the pretext for intervention in yugoslavia was to come to the rescue of helping. to support a course of old liberation albie. what they were saying is that it was committing atrocities it turned out it was the cause of the whole liberation army links up to organized crime for the drug trade which was in fact responsible for those that flows of things so they came in at least we haven't it's sort of action. or a humanitarian undertaking we're up with siding with the costs of the liberation army even though they knew at the time that the kosovo liberation army was loaded predicted so the sort of the talian bucko but it was also dinks up with al-qaeda. so those those parallels have to be drawn we don't even know to what who this opposition is i think it's without and i think we have to analyze that but we know there has been acknowledged by western media that there are members of the. mc. lyte a group which is a critic of al-qaeda which has integrated opposition it is supposed to be a minor secular but nonetheless it's also there are i think you're saying twelve year

the pretext for intervention in yugoslavia was to come to the rescue of people. and to support the costs of all liberation already. and what they were saying is that it was committing atrocities it turned out it was the possible liberation army links up to organized crime for the drug trade which was in fact responsible for those a thousand things so they came in at least we have it it's aggression. we want to support a humanitarian undertaking we are siding with the cost of the liberation army even though they knew at the time that because of our liberation of libya was not only connected to the through the talian bulkier but it was also doing talk with al qaida. those those parallels have two people or we don't even go to what this opposition is i think it's. i think we have to analyze it but we know there has been acknowledged by western media that there are members of. quite a group which is an affiliate of al qaeda which has integrated the opposition it is thought to be a secular but nonetheless it's also there all right so you're saying twelve years ago the

well today marks the twelfth anniversary of the nato bombings in yugoslavia it was a different time than now with the recent military outburst of the west against libya it's hard to draw some parallels between the two attacks on a saucer charge in the analyzes the wars past and present. in march seasons change sunshine invites americans onto the streets american politicians invite themselves to foreign countries. march nine hundred ninety nine the u.s. and its nato allies yugoslavia our own forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo march two thousand and eleven america's next democratic president and a new coalition of the willing attack libya the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that demands and so the violence against. it authorizes the use of force libya were sanctioned by the un security council in contrast to the bombings of the savia there was no such green light ninety ninety nine in the bombings were led by needle the first time a military alliance atop a sovereign nation a non-lethal member posing n

yugoslavia with thousands of people killed and close to one million displaced after the war when they did a count they found the u.s. nato bombs had destroyed fourteen tanks and serbia fourteen tanks what they heard also by four hundred thirty seven schools a similar scenario is now predicted in libya they think that a quick bit of bombing will sort the matter out but in fact i think they will find that it will last far longer than they have gambled for twelve years on serbia still remembers the losses inflicted by u.s. and nato bombings the u.s. is now involved in its fourth attack of a foreign nation in the same twelve years as this in turkey or new york. time of the business news with you. thanks to ari hello and welcome to our seas business update is great to have you with us russia's state run oil firm ross now says it will continue to pursue exploration and assets will deal with b.p. that's up for that still hold all the trade tribunal ruled that big deal brokered peace agreements with its current russian. b.p. arson correspondent tom daschle brings us since the ruling of the ar

so as we take a look back at history and compare our actions in libya to those in former yugoslavia we have to ask if we've learned anything now jake i just wonder to you is there really such a thing as a good humanitarian intervention right people look back because of and they say that that's something that works but at the same time before we went in there before we started bombing maybe there were hundreds of deaths after we started bombing there were thousands of civilians that you know i actually think that the ghost of the war was a mismanaged war i think it was only a serial war and in terms of humanitarian interventions as we've seen over history that only three percent of the time within ten years of an intervention is an actual democratic change and more than likely there's there's a look as we always are from harvard studies and all sorts of other studies that there is less likely to actually bring peace and stability to areas so i think. think of practicality stance it's not good intervene it doesn't help the interest of the nation and secondly most importantly i think that

and its nato allies bomb yugoslavia armed forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo march two thousand and eleven america's next democratic president and a new coalition of the willing attack libya the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that demands and so the violence against its. it authorizes the use of force if it was sanctioned by the one security council in contrast to the bombings of the slavia there was no such greenlights in one thousand nine hundred ninety one means one led by nido the first time the military alliance atop the sovereign means that a non nato member posing no threat to the group similarly libya poses no external threat and there are other striking parallels between the conduct of these wars the enemy then sluggard on the loss of each job the new hitler the enemy of today the eccentric one market and power for forty years as what you describe afi is does jungle yanno trash freak show he modernized lead be a for a while now similarly villainize by the us colonel qadhafi he's just ste

