russia refusing to supply us three hundred. un resolutions preventing. it. well as the civil war in libya rages many 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 off talks to newspaper editor. for his views on recent events. i'm talking to abdel bari atwan the editor of the london based newspaper 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 missed out on thank you for talking to r.t. today now explain to me what the factors are at play comparable between libya and

afghanistan. there are a lot of similarities here between. afghanistan and libya we have the need 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 from would be removed from power because he cannot actually hide me and he hasn't got back up abilities but the big question is you know whether that transitional council which is the representing that liberal will be able first to contain their differences divisions in a second whether it is capable to run the country and to keep. as

a united states that seems like an accident of the issues 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 their words you know describe him as a crazy mad i met him three times in my life he is you know i should politicians whether we like it or not he calculates very well we don't know where he is actually hiding it took the need to under 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 it will take them to capture. nobody can kill where about he's hiding that he could be in. about ex military barracks in paper only he could be. his hometown he could be in the south where. it is there you know his tribe's

actually situated so we don't know but definitely he is still alive and definitely used to libya to for his son his sons actually to to be here to be in people itself i think this is a clear indication is that if you could be there you could be in play blitzer 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 or 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 where a better bill actually tried to capture. yunus the chief of staff or that they will army you know shoot him dead. his body guards bodies so maybe the same thing could happen to get their feet we know that there is a you know a sense of revenge spreading that rebels and libya so it depends who is going to

capture him if he is captured by fanatic. groups or that there are secret almost no you 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. 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 with the media itself he's still a very prominent character among. interact 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 there i think the most he can actually try to negotiate for a safe exit for him and for his family

a good death is. presence or not libya is obviously particularly because up till now the rebels have really been united by a common hate deathy how likely now do you think the violence in the transitional council is i think the problem after that post could be more actually problematic than the problem before or before the removal of canberra for the cheap because there is a huge slick split among liberals themselves and the factions who are participating in this fight. there are united by the hate to cut that for you but if he is captured if he's killed i think you know now would be will turn against each other and we know that some brigades you know who are fighting with their bills. by the extremist muslim groups and they be they wouldn't fight with the secular in the same time even belief used to talk to those secure those or to those actually

liberals and they consider them. part of the wisdom conspiracy so maybe those people will turn against each other and also we knew that you know the majority of the people who are fighting muslim extremists or actually. people who believe that they should slip mixtape and how they need to is going to deal with those people after remove all of chemical that 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. david cameron has 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. personnel on the banner of keeping peace in post gadhafi era this will be seen in libya and also in the arab words 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 better bulls to turn against the social council and also to turn against nato so now we are fighting troops after being finished his job actually might turn against that but it is all french troops who will be sent to keep law and all that in and post get their feet are so it could be a huge mistake from from guns 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 question to the people in iraq or an afghanistan democracy is a culture it is a huge process first you have to start this process in a country like you know for the last forty two years never had the you know multi-party system 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 democracy and we know that under the banner of democracy in the west and have been in afghanistan they are. look what happened for example in august we are going to celebrate that tenth anniversary of that invasion and occupation of afghanistan the worst now is our top. to turn up to

reinstate taliban in the beginning ten years ago they went there to. remove taliban from power. to destroy there and first lecture 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 their able to capture most of the cities of leap year to advance toward tripoli so. presumably there was a deal struck between that and lead be unbearable that need to put it in

and france in particular we know nato is not a charitable organization we know britain and france they 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 cake is very lucrative there you know that they want to share how much. business actually was agreed by the council me been put on zisha and council and they need to come that is especially britain france we don't know yet but they're finitely that meter which 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 nato 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 was sixteen years old when he committed these murders that's not to say the chancellor should not be punished for his crimes sean is being punished no rational person can deny that charge has been punished is being punished and will be punished. sours must be executed for the brutal crime committed this is a punishment this is not. imagine.

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more developments more on those stories in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime next with the sport. welcome to the wednesday evening sports update on this busy night of european football action and yet the headlines group claims are being looked to overturn a three one first leg deficit as they head joins me on the second leg of their champions league play off. while heading to russia cameron strike at something as simple as to join. the premier league club who is a transfer into milan. orange go top the netherlands and spain goodstein month reign as the world's best football to. start with european football and midfielder out of sight of his on the bench for rubin as the twice former russian

champions are looking to overturn a three one first leg deficit as they host french giants neo in the second leg of their champions league play off well go but if his name to strike goes. among the starting eleven rubina looking to qualify for the new two group stages but it's the men from cazan have a mountain to climb as they must at least score twice and hold back their opponents have made no changes to the squad to see it last tuesday's comfortable home win and the score is just come up the off time is still. well in the meantime the pressure is also on also manager also invent his depleted side of travel to naisi in northeast italy after a one zero win at the emirates in the first leg the gunners all without ridgefield a samir nasri after after they've sold the twenty four year old to manchester city for forty one million dollars but they were just going through his imminent departure follows that's of skipper says fabregas to barcelona also wilshere hughes injured however will be able to sit in the dugout for the tie off to

