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we're focused on syria. still with us, director of the syrian center for political and strategic studies and former spokesman for the main syrian opposition group. saudi political affairs 234,589, and the director of the institute for gulf affairs. and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, you're in new york. you've been at the united nations. what is the saudi perspective on the u.n. and their involvement? >> well, i was the saudi government decided to go back to the u.n. supreme coursecurity council. i just confirmed that, and they said that they are going back. i think it should be this week or next week be . kerry it "s" there, and i think they have returned an agreement to return to the u.n. security council. the u.s. i think, will be more aggressive on syria, no strikes, but more aggressive in terms of trying to push assad regime out. >> ambassador, how significant is that news? >> well, it's definitely significant. the saudis have been throwing a bit of a tantrum over something that is very un
we're focused on syria. still with us, director of the syrian center for political and strategic studies and former spokesman for the main syrian opposition group. saudi political affairs 234,589, and the director of the institute for gulf affairs. and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, you're in new york. you've been at the united nations. what is the saudi perspective on the u.n. and their involvement? >> well, i was the saudi government decided to go back to the u.n. supreme...
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we don't know what is going to happen to syria. we don't know if syria will hold. we know syria is broken into these different parts. we do know that historically syria was, it has the sunni cities and damascus, it had the alawite coast and druid area in the southeast and kurdish part in the northeast, so in a way, syria itself is being tested and the proposition is being tested whether syria could hold together. one note on, i am very sympathetic to what david ignatius says that we can't really solve the sunni shia schism, the sunni shia schism dates back to karbala, it is not calling on the united states to solve that crisis but the united states has to have a syria policy that worked, but this idea that is threatening bashar al-assad with a red line, threatening with the bombing that never came and then turning to the russians and to the iranians, and we now have a proposition by the united states that we want iran to be party to the negotiations over syria. how you could ask iranians, whose revolutionary guard is a hezbollah proxy in killing syrians that we inv
we don't know what is going to happen to syria. we don't know if syria will hold. we know syria is broken into these different parts. we do know that historically syria was, it has the sunni cities and damascus, it had the alawite coast and druid area in the southeast and kurdish part in the northeast, so in a way, syria itself is being tested and the proposition is being tested whether syria could hold together. one note on, i am very sympathetic to what david ignatius says that we can't...
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of syria instead it was people . in fact several attempts were made in the past to overthrow the syrian government but those earlier plans proved inefficient and unsuccessful their reality on the ground in syria is different from the way certain stakeholders seek to present it. there are many terrorists extremists and heretical groups operating in syria at the moment. they're building up an atmosphere of terror posting disturbing videos and pictures on the internet that horrify the public not only in syria but worldwide. france's recent decision to unlock some of the frozen syrian assets and facilitate humanitarian relief that methods they might have been prompted by a realisation of what things actually are like all efforts to change syria's political system using violence and military force. are doomed to failure. what syria needs is a political process that would provide the necessary prerequisites for ending the hostilities and stripping terrorist groups of their present influence what. once that is done for the
of syria instead it was people . in fact several attempts were made in the past to overthrow the syrian government but those earlier plans proved inefficient and unsuccessful their reality on the ground in syria is different from the way certain stakeholders seek to present it. there are many terrorists extremists and heretical groups operating in syria at the moment. they're building up an atmosphere of terror posting disturbing videos and pictures on the internet that horrify the public not...
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of syria and it's very much sort of the level of violence in iraq in the past always blamed on syria for jihadists and other groups infiltrate iraqi border before the syrian situation has become like that and now when you have groups from afghanistan or elsewhere we mentioned they squeeze out by u.s. military or other organizations other countries we retreat find these groups they find safe haven in syria where they thrive they can recruit they can be consolidated around the areas where they control and obviously they gain somehow they gain support by various sources money i mean issues and weapons and if we talk about. maliki's visit in contrast to that what he's trying what he stole his argument is give me more arms give me more ammunition give me sophisticated weaponry and i can root out these. terrorists in iraq but as i mentioned earlier the problem of iraq is not only only about terrorism terrorism yes it's rice because the politics is not working politics is broken the. government the maliki government all is done is try to search for allies power try to squeeze the others out
of syria and it's very much sort of the level of violence in iraq in the past always blamed on syria for jihadists and other groups infiltrate iraqi border before the syrian situation has become like that and now when you have groups from afghanistan or elsewhere we mentioned they squeeze out by u.s. military or other organizations other countries we retreat find these groups they find safe haven in syria where they thrive they can recruit they can be consolidated around the areas where they...