led campaign in yugoslavia twelve years ago a war which claimed two thousand civilian lives. was angry protests in brussels as e.u. leaders meet to discuss new spending cuts while continuing to splash billions on that military campaign in libya. good morning from moscow this is r t coming to you live with me and use now a our top story this morning nato has agreed to take command of the libyan no fly zone but stopped short of accepting full military control alliance chief and said the u.s. will hand over operational responsibility to nato within days meanwhile fresh air strikes are being reported in the libyan capital tripoli for more let's cross live to our correspondents paula slayer she is in the libyan capital. although i'd like to go to you first what's happening in the libyan capital this morning and any news about fire overnight. but it certainly was fire of the night and into the early hours sworn in there were large explosions that came from the east and west of the capital city we know that the government has the military airfields and military bases there so we spl

yugoslavia with thousands of people killed and close to one million displaced after the war when they did a count they found us nato bombs had destroyed fourteen tanks and serbia fourteen tanks but they had also four hundred thirty seven schools a similar scenario is now predicted in libya they think that a quick bit of bombing will sort the matter out but in fact i think they will find that it will last far longer than they have gambled for twelve years on serbia still remembers the losses inflicted by u.s. nato bombings the u.s. is now involved in its fourth attack over four nation in the same twelve years and states in turkey. new york well as the coalition forces involve themselves in libya unrest is continuing in other parts of the arab world. is bracing for a day over the range of thousands of activists are parents are holding mass protests across the country it comes in a defiance of a ban on public gatherings under martial law declared last week. three gripped by under arrest since last month the protesters who were mostly members of the shiite majority are seeking to sunni ru

led campaign in yugoslavia twelve years ago of norwich claimed two thousand civilian lives. also angry protests in brussels as e.u. leaders meet to discuss new spending cuts continuing to slash billions on military campaigns on. the arctic expression an asset swap deal between the oil majors ross nafta and b.p. has been blocked by a store called moderation drive you'll find out more in business so you know around twenty minutes time. it's nine pm in moscow this is our team coming to you live thanks for being with us first up this hour nato has agreed to take command of the libyan no fly zone but stop sort of accepting full military control alliance chief anders fogh rasmussen said the u.s. will hand over operational responsibility to nato within days meanwhile fresh air strikes are being reported in the libyan capital tripoli i spoke to our correspondents in the region also we're a new groups going all for the latest. the explosions they came for me in the waist of the capital city we know that the government has a military a field and military bases there so we say that thi

. >> it was declared yugoslavia for one? >> monday.y godmother was at the queen, queen elizabeth. >> with for decades of communist rule in yugoslavia, the wheels were stripped of their nationality and barred from returning. alexander came back in 1981 when yugoslavia began to collapse into civil war, returning for good a decade later. >> it was my 50th birthday. her majesty the queen, she came. she is absolutely wonderful. >> with close ties to the british royal family, he and the queen have been invited to the wedding of prince william. >> they are making the world happy and their country happy. i think it is wonderful. i am proud to be part of the special day. >> the crown prince believes the republic of serbia should return to constitutional monarchy but he and his wife asking and clean. >> i believe the constitutional monarchy to be a binding point of continuity and stability. >> the royal family in this country share a turbulent modern history, and it is difficult to know what the future holds. serbia is on a gradually more stable

led campaign in yugoslavia twelve years ago which claimed at least two thousand civilian lives. and as more money is a splashed on military campaigns of broad leaders scramble to counter a new threat to the euro this time coming from portugal. as the core of reaction about three of the fukushima nuclear power plant may have been damaged the country is now expanding the voluntary evacuation zone around the site saying the area is receiving a year's dose of radiation per day. as the latest from japan. it's been exactly two weeks since an earthquake and then a tsunami devastated the fukushima nuclear power plant out unfortunately the engineers still haven't been able to neutralize the threat we have received news that the integrity of one of the cause of the reactors has been compromised meaning that radiation cannot possibly leak out this is a troublesome reactor number three this is a reactor which operates on plutonium it's also the reactor which i mentioned smoke over the past few days perhaps these are early indicators of what has just been reported as well in connection with

led campaign in yugoslavia twelve years ago which claimed two thousand civilian lives. on the news now european capitals would be preparing for a fresh and softer volley clashes in brussels on thursday. to hammer out a set of measures to ease the euro zone's debt crisis that's the single currency is placing a new threat with portugal and he said. artie's daniel bushell in brussels has more . in public leaders are saying they feel people's pain but behind the closed doors here in the european commission building they've imposed even more spending cuts slashing spending even further now that even applies to states outside the troubled euro zone places like poland latvia denmark will also participate so you get a sense of the crisis spreading across the european union i've met with some of the protesters out on the streets and ask them why they're fighting the plans. no more layoffs to pay cuts no retirement the message from twenty thousand angry demonstrators pushed back with water cannons and pepper spray by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u. leaders

since threat of i'm carrot which was in hiding under the guise of doctrine of attached to them yugoslaviais just a page and a history book. me as a different country and most nations are foreigners. and yet fresh graffiti can still be seen on the wall of the house where dr dubrow just left it says radovan carrots street. from. home.

