a retired senior police official suspected of organizing the killing. now as the civil war in libya rages manny's say the country could go the way of egypt and end up with a disillusioned society impatient for reform but some believe it could be much worse artie's lore emma talks a newspaper attitude. for his views on recent events. i'm talking to abdel bari atwan who's the editor of the london based newspaper al could be he is obviously going to talk to me about libya and he says that there's a huge potential for libya to turn into another afghanistan i missed out on thank you for talking to r.t. today now explain to me what the facts play comparable between libya and afghanistan. there are a lot of similarities here between. afghanistan and libya we have been made to

intervention military intervention it is through this intervention is not actually sending troops on the ground but the same. way or another and try to say libya could and like afghanistan the other point is you know libya. could turn to a failed state like what happened in afghanistan nobody can predict what will happen after that we know if we would be removed from power because he and i actually mean something has a good backup abilities but the big question is you know that positional council which is that of presenting that will be able first to contain the differences you know divisions in its ranks second whether it is capable to run the country and to keep. as a united state that seems like an excellent overview of the issues in libya but

let's talk about the more specifically first of all where do you think gadhafi is that maybe what's he going to do you think you'll fight to the bitter end qaddafi is a very cunning despite to many people and that words you know describe him as a crazy mad i met him three times in my life he is you know. whether we like it or not he calculates very well we don't know where he is actually hiding it took the need to american fifteen years to find osama bin laden and kill him i don't know how many months how many weeks how many years you know that it will take them to capture but if nobody can kill where about he's hiding that he could be in. about ex military barracks in paper only he could be in sirte where his hometown he could be in the south where. it is there you know his tribes

actually situated so we don't know but definitely he's still alive and definitely used to libya to for his son or his sons actually to to be here to be improperly itself i think this is a clear indication is that if you could be there you could be in politically it's and as far as the mood on the ground goes what do you think will happen when and if the rebels catch him will they kill him will they they talk big about the international criminal court what do you think will happen it is a huge question is we don't know what will happen if he is captured we have a very bad experience when a better bill actually tried to capture. yunus the chief of staff or that he will army you know shoot him dead they have burned his body his body guards bodies or so so maybe the same thing could happen to put their feet we know that there is a you know a sense over event spreading on the bad bills and so it depends who is going to come to him if he is captured by fanatic. groups that are secure or

muslim he could be sure that you mention gadhafi. is really his favorite son and was the heir apparent how much power do you think he will to the moment he still actually popular among the loyalist of his father and his father supporter actually so he is an important figure he knows how to communicate to it would be meet with the media itself he's still a very prominent character among. the interact could benefit e.g. so whether he has military power i don't believe so he has some political part but you know i don't believe that feeling will survive and i think the most he can actually try to negotiate for a safe exit for him and for his family at the death is. presence or not libya is

obviously key particularly because up till now the rebels have really been united by a common hatred of gadhafi how likely now do you think a violent splits in the transitional council i think the problem after that free post got there fair could be more actually problematic than the problem before or before the removal of canberra for the cheap because there is a huge slit split among the rebels themselves and the factions who are participating in this fight. there are united by the hate to talk at their feet but if that is if he is killed i think you know now we will turn against each other and we know that some brigades you know who are fighting with their bills. buddy extremist muslim groups and they they wouldn't fight with the secular and the same time even belief used to talk to those secure lows or to those actually liberals and they consider them. part of the western conspiracy so maybe those people will

turn against each other and also we know that you know the majority of the people who are fighting muslim extremists or actually you know people who believe that they should slip mixtape and so how that the two is going to deal with those people after about a mobile of chemical are they going to legitimize them consider them illegitimate illegitimate after but part on the future libya so there are huge question marks here. personally i believe the post will be more problematic than that. if you are david cameron's been talking about sending british troops to libya as a peacekeeping force but will that be enough to keep a lid on what is potentially a nation at war if david cameron sent. it's.

army. personal on the banner of keeping peace in post but i fear this will be seen in libya and also in that upwards as a foreign intervention exactly like what happened in afghanistan and iraq and this would complicate the whole situation it could actually make some of those muslim extremists among the rebels to turn against the ones that shouldn't council and also to turn against nato so now we are fighting gadhafi troops after a big finish this job actually they might turn against could again is that what it is or french troops who will be sent to keep and all that and and post back here are so it could be a huge mistake from from koreans and from sarkozy to to actually send troops to leave the stakes are massive out there now nato and the u.k. specifically is talking about democracy by the libyan people how realistic do you think that is talking about democracy is very easy option actually practicing

