involvement and since nato involvement than during the time of gaddafi and during the suppression of the pro of the protests that you just cited i cannot agree to court the court judges from eighteen countries because it's doing its job is a very complicated job and a very complex singleton's but the fact that saif gadhafi tried to go to the sea showing in using the wall is less primitive now because we have international criminal court ready to go when we need it and that is an evolution that's an interesting statement because i would argue that the court is not ready to act precisely of the way it active in libya it's not ready to act on syria because of all the mistakes and all the political meddling that was conducted during the libyan involvement but can i just press you on the libyan case because given the state of justice in libya these days and the isis is still has a mandate over libya and demand it wasn't to bring to account just gadhafi they have demanded it was to punish everybody who was committing crimes against humanity and as we just established crimes against humanit

doesn't even with libya when we meet again gaddafi we found evidence that the government for the world should concede billions with live ammunition on the streets we don't find the similar evidence in the case of iraq i would like to discuss the libyan case a bit later on but let's come back to the syrian issue which is the most pressing geopolitical issue in the world these days i don't just recently you published an opinion piece advocating the notion of temporal justice for syria sensually saying that lads tell both of the army and the rebels that starting from january first two thousand. teen every crime committed in syria will be investigated but i think from the point of view of both legality and international justice it's a very controversial proposition because essentially what you're saying is that you know we will go off to you for the crimes you commit later on but in the meantime feel free to have a killing spree and know that the following legally today there is no interest or justice in syria because the goal the first goal is to keep top crimes i was adjusting the propos

these are the leftovers of the muammar gaddafi era. tribal society, lack of civil society, lack of any serious relations among the people to establish a good poll tick or a functioning society in the country. hence what the country is needing is not only state building but nation building. the problem is that the federalist, those in control in the east want to separate from autonomy. it is complicated, taking a miracle for things to be fixed in a short time. what they need is centralisation, and bringing the militias under one governing military and political rule. >> let me ask you where you think it all went wrong, because the country went through a revolution and had elections. why was it not possible for the army and the police units to be built up and the institutions? >> if we take a bigger look at the region, you'll see that libya is a small roller-coaster within the bigger, greater arab roller-coaster. a lot of stuff that libya is suffering from, egypt, syria and so on and so forth is suffering. there's speaksisty to the quest

. >>> well, it's been two years since the death of former libyan leader gaddafi, and the leader thatuled the current for more than 40 years was killed during the revolution in 2011. libya has been struggling with the reality of governance and is facing several key issues. it failed to build up the army and police force. in some cases the government allows armed militia who helped omar gaddy to operate and in other they're outlawed. one attacked the american diplomatic mission in benghazi in september of last year. at the time four people, including the u.s. ambassador, christopher stevens, were killed. earlier this month they abducted the minister in the capital of pr tripoli. it raised serious questions. meanwhile, oil exports mrument meted after workers at oil facilities in the east went on strike. they demand the region be given more awe ton my and power. let's speak to the chief political analyst who will tell us about the future of libya. right now it's looking very bleak with a very volatile security situation. >> yes. what we usually call that in international relations, libya

two years now since former libyan president muammar gaddafi was deposed.e ruled the country for 40 years. libya finding itself facing massive political insecurity troubles. earlier this month their leader was abducted in the capital tripoli for a short while. the military police head was shot dead two days ago. let's explore it with political analyst joining me in the studio. how bad is it in libya? >> it's a mess. the worst part about it is that it could and might actually get worse. shorthand - news reports pictures as if it's an opposition versus government. it's more complicated than that. that makes it worse. meaning there is no - you know, bunch of good and bad guys or some opposition, and officials that can work it out. the worst part about that, david, is that various factions - and there are various factions and coalitions, tribalual, islamists, regional - they are not only fighting amongst each other and the government, they are within the government and parliament. for example, one block is in the defence ministry and the other interior ministry

