the connection is obvious you know here there's been clinton was in saudi arabia the very weekend when the u.a.e. kicked out the national democratic institute. and couple and some other pro-democracy pro-human rights organizations that had been operating here and the reaction from the state department was you know we wish it hadn't happened far far different than what you're seeing in some of the other arab countries so certainly certainly decisions are being made about which of these uprisings are going to get strong support and which of these uprisings will just sort of see what happens in the gulf other than bahrain and yemen qatar the u.a.e. saudi arabia has had some clashes but very big but life has for the most part gone on and any time you had a little bit of dissent it has been quickly squelched in the last year and in fact the pace of that is being increased just in the last six months ok monday to go back to you in los angeles does it bother you that the united states is so like the one who we support supported with great ideas like democracy and civil society and others that

i'm not mentioning jordan or iraq because they are taking a different position than saudi arabia in iran somehow and one how you see that it's trying to support the syrian regime and saleh a the foreign minister recently said that any any political change in syria should come within the framework of the assad regime and there are. they don't want to see the regime is remorse from day to day support them militarily their support and diplomatically and and before we go to break our hands are we going to break it has nothing to do with democracy and the welfare of the syrian people right all of this western media coverage is this junk that well yeah well i think all it is depends on who you're looking for and so if you look on the iranian position here we're going to watch your brain go back to you after the short break after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the arab spring and counter revolution stay with. you. steve. leaves keep this inside t. to carry the room. looks. similar notice their absence. but is there life outside see losing possible. wealthy british style. markets

saudi arabia has had some clashes but very life has for the most part gone on and any time you had a little bit of dissent it has been quickly squelched in the last year and in fact the pace of that is being increased just in the last six months ok maggi to go back to you in los angeles does it bother you that the united states is so lect of who we support supported with great ideas like democracy and civil society and others that are not because i mean my goodness i mean what is the kind of trust leveled can anyone have with you know even these medieval regimes like saudi arabia i mean my goodness i mean united states is one thing and does another with others i mean it's just a policy of hypocrisy. well i think it's it's not selectiveness i'm just going to explain it again i think there are first we should see the level of atrocity that committed by different arab regimes we can't really generalize and put one picture all over all of them again i'm saying this is very simplistic unrealistic and doesn't reflect the complexity of each country in the region when we talk about a brain i

a loyal customer is saudi arabia, the largest producer in the world. 2008, lesley stahl went to meet one of the most powerful men in the world, ali al-naimi, the saudi oil minister and de facto head of o.p.e.c., the oil cartel. >> if most americans had an opportunity to sit down with the oil minister of saudi arabia, the thing they would like to know is where you think the price of oil's gonna be, say, in about six months. is it gonna be up or down? >> you want my classic answer? >> no, i want your honest-- >> okay. >> appraisal and judgment. >> my honest judgment is, if i were to know what the price of oil six months from now, i would be in las vegas, okay? >> [laughing] he may be smiling, but this is a man with serious heartburn and vertigo. in 2008, the price of oil had been soaring and sinking uncontrollably. why did the price, in your opinion, spike in july? why did it go way up to $147 a barrel? >> basically, there was a-- what's called a fear premium. >> and the fear was that saudi arabia itself had peaked out, that you'd reached your ceiling of

saudi arabia has never allowed a female competitor before. even if the saudis the lead, when it really make any difference for women in the country when their rights seem few and far between and where they are barred from venturing out site without a chaperone? we will hear from one saudi princess calling for reform in her homeland in a moment, but first -- >> the lot of a saudi woman is not a happy one. unable to drive, limitations on work and sport. shopping is about the only activity available. when i was in the kingdom a year ago, women had to be served by non-saudi then in lingerie shops. now, women are at last allowed to serve women. that is one battle one -- won, but what about the driving? >> we keep our fingers crossed, but we also are calling for assistance because even if women are allowed to drive, not all women are eligible for qualified. the problem goes a little bit beyond women driving. >> the talks in saudi today is about women and sport. up until today, saudi arabia is not sending any female competitors to the london all of v

