is ready to work out a plan for purchasing russian weapons lebanon has purchased arms from russia in the past and now we are trying to figure out if we could get some discount on weapons for lebanon's army and security forces and and what about jets. we will study the issue during our visit our pilots are going through training and hopefully this visit will be a successful end to what our president has started. they have in what areas can expect agreements to be signed with russia we're considering signing an agreement on culture and between our countries ministries of justice we hope that agreements in other areas will be studied properly especially those concerning armaments for the lebanese army. yes i know of at whose russian maintains its position regarding the un international tribunal on the killing of former prime minister honey and fully supports it what is your standpoint on this position here but it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and is never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position which we consider to be n

do think that is a machine of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on lebanon and could lead to resolution of the political crisis there as well. i think the main problem here is that the key issue is ignored i mean about a fair peace for everybody in one thousand nine hundred one there was a peace conference in madrid then there was also the arab summit conference in beirut where the participants came up with the arab peace initiative but now the peace process is being destroyed by different amendments which will lead us nowhere the principles behind the resolutions which were supported by everyone demand that israel should follow the resolutions that would have been no need now to talk about arms and other problems have this peace process not been buried in the one nine hundred ninety s. we face many difficulties today because israel denies palestinians their legal rights refuses to return the golan heights to syria the ship of farms. and geisha to lebanon but the arab peace initiative was adopted why is israel doing that the international community has an obliga

is ready to work out a plan for purchasing russian weapons lebanon has purchased arms from russia in the past and now we are trying to figure out if we could get some discount on weapons for lebanon's army and security forces and and what about jets. we will study the issue during our visit our pilots are going through training and hopefully this visit will be a successful end to what our president has started. they have in what areas can expect agreements to be signed with russia we're considering signing an agreement on culture and between our countries ministries of justice we hope that agreements in other areas will be studied properly especially those concerning elements for the lebanese army. and i know of at who's seen a aggression maintains its position regarding the un international tribunal on the killing of former prime minister hariri and fully supports it what is your standpoint on this position here but it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and has never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position which we consi

, lebanon is on the verge of another war and in fact i would say it is on the verge of two wars, one is the war between hezbollah supporters opponents inside lebanon, which is a country more polarized than at any time since i have been following it, and the second war is the much anticipated war between israel and hezbollah, which people expected this past summer and both hezbollah and israel seemed to be talking about like it is just a question of timing really and not of whether they will have another war. >> rose: why do you say that? >> hezbollah, there are a lot of reasons -- the central one from hezbollah's viewpoint is that hezbollah is an organization that has built its appeal, it built a million or more followers around a gospel of perpetual war, so it needs, it needs war, it needs the cleansing power of another war to retain or restore its legitimacy among its partisans, then secondly, both israel and lebanon, story, israel and hezbollah feel since 2006 war that they could do better, and it is sort of a disturbing set of structural factors that both sides think in a rematch

is ready to work out a plan for purchasing russian weapons lebanon has purchased arms from russia in the past and now we are trying to figure out if we could get some discount on weapons for lebanon's army and security forces and us and what about jets. we will study the issue during our visit our pilots are going through training and hopefully this visit will be a successful end to what our president has started on many of you know what areas can expect agreements to be signed me russia were considering signing an agreement on culture and between our countries ministries of justice we hope that agreements in other areas will be studied properly especially those concerning armaments for the lebanese army. and i know of at who's seen is russia maintains its position regarding the human international tribunal on the killing of former prime minister and fully supports it what is your standpoint on this position the beer but it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and has never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position which we c

is ready to work out a plan for purchasing russian weapons lebanon has purchased arms from russia in the past and now we are trying to figure out if we could get some discount on weapons for lebanon's army and security forces and and what about jets. we will study the issue during our visit our pilots are going through training and hopefully this visit will be a successful end to what our president has started. made in what areas can expect agreements to be signed with russia we're considering signing an agreement on culture and between our countries ministries of justice we hope that agreements in other areas will be studied properly especially those concerning elements for the lebanese army. yes i know of at a russian maintains its position regarding the un international tribunal on the killing of former prime minister honey and fully supports it what is your standpoint on this position here. it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and is never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position which we consider to be natural becaus

