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lavelle is it all about libya now when understanding the ongoing changes often violent in the arab middle east what makes yemen in syria different from what's going on in tripoli and is the arab spring with all its hope for change only worthy for some in this volatile region. can't seem. to cross talk protests in the arab world i'm joined by nineteen to heidi in london he's an associate fellow middle east and north africa program at chapman house also in london we go to in boston or mohammed who bought he's an opposition activist and a former advisor to yemeni prime ministers and in tel aviv we crossed the arc of lopping he's a journalist for the jerusalem post all right gentlemen this is cross talk and that means you can jump in anytime you want on that he might like to go to you first and go to the newest news here we still have members of nato really pushing very hard for some form of intervention that's left unsaid right now in syria here and i started out by the program and we all looking at these events now and like yemen and syria through the lens of libya is it a mistake to do that or

walk a match across town people about to remind you we're talking about the changing arab middle east. all right gentlemen let's i wanted to really talk a little bit more about libya and the president that libya is set for the region but an email you started out of democracy but for the region which i think is just as interesting go right ahead you want to make a comment before the break no it's just that it reminded me of what i told my doctor and my wife that i'll stop smoking going to diet and exercise but you know and. so i think this is clear. and it shows that the what is the key issue is means that this is the devil you know we've dealt with how we've dealt with russia has given us the ability so ok if you kills a few people it's ok if he supports terrorism but he folds it later it's ok if but but you know that's that i think is the key word in the long term interest of the west of the arab world even know. that there should be democracy in the region but they don't know it and they prefer the devil they know ok if i can go to unite and you know bring up another country here bu

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friends is it all about libya now with understanding the ongoing changes often violent in the arab middle east what makes yemen and syria different from what's going on in. but can they loan a show or you'll get the real headlines with none of them are saying now i can live in washington d.c. and i will take a look at the chances for this great recession to turn into another great depression and i will tell you how eight hundred he is buying up advocacy groups to support its gigantic merger with t. mobile usa but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has been covering on missing all the real stories. down i guide you gingrich used to be speaker of the house he caused a government shutdown back in the ninety's he cheated on a couple wives and then blamed his love for the country for his and develop he has also launched a new presidential bid which has been doomed to fail since day one i mean let's face it he doesn't have a shot nobody likes news and he's probably beaten every flip flop record in the book when it comes to saying stupid things than having a lot from back just hours

mostly all generations of the arabs, throughout the middle east think of it as truly with the new realityarab unity could arise. >> if you ask this question seven months ago, i would say, you know, you don't have to ask for it. it doesn't look good at all. but now i can say every reasonable suggestion, whether it's the arab common law, whether it is the arab common attempt at educational stats, if you tell me all of these now have become from the realm of unrealism to a new possible. i think -- let my add something about -- i think this is the moment where there is a new sector of the arab league that what i have allocated all of this time, even at the moments of arab depression is that there must be a function of civil societies in policymaking and now is the time for the arab league not to become something that we dismiss or marginalize as if it is -- this time the arab league as it has been functioning as the legal government, now it has to become the league of the arab people governments and civil societies. and in that respect, the arab league would be the first stage in realizing co

committee held a discussion on the political unrest in the arab robbery taking part in that discussion was the deputy administration for the middle east at the u.s. a eddy. >> i am delighted to be here moderating with what is sure to be a compelling and provocative discussion on the uprisings in the arab world. our distinguished beakers today bring arrange of perspectives on recent perspectives in the arab world. it will also generate dialogue with our guests in the on all -- audience about halfway through the session, and open it up to questions and answers about your viewpoint as well. a few minor notes. ralph nader is listed as being a member of our panel this afternoon but he is appearing at the grand banquet tomorrow night. he will be the keynote speaker. one of our guests will be joining us later this afternoon. so we will get started right now because we're running late. allow me to set the backdrop for our discussion this afternoon. clearly we are all for gear -- familiar with the arab world and the uprisings which have presented them with unique opportunity to of vance and realize their aspirations for equality, freedom of ex

it was used to organize a whole yogurt generation of arabs in the middle east, not talking about politics and reform, just the idea of getting together to talk about the economy. now the young people are communicating with each other and doing comedy. the arab spring, to me, is not geographic. we are eating it here to empower each other. the arabs bring is a different mentality now. the world is changing. it was amazing to see the young people their use its. young arabs are doing standup on their own. they are using facebook, twitter, and youtube to get their message out. it is more organic in the arab oral, stand-up comedy. >> you are not afraid of being overthrown? [laughter] thugs that wanty club me out. >> the second point we want to talk about is campaigning or coordinating. using social media to bring together different people to recruit, to organize, coordinate people to work for the same kind of goals. what are some of the features of social media that facilitate coordination, and do you have any examples of success stories? >> there is an interesting story a few months ago, right

