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across the computor a house divided against itself the sunni shia conflict rages across the arab middle east and beyond is this sectarian division being used to topple regimes and redraw the map of the region and is the sunni shia conflict politicized by outside powers . and. cross-talk the sunni shia divide i'm joined by joshua landis and norman he is director of the center for middle east studies and associate professor of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma in dubai we have moved to jabber he is an expert with the center for middle east studies and public relations and in washington we cross to our resident nader he is a senior international policy analyst at the rand corporation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want josh if i can go to you but the security and difference here between the sunni and the shia have been around as long as islam itself virtually but how is it different in the arab spring and what events being played out in the region and we can't forget about iran. well it's become very politicized ever since th

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middle east. a fine student of arabic. much more. he gave me careful and cogent advice and council as we wrestled together with the many growing problems that even back then were en endemic to the country's work. i learned about benghazi, as the critical changes in libya began to unfold. his leadership there at a time of great importance and danger was a tribute to his courage and bravery. his skill and dedication as a diplomat. to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspirations for the future. many have commented since on chris's salient commitment to the people of benghazi. john thorn writing in the christian science monitor noted that when he passed in the street, the young men would call out, hello, chris. they knew his face. would laugh an

. >> how different is it outside of europe in the wider arab world, the middle east? >> they are more accepted outside of europe because europe is a shocking and islamic bloc because there's a need to find a european identity, especially now in the crisis. >> where do you see this going? do you see the creation of a broader european islamic bloc? >> islam house oe been adapted to its cultural surroundings and we can see european islam coming up in a lot of centers in europe. >> his specialist in the dialogue between the islamic world and the west, thank you. onto soccer now. dortmund with another victory under their belts helping the reigning champions close in on the league leaders. their season has been punctuated by ups and downs, but on sunday and, they notched up another important victory in their title defense. >> warring on from the touch line, the caretaker urging his to stay compact. breached by mario. still, he did not play. fearing relegation. moments later, sven scoring a deserved equalizer. in the second half, again with the breakthrough gift. and the eas

his diplomatic capacity, ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and middle easto his assignment. his exemplary gift for making person

his diplomatic capacity, ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and middle easto his assignment. his exemplary gift for making personal connections was invaluable as his role as specific representative and ambassador to one of the most complex and challenging regions of the world. therefore as we join in recognizing ambassador stevens am myself midst a sober outpouring of praise from his family, colleagues, fellow americans and the leaders of this nation, we remember

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about well if you look at international issues then well definitely the situation in the arab world the middle east and syria are one of the most he things which have been going on in the world this past year budget which is expected to comment on that and we have heard him say some strong critical words on some of the issues going on in this part of the world and the other issue is russia's relations ship with the united states which has and been exactly going through its easiest arms lately of all the controversial for markets character was passed by american lawmakers which basically gives the green light to sanction russian officials who are suspected of being. back to violation of human rights watch shark it is see by media officials here. the russians and russian lawmakers are clearly working on their proportionate to this by. working on a draft which would also give way for sanctioning american officials and there's also definitely still the issue of the washington square and so the aim to missile defense system leader of all of this is definitely not playing a positive role in developing th

results may arab spring uprisings in the middle east make many in israel feel the potentially hostile new democracies. i'd also still people in spain say the dignity is a state the poor become pensioners students and doctors in their thousands of protesting against government austerity across the country that's all to come after the break. in the middle of russia's no phone away from civilization in a three hour helicopter treat from the nearest village. they still don't family have been living handphone long time in tents and they don't bring dius canes. so if you can step. lodging runs in a signal and minutes they also grew up in the to draw but left it at the age of six and never returned they now live in the city in apartment building but still room and their regions. was planted here as a dancing teacher. was. next to his dancing as he tells the stories about his motherland. lives in europe to now has a one thousand strong reindeer had when the enemy only saw the light can and most around it is gathered tens and moved to another posture they travel hundreds of kilometers in winte

when you go look at the writing of the arab leaders, not israelis, not jewish, arab leaders in the middle east, they were afraid more than i speak to people in saudi arabia and egypt, in jordan. so for that matter we'll have to take action. if the u.s. will decide to sit idly by and to watch and pray and take action, israel will have to do it by itself. it will not be easy. the ability retaliation not only from iran. dopey missiles flying and from lebanon, from hezbollah. the hamas organization in casa will send hundred. if we choose today between the option of allowing iran to become nuclear to the option of fighting ourselves, i think it is a clear message what we will do. i'm a question if we do it with the u.s. or without the u.s. assault over asking today. one of the main points of my book that i know many people here are informed about the middle east initiative a two state solution. for the last 20 years, we hear about a two state solution. you must finish the conflict and their resolution will be a palestinian state in judea and somalia and jerusalem. president obama adopted this appro