interview with great pleasure i would like to welcome lebanon's prime minister sheikh saad and heidi hello prime minister hello i thought that that and that in few days and i do think that is a machine of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on lebanon and could lead to resolution of the political crisis there as well. because that's about i think that the mean problem here is that the key issue is ignored i mean about a fear of peace for everybody in one thousand a new one there was a peace conference in madrid then there was also the arab summit conference in beirut where the participants came up with the air peace initiative but now the peace process is being destroyed by different amendments which will lead us to nowhere the principle behind the resolutions which were supported by everyone demand that israel should follow the resolutions there would have been no need to talk about arms and other problems in the speech process not been buried in the ninety nine he said we face many difficulties today because israel denies palestinians their legal rights refuses

, lebanon is on the verge of another war and in fact i would say it is on the verge of two wars, one is the war between hezbollah suppoers opponents inside lebanon, which is a country more polarized than at any time since i have been following it, and the second war is the much anticipated war between israel and hezbollah, which people expected this past summer and both hezbollah and israel seemed to be talking about like it is just a question of timing really and not of whether they will have another war. >> rose: why do you say that? >> hezbollah, there are a lot of reasons -- the central one from hezbollah's viewpoint is that hezbollah is an organization that has built its appeal, it built a million or more followers around a gospel of perpetual war, so it needs, it needs war, it needs the cleansing power of another war to retain or restore its legitimacy among its partisans, then secondly, both israel and lebanon, story, israel and hezbollah feel since 2006 war that they could do better, and it is sort of a disturbing set of structural factors that both sides think in a rematch t

interview with great pleasure i would like to welcome lebanon's prime minister sheikh saad and heidi i know hello prime minister hello i thought that that and that in few days and i do think that is illusion of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on lebanon and could lead to resolution of the political crisis there as well. because that's about i think that the mean problem here is that the key issue is ignored i mean about a fear of peace for everybody in one thousand a new one there was a peace conference in madrid then there was also the arab summit conference in beirut where the participants came up with the air peace initiative but now the peace process is being destroyed by different amendments which will lead us to nowhere the principle behind the resolutions which were supported by everyone demand that israel should follow the resolutions there would have been no need to talk about arms and other problems that this peace process not been buried in the ninety nine he said we face many difficulties today because israel denies palestinians their legal rights

interview with great pleasure i would like to welcome lebanon's prime minister sheikh saad and heidi i know hello prime minister hello had thought that given that in few days and do you think that is a mission of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on lebanon and could lead to resolution of the political crisis there as well. i think that the mean problem here is that the key issue is ignored i mean about a fear of peace for everybody in one thousand a new one there was a peace conference in madrid then there was also the arab summit conference in beirut where the participants came up with the air peace initiative but now the peace process is being destroyed by different amendments which will lead us to nowhere the principle behind the resolutions which were supported by everyone demand that israel should follow the resolutions there would have been no need to talk about arms and other problems of this peace process not been buried in the eighteen nineteen he said we face many difficulties today because israel denies palestinians their legal rights refuses to ret

is ready to work out a plan for purchasing russian weapons to lebanon has purchased arms from russia in the past and now we are trying to figure out if we could get some discount on weapons for lebanon's army and security forces and us and what about jets. we will study the issue during our visit our pilots are going through training and hopefully this visit will be a successful end to what our president has started. many of you know what areas can expect agreements to be signed in russia we're considering signing an agreement on culture and between our countries ministries of justice we hope that agreements in other areas will be studied properly especially those concerning armaments for the lebanese army. and i know of at who's seen is russia maintains its position regarding the un international tribunal on the killing a former prime minister and fully supports it what is your standpoint of this position the beer but it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and has never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position which we con

