nato operations in libya will end this month but there are columnists and correspondent for the asia times thinks that the outlook for the country is bleak and sees comparisons between what happened in sirte with events in iraq seven years ago. at the end of two thousand and four. you know colbert two thousand and eleven what the marines did which was to destroy the north is to say that they need to did to see what kind of death it didn't do when people were saying oh he's going to a massacre in benghazi need to end it here and see the civil war in libya it's already off they will never set up a government because they're militias fighting against militias so what i predict is the wonder of the libyan resources nato running libya as a kind of protectorate but with governor hamid karzai. in. tripoli and civil war all over the place and remember you can log on to our website to find out all the latest news and analysis on libya and much more sites that are you can check out our cartoon gallery to get a fresh take on serious issues from an offbeat angle to be online exclusive section on that

the country is and he's now a r t tripoli but pepe escobar a columnist and correspondent for the asia times thinks see outlook for the country's bleak and sees comparisons between what i think insert events in iraq seven years ago. loser at the end of two thousand and four is seriously in oktober two thousand and eleven where demur which was took this straw in order to save it this year and see a need to be in to see what that it didn't do when people were saying oh he's going to war pork asian massacre in benghazi need to end it here and see the civil war in libya it's already our deal he never set up a government because they're militias fighting against militias so what i predict piers plunder of the libyan resources you need to really libya as a kind of protectorate puppet government how many kurds i style you know in. tripoli and civil war all over the place i remember you can log on to our website to find out all the latest news and analysis on libya and much more besides that you can't our cartoon gallery to get a fresh take on serious issues from offbeat angle on my exclusive sectio

over the place welcome to liberated libya poppy thanks so much for weighing in on death that was asia times correspondent pascal clarke well that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to our team dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at lives while the a lot of show is coming up next in thirty minutes. or you. might. be done.

organization the ugandan government has been fighting this guerrilla group for over two decades but asia times correspondent pepe escobar says america has far reaching plans for the region that have little to do with protecting civilians. first of all this is an exchange of gifts president obama is giving a gift to the dictator ople gunned down while seventy was being in power for twenty five to twenty six years and he's as responsible of up human rights and freedom as any effect at the acts on civilians and murders attacks on civilians as joseph coney so obama's senate is one hundred u.s. special forces billed as advisers so remember vietnam in one nine hundred sixty one sixty two it started with a bunch of advisers going to get him out and we know what history taught us later this is a civil war and it's and that make war once again the u.s. is right stepping right into the middle of an emetic war that's been going on for over two decades but the bigger picture is even more impressive because this is not about again they sell and even obama at made it on the record already that these adviser

captured thousands have been a fleeing the violence but they have been many civilians casualties asia times correspondent have asked have often leads that in focusing on the battle the mainstream media is ignoring the hype calls the only coverage that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the advances of this so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a resolution this is a civil war which was adopted by the nato powers in the us so in terms of its decision population search is a city big there are more than a hundred thousand of an insert six if ten dollars in all that's not twenty dollars and there's still most of the civilian population still there they were bombed by nato nato bomb at least half of the city including what they said was scattering installations all across town this is the cluster vol the r two p. responsibility to protect league schwartz theoretically the reason for nato is clear many cherry an intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked by two other official sources are to be a plus but if the bad guys are ensconced and serio

the country and other parts of central africa for decades its leader is wanted for war crimes but asia times correspondent pepe escobar thinks the u.s. agenda in africa already goes beyond protecting civilians. sure stovall this is an exchange of gifts president obama is giving a gift to the dictator ople gun civilly it will be in power for twenty five thirty six years and he's as responsible. human rights in sri simmons any effect at tax on civilians and murders attacks on civilians as joseph colney so obama is seen in these one hundred u.s. special forces billed as advisors so remember vietnam in one nine hundred sixty one sixty two it started with a bunch of advisers going to vietnam didn't really know what is very top asli this is a civil war and it's a matter of nick war once again the us is right stepping right into the middle of a net the war that's me going on for over two decades bigger pictures even more impressive because this is not about to get a late sell and even obama it needed on the record already that these advisers are going to south sudan and the democratic republic of c