so it remains to be seen if post-gaddafi libya can succeed. given the unrest taking place another nation's swept up in the arab swinspring, libya's probles are not unique to the region. >> joining me now to discuss this is david swanson, journalist and author of "war is a lie." in the run-up to the intervention in libya, what was the taste that the u.s. gave for getting involved in the conflict? >> there was not a big question put to the u.s. public or to the congress as there was with the missiles into serious and you saw the result. this was gone -- this was done outside of congress and then with lies about a u.s. resolution that did not authorize the government. it was done with it -- with lies about a crisis and the humanitarian need to intervene. and the intervention was a lie because western countries, including the u.s., had been arming the government of libya right up until they were arming and working with the opponents of the government of libya. and the idea was sold as a short term intervention that would get rid of the bad governm

this country did not even have sham elections after gaddafi fell. aidan not have a constitution. >> could one of the tipping points then there was this raid? >> if you ask me, i have no doubt this is what triggered it. >> there is also the political power play. it is probably a mixer of all this. >> what it comes down to is the conventional wisdom of what finds a 21st-century nationstate has really slipped into the mud. you have countries in the middle east, egypt, libya, there are many, these countries are on the run. >> does that give states the right to go in and, reportedly without warning authorities, take people? >> the united states apparently believe so. they have been doing this. they have been doing this for quite some time. and if they catch the right people, i am not defending their actions, but if you have to look at it, try to look at it from the u.s. lens. if you have crumbling nationstates that fit no classic definition of what a nationstate is, you have no one to deal with. >> that is not what libyans were saying thursday. it was no

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the country has faced a rising insurgency since the fall of muammar qaddafi -- muammar gaddafi. a group of trade unionists as -- has wrapped a mission inspecting sites for the 2022 world cup. >> an unusual event for this small restaurant in a poor area of doha, qatar. the trade unionists are meeting with construction workers. this is one of them. he has not received a salary for over two months. >> in the camp where i live, we sleep on the ground and i don't get a regular salary. >> the unionists have come to the emirate of qatar for three days especially to hear problems like these. it is an unannounced visit that has seen them barred from several sites and companies. by exerting a bit of pressure, they have managed to meet some officials. >> it is a shame. the majority of their population today is made up of immigrants. we have to make them see that human rights are for everyone, not before qataris -- not only for qataris. >> guitar has been accused of exploiting its foreign workers -- qatar has been accused of exploiting its foreign workers. >> some of the numbers -- they do

. >> we know this is not the libbia of muammar gaddafi. do we know if the u.s. communicated with the libyan government on the arrest? >> there has been reports, yes, there was communication between the u.s. and libians. the libians are saying it was a kidnapping and are looking for an explanation from the united states. our efforts to reach u.s. officials for clarification have not been successful. we don't have the definitive answer. >> we turn to egypt where clashes between security forces and anti-coup people have left one dead. tear gas has been fired at muslim brotherhood in cairo. massive rallies are held to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war with israel. demonstrators gathered at tahir sqare, carrying egyptian flags and posters of abdul fatah al-sisi. egyptians tightened security around the country after four were killed on friday. >> we want to join al jazeera english and their live coverage of the event as it unfolds. >> we can go to our correspondent. we are not naming him for his own security. he's amongst the anti-coup marches, and he's near a

indicted by the court in 2011 for war crimes allegedly committed during the uprising against colonel gaddafi. more violence in libya on friday when car bombs exploded outside the swedish consulate and a mosque in benghazi. no group has yet come forward to claim responsibility for the explosions that follow the brief induction of prime minister alleys i dan -- ali's i dan -- of prime minister ali zeidan. this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded to a previously little-known organization that is carrying out inspections for chemical weapons in syria. the organization for the pro position -- for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been in existence 15 years but it has attracted headlines in recent weeks for its latest task, being carried out in a country being torn apart i a raging civil war. -- apart by a raging civil war. >> despite the dangers, the opcw is searching for chemical weapons in syria, a country mired in civil war. it began after a sarin gas attack that killed 1400 people. it has helped avert a u.s. military strike. it was announced on friday the organization won the nobe