a power in reaching the touchline ban last week wait to have suspended a further ban while an appeal will be heard on after the match on the fred. when is confident his side can reach the group stage for a fourteenth season in a row. because we want to qualify on. one. hand we replay all football. game we know to play. but you should both one playing. well in contrast using the easy have only reached the champions league group stage once and that was spidey years ago and although they finished fourth in syria on last season they have also lost key players notably when the lexus sanchez to barcelona but there be fancying their chances against arsenal you have failed to win their opening two games in the english premier league. all the other games this wednesday benfica hold a two away goal advantages they have twenty two thousand first leg draw but it's

interesting they can have not told task despite making a last sixteen last season they need to i would say is going one deficit against czech champions in two occasions. but he saw them go to austria they still grasp they want to drill one choose they are separate sides well went through to the group stage hardly to these were crack or three want to go three three two and i guess my new nick are also through after missing passes during three nil overall runners are also qualified despite losing two nil to swedish champions moment they scraped through all three of the to legs belgian champions gang graffiti on penalties to progress spanish side really out also say it's true after bouncing back from their first of defeat a side doesn't. cost money as they will undergo a medical this wednesday as he prepares to join russian premier league side n.j. that august own club have agreed to buy the cameron striker from into milan for a fee of thirty million dollars if the thirty year old is past fit he is set to

sign a three year contract and usually arrive in russia on thursday to meet his team mates well going to brazil legends about the carlos and. someone should call from chelsea that you could even play well stuff on saturday the african star has been offered around a quarter of a million dollars a week which would make him one of the world's highest paid players i'm just so for sports by billionaires who live and carry him off in january and at that time the local tycoon said he was prepared to do what was necessary to make the club a force in football analogy a car the fools in the russian premier league. the want to stop the transfer ban gee you have a pretty limitless funds another russian top flight side is about to go bankrupt that's the time plane they can't even afford the trip to kenya so that's off next month which means saturday's home game against could be their last in the premier league after losing four games in a row their bosses according to sponsors to step in as the players have been injured almost three months without pay. while overtaking

manchester city have just completed the signing of midfielder samir nasri from moscow the twenty four year old sons playmaker has penned a four year deal which was worth a reported forty million dollars nasri joins the likes of spain the silver dollar genius so here i was up front at the cash rich club is awesome of self acceptance dom and feel that in this many weeks of the past excess probably gets the boss alone or last tuesday. huddle said the paper was spraying left winger juan mata to chelsea in a five year deal the twenty three year old has taken part in his first training session with the blues city public and is available for subspace gave time to knowledge. now spain maybe the reigning world and european champions but they're no longer the number one football team in the world according to the latest rankings that on the now goes to the netherlands for the first time but that show ended spain's a thirteen month spell at number one off the spanish loss to easily in

a friendly in the netherlands game against england was trying to sort of fabio capello's men july's two places to number four germany a third in the table. just based on results of the last four years copper america success means that up to fifty with brazil dropping to six italy portugal argentina and croatia compete that's all russia has left five places to thirteen the dutch are only the seventh nation to hold top spots like argentina brazil france germany and italy. they might just pause red bull are leading the way in formula one and they have also paved the way to what will be the circuit of the americas next year consultants and former driver david coulthard got back behind the wheel to test out what is a dirt track in texas and in just under fifteen months it will debut on the f one calendar circuit in the state capital of austin is set to host the last one race of the twenty twelve season and it's hoped this will raise the profile of the hoped in sport in america. now to

a sport that has been played for thousands of years polo over the last century it all but faded out completely in russia but now it's being revived with help from sports historic powerhouse argentina but other young reports. horses count among the most trusted friends of mankind in wildlife but this is why paulo is one of the most anshan koku 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 mode 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 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. and the most cool polo club which was established in two thousand and six by alex thier 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. 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 with the price it will be from eight to

ten thousand dollars sale argentina and up to five hundred thousand dollars it's emotions and human resources are always a crucial factor in this respect pull in russia has a competitive advantage the traversal brothers to grandmasters from the sport's powerhouse argentina these time around glamorous russian fans of this elite sports have got enoch 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 a hundred left his team beluga to victory. however there is still a lot to do to make russian pull competitive in the international arena is a low now because it's new it's a new sport here and we need a lot of work. and we need. people who have to know what is bordeaux because.

doesn't know what is. but i think he's improving. with it but we should 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 top ball a book titian or me how you were a dunk being the best proof of it. for the first the better you treat your whole system 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 faves the fastest way to success. robert byrd unknown r.c. mosco region. and that's all this will this policy again in just under two hours with the updates the weather and news headlines next.

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to us with the poem engine failure causes russia's unmanned cargo spacecraft progress to crash in the remote east so the impact was felt a hundred kilometers away. from the celebration mixed with far cry from explosions in the gulf the streets of tripoli as nato rushes to secure ball stockpiles of chemical weapons amid a collapse of security in the capital. and the leader of libya's rebel government meets european leaders to hold his country's oil riches to the winning bidder is going to give the. north korea is ready to hold a nuclear test some six party talks resume so says the country's elusive leader in a rare trip to russia. and iran fall from lawsuit against russia and refusal to supply s. three hundred missiles all saying they don't fall under a u.n. resolution preventing weapons in her system.