shedding elections so to discuss the situation there and more generally in libya let's talk now to the asia times correspondent pepe escobar a very good evening to you thanks for being on r.t. international good if you think this latest is so we'll see libya's transitional forces take from gadhafi control as in just a matter of hours days now. well we've. seen the latest assault for the best three or four weeks this is probably twenty first liters assaults. in malaysia where the problem is this is the cluster of all the. responsibility to protect which was theoretically the reason for needles for you merely ceria intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked because our fish forces are to be up plus what if the bad guys are ensconced and seriously sure is showing we don't care if there are thousands of civilians in city as well r two p. it does not apply so in terms of a pot or is it you know this beats anything else in the market a lot of the news was news are you saying that north lot of civilians did stay in there a lot of there are a lot of. locals there the media's been focusi

threat a escobar a columnist and a correspondent for the asia times thinks the outlook for the country is bleak and sees comparisons between what happened in set or the vents in iraq seven years ago . fallujah at the end of two thousand and four. you know colbert two thousand and eleven. which was this troika in order to save it this year and see a need to see what you didn't do when people were saying oh he's going to. need to end it here and see the civil war in libya it's already are they will be have to set up a government because they're militias fighting against militias so what do you predict is there libyan resources you need to run in libya as a kind of protectorate look at governor how many cars i saw you know in. tripoli and civil war all over the. program but you can log on to our web site to find out all the latest news and analysis on the pier and much more besides a to check out our cartoon gallery to get a fresh take on serious issues from life eternal go to the online exclusive section on the site that's an r.t. dot com. now the amount of money being siphoned off throu

reported and thousands of people have been trying to escape the bloodshed pepe escobar from the asia times says the media's attention on the battle means it's ignoring the high human cost. the only covert shit that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the adventures of this so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a resolution this is a civil war which was adopted by the nato powers in the us so in terms of this is really in population searches a city be there more than a hundred thousand of an insert six. ten thousand let's look twenty thousand there's still most of the civilian population still dish do we bombed by nato need to bomb at least half of the sitting clue thinks what they said was scattering installations all across town this is that cluster all the. responsibility to protect leaks was theoretically the reason we need to scream in each area and. intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked by qaddafi's forces are to be up lots but if the bad guys are in school instance seriously sure is r two p. does not apply so in terms of sleep

and for more on this earlier i spoke to asia times correspondent have a escobar i asked him to assess the media coverage on the dow is off and here's his take. even my cat was terrified when she was watching fox news c.n.n. b.b.c. and all of that you know it's expected you know what do you expect from the one percent we are denied to nine percent we don't have to follow their narrative it's all of us that from the beginning of this was a reaching change operation and it's obvious that from the beginning you will be of violence regime change operation so you know there's there's nothing unexpected about it it's the build the main do sure it was arafat's summit in a job still it's assad it was a lot in what saddam hussein and now qaddafi and the narrative is so shallow like you know if i had an empty nine the ripper you know what i would do i would put all of these one percent's and all their images to rest and what do you. feel about the power of neda. well it's terrible first of all it's the unified power of africa and nato don't forget this war was started by the french at the same t

reported and thousands of people have been trying to escape the bloodshed pepe escobar from the asia times says the media's attention on the battle means it's even oring the high. the only coverage that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the adventures of this so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a resolution this is a civil war which was kind of dull to close by to me took hours in the us so in terms of the decision populace it is a city be there more than a hundred thousand units or to. ten thousand level twenty thousand there's still most of the civilian population still there who were bombed by nato made a bomb at least half of this it including what they said was scouting installations all across town this is that plus there. are two peat responsibility to protect was theoretically the reason for need those who merely cerium intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked michael duffy forces are to be a plus but if the bad guys are in schools then seriously sure is an art to be does not apply so in terms of a caucus it you know this b

captured thousands have been a feeling of violence that they have been many seven is casualties and asia times correspondent i've asked about believes that in focusing on the battle mainstream media is ignoring the height because the only coverage that they actually see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the advances of the so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a resolution this is a civil war which was kind of dull to close by to me took hours in the us so in terms of this is really about to lucius it is a city but there are more than a hundred thousand living in the city if the gentiles are all that's not twenty thousand they're still in the disability population still there if you were gone by nato made a bomb at least half of the city including what they said was scattering installations all across town this is the cluster vol the suit piece responsibility to protect was theoretically the research or maybe those who made each area an intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked like other fish forces are to be up lax but if the bad guys are ensco