dance from a restive middle east and arab world to europe's money roller coaster and the russian public getting it to be vocal they sum up the major events that shaped the twenty twelve. year with r t world news and much more twenty four hours a day. trying to pull the u.s. back from the brink of the fiscal cliff couldn't get much closer to the one that in a few hours americans will be hit hard by billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts which will automatically come into effect on tuesday but republicans and democrats just can't agree on how to avert it and time is rapidly running out well here's our washington correspondent. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when they failed to agree on a budget that would help the country reduce its deficit and its you monger's debt and what they did was what they usually do they put off those important decisions until a certain deadline that deadline is now so they came up with this scary word cliff to create lots of drama around which would be the ordinary maybe somewhat boring working process of any congress or parliament th

from the rest of the middle east and arab world to europe's money roller coaster the russian public getting more politically vocal and we sum up the major events that shaped twenty twelve. well it's a pleasure to have you with us here on new year's eve here in the russian capital the big show planned for you as we count down the last two hours of twenty twelve. thank you for joining us. now trying to pull the u.s. back from the brink of the fiscal cliff it couldn't get much closer to the wire at this point in just a few hours americans will be hit hard by billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts which will automatically come into effect on tuesday the republicans and democrats are now in a last minute effort to avert it this time rapidly runs out how washington correspondent guy nature can filed this report. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when they failed to agree on a budget that would help the country reduce its deficit and its you monger's debt and what they did was what they usually do they put off those important decisions until a certain deadline that deadlin

and now he is the truth teller in an entirely new career, it seems to me, an issue in the middle east, the arab israeli problem, telling the truth where the truth is very rarely to be found or not -- twisted, and i would say, speaking of classics, gives a plug to i think the first book he did, maybe not the first book, called "undo process," which is a classic of washington, i think, no one should go to washington without reading that book. [laughter] max boot, in the times when laws and rules and principles of strategy seem to be overwhelmed or out of date, he's become thee authoritative voice on military affairs always with amazing, consistent, unquestioned integrity, which is also kind of a rarity in the field which is marked often by to littization, and we are looking forward to more work. jay, who i just met a moment ago, i think we all here realize that serious thought an international affairs requires the widest range of reference that you can't just focus on one corner of the strategic realm, and you see his name, the authors line, you know you're about to get something with tremendous

and this book is, of course, not about the arabs who comprise the largest culture in the middle east. the arab states are responsible for their own substantial shortcomings on the peace front but also for a legacy of hatred and incitement against israel that has to be dealt with in advance. it must be said the arab leaders have shown a deep hostility to the idea of jewish nationhood, and unlike their forebearers, they have shown little empathy for people devastated by annihilation and holocaust in europe. so this book is about israel's political culture. and it's most pointedly a biography of a modern sparta, the story of a military society and a powerful defense establishment, a ruling elite who have found it very difficult over the decades to engage in the processes of peace and who have enter a warrior kind of ethos that overpowers every other institution in national life. the ruling elite in israel is not a large class. there have been only ten prime ministers since david men giewr onif you do the double counting, and so it is possible to introduce them as characters in a group bi

aggressive settlement policy has left it isolated on the world stage the arab spring has lavish short of fran's in the middle east surrounded now by a less than welcoming islamist governments some israelis remember fondly when despots ruled the region artie's policy or reports. there's a storm brewing in the middle east and it's leaving a chill in the hearts of most israelis say what you might about the arab spring it poses an obvious problem for tel aviv they mean and so we've seen just a few weeks ago. plenty of missiles falling on israel form a radical. i dream and we see. already the beginning of maybe a attrition war in the golan heights we see plenty of the angels in the mediterranean sea israel's backyard has become a lot more dangerous in the last two years weapons from libya are leaking across borders and landing in the hands of unknown militant groups the trouble ahead is symbolized by the muslim brotherhood sweep to power in egypt from this rally in june and ominous promise by the movement to make sure i'm not crying for the capital at a minimum what will see is the free flow of weapons money and suppl

