nato wants to support its ally, turkey, and nato wants to reassure all those in the country who fear there might be direct entry into the civil war. in general, nato tries to deal escalate the situation -- d escalate the situation -- de- escalate the situation. the augmentation of the turkish air defense comes amid rumors that syria might use weapons against its own people in the civil war or against neighboring countries. >> thank you for that. while diplomats in brussels talk about the situation in syria, there was another day of fighting in the country itself. >> these images are said to show rockets being fired on the capital damascus from a ledge of government positions at a military airport on the outskirts of the capital. this internet video appears to show destruction after heavy fighting in damascus suburbs that until now have been government strongholds. as syria restricts access to journalists, the video cannot be independently verified. clashes have erupted in egypt as the country's constitutional crisis deepens. tens of thousands of protesters broke through police lines

and for the west in general ok alexander you know began the i mean you know nato is nato a force for good ok because it's looking to the pacific now. well i mean nato is reaching out to countries like australia and japan to intensify their cooperation but i'll give you an example of that you just mentioned a country where i travel relatively often and that is libya if it had not been for nato colonel gadhafi would have murdered the inhabitants of let him go i don't know that we don't know that how do you know that what do you know the history you know that we don't know that that's a heater and i know has he does he was always this guy for twenty or thirty years he's a crazy guy don't listen to him and he makes one statement then you listen to him it doesn't make any logical sense at all his troops were. outside of benghazi they were preparing to enter the town he has said that we will he will squash the cockroaches who live there and i quote the colonel gadhafi there's no we were going to add reuters or already a very bad reuters story ok well reuters has a generally speaking a rath

is the nato headquarters with the latest. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says that circle is seriously overestimating threats coming from the syrian border that's every time information appears in the media that syria is relocating its chemical weapons and is ready to use them against rebels russia double checks that information and every time receives reassurances that this is not the case and present bashar assad has said to himself many times that he's not planning such a scenario for in this country chemical weapons will not be used however the secretary general of nato rasmussen says that even if this is the case even if series not intending to use chemical weapons against its own people still nato has the rights to protect its ally turkey from any potential threats that's becoming from the syrian border russian president vladimir putin visited istanbul on monday where he said that's once again russian doesn't support bashar al assad or his regime but putting pressure just one side of the conflict is not going to

such a scenario for his country chemical weapons will not be used however the secretary general of nato rasmussen says that even if this is the case even if series not intending to use chemical weapons against its own people still nato has the right to protect its ally turkey from any potential the threats that's becoming from the syrian border russian president vladimir putin visit to istanbul on monday where he said that's once again russia doesn't support bashar al assad or his regime but putting pressure on just one side of the conflict is not going to resolve it and it's a biased solution and sending patriots suits turkey is going to do exactly that is going to put pressure on president bashar al assad and not all the opposition groups in syria and what needs to be done really is all sides of the conflict should be. added negotiation table and discuss the future of the country without international interferences. inside syria state media reports that a rebel mortar attack on a school in the damascus suburbs killed twenty nine students and a teacher is the latest incident of collate

nato is expected to approve the deployment of missiles on turkey's border with syria despite warnings from russia that the move will further destabilize the volatile conflict zone. speaking exclusively to our t.v. colombia's of fargo rebels all say they're being forced to fight for peace as the government keeps up its deadly raids on militants despite ongoing protests. you're watching r g a live from moscow with me to bum would say good to have you with us israel is under pressure from the u.n. to open up to the world the nuclear arsenal it denies even exists in an overwhelming vote to the general assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of its atomic facilities are policia reports. this one in the past has never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they will sponsor is always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resoluti