its mission a vivid indication of just how unstable the country is and he's now a r t tripoli or asia times correspondent thinks the country's outlook is bleak and sees comparisons between what happened with events in iraq. at the end of two thousand and four is. over two thousand and eleven what the marines did which was to destroy in order to say that the t.n.c. had need to be to see what kind of benefit you can do when people are saying oh he's going to the fusion massacre in benghazi need to end it here and see the civil war in libya it's already are they will never set up a government because they're militias fighting against militias so what i predict is plunder of libyan resources you need to really libya as a kind of protectorate but with governor hamid karzai. in. tripoli and civil war all over the place. well north america's maneuvers in the arab world are on our website the u.s. military machine may be out of iran but there will still be spooks in the shadows report of why the cia is staying behind it's all of our dot com now. and it conquering the cold russia unveils an eighty b

the country and other parts of central africa for decades its leader is wanted for war crimes but asia times correspondent pepe escobar says the u.s. agenda in africa already goes beyond protecting civilians. first of all this is an exchange of gifts president obama is giving it gives to the dictator ople gun from the city it was being in power for twenty five to twenty six years and he's as responsible but human rights and freedoms any effect at facts on civilians and murders attacks on civilians as joseph tony so obama senate these one hundred u.s. special forces bill this advisers so remember vietnam in one thousand sixty one sixty two it started with a bunch of advisers yet not in we know what history thoughtlessly this is a civil war in its unmapped nick war once again the us is right stepping right into the middle of a met ward it's been going on for over two decades but the bigger picture is even more impressive because this is not about who can they sell it even obama and mean it all the records already that these advisors are going south sudan and the democratic republic of congo as

reported thousands of people have been trying to escape the bloodshed that they ask of are from asia times as the media's attention on the battles means it may be ignoring the high human parts. the only coverage that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the adventures of this so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a revolution this is a civil war which was at all to buy to me two powers in the us so in terms of the decision populists it is a city be there more than a hundred thousand units or to. ten thousand left or twenty thousand there still most of the civilian population is still there they were bombed by nato need to bomb at least half of this city including what they said was come out against aleutians all across town this is that cluster bomb are two peat responsibility to protect weak schwartz theoretically the reason for nato's who made each area intervention in libya so if the good guy are being attacked like other fish forces are to be a plus but if the bad guys are ensconced and seriously sure is since r two p. does not apply so in terms of a t

the country and other parts of central africa for decades its leader is a wanted war criminal but asia times correspondent pepe escobar says america's agenda in africa already goes well beyond protecting civilians. first of all this is an exchange of gifts president obama is giving a gift to take a terrible gun sippin it was me in a car for twenty five country six years and he's as responsible. human rights and any effect at that so insidious and murders attacks on civilians as joseph cohen and so obama's senate is one hundred u.s. special forces bill this advisers so remember vietnam in one nine hundred sixty one sixty two it started with a bunch of advisers going to be about it and we know what history taught us later this is a civil war and it's an ethnic war once again the u.s. is right stepping right into the middle of a net the war that's been going on for over two decades the bigger picture is even more impressive because this is not about to generate cells and even obama and made it on the record already that these advisers are going to south sudan and the democratic republic of cong

countered thousands have been leaving the violence but there have been many civilian casualties and asia times correspondent i have to ask about believes that in focusing on the fossil mainstream media is ignoring a human calls. the only coverage that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the advances of the so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a revolution this is a civil war which was at the top to close by the nato powers in the us so in terms of decision population six is acidic be there more than a hundred thousand in inserting. ten thousand level twenty thousand there still most of the civilian population is still there they were bombed by nato needlepoint at least half of the city including what they said was scattering solutions all across town this is the cluster of all these are two people responsibility to protect weeks was theoretically the reason for nato's who made each area intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked by the other few forces are to be up plus what if the bad guys are ensconced and seriously sure is since r two p.

