he would be soon rich bryson if you move a song from fans to impression it's. nice for instance on t.v. dot com. breaking news this hour on r t a multinational force of war planes destroyed tanks as they begin patrolling the skies of libya in force of the un sanctioned no fly zone. it's also flown think first cruise missile strikes the united states takes over operations from the frames during need want to stand on the libyan capital in a few moments from all. the world powers agree to use all necessary military means to stop any aggression from colonel gadhafi. and also russia says it regrets the decision to start

a military intervention in libya. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. really twenty four hours a day just past eleven pm in the russian capital and ten pm in libya where a multinational force has launched a series of strikes against colonel gadhafi forces in libya it's all part of an operation to enforce a no fly zone backed by the u.n. french jets have attacked libyan military vehicles and destroyed several tanks and u.k. prime minister david cameron has confirmed the british air force is also in action and the u.s. has fired ship based cruise missiles at libya's air defenses but french president ordered planes to patrol the skies over the city of benghazi to prevent attacks against civilians and that's where government troops have reportedly been kerry.

out attacks throughout. all russia has said it regrets the decision to take military action in libya well for more developments there let's now cross live to paula who's in the capital tripoli paula we're learning that french planes have carried out the first attacks over the country what is the situation now. well the situation is certainly heating up the breaking news that the united states has launched its first cruise missile strike along the coast we understand that they are also going to be targeting libyan airfields now they're starting to fly in the face of what we were hearing just a few hours ago from the united states we understand that they do have three submarines that are in the mediterranean sea but the defense ministry saying that at this stage of your operations the french will be coordinating and commanding what was happening on the ground in the united states with only becoming involved at a later stage that seems to have done a turnaround i can tell you that at least there twenty french fighter jets have been hovering over libyan air space we know that they struck at least saw libyan

tanks and on the person your vocals on the ground that operation so far has been limited mostly to the periphery areas being bossy the second largest city here in libya and the heart of the rebel resistance while most of saturday saw clashes between pro and anti gadhafi demonstrators in that city so that is why the international community is focusing its attention there for the moment we have been told their pride it's had the green ones if they see suspicious activity on the ground to behave as they see fit there is clashes ongoing in misrata the food largest city here but as of yet no international intervention there now on the grisha front we're hearing a pretty ships has started in full steam and naval blockade in the mediterranean all those assistance coming in from elsewhere in the international community canada has sustained six fighter jets we're also hearing from you to me that it's made available seven bases it is offered the nato base in naples from where it says the whole operation can be coordinated the same word coming from from denmark and spain

they too saying that they have deployed fighter jets now libyan state television is currently reporting that civilian targets have been hit civilians hardest by those french planes this still needs to be independently verified but so here does seem as if civilians how are starting to break the brunt of this which is one of the concerns that many in the international community and certainly many here. on the grounds have voiced whether or not no conservatives will get calls happened in a violent ordinary people have been seeing something dollars in the thousands throughout the course of the day the agency hearing from humanitarian relief agencies is that as many as three hundred thousand people have fled libya since this violence started more than a month ago but that number certainly is straight to climb now here in tripoli the situation remains tense officials a little bit uncertain in terms of what to do they gathering up as much support as they can they've seen protesters they are human shields is what they've been termed a demonstration in front of the airports demonstrating at the geoffrey's stronghold which is just a short distance from where i'm talking to you from and other strategic points in

the capital city of paula tell us what one of the people in libya are saying about the international intervention which we're seeing stepping up now. well the international intervention was something that was called for by the rebel groups there but they themselves admit that this cannot be the start of a much wider group long term foreign involvement in this country and people can also be very nervous whether you're talking to these supporters or the rebel support base people are very nervous that you will see a long term military involvement you need to remember that the no fly zone that was implemented in iraq was a for some twelve years and during that time saddam hussein remained in power after the no fly zone was implemented in bosnia you had the massacre of seven it's a it's a very real questions are being asked well what happens if there's a no fly zone is not successful what notes he describes of the international community does and justify in terms of needing to protect civilian life i think it's worth mentioning at this stage though that most experts do not believe that the no fly zone will suffer a great this would be