what goes on in saudi arabia is a question to be examined in saudi arabia. what's going on in cut sr. a question... one's one by an emir... supply >> why not apply the same rules to sere ja? in syria we don't have a ruling family. we have a president elected by his people and there are forthcoming elections in 2014 where the people will decide whether they want to keep mr. assad or not. >> rose: how long has the assad family been in power in syria? >> i'm talking about the current president. >> but the current president inherited the job from his father. >> he didn't inherit the job from his father. he was elected. >> rose: he was groomed by his father to succeed him. you know that. >> is that the issue now? >> no, no, but i'm just saying there has been one family in control in syria for a long time. >> no, the issue actually... this is a very important question but let me answer it this way: number one the critics coming from some countries both at in the area as well outside are not realistic critics because they come from bad examples this is what i'm say

is strengthening ties to saudi arabia. secretary of state hilary clinton met with the defense minister in washington. she highlighted the importance between the strong relationship. saudi arabia is the worst persecutor and called for the description of all churches on the arabian peninsula. joining us is cliff may, the president of the foundation for the defense of democracies. cliff, you point out, if a christian leader called for the description of mosques, there would have been a global out cry. why was there no response? >> i am totally mystified, not quite surprised the main stream media will not want to pick up on that. for diplomats, they are maintaining good relationships with the saudis, the media have a responsibility, somebody who comes from 20 years in the media to report that even if it is inconvenient to other people. >> saudi arabia will not allow christian churches. isn't it spreading the islam throughout the world. >> wahabi islam is an ultra orthodox version of islam. the saudi kingdom has spent more mone

at the same time, there's very high youth unemployment rate inside saudi arabia. so the question asked, does young saudis object to working in jobs that is young americans or others make take? how real is the problem of youth unemployment? i assume as it's perceived as both a political and economic problem in saudi arabia. so i'm sure it would be great to have your reflections on it, and i think there are variations on this theme that probably play out in all of the countries that these ambassadors represent. >> yeah, i think the youth unemployment problem today is overstated. the challenge in a generation understated. and certainly within the center of the country, there is this tendency to not migrate to jobs that they can have someone else do. not as true in the eastern province or in the of hajazz. >>. >> go to hasa, they're begging me to get factories, they want to work. the refinery in the exxon mobil facility, 92% of the workforce is saudi and it's blue collar, white collar so it's hard to say . and the challenge? saudi arabia is a bloated public sector, and

and so me and all the neighbor saudi arabia has shia population and saudi arabia has been gauged in all kinds of moves over over the last few years due to kind of she is an across the region when one has to see this very much promise i was just straight in how they see things. are going to be going rock. across the region and the way i see it is this is the prime imperative in saudi arabia's. attitude towards syria they are not seriously interested in a dialogue that will leave that will lead to the little form with the syrian government still in place they want a government destroyed because that secular government has a partial government and because a government wish. to play a dominant role and that is imperative so i know there have been some people who are drawing comparisons between what happened in libya and what could happen in syria and libya of course we had un resolution one thousand seven three create a humanitarian corridor or there are many question at the end of the day what was the purpose and in libya you're talking about a grander scale here you're talking about geo s

how can you call now look like saudi arabia hasan power simply because. this is really perception worsening like it happened really the poor he's outside counsel getting caught especially in n.c. support are we. hard lines. for a person's. power. not going to be a. takings in syria. as syria hovers on the brink of civil war we revisit one of the most controversial events of the arab spring. too many votes to who have interests that said that he does and that he should be silenced photo of. the man who engineered the libyan regime is downfall says the grisly end of the khadafi regime may have been about more than just revenge. and washington decides to leave north korea hungary having announced it will suspend today to the parish nation as a response to pyongyang's plans to launch an earth observation satellite but the u.s. calls it a missile test. but first america's missile shield plans emerged again this week to form a stumbling block between russia and the u.s. the pentagon now wants to expand the defense system in asia and the middle east this is pres

the one exception might be saudi arabia. there's some reason to believe saudi arabia and pakistan have worked out a nuclear deal. it's possible pakistan could transfer nuclear weapons to saudi arabia, i don't think likely, but possible. and so that would be the one scenario in which you could imagine a country getting nuclear weapons quickly. otherwise i think you're looking at at least a decade before any other countries in the region get weapons in response. one problem i have with the debate is people think about what does a nuclear iran look like in the first six months or first month, it doesn't seem too bad, why worry about it? only one country historically has given up nuclear weapons, south africa. if iran does, it will be forever. the possible threats posed by a nuclear iran are threats we have to deal with forever. we have to have a much longer time horizon thinking about the threats posed by nuclear armed iran. so i think over the course of a decade or two you're going to see a couple of states acquiring nuclear w