there's a storm brewing in the middle east and it's leaving a chill in the hearts of most israelis say what you might about the arab spring it poses an obvious problem for television zaman and so we've seen just a few weeks ago. plenty of missiles falling when israel form a radical. i dream and we see. already the beginning of maybe a christian war in the golan heights we see plenty of the angels in the mediterranean sea israel's backyard has become a lot more dangerous in the last two years weapons from libya are leaking across borders and landing in the hands of unknown militant groups the trouble ahead is symbolized by the muslim brotherhood sweep to power in egypt from this rally in june an ominous promise by the movement to make to slim and not climb over the capital at a minimum what we'll see is the free flow of weapons money and supplies from egypt into the gaza strip we will see egyptian volunteers going into the gaza strip to fight that's the minimum moving up from there the possibility of egypt israel war is by no means impossible but it was democracy that both the muslim brotherhood to power and our dea

arab countries. foreign ministers from countries in the middle east also visited gaza to express their backing for hamas. this was a major diplomatic achievement for the organization. the israeli military conducted air raids on the buildings that housed its affiliated tv and radio stations. those attacks show that israel was aware that the information war is as important as rocket attacks. the israeli forces boast that their capability is far too powerful for hamas. but during the recent fighting, they were forced to take steps to show the international community they were doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties. the military uploaded nearly 50 videos of its air strikes to show that it was using precision-guided missiles and only targeting hamas facilities. it even released radio communications between pilots. >> reporter: an israeli military spokesperson says social media now are a major battleground. >> social media is like another war zone for us. you can reach new audiences, audiences that live only on the internet. for us to get the message out, the pictures out, the footage out with

arab countries. foreign ministers from countries in the middle east also visited gaza to express their backing for hamas. this was a major diplomatic achievement for the organization. the israeli military conducted air raids on the buildings that housed its affiliated tv and radio stations. those attacks show that israel was aware that the information war is as important as rocket attacks. the israeli forces boast that their capability is far too powerful for hamas. but during the recent fighting, they are forced to take steps to show the international community they were doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties. the military uploaded nearly 50 videos of its air strikes to show that it was using precision-guided missiles and only targeting hamas facilities. it even released radio communications between pilots. >> reporter: an israeli military spokesperson says social media now are a major battleground. >> social media is like another war zone for us. you can reach new audiences, audiences that live only on the internet. for us to get the message out, the pictures out, the footage out witho

many arab regimes were then -- there was tremendous political upheaval in the middle east. there were coups every week. many were like the baathist in syria and iraq were pro-soviet. it became natural for the soviets to support these regimes. >> we only have a couple of minutes left. i want to get to the end of all this. in the end, what, a half million arabs that had troops involved in all this? how many died? >> about between 15,000 and 20,000 egyptians died. several thousand jordanians. thousand some couple hundred syrians. the syrians were the least scathed in the conflict. they were the principal factor for precipitating the war. they stayed out of it until moshe dayan decided to take the golan heights as well. >> how many planes lost? >> 20% of the israeli air force lost. in spite of this tremendous victory, israel paid a very heavy price. many planes lost. >> when this war was over in six days, why do you say, again, this is such an important war and it still resonates today? >> well, as i said earlier, because the map had changed, all right. first of all, you had a

middle east be told language to go. home programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's hot spots seventy yard p. interviews intriguing stories for you. when trying. to find out more visit or a big t.v. dog called. if you're just joining us a very warm welcome aarti live here in moscow the news continues now thousands of people have hit spain's streets to protest against the government's ever growing a sturdy people are outraged by cuts to the health care education and pensions with anger also directed at changes to labor laws the protests across fifty five spanish cities were called by unions and social groups the prime minister defended the tough measures saying twenty twelve will be remembered as the year in which the foundations for the country's recovery will eight hundred keeps insisting it doesn't need a sovereign bailout despite its deep recession but economist says the mistakes made by the country's government could ultimately cost part of its territory. i. like the one you like the one i love which is. germany. but it will take a lot

. >>> let's not forget foreign policy in the middle east. the arabpring continues to unfold in complicated and sometimes dangerous ways. syria essentially in a state of civil war. the muslim brotherhood has essentially taken power in egypt and also running the country along with the military. egypt is country in the balance. not clear whether they will be friend orono. and many segments on what happened in benghazi and libya and tragic story that led to susan rice missing her opportunity to be secretary of state and still republicans driving hard to get answers. last one for me greta and then i will stop talking. the fiscal cliff happening right now. what kind of government should we have and what sort of taxes and spending and who should pay what and end the year with a story about everything that touching scenion do with government that we have been arguing about since the start of the election. >> greta: let's have some fun stuff. linn sanity. >> i particularly enjoyed linn sanity. a wonderful story because he was a guy who came from out of no whe

