video on demand. mind. of your. foreign intervention in troubled libya gets clipped as the u.s. repositioned its naval forces in the region and the u.k. refuses to rule out using military assets against gadhafi is regime. at the same time military state that no airstrikes with the western media have been reporting have actually occurred on the ground in libya more on that in just a few moments. key west summations have been quick to back the arab uprising despite years of helping the old regimes begin raises questions over a selective approach to democracy as we report. it say one of the much heralded overhaul of russia's police to try and boost public trust of the force but many say

the revamp is only skin thing. hello you're watching r t it's eight pm moscow time kevin zero in on our top story tonight the u.s. has started repositioning its heavy hitting warships in the mediterranean triggering speculation of a nato invasion of libya britain is vowing to set up a no fly zone in the region and he's threatening to use military forces against colonel gadhafi his regime as he's lauren odes in london with more. the strongest sign among several strong signs they are ramping up this this pressure is this repositioning of the u.s. is warships in the region we've seen the aircraft carrier u.s.s. enterprise which is literally bristling with choice of planes moved from pirate

patrolling for pirates off the coast of somalia down now to the mouth of the suez a serious car which is within a flying distance of libya and there's talk that it might be moved even closer we've also heard u.k. prime minister david cameron talk about setting up a no fly zone in libya that essentially means that any aircraft that takes off inside libya will potentially be able to be shot down by u.k. and allied forces under the assumption that aircraft do you take off are headed to be turned against the libyan people themselves and that in fact is similar to a position that was taken against saddam hussein. was imposed in iraq ahead of the invasion of iraq and we also heard talk that there's a possibility that jets will be based in u.k. across bases in cyprus to perform those functions and we've also heard some reports . that western powers are also preparing to. khadafi forces

inside libya and of course this all comes against the backdrop of a very strong statement from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton he said the u.s. is ready to offer and i quote any type of assistance to libyans who wish to oust gadhafi and in all of this we shouldn't forget that there is a sizable u.s. naval base in rain that's the headquarters of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet and thousands of sorties jury in the gulf war were flown in from bahrain over to iraq and it could be an important base in any military intervention that is could take place in libya a source inside the kremlin is cooling kind of a living political. corp's but notwithstanding russia feels that the international community should concentrate on sanctions in order to punish gadhafi the un has imposed trade restrictions an arms embargo and has also frozen foreign assets all of which is intended to store the regime of cash that might be intended to hire

foreign mercenaries to support russia is also against this no fly zone that's being proposed by cameron and others and also the international community together with russia supports a u.n. security council unanimously she referred libya and more specifically could see the international criminal court for an investigation into. this of human rights during this time of crimes against humanity that may have taken place in libya whilst he is seeming to turn the army on his own people the argument being that of course and his loyal supporters will presumably think twice about turning the army in and other weapons on its own people if it thinks that the full force of international law will be brought down against it remains to be seen whether this military intervention will in fact taken take place to whether this is just threats to. his supporters and whether in fact these sanctions and this action by the international

court of human rights will be enough. coalition says the libyan people are fully capable of dealing with change by themselves and the outside interference could do war harm than good. they need to keep out the record of all of the western powers of the imperial powers generally in the middle east is one of the piled upon disaster and the very very first lesson learned is that especially given recent events is that the people of the middle east are entirely capable of dealing with these dictators on their own terms we really don't need to thing the british air force or the british army or the american marine corps the american navy helping these people out completely capable of ruling themselves and appealing with these dictators on their own terms of newport border but if he is those who do the liberating get to route to the ruling afterwards if the revolutionaries do the liberating they get through their own country after with if the eighty second

airborne do it we know what happens when they get to run the country afterwards. and another using tools come out about this story today the reports of libya knows mobilizing its air force against its own people spread quickly around the world as we all saw but russia's military chiefs say they've been monitoring from space and the pictures they see tell a different story is really collusion has got that story. but this point we have information from russia's joint staff who are saying that they have been not monitoring the situation in libya from space by satellite since the beginning of the unrest in the country and according to them some of the reports why they made by the western media are not entirely corresponding to the pictures that they are getting to be more precise that according to al-jazeera and to b.b.c. on the twenty second of february libyan government has inflicted airstrikes on bin kasi and on tripoli and according to russia's military the have not registered any of those airstrikes according to them if it to show that nothing all of that sort

