these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations through the day. tonight when the words and actions told match top u.s. officials say the pentagon is considering military options on syria despite president obama's dismissal of unilateralists rights. exporting revolutionaries libby is accused of running good religious training camps for foreign militants as nato comes under fire at the un for refusing to investigate civilian deaths during its air raids against gadhafi and. a member of parliament might go into the bar and have a few drinks instead of having dinner and by one or two o'clock in the morning they thought it was a good idea to go into the house of commons and try to take part in the debate.

it was drunk democracy m.p.'s come under fire for breaking too much but other geisha is that important votes are being cast while under the influence. but from moscow at nine pm you're watching r.t. with me kevin oh in a warm welcome to your top story the top u.s. defense officials have admitted that president obama asked the pentagon to set military options on syria but defense secretary leon panetta and army general martin dempsey said a no fly zone similar to libya's would be a challenge perhaps because of the syrian army's higher competence and military capabilities u.s. lawmakers are also trying to push through a fresh bunch of financial sanctions against syria and a calling for president assad to be referred to the war crimes tribunal but experts

inside syria believe the more foreign powers intervene the more violent the crisis becomes as artie's mir for national discovers in damascus. as the syrian conflict stretches down sometimes it has also spread geographically. i case of the uprising i felt far from the country's borders what's happening in syria is heartbreaking. rages and what you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst dr salinas says one thing is clear though it's certainly gone far beyond the words of sympathy and according to those on the ground in syria that mobilisation has many more forms than officially stated. during the operation in baba amr the syrian army arrested fighters from both countries in afghanistan iraq libya and some european states their work was coordinated by kotori and saudi intelligence officers as well as cia mossad and blackwater agents but it's also seized israeli weapons especially in taking

missiles and israeli drones the us defense contractor formally known as blackwater and now called academy was notorious for his heavy handed tactics during operations in iraq and pakistan while the us and many other countries have admitted al qaeda linked extremists groups fighting alongside beyond a position in syria dr salinas says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests and. to get local players involved in order to hide their involvement this is why we hear mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iraq and these countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask for us they're pushing it in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail decades ago and had a coach never blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for an important and serious crisis since last year she says this is the story every three

main chapters often smuggled across the border overseas contractors and foreign cash. when you see a lot of money in syria then you will be i believe that this is comparable to what happened in the civil war in lebanon there were plenty of money then you will find that the governor talked about hundreds of dollars or something nobody would kill him so. now you would see now this is the big worry here in syria with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition getting louder even for those at the grassroots for the uprising the initial euphoria is turning. i can say we regret what we did but we didn't want things to go back or look it turned so much militarized globalized and violent we never wanted and don't want intervention now but fear is

our atlas he says that it could be too late to stop this all the fire and flames of conflict raif an option r t damascus syria reports the pentagon's readying its forces come after president obama said a unilateral a strike against syria would be a mistake it was opposing calls by veteran senator john mccain who is urging military action against assad's troops trends forecaster gerald celente says washington is not interested in diplomacy. when you hear war hawks like senators lindsey graham and john mccain calling for blogs away and again go back and play over and see the same scenario their heads come in and they say we have to be calm we need strong and we have to use the policy in the meanwhile they're building up the military conflict and you heard president obama say at the

height of the iranian incident with netanyahu that he said you know that at this time when there is not a lot of sympathy for ron and it's only now why syria is on the ropes we have to quiet it down a little bit gerald celente with the syrian conflict is also dominating talks at the u.n. security council where libya has been accused of training in preparing syrian militants discussions also touched on nato has probably come pain over libya last year during which more than one hundred civilians fell victim to alliance raids and since the organization is refusing to investigate his report was in new york with more on the meeting. new report that was quietly released by the united nations on friday that report was an investigation that found in part that nato has not sufficiently investigated the air raids that conducted on libya in two thousand and

eleven that killed at least sixty civilians and injured at least sixty five more people despite the findings of this two hundred twenty page report nato officials have refused so far to further investigate the fates how these or the casualties that this report was referring to another russian bastard to the united nations batali turk and also went on to say that water has not yet been established nearly or more than a year after a nato carried out its airstrikes to allegedly bring on more peace a peaceful and secure circumstance to libya this situation is still very dangerous i know that when i was going to tell you what we have expressed concern about gun control proliferation of libyan arms in the region however it is not just the workmen's that are going abroad we have received information that and libya with the support from their authorities there is a special training center for the syrian revolutionaries and the people are sent to