in this portion the focus is the economies of saudi arabia, qatar and kuwait. it's just under an hour. >> i would like to reconvene our forum at this time. as you know, we are still on our tight schedule with one hour remaining on our second panel. the same procedures would pertain to questions from the floor so please begin sending them up as the panelists give their opening remarks. >> moderating our second panel is the honorable allen larsen whose biography you have in the event booklet. i'm sure all of you in the room and certainly we at the national u.s.-arab chamber remember his days in economics and his many years in the aba bureau where he was a champion for u.s. trade and international fair treatment for u.s. companies. so it's a particular pleasure to call on ambassador larson to moderate this panel. >> thank you very much, good afternoon everyone. we're looking forward very much to this panel. we're going to be considering a set of challenges that perhaps paradoxically are just as difficult and daunting in many ways as those of the economies in trans

and saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackout being put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the pollution god beginning from bahrain and then spreading straight into saudi arabia particularly if you were to take into consideration that on the border between israel and saudi arabia the east of here is of saudi arabia will also have many who was also speaking are speaking out against the as all the regime there is even study. the silent western stance and a solid us i think that does not be separated from the saudi arabian wish to keep things as they are to keep on that situation because let me. just briefly want to go about thirty seconds left in this part bahrain cited bahrain's leaders claim they want significant reforms why are there not for the people there still clearly angry just thirty seconds if you will. yes clearly angry i think because the reforms you kno

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obvious are saudi arabia's clearly.proxy or syria or anywhere else saudi arabia is strongest backer of other autocratic regimes is almost across a readings on products and hearings i only hear months requesting looking to see how the syrian regime and i agree. there were questions like i think it's a legitimate question look at. this point how can you call up a government like saudi arabia where is in power simply because. this is this is weaker century who worsening like it happened really would be who are these outside countries to getting the ball especially going into the support we are we. think of the most hard lines the most forces. are come to power well it is not going to be. able is not going to make things in syria. syria holders on the brink of civil war we look back at one of the most controversial events of the arab spring so far. so many parties who have interests. in there isn't true that he should be silenced voted for the man who engineered the libyan regime's downfall says the grisly end of moammar ga

forces in the region, 800 forces in saudi arabia that conduct training and others. if there's a war in the gusm, we're in it already. you don't need to deploy additional forces there. we may have to modify our nuclear posture in the event of a nuclear iran, but there will at least be a period of time where iran doesn't have icbms and a period where they can't penetrate our missile defenses so it will be a long time before they can hold the u.s. at risk. but we'll be able to hold iran at risk forever with our nuclear and conventional capabilities. i think our ability to deter iran is a little higher than people presume, and i don't think it would take a lot of radical shifts in the posture we already have in the region. i would be cautious about going down the formalized route if for no other reason i think countries like saudi arabia and turkey wouldn't want to be part of formal arrange. s. it's not their style. they would be much more comfortable with this informal declaratory posture. >> yes, ma'am. final question. >> hi. my name is barbara. i had two quick questi

states does just so china is becoming the most important customer to saudi arabia still hello saudi arabia stick to trading in only u.s. dollars if china's more important customer or that is that when we're talking about the e.u. dollar as a biological parent parents say coming to an ad like and replacing. well that's a good question china is saying hey what about our currency or we've seen other proposals by the i.m.f. with the night in a should was talking about a basket of currencies or ultimately a new global currency which would be a truly global currency so we're going to proposals out there so we're just going to have to see how labor but ultimately the people are talking about it the united nations in the name out there putting out papers or putting their reports talking the need about them about the need to move away from the u.s. dollar and then another a big factor is that you know you look there will dick actually if you go around and around the world united states was great love but today animosity toward the united states is rising and that's you know also fueling part

we have 8 hub forces in saudi arabia that conduct training and others. we have -- if there's a war in the gulf, we're in it already. you don't need to deploy additional forces. we may need to edit our nuclear posture but there will at least be a period of time where iran doesn't have ibms. it will be a long time before they can hold the u.s. at risk but we'll be able to hold run at risk forever. so i think our ability to deter iran is a little higher than people presume and i don't think will will take a lot of shifts in the posture we have. i think countries like saudi arabia and turkey and the others wouldn't necessarily want to be part of a formal arrangement. it's not really their style. i suspect they'd be more comfortable when this posture. >> i had two quick questions. first i was wondering if you think the campaign of we love you, we will never bomb you that's going around in israel, do you think that could change the course of international relations between israel and iran? and if war were to come, what do you think would be the role of arab su