one thousand nine hundred two a bloody civil war broke out also former part of the republic of yugoslavia. out of its population of cells bosnian muslims the rest call themselves force and all serbs. relevant heritage became leader of the orthodox serbs and president of the serbian republic in bosnian territory. there are those that are good in the one around it on entered politics in ninety nine say he didn't so against his own little town up and sudan been urged to enter politics from all sides somebody on the other i was not particularly pleased i said to him you know these are going to be hard times for the two of us and the whole family and yes i supported his decision and that's what you want to let it be part of this is their lives so i did them all if the war in bosnia lasted nearly three years and ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety five when a fifty thousand strong international peacekeeping force was brought in. the country. split into orthodox serbs were now in control of nearly half the territory . in one thousand nine hundred six run of i'm carriage which had to leave

in yugoslavia with thousands of people killed and close to one million displaced after the war when they did a count they found the u.s. nato bombs had destroyed fourteen tanks and servia working tanks what they had also by four hundred and thirty seven schools a similar scenario is now predicted in libya obama vows the anti could offer you war will last days not weeks that was the field plan in yugoslavia bombings lasted two and a half months they think that a quick bit of bombing will sort the matter out but in fact i think they will find that it will last far longer than they have gambled for twelve years on serbia still remembers the losses inflicted by u.s. and nato bombings the u.s. is now involved in its fourth attack of a foreign nation in these same twelve years and this is going to. new york. and later this hour to the libyan conflict and cross soccer to great over concerns that doesn't involve them couldn't come a case of history. u.s. british foreign policy objectives would be the removal of gadhafi regime u.n. security council resolution one hundred seventy three fall short

led campaign in yugoslavia twelve years ago which claimed to kills incident. but first to japan now and the japanese government is debating whether to expand the evacuation zone around the fukushima power plant or to radiation there is now ten thousand times higher than the normal evacuation areas currently twenty kilometers around the plant and those living close to the area seeing a lack of vital supplies. is in tokyo. the government does seem to have almost failed these people over the past two weeks now those living within the twenty kilometer range they got a very simple instruction straight away as soon as the accident happened they were told to leave people in the twenty to thirty kilometer range and in fact the population of the area could be as high as one hundred thirty thousand we don't know how many of those people are still my area but it's numbering in the tens of thousand that we give him very contradictory into instructions they were told that they can stay in the homes that they would be ok as long as they shut their windows and didn't go out

minority resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths though it did manage to force the withdrawal of yugoslavia forces from kosovo nevertheless balkans expert marco says humanitarian missions are really justified. they only justify themselves in terms of their ability to achieve the aims of the intervenors which are always to teach it designs or position themselves into occupation positions in strategically vital areas of the world so in terms of how they benefit the local population the answer is not at all in fact they're always very negative afghanistan in one thousand seven hundred ninety intervention then led to the thirty years and still ongoing instability in one nine hundred ninety nine is still a fake state of desperate poverty and desperate crime in all that entire area iraq we know another nightmare we should remember that the resolution calls for dialogue i it requires two sides both to be around in order to engage in that dialogue so it shouldn't be about getting rid of colonel gadhafi we needed dialogue we need a ceasefire we've got bombs instead the bombs are not necessary for th

yugoslavia and you have. you have eastern libya which is always going to want different from west you have you have to a graphic in order ethnic splits in which are historic and libya and. these are being exacerbated from the outside and this is a pattern which is extremely dangerous once you get an internal. armed rebellion because remember the rebellion in libya unlike the demonstrations in egypt and in tunisia was present even the start you have an army of a billion naturally you tell me what country what it is an armed rebellion doesn't try to repress it and immediately the repression is denounced as violation of human rights or even genocide and that's the excuse for the united states and nato to intervene they have their own motives for that but they will use that and they can do it anywhere they can do it and you see this is a very different interest president because it can be used against any country whose regime the united states and its allies don't like and in the real objective is regime change o

