military intervention in syria we'll tell you more next and in war torn syria the violence has reached a small town near the nation's capital it's a village that holds one of the oldest christian minorities in the world the growing concerns of this community coming up and don't forget to put your best face forward the department of homeland security is putting together a huge database for facial recognition but does this really help law enforcement more on that and today show. it's friday september sixth five pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching r t we begin today with syria as the debate for and against a military strike continues in congress president obama cleared a major hurdle this week by gaining approval from the senate foreign relations committee as they voted ten to seven on their own version of military authorization however it hasn't exactly been easy for the administration to continue that momentum giving a full breakdown on the numbers behind this fight is r t political commentator sam sax i've long believed that our power is rooted not just in ou

al qaeda affiliated groups fighting here in syria. against the regime of bashar assad but mostly for their own radical islamic state and it's known it's believed to be the best armed most successful and at the same time the most aggressive opposition force here in syria and it's listed as a terrorist organization by the you when u.s. and some other members of the international community and we can see that the tactics were also. very similar to those that terrorists all around the world use we know that. early on wednesday suicide bomber struck a checkpoint at the entrance of my little village and after a car exploded at the checkpoint the militants of just stormed and we have online and i hope you can see it right now showing the rebels. the. residents have been telling media that the same day the militants managed to take over a mountain top sophia hotel and they been firing from that strategic point what we know is that a village is a very special play. not only speaking. in terms of syrian reality but internationally speaking it i

they don't have any idea of a syria they intend to create. i am quite sure that that is simply not on the agenda to create a new syria or to fundamentally alter the present balance of power within the country they're talking about degrading certain capabilities of the syrian government. if they if they are serious about doing that of course that means a much more fundamental commitment to getting involved in war that they have exhibited so far so you know there are obvious contradictions here in the official position of the obama administration on one hand trying to emphasize the limited character of what they are planning to do and on the other hand claiming that somehow this will make a difference i don't know how they can square that circle. in washington as well when you square the circle. i'm not sure i can square the circle either but i can tell you that the l c c's position as the largest network of nonviolent activists in syria our position is that we would support airstrikes if they were to fundamentally degrade the capability of the

places mean syria. although because it will come you know large would continue to keep the relative peace for the this is why it's a symbolic religious a very cool term but not only. here. for a long period. of. oh. this may look like an ordinary farewell amongst friends but the man in the long as lama coat is a suicide bomber leaving on his final journey. this is his last conversation with his elder brother in a car that is supposed to take him to the roles of the central prison in aleppo syria and then explode sending him to paradise according to his beliefs these clips were found on a laptop taken from one man seen in the food age who is now in a syrian prison he calls himself rush on and says he came to syria from a former soviet republic to fight. a group called murat approached me a year ago and convinced me that muslims in syria are being oppressed and killed and that i should go and take up arms against assad for world jihad and help establish a caliphate that will extend worldwide to europe ame

reflection from damascus in syria. he's raring for war and president francois hollande says there will be no vote on the matter despite a recent poll suggesting that three in four french people want parliament to have a say on attacking syria and perhaps a wary or by u.k. like a defeat by lawmakers or loans administration insists he alone has the power to order an attack i'll choose to associate reports now on the french perspective. the french president a lot is constitutionally able to order over the top without a parliamentary approval but france along has been under a lot of pressure from opposition to to put this issue to a vote with the opposition and also pointed out that a lot is in a court of what he merely a position of having to wait for before acting i was spokesman from along the office said that the president hasn't yet decided whether or not to ask for a vote but what's interesting to note is that in the u.k. the prime minister is also able to work over the top without parliament the prime minister david

he said that many syria is there. whatever happens in syria spreads spreading all over the region in syria libya egypt television. gas fields in syria. so a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to speak to how can you be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by you mean and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel the phrase israel working with its partners. agains