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sarah nika and tripoli will divide syria the move towards peace talks on syria between the assad government and rebel held regions could lead to a partition of syria one of the reasons that the rebels do not want to go to geneva two today is because that would be the likely outcome is them recognizing that outside is in half the country and that that doesn't necessarily mean that syria divides into forever but it does lead to a a you know if it does lead to some sort of partition and there are religious lines along which that gets partitioned in a sense the alawite sect maintaining power in the in the south and rebels islamists the north and the the isis al-qaeda wants to unify iraq and the sunni parts of iraq would suddenly parts with syria and so there are a lot of forces on the ground and you know america may not step in and prevent this sort of thing if it moves forward so we don't know how this is going to turn out in the end. ok andy jump in because all of it or can i just center go ahead charlie this is john do you think highly and. i think charlie i think that libya is an unknown bu
sarah nika and tripoli will divide syria the move towards peace talks on syria between the assad government and rebel held regions could lead to a partition of syria one of the reasons that the rebels do not want to go to geneva two today is because that would be the likely outcome is them recognizing that outside is in half the country and that that doesn't necessarily mean that syria divides into forever but it does lead to a a you know if it does lead to some sort of partition and there are...
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>> well, for a very long time the opposition in syria and the opposition in syria wanted actually to stop the war or involvement of hezbollah in syria and said that hezbollah should withdraw from syria and blame them for the victory that they are gaining in the past few months and they are saying if it wasn't for hezbollah it probably would tumble and al-asaid would not be leader of syria and opposition would claim his position. so hezbollah in their estimate has been a major factor in the war in syria and hezbollah actually declare and very clearly that this is -- it's not only the syrian battle, it's his battle. >> reporter: his battle, yes, and we heard the lebanese minister that came to the site of the explosion and said this is very dangerous for lebanon. what can we expect in the coming days, weeks and months? they are in the syrian war and what can we expect? >> we expect there is a tough road ahead because we know the war in syria is not going to end any time soon and the battlefield will be open for a very -- for a longer period of time because nobody really can settle the s
>> well, for a very long time the opposition in syria and the opposition in syria wanted actually to stop the war or involvement of hezbollah in syria and said that hezbollah should withdraw from syria and blame them for the victory that they are gaining in the past few months and they are saying if it wasn't for hezbollah it probably would tumble and al-asaid would not be leader of syria and opposition would claim his position. so hezbollah in their estimate has been a major factor in...
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syria crisis is no exception. we have elevated our focus on the discourage of gender-based violence and worked to provide assistance both inside and in the camps. the single greatest factor limiting assistance remains the on going and intensifying conflict. the u.n. estimates 2.5 million people in need haven't received help in almost a year and the regime is actively blockaded those areas. this lays down clear markers for syrian regime regarding the world's expectations that it will enable long denied humanitarian access. we're encouraged that russia and china supported this agreement and we must now see that support translated into meaningful pressure. a quick word on the neighboring countries. we are working to combine our development and humanitarian resources so that we're providing help not just for the refugees, but the host communities that are buckling under the strain of this influx of refugees. we're working with closely with the international humanitarian donor community to make those resources count fo
syria crisis is no exception. we have elevated our focus on the discourage of gender-based violence and worked to provide assistance both inside and in the camps. the single greatest factor limiting assistance remains the on going and intensifying conflict. the u.n. estimates 2.5 million people in need haven't received help in almost a year and the regime is actively blockaded those areas. this lays down clear markers for syrian regime regarding the world's expectations that it will enable long...
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syria you don't. the guy with. no we have never supplied weapons or military personnel to syria. what we have done is we have sent a lot of humanitarian aid to syria over the past couple of years. we have been helping the people of syria together with the syrian red crescent and authorized volunteers distributing aid in various parts of syria. we even know that some of this aid ended up in the hands of the free syrian army. we have made dozens of flights and we have sent tens of thousands of trucks with humanitarian aid to syria. we had twelve planes delivering humanitarian aid from iran to syria. and americans forced them to land in iraq in order to inspect their cargo. that they did not find anything except for medical supplies and humanitarian aid if we will continue to support the people in syria even though we ourselves face international sanctions. with think it is our humanitarian and islamic d.t. maybe but we have never sent any competence to syria. as a certain point when it became clear that
syria you don't. the guy with. no we have never supplied weapons or military personnel to syria. what we have done is we have sent a lot of humanitarian aid to syria over the past couple of years. we have been helping the people of syria together with the syrian red crescent and authorized volunteers distributing aid in various parts of syria. we even know that some of this aid ended up in the hands of the free syrian army. we have made dozens of flights and we have sent tens of thousands of...
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was spying on the vatican and the people more on the holy find revelations ahead and in syria an important deadline on chemical weapons was reached weapon inspectors say that the syrian government's chemical weapons have now been destroyed or rendered inoperable coming up we'll look at the latest coming out of syria. and on the internet there is a video of a man calling out senator john mccain he criticized mccain for supporting us to prevention in syria calling for the top politician to be arrested and tried for treason we'll speak with the marine about his actions later in the show. it's thursday october thirty first eight pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching our t.v. we begin tonight with the latest revelation to leak regarding the national security agency and italian magazine called an around the is now reporting that the spy agency has targeted the internal communications at the vatican along with the in going and outgoing phone calls a future pope francis' according to the reports the n.s.a. was intercepting calls from in and out of the rome residence where
was spying on the vatican and the people more on the holy find revelations ahead and in syria an important deadline on chemical weapons was reached weapon inspectors say that the syrian government's chemical weapons have now been destroyed or rendered inoperable coming up we'll look at the latest coming out of syria. and on the internet there is a video of a man calling out senator john mccain he criticized mccain for supporting us to prevention in syria calling for the top politician to be...