resulted in the breakdown of yugoslavia as a country that balkanization of weapons that this is all this the subsidy bet is not expect that it should not happen in libya but when somebody there a machine is on the ground or air strikes are in place there are also so many ended consequences cut that you can see in a certain sense that the ball the ball of fire is simply that his hands now because he has already promised in a way that we don't know if he has enough military forces for that to give them the mediterranean if he could he could attack not only at the area of expert could he could start terrorist operations or terrorist linked operations in the european mainland in strengths and in italy because the nato planes would basically coming from french and italian bases and of it in tehran which saw all sorts of any kind of consequences are at play and this could get really really messy and this is something that the u.n. and nato to moral i'm not sure they are revealed for all these unintended consequences and we will of course keep our eyes on this as you say this goal of fire had t

similar situations between what's happening here and what happened previously we think about yugoslavia back in one thousand nine hundred nine and a president clinton out of course was under nato. you know a couple similarities there we've got stubborn leader both with gadhafi and with slobodan milosevic was with probably had a little more technology to work with i'm wondering if you're hearing some of these connections being made and what you're hearing. christine you know you're absolutely right that is certainly one of the comparisons were hearing and happened hearing throughout this last month of this civil war breaking out in libya certainly a lot of experts have been comparing what's going on now and what's to start happening in the hours to come to the events of one thousand nine hundred nine in yugoslavia and certainly even when the no fly zone in itself just that was being considered by the united states and the rest of the international community a lot of analysts were saying look this is just you know history repeating we have to be really careful here and they were really in

the libyan was a gallup has produced in yugoslavia 30 years ago.n the southern italy, the libyan air force defenses have been eliminated. >> we have achieved, what have previously what've taken months. we have achieved that just in case. >>catherine: the government is still intent on carried on its war against the insurgents. still plenty of support from the capital. while the fighting goes on representatives for the regimen of the rebels are continuing to continue with an african meeting in ethiopia. the u.n. secretary general says that is going to be hopefully a chance to reach a political solution. >> stormtracker 4, it is dying down in some spots but still, showers continuing. all of your details coming up.

. >> by the way, we've done these no-fly zones over the former yugoslavia, iraq. it doesn't necessarily prevent the kind of humanitarian slaughter that we're trying to prevent here. two differences between reagan and obama. number one, american ready. reagan didn't wait for international stamp of approval to move. and number two, with reagan, there was a clear mission, a clear strategy, and clear american presidential leadership. we've had none of that in this case. >> that was before 9/11. >> it doesn't matter! you can argue -- >> all right, all right. somebody -- let me move in. >> need leadership. >> you don't need leadership! [everyone talking at once] >> quickly. >> you don't need leadership that goes into a muslim country all alone. this was an international coalition, post-9/11, and post- george w. bush era, where we created a war in iraq that was unnecessary and left in utter results. [everyone talking at once] >> okay. one well-known member of congress raised the question of whether or not obama has committed an impeachable offense who was that. >> dennis

i think we would expect more bloodshed i gave in i know you're an expert on the breakup of the yugoslavia and it seems to me that libya could speak spelled in a very different way and that's cost of zero and in everything we've heard on this program again everything i'm reading in them in the news tells me and i read your article your recent article on it this is another cost of all adventure and there is kind of a disneyland version for western audiences but it's going to do very badly and it is very long term very expensive and really no solution it's just waiting it out and we could see the same thing happen again in libya. but on a much larger scale well one of the things that one of the things that has come out since the end of the kosovo war very dramatically is that the image people had of the war as a simple case of villains versus victims with the service of the villains and the codes for liberation army of the victims was overly simplistic and that the serbs were indeed villainous but the kosovar of the kosovo liberation army wasn't that much better and they also engaged in terr

highly individual let me give you an example there was a postwar accident at a nuclear facility in yugoslavia three scientists were exposed to radiation two of them died but one survived an investigation established that he had drunk some alcohol before it all happened just as unlikely given port that radiation level is twenty or thirty to normal amount in japan right now people are scared even in russia's far east what is the critical figure to show to be worried if there were more and. the figure that you need not fear is twenty million guns an hour it's absolutely safe being the natural background mountain climbers gain more exposure for example people flying on board aircraft get between twenty and one hundred times more exposure than that your airborne for just three or four hours and that's all the lack of information breeds panic is mustn't be allowed everyone should have truthful and accurate information we mustn't be afraid of information if in japan there are no discharges outside of the buildings if you will or fragments of the reactor core are not blown into the atmosphere they'll

