one it is this is it all too new to me for any army the life of the usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism of those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. victory nineteen forty five dots on t. dot com. lead. broadcasting live from our central offices here in moscow this is our t.v. let's take a look at the top headlines for you russia hosts afghanistan and pakistan to discuss battling the drugs coming from central asia with the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability. moscow police on high alert as investigation suggests russia's number one terrorist suspect and the man behind march is moscow metro bombings could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in southern russia that injured thirty. also i.q. men rights group says the scandal involving an ex israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and the new polish president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to contin

soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the army's attempts to cover it up. jefferson barracks national symmetry here the u.s. military on a small children simply thousand wounded from camp planes past and present. but for the family of one soldier buried here on the defense forces code of honor and respect means nothing. you blessed us when you gave to us. we just never imagined we wouldn't help her moment. today dr john johnson has come back to reaffirm his promise to his nineteen year old daughter that he will continue the fight to find out how she died. i'm asking you to just continue to to bless us to encourage us to get justice for. dr johnson birth fuses to believe the army spine thing that he's doing private living our lives johnson killed herself just five weeks into her tour of iraq by firing him sixteen rifle into. you get a nineteen year old female that gets off work she puts an air for rate reflected bill around her waist she stops at the piano bass soda lip balm and in many indigo say she walks across the posts and sets doubt in a dark trash con

the army. today. these are the images. of canada. twenty four hours a day from our studios here in central moscow this is our top stories now this hour russia brings together afghanistan and pakistan to discuss how to tackle drug traffickers and terrorism in central asia more seen as the major cause of instability. investigators say a blast in southern russia that injured thirty could have been the work of the al qaeda linked militants behind march's moscow metro bombings police in the capital are being put on a high state of alert. human rights group says the scandal involving israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to work out what calls plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. as our top story so far this hour with a look at more developments in this in half an hour from now on any time a special report we look at the personal stories of female u.s. sol

also human rights group says the scandal involving an israeli army officer. is just the tip of the. polish president pledges a better relations with russia as investigators from both countries joined forces to continue exam. what caused a plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. that's a look at our headlines next in our special report we look at the personal stories of female u.s. soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the army's attempts to cover it up. tonight. jefferson barracks national symmetry here the u.s. military alone is more. than simply thousand wounded from camp things past and present. but for the family of one soldier buried here on the defense forces code of honor and respect means nothing. you blessed us when you gave birth to us. we just never imagined we wouldn't help her moment. today dr john johnson has come back to reaffirm his promise to his nineteen year old daughter that he will continue the fight to find out how she died. i'm asking you to just continue to to bless us to encourage us to get justice for. dr johnson refuses

one of the many in consistencies according to dr johnson is the army's conclusion that living a used in excel or and to start a small fine to burn her diary which then spread to a nearby binge the witnesses say that the stone was lying on top of her someone live in a cell in an excel it was sitting on the bottom of the stove so physically best that evidence just shows there was at least another person in that location when when she were by it was placed there because that's not where she. there's also you believe that there is science that she was sexually assaulted. dr johnson believes levine a was raped and mooted by someone in her camp and accuses the army of covering up a soldier on soldier slaying. it would be easy to dismiss his conclusions as the imaginings of the grief stricken father if it weren't for the disturbing pattern of sex crimes in judicial inaction in the u.s. military is going to jessica and. i. just see kenyon is an army veteran and today she is giving a talk to students at a new york college and. jessica says she survived multiple rapes in situ assaults joining

in the army. more news today violence flared up. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying corporations to rule the day. welcome back here with r t here's a look at the top stories human rights groups claim international pharmaceutical giants are endangering the lives of patients in india by using them as guinea pigs the cost of testing drugs is significantly lower in india for the fuel cost is increasing every year. it's fifty years since the soviet space program saw a pair of dogs becoming the first living things to survive an orbital flight this pave the way for the first man to go to space eight months later. investigators say a chechen militant leader with links to al qaida is likely to be behind a car bombing in russia's north caucasus authorities have stepped up security across moscow fearing more attacks. as we have lines here in our next in our special report we'll carry the personal stories of female u.s. soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the army's at