a great amount of difficulty here because gadhafi if force is so backward many of the planes have been flying since the one nine hundred sixty s. they are poorly maintained and the time to train also has come into question by some in the international community but certainly concerns being voiced particularly now that we're hearing that civilians have already been injured if not killed in these first strikes by the international community to concern is just how long this conflict will be drawn out for and just what will be the cost to human life of his policy there reporting from libya where we can now go to our correspondent in europe daniel bushell he's been following developments in paris where world powers have just met to work out a course of action in libya tell us what has come out of this meeting this summit. well reports have confirmed that some twenty warplanes are already on libyan airspace from the french side which has been the most active in this starting with the summit that you talk of and now in military action they've sent referral fighter jets neurology fighter jets also surveillance aircraft they say that they

key concern is to enforce a no fly zone over libya airspace in effect grounding colonel gadhafi as jets and helicopters and that their number one concern is the civilian population in the around the area being ghazi to that effect the first military operation will be to enforce the no fly zone over the east of libya where the rebel strongholds are one hundred by one hundred fifty kilometer area it comes after a decision at the paris summit as you say where it was decided that the powers would go in and it was attended by the heads of the united nations the head of the arab league also the emir of qatar several foreign ministers of arab nations for example morocco and the united arab emirates let's listen to what president sarkozy exactly said. we agreed to use all necessary means of military means to force the u.n. security council decision that's why an agreement with our partners. will oppose

any aggression from colonel gadhafi against the population of dancing as of now our aircraft not preventing that means from attacking the town as of now other french aircraft are ready to intervene against tanks all armored vehicles should be threatening unarmed civilians. of the e.u. powers and are falling into line we can confirm italy has offered seventy of its air bases that we used by nato previously of course italy just across the mediterranean from libya one of the key air bases that will be used by western powers and we're also seeing other nations coming out and saying they support this for example norway netherlands here in belgium also and western leaders e.u. leaders say they do support this campaign david cameron of the u.k. also anglo merkel of germany despite germany's abstention of the u.n. vote for a no fly zone she says she does back military intervention now. daniel thanks very much indeed for that live update no doubt more from you there in brussels as they

continue to tell you a bushel. when as we heard the pentagon has confirmed the u.s. has launched missile strikes on libya's air defenses speaking from brazil earlier president obama has said it was clear that allied forces had to protect civilians there in libya or not is going to count has the details from washington d.c. . full scale military invasion invention is underway the leaders who got together and players were very resolute about it as they were talking french warplanes were already in the air and then we got some first reports of attacks on could off his ground forces we know that british fighter jets are on standby in cyprus ready to take u.s. warships are in the mediterranean missile strikes from those trips so it's very possible what hillary clinton reiterated after this meeting in paris is that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground but fears are that this operation could grow into something more than just an effort to protect civilians. the working of the wording of the resolution that was passed on thursday is basically all inclusive short of

occupation it says all measures allowed in order to protect civilians when the resolution was approved russia and china did not use their power to veto it providing that there will be no operation meaning no boots on the ground the priority is protecting civilians without the basic problem of the massacre in benghazi he left the international community has no choice in those countries that are very much against any military intervention like russia abstained from voting against the residents because there are still strong doris' as to the implementation of it there are fears that certain actions taken by international forces that are taking part in the operation could destabilize the situation even more shooting down five bombers is one thing and it could put. of course that would be part of the no fly zone measures a lot of fight the resolution but arming the rebels is something very different and reports are coming in egypt's military began shipping arms over the border to leave the rebels with knowledge from washington of course because the interest military is so very much influenced by washington those are small arms solved by fals and

ammunition experts say that there are radical elements among those rebels while and they are unlikely to traverse it with their opponents and the fear is that those arms supplies are going to inflame the situation in the region even even further from what obama was saying on friday and what hillary clinton was saying this saturday you could tell that the white. wary of being seen as the driving force behind the military actions so most of the work is done behind the scenes the u.k. and france seem to be on the forefront of this international effort also western powers again and again remind that they have the support of the arab league at the moment it's not quite clear at all what their employers will actually be in this action is why it is clear that they want to get arab countries assistance so that it doesn't appear as if this was just the west to cracking down on yet another arab nation there's one more thing that's worth talking about it's almost never mentioned in the media coverage of the developments in libya gadhafi is universally

but just previously talked about it touched upon it a little bit because that is universally being now for his actions against the levy people asked for the international community is absolutely the united in condemning him for good reason but when you think about other leaders who got away with attacks on civilians who see a great amount of hypocrisy in the way those leaders are treated let's take israel for example it had been bombing the civilian population of the gaza for three weeks in a row in two thousand and eight western powers who are now sort of arms protecting civilians and we did nothing literally nothing to stop the massacre of palestinians in gaza or we can take take a look at the recent developments in already the leadership there is cracking down on protesters in the parable way scores are dead and there is no tangible leader national effort to stop it yemen same story yemen true true protesters dead and nothing or pakistan just this friday u.s. drone killed thirty eight civilians there will be responsible for that and only safe as things are now it looks like the international community is very selective

