of morocco. he was making a lot of money for morocco. my question to the ambassador is come why do we hear about morocco providing help and assistance to the rebellion --to help him to establish the government. morocco is considered a resource. i think it can help in this crucial time in what gaddafi did in the past for morocco. guest: ironically morocco and libya entered into a union in the late 1980's. there was a union. it completely antagonize the united states. i was a short-light yen between morocco and libya. morocco has seen a real renaissance in its own air spring. the king of morocco is shown enormous leadership as compared to his compatriots in the rest of the arab world. it is a much poorer country and libya is a rich country. it is the example that the king of morocco is establishing with his own people in producing a new constitutional reform mechanism that is going to involve power more to the people, more so than any other arab leader. i am far more impressed with what marco can d

an interesting political decision on the part of morocco and jordan with saudi arabia playing a key role, yet staying back. if you could play that out a little bit. what is the impact of what is happening right now in libya on the arab spring? on the arab awakening more broadly? how does this play in syria and yemen, two countries in the midst of revolutions and revolt? also, what are the implications in tunisia and egypt, countries that have gone through the transition already? >> i will take a first cut at that, but if any of the other panelists want to we are seeing really confused, chaotic picture in the arab world right now as arab states try to cope with the amount of change. is more than the system can bair. i mentioned i thought in some ways libya was a unique case. gaddafi made a unique mistake 80 or so years ago by trying to assassinate the king of south -- eight or so years ago by trying to assassinate the king of saudi arabia. they were eager to get rid of gaddafi. that has not been the saudi approach to other arab states in general. there were very unhappy to see president m

interesting political decisions from morocco and jordan. the arab league's still staying back in front of this. if you could play that out a little bit. and second, what is the impact of what is happening right now in libya on the arab spring more broadly? how does it play in syria and yemen, two countries in the midst of revolutions and revolt? and what the implications indonesia and egypt? they are going the -- they are undergoing the transition already. >> if any of the other panelist wanted japan, please do. we are seeing really confused, chaotic picture in the arab world right now as arab states try to cope with the amount of change. is more than the system can bair. i mentioned i thought in some ways libya was a unique case. gaddafi made a unique mistake 80 or so years ago by trying to assassinate the king of south -- eight or so years ago by trying to assassinate the king of saudi arabia. they were eager to get rid of gaddafi. that has not been the saudi approach to other arab states in general. there were very unhappy to see preside

breaking the fast in public is punishable by law in morocco. chewing gum is forbidden. violators face fines and up to six months in jail. yet war is not outlawed. in libya, rebels have been fighting even over ramadan. soldiers are exempt from the fasting rule. the profit mohammed himself waged war during ramadan. on the individual level, fighting and making defamatory remarks are forbidden. >> this year, ramadan falls at a time when much of the arab world is in the grip of unrest and conflict. soldiers may be exempt from fasting. ordinary citizens are not. food prices tend to go up, especially for certain kinds of foods eaten during this time. libya is feeling the pinch, with the besieged government running out of food supplies. nato air strikes have put pressure on the gaddafi regime. rebel groups say they are close to encircling tripoli. a thriving trade in smuggling goods from tunisia across the border is causing shortages there. our reporter accompanied one libyan who has been going across the border to buy food. as we see, his trip has been fraught with problems. >

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ambassador to morocco. you've just been on a tour of europe, speaking to experts in the region. the do get any sense there is international desire to do more to put pressure on the regime? >> there is a difference between talking the talk and walking the walk. >> it is 148,000 barrels per day of oil exports. the u.s. has announced its intention to try to get international sanctions. most of those arms are coming from russia. neither britain, the netherlands, germany, nor turkey have agreed to sanction those oil shipments yet. without a universal restriction on those imports, the regime will continue. >> we had hillary clinton talking about u.s. policy toward circassian demonstrators, a successful demonstration of what she called american soft power. has it been successful? >> i beg to differ with the secretary, and i do not like to differ with her. i would say that at this time it is clear from conversations that the united states signalled to early and consistently to assad that he was too big to fail. the united states lost time to gain credibility with the syrian people and o

there have been demonstration, protests in morocco. it is striking none of them has asked for a change in the system but rather for greater and accelerated reform and this system has responded with changes in the political arrangements within the state. that is were in preparation before the intifadas began elsewhere in the world and in morocco. so in morocco the explanation for why it hasn't occurred is that the system is still legitimate and the people are, are skeptically or warily hopeful. now we've said that what people are rising up against is the old order and they want to put into effect a new order. they want to bring in the a new regime. what's it like? and the striking thing is that nobody knows. that is the people who were rising up against the old regime had one demand and maybe expressed it in a number of different ways but all focusing on the downfall of the old regime. what is it to be replaced with? we're busy at the moment. we have to get the old regime down and then we'll think about what we want to replace it with.