not only in the matters related to the international trade you know but also in everything lebanon had to go through over the past decades with all the wars both in two thousand and six and earlier russia has always been on lebanon side what kind of relationship you have with the syrian government now. that we've got wonderful relations we keep up contact our ministers keep in touch with their syrian counterpart i hope that the gap between ice will get smaller i want to develop a special relationship but sheria it will be beneficial for us in terms of politics security economic and social policy we are constantly working on maintaining this kind of relationship which is made up of political relations between the two countries economic ties as well as relations between the governments those what is your visit to iran at the end of the month what will your talks be about there. and the time of the visit is not defined yet we hope that it will take place and that will cover all issues on the agenda in our talks i was open about talking to iran's president ready to dive during his visit to

israel and lebanon are still technically at war. israeli and lebanese soldiers were killed in a gunfight a few miles from the border. it remains tense. >> israel must withdraw from the northern part. this is the decision of the security council, and this is not subject of negotiation. >> this is officially part of love and on. by withdrawing its forces across the blue line -- this is officially part of the lebanon. by withdrawing its forces, israel is fulfilling its obligation but it is creating another problem -- cutting the village and town o in half. the schools and pare in southern half. people are worried. >> people in the north have brothers and the south. it is like one big family. i cannot leave my children, my brothers, my parents and love and on. it is like cutting a person in not leave cananot my parents in lebanon. >> with an international frontier running through the middle of the village, israel could soon be facing its enemies from hezbollah and the lebanese army on the other side of main street. >> malaria is a disea

is ready to work out a plan for purchasing russian weapons lebanon has purchased arms from russia in the past and now we are trying to figure out if we could get some discount on weapons for lebanon's army and security forces and us to have and what about jets. we will study the issue during our visit our pilots are going through training and hopefully this visit will be successful and to what our president has started. many of you know what areas can expect agreements to be signed in russia we're considering signing an agreement on culture and between our countries ministries of justice we hope that agreements in other areas will be studied properly especially those concerning armaments for the lebanese army. and i know of at who's seen is russia maintains its position regarding the un international tribunal on the killing a former prime minister has really and fully supports it what is your standpoint on this position here but it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and has never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position wh

is ready to work out a plan for purchasing russian weapons to lebanon has purchased arms from russia in the past and now we are trying to figure out if we could get some discount on weapons for lebanon's army and security forces and us and what about jets. we will study the issue during our visit our pilots are going through training and hopefully this visit will be a successful end to what our president has started on many of you know what areas can expect agreements to be signed in russia we're considering signing an agreement on culture and between our countries ministries of justice we hope that agreements in other areas will be studied properly especially those concerning armaments for the lebanese army. and i know of at who's seen is russia maintains its position regarding the human international tribunal on the killing of former prime minister and fully supports it what is your standpoint on this position the beer. it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and is never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position which we c

so one might not be happy to see newly arm lebanon. i think that both syria but he serials they wouldn't be happy seeing that live on the rearming because they used to the fact that livin on these weak state that there is no strong gun you've got becomes even armed response in case that's why i see this is a very poor about school situation on the boat. and opens it states syria and interesting although both will not be happy seeing lebannon being more strong. there was ample her director of the center for analysis of strategies and technology thanks very much for sharing your views here with us on our team. something to look at some other stories from around the world and iran is testing long range missiles part of what it says the country's biggest erda fans drill the five day war games are being carried out to test the islamic republic's ability to deter possible airstrikes against its nuclear facilities israel and the us say they have not ruled out military action against iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons to iran i

