presidential candidate cynthia mckinney has been in libya working with a non-governmental fact finding mission for ten days already she's here at private expense as are the other members of her team to establish real evidence based facts on the reality of life in tripoli and made mates of bombardments and civil war she joins me now thank you very much cynthia thank you for having me well why is fact finding necessary in tripoli i can't remember who it was that said that truth is the first casualty of war but we in the united states are very well aware that the our country went to war against iraq and encouraged the entire world to go to war with it against iraq nine hundred thirty five times the bush administration lied to the american people in the international community about the reasons for going into iraq and then after the deed was done we had our deputy secretary of defense say well you know we were in a room and we were just trying to figure out which lie of the american people would buy so we settled upon weapons of mass destruction and just like that the international communi

congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney thank you. well those are the main stories we're covering here in a moment or two i'll be back with the summer in about ten minutes for you from but in the meantime as our exclusive interview bring you first term perspective on e.u. foreign policy stay with us for that. thank you very much miss ashley you said the heart of what you're doing maybe it is to resolve conflict why was the e.u. not asked to mediate in libya well i think the u.n. is playing exactly the role that it should play and. the u.n. special envoy is as you know frequently in tripoli and benghazi is working with the people of libya but also for the international partners role has been very much to support him and to work with the african union with the arab league with the organization islamic conference and with our partners like russia and turkey to think about how we move forward and conflict and some people start to think about the country of the future on a visit to bin guys in may you said that you had in mind people who w

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congresswoman cynthia mckinney we spoke with her a few days ago she said be heard and they counted eighty nine blasts in just one day those are civilian neighborhoods eighty nine bombs dropped in just one day there is a lot of concern that the voices of those who are caught up in that who are in tripoli go unnoticed in the international community but here in the grass it seems the voices of the majority of americans those who oppose the u.s. military involvement in libya also go unnoticed by the white house the administration continues to stress the good cause that they pursuing leiby a but suddenly say the administration also seems to be in denial when it comes to the will of their own people regarding the issue as well as constitutional procedures legal experts say there is not much congressman can do to force the president to comply at least with the u.s. constitution because there are ways to get around ways to your problem administrative seems to be using extensively most congressman now criticize president obama for as they say ignore in congress the capitol hill observers say it's

the uprisings in the middle east the former congresswoman and one time presidential candidate cynthia mckinney about america's interests in the region here's a taste of that interview which is coming up next hour here on r.t. . really want to understand the motivations of u.s. policy we have to go back to what ray mcgovern who is a former cia analyst had to say and he described u.s. policy is being driven by all i and l. now what's all i in el sol for oil i for israel ellis for logistics and so he described the logistics as those logistics that were needed by the neo cons to carry out their policies on behalf of israel. you with our two years could have a company today now russia is plagued by one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the world as many as four thousand attempting to kill themselves every year experts say it's the parents that are often at fault but not for not seeing the problems staring them right in the face but as artie's og's on a boycott reports there are many other forces at work. just days before final exams a t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for their

backing the uprisings in the middle east asked former congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney about america's interests in the region here's a brief preview of the interview it's coming up later this hour. but really want to understand the motivations of u.s. policy we have to go back to what ray mcgovern who is a former cia analyst hat to say and he described u.s. policy is being driven by. i and l. now what's in l. . israel ellis for logistics. he described the logistics as those logistics that were needed by the need. to carry out their policies on behalf of israel. and you can watch that interview in about fifteen minutes time right here if you want to about the situation in the middle east. all available for you online for example e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton. about the challenges that she faces amid revolutions in the world check out the exclusive interview on our website. competition. videos of different stories. where you can even download. couldn't take three. free. arrangement free. free. free. free. free media. by one of the highest rates of teen suici

congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney about america's interests in the region. if you really want to understand the motivations of u.s. policy we have to go back to what ray mcgovern who is a former cia analyst had to say and he described u.s. policy is being driven by all i and l. well brits oh well. i for israel ellis for just extend and so he described the logistics as those logistics that were needed by the neo-con to carry out their policies on behalf of israel. and if you want to learn more about a situation in the middle east not just go to a website that's partly dot com regular updates interviews and videos available to you on line and e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton told what syria about the challenges and she faces a major revolutions in the arab world are these issues of interview on our website . under the world's best known across a pool of news a contest rushers a try coffee competition gets underway on a chilly day at moscow's newly renovated concert. now at forty minutes past the hour here in moscow russia is plagued by one of the hig

from france from italy and also cynthia mckinney congressman from from the u.s. reported that the israelis also have military advisers in benghazi and that was reported two weeks ago so it's a total circus a nation building circus all right just very quickly now let's talk about assets of the gadhafi family they could have billions of dollars of profit in a secret bank accounts if the reports are true and what do you think should happen to this money. well i think we're getting a little bit ahead of ourselves i mean they're already talking about freezing the assets of could all feed well i think a bigger question is in your your viewers should also look into this and anybody is that the libyan national bank has one of the highest per capita gold reserves of any state bank in the world i think the only country that has a higher per capita gold reserve in bullion would be lebannon for the size of the country so you know what could off he might have stuffed the way in a swiss bank account or a collection of swiss bank accounts is minuscule compared to the state asse

congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney is on a fact finding mission in libya she says that not all nato is targets in libya military and that people on the ground believe the alliance could be using radioactive substances. we have reports that depleted uranium is being used we know that there are the missiles that are coming down the bunker buster bombs that are being used to depleted uranium is used near everything that we see leaving these women and i have spoken with some. experts scientists scientists who are familiar with the telltale signs of depleted uranium use one is how the particulate matter tastes in your mouth if there is a metallic taste and of course since i've been here in the been a lot lot of bombings i have asked around about the metallic taste one of the persons that i brought with me is an attorney and i asked him he specifically said yes that he had a metallic taste in his mouth that's spoken to people and the one question that they asked me over and over and over again is why that is the question. and so when i go back to the states i'm going to

congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney is on a fact finding mission to libya to see how tripoli is dealing with the constant nato bombardment she claims depleted uranium bombs could have been used there i understood that what i was hearing from the u.s. press was laden with propaganda of course we know that the pentagon has something called perception management and so they are in the business. this of utilizing the mighty wurlitzer which is the they're the propaganda and they do use that to affect the way people think about what they're doing and that's exactly what has been happening here and maybe with nato and so i thought i would come here with a delegation of journalists from across the united states including one journalist also from south africa so that we could understand the truth and then tell the truth to the people yesterday a university was hit al fatah university which was formerly known as nasser university to our tour at that university were hit and i had the opportunity to speak with the dean of the political science department and he was literally

from france from italy and also cynthia mckinney congressman from from the u.s. reported that the israelis also have military advisers in benghazi so it's a total circus of nation building circus. this week it's all continuing classes of protesters and government forces in syria as the country for. the last britain and france approach the un security council with a draft resolution against syria both china and russia won't back it up in advance and the international nuclear watchdog has raised questions over whether an installation destroyed four years ago by israeli warplanes was a nuclear site. it was a peaceful facility but the atomic agency demands more evidence and threaten functions. apart from the arab nation told r.t. washington and allies are using the applications as a tool to remove the current rulers in syria. now that the syrian regime is under fire this. trial has to be opened so that the international community the u.s. yes the u.n. and the. to accuse syria of violating international law so they can take the matter to the security council so that w