America will retain the largest troop in Afghanistan amid rising violence

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday that the United States would delay pulling up to a thousand of its troops from Afghanistan until next year in recognition of the great challenge that still represented by the Taliban.

Hagel confirmed officially a change in the United States plans to withdraw troops, and said that additional forces are necessary because the delay in the signing of security agreements, has hampered plans to increase troops from other countries.

But he also pointed out that the upsurge in Taliban attacks in Kabul during the past two weeks was a little ongoing need for the presence of foreign workers.
Said Hagel, who arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit in advance, "the recent wave of Taliban attacks showed that the international community should not hesitate to support Ki Afghanistan be stable, secure and prosperous."

Hagel said that the combat mission led by NATO in Afghanistan will end officially in two weeks, severe shortage in the number of foreign troops, but will support the troops that will remain "combat brigades" to support the Afghan soldiers.

He said the United States also will retain strongly to fight al-Qaeda there.

Hagel said, at a joint press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Abdel Ghani "have not forgotten what that has brought America to Afghanistan a decade ago."

"And we will take appropriate action against the Taliban members who directly threaten the US and coalition forces in Afghanistan or provide direct support for the base."

Gen. John Campbell, commander of international forces in Afghanistan, said last week that the continuing role of the United States will include a limited air support for Afghan soldiers.

Said Hagel, who resigned last week under pressure from US forces may only go down to 10,800 troops and not to 9800 troops as originally planned, and the extra troops remain until the first few months of 2015.

Hagel said in his last visit to Afghanistan as defense minister, "but the president will not change the mandate of our troops or schedule tasks in the long term to be towed."

It seemed confident that the United States will get the support of the rest of the member states of NATO in the next few weeks, allowing a reduction in US troops to 9800 troops.

Venezuelan president: racism in the United States worsened under Obama

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that racism in the United States worsened during the first black president in the history of management.

Maduro and subjected to criticism from President Barack Obama's government, in recent weeks because of its treatment of political opponents to the inside.

Maduro said, that the cases that occurred in the recent killing of police for blacks in the United States splendor.

His network Telesur television, "the fact that he is influential." Highlighting the killing of Eric Garner as "brutal."

The Garner has appeared in a video which is breathing with difficulty as a result of police choke him.

Maduro said, "It sounds as if that racism in the United States exacerbated the arrival of Obama himself.

"I am sorry to some extent, I respect Obama personally, but I think it is a prisoner of the real powers in the United States and decided not to fight." He is tired and exhausted. "

In continuation of US relations Venezuelan strained since the late President Hugo Chavez took office in 1999 criticized the Obama officials, prison protest Venezuelan leader Leopoldo Lopez since last February, and charged last week for Maria Kurnia Machado, a figure other opposition of plotting to kill Maduro.

Maduro said that this hypocrisy and face specific charges of the US Embassy in Caracas.

"They are behaving dangerously, enter the US embassy began unbearable, I live Relations

American newspaper: Iran launched air strikes in Iraq puts Washington in a dilemma

"USA Today" newspaper American spotted reports that Iranian aircraft launched air strikes on targets to regulate "Daash" in Iraq this week, which raises the likelihood that there is an exchange of intelligence between Iraq and Iran, a development that puts the United States in an awkward position between ally and enemy of the other for a long time.

The newspaper quoted, in a report reported on its e-mail on Saturday, Michael Rubin, a military researcher analyst at the Institute, "American Enterprise", as saying that Iran were not able to hit targets without access to intelligence information reliable and that can be obtained from the Iraqi government, which confirms the existence of close ties between the governments of Iraq and Iran, which leads them both Shiites.

He explained Rubin, it is also possible that Iraq passed the information obtained from the United States, where the US military has established centers of joint operations in Baghdad and Erbil, where exchange US officers and Iraqi information and coordinate to launch US air strikes against al "Daash."

He added that the second possibility is that Iran has entered Iraqi airspace without permission, which indicates that the central government in Iraq remains weak and vulnerable to Iranian interference.

She drew the American newspaper to the US military denied having made any coordinate attacks with Iran, despite the fact that the two countries share a common enemy targeting, tanker spokesman for the US Department of Defense, "Pentagon" John Kirby said, "We have not any coordination with the Iranian army."

She explained that the organization Daash, which is one of the forces that are trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which is supported by Iran in the nearly three years of war and civil, despite US opposition to the Assad regime, but they now see that Daash poses the greatest threat, making the organization extreme, a common enemy of both Tehran and Washington.

The newspaper found that this puts Washington in a dilemma diplomat, where she invited a number of Arab allies to join the international coalition against Daash, including Qatar, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, but at the same time, the Arab Gulf states consider Iran as a major threat any alliance with Iran or any cooperation between Washington and Tehran will not support

Biden: There are tactical differences between America and Israel

US Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged that there are tactical differences between the United States and Israel, but said that there was no disagreement in the strategic visions between the two countries.

Biden stressed, in a speech on Saturday, in front of Saban's annual conference held by the Brookings Center in Washington, that the United States has a strategic commitment to maintaining Israel's security, noting that President Barack Obama's administration supports Israel the security in an unprecedented way.

He said that the current US administration has supported Israel's right to defend itself, by itself, where she presented to Israel is estimated at 17 billion dollars since Obama took power in military aid, a larger volume of aid provided by the United States, any State.

Said Biden, during the conference, which was held under the name "Surf Storm: The United States and Israel in the turbulent Middle East", that the majority of Israelis and Palestinians want to achieve peace, and that the United States recognizes that a two-state daunting task solution, but it must continue to try.