all syria timeline everything you need to know it's all if we. well with america blaming the syrian regime for chemical attacks the u.s. national security adviser susan rice expressed concern that israel could also be at risk the use of chemical weapons also directly threatens our closest ally in the region israel where people once again have readied gas masks she's worn the chemicals could easily fall into the hands of terrorists he has received information from a number of sources that rebels active in syria are planning to launch a chemical attack on israel it would be used as a provocation against the syrian government and our correspondent has more from tel aviv. i've spoken to both the israeli foreign ministry is what is the army spokespersons units and i was asking them for a reaction to the reports we have that there is an imminent threat being planned by syrian rebels originating in territory in syria that is controlled by the syrian government against israel now the reaction was to quote one of the spokespeople for off aged the response

still to come here i speak to those making a pilgrimage to syria to fight in what they believe is a holy war. also the opening of a crew from the international space station successfully coming to an end. on the beautiful steps of. both. here and. he with me. thanks for joining us today it looks like president obama is toning things down after weeks of bombastic statements threats that the syrian government deserves a u.s. military strike. to his nation which according to recent polls is against america getting involved in a brand new civil war he agreed to give way to diplomacy for reporting from washington. we saw president obama engaged in verbal acrobatics with the message that many americans will find very confusing he was forcefully pushing the idea that strikes against syria are necessary asking the american people to support him at the same time he would say maybe they will not be necessary and maybe diplomacy can work he was referring to russia's proposal for seriously give up its chemical weapons take a listen it's too early to tell whether this offer will succeed in any agreem

al qaeda affiliated groups fighting here in syria. against the regime of bashar assad but mostly for their own radical islamic state it's known it's believed to be the vast armed the most successful and at the same time the most aggressive opposition force here in syria and it's listed as a terrorist organization by the you when u.s. and some other members of the international community and we can see that the tactics were also. very similar to those that terrorists all around the world use we know that. early on wednesday. suicide bomber struck a checkpoint at the entrance of my little village and after a car exploded at the checkpoint the militants of just stormed into and we have online and i hope you can see it right now showing the rebels. the city and residents have been telling media that the same day the militants managed to take over a mountain top sophia hotel and they've been firing from. poor into what we know is that a village is a very special play. not only speaking. in terms of syrian reality but internationalist pecan

reports from damascus and syria. he is wearing her war and president francois alone says there will be no vote on the matter despite a recent poll suggesting that three in four french people want parliament to have a say on attacking syria perhaps wary of a u.k. like defeat by lawmakers or loans administration insists he alone has the power to order and at a time he's just our senior reports now on the french perspective. the french president a lot is constitutionally able to order it without a parliamentary approval but france along has been under a lot of pressure from opposition to to put this issue to a vote with the opposition and also pointed out that a lot is that they want to what humiliates position of having to wait for what the u.s. says before acting i was spokesman from along the office said that the president hasn't yet decided whether or not to ask for a vote but what's interesting to note is that in the u.k. the prime minister is also able to order the talks without parliament the prime minister or da

al qaeda affiliated groups fighting here in syria. against the regime of bashar assad but mostly for their own radical islamic state and it's known it's believed to be the best armed the most successful and at the same time the most aggressive opposition force here in syria and it's listed as a terrorist organization by the you when viewers and some other members of the international community and we can see that the tactics were also. very similar to those that terrorists all around the world use we know that. early on wednesday. suicide bomber struck a checkpoint at the entrance of my little village and after a car exploded at the checkpoint the militants of the storm and we have online and i hope you can see it right now showing the rebels and the city and residents have been telling media that the same day the militants managed to take over a mountain top sophia hotel and they've been firing from that strategic point what we know is that a village is a very special play. not only speaking. in terms of syrian reality but internatio

will take military action against syria but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress speaking in the rose garden obama said that he believes he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress but he feels that going before congress having a public debate debate having a vote would make the country stronger if if there was actually a national conversation taking place about obama's intended military strike against syria now the u.s. leader says that he feels comfortable carrying out an attack against a syrian targets without the approval of the united nations security council u.s. officials believe that any security draft resolution allowing for the use of force against syria would be vetoed by russia and or china now obama says his plan military strike is not time sensitive that means that it could happen one week from now it could happen one month from now but ultimately the u.s. president says the syrian government will pay consequences for allegedly carrying out a chemical weapons

