he this is even less useful i joined the ambassador and doubting that he actually is complicit with al qaida or benefiting from the garden but it certainly is an accusation from his opponents that in both john and zinjibar two towns that are now under arrest on this rule that he has fomented this has has allowed this to happen i got it but that is nonetheless a important consideration in yemen these days mr ambassador is salo of worth a worthy of protection by the united states now is that they would just like to see the back side of him in that still have someone there that would protect american interests in the region after all it does border on saudi arabia. our current terrorism cooperation with the un has has always extended beyond president salva he was an important part of it but not. essential well mr ambassador you are he said look you already said was so if you're implying that he's in the ones he's in the past tense category now. well i think in terms of ongoing counterterrorism cooperation it's considerably reduced and also in terms of his long term. shelf life and i think

and its western allies would be would support any leader in yemen who would take on al qaida in a serious way do you think that's a good idea what about backfire on the united states and the west go ahead. i don't think that's true i don't think it's anyone gets our support i think we can be more demanding that listen the yemenis going against al qaeda is not a favor of to us al-qaeda is threatening yemen. it is a shared interest that we have so it's not a something that they can use to blackmail us but our interest in yemen should be much broader than just the kind it should be yemen's development it should be the political political stability there if we have a narrow approach i think we're doomed to failure and i think you can go back historically and that's what i do in my book and show from all one tool for when we had a broad sustained approach and i don't not only targeted al qaeda but also supported yemeni political and economic development that is when we made our major gains against al qaeda and actually severely degraded its leaders in its ranks and in all four they constituted

qaida is overstated for that very reason because using as the bogeyman in order to get us to invest in his government i'm not discounting the threat entirely but i don't think it's anything like what sally is said to us and we bought bad who are quiet and sinker apparently but it also gives us an excuse to stay there and try to keep the country stable saudi arabia's interest in yemen is profound and if yemen is going to go some way that the saudis don't particularly like the saudis are going to step in and make sure that it doesn't happen if i were doing something with a regional partner right now and i were doing something aimed at yemen that's whom i would be working with be working with riyadh's got its own problems i watched an interview today by professors very astute in saudi affairs and she said something like seventy percent of the people were under thirty and have a college education in many cases and have no jobs just an eight hundred dollars stock came from the government it comes from basically from all revenues this is no way to build a future so saudi arabia is sitting

qaida that war has evolved over a period of ten years into not a war against al qaeda there are maybe according to all intelligence estimates are all talks coming from the white house and so forth of about fifty maxon to one hundred al qaeda people in the country the war has morphed into a war against the taliban the taliban have morphed into a war which he was tied to nationalism and so what you have is that in my experience having worked as a newspaper reporter in the one nine hundred eighty s. there of the new york times in the last ten years more from c.b.s. that many people in the countryside do not see a difference in their eyes because they are judging solely upon the people who are killed in their villages in the continuation of this war and the lack of reconstruction in their eyes that the soviet union and the united states are both infidels coming close in the united states is coming close to being seen as an occupying power. that was driven by key is journalist and author of the book captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban. now this is the part of the show where once a

qaida there i mean there is one thing the key is a common denominator is how much the west wants to intervene and not intervene mr ambassador go ahead. yes that again is the that's the same of queer i mean i'm just now you know you wish i didn't work myself the question i have sort of put to you our call would with the saudis like to see a functioning democracy and. and that's the thing we're all here and the thing which is which is stalling i think change across perhaps i mean i have read many many reports and so on and people said what is stalling the whole change in yemen it has take a long long time and i've seen the this is the initiative which had in many many flaws and perhaps to a certain extent it's cause there's cause this now sort of and diggers and very. grave burial where we are now in yemen you know we don't know where we're going to stay where are we just taking towards and the west unfortunately our friends our friends in order to be a man has been a little bit different from the rest of the of the countries you have been mentioning that we have got a group named as

fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations but let's take a brief look at some other world headlines pakistan's prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the death of a go about at the hands of paramilitaries it was captured on video showing footage filmed by passers by in the city of karachi close then the breaking for his life before being shot. still stay the course while trying to rob some of the victim's family the noise this incensed innocent person has been killed. a volcanic ash cloud has grounded more flights in argentina. chile that's. something that had already caused flight cancellations earlier in the week now all flights from the travel as ours and so forth from montevideo have been suspended and it. could damage the engines. well it is a journey across russia continues as a close up team travels to the ones on television i'm not asserting. yes the mountainous region on russia's southern border has had an unstable existence since the

fears it is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations u.s. drones have also been used in pakistan of words latest strike killed at least eighteen people while official reports claim the casualties were militants some witnesses name civilians among the victims and as drones have a lot of washington's most favorite weapons americans fear the technology might soon be used to snoop a little closer to home than actually account reports. to u.s. drone hit the house of this young man in pakistan he lost an eye both legs and three family members. these people are demanding the cia be held responsible for the deaths of their loved ones but to no avail with the use of drones comes a lack of accountability those are being operated by somebody at a command center willingly virginia they're watching a video on a video screen there pressing a button. deciding who lives in who guys and then they go off for a weekend where they have barbecues in their suburban virginia a