when it comes to protecting civilians in libya they protect them in dozens of other places they turn a blind eye. in washington so a multinational forces carried out a series of attacks against targets around the libyan city of benghazi let's update you on these latest developments in iran r.t. also we can tell you that french fighter jets have destroyed several armored vehicles and tanks and on to colonel gadhafi troops it was joined by the u.s. military that one says to strike against libya's air defenses using cruise missiles ok force is also in action over the country and these are the first raid since the u.n. security council adopted a resolution allowing the use of the means necessary to protect the civilian population and earlier troops loyal to the kind of death reportedly carried out attacks on benghazi which is the rebel stronghold a ceasefire that kind of gadhafi promised to impose yesterday well russia's foreign ministry says it regrets the international intervention was sitting there the

moment it's cool to do what they can to stop the suffering of peaceful citizens and to put in place and immediate cease fire let's not talk salty's covering the server she's outside the foreign ministry there in moscow covering up tell us more about moscow's reaction to these latest developments. bill moscow's reaction to these latest developments has for some been rather predictable of course russia as it was being against the possibility of a military intervention when that intervention was still a possibility as it has now become a reality moscow has expressed deep regret for the fact that the intervention is taking place it is also a waste concerns for the lives of us civilians on the ground there in libya a small casualty to the exchange of fire of course each week the libyan rounds to keep. troops in iraq where

a guy like rats states i think. it's because. still. see my. mom was. actually. sent to sit down last time we saw their differences without resorting to the loud alarm clock. that is not at all like the style. i would. like to brazil germany also makes the states also participate in the experience that should but it. should just.

say that this. specific. pieces. missing. persons opera house. has to say. actually the resolution number nineteen seventy three its main goal was to defend the civilian population but not to punish the gadhafi regime or overthrow it so in that respect with think that one thousand nine hundred seventy three resolution is mostly app humanitarian resolution close as it was before humanitarian resolution then a from militarization my personal concern is that any military operation the wage is conducted by the west in the arab world can lead to a very unpredictable scenario like all the parties involved in the conflict and they get together and start fighting against foreign invaders there were several

examples all such scenarios and a history of the greater middle east so i think that we all. to be very cautious now and we all have to think first of all of that the political solution should go before of the military solution we think that gadhafi regime has already lost its internal and international credibility but we think also that people of libya should sell solve their problems themselves. somehow not deal if they're expressing his opinion and that of many others of course a concern not only for the civilians on the ground in libya but also for the potential developments to the plight conflict going on in that country many of the russian representatives of the big issues and late h.l. also voiced their concerns saying that. they are very much concerned about the situation with the dow was rushed from representative children or somebody treaty

organization saying he is deeply concerned and great that's the decision made by some other nations member states to actually launch this military offensive and to begin an intervention in libya when the political situation would be busy and much more favor. of his country his hour of the thanks very much indeed for that update more from katrina a little later on live in sin from moscow well with concerns that a no fly zone over libya could be a cover up for for a full scale engagement antiwar activist jim brown says the u.n. resolution is full of holes. if you can interpret so many things and then i mean what on earth you mean by protecting civilians presumably it means protecting civilians from both sides because the ripley suggestions of atrocities on both sides you know the one sided thing but of course i think the central point is that the whole thrust of the intervention is not seems to me is not the principal thing and that counts for the for the contradictions and the holes in the resolution i

think the whole thing is a mess so the resolution itself is full of holes because i think you have to question the whole process and once you start on the process going to the head of the contradictory then you end up with more and more pitfalls on the wife you have this thing that. for example stayed very knowledge out of it and then suddenly when the refrigerator. he makes very specific demands which clearly were nothing in the resolution that demands that for example the government forces pull back from a series of town was that kind of thing so you have a clear intention through. different parties to make of it what they will and i think that we will see that process roll around what you have is a very similar situation going on in in bahrain part ways in many ways exactly the opposite features are enough rain for example robert gates united states to find

a secretary goes through. a week ago as talks leave and two days later the. corporation council especially saudi forces go in and they go in and they intervene on the side of those who are suppressing the revolt brody's sympathetic to the whole revolt in that in the region in general. we. i mean for example we want to put it that way to start the war in march right but they're stopping the war in basra. invite folks to be intervening on the side of the government in the case of libya they want to quote stop the war on the side of the rebels are up the whole position since for me completely untenable. and full of. what i can now get more analysis from michel chossudovsky he's director of the center for research on globalization joining me live now from montreal in canada thanks very much indeed for being with us here on our team this intervention

started imposing a no fly zone and now we're seeing ground attacks on tanks and armored vehicles is this military campaign a humanitarian issue to save lives or is it now a terrorist attempt to be interested mission. this is a new wall it's an extension of the us. military agenda we had a good press and we were all. iraq. and what has happened is that bay has over the walls here to know about it is no humanitarian operation it is deadly will it using a buzz military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when do these bombers and save the lives of civilians.