has been going on the ground now if we also focus on the future is on the footage that we've been getting from the country we may be able to notice that there are absolutely no signs of any destruction inflicted by attacks from air or by leaving air force in those pictures so at this point our russian military saying that as far as they are concerned they have not seen any attacks so they can pretty much make a judgment that those attacks which the western media has been reporting on have not been made the russian military is also working in very close cooperation with russia's ministry of foreign affairs then they're monitoring not just the military situation not just tripoli and other cities in libya they're also being a very close attention to the or the extraction facilities and they are keeping us up to date as to what is happening on the ground from space. media reports suggest the libyan leader's found his closest ally in the country be led by europe's most

to take to the roofs these planes allegedly been spotted in the company something that by the russian foreign ministry is denying. the possible connections between the two. according to a stockholm based international institute for peace research and sixty four aircraft took off from an air base in belarus heading for libya in the middle of february and headed for the libyan town of star power which according to experts is indeed a key strategic center in in libya this air base in belarus where the plane took off from is in fact a stalk pile of different weaponry including rocket launchers machine guns and ammunition and now this a legit transfer of weaponry from belarus to libya happened before the u.n. security council imposed an embargo on all weapons sales to libya this is the latest in a string of different allegations connecting minsk in tripoli which surfaced in the

last several weeks several days ago media outlets reported that i witness is supported mercenaries from belarus fighting on the duffey side on the side of conduct his troops in libya i'm under several media outlets reported that conduct his private jet was landing in a minsk airport before flying back to libya these claims have been denounced by the country's foreign ministry which called insinuations against minsk. just a you know if all goes to plan we're going to speak to dimitri who goes in russia's envoy to nato in a couple of minutes time to get his take on it which is come out for a meeting we think with anders fogh rasmussen the nato chief so does that happen soon as he comes to the arts studio in brussels will try and speak to him and we will keep you updated of course throughout the day on developments in the middle east and north africa on this also the latest developments as well and analysis online on our home page r.t. dot com.

well those behind the arab uprisings really no trouble finding friends in the west but of course that's an abrupt change of heart for those countries who've been supporting the previous regimes for decades his policy reports next on suspicion in the middle east that the u.s. and its allies are tailoring democracies to fit their interests. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire western powers of cannot backing a protester mourning regime change dramatically changing the colors and supporting the al sting of authoritarian rulers they backed only weeks ago as demonstrations sweep across the arab world with the government's support the call for change but is a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes that they want in power it's not the first time the west has shown an approach to democracy in arab world six years ago elections in gaza were

hailed internationally as a massive milestone for the middle east. with representatives from the west renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and monitored it confirmed its authenticity to the world. but when the results were in that authenticity was ignored one of the general. standing here is that. the worst support democracy as long as it's good for them and there it is not good for the. terrorists and their. supporters and the west most certainly did not support and you have us government despite being voted in by more than sixty percent of gazans western power was labeled a mass a terrorist organization yet they are not really many instances of genuine democracy in the west or for democracy but when people make a democratic choice choosing among us they refused to help a western democracy is

a false democracy a democracy you double standards for the benefit of europe. which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments were busy with trying to boot it out through boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support felix's in the first place but not there are come. i believe the west is in constant need of regimes that go along with its policies be sure to serve the west be approaches or be elected by the. people. believe that the americans. don't really know how to handle this situation relationship with gadhafi were. clever go there were plans for. him. to board with him when he gave them the oil but now he's no longer of use and like to take his elsewhere who at the start of the year we're in favor in the waste he's been ditched the hopes of the arab world for change under

a banner appear to be dwindling among some political figures at least under president bush there are a lot of criticism. after the advent of president obama who was a lot of. welcome to the new america under mr obama. i would have hoped for the administration and the president obama would have done better the protesters across the arab world hoping to topple dictators in the quest for democracy may find it beatrice may not be as free as they'd hoped for with a meeting hand from a far still pulling the strings policy r.t. tel aviv stay with us if you can to discover who's messing with the minds of leading american politicians depending on wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support your image mission using one of the techniques they used against the taliban against the united states and we reveal the headache on capitol

hill over reports that military men were asked to use psychological mind games to keep the war cache coming. here in russia it's early start for the country's police force with major changes kicking off today and it all begins with a change of name roots and branch reforms were ordered after a series of high profile scandals or public trusts him to an all time low and as artie's a cover nose out of the reports next there's a lot riding on the overall success to. a change of title and hopefully a change in attitudes these lines foresman officers are abandoning their soviet era name of meats or in favor of the more worldly recognisable police for the government it's a first step down a long road towards modernizing the service and arresting a sharp decline in public perception the people's trust of the boys in blue has been a huge blow in recent years it's led to any zaya amongst officers and outrage from knows they're supposed to protect incidents like

