fireworks replace gunshots in the country marks a year since the start of the uprising that toppled khadafi by the anniversary comes at a time of continuing instability hundreds of our no issues are roaming the country the national transitional council appears unable to control them there's also evidence of the torture and abuse of the remaining khadafi supporters and while levy's mira's say they are willing to integrate the militias into security services jim brown from stop the war coalition says for now these are just empty words. the track of the national transitional council that was the body that was particularly by night during some months of bombing when he said in benghazi almost as a new message. he said to the face the prospect of either violent suppression of the militias or as he said civil war and break up you can hear a lot of a lot of europeans saying well we didn't get rid of gadhafi in order to have this

the situation is must much worse than it was during the khadafi regime. ever since the nato we invaded of libya that has being. close human rights violations is not just torture there is. indiscriminate killings there are extrajudicial killings there is summary execution even cuddle gaddafi. members of these fans who have been some really executed nobody has been brought to justice on the huge amount of arms that are being poured in night by france by the european.

khadafy overplayed his hand. they see that in iran and it's going to happen to them unless they come to the table. if you had the right leader, you would have them at the table without having to waste lives and billions of dollars. >> greta: assume that we did have them at the table, what in the world do you think it is that we could offer them to persuade them to convince them to scare them, whatever, for iran to step down on nuclear weapon development? >> guest: survival, it's pure and simple. a horrible thing, it's survival. they won't survive. i mean, they are in deep trouble if they carry it out. i think obama will go to war with iran because i think he views it as good politically. it's pretty sad thing to have to say but he will go to war with iran. he views that as a positive from a political standpoint. she just waiting for the right moment. i think iran better be damn careful. they are overplaying their hand just like khadafy and just like saddam hussein. >> greta: ronald iag ran won the cold war by bas

appears on able to control them there is also evidence of the torture and abuse of the remaining khadafi supporters and while he as leaders say they are willing to integrate the militias into security services jim brown from stop the war coalition says for now these are just empty words. of the national transitional council that with the body that was particularly backed by night during some months of homing what he said in benghazi almost i think message. he said that to face the prospect of either violent suppression of the militias or as he said civil war and break up you can turn off. your green sign only. you know that i have heard that voice comes across nothing has happened.

there's also evidence of the torture and abuse of the remaining khadafi supporters journalist phelim who cover advance in libya during the uprising says the outcome was predictable. there is actually no government in libya at the moment the n.t. thing is nothing more than a media show that there are hundreds of militias that control different parts of the country and this one of gadhafi and the former libyan government always warned that this would happen so we are seeing that anybody who doesn't agree with this state of affairs by the west the rebels is systematically persecuted as you mentioned. have done a report showing that there is a systematic people who support about the not least the former permanent representative of the united nations. human rights watch digital court i mean basically say that he's been tortured to within an inch of his life and they called for him to even be brought before a court or released immediately to a very important other figures to bring him. to the bus that philosophers and just because they don't support the nato intervention in that country th

people said that the problem was khadafi you can find many people who say when the problem wasn't good i feel as such it was it was lack of rule of law for example and clearly you don't have the lower end of your told no i don't think i don't care for people for all right jim brann from the stop the war coalition thanks for your time. type police are searching for two more suspects in a failed terror plot they say targeted israeli diplomats in bangkok three iranians have already been detained over tuesday's explosions in the thai capital tehran which is under international pressure over its controversial nuclear program denies involvement israeli prime minister though as calderon the greatest export or of terror in the world as our reports from tel aviv many israelis may not be convinced . seems like the battle drones are growing louder and louder with israel continuing to this really harsh rhetoric towards iran accusing them essentially of terrorizing the entire world community there was a harsh statement which called to impose paralyzing sanctions on tehran all this while iran made i

of failing to protect human rights claiming thousands of khadafi supporters are being held without charge and even tortured the group reports at least a dozen have died in rebel prisons since september as a result of mistreatment reports from libya say former rebels want to take power in the country and civilians remain armed and the economy has crumbled since the war journalist losing failing to cover the events in libya during the revolution says the outcomes could have been predicted a year ago. there is actually no government in libya at the moment the n.t. think he is nothing more than a media show that there are hundreds of militias that control different parts of the country and this one of gadhafi and the four men to be in government always warned that this would happen so we are we are seeing that anybody who doesn't agree with this state of affairs by the west in fact that rebels systematically prosecuted as you mentioned. the have have done a report saying that there is a systematic persecution of people who support about feet not least the former permanent representative of th