>> no. >> it is not dangerous for lebanon or the stability of the country? >> i think much -- more dangerous is not to dialogue about the issues that are difficult. this is one of the difficult issues. >> he will not budge. today, has below warned that indicting its people would be like letting the fuse for an explosion. the time he is spending in london will not be addressed by. lebanon is full of talk of war. either in the region or domestically within the country. he has one of the hottest seats in mideast politics. the next six months will not be easy. >> that is all for the program. goodbye. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of ind

i collected all the stories inp xe camp south of lebanon, and the date that i left a woman grabbed my arm, she was the woman who introduced me to many of the people come and see steered me down and said we've told you everything. now what are you going to do? and i remember sitting next to my wife on the way, and said we said to each other our lives are never going to be the same again. this was a transforming experience in that i found out about something i didn't know about and i learned about it in a personal way. i could put faces on these people. i had their stories. i knew where they had come from, what they were experiencing and how desperately they wanted to go back to the lives they had forced to leave. and it was a few years later i started the palestinian rights campaign, and it was funny because i was involved in antiwar stuff and i remember speaking at a rally about vietnam and somebody from the jd all, why are they letting the era guice fecund i was like who is that? i was an american, was of their lives descent, but i thought that arabs were people from over there an

to the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop some of. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of the civilians of the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that no one expects or. many of those who smile at them in the capitals of the west since it is just the stakes of destruction of my. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city led to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres or the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have a challenge and i look at it the challenge is to be both principle and reasonable at the same all i get and it needs sound on reasonable you're going to lose the international community but that's that when they come out i don't think that's the way forward in the struggle like that and that you. are better at it is very important that

lebanon indeed the prime minister has praised russia's important role in mediating peace talks in the middle east staying on the subject of the middle east this is the latest development concerning lebanon and promoting stability and sorry sorry i should say so is on a two day official visit to moscow and he's caught up with him ahead of his trip and we'll bring you an interview with him in just over twenty minutes from now here on r.t. now here's a preview of that interview. i think russia could play a very important role it has many friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stands on things to the international community because it's very unnerving to see the injustice done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon in syria we can no longer ignore this political relations with russia very important to us we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well and we would also like to find out how russia could assist lebanon and equipping our army and security forces in this respect we're going to propose so

to the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of them civilians of the map of web of lies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that no one expects or. many of those who smile at them. because of the west of since it was just the stakes of destruction of my. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. and that some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city only to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have a challenge and i'm up at it the challenge is to be both principal and reasonable at the same all i've had and if these sound on reasonable you're going to lose the international community that's a win then i'm not i don't think that's the way to win the struggle like that and that you. are better at this very important that we h

to the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of them civilians of the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that no one expects or. many of those who smile at them in the capitals of the west since a visit to the states the structure of my. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city led to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have a challenge and i look at it the challenge is to be both principle and reasonable at the same all i had and that didn't sound on reasonable you're going to lose the international community but that's the one that i'm not i don't think that's the way to win the struggle like that and that you. are better at it is very important that we hav

to the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop some of. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of the civilians the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that no one expects or. many of those who smile at them in the capitals of the west of since a visit to the states the structure of my. welcome you and ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city led to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres or the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have a challenge and i know that that the challenge is to be both principle and reasonable at the same all i've had and it means sound i'm reasonable you're going to lose the international community but that's that when they come out i don't think that's the way to win the struggle like that and that you. are better at this very important that

so the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of them civilians the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that they want to expect. many of those who smile at them in the capitals of the west of since a visit to the states the structure of my. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city led to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres or the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have a challenge and i know that that the challenge is to be both principle and reasonable at the same all i've had and it needs sound on reasonable you're going to lose the international community but that's that when they come out i don't think that's the way to win the struggle like that and that you. are a bit of that is very importan

to the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of them civilians of the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that no one expects or. many of those who smile at them. because of the west since if it is the stakes of destruction of my. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city led to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres or the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have a challenge and i look at it the challenge is to be both principle and reasonable at the same all i've had and it needs sound on reasonable you're going to lose the international community but that's that when they come out i don't think that's the way to win the struggle like that and that you. are better at this very important that we have a

so the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of the civilians of the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that no one expects or. many of those who smile at them because of the west of since it but the stakes of destruction of my. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city led to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres or the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have this challenge and i would add that the challenge is to be both principle and reasonable at the same all i've had and it needs sound on reasonable you're going to lose the international community but that's the one that i'm not i don't think that's the way with the struggle like that and that you. are better at this very important that we have