"The fastest way to destroy the negotiation process is to deny the possibility of achieving a political settlement to reach the two-state solution or worse to allow the growing of provocation and the cycle of violence."

Biden criticized the settlement expansion policy, and the demolition of Palestinian homes of relatives of those involved in acts of violence against Israelis, describing the policy of collective punishment, and called for the need to put an end to achieve justice by force.

With regard to Iran, Biden reiterated that the United States will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, and said that "this will not happen under our eyes."

He explained that he has been exaggerated in the US stance on Iran, and said that "the initial agreement, which was reached last year, has made significant progress in the freeze uranium enrichment and the Iranian reactors."

He pointed to the approval of the extension of the negotiations with Iran with the aim of reaching a comprehensive final agreement to Bslmah Iran's nuclear program, and rejected Biden's idea of imposing new sanctions on Iran, and said he was not the right time to take such a step, and called to give a chance to complete the negotiations, and stressed that the United States will continue to put pressure on the Iranians, as it has enough strength to reach a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program, he said.

America is investigating the possibility of North Korea's involvement in breach of Sony Entertainment

The United States is investigating the extent of North Korea's involvement in penetrating own computer network company Sony Pictures Entertainment is working in the field of television and film production business company.

The Sony Pictures is a multi-national company, has been forced to shut down its computer network for several days after the announcement of a group calling itself broke the company's network to carry the name "guardians of the peace" and threatened to leak sensitive information relates.
This comes at a time of the leak of five films produced by Sony four of them did not show up in theaters after the exposure is expected to be between December and March next year has been circulating on the Internet sites began and has been downloaded more than a million times in total. Stephen Galloway, CEO of Sony in Hollywood say that the process of piracy on the film company will lead to the loss of millions of dollars if they do not stop.

The company accused North Korea, after Pyongyang government expressed its anger at the company's intention to Sony Pictures comedy film called "interview" which revolves around trying to travel hero movie to North Korea and measure the assassination of the leader of the country's attempt. Government news network in North Korea has described the film as a provocative act deserves strict punishment.

Koran burning free speech in America?

Koran burning free speech in America?

Protests continue to rage in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan following initial protests which left at least seven UN workers, five protesters died and many others wounded.The protests followed reports that a pastor in the United States burned a copy of the Koran. The act seen as sinful across the Middle East, is protected free speech in America. Is the right to free speech worth the loss of lives? Blogger and political commentator Michael Haltman argues free speech must be protected as a fundamental American principle

America's trigger happy society

izona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot at point blank in the head over the weekend, leaving many to wonder if gun control laws in the United States are weak. Is America's trigger happy society really able to lead by example? RT's Dina Gusovsky is joined by Filmmaker Danny Schechter, Activist David Swanson and Journalist Andy Worthington to discuss the problems of guns in America

Midterm elections, the morning after

Midterm elections, the morning after


The day after the midterm elections, there seems to be an American hangover. Whether you were celebrating the Republicans winning the majority in the House or are trying to pick yourself up after the Democrats' defeat.

Hear what people on the streets of Washington had to say and what their opinions are on the outcome of the US midterm elections.







No, the funniest thing she mentions is the New World Order. If we assume that it is exactly as Alex jones says, then she just exposed them right there. I wonder if the Illuminati are pissed. Next, she will discuss a Bilderburg meeting?

I do love her "speaking comprehension" with that phrase. A run on sentence from hell.

Ralph Nader: Corporate socialism runs US government

Ralph Nader: Corporate socialism runs US government

With midterm elections in the US about to begin, RT has spoken with 4-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader about the real powers that govern America. Ralph Nader does not belong to either of the two parties ruling Congress. Nader believes that Theodore Dreiser put it very well many years ago, when he said that "the corporations are the government".





All people of all nations need to realize the bankers and leaders of our governments are all sold out and are trying to enslave us (not all, most don't even know but are just greedy). They want a one world government. They take control of the central bank in your country, then inflate the currency over time so that the people never realize that they're getting poorer. Poorer people makes higher crime rates and others

Chavez/Venezuela not the enemy

Chavez/Venezuela not the enemy


RT sat down for an exclusive interview with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez; most people in the United States view him as an enemy. Meanwhile, outside the US he is seen as a tremendous politician and a leader for the future. RT Contributor Wayne Madsen points out that the US media slams Chavez and that is why US citizens are receiving this anti Chavez propaganda

A song for Ron Paul in 2012 -- Exclusive

A song for Ron Paul in 2012 -- Exclusive

Check out this song that calls Paulite's to start Ron Paul's Revolution in 2012 performed by Rick Beckwitt

Americans living in a police state?

Americans living in a police state?


The FBI raided the homes of a number of anti-war activists in Chicago and Minneapolis. The Activists are planning demonstrations against the FBI. Is this a sign of a growing American police state? Former Reagan official Paul Craig Roberts argued that the US government is establishing in the mind of the public that anyone who criticizes the War on Terror is aligned with terrorists. He further argued that under the rubric of terror the government has stripped American's of their civil liberties.

US poverty: From bad to worse?

US poverty: From bad to worse?

US President Obama is pushing forward plans to double the country's exports in the next five years. The move, that could generate two million jobs, comes amid hopes that the country is finally pulling out of the depths of recession. But with the number of Americans facing poverty at a 50-year high, millions are still fighting for survival. RT's Lauren Lyster reports from New Jersey about the everyday hardship that Americans must face.