libya marks a year since the revolt that eventually brought down the khadafi regime but rival militias still run unchecked allegations of human rights abuses not any interim leadership is accused of having no real power. case up next with the sports update stay with us here on r.t. . and i will welcome to the sports round up on this p.c. friday so it's. golden goose for about russia coach hitting people joins a free spending side angie on an eighteen month deal worth twenty million dollars while full steam ahead lucky it come from behind to beat athletic bilbao two one in moscow to win the first leg of their europa league last thirty two time. and he's got the drive for we don't want only russia or italy petrovic finds a seat for his third season in the sport with the catering team. the former russia coach who sitting he is returning to the country where he stayed at the national team to the semifinals of euro two thousand and eight after signing an eighteen month deal with big spending side on g. the sixty five year old takes up his first permanent club post in six years on a contract

urging the libyan government to protect civil rights amnesty international has been reporting that khadafi supporters have been subjected to abuse and torture this has concerns grow that libya's armed militias are still roaming the country unchecked shirazi manji who's editor in chief of the pan african social justice network told r.t. the situation now is much worse than it was during the colonel's regime. ever since the nature we vary of libya. as being. gross human rights violations it's not just torture there is. indiscriminate killings there are extra judicial killings there's summary execution leave them coto gadhafi. members is found to have been some really executed nobody has been through to justice all the huge amount of sort of being poured in the by problems by the europeans by the americans at. this place is going to send it to into. the ball civil war this situation not only that sense is worse than it was under the the rule of code of gadhafi. well it's been a year since the beginning of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain the demands from a mainly shiite crowd are simple de

and that is this other western countries clearly want bashar assad out just as much as they wanted khadafi out and we are seeing this introduction of tremendous amounts of force very skilled sophisticated operations like the assassination of that cleric like the assassination of a general the other day in damascus very skilled operatives are bringing this battle right home to assad and that is not the sign of a traditional peaceful uprising that's not to say that there are not a large number of people in syria who would like to get rid of assad but i think that that sentiment of part of the population is being dramatically helped along by outside forces. well still ahead few this hour a year after the uprising against gadhafi ongoing violence and claims of true in libya cost of dark shadow on the country and rescue celebrations. foreign media has a new darling the russian blogger anticorruption not just home he's more radical and aggressive. type police are searching for two more suspects linked to a failed terror plot targeting two israeli diplomats in bangkok to rainy and have already be

fireworks replace gunshots as the country marks a year since the start of the uprising that toppled khadafi by the university comes at a time of continuing instability hundreds of armed militias are roaming the country and national transitional council appears unable to control them there's also evidence of torture and abuse of the remaining supporters and while libya's leaders say they are willing to integrate the militias into the security services jim brann from the stop the war coalition says for now these are just empty words. of the national transitional council that was the body that was particularly backed by night during the summer months of bombing point he said in. almost as a new message. he said that faced the prospect of violent suppression of the militias.

appears unable to control them but there's also evidence of the torture and abuse of the remaining khadafi supporters leaders leaders say they are willing to integrate the militias into the security services by jim brann from stop the war coalition believes for now those are just empty words. we try to the national transitional council that was the body that was particularly backed by night during some months of bombing when he said in. almost as a new message. he said that if you face the prospect of either violent suppression of the militias or i think civil war and break up you prepare and off. the cuff you know that to have their. voice comes across nothing then you're supposed to get that militias into. the supposed national supposed national police force and just by the very limited newspaper reports from what i can see that very very few people know that you have this creation of a federation of the western militias a few days ago one hundred militias in western libya and that really does seem to be a step on the road to the breakup maybe in tunis to west and east of. greece approve

sued by a pair of dissident libyans he allegedly helped capture and the center for torture under khadafi in twenty two thousand and four excuse me investigation into the claims that may have uncovered several other backroom deals between the u.k. and the colonel's fallen regime artie's ivor bennett explains. ducted imprisoned and tortured for six years all thanks to british government health those are the claims of two former gadhafi detainees who say they were captured by m i six and flown to libya in two thousand and four abdul hakim is now libya's military commander along with sami el saadi he was part of the libyan islamic fighting group they're suing a former british spy chief for complicity in the torture to me the most damaging aspect is just how much the british were involved in even just two cases of sending senior people back to libya and then the potential damage was just how much they knew about the nature of god after his regime and how he and his officials were tortured prisoners that were that should have been obvious documents found in tripoli by human rights watch seemin