you get the impression that the nato. aggressive circles what coming call them the the top imperialists and nato want to bring this to some kind of a conclusion the point of this has nothing to do with democracy if you can smash the syrian state and reduce that into chaos chaos of the libyan type and you see you go to benghazi tobruk turn or you'll see a place where death squads rule there is no government right it's a complete chaos and anarchy they'd like to have that in syria syria of course is more complex because you've got fifteen percent christians of all different kinds you've got druzes you've got shiites you've got all the whites you've got any number of other other different groups so if you can shatter that society then you've got complete chaos and if you've done that you've cut off the strategic depth of hezbollah in lebanon you've deprived them of their supply routes and you've also eliminated the main arab or regional ally of iran and this is a process that never ends in other words it's subversion it's no

leaders of our western countries particularly nato countries or encouraging it. the syrian terrorist rebels guerrillas whatever you want to call them to really accelerate the blood in the country because in the eyes of washington of london the bigger the quicker they can have reaching. on friday u.n. chief ban ki-moon warned the un general assembly that civilians would be massacred almost daily across syria quoting here with human rights violations carried out on a wide scale by all competence that's what he had to say without in mind any viable peace plan even begin to start soon. you know we have a massive problem again with syria we've had this problem from the beginning which is the skewing of information coming out of the country the syrian observatory for human rights was responsible for a lot of the initial bogus claims that allowed the west to sort of justify the backing of the free syrian army terrorist groups but now like for instance we had a bloc between car bomb in damascus and a majority druze neighborhood loyal to president assad in the way it was

just today the secretary general of nato anders rasmussen announced that nato has approved the deployment of anti missile batteries along turkey's border with syria check it out later. is clear and the prime and it will be to protect turkey it will be purely defensive in nature it will in no way support and no fly zone or any offensive operations. it is clear. nature oh solidarity for so is this the beginning of yet another international military engagement in the middle east and what will become of syria if the assad regime falls to discuss this and more i'm joined by author and investigative journalist webster tarpley thanks for coming on thank you so you know your errors story in that you've been studying politics for decades but you're also an economist and you just wrote a book about multiple things had to do they mean you propose something different than what we've been hearing about this fiscal cliff is this doomsday impending fiscal cliff what do you think yes it's actually very simple if you look at the u.s. debate about the so-called fiscal cliff fiscal cliff is really a fraud i

the move is a sign of solidarity with turkey, also a nato member. >> dutch and american soldiers will also be engaged in the mission. the german parliament still needs to ratify the plan, which is initially limited to one year. >> nato missiles are being deployed at turkey's request. the joint statement by the german defense and foreign ministries described turkey as the nato member most at risk from the civil war in neighboring syria. the conflict has sporadically spilled over onto turkish territory, and there are fears syria could also fire rockets. germany says troops are only being deployed to protect turkey. >> our support for turkey is clearly defensive in nature and is aimed at military deterrents -- deterrence. both turkey opposes support and our agreement to provide it made clear that this mission has nothing to do with instituting or maintaining a no-fly zone. >> germany has distanced itself from statements by the head of nato and the u.s. secretary of state that nato could intervene in syria if damascus begins using chemical weapons. >> germany's 16 state premiers have agre

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nato agrees to deploy missiles on turkey's border with syria despite warnings from russia that it will further destabilize the volatile conflicts and. the un calls on israel to open up its officially atomic arsenal for inspection and join the global nuclear nonproliferation treaty. and speaking exclusively to colombia's rebels being forced to fight for peace as the government keeps. on going. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow the egyptian president mohammed morsi has been forced to flee his car openness by protesters demanding an end to his rule according to sources close to the leader police have struggled to keep crowds from storm in the building and to gas protesters true witness the massive demonstration. i just came from the presidential palace where as we arrived at the presidential palace we were attacked by police with tear gas quite a lot of a tear gas it was very strong and i do believe that the president has in fact left the palace although unsure exactly the reason why he did leave the groups and i could see that. there were f

nato. and so that's why you are seeing those patriot missiles which are defensive missiles being positioned, you know, u.s. troops will be working those patriot missiles along the turkish border there. >> all right, jennifer griffin, we are going to ask you to stand by. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. with investment information, risks, fees and expenses if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent re