democracy. it is a very complicated process democracy cannot actually parachuted to the people in the or in iraq or in afghanistan democracy is a culture it is a huge process first you have to start this process in a country like libya you know for the last forty two years never had a you know multi-party system been never had the parliament been ever had institutions democratic institutions or any institutions so to start the democratic process actually it will take a long time but it is very sweet talks about about democracy and we know that under the banner of democracy the west intervened in afghanistan. look what happened for example in august we are going to celebrate the tenth anniversary of that invasion and occupation of afghanistan the worst now is our top. to try. to reinstate

taliban in the beginning ten years ago they went there to. remove taliban from power. to destroy there and for structure nowadays you know there are thrown the toll there are talking to taliban and they want to have exit from afghanistan they lost or they are losing seven billion dollars a month the same thing in iraq you know now iraq is a completely different story and you know that democracy in iraq is very valuable democracy do you think the rebels basically sold off the oil when they accepted western military support there finitely the need to bombardment played a major role in the success of that airport to capture most of the cities of leap year to advance toward tripoli so. presumably there was a deal struck between that and libyan rebel that need to us and britain and france in particular we know nato is not

a charitable organization we know that britain and france there are looking for contacts they are looking for they are looking for business in libya is destroyed completely undercut there for the team there is no infrastructure at all so i believe that libyan kick is very lucrative you know that they want to share how much. business actually was agreed by that. transitional council transitional council they need two countries especially britain france we don't know yet but definitely that me is looking for a price and the libyan future government should pay and will pay a very heavy price for nato as it is not. a free service no definitely there is something behind that. i suspect that need to would like to have military bases in

libya i suspect that you know british and french company is looking for exploration contacts abdel-bari atwan thank you very much. as you know song was sixteen years old when he committed these murders that's not to say that song so or should not be honest for his crimes song is being punished no rational person can deny that sean has been punished is being punished and will be punished. by sours must be executed for the brutal crime he committed this is a punishment this is not to. mention. that it's safe to. cause him. any mercy on your whatsoever.

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a lot of the ball to talk about as always as usual marina we're expecting someone to make his debut in the russian premier league this weekend all the latest on his transfer into angie plus we look at rubin's tough test in the champions league tonight. hello there thanks for watching the sport and the use of the headlines heading for russia coming struggle to propose to join angry after the club agrees a transfer fee with into. walls will sell some in our free to munch to sixty on the need for a crucial champions league qualifier against you deny using. the citing so you could too should celebrate success in the tour spain is done were a no win stage for the mountain. as he would undergo. medical today as he

prepares to join russia in the russian premier league side angy they've agreed to buy the cameroon striker from the land for thirty six million dollars if passed fit the thirty year old is set to sign a three year contract and his jew to arrive in russia on thursday to meet his need to make the include brazilian roberto call us and recent song called and asked you could even play again on saturday the african star has been offered hof a million dollars a week after tax that would make him the world's highest paid player angie was goodbye to no stream and cut him off in january and then he said he was prepared to do what was necessary to make them a force in football and she currently fourth in the russian primarily. but it's also a day for another russian club rubina trying to qualify for the group stages of the champions league but they have it all to do in the second leg of their play off against the awning to stand needing to overturn a three one deficit from the first day and a half to do without defender alec whose musing did there's also

a bag over the fitness of having custody. and the pressure is also on our saucy varying the his depleted side travel to a.z. after a narrow one nil win at the emirates in the first leg they go on as all without midfielder some imaginary after agreeing to sell him to manchester city for forty one million dollars and that's on the back of the recent departure of cessed fabregas to barcelona and also missing jack wilshere who's injured but one bit of good news is that is able to sit in the dug out tonight after all after breaching a touchline ban last week have suspended a further ban while in the pale is heard in the french miss confident arsenal can reach the group stage for a full season in iraq. of course we want to call it trial and good luck to not depend on one. hand we replay your football hall we'll replay the game we know to play. but you should both one play. in contrast in a.z.

have only reached the champions league group stage once that was five years ago and although they finished fourth in syria last season they have also lost key plays notably alexis sanchez to barcelona but i'll be fancying their chances against arsenal who failed to win two games in the english premier league other games tonight benfica host f.c. twente say after the side through the first like that while f.c. copenhagen have an uphill task despite making the last sixteen last season they need to overturn the three one deficit against czech side the tory pills and. go to austria to place in the final game back and last night cypriot side made its group stage beating his last class three one to go three three two one aggregate by munich also progressed the things you're exploring the on the aggregate the numbers a grab make up to make the group stage two despite losing to notice to the champions now my great through four three over the two legs belgian champions gang defeated mcabee hyper on penalties progress last spanish side villa realises safely