and that is this the western countries clearly want bashar assad out just as much as they wanted khadafi out and we are seeing this introduction of tremendous amounts of force very skilled sophisticated operations like the assassination of the cleric like the assassination of a general the other day in damascus very skilled operatives are bringing this battle right home to assad and that is not the sign of a traditional peaceful uprising that's not to say that there are not a large number of people in syria who would like to get rid of assad but i think that that sentiment of part of the population is being dramatically helped along by outside forces while international pressure on syria grows and force it's over for of libya as a country marks a year since the revolt against the gadhafi regime celebrations are tainted by ongoing gunfire on the streets and claims of torture. also harsh rhetoric from the israeli government towards iran fails to convince many in israel that tectonic is indeed the main threat. greece is edging closer to its second bailout despite euro zone leaders demanding

is that it was a concocted group of people who were put in power basically to topple mom or khadafi because simply he was an unreliable dictator for the west there is basically the power struggle in libya now is the struggle of greed the struggle of more of libya's all oil and this is a struggle of dividing libya's resources among greedy people rather than taking libya's resources and giving it to the libyan people. well website r.t. dot com you can find out how the shock waves of the arab spring are still being felt a year old case of deja vu in bahrain where protesters who took to the streets one of the democracy reforms confronted with a harsh police crackdown. also online vandals with taste of the security measures needed to protect most please mr vending machines for coffee are. greece has fulfilled the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but that cash injection may yet prove to be elusive and i think push through final cut some wednesday and committed to a written promise to stick by austerity after elections that still enough for t

urging the libyan government to protect civil rights amnesty international has been reporting that khadafi supporters have been subjected to abuse and torture this as concerns grow that libya's armed militia are still roaming the country unchecked. he's editor in chief of the pan african social justice network told r.t. the situation now is much worse than it was during penalty regime. ever since they too were in variation of libya. as being. gross human rights violations is not just torture there is. indiscriminate killings there are extrajudicial killings there is summary execution leave them cold or gadhafi. members is found to have been some really executed nobody has been through to justice all the huge amount of that are being taught in france by the europeans by the americans at. this place is going to descend into into an ungovernable civil war this situation now in that sense is worse than it was under the the rule of colonel gadhafi. and our web site r t dot com is the place where you can find all of the latest news and analysis including the fact. read expert opinion that says t

of failing to protect human rights claiming thousands of khadafi supporters are being held without charge and even being tortured the group reports at least a dozen have died in rebel prison since september as a result of mistreatment reports from libya say former rebels want to take over power as civilians remain armed and the economy has crumbled since the war political scientist dr not a hashmi tells are the country's future seems. i see a very grim future in libya i see a civil war in libya i see it's never going to have a good stable. environment there and this is exactly what the western one wants to happen because they want to get control of all the oil all the natural resources there now these days who hold the economy control the world and this is exactly what they want i see no future no good future i hold on mistaken but i'm not unfortunately libya's going towards. credible civil war people are going to be killing each other left and right it is up next with the business news stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome to business here in r t thanks for joining me this hour t

one of the sons of the late to libyan leader moammar gadhafi has sought to khadafi has been arrested in new chad according to media reports there he threatens to lead an uprising against italy because transitional government in a television interview gadhafi claimed he has many supporters in the rear including within the ruling national transitional council has said it will not extradite sadik gadhafi. ten people have died and five are missing after an avalanche destroyed several houses and costs about rescue teams have found one girl alive and are still searching for survivors temperatures in eastern europe have plunged below modest searches centigrade at times with over five hundred dead from the cold snap and have. at least two palestinian protesters have been good. by israeli police firing tear gas and rubber bullets the injured were among demonstrators demanding their release at. the hopping on hunger strike for fifty seven days at this apartment for the islamic jihad in the west bank but it's not known if he directly but dissipated and it's hot sun israelis was arrested in dece

unable or unwilling to control to rein them in there's also evidence of the torture and abuse of khadafisupporters amnesty international warns the armed groups pose a serious threat to democracy in libya pharaoh's manji editor in chief of the pan african social justice network tells r t the situation is worse than it was during kentucky's reign. ever since the day to wean vision of libya that has being. gross human rights violations is not just torture there is. indiscriminate killings there are extra judicial killings there's summary execution leave them coto gadhafi. members and it's found to have been some really executed nobody has been cool too.