damascus syria. over the past week morea for an ocean of has also been reporting on the rebels fight for the ancient christian village of mostly from damascus and hellacious suppose she says the settlement which is home to some of the walls oldest son has reportedly been taken from forces by government forces mari is on her way to check her twitter feed and our website for the latest top day. comes i will bond very short break with more news including a successful touchdown the soyuz capsule bringing the crew will be international space station. after completing a months long mission in the space. of a small he's hoping to make a big impact on germany's national election and also how they plan to make loads from mainstream power is accused of boring the electorate that's coming up in. new york london. the whole world. of the original one the one on the end. of the court building at the end of the street another one a more transparent society get the money or the puppet years become we see military an

he said that many syria is the flow whatever happens in syria spread all. over the region in syria libya egypt television. gas fields in syria. to a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to speak to how can you as policy be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively pro israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by the main and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel. israel working with its partners. against the first democracy ever in the five thous

must execute a military strike against syria now all three top u.s. officials admitted to congress members that that there are risks to acting against damascus militarily but they say that the risks of not acting are even greater now during his testimony secretary kerry warned u.s. representatives that a lot of u.s. military action could actually fuel extremist fighters it was in what came across as a scarier somewhat frightening scenario for the american public kerry said that if the united states doesn't strike syria countries funding the opposition such as saudi arabia and qatar will begin giving more money to quote extremist fighters and caused. if we fail to. those who are working with us today with the syrian opposition we've been working hard to keep them from funding that elements those who are others and so if we back off we've failed to enforce our word here i promise you. the. respect of the moderate opposition versus that will dissipate immediately and people resort to anybody they can try and help them accomplish their goal and we would h

stance on syria undermines international law. gulf monarchies offering to bankroll america's the bombing campaign against syria even if finance in even financing a full blown invasion failing that it's fear that they will up this support. and desperation to be rid of present defense analyst and author of an event or calls it an outrageous. that's implicit blackmail and i don't really think it's you know really a conditional thing i think they'll probably do it anyway and i don't see how u.s. bombing would stop that in fact as i say it may cause the jihadist even more to be more active in the war simply because the u.s. is attacking an islamic country they're actively trying to alter the situation on the battlefield against assad but on the other side you have all kyra and i think al qaeda may even be worse than assad and also we're slowly getting dragged into this war if you're trying not to get embroiled in a war because then you're implicitly taking one side over the other even more so than if you're just bombing them to say yo

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle stumbling in syria there can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to round why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first that syrians have agreed in some way or another that the

syria. and giving go. the senate will be before nothing you know syria has to get something. for that so the process will continue final. settlement but you know the opposition is heavily financed by the saudis and the west the western countries aren't even hiding it that they're actually supplying arms to the syrian opposition. no real beginning and. graces. face. i see. if they go. you know it was decided. that there were. talking about extremists. isn't. that he defines to opposition in two different groups there are the ones who care for the syrian people who want good for their country and then there are you know the jihadist extremists who actually kill and torture people but they also call themselves opposition do you agree with that definition. i think there is no two sides syria the extremists who are. coming from everywhere. you know to do the war. you know fifty percent of them. so those was some people of syria. i'm not fighting. for the democracy they are fighting for an extremist. islamic regime. you know. of the people of syria you know we're just so recently s

i believe that they put an end to the problem in syria which was really. done by the sudanese she resorted to create some sort of. balance. equivalence with israel because israel has a nuclear bomb so this ad lehman that was made is fine but is that all. over now i mean the whole thing is that we finally we we're going to get to get let's say free from from becoming weapons what about the continued genocide that's taking place in syria you know tell me what is out of a possible american strike on syria that could still be an option if this agreement never does more about let me tell you. i'm i'm i said personally i don't believe in the use of weapons and in the use of. the problem is that. whenever you. ask the u.s. to use. to i mean you are now the west to use up and is that is not going to finish the job it's going to end up in in the having half of the job done and this by itself is going to make. say victor and is going to capitalize on it and this will make this with elongate the problem while effectively effectively creating the necessity conditions