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there are two al qaeda groups in syria. there's one we designated as a foreign terrorist organization affiliated with al qaeda and iraq last year, 11 months ago. now in the last, i would say seven months, the islamic state for iraq in lavonte appeared as a separate entity and foreign fighters. to have more syrians but it is connected to al qaeda and to al qaeda's leadership. but at the same time, there is this competing group, the islamic state, with direct ties out of iraq. they are fighting each other in some places in northern syria and also in the northeastern city. in some places, just to make the battlefield even more complic e complicated, there are tactical alliances between elements of the free syrian army and the nusra front against the islamic state. in some places, then, senator, it becomes even more complicated because you have kurdish militias fightsing along other secular militias and it becomes a hodgepodge. i would point out one thing if i may, senator. just in the last month we've started to see some effor
there are two al qaeda groups in syria. there's one we designated as a foreign terrorist organization affiliated with al qaeda and iraq last year, 11 months ago. now in the last, i would say seven months, the islamic state for iraq in lavonte appeared as a separate entity and foreign fighters. to have more syrians but it is connected to al qaeda and to al qaeda's leadership. but at the same time, there is this competing group, the islamic state, with direct ties out of iraq. they are fighting...
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they speak several times a week on syria. the russians share an interest with us in syria about not having that country become a ace extremism. basis of concerned about the country, were assad to leave, becoming totally an anarchichal place, and talk about needing a manage transition. you cannot have that until the opposition is forward proposals that the russians and the others can look at, senator. otherwise we are in an absurd chicken and egg situation. i've been talking extensively to the opposition about putting some things on the table that the russians and the rest of the international community and, most importantly, other syrian's can look at to say -- >> give us a sense of what that would be that would assuage the syrian people and the russians tonight find this opposition? >> for example,, if assad to go, who would replace him and what would their authorities be? we have talked to russians extensively about what that would be, and we agreed with them that the new transitioning governing body will have the authority
they speak several times a week on syria. the russians share an interest with us in syria about not having that country become a ace extremism. basis of concerned about the country, were assad to leave, becoming totally an anarchichal place, and talk about needing a manage transition. you cannot have that until the opposition is forward proposals that the russians and the others can look at, senator. otherwise we are in an absurd chicken and egg situation. i've been talking extensively to the...
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here and again you know we it's move on to syria how would you how does syria fit in to what's been happening in the greater middle east last two years in exception or is something very different in some people would say that it is this is a block to western influence of penetration into the middle east finally it is a game changer of one sort or another do you agree or disagree with that yeah what i think is a major point that we need to be acutely aware of is that this is the regime when he lies heavy on the one harvey sellafield religious establishments that is that there were hard. yesterday well how the ideology and it is one of the main points of deception which i think the bait and deceptive myth has been under rubble now and it's falling apart that the sunnis have discovered that these are trying to stir up a sectarian war in both iraq and syria in order to demonstrate that they do this in the people that it is in gauged in a in an existential engaged in combating and confronting an extension threat from there she has namely from iran in order to stave off an internal uprisi
here and again you know we it's move on to syria how would you how does syria fit in to what's been happening in the greater middle east last two years in exception or is something very different in some people would say that it is this is a block to western influence of penetration into the middle east finally it is a game changer of one sort or another do you agree or disagree with that yeah what i think is a major point that we need to be acutely aware of is that this is the regime when he...
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he cannot put syria back together. tosome point, we will have define an objective in syria. we want a political outcome and that is the best result, but it is impossible to produce it unless the ballast -- balance of power is change in the ground. that it is ensure clear that assad cannot win, that those that align with him know that he is not going to be the future, and that there can be assurances for them if they split from him. if we can do that, the war will continue to grind on. at some point, they will embed in parts of syria and then we will face in syria what we face in yemen today. it is a matter of time before it gets to that point. you are looking at a war that will grind on. have 600,000 syrian refugees in jordan. it has a huge effect on jordan. lebanon.a million in is raising the level of violence in iraq actually was in 2008, sharpening the divide, withg it harder to come up a lot of understandings within iraq. this is a cancer that is not going to be contained within syria. unless the objective becomes , which itself requires building up localized leaderships
he cannot put syria back together. tosome point, we will have define an objective in syria. we want a political outcome and that is the best result, but it is impossible to produce it unless the ballast -- balance of power is change in the ground. that it is ensure clear that assad cannot win, that those that align with him know that he is not going to be the future, and that there can be assurances for them if they split from him. if we can do that, the war will continue to grind on. at some...