warren christopher has died of cancer at age eighty five he had been a key negotiator in the former yugoslavia and was praised for his efforts in ending the bosnia herzegovina war and also try to promote peace in the middle east while serving under president bill clinton after retiring from office christopher produced practice rather law and international affairs. the u.n. is secretary general has condemned be increasing violence in ivory coast the moon described the situation as quote urban one. warfare on a crime against humanity itself with a deadly shelling by security forces in a market which killed at least twenty five people the u.n. blames forces loyal to president bush who refuses to go it's right losing last year's told them sparked months of violence. all right in just a few minutes we'll take you to the historic russian city of vote on our special report but before that i'll be back in a moment with the headlines. it's not going. to say. my name is daniel smith this is julian assange we will make a short presentation about the we can fix project. the first step in the fourth to get

highly individual let me give you an example i was a post-war accident at the nuclear facility in yugoslavia three scientists were exposed to radiation some died but none of them survived and the investigation established that he had drank some before it all happened. says this is a vital point that radiation level is twenty or thirty to normal amount in japan right now people are scared even in russia's far east what is the critical figure it has shown to be worried the fever. to figure it out you need not fear twenty times an hour that's absolutely see being the natural background mountain climbers get more exposure for example people flying aboard an aircraft have between twenty and a hundred times more exposure but you're only airborne for just three or four hours that's all the lack of information breeds panic there are two things that must not be allowed and everyone should have truth while an act. and information must not be afraid of information if in japan there are no discharges outside of the buildings if you will or fragments of the reactor score are not blown up and something at

individual let me give you an example there was a post-war accident at the nuclear facility in yugoslavia three scientists were exposed to radiation to die but none of them survived and investigation established that he had drunk some before it all happened. a rather poor to play decent level east when she was thirty to normal amounts in japan much like people are scared even in a washes far east what is the critical secret your show to be worried. for. the figure of the union and fear as an hour it's absolutely c being the natural background down to climbers getting more exposure for example people flying aboard an aircraft could between twenty and a hundred times more exposure than what you were only airborne for just three or four hours when i was a very lack of information breached panic two things that must not be allowed everyone should have to with well and i agree and information is that he must not be afraid of. there are no discharges or side of the buildings if you will or fragments of the reactor so who are not on the up and so proud of nothing to fear everything will be norma

see international forces again inside libya people here are very well aware of what happened in yugoslavia there were no fly zone read on there many critics say that under the guise of humanitarian assistance it was a fully fledged foreign interventions and people are also very cautious when the international community bandies about terms such as humanitarian assistance. realities paullus they were the very latest there from tripoli thank you. well the coalition decision to take military action in libya is being made on the premise of a humanitarian mission but globalization honestly. so easy. to suggest a very different agenda. because no humanitarian operation. is deadly wall what you were seeing was the military material and to say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when you do these fighter bombers and save the lives of civilians well it's certainly a war which has the jets of regime change this of course was not mentioned of the security council resolution but my minister stephen harper of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the jek to this o

it's very important because yugoslavia has different markets and enterprises having good results not only in europe and africa, asia and after the selection of the former yugoslavia we lost good markets and every single country is not always capable to go back to those markets, and our complementary economy can do this and now it's time to think globally about common market's and also to have some common efforts to conquer different markets in asia and africa and even in europe as well. so difficult operation. it is really challenged an opportunity and now every day i have phone calls or messages were e-mails from different people from the economy from croatia asking to go and make relations with bosnia and serbia better. it's very important and i think it is acceptable for all countries. >> how good or your relations in terms of economy? and can you make them better now? [laughter] >> yes we can. [laughter] [applause] >> i would say in front of us to normalize and ann ngo the three-way of buildings, first is the building of trust, reconciliation, and mine who gratitude because of th

integration and we're seeing similar such processes in central europe as well in czechoslovakia and yugoslavia so you know i don't i don't believe that the idea that the soviet economy could be risky would in some form i think it's as delusional if i can add on top of it he would do so you economic reform here by going to stephen here and then having political freeform simultaneously creates high expectations when the shelves are empty i mean at a certain point there is a collision and there was a collision there was a collision and i would i would i would build on what you say because the point is correct that the economic crisis that came in one thousand nine hundred ninety one was actually a political crisis it wasn't caused by the economy it was caused by political decisions first made by you by gorbachev then by you also. for example the moment that gorbachev and yeltsin once you also had been elected president of the russian republic announced that prices would increase suppliers of goods refused to deliver into the market to the stores because they were waiting for the price increase it