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle stumbling in syria there can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he is a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross-talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it for and if i go to you first the syrians have agreed in some way or another that

reporting from syria. just a reminder for you can follow maria for national on twitter where she's keeping track of that mission in my lulu and giving regular updates on the developments in syria right now she says the reports of the syrian army finally entering the village will keep you posted this throughout the. day in the. straight his opposition is clinched the resulting victory in the country's general election barely results give a clear lead to conservative challenger tony abbott prompting the labor government to concede defeat of the six years in power among those running was the party of wiki leaks founder julian assange for though he's not likely to secure a seat in the senate well earlier my colleague andrew farmer spoke to us here in the fronts about his son's bid for office. he's got the power to pull votes away from other australian anti establishment parties such as family first's the pirate party and the sex party you heard that right those three opposition parties he has the power to to t

in this the israel bomb syria three times. by the russians are claiming one question only nine percent of americans polled say that they want to military action why do you think that ninety percent of people in this country should be ignored polls have shifted now it's up to forty percent i mean that could be discussed i mean i think people absolutely don't understand what's happening on the ground in syria i completely sympathize with them if again . i have never been against i mean with u.s. intervention except for something like kosovo and bosnia and things like that until now so i completely understand where they're coming from but here what we demand is leadership by the people's representatives and by by the united states government to work on a strike that does not involve those in a war that we're already involved in but it helps us get to a political transition solution last saturday this coming saturday people in washington d.c. and all over the country are coming into the streets to tell congress listen to the ameri

to reporting from syria. it's artie's breath not reporting from out of the village there were clashes are continuing in this ancient and spiritual place calling to her latest tweet to follow her on twitter and stay up to date with the syrian army mention the latest news from the country. on. australia's prime minister kevin rudd has conceded defeat for his labor party in the nation's general election results indicate a sweeping victory for the conservative coalition there's form the opposition for the last six years its leader tony abbott had campaigned on an anti asylum seeker an anti green tax platform we could expand during the sounds you also wrote in the election isn't likely to secure a seat in the senate early in my colleague andrew farmer spoke to r.t. as lindsay france about a sundries bid for office. he's got the power to pull votes away from other australian anti establishment parties such as family first's the pirate party and the sex party you heard that right those three opposition parties he ha

war machine awaits orders to strike syria barack obama says he would like the backing of lawmakers for arced after key world powers and many americans speak out against intervention. that is what amir putin dismissed allegations that the syrian government used d.s. as utter nonsense appealing to the u.s. president as a noble peace prize winner to think of the bloodshed he might cause and greek national debt increases along financial aid alongside financial aid from the e.u. as athens struggles to appease international lenders amid reports it may need a third bailout. the latest news and the week's top stories here on r t m lindsay france against the distant cries of anti-war protesters broke obama has pulled back from ordering a strike against syria at least for now the u.s. president has decided to ask congress which doesn't reconvene for over a week to give its backing for a war which he says needs to be launched obama wants to punish damascus for its alleged use of chemical weapons but still has not publicly presented proof to back up his accusations and international opposition tow

washington fails to get the world on its side for an attack on syria with scant support from the g. twenty in the e.u. russia is taking a firm stand against saying the syrian rebels are provoking a foreign intervention. party sees the brutality of that civil war first time there's the syrian army tries to clear an ancient christian village of al qaeda linked rebels. also in the headlights officials in afghanistan say a nato air strikes killed civilians including women and children something the alliance denies we take a look at the legacy then that coalition troops are set to leave an out war ravaged nation when they withdraw forces next year. polling stations close here in moscow acting city chiefs. and opposition figurehead alexina velvia facing off as the key contenders in the capital's first mero lecture that nearly a decade. thanks for watching the artsy network my name is kevin owen you're watching or rather by the top stories of the last seven days of first than it's been a tough week for u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been trying to convince the european union to get