dr johnson birth fuses to believe the army spine thing that he's daughter private living lean johnson killed herself just five weeks into her tour of iraq by firing her name sixteen rifle into. you get a nineteen year old female that gets off work she puts a for rate reflected bill around her waist she stops at the p.s. and seabass soda lip balm and emin eales did you go say she walks across the post and sets down in a dark trash contractors tip and sit down to shout a self what a milf sixty rifle and then believe makes sense as she put all her thing your prayer and all around the room. and she with the earth give me mom do i have a rhyme out of this book and i can't bear to take it now. living is not the linda i spoke to the night before she died she was her happy jubilant but please so we left. and i say we would make it plain stopping about christmas and if it's july seventeenth. two days after that a soldier showed up unannounced at the johnson spline in missouri. so he looked up at maine he said. are you lyndon johnson the mother of pavel levine. and i say yes mary. what do you.

after the initial shock the family began to question the army's rush to judgment that living a died of a self-inflicted injury. that still want to write for. dr johnson is a veteran himself who went on to work for the army as a civilian specialist in psychology for nearly three decades but for the past three years he has studied every aspect of his daughter's did. but i am looking for the sketch that the criminal investigators may. have missed the shell casing. here close up of it and love it as some of the blood pattern with his brother joe a former prisons officer with forensics training they've spent countless hours analyzing and cross referencing photos reports and the testimony of those in the camp there are witnesses they stray from the time he heard what he deemed to be out the back for our or a gun shot he looked in the direction and he saw flames coming from the tip no live via face the two with just a contract to stay. one of the many in consistencies according to dr johnson is the army's conclusion that living in a used in excel or and to start a small fire to burn her diary

sex in the army on our g. . watching our t.v. live from moscow our top stories this week fighting terrorism and curbing drug trafficking are the focus of talks between president medvedev and three central asian leaders in russian seaside resort of sochi they gathered to discuss ways of storing stability in the region. fuelling has started on the wrong first nuclear power plant in the southern city of the share the russian built reactors being closely monitored by the un's atomic watchdog to ensure it will only be used for peaceful purposes. the thai government says it will make the final decision on whether alleged russian arms dealer viktor boot will be handed over to the u.s. that's after a bangkok appeals court ruled to extradite him moscow describe the move as political and made under pressure. and russia's amy to score high has fifty inspectors take a close up look at the country's bid to match the football world cup in twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two young players are training hard hoping they'll be on the winning team

armed forces sex in the army. it with us as we wrap up the week's news here on our team three thirty am in the russian capital easier headlights with thirty thousand people dying every year in russia from heroin addiction president calls for timor to be drug trafficking and terrorism as he meets with the central asian counterparts. russian engineers fuel up the first nuclear power play in the middle east iran who share reactor is expected to start producing electricity within a month. the thai government says it will make the final call on whether to extradite alleged russian arms trader victor a banker court has ruled that he was and sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and a legal weapons deal. and this week the football world governing body visited russia to assess its potential to host the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia's pledge to visa free travel and purpose built stadiums if it wins the bid. coming up nearly one in three female soldiers may be sexually assaulted while serving

in the army. broadcasting live from our central studios here and. now let's take a look at your top headlines. afghanistan and. pakistan to discuss battling the drugs coming from central asia with the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability. moscow police on high alert as investigations suggest russia's number one terrorist suspect and the man behind. could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in russia that injured thirty. also a human rights group says the scandal involving an israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and the new polish president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to continue examining what caused it. plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. that's a look at our headlines next in our special report we look at the personal stories of female u.s. soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the army's attempts to cover it up. or will. jefferson barracks national symm