is directed not only against military targets it will also also commits. of civilian targets. this is a very serious crossroads which we are today because it opens up a new warfare. with devastating consequences for the arab world but also for why everybody at this new whole theater that has begun we see u.s. and u.k. forces we're seeing events unfold very quickly indeed we know that kentucky's forces have office we had some impact from the rebel forces this could all be over very quickly i can you really liken this to what's happened in iraq and afghanistan . a war which has the objective of regime change. this of course was not mentioned of the

security council resolution but prime minister stephen harper of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the objective of this operation is to unseat khadafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war no becoming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition has already by late in. the resolution which they themselves have calls on the so-called international community article nineteen zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says too quickly to go on on weapons on to. libya but in fact what are they doing that bringing in weapons and they're supplying opposition forces with benefits and i read i read the section very carefully it doesn't it doesn't say it specifies no

weapons should be brought into the country so they violated violate that they you know the united nations security council resolution right from the outset if the aim if the aim is to remove gadhafi then isn't it justified by any means to help those who want him removed those who have been under his dictatorship for over forty years is this not people pilot talking here and in fact these people have been calling for help from the outside world don't they deserve it isn't it justified that i think it's for them to leave their own struggle in fact i think what is what is contradictory and ironic is the fact that well positioned all says are gainst a large sector of the opposition forces against foreign intervention and this was made clear whether they be arrested or butt. well i say it's agents who came in with special forces. there's no question that this insurrection is

halted by by the military alliance by the intelligence agencies we have special forces which will only ground and mediately well insurrection started and i would suspect that its direction was in fact supported prior whistles lot. with dealing with illegal and aggressive acts by nato and the united states directed against a sovereign country in violation of international law but these are in a situation very different to what we see in the past when we do see support from arab countries and this initiative is not just a western and it should have we're seeing the arab league supporting that well we're seeing essentially arab states countries which are not particularly committed sort of ocracy which have a very autocratic regimes and which are really in fact losses of the western military alliance they're tied into nato to the mediterranean dialogue. heavily

armed with equipment which has been recently shipped to saudi arabia in the gulf states which is there was this war so this is not let us understand you don't come to the rescue of democracy and civilians by bombing this is missile diplomacy at work which is leading to a major war theatre in all that africa so you don't have the international community should have sat back and watched and taffy kill his own civilians in order to retain his allies try to go to the international community is by i'm also part of the international community american public is against it where part of the international community as well not only nato not only son. i. can tell you that this wall is essentially to confiscate oil resources which closer to three point five percent of total oil reserves libya is the largest oil color in

africa. national oil company is among the largest in the world and again. the. truthy of this wall is oil and. united states canada although there with the intent of the interests of the whole presence of the oil corporations and the extension of the influence. to. this is not a humanitarian operation it is a war of conquest and it will have devastating consequences on not only our own only a lot of people of libya but most generally and it's not the issue of khadafi this is not the initial consult feet it's an issue of the solvency of a country and as i mentioned the opposition forces are not particularly happy with

these developments as confirmed by recent reports interesting as a way to hit your view on the events there in libya michel director of the center for research and globalization frank you for joining us there in montreal alliances . well a quick recap of our main story this. multinational forces of thought the first shots of colonel gaddafi is ground forces we're learning that french and british fighter jets are in action above libya while the u.s. is known to missiles from warships in the mediterranean at a summit in paris earlier today twenty two nations agreed to do everything necessary to make a daffy respect the u.n. security council resolution demanding a cease fire there in libya and forces loyal to the leader who carried out a series of attacks on the city of benghazi the main rebel base russia incidentally says it regrets the decision to take military action is also called for the end the bloodshed and urge the sides in libya to start talking. but to brings up to date

for the moment i'll be back with an update on the latest event was found in just a few moments they were the same party. it's. the official altie allocation. called talk from the.