he spent three decades in exile after defecting from muammar gaddafi's regime.e works as a human rights lawyer before his return for libya. a year ago, he was appointed prime minister. >> but two years after the revolution that topped gaddafi, he remainmains in a state of confusion. including fighters in the east who have been pushing for greater awe ton my. that castle on the right has been hampers isle production, and without that revenue stream, libya is struggling to rebuild. al jazeera. >> and let's turn now to al jazeera mac mood, he is covering the story from libya. >> immediately after the prime minister announced that it was kidnapping crime, immediately after that statement we heard from the press of the prime minister that he has been released, we also heard from the head of the joint operations in tripoli he confirmed that the prime minister was released we tried to get into the cabinet, they did not let us in as the plate is surrounded by heavy military guards but we are trying to get more details in the coming few hours that would be more press con

and chaotic power structure that has grown up following the ouster of former libyan leader muammar gaddafi, but just before word begins armor to the prime minister's the -- release the government issued a statement. holds libyan government of the kidnappers responsible for the prime minister's safety and they should release them immediately. this crime will not impact on the governments work or efficiency. the government cannot give into blackmail. >> with the official security forces in disarray, many militia groups hold sway in tripoli and elsewhere, supposedly enlisted to prop up the government, but in most cases, mostly loyal to their own leaders and agendas. the cicely why the prime minister was taken may remain murky, but it is thought many militias were angered by the recent seizure by u.s. forces of an al qaeda suspect on the streets of chirpily and accuse the government of complicity, although it denied this. what has unfolded now in tripoli raises further questions and alarms about the stability of libya. >> what do we know about the libyan prime minister? who he is and the chall

trying to minister kidnap it shows the rift but i want to point to another story which is the story of gaddafi son who has along with several others been indicted under charges of treason murder. and several other charges and i'm wondering what this news might do to the political risks and whether or not this is going to add and exacerbate the violence that we're seeing right now absolutely i mean we. you have iraq here revisited the authorities in libya have repeated the same mistakes of iraq they did not recognize that it was a civil war and therefore you have parties that were aligned to gadhafi and you need to engage them they went further and isolated anybody who ever worked in the government from one nine hundred sixty nine to nineteen to two thousand and eleven so what can the government do to regain that either getting this i don't think the government can do anything at this stage i mean let's be honest right now libya on its own will not be able to actually or i'm out of this i think those the international community which still has libya under chapter seven. needs to take its respon

military, of course, helped with the downfall of the libyan dictator muammar gaddafi. since then libya has become a country without laws and today the prime minister was kidnapped at gunpoint. though he was later released unharmed. mark phillips looks at who may have done this and why. >> reporter: there was a lot of fuss made when libyan prime minister ali zidano finally showed up at the office. he had had quite a day. from the hotel in tripoli where he lives behind cordons of security, zidan had been kidnapped or abducted or arrested-- depending on your point of view, by a gang of gunmen. no shots were fired. zidan was held for several hours while speculation swirled on who had taken him and why. most of the speculation centered on abu anas al-libi, who was snatched by u.s. forces from the streets of tripoli last saturday. zidan's opponents claim the libyan government must have had advanced knowledge of the operation, and after the raid secretary of state john kerry was carefully diplomatic on what if anything the libyans knew. >> we consult regularly with the libyan

trying to minister kidnap it shows the rift but i want to point to another story which is the story of gaddafi son who has along with several others been indicted under charges of treason murder. and several other charges and i'm wondering what this news might do to the political reps and whether or not this is going to add and exacerbate the violence that we're seeing right now absolutely i mean we. you have iraq here revisit the authorities in libya have repeated the same mistakes of iraq they did not recognize that it was a civil war and therefore you have parties that were aligned to gadhafi and you need to engage them they went further and isolated anybody who ever worked in the government from one nine hundred sixty nine to nineteen to two thousand and eleven so what can the government do to regain that either getting this i don't think the government can do anything at this stage i mean let's be honest right now libya on its own will not be able to actually form out of this i think those the international community which still has libya under chapter. needs to take its responsibility an