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take pm here in moscow the future of syria's toxic gas will jus to be decided today after damascus destroyed all production facilities the question now is where will those weapons go we follow it up this hour. washington tries to whitewash a multimillion dollar british inquiry into the roots of iraqi invasion in case it reveals a few painful home truths between bush and blair. and america moving private prisons lobby for tougher sentences and more inmates but an ex-con tells us how profits a big put before rehabilitating criminals into society. very good evening from a kevin o. into the light of your company without international tonight our top story than syria's chemical disarmament is approaching a crucial phase with the roadmap for the weapons actual destruction about to be approved the toxic arsenal is most likely going to be sent abroad for that part of the process a middle east correspondent reports next on the progress being made and the commitment shown by damascus. today is the deadline for the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to go up destruction and deadlines
take pm here in moscow the future of syria's toxic gas will jus to be decided today after damascus destroyed all production facilities the question now is where will those weapons go we follow it up this hour. washington tries to whitewash a multimillion dollar british inquiry into the roots of iraqi invasion in case it reveals a few painful home truths between bush and blair. and america moving private prisons lobby for tougher sentences and more inmates but an ex-con tells us how profits a...
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israel has launched another strike inside syria according to u.s. media reports citing a white house official the target was a military base in the west of the country which stored a missile arsenal apparently destined for hezbollah in lebanon well the israeli military though has refused to confirm or deny that the attack near the port city of latakia even took place but this is not the first time the country's been accused of breaching syria's sovereignty and bombing targets there's been three similar attacks this year in general may and july. refused to confirm them as well and analysts say this will continue to happen as long as a powerful ally is watching israel's back. on the right to it another sovereign nation and israel has done that and if we had a functioning. war. in the korean war this would be condemned and israel would be reprimanded as force would behave like a sovereign nation. but everybody. and the reason that is because the president obama. were to occur otherwise it could not occur. syria may now have destroyed all of its equipme
israel has launched another strike inside syria according to u.s. media reports citing a white house official the target was a military base in the west of the country which stored a missile arsenal apparently destined for hezbollah in lebanon well the israeli military though has refused to confirm or deny that the attack near the port city of latakia even took place but this is not the first time the country's been accused of breaching syria's sovereignty and bombing targets there's been three...
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maliki says is a rise in violence in syria. he's trying to convince the administration to step up their support to help them fight terrorism in iraq is having trouble convincing them. congress takes a harder line on iraq than obama sent a let tore the u.s. president asking him to be tougher on maliki. in it, they say they blame the maliki government for the rise of violence in iraq. the letter says that maliki per sues the sectarian and authority tarne agenda which strengthens them. senator mccain one of six republicans who signed the letter says that washington's assistance to iraq should be tied to a new more developed strategy in iraq. so experts know that maliki will face many challenges in trying to convince both the administration and congress to as he said in his speech make a fresh start in a complicated relationship with the u.s. in his meeting with president obama at the white house tomorrow is only one step forward on a very bumpy road. >> and the international chemical weapons watchdog group responsible for overseai
maliki says is a rise in violence in syria. he's trying to convince the administration to step up their support to help them fight terrorism in iraq is having trouble convincing them. congress takes a harder line on iraq than obama sent a let tore the u.s. president asking him to be tougher on maliki. in it, they say they blame the maliki government for the rise of violence in iraq. the letter says that maliki per sues the sectarian and authority tarne agenda which strengthens them. senator...
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ok joseph going to switch gears here to talk about syria right now the. syrian national coalition has dropped its demand that assad must go how significant is that for you because for most of the if not all of the major opposition groups having assad go it's always been their key point to the point of just being abstinent in dealing with the peace plan that the russians and the americans of it least tried to at least russia has pushed very hard for you see an evolution joseph in this situation in syria when it comes to the opposition or is this this national coalition group just so we relevant now because of the rise of the fundamentalists there i would not i don't think that it is really significant the s.n.c. the syrian national coalition is not important never been reported by the way the forces on the ground the ones which matter and the situation in syria is not getting better it's getting worse all the time i mean just in the last forty eight seventy two hours there were all kinds of clashes and losses to both sides one of the big labor leaders was
ok joseph going to switch gears here to talk about syria right now the. syrian national coalition has dropped its demand that assad must go how significant is that for you because for most of the if not all of the major opposition groups having assad go it's always been their key point to the point of just being abstinent in dealing with the peace plan that the russians and the americans of it least tried to at least russia has pushed very hard for you see an evolution joseph in this situation...