in the army. the russian capital. is good to have you with us top stories now with the number of drug test deaths increasing in india human rights activists accuse pharmaceutical companies of using the country's citizens as guinea pigs for illegal experiments. documents. shaping the u.s. media and policies in the middle east. brigade pulls out of iraq. contingent train of the locals. free for inspectors to visit to examine its host one of the next world cup sniffing fans and officials are optimistic about the comforts chances. it's fifty years since two golds from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive in space travel making history and paving the way for a future exploration. with headlines for the next them all special report we look at the personal stories of female u.s. soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the always attempts to cover special report next on. jefferson barracks national symmetry here the u.s. military on a small children simply thousand wounded from

army. general casey will be today will be interviewed by david sanger, the chief washington correspondent for the "new york times" and a senior writer for the "new york times." david has reported from around the world. he covered the 5-year "arc" of the bush presidency and now covers the obama administration. he is the author of there recently published "new york times" bestseller, "the inheritance," on national security challenges facing the obama administration. in recognizing general casey, i also want to recognize that he's brought with him today his secret weapon and that is his wife sheila casey. as we know, military spouses also serve and sheila has her own very distinguished career in washington as well, so sheila we want to welcome you as well. [applause] >> thank you very much, meryl. thank you, general casey, for joining us today. general casey's already been introduced, but just to give you his last two posts. one, he was in iraq for 32 months during what i think everyone would

army. general casey will be interviewed by david sanger, the chief washington correspondent for "the new york times." david has reported from around the world. he covered the, five-year art of the bush presidency and now covers the obama administration. he is the author of the recently published "the new york times best seller, "de inheritance." i want to recognize that he has brought with him the secret weapon, and that is his wife, sheila. as we know, military spouses also served and sheila has her own very distinguished career in washington as well. [applause] >> thank you very much. general casey has already been introduced, but just to give you his last 2 posts. he was in iraq for 32 months during what was the roughest years of the war. for the past three years, he has been chief of staff of the army. he is responsible for thinking for read about the future of the forces, as well as making sure that they are supplied with all that they need in goods and strategy. in the next hour, we h

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and they know the inhabitants of their own region because setting the army they have to pay the rule to be the old is impossible without understanding that you know i did the army because one me and if you have a special day and one aim is to be there and for the country and if the soldiers seeing their old posts you know. because nobody could be how do i get. to germany now where the army there is facing a spike in cases of mental health problems among soldiers who fought in afghanistan this comes as war weariness continues to grow with as many as seventy percent of all germans wanting their chub to return home and as aussies tom barton reports many former soldiers say they've not been getting the help they need. these men were once soldiers and dressed him and served germany for twenty four years and being up left in an eternal in afghanistan he had his fair share of hairy experiences i was fighting against the taliban around about five i was in one my it i had suicide attacks i had techs with grenades all the things who are normal for so we're joined more and i did my job but even

army. general casey will be today will be interviewed by david sanger, the chief washington correspondent for the "new york times" and a senior writer for the "new york times." david has reported from around the world. he covered the 5-year "arc" of the bush presidency and now covers the obama administration. he is the author of there recently published "new york times" bestseller, "the inheritance," on national security challenges facing the obama administration. in recognizing general casey, i also want to recognize that he's brought with him today his secret weapon and that is his wife sheila casey. as we know, military spouses also serve and sheila has her own very distinguished career in washington as well, so sheila we want to welcome you as well. [applause] >> thank you very much, meryl. thank you, general casey, for joining us today. general casey's already been introduced, but just to give you his last two posts. one, he was in iraq for 32 months during what i think everyone would

in the army. each year. the former commander of a crew of soviet rocket specialists visits a restaurant in moscow to meet with vietnamese war veterans. they marked the anniversary of his crew's first victory. after a table was laid for soviet specialists but the menu was filmed. the food was somewhat exotic we've never eaten anything like that before tasted and looked like nothing we knew. the vietnamese to tell us about the food we were eating. the russians for vietnamese soldiers in the field will pull however they received additional supplies from local peasant defense units were normally stationed close to villages. chante gum is ninety five years old both of her sons were guerrillas they lost their lives fighting in what was then south vietnam. she joined fellow villages in the north to help the launch a crew who took part in the first battle. i remember exactly how it happened. the acrobats wings fell to the ground on the house next to mine. when then to see their remains. today there is a thick jungle