asia times correspondent pepe escobar thinks the country's outlook is bleak and sees comparisons between what happened in sirte with events in iraq. at the end of two thousand and four. or two thousand and eleven. which was to this troy jet in order to say that they need to see what kind of benefit you can do when people are saying oh he's going to fusion and massacre in benghazi lead to see the civil war in libya it's already on the we've never set up a government because they're militias fighting against religious so what i predict is plunder libyan resources running libya as a kind of respect or a book with government because i saw. in. tripoli and civil war all of that. any more on this story on our website including the hunt for the remnants of gadhafi is rushing broken legs and other horrific injuries take on trees acts prime minister fears for his life saying media is presenting his severe beating as a suicide attack. and the u.s. military machine may be moving out of iraq about there will still be spooks in the shadows we report on why the cia is steam behind its archie dot com r

talk about some other reasons for this change of heart and to help me do that the always outspoken asia times correspondent they also are joining me from paulo brazil but i want to get your take on this relationship between gadhafi and western leaders over the last decade libya's oil supplies certainly did not dry up so what do you think has specifically changed to make him go from hero to villain. well oiled deals the best and also collaboration in the war on terror very short for the bunch of few of us care that feels the perfect ally but then last year in october two thousand and ten that's this chief of protocol defected to france he got in touch with french intelligence and they organized basically to starting big guys and then transferred to tripoli it's and this is how the war started it was last year in france in october two thousand and ten that anybody back tracked a youth said that for many years khadafi was a perfect ally for the u.s. running i've got to disagree to an extent the u.s. talks about you know human rights violations and two thousand two thousand people were massacred

and correspondent for the asia times has a break out for the country saying it could be housing for most of policy several. jet at the end of two thousand and four is serious in oktober two thousand and eleven what the marines did which was to destroy in order to save it this year and see a need to did to see what gaddafi didn't do when people say no he's going to cajun massacre in benghazi need to end it and see the city the islamists i guess the defectors in the civil war in libya it's already obvious they will never set up a government because they're militias fighting against militias second possibility if they don't capture saif islam and that's the reason why the t.n.c. asked nato to stay until to the end of this year in fact two more months they want to capture safe otherwise safe and islam is going to organize a guerrilla war i guess the government as well so what i predict is plunder of libyan resources minerals oil and gas water you name it nato running libya as a kind of protectorate puppet government hamid karzai style in. tripoli and civil war all over the place the gruesome

asia times correspondent beth escobar thinks the country's outlook is bleak and sees comparisons between what happened in sirte with events in iraq. at the end of two thousand and four series you know colbert two thousand and eleven what the marines did which was to destroy the norther to save the t.n.c. and need to did to see it what kept off it didn't do when people say no he's going to have a massacre in benghazi need to end it and see the civil war in libya it's already obvious they will never set up a government because they're militias fighting against militias so what i predict is plunder of libyan resources nato running libya as a kind of protectorate puppet government hamid karzai style in. tripoli and civil war all over the place. plenty more on this story on our website including the hunt for the remnants of gadhafi regime broken legs another horrific injuries take on trees acts prime minister fears for his life saying media is presenting his severe beating as a suicide attempt. and the u.s. military machine may be moving out of iraq about there will still be spooks in the sha

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but i do want to talk about this in terms of libya a little while ago we showed a report in which asia times correspondent have to ask ourselves gadhafi i mean you say a lockie the job he also knew a whole lot. was what he had been put on trial he could have aired a lot of dirty laundry a secret deal perhaps between the west and libya a lot of details still murky about exactly how he died about how gadhafi died but it seems to be the goal why do you think the u.s. didn't try him well look there was a turn a change. border guard here after nine eleven and this was so more we're going to weaken each documents were there was clear relationship between western intelligence service that it would have us you know it was libyan intelligence and obviously the libyans are trying to gain favor by poor people over you know florence here and that was lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer senior fellow at the center for advanced defense studies and i want to tell you about what's coming up next week here on r t a brand new life and we will continue our coverage of course of the occupy wall street movement b

do want to talk about this in terms of libya but a little while ago we showed a report in which asia times correspondent have to ask are said gadhafi i mean you say a lockie a doll he also knew a whole lot. was what he had been put on trial he could have married a lot of dirty laundry a secret deal perhaps between the west and libya a lot of details still murky about exactly how he died about how gadhafi died but it seemed to be the goal why do you think the u.s. didn't try him well look there was a turn a change. part by gadhafi after nine eleven and this was somewhat repealed in the we can to stop in this war there was a clear relationship between western intelligence service that included the us intelligence and libyan intelligence and obviously the libyans are trying to gain favor by helping us with the war on terror and my judgment that meant they were doing things like an enhanced interrogation things that we still don't like talking about and obviously he would have said look why are you trying me when i try to help you in this regard not to say something you didn't want come out an

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