syria so it's hard believe government this is completely unacceptable according to all the will be useless this is really undermines the ability of the middle east we think that it isn't syria and therefore there is an issue as transporting the revolution now turning into transporting of terrorism in the aftermath of what happened in libya one year later the situation on the ground many critics say is not safe for by any means. head of libya's interim government meantime spread he was forced to bring powerful tribal leaders to heal after they declared autonomy for all rich region in the east the leader of the national transitional council went on to claim the pro good daffy infiltrators would behind the move to paraphrase from the online world affairs magazine spike says he only sees apocryphally he almost couldn't make and sell them a stuff. now the head of the national transitional council there

a former gadhafi clearly himself the minister of justice under gadhafi is now threatening to use force against you know the kind of the eastern region. and about its head because they decided to act autonomously i think that's very worrying you know one this is an unelected representative saying this until you know how can you justify this you know how can he actually say many better than gadhafi if i'm going to use brutal force apply i'm going to use coercion to try and keep my country together so it meets with my will which is not the will of the people because i haven't been voted it staggering i mean really here it's the hypocrisy there is just there for everyone to see and that's why very sadly with seeing pockets of libya practically just splinter off into sixty states and go back to you know they would go back to the kind of tribal divisions that they had before libya was kind of unified as a state in the fifty's. calling on the situation in libya sarah marusek root based

research of the serac you should reverse the says that what's happening in libya right now is what caused that intervention in the first place. the country is in chaos right now it's heartbreaking and outrageous as president obama said about the situation in syria know the situation in libya is about the way we hear about militias torturing people who are suspected of supporting qaddafi in the past and there is a hideous story today about someone's thinkers getting cut off because he was horsewhipped on a hand repeatedly over and over again until his fingers were severed these are crimes against humanity that are happening in libya and there is no outcry by the international community the same international community that called for a no fly zone in libya to save civilians to save people's lives so really it's a very dangerous situation we don't know who has what capacity right now to attack other people and other tribes and so it's very difficult political solution is

required for this certainly not a military one and still ahead through the program you showed looms in libya to the women's rights rallies mobilizes nationwide is live music really does desperate for support of the powerful islamic factions could report. also nuclear talks to for a fresh while barack obama hopes they will drown out his saber rattling sell it is israel still poised to strike. representing the british people of parliament could be first to work and it seems some employees rejoice the perks of the commons a bit too much with a late night brawl just one of a number of alcohol induced episodes i love the correspondent laura smith looks at why the word is more likely to be heard in a bar but in the chamber. yes raucous behavior by members of parliament now not an uncommon sight on our t.v.'s ever since the late eighty's when cameras were allowed inside but are they drug on power all simply

drunk you have heard about the stories of employees that you can physically carried through those interviews which. would have hardly any other. job where you could get that drunk work and not the sacks thirteen year parliamentary veteran lembit pick has seen the seedier underbelly of life in the house of commons where m.p.'s have been known to vote on matters of national and international importance under the influence of a member of parliament might go into the bar and have a few drinks instead of having dinner by one or two o'clock in the morning they thought it was a good idea to go into the house of commons and try and take part in the debate i assume that at least one time it was very funny but i'm not sure quite how professional it was here in the parliamentary state there are nine separate bars for the use of the people who work here and they guessed there is no tourists among them it's a strangers far away and he's from rival parties awful clash so much drunken

revelry goes on there that it's used to be a little arrow nailed about fifteen centimeters from the floor which indicated the exits to those who were crawling out on their hands and knees outside the rarefied atmosphere of westminster in towns and cities around the u.k. binge drinking is a huge problem inside it seems is no different last year's sero williston m.p. and he said some parliamentarians are too drunk to stand up in debates and have no idea what they're voting for tory m.p. mark reckless admits he was too drunk to vote on the two thousand and ten budget and insists he doesn't remember pulling over and m.p. . paul farrelly admitted wrestling a nice paper salad near a parliament bar although he maintains he wasn't drunk most recently m.p. eric joyce has been charged with assault following a late night punch up in

a parliament bar and all that boozing is subsidized by the taxpayer and the subs he works out of my browser bounced around three am it's it's more careful about speaking good for a spoken judge if you're a member of the public or seven pounds it will be watched probably be subsidising the nitrogen budget m.p.'s defend the culture as part of the job high pressure long stretches away from home the hours along people spend a lot of time together and the building is old fashioned that doesn't mean you have to drink a lot but i guess that was part of the club out was fear and there probably still is i will if we sneeze the taxpayer wondering whether this is an appeal for calm or atrix requests norris may party and. i. in a few minutes saw this channel the hackers bite but they're not on this movement takes out the website of an internet security giant community service of being