the german army blunders for. has only recently woken up to the damage it does and dress ses he and many others were ignored that's not fair that we are treating the soldiers who was serving for their own country who risked. their own lives and came back to germany you are very strong war note. and there's no help anymore from the state and from the army for these guys the windows were told us they're trying to find out how many unreported cases there are amongst former soldiers orica schmidt and her team are working to try and discover the molecular basis of such stress in the brain true also to treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder trying to slowly face the flashbacks that prevent living normal lives. but she says the treatment is sometimes frightening times those settings somebody in front of pew in that pretty moment this really experiencing all the horror and excels and that he experienced during the war and they need a lot of empathy to help people. but you have to you have to try to control the

here is what the army said, we have a statement and the army has given us a statement. by the way, we attempted to contact also donald rumsfeld, who was secretary of defense at this time and general mcchrystal, the retired general who just left, they both declined, but here is what the army said. "pat tillman died going to the aid of his fellow rangers. he epitomized the army values of loyalty, duty and selfless service. as an army, we failed in our duty to the memory of a fallen soldier and to his family. the failures of a few brought discredit to the army and compounded the grief suffered by the tillman family. the army truly regrets the pain and suffering endured by the tillman family as a result of this tragic, friendly-fire accident and the shortfalls in reporting accurate information to them in the days and weeks after pat's death." mary, why shouldn't that put it away? >> well, because they weren't shortfalls they weren't missteps and they weren't errors. they were deliberate attempts to cover up what happened in order for them to use pat's death for propaganda p

that force people to go to to go into the army took the army has as a career so in terms of be average intelligence or the average of capability capacity mental capacity. ability to to make moral judgments i think that they are all perfectly capable of making moral judgments the problem is that there is not enough i think not enough human rights training in the army to explain and to make it clear what is allowed and what is not allowed and then there's not enough accountability soldiers are not held accountable the number of soldiers who are actually prosecuted for violence is so minuscule palestinians are afraid to file complaints because they're one they're fraid of retribution and they know that there will not be sufficient prosecutions talking about the summer months or so it's a matrix just quickly nobody is actually brought to account for the aggressive raid on the gaza bound aid flotilla which of course everybody knows about the happened not long ago now here is yet another scandal do you think that could perhaps home israel even more in the light of the present tensions. well

been launching tremendous army reforms over the past couple of years it was one of the first decrees in fact that president medvedev made when he stepped into all facing is something he's been pushing very strongly for over the past couple of years i'd also like to just point out that these were forms are taking place we have living proof here in our to our sound engineer who in fact is doing this work with us right now just came out of his mandatory year he says it was more than adequate they were said well they slept well but he didn't see any kind of fights like this we in fact went as far to say that he enjoyed his first year in the army. really staggering pictures there on the cheap i mean so now we many thanks for that report coming from moscow for us. a view to germany now where the army there is facing a spike in cases of mental health problems among soldiers who fought in afghanistan this comes as more weariness continues to grow with as many as seventy percent of all germans want to choose to return home and as reports many former soldiers say they've not been getting the h

and there's no help anymore from the street and from the army for these guys german army wakes up to the problems of post-traumatic stress within its ranks so this is being overlooked one step back from the front line. and italy's oracles beat the economists game we look at how people are turning to fortune tellers to make their fortune on the stock market. and on the business desk we'll bring you all the latest on russia's grain exports and the new konami being created in the sim our region i have lots more in twenty minutes time. you're watching r.t. i'm carrie johnson welcome to the program. continues to enjoy a break from the poisonous small getting go to the city for several days far far to say they're having some success in tackling the forest places that have been living dense smoke across the region and beyond. the pollution could return. to the capital. is outside moscow for us. the burning areas throughout russia has shrunk down by two thousand hectares and stayed over mergence he has been lifted in several regions throughout the country however the overall picture is still