that the president stressed that i appreciated was that the democratic transitions under way from morocco to the persian gulf do matter to us. we have big interests in that part of the world and it can be positive change. and we should be supporting democratic transitions throughout the region and there may be times when our assistance is needed directly and our assistance is needed only indirectly. but we should look to be supportive. what i would hope from the congress is that it works with the administration to make sure that resources are available when we need them to support those transitions. i'm going to be very frank again, senator, if you don't mind. i was in algeria during the civil war there, there was brave algerian opposition at the time and we had nothing to offer them. there was no access to the democratic institute and the kinds of programs they do or the republican institute. those kinds of programs actually do matter a lot and we work with civil society and political parties. those programs do help. and we have clawed and scratched for gain s -- it's still up to the loc

they're trying to cheer oh plays internationally for morocco and could set the diet stand side back an estimated eight dollars would be a challenge in dallas increasingly with a need to spot the last day but rejected that offer i was rich angie son cameron superstar by the sun and see him in from a lengthy last three russian unity cheerful from chelsea it's not speaking for brazil like the perfect in february. twelfth and she isn't the only club to make a last gasp before the transfer window closes on wednesday twice former champions through theatre also reports to be on the verge of signing the now mickey head and finishing midfielder grow my beard i mean catch a twenty four year old russian and finish it since he has been a regular in finance national squad for over four years his deal is reported to be worth around nineteen million dollars. fiber in england after selling key midfielder said probably gas and some imaginary as well is still smarting from sunday's eighty drubbing manchester united arsenal have announced they've agreed a deal to sign sacked three of captain. frank side

chalo gonzalez from belgian side standard lee age and twenty two year old plays internationally for morocco and could set the diet stand side back an estimated eight million u.s. dollars on a three year the challenge in zoology previously linked with a need to spot moscow but he rejected that offer was cash rich angie son cameron six star striker simon it's a feeling from around last week russia will bring your d.g. a call from chelsea this month off the street before brazil like to take part of that right. on over in england also have been as they've agreed a deal to sign south korea captain to young park after the french side monaco the twenty six year old striker has scored twenty five goals and ninety one matches during his three years in the french top. i will end with ice hockey and the first world junior club it is being held in the siberian city of seoul moscow's red army get off to a winning start but as roman culture of reports the event is aimed at helping all young guys develop whether they win all leagues. for the next few days will become the world capital of youth ice hockey

ambassador to morocco. thanks very much for coming in. you have just been on a tour of europe, speaking to experts on the region. did you get any sense that there is international desire to do more to put pressure on the regime? >> there is a big difference between talking the talk and walking the walk. the most important source of foreign currency right now are its 148,000 barrels per day of oil exports. the united states has announced its intention to try to get international consensus to sanction -- because that is a major source of revenue to purchase arms for the regime. most of those arms come from russia. back is that neitherj the netherlands nor germany nor sanction those oil imports yet. without the universal restriction on those imports, the regime will continue to be able to get those currency. >> we have been talking about the u.s. policy toward syria demonstrated successful what she called american soccer power. has there been successful american solidary toward syria? >> i differ with the secretary, and i do not like to diff

the british were pushing rommel from the east, and we were going to land in morocco, and marshall taskedisenhower with the, with the design of those plans. so eisenhower came to the presidency not only a great diplomat-general, but someone with, who knew a lot about the way washington worked and who'd been dealing with global issues for a dozen years by then. he not only was the great diplomat-general of world war ii, he had held together the grand coalition of the second world war, the allied coalition. after the war he was the army chief of staff, he presided over the desegregation of the army that professor moy talked about a few minute ago. he, and he took leave of absence as president of columbia university to be the first military commander of nato in paris because at the time it was recognized if there was one american we can send to europe who personifies the american commitment to nato, to the freedom of western europe, to america's continued responsibility in the world, it would be dwight d. eisenhower. and last but not least, eisenhower was over in, um -- the story of eisenhow