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saudi arabia has been traveling to hardy's into syria a long time before. into the picture saudi arabia has suppressed the operating in bahrain it has funded the muslim brigades who today launched the strike the bomb attack on the iranian embassy have also launched attacks on israel seems to be rain around has been on the ground in syria what. anyone would realize if you were a russian weapons or who's been nonstop showing there are so. many more interesting out of countries and interested in going into iraq are you ok gentlemen gentlemen let me jump in here gentlemen let me go jumping in ok here talking over each other ok joseph but what we just heard there talking over each other is this is turned into a proxy war it's very patently clear here these jihadi that are being funneled in through saudi arabia with turkey's help amazing they're going to really regret this one day if not already been funneling all these people foreign nationals into a civil war that everyone wanted to call a revolution and now it's just a proxy war which is taking the lives a lot
saudi arabia has been traveling to hardy's into syria a long time before. into the picture saudi arabia has suppressed the operating in bahrain it has funded the muslim brigades who today launched the strike the bomb attack on the iranian embassy have also launched attacks on israel seems to be rain around has been on the ground in syria what. anyone would realize if you were a russian weapons or who's been nonstop showing there are so. many more interesting out of countries and interested in...
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israel's war planes bomb syria again reports which the israeli military refuses to comment on. but everybody knows all of this in the midst of syria's civil war but the government's trying to keep up the international agreements by finishing the first phase of chemical disarmament. and. clashing with police on the streets of rome at least six people injured also to come here on the program from cruising through space to prison so what can the government's new cyber security pump up its muscles with used to fight against many of the rejected morally bankrupt. headlines live from moscow this is he with me from everybody here in the newsroom welcome to the program this year is on course to become the deadliest year of terror in history set to be even two thousand and twelve death toll of fifteen thousand what's worse is the most savage terror groups are now all aligned with al qaeda twelve years after america on a global crusade against it this report goes to. terrorist attacks have more thing since two thousand and one when the u.s. began its war on terror the number of attacks a
israel's war planes bomb syria again reports which the israeli military refuses to comment on. but everybody knows all of this in the midst of syria's civil war but the government's trying to keep up the international agreements by finishing the first phase of chemical disarmament. and. clashing with police on the streets of rome at least six people injured also to come here on the program from cruising through space to prison so what can the government's new cyber security pump up its muscles...
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let's look at syria. no question that iran is the number one backer of syrian government of bashar al-assad, as is hezbollah. that support has been critical to the success the that the regime has had. so that's a key part of it. and that is why iran is essential to the diplomatic process. because there's no diplomacy or any type of tend the war in syria unless you deal with iran. you know, we reported on may 24 in the interview with the iran's u.n. ambassador, iran welcomed georgia geneva 2 initiative, which is the u.s.-russia-u.n. agreement to try to pursue a peace conference on syria. they welcomed it as early as may. if you look at, again, i come back to jeff feldman, what he said in october, he said it's hard for me to imagine a solution in syria that works if iran isn't somehow engaged and involved in this. in one form or another. we are focused on how you implement the geneva action plan from last year, so we would want to make sure that whoever accepts the invitation to participate understands they
let's look at syria. no question that iran is the number one backer of syrian government of bashar al-assad, as is hezbollah. that support has been critical to the success the that the regime has had. so that's a key part of it. and that is why iran is essential to the diplomatic process. because there's no diplomacy or any type of tend the war in syria unless you deal with iran. you know, we reported on may 24 in the interview with the iran's u.n. ambassador, iran welcomed georgia geneva 2...
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ok i want to talk about syria in a second because i did not talk about syria in a second here are you going to go if you're going to go back to arms and watching i mean we've this is a very interesting point do you think that the western powers understands the significance of the different the sunni shia divide because again you know you can have western powers interested in security how they define it but you know riyadh looks at things in a very different way they have a very different perspective and it is have to do with their religious faith what is them in that case and it's something that is actively exports will talk about syria in a second i mean is that a collision there that cannot be resolved. i think the only what we need to say is that the saudi regime is actually in trouble the saudi regime isn't going to have the sort of money that it has now to stop. stop a populist uprising taking place so i think that means that what we need to do with ease keep an eye a close eye on what's happening in saudi politics there is still a popular movement going on there now to go direct
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been the case could be a bomb to democracy by nato is breaking up and on the verge of a civil war in syria the civil war has ground down into a stalemate partition is the likely outcome it would appear the only winners are the forces backing instability. to cross-talk the evolving middle east i'm joined by my guess people come ready in london he is a writer and a journalist in new york we have michael kelly he is a defense reporter for the business insider and in colombia we cross to joseph he is a middle east expert currently at the university of south carolina or a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in any time one can people find go to you first in london it's not getting a lot of media coverage and in the west but it looks like libya's is falling into another war a civil war this time on top of that we're told the pentagon wants to train about eight thousand libyans in a nato country so can you explain to me why did nato have to destroy the country and now it has to train its security forces well from american perspective the invasion to the overthrew of gadhafi
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everybody says this is related to the conflict in syria. unfortunately, it has been involved in the war. it is the function of the intensifying sectarian warfare inside syria itself. i was not surprised. this is not the first bombing. unfortunately, it is not the last bombing. >> you suggest this might be people associated with syrian rebels taking revenge for hezbollah's activities in syria? >> this is a group that is affiliated with al qaeda. if it is the same group that did that, carrying out this terror attack. obviously this is a function of growing rifts between the sunnis and shias. the announcement was "two sunni heroes carrying out the attack." the sectarian overtones are clear. regardless of conspiracy theories, everybody thinks this is part of the syrian war and it will continue. >> this is the first attack against iranian targets. attack against iranian official government. >> how would you expect iran to respond? >> the official iranian response was interesting. calming the situation. by accusing the israelis when everyone know
everybody says this is related to the conflict in syria. unfortunately, it has been involved in the war. it is the function of the intensifying sectarian warfare inside syria itself. i was not surprised. this is not the first bombing. unfortunately, it is not the last bombing. >> you suggest this might be people associated with syrian rebels taking revenge for hezbollah's activities in syria? >> this is a group that is affiliated with al qaeda. if it is the same group that did that,...