being held behind bars without trial on suspicion of having fought for the ousted leader muammar gaddafi well the report also says that torture is most common straight after arrest or during the first days of interrogation in order to extract confessions in some cases armed groups freely admitted and tried to justify the physical abuse of detainees the u.n. fears that if firm action is not taken there's a danger torture will become institutionalized across the new libya british political activist john rees thinks the ghosts of the nato led intervention of the reason for what's happening there. the truth of the matter is that the western intervention in libya destroyed any process or organic transfer of power from the gadhafi regime to the to the opposition if you come to power under the a goose of a nato air bombardment you aren't necessarily going to have the popular that legitimacy that is necessary to be able to found a stable the mind of just ministration and that's the and that is now the legacy which the west intervene intervention is because he used the libyan people they bequeath

l- libby who was including establishing training camps and leveraging a network after the fall of gaddafi the main lision with jihaddist in lebia. and his intelligence value is high. >> we don't know if he was involved in the benghazi attack. but there is al-qaeda actors and a l liby was the star there. and knew the other stars. >> fox news asked the administration how al-qaeda can be in decline when long- time follow ares in somalia are so involved in current operations? >> you are grossly overgeneralizing the view on al-qaeda. what we said repeatedly al-qaeda core in afghanistan and pakistan is weakened because of counter terrorism effort. >> on the somalia raid two intelligence sources say there is a strategy in the region and planning was in the works prior to the attack in the westgate mall in kenya that you can see here. after the terrorist al shabab it was a belief that the foreign fighters in the somalia compound are preparing to leave that country. >> we are joined by fox news analyst kt mcfar land. >> sounds like a l- libi was connected and he could be a fount of information. >>

they have seen a rise of militia violence since muammar gaddafi was toppled in 2011. the european union aims to boost talks between the two parties. >> this is a big deal, the biggest deal we have ever made. this is a historic win for canada. it means access for canadian businesses to half a billion affluent customers and to thousands of jobs for canadians. >> this will boost our trading relations and generate more jobs . it is expected to increase two way bilateral trade in goods and services by 23%, around 26 billion euros. the overall benefits of the agreement expect to raise the level of the annual gdp by approximately 12 billion euros per year. >> the interior minister of france is cutting short an issue to the west indies to deal with the issue of x felling a roma girl. protests were held when a 15- year-old was taken into police custody during a school field trip. she and her family have since been supported to coast of oh. the move sparked controversy and there are growing calls for the interior minister to resign. >> they marched protesting the deportation of

the officer was involved in the operation that led to the capture and killing of muammar gaddafi twoears ago. in triply 37 aids to the criminal court, they are accused of undermining the security, inciting tribal war, and trying to put down the february 17th revolution. among those accused is the chief. in jordan, women are protesting demanding their receive the same citizen ship rights as men. women, cannot pass the nationallalty on. the african island is set to hold its first democratic election since 2009. >> campaigning has drawn to a close ahead of friday's vote, they are 33 candidating vying for the presidency, and the election has been a long time coming. it has already been postponed three times this year. in the indian ocean off the coast, a military coupe in 2009 plunged the country into police crisis, the coupe also scared off investors and foreign aid, and the economy was severely damaged, so much so, that despite its rich national resources many people live in poverty. nine out of ten survive on less than $2 a day. aid cuts deprive the leaders of cash flow and pour jut t