here because gonzalez from belgian side standard the twenty two year old plays internationally from morocco could set the dagestan side back an estimate. i know it's a deal but telecoms alison previously the need to stop most guys rejected that offer while st andrews cameroon superstar tried to see just last week russian ring a huge year for chelsea thirty six months after the shooting for brazil legend prefer to call it in february. the last day of the transfer window at the moment in england and also have an ice they've agreed to deal to sign for a captain cheung part from french side monaco the twenty six year old striker has scored twenty five goals that night if you. like i and we will end with ice hockey on the first world junior club cup it's being held in the siberian city of aunts and so almost goes red army get off the winning start that is roman culture of reports the event is aimed at helping all young players develop whether they win or lose. for the next few days on school become the world capital of youth ice hockey the choice of the siberian city for the first ever club worl

next round as number eight seed burdick he scraped the first set on a time break against while in morocco and he looked far from certain whether the czech would win but he soon silenced any doubters plowing through the next set six games to love and finishing off with an ace on match point it was the other time. what it was an easy first round match for inform joe wilfried tsonga who returned to the top ten in the a.t.p. rankings on monday and he lived up to his new status song the stretched cry at marin church to the limit in a blistering six four six three when as the french from hunt for his first title race two years after going out to wimbledon in the semifinals to eventual champion over just a victory last month. was about it stepanek reached a big landmark the thirty two year old czech not start with number three hundred on the saw and making the victory even sweeter is the fact he had to endure an impressive twenty one aces giant local boy john isner seven five five seven seven six the final score. while on the women's side of the draw former world number one maria sharapova has s

five to thirty years we have seen regimes over twenty years long in the matter of be in countries to morocco algeria we've seen the toleration of a completely authoritarian brutal monarchy in saudi arabia jordan itself has been reduced to the status of an israeli american protectorate and iraq has been occupied. the occupation of iraq had very little to do with democracy course it had a great deal to do with the establishment of us again really now we have a waiver for a sweeping the arab world you talk about it was reminiscent of the fall of the soviet union i'm not so sure because that the mass involvement in that by and large was limited it reminds me more off the wave of revolutions that took place in europe in eight hundred forty eight revolutions for democracy eighteen forty eight or to revolutions against autocracy democratic revolutions trying to find a different way of governments and that's that is what we are seem to be going to the. very interesting they had lasted too long i do and you know eighteen forty eight are interesting but there was a strong reaction eight hundred forty

charge or trial by the us we have highlighted over thirty cases that include syria egypt bangladesh morocco pakistan in which british intelligence services have been involved in puce or have been complicit where people have been abused in these countries and we have offered this information to the police. time now to update you on some other international headlines now an update in libya's government describe reports that the youngest son of moammar gadhafi was killed in a nato air strike as a dirty trick rebels claim the twenty eight year old was among the thirty two who died in the raid which the alliance says targeted and ammunition a military police facility and. they may want to get off he was killed along with three grandchildren when a nato bomb hit the house they were. in thailand has its first ever female head of government. has been elected prime minister after her party secured a parliamentary majority she's the sister of former pm he was overthrown in a military coup five years ago he was charged with corruption and fled the country to speculation he might try to come back now h

to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal arab regimes from saudi arabia to morocco. some of this part here in the russian capital kabul suicide bombing in the russian republic of chechnya that's left at least seven people dead and eighteen injured when a question about now joins us live with latest on the story. within it good to see you are bring us up to date what is the latest that you know. well this night of the capital of of the republic of grozny was head spy to last the first ever happens later in the evening on the road leading to the siege is our forte as suicide bomber blew himself up when police tried to stop him for an id check two policemen were killed and hour later at the same time of the first blast of these attack happened when investigators and emergency workers arrived at the scene overall eight people were killed and among them six are reported to be police officers one is an emergency worker and one civilian and the other twenty two were injuries and among them four are in critical condition meanwhile according to believe the mation that we rec