marines and dozens of fighter jets on board on top of that nato is sending american german and dutch batteries of patriot anti-aircraft missiles to turkey's border with syria meaning hundreds more u.s. and european troops will be deployed to the frontier nato says deploying patriot missiles along syrian borders is a defensive step to prevent syria from attacking turkey i don't think there's any requirement whatsoever for patriot batteries on the ground in turkey again the patriot missiles are designed to really protect primarily against incoming fire ballistic missiles or aircraft the syrians are not going to attack the turks the turks of the most powerful military establishment in the region the largest army in nato and intervention in syria will be as bad if not worse than what we experienced in iraq the pentagon said they would need seventy five thousand troops to secure syria's weapons of mass destruction the question on everyone's mind is are they seriously considering that kind of a mess of intervention because that could mean another you rock coming soon and invasion that coul

this is what nato hopes will deter an increasingly desperate regime. patriot missiles with sophisticated radar that can shoot down any incoming missiles and planes, locking onto a target in seconds with a range of more than 60 miles. nato foreign ministers approved sending the missiles to turkey with the u.s., the netherlands, and germany providing the weapons but the alliance stressed the move was defensive. >> the deployment of patriot missiles will serve as an effective deterrent and that way, diaz with the situation along the syrian-turkish border. >> russia is the one fly in the right man. the foreign minister said he would not block the move. a sign an old ally may be losing patience with president assaad. they hope deploying missiles will help stabilize tensions but the bigger concern is what is happening inside syria itself. specifically, what the regime might do with its stockpile of chemical weapons. syria has used much of its considerable arsenal to crush the rebellion. hidden from view it is believed to have developed a chemical weapons pro

nato agrees to deploy missiles on turkey's border with syria despite warnings from russia that it will be stabilize the volatile conflicts. the u.n. calls on israel to open up it's officially an acknowledged atomic all small for inspection and join the global nuclear proliferation treaty. and speaking exclusively to r.t. colombia's fog rebels say they're being forced to fight for peace as the government keeps its deadly raids on militants despite ongoing. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow well first to egypt the country's president mohamed morsi has been forced to flee his current residence but a wild mall demanding an end to his rule police have struggled to keep crowds from storming the leader's palace and thought to gas a protest is true has been at the heart of all of the action she joins me live now from something where you are but. really the moment i'm just above to her square where there are also a mass protests happening i don't know if you can see behind me or here but there are tens of thousands of people chanting against the c

and our foreign affairs correspondent is at the nato meetings right now in belgium. >> reporter: nato insists the deployment of thements is defensive only, not part of any plan for a no-fly zone in syria. the alliance gives the green light for deploying air defense systems to turkey to protect that ally against possible attacks from syria, including any possible use of chemical weapons. >> the nato ministers unanimously express grave concerns about reports that the syrian regime may be considering the use of chemical weapons. any such action would be completely unacceptable and a clear breach of international law. >> reporter: the move comes amidst u.s. concerns that the assad repeople may be cooking up recipes, mixing materials for chemicals. that possible preparation is taking place at more than one chemical plant in syria, officials say. u.s. intelligence shows nothing has been moved out of the facilities, however. and officials say there is no indication syria is on the verge of using chemical we papoweapon. in turkey monday, russian president putin called the deploy ment of the p

in afghanistan, a bomb blast has killed two nato troops in the country's south. the alliance says the attack happened yesterday. it did not provide the nationalities of those killed. so far this year at least 384 international troops have been killed in afghanistan. most of them have been americans. in economic news, the u.s. housing market showed more signs of recovery in a new report by the real estate data firm, core logic. it said home prices in october were up more than 6% compared with last year. that's the largest gain in more than six years. still, the housing news was not enough to boost wall street's spirits. stocks edged lower again as budget talks in washington showed no signs of progress. the dow jones industrial average lost more than 13 points to close at 12,951. the nasdaq fell five points to close at 2996. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: we turn now to the conflict in syria. the country's neighbor, turkey, received long-sought-after defense help from nato today. the military coalition also expressed grow