remember, a few short years ago, the italian prime minister was paying muammar gaddafi to keep immigrants out and take back those that wrongly expelled in exchange for money. the tone in brussels is very different ahead of the meeting of eu interior and immigration ministers. >> i suggested the member states that they organize something right across the mediterranean from cyprus to spain for a large search and rescue operation and i will ask for the support and the necessary resources to do it to save as many lives as we can. >> the organization that is in charge of all of this, what do you think will be the outcome of that meeting in brussels? >> if it's going to be strengthening, it means we will have stronger border control and maybe rescue more people out of the sea, but they have two aims that cannot be combined, namely stopping people entering the european union and rescuing people. if i hear a colleague in the debates say we should be strict on our borders, then we are forgetting that these are people that are fleeing from more that are political refugees and they choose between th

the attack is near a town that used to be a strong hold of gaddafi. >> security forces prevented protestorsrom gathering. both sides called for mass protests tomorrow, which is the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war. >> egypt's political, military and religious leader the were in cairo to commemorate that anniversary today. the prime minister laid a wreath at a memorial. >> here are some key events of the 1973 war. it began on october 6 when egyptian and syrian forces attacked dealy positions. ten days later, israel began that a massive counterattack, trapping the egyptian army. a ceasefire was signed on october 25, but the fighting stretched into january, the following year and affected relations with israel for decades to come. we're joined on the line now from cairo by one of our correspondents we are not naming for security reasons. first, cairo getting ready for a big celebration of that october war on sunday, but it's a pro military marches and the anti coup alliance head into tar tahr square, how will that work? >> we've been hearing from the authorities that even though they closed ta

. >> and the other is these in turn alliance with some of the allies that they had from gaddafi. so some of these of the interior, obviously there are divisions when these camps and this is a very broad generalization. but this kind of incident does make a broader fight between these two camps. much more likely, and it make as confrontation between these groups more probable. this could take two forms really. either a fight for tripoli, with everybody trying to concentrate their forces. or a lot of fighting up and down the country, broken down by regional lines. over regional rivalries and regional issues. we have seen that happening on and off, the fights between the neighbors. all and all it is just an incentive for the militias to hold on for longer and it makes fighting between various militias around key government paragraph a lot more probable as these militias try to heed these. great to get your thoughts there. thank you for joining us. >> not acting swiftly conditions from migrant workers. visited several construction sites. they described a climate of fear. the workplac

operation - or he was reported to be involved in the operation to the capture and killing of muammar gaddafi. details are sketchy, whelm bring -- we'll bring you more as and when we get it. >> schools in the spanish islands have been ordered to stop teaching subjects in a language native to children who attend them. some see it as an attack. >> it's play time at san bettera school in the hills of ma yorka. most of the children speak catalan and spanish. as they head into lessons, teachers will prepare classes in both languages. that system is on the way out. soon they'll be taught in english. catalan will no longer be dominant. >> translation: we decided art will be taught in english, math and science in catalan. sport will be taught in catalan. >> the trilingual model is hugely complicated and unpopular. plenty of parents thing the government in madrid is conducting an in a positionistic experiment on the children. trance transthey want to >> translation: they want to spanishise the students. for that reason a lot of people relate the reforms with other times from spain's past. >> language

and he was handed back to the libyans, he was released by gaddafi, founded an organization in the east of libya, and we no longer call him al qaeda. he is one of the original al qaeda members. we want to now say he is a link or associated group. even having a pedigree that goes back 30, 40 years is not enough to get you called al qaeda today in washington. >> right. and we spend too much of our time thinking about who is currently planning to attack the united states. and not enough time thinking about what capabilities the global al qaeda movement has to attack the united states over the long-term, and what are we doing to address those capabilities, and the spread of those ideologies. >> i want to put two things to you. i think you and i were both there from the beginning. and we remember what people today in america seem to have forgotten, which is the promises the united states made when they came into afghanistan. to me, this is a very important point, because it speaks to integrity, honor, loyalty, and the nature of being a good ally. this was raised a little bit by you. the reas