morocco pakistan in which british intelligence services have been involved in or have been complicit where people have been abused in these countries and we have offered this information to the police in torah law you can a policy adviser for amnesty international in london says the inquiry announced into the torture and again sions is fundamentally flawed and there are a few key reasons why the inquiry is unable to do its job properly and the first of these is the rather shocking level of secrecy that surrounds the inquiry and much of the inquiry is going to take place behind closed doors and no information will be released to the public without the say so of the government which is very worrying for an inquiry that's supposed to be you know getting information to the public about about what's been going on very much hope that they will see that there will still be an inquiry which is open and fair and transparent and i think if there is a full open inquiry and lessons are learned from that then the u.k. can restore its reputation in the world by then making sure that what it does i

charge or trial by the us we have highlighted over thirty cases that include syria egypt bangladesh morocco pakistan in which british intelligence services have been involved in abuse or have been complicit where people have been abused in these countries and we have offered this information to the police i think the reality would be that once these revelations are made it's true people will be upset it's what the government does about those things anybody would get radicalized if you hear about the types of torture took place however when the government said that they will hold to account those people who were involved in torture and we take them for their word and if the government then goes against that and says that we'll have this session but it's going to be in secret and you won't get to see it and you will get to see those people involved in your torture and then people will lose any support any any idea that the government is actually go to try to him carry out justice. this is. still ahead this hour. a group of muslims trying to enforce sharia law in london opening a new front of

campaign minutia and not enough paid by the press corps to the basic ideas to distinguish us from morocco. but even stranger than its dazzling rhetorical performance which won't be enough to save his campaign it seems like he's copying some of wrong as if i'm bad and i think that it is a scandal that the federal reserve is secret and i think that frankly their monetary policy since the late ninety's has been a major factor in the bubble that has been created and a major factor in the economic pain we're now going through i thought we were in the twilight zone for a second there and ron paul and it did cut into boots body somehow and certainly doesn't look anything like john king's softball questions though rick santorum also known as the band's ken doll self destructed on stage and got a foreign policy lesson from ron paul i want one night that ron being the only military veteran running for the g.o.p. nomination by the way santorum speaking of himself also said we could kick the tires i think a prostitute try to tell me that once. iran is not isolate iran iran is a country that has been

they were in preparation before the intifada began elsewhere in the world and in morocco. in morocco, the explanation for why it hasn't occurred is that the system is still a legitimate and the people are skeptically or what we're really hopeful. we have said that what people are rising up against is the old order and they want to put into effect a new order and bring in a new regime. what is like? the striking thing is that nobody knows. the people who were rising up against the old regime had one demand -- maybe expressed in a number of different ways, but focusing on the downfall of the old regime. what is it to be replaced with? we are busy at the moment. we have to get the old regime down and then we will think about what we want to replace it with. that is a big thought to be thinking about. it takes a lot of time. in tunisia, the regime is a bumbling along, trying to deal with elections and sequences of constitution making and so on and they're making sincere but slow progress. in egypt, we see that there is a force that is present, the army. it does not want to tak

it sits around the table with qatar, u.a.e., morocco and jordan. i think that is incredibly significant. another lesson i take out of this we're concerned about the role of many of our small allies in europe, many of the small allies stepped up to the plate and demonstrated their utility here. if you look what denmark did, norway, even belgium. danes and norwegians were conducting 25% of the trying sorties in libya. 25%. that is remarkable for these two small allies of ours. i think it has been a healthy reminder our smaller allies can when push comes to shove and they're willing to put he will go grease into it have an impact. someone inside the government who worked very hard on the french normalization of its relationship with the alliance the other significant thing i think has happened this has been the first time when france has really been able to achieve its national objectives working directly through the alliance. and i think that's more euro wonk sort of way to think about what's happening but i think it is strategically significant for