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle stumbling in syria there can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first that syrians have agreed in some way or another th

twenty and the crisis in syria. ok if i go back to you brian in washington one of the saddest things but thing about all of this is that we all know that there's going to be a strike even though it's against international law there's nothing about self-defense when it comes the united states that's ludicrous we know it's going to happen but you know what gentlemen we probably know the outcome is well a disaster well we know for the syrian people certainly it will be a disaster they've had a foreign fueled civil war that's taken so many thousands of lives tens of thousands of lives you know one thing peter i i haven't given up on the possibility that this war actually could be stopped the american people by a by a margin of ninety percent oppose it there's a lot of pressure on congress on september seventh there are going to be people in the streets and all over the united states yes the military industrial complex has had the bit in its mouth and the obama administration's winding up the republican war makers but th

intervention in syria. well as i said nothing official came out from the country so far we are certainly expecting some sort of joint statement during the day later on but judging by the statements made in the margins of the summit we can see which countries are supporting the strike and which countries are opposing it certainly the position of russia and china are staying the same on the case they are strongly against it just as obviously. the countries like argentina india indonesia several other states like brazil and probably mexico also not supporting the strike just as it's in the also said it would not support the military action against syria also we have a statement from the head of the european commission the mr barroso who sees no possible military solution to the problem only a peaceful solution he called on president obama to reveal his evidence of chemical weapons used by the assad forces as quickly as possible even though that hasn't happened yet as far as we understand also we have the state

hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria in the neighborhood as washington stumbles its way through the syrian crisis there are those who see this horrific conflict as a perfect opportunity to topple assad then to move on to at the same time i read in the u.s. are said to engage in direct talks for the first time in thirty years so what's ahead more complex for the start of pragmatism and compromise. to cross out the iran angle to the syrian crisis i'm joined by mohammad marandi in turn he is a professor at the university of tehran and in washington we cross to eunice he is the president of the baltimore chapter of the muslim community usa or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it professor marandi in turn i know you follow western media very carefully and you know when i read the neo-cons in the new york times and all the other organs there and there's always that here and there like all my goodness this is the opportunity we've been waiting for for a long time three for

notional t damascus syria. national is one of the few international correspondents reporting from the front lawn of the syrian conflict she's witnessed fighting in the ancient christian village of mali that has become a battlefield for the syrian army and the opposition you can follow her on twitter to keep track of developments. on the. norway has elected a new parliament with a center right coalition winning a landslide victory of the ruling labor party the conservatives who now form a new government along with the anti migration progress party over this group once had among its members the mass murder hundreds braving and massacred seventy seven people in terrorist attacks two years ago and norway is just the latest state to join a european wide lean to the right ortiz has more. two years ago norway suffered the worst massacre since world war two a brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people claiming seventy seven lives the perpetrator was extreme rightist anders breivik who claimed to ha

twenty and the crisis in syria. ok if i go back to brian in washington one of the saddest things but thing about all of this is that we all know that there's going to be a strike even though it's against international law there's nothing about self-defense here when it comes the united states that's ludicrous we know it's going to happen but you know what gentlemen we probably know the outcome is well a disaster. well we know for the syrian people certainly it will be a disaster they've had a foreign fueled civil war that's taken so many thousands of lives tens of thousands of lives you know one thing peter i i haven't given up on the possibility that this war actually could be stopped the american people by a by a margin of ninety percent oppose it there's a lot of pressure on congress on september seventh there are going to be people in the streets of all over the united states yes the military industrial complex has had the bit in its mouth and the obama administration's winding up the republican war makers but t