launch there for us well time now to take a look at what else is making headlines in the world and al qaida top african militant has been shot dead in somalia with the killing reportedly confirmed by d.n.a. tests fossil of dol mohamed was the most wanted man a continent with five million dollars bounty on his head is blamed for the nine hundred ninety eight bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania were over two hundred people died in the blast. voters across turkey are heading to the polls for parliamentary elections on sunday two parties are battling for power with current prime minister tayyip erdogan running against the secular republican people's party a victory for our dance party would mean a third consecutive five year term empower. our russia celebrates a holiday twenty one years ago to the day russia declared independence from the soviet union beginning its break up just one year later the country voted in the first free presidential election in its history. that has more on russia day. june twelve nineteen ninety one millions voted to make boris yeltsin russia's

fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of its hacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations. check out our website r g dot com for more opinions on that use who don't want to noise by us radio host alex jones of the abuse of drone technology could be the beginning of a terminator style world ruled by configures also online for you to help gathering of the world's movers and shakers we talked to activists who make a stand against the end pensionable media blackout surrounding the annual bill there for a meeting point out some of the reason just what's being decided by the world of silence and whether it's worth taxpayers having to fund. and also crowd in space the i.s.o.'s gets three new presidents doubling the number of humans currently in orbit the combined international crew will perform unique research including attempts to fight cancer cure or also be expecting a farewell visit now falls a glance at the last hour flight part of the west space shuttle program. to japan now where the strick

the cia is reportedly building a secret air base and the persian gulf to target al qaida terrorists in yemen the plan. has managed to strengthen america's military presence there with the u.s. saying it's concerned militants makes lloyd the current unrest in the country to seize power but as an educated reports introducing cia spooks will move the operation into the legal shadows. decision to task the cia with tracing down marks a major escalation of america's covert war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the on an undeclared wars that the u.s. is waging against terror but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes so if you can walk ration with the yemeni counterterrorism units for now and get that power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and according to u.s. officials because the cia operates under different legal authorities than the military the cia will have greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate here greater life

well bill now they've decided to task the cia with chasing down al qaida yemen and that marks a major escalation of america's pull over war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the undeclared wars that the u.s. is waging against terror but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes sort of in cooperation with the yemeni counter in counter terrorism units but now amid the power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and courting to u.s. officials because the cia operates on a different legal authorities than the military to cia will have greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate there greater latitude in other words they don't have to ask anybody's permission to go on the country the yemeni leader who is now out of the country after months of violent popular revolt against him and his government for many years had been supported by the u.s. in exchange for letting americans go after all fighting yemen and as we can. often coverin

qaida and no longer permits these drone attacks in the country they need a base with which from from which to fly really very much more involved in terms of both the u.s. and the u.k. . and british germany crude things the u.k. and america risk making grave mistakes and repeating old ones by getting involved in yemen if the worst goes in with our starts bombing on behalf of unclear who then i think that will make the situation markedly worse yemen has huge poverty and social issues it's the poorest country in the region its median age population is less than eight i mean it's the greatest social discrepancies of any country in the whole region the last thing it needs is more bombing what it needs is peace what it needs is people coming together and it needs overseas aid to help develop any government or political unity. to bring together all of the factions and all of the interests across the yemen i cannot believe that drove me to bring this about and in their haste to be involved the us looked to me like you're in danger of making all the mistakes they made in afghanistan. when the

qaida terrorists there fearing they make spoil the current unrest in yemen to seize power the cia is also reportedly building a secret air base in the persian gulf to target militants that is going to council as introducing cia spokes will move the operation into the legal shadows. the decision to task the cia with chasing down given marks a major escalation of america's covert war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the on an undeclared wars that beat us is waging against hurt but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes so if you cooperate with the yemeni counterterrorism units but now that power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and according to u.s. officials because the cia operates under different legal authorities than the military the cia will have one reader latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate dear reader of the last. in other words they don't have to ask anybody's for mission creep on the phone for the yemeni le

qaida and al qaeda no longer permit these drone attacks in the country they need a base with which from which to fly they are really very much more involved in terms of both the u.s. and the u.k. . it's reporting from london while other news now from around the world in our world update a nato air strike has hit a blast in the libyan turn the key one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli libyan state t.v. reports of these twelve passengers have been killed there are no further details of the incident and nato was not immediately available to comment on this and we'll bring you more details on this development as we get them here at r.t. . to start intelligence says at least fifteen alleged serjeant's have been killed in the u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan a series of strikes targeted a suspected militant compound near the main town in pakistan itself was it a stand tribal area the region is known for housing many taliban insurgents who frequently carry out attacks against the government forces. syria is calling on refugees who fled to turkey to return to the term the

