spoke to british veteran journalist john pilger who thinks america is tricking the world by saying it's pulling out of wars in iraq and afghanistan the full version of this interview is coming up in about fifteen minutes from now. announcement by obama. would be the end of the combat mission next to yours norm since then that's another example of the of the media simply taking a face for something that told by authorities in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and so called that is an increase in the number of most of them raise they call them contractors so far from getting out there was a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist called claude coburn never believe anything until it's officially denied we should apply that to all statements like that. from many countries the summer's extreme weather of floods and droughts has led to poor harvest and a grain shoreditch bought in india millions of people are going hungry for a different reason are these current saying investigates. india is home to work quarter of the

pilger coming up next. today i'm in london speaking to jonah hill just veteran journalist and a documentary writer who started his career during the vietnam war john pilger thanks very much for talking to me now let's talk about more media in general for us if you don't mind recently the website wiki leaks published tens of thousands of documents relating to the afghanistan war what do you think that is the biggest impacts that modern technology has had owned journalism well i think the wiki leaks exposed is. look like they might change journalism altogether if not change or wake it up. because what really leaks has done is what journalists should have done . you know here here is this dreadful litany of years of of disaster and killing and in afghanistan and i'm in iraq. and i don't think we've gotten a sense they've got a sense of the disaster but i don't think we've got a sense of the real the the political disaster the the the dispy high and the the human disaster in afghanistan that's what we call leak

pilger coming your way next here on. today i'm in london speaking to a veteran journalist on the documentary right there who started his career chairing the vietnam war john pilger thanks very much for talking to now let's talk about morton media in general first if you don't mind recently the web site wiki leaks published tens of thousands of documents relating to the afghanistan war what do you think that is the biggest impact is that modern technology has had owned journalism well i think the wiki leaks exposed. look like they might change journalism altogether if not change. because what is wrong is what journalists should have done. you know here is the dreadful litany. of disaster and killing in afghanistan. and i don't think. gotten a sense they've got a sense of the disaster but i don't think we've got a sense of the real the the political disaster the the behind the the human disaster in afghanistan that's what we can leak says has given us. i think it says to journalists. separate us separate yourselves from th

john pilger on r.t. meanwhile in afghanistan the u. commander of the coalition forces there has admitted that the twenty eleven target date to start withdrawing troops is not binding u.s. general david petraeus says troops will only be pulled out if as he put it conditions permit the security situation continues to deteriorate there despite the heavy military presence for u.s. troops july was the deadliest month since the campaign began almost nine years ago what's more a u.n. report says civilian casualties rose by twenty five percent in the first half of twenty ten compared the same period last year and the number of children who were killed soared by more than a half united states says it will deploy another thirty thousand soldiers by the end of the year. in a few minutes why india has banned their class structure and it's proving hard to castoff cultural schools where food is prepared by people seem to be from a lower order go to report on. moscow's announced that it will launch iran's first nuclear power plant next week the russi

pilger says america is food in the world by claiming it's pulling out. this announcement by obama. of the combat mission next two years norm. and that's another example of the of the media simply taking a face for something that told by authority in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and so called that is an increase in the number of mercenaries they call them contractors so far from getting out there was a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist called claude coburn never believe anything until it's officially denied we should apply to all statements like that. another u.s. led campaign appears to be almost as dangerous for civilians as it is for the military and the report by the u.n. shows an increase of almost a third incident casualties in afghanistan in the first half of two thousand and ten compared to the same period last year the death toll among children has soared by more than half the u.s. military commander in the country general petraeus says this shows the need to red

pilger told r.t. that the media aren't asking enough questions about this proposed withdrawal. this announcement by obama. would be the end of the combat mission next year is nonsense and that's another example of the of the media simply taking at face value something. being that told by authority in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and so cold that is an increase in the number of mercenaries they call them contractors so far from getting out there was a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist cold claude coburn never believe in a thing until it's officially denied we should apply the tool statements like that meanwhile in afghanistan the new coalition commander has admitted president obama's two thousand and eleven target date to start withdrawing troops may not be possible u.s. general david petraeus says forces will be pulled out only if as he put it conditions permit the security situation continues to deteriorate despite t

pilger told r.t. that america will not pull out of iraq that easily. this announcement by obama. would be the end of the combat mission next two years norms. and that's another example of the media simply taking a face for something that told by authorities in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and the surge so cold that is an increase in the number of most americans they call them contractors so far from getting out there was a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist called claude coburn never believe in the thing until it's officially denied. we should apply that to all state like. when afghanistan despite the efforts by the u.s. and its allies the security situation continues to deteriorate the u.n. report shows that in the first half of twenty tends to vote in casualties rose by twenty five percent compared to the same period last year the number of children who were killed soared by more than half general petraeus the u.s. m

pilger told r.t. that america will not pull out of iraq that easily. this announcement by obama. combat mission next year is nonsense and that's another example of the of the media simply taking at face value something they're told by authority in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty. a thousand troops and a surge so-called that is an increase in the number of mercenaries they call them contractors so far from getting out there was a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist called claude coburn never believe anything until it's officially denied we should apply that all statements like that. meanwhile in afghanistan the new commander of the coalition forces there's admitted that the twenty eleven target date to start withdrawing troops is not binding us general david petraeus says the troops will only be pulled out if as you put it conditions permit the security situation continues to deteriorate there despite the heavy military presence for u.s. t

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pilger who thinks america is tricking the world by saying it's pulling out of the war in iraq. this announcement by obama. to be the end of the combat mission next year is nonsense and that's another example of the of the media simply taking a face for something they're told by authorities in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and so called that is an increase in the number of mercenaries they call them contractors so far from getting out there was a great expression by a great irish investigative journalist called claude coburn never believe anything until it's officially denied we should apply to all statements like that. and you can watch the full version of the interview words coming up next hour right here on r.t. . well the number of civilian casualties in afghanistan rose by almost a third in the first half of two thousand and ten compared with the same period last year the report by the u.n. also shows a fifty five percent increase in child victims among the twelve hundred afghans killed during this period it comes a

spoke to veteran journalist john pilger who shared his views on the past and present stay with us. today i'm in london speaking to. veterans.