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sarah nika and tripoli will divide syria they move towards peace talks on syria between the assad government and rebel held regions could lead to a partition of syria one of the reasons that the rebels do not want to go to geneva two today is because that would be the likely outcome is them recognizing that assad is in half the country and that that doesn't necessarily mean that syria divides into forever but it does lead to a a you know if it does lead to some sort of partition and there are religious lines along which that gets partitioned in a sense the alawite sect maintaining power in the in the south and rebels islamists the north and the the isis al-qaeda wants to unify iraq and the sunni parts of iraq would suddenly parts with syria and so there are a lot of forces on the ground and you know america may not step in and prevent this sort of thing if it moves forward so we don't know how this is going to turn out in the end. ok andy jump in because all that or can i just center go ahead charlie this is john do you think highly and. i think charlie i think that libya is an unknown but a
sarah nika and tripoli will divide syria they move towards peace talks on syria between the assad government and rebel held regions could lead to a partition of syria one of the reasons that the rebels do not want to go to geneva two today is because that would be the likely outcome is them recognizing that assad is in half the country and that that doesn't necessarily mean that syria divides into forever but it does lead to a a you know if it does lead to some sort of partition and there are...
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disarming the skeptics chemical weapons experts are poised to set new targets for syria's chemical weapons destruction as the country pledges to accelerate the process if required. justice and profit rolled into one in a few minutes we take you want to tour the lucrative world of us private prisons. when you incarcerate people for the purpose of generating corporate profit we have a built in incentive to incarcerate as many people as you can for as long as possible variety and ethics aside business is booming for america's prison corporations as the number of inmates hits new highs. and covering their tracks the british conservative party's accused of trying to bury evidence of broken promises the speeches made before the party came to power a removed from its website. broadcasting twenty four seven live from moscow you with. syria's chemical disarmament appears to be pushing ahead at a rapid pace despite widespread skepticism that declaring and destroying its stockpiles would be possible in the middle of a civil war the government in damascus is even willing to speed up the process as art
disarming the skeptics chemical weapons experts are poised to set new targets for syria's chemical weapons destruction as the country pledges to accelerate the process if required. justice and profit rolled into one in a few minutes we take you want to tour the lucrative world of us private prisons. when you incarcerate people for the purpose of generating corporate profit we have a built in incentive to incarcerate as many people as you can for as long as possible variety and ethics aside...
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the world's chemical watchdog sets a deadline for the elimination of syria's chemical arsenal but what country will host the destruction of the toxic stockpile remains unknown. they should've probably sent him a paycheck and sort of sending him to prison for the next ten years doing time for truth hacker jeremy hammond gets a decade behind bars for leaking the private security documents but there are claims he was led to do so by the f.b.i. . and there may be no homecoming for fukushima evacuees as the authorities come under pressure to admit that the areas around the crippled nuclear plant may never become safe. the average level. only with one exception the place where i'm at right now more than ten thousand people are currently living. we report on how the radiation scare haunts people in the nearby towns declared by the authorities as livable. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is on t.v. i'm john thomas going to have you with us now according to the chemical weapons watchdogs newly adopted framework the most toxic arms in syria's arsenal are to be taken o
the world's chemical watchdog sets a deadline for the elimination of syria's chemical arsenal but what country will host the destruction of the toxic stockpile remains unknown. they should've probably sent him a paycheck and sort of sending him to prison for the next ten years doing time for truth hacker jeremy hammond gets a decade behind bars for leaking the private security documents but there are claims he was led to do so by the f.b.i. . and there may be no homecoming for fukushima...