damascus syria. and the real is keeping us updated from inside syria her twitter feed and in one of the most recent posts she says she and her crew were caught in a crossfire while trying to reach them on a street in and engineer was slightly injured by ricocheting bullets all the latest updates at the reformation to underscore. the voting on a strike against syria can wait but the threat of military action should remain after weeks of belligerent rhetoric the u.s. president has agreed to give diplomacy a chance following russia's proposal to put syria's chemical weapons under international control made the comments in an address to a nation which according to recent polls is mostly against engaging in a new war or he's going to come reports now from washington we saw president obama engaged in verb or acrobatics with a message that many americans will find very confusing he was forceful in pushing the idea that strikes against syria are necessary asking the american people to support him at the same

well with syria and syria isn't the only subject poisoning relations between the two countries right now xan i mean is it well know the two countries have had let's say there's been troubles with of the now famous reset one of the topics is edward snowden the president did have some choice words to say about that he said that u.s. intelligence messed up their efforts to try and capture snowden saying that they could have allowed him to travel to a country where his security was not insured or they could have just intercepted him made an error but instead they blocked access and stopped his travel which it was a mistake on their part he did say that snowden was in touch with russian officials as far back as hong kong but the president himself did not know that snowden was in route to russia until two hours before that flight landed he also said that he is not working with or that snowden is not working with russian security officials inside the country although russia did granted temporary asylum and although since snowden has been inside russia his visit has been shrouded in secrecy

cautious optimism talks on syria's chemical arsenal continue into a third day with america. with force to make it. a financial burden terrorist threat. to open the doors. of the euro crisis builds to a new crescendo bailouts deadlines and overwhelming debt threaten to tear apart. worldwide news live from moscow. thanks for joining us today u.s. officials say washington reportedly will not insist on a u.n. resolution threatening syria with the use of force in order to make it drop its chemical arsenal the first sign of progress towards the disarmament talks. in geneva and now the president assad is ready to join the chemical weapons convention the u.n. secretary general says he's optimistic the next round of talks could happen in october. she reports now on what both sides have agreed upon and what they have not. it's been a question of will they or won't they in geneva and so far there's been no answer to that question john kerry and sergey lavrov were locked in tense negotiations throughout the day and into the night more than fifteen hours of talks took place and now those

from in syria. more stories to go ahead including the battle for moscow the majority of votes counted things don't look promising for position. bring you all the latest on that. complicated gadgets and bugs come out of date. tools to get a good look at your personal data and phone calls and e-mails and the computer where installed is fair game and introduce you to a british company and then the new technology. after authorities say they're up to nine civilians including children were among the fifteen people killed by the latest nato air strike in the country. has already condemned the attack but the alliance insists that only militants were killed while four afghan troops start on time militants set off a bomb at the entrance of the compound to start some of the country's capital kabul all this ahead of the shuttle's withdrawal of coalition troops from the country by the end of twenty fourteen. of journalist break so the presence of foreign soldiers is caused a spike in levels of insurgency. the ci

damascus syria. and. seeing the brutality of the war at firsthand in syria's ancient christian sanctuary of la luna which was liberated from jihad as forces earlier this week she spoke in real time reports on the situation there on her twitter feed and find out the latest by following her online . to be in the middle. coming up a bit later in the program a tradeoff between privacy and a success british universities want to train their students private data with the aim of improving the i condemn a consults get the full story in a couple of minutes here on our team. the main competitor girl on the market is mother nature. may customers struggle with your. flight for each drop from an early turkey supply. let people think your prices purer water. bottle life on t.v. . they use it up there in a war. and flush their toilets with the same war. that the series is selling and spring water. right. first strike. and i think you're. on our reporters. i. welcome back you're watching our team a shifted to the right f

stance on syria undermines international law. gulf monarchies offering to bankroll america's bombing campaign against syria and even finance a full blown invasion failing that it's fear they will up with a support for al qaeda cells and desperation to be rid of president assad defense analyst and author ivan eland calls it an outrageous offer that's implicit blackmail and i don't really think it's you know really a conditional thing i think they'll probably do it anyway and i don't see how u.s. bombing would stop that in fact as i say it may cause the jihadists even more to be more active in the war simply because the u.s. is attacking an islamic country they're actively trying to alter the situation on the battlefield against assad but on the other side you have all kyra and i think al qaeda may even be worse than assad and also we're slowly getting dragged into this war if you're trying not to get embroiled in a war because then you're implicitly taking one side over the other even more so than if you're just bombing them to sa