in morocco and jordan they started announcing at least baby steps forwards constitutional monarchy. but the region is being shaken up by these revolts. >> juan, one of the things that has gone relatively unremarked upon when we talk about internationalment here is how involved the arab nations of qatar and united arab of em rat were in this intervention? how important was it strategically and also in terms of the political impact here? >> yes. with regards to image, it was important that this intervention in libya not be seen as solely a western one. i think it wasn't. it should be remembered that turkey is a nato member. it's a major muslim country of over 70 million. and did play an important role in libya. likewise, as you say, in the arab league, the most active members with regard to the intervention were qatar and united arab emirates. qatar supplied weaponry, flew missions, supplied aid. so it's very important. >> juan cole, professor of history at university of history, blogs at juancole.com. your post today about ten myths about the libya war is required reading for everybo

remarkable chain of events, where there is almost not a single country untouched by mass protests from morocco all the way to the border of pakistan. so is the arab world plus i ran here, so these countries have been shaken by protests. in two countries, protesters have managed to get success. tunisia and egypt. i'll talk more about this as we go on. in other countries, i would advise people not to be impatient. you know, let's wait. i'm confident in at least a couple other countries, by rain for example, that they will be positive change. it's still six to eight months. let's remember, gandhi could be plus years after he came back to india. it took martin luther king a decade. in this teenage, we have very limited attention span and we should give people more time. you know, it's not invented here, so we should definitely be patient. so the theme of my bookcase, you know, islam and nonviolence, islam and pacifism. i caution people and tell him because they say what about al qaeda? what about the taliban? i'm not saying there's an absence of violence. what i'm saying is please do not be a stra

and the gcc countries of the gulf cooperation counsel, moving into barr barr -- bahraid jordan and morocco on the other side of the arab world. do you see that's part? the saudis are trying to influence egypt. they didn't want mubarak to go. do you see that's part of what's happening? a task that cooperation between the parts of the united states government that might talk about democracy, but push come to shove, really don't want it, and obviously anti-democratic portions of the anti-democratic saudi regime. >> aye -- i'm certain the saudis have not been a cheerleader for the arab spring that has occurred. some of the things they have done to try to push back, including the items that you discuss, where they use their military in bahrain, they have used as a means of keeping the people passive a couple of devices. one is economic. this year the saudi government is going to get out 14 monthly checks to all government employees for working 12 months. i think that level of generosity has something to do with the desire of keeping the people passive by improved standard of living. they are al

the third cases morocco. one thing -- the third case is morocco. you do not have been old king, but taking who is of the generation of those -- you do not have an old king, but a king who is of the generation of those protesting. the state has responded with changes, including arrangements within the state. in morocco, the explanation for why it has not occurred is that the system is still legitimate and the people are warily awful. -- hopeful. we have said that what people are rising up against is the old order. they want to put in effect a new order. they want to bring in a new regime. what is it like? the striking thing is that nobody knows. the people who were rising up against the old regime has one demands. they have expressed it in a number of ways -- the people are rising up against the old regime has one demand. they say, we have to get the old regime down and we will think about what we want to replace it with. that is a big thought to be thinking about. it takes a lot of time. in tunisia, we see that the regime is bumbling along trying t

today when a note sits around the table to discuss libya, it's it's around the table with morocco, jordan. i think that is of incredible significance. as much as we are concerned about the role of small allies in europe, many demonstrated their utility here. if you look at what denmark, norway did, even belgium. de deigns to 25% of the strike -- the danes took 25% of the strike teams. said many of our smaller allies can when push comes to shove. the other thing -- there was someone inside the government that work very hard on the french normalization of the alliance. this is the first time friend says really been able to achieve national objectives -- french authorities have really been able to achieve national objectives through the alliance. @ think it is significant for the -- i think it is significant for the the french relationship with the alliance. i do think at the same time, you have to be sober about what we are seeing. clearly, this magnifies secretary gates's farewell speech in brussels. there were problems with sustainment. i think it will become very clear that the europeans

ambassador to morocco. how quickly can the sidelined libyan oil get back on the market? we know the european market is hungry for this high quality crude to drive its economies. >> well, there's a great deal of disagreement on that. nobody's sure what state the oil fields are in. people are estimating some oil by the end of the year, some people have said as many as 18 months, but when this is their only export, their only hope of putting this government together, and tying this country up, i've got to think they're going to move heaven and earth to get it. i expect it's going to be a lot sooner than anybody guesses. i think that they're going to have some oil almost within a month and i think within a quarter they're going to have a decent amount. of course, they have to get into these oil fields and inspect them, go through all of that, but i would be willing to bet every european person who knows how to deal with this, is going to be on planes down there to help them right away. >> they're huge investmen