middle east conflict. what is the main reason for the arab spring? hosni mubarak lost power in egypt? it is not palestinians or israel. it is poverty and misery. the same with mahmound abbas. why he lost elections in 2006? why did he lose control in the gaza strip? poverty and misery and he failed over to hand over his economic problems. a very corrupted in ministration. he is not able to deliver the goods to the palestinians. it is their problem. it is their choice. he postponed for two and a half years the president took elections and the parliament elections. now we understand why. >> conceding the point that the israeli-palestinian conflict may not be the central conflict of the entire region, don't you regard the issues with the palestinians as a central problem for israel and an issue that you need to find a solution to? >> course, we need some comprehensive solution with the palestinians. it depends first of all on the palestinians then they i think we made a lot of gestures of goodwill. i am a very bad guy and will have a very radical governments. for example, the previous gov

historic interest in stability in the middle east and freedom everywhere requires us to stay engaged and engage more in the middle east. in those countries in the arab world that have elected new leaders that were worried about do everything we can through diplomacy and economic assistance to move them in the right direction toward most of all to convince them to keep holding democratic elections. so the people can judge the work they do. >> a lot of americans say to me we are sick and tired being the world's policeman. actually quite relieved we're pulling out of afghanistan. we did send troops into libya. not sending troops in to syria. it is not our problem. our problem is jobs and the economy. our lives here. >> america has to take sides in a great struggle for the heart and soul of islam and the mideast. to think that we can sit on the sidelines and not be affected by the outcome, i just point to 9/11. what do you do? you provide capacity to those who have the will to fight radicalism in their own backyard. sometimes it is building a school house. the ggest threat overtime is an educated population. when it comes to afghanistan, if we leave a s

that the war on terror is essentially over, that they have been defeated, the arabs bring is bringing democracy in the middle eastthat all of those points of view or wrong. the terrorist threat is still there. we are not dealing with it adequately. i think sadly my prediction would be there are more benghazi's out there as long as we hold the view that president obama expresses. gerri: i have to ask you about hillary clinton. you have been unfairly critical of her recently. she, of course, has been in my. :. we have not seen her for weeks. now we understand why. she had a blood clot that she is being treated for. tell me with that knowledge in retrospect, what do you make of her disappearance? do you feel like maybe you were to martian your criticism? >> my point from the beginning has been there is a real lack of transparency year. whether they were understating the health problem or overstating the of problem, we still don't know, and she has been out public view for three weeks. when you are contemplating a presidential run, and she is, i must say, it doesn't do any good for your credibility not to be open and

it is my view that two years into this transition in the middle east -- and i avoid calling it arab awakening or arab spring. it is too early to characterize it. we've only seen about four countries, senior leaderships' change. -- seen their leadership's change. how we actually change and adapt and become more nimble, both in terms of how we deal with political islam and all other actors, we need to figure out how to most judiciously engage and offer support to non islamist forces. if you look a the most recent election results in egypt, there is a desire and hundred. that includes islamist and non islamist political forces madr. we are not well poised. we do not have the capacity to deal with this. we can talk about this. this is where we have the strongest military in the world, unrivaled intelligence capabilities. we sometimes screw that up, as the case of benghazi demonstrates. the biggest policy question for us is how we become more nimble and understand the political trends in these societies. [applause] >> thank you, brian. bret, you are up. >> , am very honored to be here. i am partic

be made that all these kinds of videos almost impossible to verify are middle east correspondent paula slayer there the u.n. arab league special envoy to syria is urging the country to create a transitional government to resolve for a bloody civil war but he calls chime with russia which again underlined that the international community should stick to a peaceful solution the details from artie's peace can off. moscow on thursday has officially denied speculation that russia and the united states have been secretly working on a plan b. on the conflict in syria and has once again stressed that it's taking by the agreements reached last summer in geneva a peaceful transition of power involving the creation of a transitional government which could include all sides of the conflict syria's deputy foreign minister met with russia's chief diplomat in moscow on thursday behind closed doors very little details came out of it but there is speculation that they were discussing the a long awaited peace deal in the syrian conflict and it comes after international envoy on syria mr brahimi met with the syrian president on mo

the arab spring are far from over. >> in the middle east, talibani suffered a stroke and we're told he slipped in to a coma. president's medical team is stabilizing the condition. has not decided whether or not talabani will continue to be treated in baghdad or thrown to another country for treatment. >> the white house rejected boehner plan "b." what now? what is next for the fiscal cliff? we ask the panel after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums, sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 experience. crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good life. crest. life opens up when you do. >>> every time we get down to doing something for the long-term financial security of this country, they take that football. charlie brown episode, they jerk the ball away. >> it would be better for country. but at this point, h