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in the international community's approach to all these revolutions sweeping across the arab world in the middle east let's not forget that the nato went to war against libya because it fear that there would be a potential killing of innocent civilians in benghazi now we are witnessing an actual massacre taking place in syria and yet the incan international community has been rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its near neighbors and close friends include countries like iran and iran is said to have been playing a role in in the crackdown in syria now let's take a look at some other international news for you in brief. five people have been killed and four others wounded in yemen's main port city of ogden after a car packed with explosives was detonated at an army post no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack that came hours after tens of thousands gathered in the yemeni capital calling for president ali abdullah saleh to step down one hundred sixty seven have been killed since the uprising s

in the international community's approach to all these revolutions sweeping across the arab world in the middle east let's not forget that the nato went to war against libya because it fear that there would be a potential killing of innocent civilians in benghazi now we are witnessing an actual massacre taking place in syria and yet the international community has been rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its near neighbors and close friends include countries like iran and iran is said to her be playing a role in the crackdown in syria. more stories for you online of course in addition to what you see here on screen just go to our website dot com has some of what we have for you to date should you log on russian surgeons give hope to thousands of patients around the world suffering from an irregular heartbeat by successfully carrying out a breakthrough surgery. in moscow international film festival is a full throttle running cultures and languages together on the silver screen on the ati dot com for the

i think just as we witness an arab uprising in the middle east we need american upper. is that we saw a hint of it in wisconsin in opposition to the right wing idiology being imposed by the state legislature governed by by conservatives and any right wing government government and we saw people standing up and and demanding more dignity and and the protection of their interests against the power of of that state and all over the country i see examples of it i just met yesterday with a wonderful woman donna smith who works for the california nurses association who are fighting for medicare for all she has given up she was on her way from new york to washington to take part in it public peaceful nonviolent protest against the health interests that are still trying to undermine the reform the health reform of last year there's a remarkable young man you should have on your show. twenty three years old from mississippi unemployed journalists who are year out of morehouse and has decided that that he can't just sit by and do four jobs trying to make ends meet he's out now or

arab-americans would like to do. we have an obligation toward mankind in the middle east. they misunderstand the religion and what democracy is all about. they misunderstand americans to be honest with you. i go to egypt and i see a lot of people saying my god, america is bad and so on and so forth. i think we have a huge task ahead of us. the usaid and the united states government were sponsoring a regime of mubarak for many years through his government to reach the people. i think it should be how can we reach the people without having the government in the middle to take bribery and commission? >> that is right. [applause] first of all on the question of elections, the u.s. government and usaid is absolutely committed to partnering with the people of egypt and the government of egypt to nurture and create artistic vittori systems to enable the people of egypt to transform their lives in a democratic and modern way, and so there are dialogues going on and we are working together to do that. as to the specific idea you have, we would be pleased to talk about it afterward

just briefly you know i've talked a lot about the libyan conflict and of course the arab spring throughout the middle east why is it though from a journalist point of view do you think that libya's getting more media attention like yemen and syria at the moment with regard to yemen it was quite amazing our international networks didn't focus on the fact that the president himself had been injured i mean that's a big story and i think what's happening in yemen will certainly figure much much more greatly with saying al qaeda taking over a town wasn't really news presence i was deliberately allowing that things are interesting there as for syria there's no way russia will try to which action any attack on syria and it being such a beacon when it comes to the middle east against the nuclear power of israel makes it a particularly difficult flashpoint for the west so i don't think they'll be any attack on syria soon live from london journalist and author afshin rattansi thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. . well know or let's go to washington d.c. where we understand that people don't see the