there's also a fairly comprehensive regime it's not quite the same person if occasion of the state that khadafi was of course there is of course the significant cult of personality that surrounded the syrian regime long before bashar assad came to power of course and so when we're talking here about the syrian government not just talking about bashar assad we're also talking about the entire back the regime that's backing him up with all of their supporters and a pretty significant state apparatus and that's something that really needs to come into play or we're not just talking about a single individual who pulls all the strings of the state having said that i think it's fairly clear that there is simply too much water under the bridge at this point there been too many deaths there's been too much bloodshed and a tremendous amount of polarization between opposition figures. not necessarily in terms of just the leaders but in terms of the people who have been coming out to protest putting their lives on the line and in between them and this state that's been perpetrating these well i mean there

and supporting khadafi and and mubarak and a bunch of corrupt regimes in the damage was even further done when we invaded iraq in two thousand and three on the sarah lee now again ask. situations a little bit different but they can't be seen isolated muslims have a trans national identity and they see any behavior towards by the west against the koran or against their face as. a unified movement against muslims and honestly stateside here in the us in the u.k. now but back in the us a lot of domestic policy hasn't been well for the muslims either you know there is the peter king hearings on muslim radicalization work keith ellison was crying when muslims see that and they get tormented by the fact that they walk around they don't feel like society is on their side at home in the u.s. and abroad. i feel like this conversation is a little bit repetitive because i was talking to you about something another embarrassing act by the u.s. military just not too long ago if you recall that video that resurfaced the marines on the bodies of dead taliban so again what is going on here how does

the situation is worse than it was during the khadafi regime. since the day to invasion of libya. as being. gross human rights it's not just torture there is. indiscriminate killings there are extra judicial killings there's summary execution leave them coto gadhafi. members is found to have been some really executed nobody has been through to do justice or the huge amount of sort of being put in the by the europeans by the americans of. this place is going to send it to into. the bowl civil war to situation not only that sense is once that it was under the the rule of gadhafi. type police are searching for two more suspects in a failed terror plot they say targeted israeli diplomats in bangkok three iranians have already been detained over two days explosions in the thai capital tehran which is under international pressure over its nuclear program denies involvement israeli prime minister though has called iran the greatest export or of terror in the world as artie's reading the reports from tel aviv some israelis aren't convinced. like the battle drones are growing louder and lo

libya marks a year since the revolt that eventually brought down the khadafi regime but rival minute militias still run unchecked in the interim leadership is said to have no real power. part two of the alone a show coming up stay with us. well into the. technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia. the future are covered. guys it's time for show and tell my program now earlier this week we spoke to glenn greenwald about how the media and not the government is leading the charge when it comes to beating the drum for war with iran but how do you guys feel that a producer for treason to send you to find out what you had to say. each day brings a new turn in as claiming standoff between iran and the west the us media headlines talk of israeli preemptive strikes development in the iranian nuclear program and the possibility of an iranian retaliation on u.s. soil all of the u.s. government sources fanned the flames this without a shot being fired only words thrown back and forth like daggers as the tension builds we asked who is really setting the pace in such a da

clear limits on that force it did not authorize a regime change toppling the government of momar khadafi and yet the u.s. the u.k. and france used the resolution as a cover for regime change in fact a number of people on national security council when pressed on this say openly that president obama concluded that this was this was really the only meaningful way that the people of libya could be protected well that may be an honest assessment but that's not something that was authorized by the security council so i think to preserve their positions china and russia said no. what do you think of this you know like i said the rhetoric definitely been heating up from the u.s. side to anything with that tweet that i read from susan rice or she said that he's disgusted by the v.l. as. and that that doesn't allow the u.n. to fulfill its sole purpose and we same something like that before or is this i guess just a development in our new digital age know well the tweets are are new but i think that sort of language is is certainly not new or not unique i mean i have sympathy for this view i mean