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syria again reports which. they. keep you. i guess for the telly and. the poor clashing with police in the streets of rome at least six people. also here. from. space to prison to. many of the. worldwide news. thank you for sharing your friday with us today this year is on course to become a year of terror in history it's set to beat even two thousand and twelve fifteen thousand votes were the most savage terror groups all aligned with al qaeda twelve years after america global crusade against it. in a church account has the story. terrorist attacks have more thing since two thousand and one when the u.s. began its war on terror the number of attacks and fatalities has reached a record high the national consortium for the study of terrorism and responses to terrorism estimates last year alone there were more than eight thousand five hundred terrorist attacks worldwide they killed more than fifteen thousand five hundred people across africa asia and the middle east you walk faces an incredible surge of violence this year they recorded six thousand civili
syria again reports which. they. keep you. i guess for the telly and. the poor clashing with police in the streets of rome at least six people. also here. from. space to prison to. many of the. worldwide news. thank you for sharing your friday with us today this year is on course to become a year of terror in history it's set to beat even two thousand and twelve fifteen thousand votes were the most savage terror groups all aligned with al qaeda twelve years after america global crusade against...
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i liken syria to a forest fire. the really big ones cannot be >> reporter: yet after the thousands of american troop deaths and billions of dollars spent in iraq before the u.s. pull-out in late 2011. there is some pushback on capitol hill to maliki's requests. in a letter to the president yesterday, mccain and five other senators of both parties urged mr obama to press maliki to formulate a comprehensive political and security strategy that can stabilize the country. high on their list of complaints: iran's influence in iraq, and iran's use of iraqi airspace to transit military assistance into syria to support president bashar assad and his forces. iraq's ambassador to the u.s., lukman faily, says baghdad has told iran it won't tolerate such overflights of weapons. but until promised u.s. fighter jets are delivered next fall, he insists, there is little his country can do. >> we think it's a bit unfair for others to ask us to stop a plane or to stop a plane while we haven't got the capabilities to force down a plan
i liken syria to a forest fire. the really big ones cannot be >> reporter: yet after the thousands of american troop deaths and billions of dollars spent in iraq before the u.s. pull-out in late 2011. there is some pushback on capitol hill to maliki's requests. in a letter to the president yesterday, mccain and five other senators of both parties urged mr obama to press maliki to formulate a comprehensive political and security strategy that can stabilize the country. high on their list...
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in fact all about syria's you agree that the word that this attack today is about syria. if only i could deal with so that the domestic to the dingo of the blouse of today is an event. the boss of today as the night at that game that on box in bagels. it's not that good against the hot on the idea of the iranian project against the attendance of four to the said daisy him again the view was of the id and the end of the vineyards the city story. so obviously today the incident of the blast happened in the north and more specifically in the southern suburb of biddle much of the hadith is the canyons and the onion expansionist objects. livin' on a course on the frontline of what's going on than he is just across the border in syria crow corners the united nations number of registered syrian refugees in lebanon will top three hundred thousand next month. my son though those numbers. those are registered with the cheese is the actual numbers. the offer is for country for now. see that's why whenever the coup was to get ben and i think there's nuthin few months ago everybody's
in fact all about syria's you agree that the word that this attack today is about syria. if only i could deal with so that the domestic to the dingo of the blouse of today is an event. the boss of today as the night at that game that on box in bagels. it's not that good against the hot on the idea of the iranian project against the attendance of four to the said daisy him again the view was of the id and the end of the vineyards the city story. so obviously today the incident of the blast...
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the and tripoli will divide syria they move towards peace talks on syria between the assad government and rebel held regions could lead to a partition of syria one of the reasons that the rebels do not want to go to geneva two today is because that would be the likely outcome is them recognizing that assad is in half the country and that that doesn't necessarily mean that syria divides into forever but it does lead to a a you know if it does lead to some sort of partition and there are religious lines along which that gets partitioned in a sense the alawite sect maintaining power in the in the south and rebels islam is the north and the the isis al qaida wants to unify iraq and the sunni parts of iraq with sunni parts with syria and so there are a lot of forces on the ground and you know america may not step in and prevent this sort of thing if it moves forward so we don't know how this is going to turn out in the end. ok andy jump in because all that or can i just center go ahead charlie this is john do you think highly and. i think charlie i think that libya is an unknown but as far
the and tripoli will divide syria they move towards peace talks on syria between the assad government and rebel held regions could lead to a partition of syria one of the reasons that the rebels do not want to go to geneva two today is because that would be the likely outcome is them recognizing that assad is in half the country and that that doesn't necessarily mean that syria divides into forever but it does lead to a a you know if it does lead to some sort of partition and there are...
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deadlines for the elimination of syria's chemical weapons are said but finding a country to take and destroy the toxic stockpile of proving far more challenging than expected. a warning for whistle blowing u.s. hacker getting ten years behind bars after breaking into a private companies buying database which revealed the white house was keeping an eye on human rights activists nationwide. and won't back down on a promise to return all of vacuum to homes at near fukushima despite alarming radiation levels well outside the exclusion zone. this is close to the average level of the goes down in the chernobyl zone only with one exception the place where i'm at right now more than ten thousand people are currently living. for a four pm in moscow i met reza very good to have you with us here on r t our top story this hour a most of syria's toxic arsenal will have to be taken out of the country by the end of the year according to the newly adopted plan by the chemical weapons watchdog but the agency hasn't mentioned which country will get and destroy more than one thousand tons of highly poi
deadlines for the elimination of syria's chemical weapons are said but finding a country to take and destroy the toxic stockpile of proving far more challenging than expected. a warning for whistle blowing u.s. hacker getting ten years behind bars after breaking into a private companies buying database which revealed the white house was keeping an eye on human rights activists nationwide. and won't back down on a promise to return all of vacuum to homes at near fukushima despite alarming...