and pressure and forth and force used in revolt across a financially tearing europe the arab spring in the middle east and the continually hushed jasmine revolution in china make you have to ask is north korea next they might think so because though kim jong il is incredibly busy looking at things and trying out new lifts for a sous sometimes he finds time to issue important mandates to his dear subjects the dear leader has decided that all universities in the country will close until next april that's right because many overlords and yang are declaring the countries on the verge of achieving its goal of becoming a great and powerful nation by two thousand and twelve oh boy of course all kid needs a strong hand sell finish up some construction projects and a few able bodies in the factories after all north korea can't suffer a pesky student revolution without students right well we'll see how that effort goes alright and in orlando florida the group food not bombs which is working to raise awareness of how we have a gross misallocation of resources although they might not put it that way when it comes

in the international community's approach to all these revolutions sweeping across the arab world in the middle east let's not forget that the nato went to war against libya because fear that there would be a potential killing of innocent civilians in benghazi now we are witnessing an actual massacre taking place in syria and yet the incan international community has been rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its new neighbors and close friends include countries like iran and iran is said to her be playing a role in. in the crackdown in syria so sorry to interrupt just just to ask you then so therefore what you're saying is if assad does go he's the one who really is some effect holding the country together with regards to stability in the region but if he does go fit that regime does collapse it could lead to civil war and then was. well i think the international community the west and the obama administration in particular has an interest in maintaining. power is faced by a dilemma because americans int

more recently arab-americans have routinely been the target, unfortunatelyvr so, of animus, discrimination and have fought stereotypes because of events that take place in the middle east as well as on u.s. soil. the even when the events haveu. nothing to do with arab-americans. the community and its membersria fall under suspicion. no one will forget the aftermath of suspicion following the horrific events of 9/11 which wi still linger. so i pose a question to our distinguished panelists: how do the events in the middle east impact perceptions of arab-americans? we are here at the anti-discrimination committee, so this is a very pertinent question to be asking ourselves, and is the community doing enough to nurture the arab t awakening at home and abroad? how can we help? >> very good question. and the answers will cover a wide variety of interesting area. i am ashley ansara, i am board of director for the adc and also the president for recent si health -- regency health in orlando, florida, and i'mo delighted to be here, and thank you for inviting me. i never thought that the system in egypt would collapse when i am alive. i was very surprised. and took me by surpris

cross talk where peter lavelle's the guests to debate whether unrest in the arab world may bring democracy to the middle east or will it mean just chaos and more violence. it is. a low in welcome to cross talk on peter lavelle from spring to fall the uprisings in at least three arab states for fast becoming vicious civil wars is the arab awakening less about democracy promotion and more against a stifling status quo and police states and what are the chances the arab awakening will be hijacked by new strongman and dictate. in. the process not the uprisings in the arab world i'm joined by david price jones and florence he is senior editor of the national review and author of treason of the heart from thomas paine to kim philby in washington we have omar baddoor he is a political scientist and human rights activist and in austin we cross to alan cooperman he's an associate professor at the l.b.j. school of public affairs of the university of texas all right gentlemen this is cross talk and i mean cross talk rules in effect you can jump in anytime you want if i could go to david first in florence is the is the

blanket statement regarding the middle east we are in the middle of what has been a long time waiting of a try part civil war within the middle east and special the arab muslim community and the tri part civil war is between the theocrats the conservative religious folks like bin ladin and i am and i was a weary the aristocrats which were mainly secular as dictators like saddam hussein and would. barak and the other folks like this. and then the third part of the civil war which is young globalized liberal free free minded people that want to get done with the old ways of doing things they don't want dictatorship and they simply want to be free and their have equal rights among society people that are organizing online and something and then they spoke revel writes the facebook revelation revolution is is exactly what these young people are and this try parts of war is shaping up from morocco all the way to iran and what this really means is in terms of the united states have to be very careful here because one of the big nightmares that can take and we can if we stick our hands in the middle of it we will end up being the scapegoat if things don't go

arab world has been on the streets calling for more freedom. and according to the u.s. human rights organization, countries acro north africa and the middle easthave poor records of human rights. only three of the 16 arab countries -- in every other nation the basic rights are absent. the good rating is because of mohammad the sixth. he puts political and economic reform. the minorities have been given more rights. freedoms in tunisia have increased significantly since the overthrow of bin-ali. the death penalty has been abolished. huyman rights groups cnan work freely. in egypt the situation is more difficult. emergency rule remains place. amnesty international says violence is still used against protesters. egyptian woman played a part in this springs protests. but they were not consulted on constitutional reforms. in syria and lyibya, thousands have been killed. in bahrain the regime has taken back control. shia majority protests have been put down, violently. >> the former tunisian regime regularly rounded up democracy activists. most disappeared in jails. the most articulate activists were subject to torture and executn. since tunisia and