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now to the state department with reaction from the united states and nato. first to the chief fox correspondent at the united nations this afternoon. it seems there is a battle for a capital city that could be shaping up and that is crucially important. >>jonathan: yes. there is no doubt we have entered a new and very significant stage in the battle for syria and that is in essence of battle for the capital of damascus which has been going on for five or six days. president bashar al-assad wants do and indeed has to hang on to the capital if he is to stay in power. there are many experts who believe either way, he has decided to fight to the death. either if he tries to flow he will be killed by his own supporters who will feel betrayed him him or ultimately he will be killed by the rebels. this, while it does seem to be the end days for the bashar al-assad regime, it could yet stretch on for some days or even weeks. that because the rebels simply are not strong enough to defeat the syrian security forces in one battle. what we are seeing is an intense battl

we will talk about that. >> the fate of children in afghanistan as nato troops prepare to withdraw. >> stay with us. >> welcome back, everyone. each faces a tense weekend. voting begins on a controversial constitution supported by president mohamed morsi. it has deeply divided the country. >> opposition groups are urging supporters to vote against it. morsi oppose the muslim brotherhood is calling on egyptians to support the document. -- morsi's muslim brotherhood is calling the egyptians to support the document. >> opponents said the document does not do enough to protect women and minorities. the leading activist has asked egypt's president to delay the referendum. >> it is shaping up to be a pivotal moment for the country which has witnessed daily violence in the run-up to the referendum. >> we want to get a closer look at some of the most disputed articles of the new constitution. >> if adopted, the new constitution would change little for the egyptian president. he would remain at the center of egypt pose a political system as its commander in chief. one thing the constitution wo

only the serbs have been indicted and convicted and where as the non serbs our nato allies are largely either not been indicted or who we are they ready to go it is now at the end i could let me finish please let me finish at the i.c.c. we have already seen the same thing happening where gaddafi was indicted arrest warrants issued there's been no investigation into the crimes committed by gaddafi is adversary there's been no investigation into the murder in captivity of gaddafi and there's been no investigation of the war crimes committed by nato and in the end in the case of the ivory coast again the i.c.c. jumped in issued an arrest warrant for the person that was toppled thanks to french intervention in the ivory coast but the of the people who are now in power in the ivory coast who even the prosecuting of sulphide said that had committed crimes none of them have been indicted so it's already clear that it's not at all the administering any kind of impartial justice laurent you want to jump in go ahead this is crosstown. well first of all the one thing was there was just a factual

and it's very unlikely at the delivery impartial justice given the that it's serving as an adjunct to nato and the united states you're in you're getting a little ahead of me ok ok bill do you want to answer the same question is it is it delivering impartial justice i mean after all the indictments are against africans right now africans only yes that's true we just celebrated the tenth anniversary of the coming into operation of the rome treaty creating the i.c.c. and yet it's still a work in progress i absolutely agree that. every single case has been brought against african. people and therefore it seems as though it really is a kind of almost all when period or near or imperialist kind of operation but i think the idea is a sound one and if the other countries of the world that have not joined the i.c.c. eventually do so and that includes. my own country as well as china and india and japan a lot of other very important countries in the world if and when that happens then i think we can move toward a. situation of impartial justice but not until everybody joins participates ok lawrence

well there's really no justification at all i really think we have to understand nato in the creation in development of u.s. military bases which are always done under the pretext of security whether it be american security or regional security or global security what that really is is a method by which that country and its economy and its political leaders become securely fastened to to washington both in terms of the incorporation of u.s. military equipment selling u.s. military goods abroad which is a big business here but more than anything having undue influence in the host country you really can't be a free country and a free people and have foreign troops on your on your soil but then again both gary is a nato member it does have the right to the u.s. to help train its troops doesn't it. well of course i mean formally legally yes it does i think that's part of a strategy to court favor with washington to court favor with the u.s. military industrial complex doesn't really help the people involved. people involved area are really u.s. military bases in order to secure their own