nothing that would strengthen the hand of al qaida and promote them a western intervention in yemen particularly the west who supported presence for all these years sold him large numbers of arms and weaponry and now seem to be opposing him in all that to try and create some of the settlement i think the western role should be to try and promote a political dialogue between the various factions which is not impossible to achieve that and try to bring about some kind of resolution and peace there but if the west goes in with our. starts bombing on behalf of. who then i think that will make the situation markedly worse yemen has huge poverty and social issues it's the poorest country in the region its median age of population is less than eighty and it has the greatest social discrepancies of any country in the whole region the last thing it needs is more bombing what it needs is peace what it needs is people coming together and it needs overseas aid to help it develop its historical reason why to get involved in yemen i mean obviously used to control part of yemen maybe wants to gain ground over

in exchange for letting americans go after al qaida in yemen as we could make cables showed often taking credit for the u.s. drone strike we have to remember that scores of civilians were killed in those strikes so the support of the yemeni authorities was much needed for the u.s. to carry on with the operations on the other hand the government those alley abdulhadi abdulla salah who's been in power for some thirty years was so unpopular in recent years among the people of yemen that many analysts say it was only due to the u.s. support that salah had stayed in power for so long before your salary needed the u.s. and the u.s. needed solly but now with the political turmoil there the u.s. shows they will continue to bomb yemen whether or not they have to commission to do so from actually the people of this country pakistan is one example of a popular revolt against the cia drone strike thousands of civilians were killed by the u.s. drones drone attacks and no one was held responsible for that even though the pakistani parliament has demanded to stop the strike the country's leadership con

qaida the taliban and associated forces and that those entities continue to pose a threat to the united states and its citizens the president has the authority to use all necessary and appropriate force during the current armed conflict pursuant to the authorization for use of military force until the terminations of hostilities. in other words war of terror war on terror excuse me until all the terrorists on earth are killed something that will never happen this is the worst nightmare for james madison the father of our constitution the fourth president of the united states madison wrote so eloquently that of all the enemies of true liberty war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises in develops the germ of every other in war madison continued the discretionary power of the president is extended its influence in dealing out offices honors and of all humans is multiplied in all the means of seducing the mines are added to those of subduing the force of the people war is in fact the true nurse of executive of a grand eyes didn't. in war a physical force is to be created an

qaida and al qaeda no longer permit these train attacks in the country they need a base with which from which to fly they really are very much more involved in terms of base the u.s. and the u.k. . is laura right right there ok let's go to some other headlines from around the world for you this hour starting intelligence says that at least fifteen alleged insurgents were killed in a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan a series of strikes targeted a suspected militant compound near the main town in pakistan's south waziristan tribal area the region is known for housing many taliban insurgents who frequently carry out attacks against the government forces. syria is calling on refugees who fled to turkey turn to the town they abandon moved into groups the government says it's regained control and will continue to pursue what it calls the remnants of terrorist groups eight thousand people left town are now in refugee camps on the turkish border syria is in jewett months of brutal crackdown on protests to try and force the president to quit. a suicide car bomber has struck in northeaster

qaida who then america went and has spent a trillion dollars in afghanistan so this is this this guy is like he is a racket he's at times square racket what does that dana rohrbacher rohrbacher these the guys who planned nine eleven so this congressman then went from libya where he failed to shake down the population and he went to iraq iraq asks u.s. congressmen to leave over repave remark yes congressman rohrbacher showed up in iraq and said once iraq becomes a very rich and prosperous country we would hope that some consideration be given to repaying the united states some of the mega dollars that we have spent here and the last eight years the united states imports of oil to make its economy go go forward and the point of all this meddling is to try to keep the price of oil down so the u.s. has a functioning economy that's the point of the wars it's not about renting out assassins for a few quick bucks to help your reelection campaign this guy is not only is he a horrible horrible musician and not only does he look like elmer fought on crack but he's a dunderhead who doesn't even

qaida would still terrified united states form leader osama bin laden was killed by american special forces in pakistan last month. richard a u.s. congresswoman shot of the hadn't. he has been released from hospital after recovering enough to walk and talk again gabrielle giffords still faces daily intensive therapy and may never be able to return to work six people were killed and twelve others injured in the arizona shooting that to place during a political rally the man accused of the shooting has been declared mentally unfit to stand trial just. a hacker group claims to have knocked the central intelligence agency's public web site offline a firm calling itself lulz security appeared on twitter to confirm it was part of the attack the group has previously claimed responsibility for cracking into the senate u.s. public broadcasting system t.v. network and a company that works with the f.b.i. the cia website was inaccessible on wednesday. in an extreme world of ice i'm cold this far as the eye can see it's one for all and all for one every human sent there to work wherever they com