through the balance and back from their first leg defeat to danish side. they are ready three to the group stage and have unveiled their t.v. teenage signings at their training ground problem belgian striker romelu lukaku eighteen has a rifle and a leg and he was joined by nineteen year old management feel that oriel removed from barcelona mccarthy was arguably the after humanity now can rub shoulders with his boyhood didier drogba play in what he calls the biggest league in the world. it will not be as easy as i can belgium first of all i have my own nature i want to learn from the players that are here and after that i would just want to show to the coach whenever it's me needs me i'm ready but first of all i want to train and to be fitter for as possible. russian cycling team could have got their win this year's tour of spain a spanish ride down your marino winning

a grueling mountain stage in fact it was a bit too tough for some of the riders tour de france green jersey when i'm out cavendish unable to keep up with the pellets and as it crossed the mountains between bars and city in nevada and he abandoned the race with their forty kilometers left to go of stage for no such problems over marino he caught up with the leaders over the last case and in the end it was a fight for the line between himself and chris banks and god but the two sure man did enough to win by three seconds now takes the overall leader's red jersey. defending champion south africa have announced a tried and trusted squad for the upcoming rugby world cup captain john smit will again be skipper after leading the side to victory in two thousand and seven in fact eighteen members of that winning side have been included in the thirty man squad when. was the only real shock inclusion south africa's first game will be

against wales on september eleventh before facing maybe a fiji in samoa and hopes new zealand in crete which is that tough pool according to smith. who you know with well so. it's probably going to. go to some groups and not to do much about. but i'm. going to be going to move. very. few to. sort of where you can sort of one of the most appealing and you don't want to create good produce so finally to a sport that's been played for thousands of years polo but over the last century it has all but faded out completely in russia although it's now being revived with the help from the sport's a story powerhouse argentina daniel has. story. horses count among the most trusted friends of mankind in wildlife but this is why paul is one of the most

popular sports this game was first played in persia more than two thousand years ago and has only slightly changed since then. it still takes the same skills to score goals with a long handled maillard on the field that's twice as big as a football pitch. the most important thing in polo is probably the so-called chemistry between the man and the horse they should be sympathetic to each other also it's crucial to learn the equitation in childhood although even adult persons who come to the sport late can reach pretty good results in terms of training hard every day back at the turn of the twentieth century polo was quite a popular sport in russia but after the revolution the tradition was broken it was only brought back to life several years ago and the most skilled pole club which was established in two thousand and six by six year old junker is now one of the major centers for the sport it also hosted the russian open championship which was

being held for the sixth time you need a lot of players you need a lot of horses you need a lot of competition as in any sport you need to practice practice practice you need to invest invest invest and so far we're we're doing what we can but it's all private and it's all based on the enthusiasm of the players themselves and their money out there in terms of price horses are like cars it's not only about how expensive it is it's very important to choose the one that would suit you in this respect you should always take an expert's advice as for the price it will be from eight to ten thousand dollars saying argentina and up to five hundred thousand dollars it's emotions you know human resources are always a crucial factor in this respect paul in russia has a competitive advantage the traverso brothers to grandmasters from the sports powerhouse or gin tina these time around glamorous russian fans of this elite sport

have got unique opportunity to get up close with their known for a short masterclass on the secrets of polo. and witness the russian open finals where the tournaments top player and a hundred left his team beluga to victory. however there is still a lot to do to make russian pole competitive in the international arena is a low now because it's new york is a new sport here and we need a lot of work a lot of evolution and we need the people who have to know what is bordeaux because a little bit doesn't know what is. but i think he's improving. with a publishing deal with this he's possible to come more prepared to play polo has never been only about winning and losing with another member of the winning team russia's coppola practitioner me how you write junker being the best proof of it is

the economic pressure of the better you treat your horses the better they perform i don't care if i lose or win i just enjoy it it's a team sport and first of all it team here means the horse and the rider and that's the best thing about it. and that idiot which often paves the fastest way to success. robert but in your own party mosco region and that brings the end of the sport for the moment so we've got more until last. for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with a news maker. twenty years ago the largest country in the world to certain places of.

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joe joe joe joe most of the but. the good stuff but got good reviews rebel forces celebrate storming hurled at office compound in tripoli and once again claim to have control of the city. we should be naive children and think that these rebels are these nice little folks who want democracy and freedom and mcdonalds experts warn of a new struggle for power that might emerge between the rebels one cut off his regime is toppled but. also keep me on l. says north korea is ready to return to six party talks and bring back the moratorium on nuclear production in testing it follows his meeting with president medvedev in russia. and a major breakthrough in the case mr gator say they know who ordered the russian journalist murder if allah's.