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israel's warplanes bomb syria again reports which the israeli military refuses to comment on. it. but everybody knows the and all of this in the midst of syria's civil war but the government's trying to keep the international agreement by finishing the first phase of its chemical disarmament also. for the audience demanding better housing and. the poor certainly clashing with the police in rome streets leaving at least six injured also in the program. cruising space to prison to what can the government britain's new cyber security service is looking to pump up its muscles with those to fight with even if this job opportunity is not exactly on their list of favorites. good morning from moscow where it's now or just after eight am on friday. for me and the entire news team welcome to the program today two thousand and twelve has become the deadliest year of terror on record with the death toll doubling from the year before what's worse the most savage and effective terror groups are all now aligned with al qaeda twelve years after america embarked on a global crusade against it. and
israel's warplanes bomb syria again reports which the israeli military refuses to comment on. it. but everybody knows the and all of this in the midst of syria's civil war but the government's trying to keep the international agreement by finishing the first phase of its chemical disarmament also. for the audience demanding better housing and. the poor certainly clashing with the police in rome streets leaving at least six injured also in the program. cruising space to prison to what can the...
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israel's warplanes bomb syria again reports which the israeli military refuses to comment on it would deny it won't confirm but everybody knows they did. this in the midst of syria's civil war where the government's trying to keep the international agreements by finishing the first phase of its chemical disarmament plus. desperate talionis demanding better housing and an end to evictions of the poor clashed with police in rome streets leaving six injured also. from losing three cyberspace to banged up in prison to what came for the government britain's new cyber security service is looking to pop up its muscles with those it used to fight against even though many of the x. hackers reject the job opportunity as morally bankrupt. is three pm here in moscow you're watching r t live with me and you see now our top story this hour this year is on course to become the deadliest year of terror in history said to be even two thousand and twelve death toll of fifteen thousand what's worse the most savage terror groups are aligned with al qaeda twelve years after american bar on a global crusad
israel's warplanes bomb syria again reports which the israeli military refuses to comment on it would deny it won't confirm but everybody knows they did. this in the midst of syria's civil war where the government's trying to keep the international agreements by finishing the first phase of its chemical disarmament plus. desperate talionis demanding better housing and an end to evictions of the poor clashed with police in rome streets leaving six injured also. from losing three cyberspace to...
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here and again you know we it's move on to syria how would you how does syria fit in to what's been happening in the greater middle east last two years in exception or is something very different and some people would say that it is this is a block to western influence a penetration into the middle east finally it is a game changer of one so sword or another do you agree or disagree with that yeah what i think is a major point that we need to be acutely aware of is that this it would be a regime with the lies heavy on the one harvey sellafield religious establishments that is that there will have. to there will be ideology and it is one of the main points of deception which i think the bait and deceptive myth has been under rubble now and it's falling apart that the sunnis have discovered that there are trying to stir up a sectarian war in both iraq and syria in order to demonstrate that they do this in the people that it is in gauged in a in an existential engaged in combating and confronting an extension that a threat from that she has namely from iran in order to stave off an int
here and again you know we it's move on to syria how would you how does syria fit in to what's been happening in the greater middle east last two years in exception or is something very different and some people would say that it is this is a block to western influence a penetration into the middle east finally it is a game changer of one so sword or another do you agree or disagree with that yeah what i think is a major point that we need to be acutely aware of is that this it would be a...
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we are working in iraq, syria. what our work highlighted is the absence of a mechanism in the world and a need to sustain this. the dutch are supporting an initiative to have icmp become an international mekannism. since 2010 we have been working with interpol to try to develop a platform for what we call disaster victim identification so we can respond to disasters. now there is no mechanism in the world. we hoped we'd learn the lesson from the tsunami where the world's police forces came together to try to address missing persons. what needs to hoppen is we can't just respond to cases where rich tourists from western countries went missing. there's a discrepancy between addressing missing persons from rich countries and poor countries. we have to end that. we need a standard capacity available for rich and poor countries. >> how do you operate in a country like syria, where a disaster is unfolding as we speak, or somewhere like iraq, where conflict is ongoing? i think syria is a sad reminder to all of us of our f
we are working in iraq, syria. what our work highlighted is the absence of a mechanism in the world and a need to sustain this. the dutch are supporting an initiative to have icmp become an international mekannism. since 2010 we have been working with interpol to try to develop a platform for what we call disaster victim identification so we can respond to disasters. now there is no mechanism in the world. we hoped we'd learn the lesson from the tsunami where the world's police forces came...