a supermarket round page by officer you've seen cough who opened fire an innocent shoppers killing two and wounding seven it was the final straw that fueled calls for reform but can changing their name bring about a change in behavior while some insist that any change is long overdue for others it's purely cosmetic of the very fact that there were so many accidents with police officers we're hearing illegally in russia during the previous years. this very fact is not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were corporate of the grievously as those as well as called recall the current work the big question is were there is the political will. they get it under control the police themselves though are preparing for the changes to come up with a huge part of our ratings will depend on the people of this country how they

evaluate our performance. this kernel is already grasping the essence of modernizing the force her students seem eager to absorb as much information before their upcoming exams so that it was good everyone will be tested physical ability knowledge of new laws civic duties all those are included in new exams there will be no indulgences for anyone either pass the test or leave the force other changes are a mixed blessing there'll be a twenty percent cut in personnel but the remaining officers will get a pay rise there will be better screening of new recruits with every detail of an applicant's background put under the microscope but until all that takes effect officers have to knuckle down to the job in hand restoring honor to russia's police is a tough task and the public are no pushover judges but the force is determined to turn that around re-examining. uniforms all those changes will quite a lot of time to be fully implemented one of the first things to change all the

signs like these which soon will feature internationally recognizable policing casuarinas are. i have to assume he will expose said clubs like this choose tonight thanks for being with us back now to our main story more comment on that when get some official reaction on a possible american or british military intervention into libya talking to russia's envoy to nato the meter or goes in and joins us now live in the uk to studio from the russian nato office in brussels mr goes in very good evening to you i wonder if you can hear me said just checking the communications with you first of all mr goes and it's kevin owen in the r.t. studio in moscow can you hear me. mr ghosn you're live on air on r.t. can you hear me. to be sure goes if you just met with nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen were there any agreements reached.

basically weeks august where you bug you about human chast there are nato russia council is now they seem to find common ground on such an important issue yes creating a european missile defense system i told the nato secretary general that russian president dmitry medvedev has authorized me as your special representative and we can talk about specific steps. but you just attendees will have a meeting between defense ministers of nato countries. where nato defense ministers. are going to make a decision on the configuration of the european missile defense system. will you eat april there will be ministerial meeting of the russian eater council including foreign ministers of all those countries and in june after the meeting between the

presidents of our two countries. there will be another means to really meeting and by that time by genial what we'll have to. present their frame. work big agreement concerning the european missile defense system with the russians an equal partner in this is a very complex issue because it was through the united states think that everything has been decided by now and that this system should be nato beast and russia will just join with a system where you just goes in if i could just interject for a second i know this is being translated so there's a small time delay thank you for briefing us about what you just have but i want to focus in if i may about our top story today we're talking about possible american and british military intervention in libya can i ask you sir was that brought up in the meeting today. you know when you myself didn't see the name so as an organization is not going to

make a decision concerning military intervention in libya because some european countries are categorically any military action without u.n. security council sanction. that's why it is possible that such a step. by the united states and the united kingdom. carmi hand. here in brussels and with nato headquarters the only discuss the possibility of a no fly zone over the libyan territory we can reduce the forced by the libyan air force and this is the only thing that is being considered now lots of you know i would like to repeat that he would have to states and united willing to take any steps this would be a grass violation of international law this will be intervention with good internal affairs and it has to be sanctioned by the u.n. security council we talked about that with the general secretary and i think they

have heard what moscow has to say and the issue despite what you say how much of a danger do you think there is that we may well see that scenario played out shortly. i think this is a myriad interest currently unfolding we don't know who wrote that scenario and the only thing i can say right now. do d. or you know next you please you are part of the armed forces of the united states and you. will get to read for me on what is happening in libya but personally i don't expect that if you see anything that goes beyond the limits of international law there is a theory that's of discussion you need to right now and i don't think the united states will not read against. nato against the consensus of nato there

maybe in the first round but once again i would like to see that there has to be censured by the united nations security council everything has to go through the security council nonetheless we all see military war fur. lined up towards the east of the country the eastern borders is there a danger that this could spark off so they get a confrontation i.e. could there be some confusion over the humanitarian aid that maybe off of there by some of the nato countries could that be confused by libya or could shots be fired out mistakes made on the whole thing just lay out of control is there a danger of that. i guarantee you there is some will you conflict between fathers and children. members so he could i think land. even some of the members some members something