to the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of them civilians of the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that no one expects or. many of those who smile at them. because of the west since if it is the stakes it's just us but i. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city late to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres or the reincarnation of those stories in the streets today. we have a challenge and i had the challenges to be both principle and reasonable at the same all i've had and that it needs sound on reasonable you're going to lose the international community and that's that when they come out i don't think that's the way to win the struggle like that and that you're funny. or a bit of this very important that we have

to the outside world the conflict in lebanon seemed to stop. the fighting stopped about one thousand two hundred people killed most of the civilians the map of web allies of the middle east to be drawn in ways that they want to expect. many of those who smile at them. because of the west of since a visit to the states the structure of my. welcome you and i ask that you take a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who died in palestine iraq and lebanon. some of you might know that dr norman was born in new york city led to a jewish family that survived the nazi camps. but our guest heard stories from his parents of the nazi massacres or the reincarnation of those stories in the streets of shatila today. we have a challenge and i would add that the challenge is to be both principle and reasonable at the same well i had and it means sound i'm reasonable you're going to lose the international community but that's the one that i'm not i don't think that's the way to win the struggle like that and that you. are better at it is very important

>> no. >> is that not dangerous for lebanon? >> no, i think what is dangerous is not to dialogue about the issues that are really difficult in the country, and i think this is one. >> so he will not budge, and today, hezbollah warned that indicting its people would be like lighting the fuse for an explosion. new drugs to be illnesses, just the common cold. we have the details. >> it has long been a dream, a cure for the common cold. they study the effects of the virus. it closed after 40 years. now, scientists at cambridge have in laboratory tests discovered a hitherto unknown means by which our bodies can fight infection. this fundamental research could change how we understand our new system fights. the viruses are going through the bloodstream, and dead bodies in yellow, latching on to them, trying to destroy them -- antibodies in yellow. the cambridge team has shown that a antibodies -- the antibodies attract a protein, shown in blue, and this was the equivalent of a waste disposal machine, disposing and shredding the virus

lebanon certainly will please neither syria or israel. i think that both neighbors syria and the e.u. cereal they wouldn't be happy seeing that live on the way arming because they used to the fact that they've been on these weak state that there is no strong guy me that becomes even armed response obviously bombed on doesn't feel very much secure you do it's must see the award you do the. research is let me stop here due to the fact that some toll government almost doesn't control the solvent territory close to zero that's why there are many frets to live on security but the majority of them they are not from external enemies but they are from the situation inside. staying in the middle east israel has decided to withdraw troops from the northern part of small town which straddles its border with lebanon and syria decision meets un demands but will mean splitting the village into two locals in gods are say they want the village to remain undivided regardless of who controls it details of the pullout will be finalized with un peacekeepers

i didn't realize during the 2006 lebanon war that it was a u.s. official, state department official, paula dobriansky, sorry, no, not the lebanon war but after the assassination when you saw all these demonstrations in beirut, that it was paula who called it the cedar revolution and that it was actually the lebanese called it the independence which, of course, doesn't ring as well because of its association with the palestinian uprising. >> guest: yeah. >> host: i'm amazed, was this part of the sort of free testimony a-- freedom agenda branding that was being done at the time? >> guest: the freedom agenda branding was there and, i mean, president bush, i will never forget his, you know, forward march of freedom, afghanistan, iraq. and when we think back at it now, each place that those footprints on that march turned out to be a disaster. it was more like the giant squashing of people than it was helping them move forward. but i, i was as surprised as you in the research i did when i found out that the cedar notion came from here. >> host: uh-huh.

