mentioned there is a history of these kinds of things so a lot to discuss here at that level michel chossudovsky a director at the center for research on globalization. when it comes to human rights abuses or while a crackdown seems like there is one country that often xscape the world's attention bahrain and the us backed monarchy is aligned with the u.s. and saudi arabia in their disputes with iran it's also home to the u.s. fifth fleet now a year ago today pro-democracy uprisings broke out in bahrain and a year later the unrest shows no sign of calming down and just this week alone more than one hundred twenty protestors were reportedly wounded in clashes with heavily armed police forces as artie's own ivan bennett reports the weapons and the tactics have been in fact imported from british gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned i want to britain's former top cops john yates used to be assistant commi

michel chossudovsky from the center for research in globalization says foreign intelligence operatives on the ground are helping to start a political chaos in syria i certainly know it's the fact that the government. that's its combat but to solve it by the constitution that introduced politic a multi-party system but the people who are well quite a bit government are not interested in multi-party democracy and they are they are directly as we know they are directly backed by date so i believe six and c i. offer tips which are present throughout collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition the purpose of of this all of its of action is to create political instability which will subsequently lead to all to be legitimizing the syrian government destabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy us state it's still the line with washington so it's not having all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. well let's turn to a country now w

michel chossudovsky from the center for research and globalization says that foreign intelligence operatives on the ground are helping to stir up political chaos in syria. i certainly know that the government. that's it but swallowed by the constitution that introduced baltic a multi-party system but the people who are well why did the government are not. wealthy democracy. there are directly as we know they are directly backed by doing so. operatives which are present. collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition because of this of action is to create political instability which will subsequently lead. to the legitimize the syrian government destabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is a proxy us state still the line with washington so it's not having all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. and still ahead on our team the arab spring has already run its course in libya but a year on a cleansing post-revolutionary atrocities cast of dark cl

not that nobody should say we are not going along with this process ok i know it is enough michel chossudovsky thank you very much indeed for your thoughts director of the center for research on globalization live in montreal concerning the latest developments in the u.n. over syria other news now here on our t.v. the world's top whistleblower has made his appeal to the u.k. supreme court and now it's up to the judges to decide his fate gina saunders wanted in sweden on the negations of sexual assault we can expand it denies the accusations and sister case against him is politically motivated ortiz or smith is outside the supreme court. and laura both sides of put their case before court can we expect a decision soon what's the time scale of all of this. for the time scale is according to the supreme court they will deliver that takes in what they're calling and number of weeks so we're not sure whether that means two weeks of whether it means eight weeks but certainly we have now reached the end of this day haring and which based sites as you say have their cases to the panel of seven judges.

live there from new york well for more on the developments concerning syria we cannot talk to michelle chossudovsky he's director at the center for research on globalization joining us from montreal well as we are hearing now there are media reports that suggest that diplomats in the u.n. have dropped calls for the syrian president to step down many thought that russia's stance would indeed isolate moscow but do you think now that russia's concerns are actually being listened to now. well who. are leading the observer mission all. should change the position which russia takes in this in this debates pertaining to the draft resolution. it's the tory is to say the least that the arab league is not living up to the results of all of this mission report and the mission report is very clear it says it is an all of. this only entity is committee crimes against civilians paul beans terrorist acts and calls it quickly the issue is who is behind this. they talk about the syrian free army they talk about on opposition groups and they provide evidence to the effect that this is an insurrection it is so it is

in either april or may or june director of the center for research on global globalization michel chossudovsky says the latest developments show the u.s. and its allies are determined to start war what we are. seeing here is is a build. tools the ability to go for jaish and besides and this goes to. the staging of of of a military jet and i should mention that. we have a massive well it was of u.s. military troops going into israel troops going to kuwait. you know naval forces as you go in the arabian sea. that it was i think what we really states what. it would be is our allies it's all going to look really like which will give you with the world will. and now to other news making headlines around the world this hour to the u.s. presidential race where the republican front runner mitt romney house cruised to victory in the nevada state caucuses the former governor of massachusetts gained over forty percent of the votes with his main rival newt gingrich behind with just over a quarter leaving fellow candidates ron paul and rick santorum trailing behind romney has already won in two states the

well michel chossudovsky from the center for research and globalization says foreign intelligence operatives on the ground are helping to stir up political chaos in syria. i certainly know it's the fact that the government. that's its combat but to swallow by the constitution that introduced multi multi party system but the people who well why didn't the government are not interested in multi party democracy they are they are directly as we know they are directly backed by date so when i say. operatives which are present. collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition because of this direction is to create political instability which will subsequently lead. to. the syrian government to stabilize syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy us state although like with washington so it's not all big all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance well for one possible outcome of revolution in syria we take a look at libya he spoke. yes it's the start of i

could strike iran in april may or june director of the center for research on globalization michel chossudovsky says the latest developments show the u.s. and its allies are determined to start war. what. it is is a bill that. also. calls for these sanctions ghosted you. should thinks that we. will have the u.s. military troops going to israel. you know. naval forces go. well you know it states wants. to be is our guys some kind of a green light which will give a human face the world will. a dozen dead and thousands injured the bloody aftermath of three straight days of rioting in egypt and it all began after an outbreak of violence at a football match early of us week an episode that claimed the lives of seventy four people and let's now go to tahrir square the heart of egypt's revolutionary movement for more from our correspondent to maria fun otieno now maria thanks for being with us it's been a very chaotic last few days there in egypt what is the mood like now. well shone it's an early morning here in the egyptian capital cairo and this time the square that i hope you can see behind me may

mentioned there is a history of these kinds of things south a lot to discuss here and that was sad michel chossudovsky director at the center for research on globalization thank you very. now the pictures are familiar regimes cracking down on protesters but this time they're coming down for bahrain activists trying to mark the one year anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising were dispersed by heavy heavily armed police forces artie's i've been reports the weapons and tactics may have actually come from the u.k. . tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned by one of britain's former top cops john yates used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed a behavior despicably the latest trick is to throw cans of tear gas into the homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people