central government in tripoli rejecting it, coming two years after the uprising and fall of muammar gaddafi. >> the f.d.a. trying to crack down on pain medications. the serious health concern that has them cracking down and tightening the rules. >> it's shocking that our health care system today does not treat the organ of the brain like every organ in the body. >> the member of an american political dynasty talking about the state of mental health care in this country and his own personal battle with it, as well. >> transit officials in san francisco putting new safety measures into effect to prevent another deadly accident with bart workers. >> southwest airlines saying goodbye to bags fly free. i'll tell you why it may cost you more to fly the airline. >> the most widely abused drug in the country would lower the number of refills patients could get. patients would be required to take prescriptions to a pharmacy instead of doctors phoning i in. doctors say those rules will hurt those who need the pain killers. >> by making it more regulated and harder to prescribe and dispense, our patie

we know muammar gaddafi did. you expect assad to hold something back, but these will be of marge national military ability and the price of the use would be substantial. the u.n. has punished assad for using chemical weapons and now ho ha to give up the chemical weapons. it's almost incop seeable that he would use under these circumstances the chemical weapons. you have gotten rid of one of the last chemical arsenals in the world and served a powerful message to others that if he cooperate, your regime can survive, but your weapons have to go. i'm sure iran is looking. >> you heard that interview with bashar al assad saying that he didn't do it. are the rebels capable of using these chemical weapons? >> if you can get your hands on some of these chemical weapons, particularly the mustard gas, yes, you could use it, but what the u.n. inspectors found was a widespread use of quite sophisticated weapons, special kinds of rockets and artillery shells that only assad is known to have. they were fired from areas under

and he was handed back to the libyans, he was released by gaddafi, founded an organization in the eastof libya, and we no longer call him al qaeda. he is one of the original al qaeda members. we want to now say he is a link or associated group. even having a pedigree that goes back 30, 40 years is not enough to get you called al qaeda today in washington. >> right. and we spend too much of our time thinking about who is currently planning to attack the united states. and not enough time thinking about what capabilities the global al qaeda movement has to attack the united states over the long-term, and what are we doing to address those capabilities, and the spread of those ideologies. >> i want to put two things to you. i think you and i were both there from the beginning. and we remember what people today in america seem to have forgotten, which is the promises the united states made when they came into afghanistan. to me, this is a very important point, because it speaks to integrity, honor, loyalty, and the nature of being a good ally. this was raised a little bit by you. the reaso

first in tunisia and then in egypt, popular protests toppled ng-serving autocratdts while gaddafi was ousted. regimes have proven resilient and in several cases willing to use extreme levels of violence to maintain their survival. and so in the waning months of the third year what has been dubbed the arab spring, the future of a large swath of the global community remains uncertain. with egypt under military control and syria ablaze, it is not surprising that many here in the united states and elsewhere in the west view each new development with concern that an already volatile region could spiral completely out of control. the situation in syria is undoubtedly grim, and egypt faces a prolonged period of instability, but the news is not uniformerly bad. in tunisia, the government, headed by the hinada party, demands it hand over power to a caretaker government and scheduled new elections. tiny tunisia could again show its larger neighbors that a democratic transition, even an extended one of several intermediate steps, is possible in a region bufted by the cross-currents of religion,

undoubtedly seen what happens to leaders who have given up weapons of mass destruction -- muammar gaddafi- and they are not actually alive anymore. u.s. officials are cautiously optimistic, but how weaponsow that these are being dismantled and ultimately destroyed? who was checking all this? from the security council resolution, the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is dispatched and may have a threefold mission. they are to identify the sites declared by the syrian government. there are two quarantine sites. then they are supposed to begin destroying as quickly as possible the materials fabricated. what is crazy is the timetable here is something that has never been done before. i think it can be done. it is compressed where it would normally be, maybe a five-year effort. inspection team will clearly be getting access to intelligence services and a sense of what we think is out there. reasonably confident, again, but it's always possible that something has been diverted to different facilities we don't know about. there is a eight question going forward. will assad pla