this point how can you call a government like saudi arabia place in power simply because. this is a weaker century i don't personally i saw in libya. there is a tendency to. come more military solutions to complex political problems on a song person so for me the pro-democracy struggle the worsening economic and we're really poor he's out psychosis to get involved especially going into war are we. hard lines. and why they are only. poor we really need to crack down hard. our. not going to be a hard seems not going to take things in syria. coming up on r t accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine. as the european football championship draws closer landlords are looking to cash in on visiting fans but it is feared their goal to score a big win will send crowds packing instead. one by one cities all around the world go dark for global earth hour this year we've got some surprising new comers including the international space station well i'm not. trying to has lashed out at the u.s. over its decision to plow ahead with sanctions against companies that assist in the

obvious irony saudi arabia is clearly not interested in the locker or syria or anywhere else saudi arabia is going strong backer of other autocratic regimes it is almost across a regime is on the i don't i and i here is our only airman still. the syrian regime and i agree. there were question i think it's a legitimate question the sorts go on at this point but how can you call a car look like saudi arabia place in power simply because. this is the sleeper century unfortunately i saw in libya. there are six hundred seats. or more military solutions flexor political problems on someone who person supports the pro-democracy struggle the worst thing like it happened really will be who are these outside counsel used to get him. going in or are we the opposition hard lines you must have reasons why they are only. poor in fact our hard. our. not going to. take things in syria. and coming up on r g accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine. as the european football championship draws closer landlords are looking to cash in on visiting fans but it is feared in their goal to score a big w

and most disappointing for him was what he saw in saudi arabia. he expected a beautiful place, you know, the best place on earth, and when he got there, it was just the opposite. as far as physical conditions, it might have been almost the worst place on earth, you know. and he came back and he stopped, he changed his emphasis from religion to business, in economics- that's how disappointed he was. and he told us that we can't look to go there; he said we have to find our life right here in america. he said that everything we need, we can have it right here in america. so he changed his direction for us, he changed his vision for the future. >> you know, i wanted to run this by you. i don't know if you had a chance- the way i've spoken about it, and we had some notes here, is when we speak about religion, we talk about two very fundamental things, and one is identity- you know, who you are- and one is your relationship with god or with other people. and to try to make sense of elijah muhammad's teaching of nation of islam, i've talked about it in

. >> the bin laden family is in route to saudi arabia. authorities say the businessman found dead in china was not working for u.k. intelligence. >> greetings to our fears in america and around the world. -- the worst -- viewers in america and around the world. after a trial lasting almost five years, the former president of liberia, charles taylor, has been convicted of aiding and abetting in crimes against humanity. judges at the court in the hague found that he armed and supported rebel forces and exported -- exploited thousands of people during the civil war in sierra leone in the 1990's. our special correspondent reports from the hague. >> you will be sitting in an open section -- session for judgment. >> it has been a landmark day and international justice. charles taylor came to court knowing that he might well go to prison for the rest of his life. he was the president of liberia. prosecutors have charged him with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there includin

envoy kofi annan was denied of the chance of visiting saudi arabia which is a star supporter of syrian rebels what would you read into this. but it's interesting isn't it i mean i'm not really sure what the reasons behind that word but saudi arabia is a key player in all of this it's saudi arabia and qatar being the countries that have been very vocal in their support for your position here talking about arming them for hasnat centra and i think that but it's important you know does go decide where do i think because the key players in this conflict are i think the us britain saudi arabia qatar and turkey these are the countries i'm afraid who are preventing a peaceful solution to this problem if all the countries were supporting the russian plans there we have peace in syria but they're not well we've heard our american senators john mccain and joseph lieberman again suggest arming the rebels tell me what kind of impact do these comments have on the peace process we're going to look at it i mean senators mccain and lieberman are two of the most neutral u.s. neo con group on guns in am

and saudi arabia hands as one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from the holiday inn and then spreading spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else so i think that will contribute to the anger which are we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals. go deeper into our stories at our teeth dot com there you'll find this one a major victory for online sharers as we report online a california judge making an extra special ruling when he says one an x. rated movie is ok for free downloading plus. a global day for a friendly bashing thousands all over the world in dorset in pillow fighting leaving the streets covered with betters you can watch it on our you tube channel. india's army is getting stuck in the trenches beset by dodgy wea