trailed by one of its of. next though. iran is warning that any talks on its nuclear program will fail if the west continues to hit it with sanctions world leaders have agreed to restart international because the oceans which have stalled for over a year now as well as the talks to rand's agreeing to let you inspectors inside a military facility at parchin of suspected of atomic weapons work in efforts to prove its nuclear programs peaceful u.s. president barack obama says he hopes the new talks will help silence washington's hawkish voices the worrying reports from an ex israeli intelligence officer the tel of the world's reliance the presidency for much longer let's get some more analysis on this and should we. talk now to resit rashid director of research at the national iranian american council reza thanks so much for being with us and how likely are these new talks to succeed in your opinion first of all we've kind of been here before but is something different about them this time around. you know that we have been here before but there is probably two things that are very

different one we haven't seen the situation between iran and the international community be at such a fever pitch we've never been so close to the precipice of war as we are now and i think that's focused the attention of decision makers not only in washington teheran but throughout the international community on and investing in a process of sustainable she actions and letting all parties know they need to compromise rather than exchanging ultimatums so we have a few weeks before the talks commence and to be a lot of back room politicking trying to figure out how we can find constructive solutions towards peace and and hopefully all parties involved including the israelis but not limited to what will invest in that process rather than more destructive process of economic rather talks off and cause them to not be a success you mentioned israel there for now it seems to have accepted these talks as a solution but only with the promise that the u.s. will use force if all else fails is there anything that can make television for a military solution i think unequivocal statements from the president of the united states some of which we've seen over the last forty eight to seventy two hours

really the only thing because the israeli government far back and not issued threats of military action you know the israeli population has been recently polled in and of course sixty percent are not in favor of a military strike on iran if the united states is not supportive or it's not done with the united states and that's significant leverage for barack obama and perhaps that's one of many reasons why he's come out in recent days and push back against the voices calling for not only our amongst israelis but also within his own congress we're hearing that experts within the. intelligence is suggesting that iran is cleaning up traces of new building at the plant before letting the inspectors in how credible or not intelligence you think. well so far there have been reports that have been leaked by unnamed diplomatic sources and you know it is a cause for concern no doubt but it was a cause for concern before these leaked reports at the newspapers i think more importantly we need to

a confirm these reports and be focused on how to get iran to come clean and prevent any future conflict from from moving forward in the future and the best way to do that is to engage in a diplomatic process that lets the iranians know two things one they won't be punished for things previously committed otherwise they have no reason to come clean and to let the iranians know that this must be discussed but it can be discussed on the back end after the more pressing concerns of the more pressing issues that have caused us to get to the precipice of war a result. while all this is going on it's such a big melting pot isn't it neighboring syria seems to be iran's only regional partner now with damascus facing harsh international pressure is that in turn the pressure redoubled on saran as well i think you know iran doesn't have a lot of friends or really any friends you know community business relationships and one of its strongest is syria and you know to the degree that syria remains unstable and a political solution is not found then you know this is going to turn into a geo political battle that's going to be used for leverage both by iran and the

international community because they're not exactly on the same page when it comes to the syria issue so it can be a cause for further destabilization and other issues relating to iran including the nuclear program but i'm told both sides realize that a political solution is necessary and you know further militarizing the situation in syria is actually in nobody's interest and i don't think we're going to reach any kind of solution in the secret big signals from a president of only comes to syria to the us the president to evaluate military options towards the crisis now does that fit in with his earlier statement that any unilateral military action in syria would be a mistake they don't. sure it's a great question because a bit of political posturing from the president we literally here in the united states have military plans for almost any scenario that you can conceive of so him saying that he's been military to drop those plans it's something that's already been done and it's something that continuously revived not just on syria but a host of issues facing the united states and its security concerns so politicking

than anything and you know just like our generals and our intelligence officials have come out recently said at the podium very publicly that the likelihood of a military solution to this conflict is very low and that's why they're trying to figure out what what's the possible political solution to stop the killing stop the violence on all sides certainly sir a lot of second thoughts maybe a bird imposing a no fly zone over syria u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledging that the syrian army is far more capable than libya's was we saw the no fly zone imposed over libya and that it be much more of a challenge why is that the case is it because syria is far more advanced when it comes to that kind of thing and if that is the case what other military alternatives might consider in syria. i think i think it's more difficult in syria for two reasons one you know syria has biological and chemical weapons the extent of which is not entirely clear but it's known that they have them and there's a serious concern that further destabilizing the situation could lead to the kind

of situation where those things might be factored into play and that's not a risk that the international community particularly the united states really wants to engage upon at least not now and you know the other thing that's probably of paramount concern to the united states is there's no guarantee that a military option will provide a military solution there really is no military solution to this so they're trying to avoid it at all costs because it's going to cause the international community to get bogged down in no fly zone isn't a solution it's an interim step to try to utilize leverage needs of you the assad regime so i think the obama administration is smart in focusing on the political solution over the military solution at least right now reza thanks to be with us reza russia the director of research the national rate american council joining us from washington d.c. thank you. head toward website r.t. dot com to stay abreast of all our top stories you can find plenty of ball reports another great videos there as well got these stories lined up for you amongst the many tonight a very different kind of challenge for the russian army it's the military's new

