful piece about the sexing up of the data from the blair administration, error by and saying that it was perfect information that was perfectly frigid purposely issued, the governor general and chairman of directors at the board of the bbc were forced to resign, a very telling moment meaning the government, even in a country like britain, we are not used to it in the united states and it raises the question of if we're going to a more publicly funded system, how do we make sure that the ultimate -- autonomy of journalists is maintained. >> so, let's stay on that note a little bit. "the oakland tribune" fell on hard times. how you think about the government stepping in? >> i agree with my colleague, but let's talk about how we get there. we

the minutes. coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. thanks for joining us well first we go to iraq where violence and intimidation have forced hundreds of thousands of iraqi christians to flee their home what experts view them as one of the biggest victims of the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion with a minority group a continued target of extremists sebastian meyer reports. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdish region because they become targets of extremist groups in the country in two thousand and seven miriam was hit by. bomb that was planted outside her house the lack i went out with aren't just to buy some chocolate and come back i went out and didn't see anything i just heard the bomb and i fell to the ground miriam was lying in the street with her foot dangling from her leg her father i had rushed outside. i saw my daughter lying on the ground it was a live in my my daughter was lying in the g

to the extent they look to iraq, it's not the example to them. the rule of law in the arab world and constitutions, arab basic laws. nathan brown. >> good morning. i have three questions. i realize that there is unrest throughout the middle east. it is difficult to figure out who the actors are in the up rising. my question is what does it say to the confidence of the obama administration when they start to insist that president mum mumbarak back off. number two, why the push for the mugs limb brother hood to be part of the new government they are part of the mosque committed to overthrow israel. we are seen as the big satan. number three is, why are the radical left there now? we have code pink in the islam yik papers saying help us cleanse our country. >> we'll get those points on the >> we'll get those points on the >> to some extend i think that's a fair criticism. what the obama administration did from the beginning and acting in the name of the american people was it back pedaled fairly quickly on its support for hosni mubarak. but it wasn'

the new exodus christians in iraq fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. a surprise visit by the president concerns over transport security here in russia dmitry medvedev personally discovered major lapses at one of moscow's main stations . some u.s. politicians famous for the blue. advising the world of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. life from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak has to address the nation later tonight the cia says it expects he'll resign however the country's information minister has denied the egyptian military forces have announced they are siding with the protesters and that the president will meet their demands it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters well these are live pictures from cairo central square where massive crowds are staying pu

the new exodus iraq's christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence and the willingness of security forces to protect them. we are shooting with our missile defense because of the threat we face from iran from the soviet union and frequent bloopers by u.s. politicians hoping to democracy across the world only served to doubts over their expertise in global affairs was. going to the north so where is the number of populations over the age of sixty five to find out how pensioners here are coping with everyday problems a look at the heavy burden of all days in russia's provinces in our series. nine am here in moscow this is r t welcome to the program now violence and intimidation have forced hundreds of thousands of iraqi christians to flee their home what experts view them as one of the biggest victims of the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion with a minority group a continued target of extremists sebastian meyer reports that every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family ar

her family are left to dream about and hope for a better tomorrow sebastian meyer r t so i'm in the iraq. the protests in egypt have gained freshmen mentum with labor unions and state media joining the popular rebellion the country's regime has threatened the protesters with military force and demonstrations persist the government also lashed out at the u.s. expressing its anger and frustration with washington's actions saying america shouldn't impose its will on cairo it comes amid allegations that during barak's rule america turned a blind eye to rampant corruption and human rights abuses in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab me. who believes the unrest in egypt is just the beginning of reason why people in the arab world is in a state of change in a mood to change in a mood of change with different degrees of change and different interpretations of the word change but in general i depend of the day it is a change if you want is for you can be effectively so. demonstrations as i can do it is illegal event in the history perhaps not only only to. hist

and especially around the results. in iraq as most of them civilians have been killed in another started with law school and motivated by greed. and the policy that created continue. those who refuse to remember their history are condemned to repeat. just one must in. this timeless you must inform the time must not forget. we must learn from it and proceeds. damn. renewed violence on the streets of cairo as western powers call for an orderly transition. in the u.k. pro transfer evoked by the turmoil in egypt the means by move lamas donghae they should now include in many nations as cover to promote its own cause a step. back to gauge just how russia's president the identity of the suicide bomber who killed thirty six in a blast of last days busiest airport long but the damage that it says there's still work to do to find the monster by. a very warm welcome to you this is our seed live from moscow with me analysts have that egypt's vice president has addressed the nation as clashes and heavy gunfire continued in another day of

her family are left to dream about and hope for a better tomorrow sebastian meyer r t so i'm in the iraq. and still ahead for you this hour people leaving a different country for an entirely different reason. if you wait he has one of the highest levels of immigration in the e.u. many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment going beyond the borders over that they to a country. we explore why the baltics are facing a dramatic brain drain that's if a few minutes time. a fresh wave of anti-government rage is sweeping across egypt as labor unions and state media join the popular rebellion well the country's embattled regime has responded with threats and an ultimatum warning to protesters of dire consequences state run television and newspapers change size ritually overnight siding with the demonstrators the government also lashed out at the u.s. expressing its anger and frustration with washington as betrayal of its longtime ally president hosni mubarak well it comes amid allegations that the americans start a blind eye of rampant corruption and huma