is preparing to send hundreds of military personnel to train the mahdi army u.k. based political analysts down glazebrook says that paris is intervention is a result of failed western strategy in africa. you see what happened since the execution of gadhafi human destruction of libya is that the west and funded may quit. these death squads effectively in libya the flow of weapons and fighters. across the region which was again playing into the. program of the west to destabilize the region and they ended up in northern mali the hope was that after libya algeria would for. the destabilization spread to algeria and this hasn't happened the rebels have made their base in northern mali and now what we're seeing in recent weeks is that the insurgency is starting to spread south into southern mali so france and britain think no no no this is not the idea at all so now they're bombing mali to try and bomb the rebels back into it but i think what we're seeing with the attack the hostage taking as actually played into the west's hands on this is creating good propaganda for

army which has been carrying out summary executions and some of the terms that it's got so i think that is something quite difficult to see how this is going to be quickly or easily resolved this loose talk about it will reopen a few months seems of far off the mark to me jeremy corbyn the labor party m.p. joining us live on the line from atlanta thank you for that analysis. i spoke. to the head of egypt's army is warning that the country is on the verge of collapse after almost a week of violent unrest between the government and opposition militias earlier the cabinet pushed through along giving the military the power of a rast while the president declared a state of emergency and curfews in three provinces this was ignored by protesters who took to the streets and mass across the country calling for regime change in cairo crowds continued to clash with security forces leaving piles of burning debris in the streets there was no breakthrough in the town as a compromise as the opposition ignored a cause for a national dialogue by the president but dr fave political sociologist at the ame

is preparing to send hundreds of military personnel to train the mahdi army chief political analyst patrick henningsen i spoke to madeleine he says its business interests which france is actually trying to safeguard with its troops and air force. well in the mainstream media will tell you in the short term that the the islamic al qaeda in the islamic magreb is is to blame for this. with regards to the hostage situation or jury or what france and what your other news competitors are neglecting to tell the world is that the al qaeda in the islamic magreb is working closely with the libyan islamic fighting group for whom france itself intervened on behalf of the nato this intervention with the bombing in libya and their gallant raid of libya in two thousand and eleven so libya is becoming how kind of a playground and that is mostly down to western sponsored al-qaeda playground if you look back just in the last twelve months without any question without any really debate in foreign policy circles countries one of the united states the u.k. and france are now militarily active in the african the

army retake the strategic towns of qana and from al qaeda linked militants conducting air strikes to support its troops on the ground the french contingent in the west african nation has now increased to eighteen hundred troops with more on the way french and you want to socials have admitted that most are better trained and equipped than initially anticipated prompting fears of a drawn out conflict nigeria has meanwhile agreed to up its military presence two thousand troops as part of west african led support forces the un meanwhile says that up to seven hundred thousand people could be displaced by the firing one hundred fifty thousand already having fled the country columbia university researcher dr yunus says that the french intervention is primarily sparked by the economic interests of the west. the economic crisis has shown that the western developed countries have. lost the economic competition against the new. players china russia south africa the great countries basically and now that tending to militarize this competition trying to expel the chinese from the region the natu

army. the kidnappings. cyberterrorism and sonia didn't seem to the internet to find out from a top boss of google. and greece's labor ministry headquarters turns into a battleground as hundreds of protesters broke with police pension cuts. i'm next to the big picture with host status. well i'm going to washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight the big picture the u.s. economy shrank in the last quarter of two thousand and twelve the first time it shrunk in four years and all thanks to republicans and their addiction to austerity after seeing the damage that this is cause for republicans continue to push austerity or finally give up on these devastating policies that and more into nights alone liberal rubble and earlier this week new jersey governor chris christie vetoed a bill that would have increased that state's minimum wage by a dollar twenty five so why do republicans are believe that american workers don't have the right to make enough money to survive and support a family.

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marty is going exclusive footage of what's believe to be atrocities committed by the mahdi an army and a town liberated from his n'est rebels with the help of french forces and information on civilian casualties in mali has been known to be scarce spoke to local journalist gonzalo one who told us all the origins of a disturbing tape as we continue moving north we find reports of extrajudicial killings and evidence of crimes we have heard of the murder of a few citizens by mali and soldiers in the town of survivor not only did they kill them they shoved their bodies into the drinking water well located in the center of the town making the rest of the population watch rules are hearing of cases where people are being prosecuted for trying to earn a living under the rule of militants sixteen year old adama says he was unknowingly employed as a cook and butler by jihadists is now being accused of terrorism. after i started working as a cook in the town of do when i went to surveyor there i met an old man and i asked him for a drink of water he said that he won't share water with terrorists