could only lend support the opposition of course he can't interfere in other people's work but it will mean they are difficult to get out of work when you can't remember. the foreign player unarmed clear interferes in the internal conflict of the semi absolute consolidating certain old forces against the sworn cleared we saw a similar situation in afghanistan. to deal with the admins consider foreigners present under its territory as an irritant as well look at the borders tight all the right you are instead they say it's implemented channels so when a foreigner in foreign soldier enters a country with. a brother when they leave the country the internal strife intensifies again so wherever it interferes in libyan experience can just consolidate various forces within libya with. those countries they don't like for nears interfering with armed forces actually this is the same is true of every

country mr goes and we would surely going to be out of time but i want to put one further question to you being as you're such a good person to answer this one having just come out of that meeting. what is moscow's role in the solution to the libyan crisis as you see it tonight. he says. if you look at the full field of. the permanent member of the u.n. security council. we're not strangers to libya we were present here in libya for a long time we have been present there for a long time and we've helped build various the stories in the country as the soviet union and later as the russian federation we provided going to article support to leave so we cannot be indifferent to what is happening there but you are still

considering our positive experience in our bitter experience we think that any kind of military intervention in libya will be very dangerous we should pursue sanctions through the u.n. security council which is stuck with those who try to use their armed forces against their own people these people should realize their responsibility before international law. this point with sanctions will be more than enough and we hope that this will affect both. again those words ready to take arms instead of negotiating about the future of their country goes in what is and what a name joining us on the line from brussels tonight thanks ever so much for your times appreciate it. claims that the american military has been getting it so way by psychologically manipulating the country's decision makers is raising half on capitol hill rolling stone magazine says army officials awarded groups known as psyops teams to put pressure on congressman visiting afghanistan to get more money

and support for the war and his confusion can't accept that story. were u.s. lawmakers brainwashed by the military when making key decisions on supporting the escalation of the war in afghanistan that's a question posed by rolling stone magazine which alleges lieutenant general william caldwell the man in charge of training in afghanistan ordered psychological operations against visiting senators and congressional delegations to manipulate them into backing more funding and troops for the war there they have a special unit that conducts psychological operations now term be information support operations said he was told to provide quote deeper and now it says of pressure points we could use to leverage the delegation from more fronts my job in science is to play with people's heads to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to be and perhaps from doing that to ruin people when you ask me to try to use

these skills on senators and congressmen you're crossing a line moreover it's illegal to do so according to the defense department's own definition psychological operations imply the use of propaganda and psychological tactics to influence emotions and behaviors and are supposed to be used exclusively on hostile foreign groups but instead of fighting afghan insurgents holmes and his team were systematically ordered to use their training to influence u.s. members of congress it is a methodology used for enemy yes this is not something you do with allies who are members of your own government tasked with oversight responsibilities of your operation that's why the senators were there not to be pals not to be partners but to have oversight over what the pentagon was doing and because the pentagon not wanting that every oversight as much and wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support their men mission he used one of the techniques they used against

the taliban against the united states senate that's that's incredible the long list of high profile targets included carl levin. who is the chairman of the senate armed forces committee steve israel a member of the house appropriations committee senators john mccain and out franken i don't see how it could have affected my positions. so we'll see what happens but back in january last year steve clemons reported on the sudden shift of some senators views after their visit to afghanistan was a very big jump in shift and i felt it was something i wrote about and i called while this is like a confidence game it's you know you feel as if the military is manipulating people but i didn't know about these things article at the time or about psyops one example is senator al franken who in january last year went to afghanistan with strong doubts and criticism but came back feeling much better but some say the

reported use of psychological tactics to influence politicians could be happening not only in afghanistan but here in washington as well there's. tends to be a belief that you can't necessarily trust the political leaders behind the work but you can't trust the military leaders behind a war that's not really the case not the military is just as eager to get in the event. to its own benefit and. unfortunately congressman are also willing to believe now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect that this report the plan in general caldwell has already good night given such orders but in truth for many it's going to be a fraud a testament to the what will be innocent civilian control of the military in today's america i'm going to strike on our to washington d.c. . if you can if you will not story of course along with all the others you see here on the news channel let us know there's always a chance for you to have you.