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered on peter lavelle syria and the neighborhood as washington stumbles its way through the syrian crisis there are those who see this horrific complex as a perfect opportunity to topple assad then to move on to turn around at the same time iran in the u.s. are said to engage in direct talks for the first time in thirty years so what's ahead more complex for the start of pragmatism and compromise. to cross out the iran angle to the syrian crisis i'm joined by mohammad marandi in turn he is a professor at the university of tehran and in washington we cross to eunice he is the president of the baltimore chapter of muslim community usa or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it professor marandi in turn i know you follow western media very carefully and you know when i read the neo-cons in the new york times and all the other organs there and there's always that here and there like all my goodness this is the opportunity we've been waiting for for a long time three

happening and i'm going around syria and with all the updates on our website scroll through our syria timeline for everything you need to not. only. with america blaming the syrian regime for kind of katanga the you asked national security adviser susan rice expressed concern that israel could also be attrited the use of chemical weapons also directly threatens our closest ally in the region israel where people once again have readied gas masks. she's also chemicals could easily you fall into the hands of terrorists also he has received information from a number of sources that rebels active in syria are planning to launch a chemical attack on israel it would be used as a provocation against the syrian government and our correspondent paula sneer has more now from tel aviv for. i've spoken to both the israeli foreign ministry as well as the army spokespersons universe and i was asking them for they reaction to the reports we have that there is an imminent threat being planned by syrian rebels originating in territory in syria that is controlled by the syrian government against israel

syria libya egypt television. gas fields in syria. so a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to speak to how can you as policy be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by then you mean and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel from the phrase israel working with its saudi partners. against the first democracy ever in the five thousand year history of egypt t

reporting from syria. and you can follow me on twitter too where she's keeping track of that mission in the news and giving regular updates on the developments in syria oh. oh . it is opposition is on the brink of a resigning victory in the country's general election early results give a clear lead for a conservative challenger tony abbott prompting the labor government to concede defeat after ruling for six years and among those running was the party of wiki leaks and it's a jew in the sun she was a meeting for a senate seat and we can get more of the details now from lindsay from she's been doing her research and it was quite a colorful campaign motioning for mr sun absolutely and not a moment of bleakness there the wiki leaks party campaign for a seat in australia's senate has consisted mostly of social media blitzes a virtual town hall meetings and a mullet wig music video where candidate julius songs recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham's activist anthem you're the voice that's right the f

he said that many syria. whatever happens in syria spreads spreading all over the region syria libya egypt television already granted gas fields in syria. so a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to you how can you as policy be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively pro israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by then you mean and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel the phrase israel working

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter all about syria and barack obama's convoluted path to war the american administration is determined to punish the assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons other than members of mainstream media many are skeptical of the president's claims and the necessity to attack syria so what is obama's plan and does it make any sense. to cross talk the war in syria i'm joined by phyllis bennis in washington she is the director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies also in washington we have cynthia snyder she is a professor at georgetown university and a senior nonresident fellow with the brookings institution and in new york we cross to jason hurst or he is a writer political commentator and contributor to counterpunch dissident voice and other political communities cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it so let's go to you first in washington a lot of people would say that obama's approach to syria doesn't even pass the laugh te

president putin has warned against a military attack on syria without the u.n. security council's approval the russian leader said punitive measures can take place only on the international authorization and if there is solid evidence the syrian regime gassed civilians. brings us the details. president vladimir putin was doing an interview with the associated press and russia's first channel and in that interview he strongly cautioned the west against unilateral action against syria he also said that if united states has strong and conclusive evidence that it was the assad regime is that used chemical weapons then it must be handed over to the u.n. security council so that it can be analyzed and discussed in a global in an environment in terms of the investigation that is happening with the u.n. and the alleged use of chemical weapons he said that the world community needs to wait until that investigation is finished we know that those inspectors are out of the country and that information is being analyzed right now but he did say that he's not convinced that i