high tech air drop church you're looking out there designed to give a heaven sent parole boost for soldiers. this is the women's day celebrations hit full throttle in russia the country's formula one team of point a spanish female racer is there for the twenty twelve seats. but the tour is how could group anonymous has taken down several websites belonging to internet defense company panda security firms best known for its widely used antivirus software those big seems retaliation over the arrests of hackers from another group sec whose alleged ringleader turned informant for the f.b.i. a twenty eight year old man had been working with the u.s. government is arrested last summer the group's nov occurring of several high

profile attacks such as breaching defense systems of the websites belonging to the cia fox news and so many but i spoke to a political commentator who told me of arresting hackers bloops achieve anything he thinks anonymous is a group that genuinely sees itself involved in a kind of cyber war where they play the part of self-appointed protectors of internet liberty of course it's worth bearing in mind that the most this group actually managed to achieve is shutting down master card for a couple of hours so this kind of jittery response on behalf of western governments is really an embarrassment it really does show that this is a set of governments that completely run out of ideas and the only real response they can come up with is using the law in this kind of all for a terry and wait. which in the end of the day is completely pointless it's not going to prevent these ideas from spreading around i think there is a legitimate question to be asked about how the law needs to get involved if it's all in these situations but the point is that the moment anonymous and you know the

rest are taking place just represent a kind of hysterical response there's no sort of there's no broader project behind what the western governments are doing in this situation it's kind of a knee jerk reaction with absolutely no content whatsoever. around the world now thousands of taiwanese farmers have staged a protest in the country's capital against government plans to import u.s. beef contending a growth drug the newly reelected president margene goal has said that he wants to strengthen ties america's resolve the dispute which is stalled trade talks taiwan currently has a ban on u.s. beef containing traces of a controversial attitude which washington says is safe. floodwaters in southeastern australia have left thousands of people displaced with river levels continuing to rise tonight in new south wales several towns have been completely inundated with water with some being declared disasters a further south in victoria over six hundred homes are at risk of flooding surging water threatens to breach makeshift levees. that's one of our top stories now the

situation in libya as the state struggles to return to normality in other conflicts taking shape across the country this time a battle of wills is well underway between an increasingly theocratic government and a freshly reborn women's rights movement and his example it has got this report. it was a very special way to celebrate international women's day amal a university professor from gazi and two of her sisters were cleaning toilets in a building operated by believe this national transitional council of and then there was i am proud to have been actively involved in the revolutionary movement from the very beginning after forty two years of gadhafi regime i just couldn't stand it anymore i want to be part of that i'm open to any work i can count on the streets or the buildings i just want to be around people who are still early days who believe been revolution before the nato intervention and women were every bit as enthusiastic about their gear for liberation as there has been so brothers they

volunteered in the kitchens of hospitals they took to this treats and social media sites they stood by the cause doing work the man wouldn't. but how did the levy end women's union says the arab spring was the single most important step toward gender equality in this largely patriarchal society women how they were volution and they were pollution how there were several women in the new government now and we need to hold on to these achievements we can give them back. this conference and violence against women attracted hundreds of delegates from across libya one of the issues discussed was whether housman forcing himself upon his wife constituted rape a few man who were present kept quiet and some even laughed and in session the topical even men are far more eager to discuss isn't the opposite side of the gender debate the country's interim leader brought to power by the revolution has already promised to legalize polygamy without the deserts the limited number of

wives to whom is again sure recently and it should be banned. the proposal is seen as an attempt to curry favor of it all powerful militia and to encourage down settle back into a peaceful life taking multiple wives takes a good income group expected to pay down to every bride's family and provide each woman with a comfortable lifestyle you have the rebel seemed undeterred. opinion about having not one wife but two or three i think this is right because sharia law says so but what seems to be giving most credence to polygamy initiative is not so much was for it but rather who was against it. despotic heard and saw as more margaret who was also a firm believer in the mancipation of women held polygamy and leveled the divorce playing field by giving women equal rights when they did the quality of play and

interviews that efforts to encourage women to continue working after childbirth. unlike in other arab countries lieberman has been under gadhafi were banned from restricting their wives an ability i see thousand and six more than a quarter of we've been women of work. so much so that susan who moved to tripoli from england dziedzic years ago after marrying a levy and says she never felt constrained here women's rights of change over the last twenty three years family situation of change they now encourage their daughters their wives to work to drive and to finish their education it is now her daughter's turn to get married and well susan firmly believes that her grown up little girl should be the one and only she asked us not to film her face just in case the groom's family doesn't like it. artsy tripoli. wedding to washington d.c. for the next ninety minutes or so cover the cards just ahead than an hour from now

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