arab states. one interesting point is that for the first time in the history of the middle east, you're not hearing israel blamed for all the problems in the arab capitals. they are not turning around and the leaders are not able to say all their problems are because of the conflict not being solved. that is an interesting development. the situation in egypt is important for israel. there is the border between gaza and egypt. if the egyptians -- if the new egyptian government does not monitor that border, that is going to destabilize things in a serious way. i would say israelis are holding their breath as to the changes going on around them. they do not know about the regime in syria. would be a huge change with regards to hezbollah -- that would be a huge change. all eyes right now on these other conflicts and it is not clear how the dust will settle. host: this is a headline from times."the new york what role of a plane in the middle east -- what role are they playing in the middle east? guest: it has been extraordinary what qatar has done. al jazeera has played a role in the arab world. they ha

forces that were part of the arab uprising turned to a struggle. bbc news. >> also in the middle east, human rights activists say that 63 people have been shot dead by government forces during pro- democracy protests. state media said that three people were killed. in number of people were held after friday prayers were dedicated to the dozens of children that were killed in the uprising. >> a day of widespread protests and a day of violence. in towns and cities across the country, tens of thousands turned out after friday prayers. despite the threat of military action, children were prominent at events like this one. unicef says that around 30 children had been killed by so thick -- security forces since the uprising began. a 13-year-old boy from the south, activists say that he was tortured to death, he has emerged as the unofficial icon for the revolution. although this particular demonstration was peaceful, there were reports of violence elsewhere. and the site of a brutal crackdown for 1982, activists say that at least 34 people were killed when the military opened fired. the syr

they're doing all this to mark what is the anniversary of the arab defeat in the 1967 middle east war when israel's borders changed nap is when israel seized the golan heights. that's at the border in syria. also gaza from egypt seized the west bank from jordan. they are commemorating this event. now this is not the first or last time lately we have seen this. it was about a month ago similar protests took place. people were trying to cross the border, same type of scene. a number of people were kill then. that was to commemorate the anniversary of israel being founded back in the 1940s. a similar scene playing out right now. israel forces are trying to keep those people back but we do have a crew at the west bank. we will get to them live in just a moment. >>> also in yemen, huge crowds of people are there dancing, cheering and chanting in the streets. look at this. what they' are chanting here is "ali saleh" has escaped. he is no longer in charge or no longer in the country. transfer of power went to saleh's vice president. saleh is hospitalized in neighboring saudi arabia after a r

afghanistan, our work together with nato, the approach that we have taken with respect to the middle east. and the araborest countries find their place in the international economy. these are all going to be areas where i think angela's leadership will be welcomed. and will be critical for us to to be able to achieve a more peaceful and prosperous world that we want to see. she's not finished yet. she's got a lot more work to do. i know that sometimes she would not mind a couple of days off, but she will have to wait for that. >> well, i believe when you see me standing here before you today, and receiving this prestigious award, the medal of freedom. well perhaps this would be a moment one needs to look back to 1989 and german unification and what happened there. if you like germany entered into a new phase, we were all of a sudden a reunited country, with all the rights and also all obligations. if you think back to the beginning of the 1990's, we were struggling with a decision to enable us to send ships to take part in missions. if you compare this to where we are today, you see the road that we ha

imminent demise and fears of higher oil prices have abounded after the arab spring changed the political landscape in the middle east exposing deep divides among opec's twelve members. we have no choice but when iran thwarted saudi arabia's attempt to raise production quotas it became evident that the group was anything but united poised to assert its influence in the region rapidly changing due to popular uprisings and sectarian turmoil iran defied saudi arabia's proposal to change production policy that aim to add one point five million barrels of crude a day to the market venezuela libya and five other members chimed in blaming high oil prices on speculators if saudi arabia does go ahead raise your production you could really we could be looking at the end of opec right now but as the world braces for saudi arabia to act which it said it would analysts warn that higher crude prices could seriously threaten the well market already strained by a tighter supply from a bad old libya though the head of opec sought to assure that the market was flush with oil and there was no reason for concern. at this time no. we hav