well lebanon's prime minister has praised russia's important role in mediating peace talks in the middle east and promoting stability so odd hariri is on a two day official visit to moscow caught up with him head of this trip and will bring you an interview with him in just over twenty minutes but here's a preview. i think russia could play a very important role it has many friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance on things to the international community because it's very unnerving to see the injustice done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon in syria we can no longer ignore this political relations with russia very important to us we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well and we would also like to find out how russia could assist lebanon and equipping our army and security forces in this respect we're going to propose some ideas wire brush and friends. at least seven suspects in cause of our have been charged with persuading people to sell their organs with false offers of cash one of

scores and we again there might be very very strong reasons for whoring the israeli intervention in lebanon on the american intervention in iraq but that is again different from saying that these leaders were sponsible for perpetrating international crimes ok bill i mean well that's that's that's an interesting theory it's an interesting theoretical point but let me then who is held responsible then bill go ahead. i just have to say that i am very uncomfortable with the concept of aggressive war all war is aggressive. and i think it's unfortunate about term was used nuremberg but the important. term i think is war crimes and crimes against humanity and in that case human i'd like to call attention to the other trials that were held after world war two in tokyo at the tokyo trials. after after the war and in that case general yamashita who was the commander of the japanese military forces in the philippines was accused and. condemned for war crimes and was executed even though it was clear that he did not know what he is soldiers were doing that there was never proved that he was aware of wh

ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events that in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees that is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which says you refer to it had been indicted bashir of sudan on the international criminal court might be housed in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the fledgling court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony because if you go back to the time of nur

trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events that in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees it is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which says you refer to it had been indicted al bashir of sudan on the international criminal court might be housed in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the flexion court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony because i

him on trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees it is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which says you refer to it had been indicted of bashir of sudan the international criminal court might be housed in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the fledgling court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony because if

and lebanon's prime minister has praised russia's important role in mediating peace talks in the middle east and promoting stability so i reraise on a two day official visit to moscow and artie's caught up with him ahead of his trip and we're bringing an interview with him in just over twenty minutes from now but the meantime here's a brief preview. i think russia could play a very important role it has many friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance on things to the international community because it's very unnerving to see the injustice done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon and syria we can no longer ignore this political relations with russia very important to us we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well and we would also like to find out how russia could assist lebanon and equipping our army and security forces in this respect we're going to propose some ideas brush and friends. at least seven suspects and cause of a have been charged with persuading people to sell their organs w

him on trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees it is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which says you refer to it had been indicted bashir of sudan on the international criminal court might be how it's in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the fledgling court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony because

trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events that in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees it is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which as you refer to it had been indicted of bashir of sudan on the international criminal court might be how it's in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the fledgling court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony because

lebanon's prime minister's praise russia's important role in mediating peace talks in the middle east and promoting stability saad hariri is on a two day official visit to moscow here and caught up with him ahead of his trip you can watch the full interview in an hour from now but in the meantime here is a brief preview. i think russia could play a very important role it has many friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance on things to the international community because it's very unnerving to see the injustice done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon and syria we can no longer ignore this political relations with russia very important to us we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well and we would also like to find out how russia could assist lebanon and equipping our army and security forces in this respect we're going to propose some ideas for russian friends. investigators say they can prove a russian accountant who died in prison was part of a massive embezzlement scheme so to get ma

him on trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees that is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which says you refer to it had been indicted all bashir of sudan the international criminal court might be how it's in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the fledgling court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony becau

him on trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees it is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which is you refer to it had been indicted or bashir of sudan on the international criminal court might be housed in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the flexion court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony because if

trial a lot of people would say that ariel sharon should have been put on trial for events that in lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two my point is that it's very very mixed ok if you're a friend of the west a friend of the united states you're going to get a freer hand ok but if you're not they'll go after you into the very very end is that a fair characterization. i think in some degrees it is a fair characterization i mean but though i do think we need to bear in mind that if you look at for example the international criminal court which says you refer to it had been indicted on bashir of sudan the international criminal court might be housed in the hague it might be in western europe but the fact is it's supported by nations all around the world and ironically in fact it's the united states that has particularly under the previous administration the bush administration which really very much tried not simply to boycott the i.c.c. but really tried to railroad it really tried to make sure that the flexion court never really got off the ground and of course it is an irony because if y