and there is no hope anymore promise freedom from the army for these guys doctors in germany did out treatment to ease the post-traumatic stress of the country soldiers but their complaints the army and government off ailing in their duty of care. and this psychic stock market in italy explore how clear one banking on people's financial fear is by predicting where their investment for jews like. libya watching r.t. were broadcasting live from the heart of the russian capital welcome to the program our top story now moscow continues to enjoy a break from the poisonous small that engulfed the city for several days far far to say they're having some success in tackling the forest places that have been blowing dense smoke across the region and beyond meteorologists though warned that the air pollution could return as a record heat wave clings to the capital cities that have been overcover is outside moscow for us. the burning areas throughout russia has shrunk down by thousand hectors and state over mergence he has been lifted in several regions throughout the country however the overall

and israeli army. and basically stepping in and saying we will support the lebanese army. iran stepping in immediately and saying we will support as well. >> and what's at stake for the united states and what leverage does it have? >> well, it's not clear how much leverage it has at this point. i mean the bush administration made clear that it took the side of what was then called the cedar revolution 2005 when there was a very strong anti-syrian movement. but gradually and a lot of anti-syrian politicians seem to believe that they had the u.s. behind them at that time. that the u.s. might even intervene militarily. and push syria out. but gradually it became clear that this wasn't the case. that the u.s. was too tied down in other conflicts. and this really hurt the anti-syrian coalition in lebanon which was known as march 14th. you had a lot of defections. and that lead to this gradual rebuilding of syrian influence. now obviously the united states doesn't want to see hezbollah strengthened it doesn'

the tiger was mainly designed to break through enemy defenses this rare footage shows the german army cid vance and the curse of. tiger's move slowly at the head of the offensive the mere look of tires and a strong psychological effect on russian troops. bunk you can see a big hulk of a turn to produce. machine gunners on to. other machine gunners or trailing behind. if we lead them through will be destroyed. where not supposed to have been the line of defense is no good or anything but a retreat near di ok but hold your position. a. world war two veteran varsity shifts off lives in the village of profit of near cursed in one thousand nine hundred three he was nineteen years old can on july fourth he and other soldiers from his battalion were waiting for their first taste of combat in this revealing. the men had reason to believe they were unlikely to survive the battle. when we were told to load our weapons and replenish ammunition or secure everything to your body to give you maximum ability. we were told to leave our personal belongings behind. google no longer need to. read you. v

and there's no hope anymore from the street and from the army for these guys the german army wade south to the problems of post-traumatic stress within its ranks the soldiers say their own list is being overlooked ones that for the front line. and israelis oracles beat the economists at their own gate we look at how people are turning to fortune tellers to make their picture on the stock markets. and on the business as we bring you all the latest on russia's grain exports and a new economic zone in the summer a region. in the business but it's in twenty minutes time. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me. now once again slowly being engulfed by suffocating small gold a few days or prefer five guys who say they're having some success in tackling the forest blazes that have been blowing dense smoke across the region and beyond however the situation in some regions in central russia remain serious meteorologist. could worsen as the record heat wave clings to the capital italian novel on the outskirts of moscow across. the burning area has shrunk by thousands of hectar

it is not just an army problem. this is a national problem, the shortage of behavioral spell health specialists. -- health specialists. >> is this a matter of funding, of finding people? >> i think it is a matter of finding people, of getting them to move to some of the places where the army is stationed. when you have shortages, it may be because a psychiatrist prefers to be in nashville banner in clarksville, tennessee. -- than in clarksville, tennessee. >> is the delay because of a lack of resources, or because of the complexity that you just described? >> i would argue that it is the complexity. i really would. i would not say that in every instance we are getting soldiers in exactly when we want to, but soldiers have a primary care manager at the rate of one per two hundred, a primary care manager of where you or i would have a primary care manager at a ratio of one to 1200 or 1500. they have a nurse case manager at a ratio of 01-20. have a squad leader at a ratio of one to 10 or less. we have done everything w