that's where in preparation before the intifada began elsewhere in the world and in morocco. so, in rocko, the explanation for why it hasn't occurred is the system is still legitimate and the people are skeptically or warily, let's say warily hopeful. now we've said what people are rising up against is the old order, and they want to put to effect a new order, they want to bring in a new regime. what's it like? and the striking thing is that nobody knows that is the people who were rising up against the old regime had when demand, and maybe expressed in a number of different ways but i'll focus on the downfall of the old regime. what is it to be replaced with, we are busy at the moment. we have to get the old regime down, and then we will think about what we want to replace it with. that's a big thought to be thinking about. and it takes a lot of time. in tunisia, we see the regime is bumbling a long time to deal with dates of elections and sequences of constitution making and so on, and is making sincere but slow progress. in egypt, we see that there is a force that is prese

critics including a former ambassador to morocco call it too little, too late. >> i would say at this time they have been leading from behind on syria. whatever the administration says orally will be irrelevant. >> some republicans insist president obama should pull u.s. ambassador robert ford out of damascus. he just rewards the regime. u.s. officials counter, ford who has travelled to syrian cities is a potent symbols, it's moral support for the syrian people. the embassy provides valuable information on the movement. why did it take so long to call him a dictator to step down a former ally renounced power. >> the tools at our disposal and relationships and influence and our long-term investment, et cetera in the various countries has been different. therefore the responses have had to be taylored. >> it has been weak and disorganized. the state department said they have been making what they call significant strides. if president assad steps down, that had better be the case. >> i want to be precise on this. the obama administration said he should step aside. they are not saying he

for example, morocco and jordan formally became parkton -- partners of the nato council that was conducting the operations. saudia arabia played a key role in the arab league, but was dating back a little from this. play that out a little bit. what is the impact of what is happening now in libya on the arab spring, on the arab waking more broadly? how does this play in syria and yemen come off two countries in the midst of revolution and revolt? what are the implications in tunisia and egypt, countries that are going through this already? >> maybe i will take a first cut at that. we are seeing a confused, chaotic picture in the arab world right now as the various arab states try to cope with the amount of change in the arab world. it is more than the system can bear. i mentioned that i thought in some ways libya was a unique case. gaddafi made a very big mistake about eight years ago, by trying assassinate the king of saudi arabia. because of that, saudi arabia took that position on change in libya, when the uprising started. they were eager to get rid of gaddafi, and that clearly has not i

and also marc ginsberg later, former ambassador to morocco.nd live a bit later, more of our coverage surrounding the dedication of the martin luther king memorial. today at noon, we will have live coverage of a luncheon, a civil- rights pioneers. honoring those from the past, present, and perhaps the future, at the convention center. live coverage on c-span at noon. it should be a two-hour long events. and also covered friday. and of course, the big dedication ceremony sunday at 11:00 on the mall in washington. jack, independent caller. we have been reading some of the details about dick cheney's memoir. what have you heard that move you one way or the other? caller: i have not heard anything really, except that i would like to make a comment. i just wonder how much of dick cheney is going to receive personally from halliburton from the $400 a gallon gasoline that of the u.s. troops are paying for over in afghanistan. thank you. host: some of the other front- page items here today. "washington post" lead story, focus turns to finding gaddafi.

point the president stressed that i really appreciated is the democratic transitions underway from morocco to the persian gulf do matter to us. we have big interest in that part of the world, and it can be positive change, and we should be supporting democratic transitions throughout the region, and there may be times when our assistance is needed directly and our assistance is only needed indirectly, but we should look to be supportive. what i hope from the congress is it works with the administration to make sure that resources are available when we need them to support those transitions. i'm going to be very frank again, mr. senator, if you don't mind. i was in algeria during the civil war there in the mid-90s. there was a very brave algiersian opposition at the time. we had nothing to offer them. there was no democratic institute and the kinds of programs they do or the republican institute. those kinds of programs actually do matter a lot, and we work with civil society and political parties. those programs do help, and we have clawed and scratched for gains in places like iraq, and t