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and saudi arabia has one of the allies have been us so when we speak about the blackout being put on the plane i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from her reign and then spreading spreading through saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else that i think that all contributes to the anger which we're witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals are starting with iran let's get some other international news in brief for you state television says a new round of talks on terror runs a nuclear program is set to take place in istanbul a meeting will be between iran and the six nations aimed at resolving the long running nuclear dispute with u.s. and its allies say iran's program design is designed to produce atomic weapons but iran denies this saying its program is only for peaceful purposes. pakistan's military says there's little hope of finding any survivors of an avalanche r

and saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think first and foremost this is a saudi arabian wish because a saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from the holiday inn and then spreading spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused on the world also i think that all contributes to the anger which are we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals. coming up on this channel the britons risking everything on the roll of the dice we look at how the u.k. is gambling in the streets becoming russian roulette for countless salix these days unable to find the easy money but this story coming up. also read the alert for moscow as hundreds of communist supporters hit the streets to try and shake off the party soviet image. or international news that marley's jones has agreed to hand power to civilian rule in return for an end to sanctions impos

and saudi arabia has one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think the first and foremost this is a saudi arabian wish because a saudi arabian is also a fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from bahari an admin spreading to spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused on world also i think that all contributes to the anger which we're witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe would cheer but the end goals. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines this hour a bomb exploded in central ny causing casualties there details of numbers have not been confirmed this happened just a few hours after an early explosion blew out windows and tore off roots in the northern city of d.n.a. killing thirty eight people and injuring many more there are the latest series of violent attacks in nigeria most of which have been claimed by the militant group. presence has officially resigned as part of

syria or anywhere else saudi arabia is going strong. other autocratic regimes it is the most repressive resumes on the chronics. every time i hear monsoonal questioning the legitimacy of the syrian regime and i agree. there were questions like i think it's a legitimate question look at. this point how can you call up a government like saudi arabia those in power simply because they want. to be like some of the previous kenya or previous king or this is this is twenty first century and worsening like you know out. early with the who are these also icons used to getting the ball especially we're going to court we are we. think this is the minister of hard lines you must have the democratic forces. come to power. it's not going to be democracy was not going to. syria. as syria hovers on the brink of civil war we revisit one of the most controversial events of the arab spring. to leave any of his who have interests that are that he doesn't feel that they should be silenced for the. man who engineered the libyan regime downfall says the gris

korver consent we could get assistance or landing rights from countries like i don't believe saudi arabia would do it but the united states my crew that. just remember that the distance from the united arab emirates to mold in iran is as far as from israel maybe even longer so. this kind of a landing rights would be helpful only in case of attacking targets three thousand iran another. covertly a mike to be. might be but again it's problematic. might be given by a jail which is on the north side of the rain and border they have no good relations with israel trouble is that to get from israel to azerbaijan you have to overfly turkey and at the moment i don't see with the current relations between israel and turkey i don't see the giving and it's only aid if we look across the border with syria and why is serious so important for western nations could it be that it's the last obstacle before and invasion of iran that is tough for them why syria is important. is it important i mean the west and the state i don't see any western country in the intervening in syria as they did in libya there i

the for example saudi arabia has been urging the united states to attack iran for many years now they are terrified they really are terrified on the other hand assistance to israel is still out of their agenda in the open israel would have to fly over arab countries but it has done so before and it can be done without their consent or with. cover consent we could get persistence or landing rights from countries like i don't believe saudi arabia would do it but the united arab emirates might do that. just remember that the distance from the united arab emirates to northern urine is as far as from israel maybe even longer so. this kind of a landing rights would be helpful only in case of attacking targets three thousand iran another. covertly. might be but again it's problematic and may be given by a budget which on the north side of the rain and water they have no good relations with israel trouble is that to get from israel to observe and you have to overfly turkey and at the moment i don't see with the current relations between israel and turkey i don't see the turks giving any in ai

had saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from behind and then spreading spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else that i think that all contributes to the anger which are we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals . if you survivors of a plane crash in russia's two main region on monday remain in the hospital their condition said to be stable craft went down soon after take off just a few kilometers from the airport killing thirty one people failure to the plane's been named as the primary cause of the tragedy or he could grease reports. i heard an explosion then we got a call and my commander ordered us to go to the scene in the c.b.d. is something wrong with the magnitude of the situation hadn't quit