strike in syria can you help me out. you know it's conceivable i don't think it was that frank of discussion but my guess is that as it was said there was some discussion about this obama knew he was in trouble on this over exaggeration of both what syria he alleged did as well as the use of incredible force rather than diplomacy so i don't know but one thing that was interesting to me is when senator kerry or our secretary of our secretary of state kerry just said well it was our use of force our threat of force that force the russians to do that and for syria to agree you know that's just not the case that's what they're going to assert that's what obama's going to assert to night in his speech but that's not what happened here in fact it looked like the opposite looked like the u.s. was not going to be able to strike because obama was never going to have the authority the world was very upset by and so that is not what did it here that's pretty clear but of course that's what the u.s. is going to take credit for well

you are watching our special coverage on the fate of syria we begin tonight with a speech from president barack obama will be addressing the nation and just a few moments on what the u.s. response should be to the use of chemical weapons in syria obama has been pushing for support of his plan to launch military strikes against the country yet the talk comes just a day after new developments have arisen hinting at a possible diplomatic solution for the war torn country and while obama tries to win support from the public and congress the american people still have questions why intervene now over to you over two years into the civil syrian civil war and after one hundred thousand people have already died in the conflict has obama's rhetoric changed since he began calling for the strikes is russia's proposal for syria to hand over its chemical weapons stockpile to international control a workable solution is russia taking the reigns in this conflict or is obama going to react to the crossing of his red line and will military response remain an option as a diplomatic solution the u.s. and r

cautious optimism talks on syria's chemical continue into a third day with america. forced to make it. as a financial burden terrorist. guilty conscience. to open the doors. of the builds to a new crescendo as fresh missed deadlines and overwhelming debt threaten to tear apart what little stability there is. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at. the worldwide headlines live from the russian capital u.s. officials say that washington reported. resolution threatening syria with the use of force in order to make it drop its chemical arsenal as the first sign of progress as the disarmament talks. in geneva and now the president assad is ready to join the chemical weapons convention the u.n. secretary general says that he is optimistic the next round of peace talks could take place in october. now reporting the what the sides have agreed upon and what issues they refuse to agree. it's been a question of will they or won't they in geneva and so far there's been no answer to that question john kerry and sergey lavrov were locked in tense negotiations throughout

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of syria to continue us such it may. lead in so many other countries and creating is if eating of of. helplessness and under police pnas in the region and feeding of beef that's a good defeatist feeding in the in the region that is going to lead again of the situation if i may i just have a couple more question about within lebanon situation do you see the group of five to islam as your natural allies and you see it as a threat to lebanon. for the history. of his teens who were sent. into or seven and it took all. but a scene in camp in lebanon in the north and they fought the lebanese army and at that time was the prime minister and which was. really putting an end to to this to this. let's say attack that was made that led open it it's the struction of the camp but it was much better than leaving this let's say. that that was spread over in the and eleven we. live unease. and and effectively. we muslims and levon. and the some months they were they want firmly to live together work comp. in the country with all the lit

intervention in syria those against a military attack on syria holding mass rallies and protests in cities across the world in turkey riot police dispersed those rallying in support of damascus security forces also blocked the entrance to istanbul's goes with park to prevent a demonstration there while back in the u.s. people took to the streets to express their opposition to a possible attack protesters gathered in front of the white house after obama's announcement about a strike and crowds turned out in new york as well at a rally in paris marchers held up signs calling president a law and david cameron and president obama terrorists the u.s. administration's anti syria rhetoric has sparked warnings and harsh criticism from moscow also president vladimir putin saying washington's assessment of the assad government has launched a chemical attack against its own people is quote nonsense or to use sean thomas reports. moscow has been very busy this week urging the west not to intervene in the situation in syria vladimir putin spoke on the situation saying that the idea of the assad regime