[Comment with Galloway] Bahrains crown prince visit to US and UK, Yemen...
Some of the topics talked over in this edition of Press TV's Comment are as follows:
-Fraternization of western leaders with the rulers of...
Some of the topics talked over in this edition of Press TV's Comment are as follows:
-Fraternization of western leaders with the rulers of Bahrain, regardless of the suppression of the democracy movement.
-Yemenis' getting rid of Saleh dictatorship
- Ofcom and its ruling against Press TV
- UK training of Saudi troops
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[Epilogue] Interventions written by Noam Chomsky - 11Jul2011 - English
The book discussed in this edition of Epilogue is \"Interventions\", written by the renowned Jewish-American scholar, Noam Chomsky....
The book discussed in this edition of Epilogue is \"Interventions\", written by the renowned Jewish-American scholar, Noam Chomsky.
In this collection of 50 remarkable essays, Chomsky examines US imperialism and the American foreign policy especially on Iraq and how it used September 11 attacks as a pretext for launching the war in this Middle Eastern country, the presidency of George Bush, the actions of Israel as well as US challenges and antagonism toward Iran.
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CNN: US Government arming a killer regime? - English
The U.S may be selling $53 million in weapons to Gulf ally Bahrain. Is it a dangerous deal? We're Keeping Them Honest.
The U.S may be selling $53 million in weapons to Gulf ally Bahrain. Is it a dangerous deal? We're Keeping Them Honest.
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National dialogue to end Syria unrest - 24 Dec 2011 - English
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Syria, condemning the terrorist attacks that killed at least 55 people in the capital,...
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Syria, condemning the terrorist attacks that killed at least 55 people in the capital, Damascus.
Interview with George Jabour, political commentator
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[Autograph] Bushs Wars - Terry Anderson - English
In this edition of the show Susan interviews Terry Anderson, author of Bush's Wars.
Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,...
In this edition of the show Susan interviews Terry Anderson, author of Bush's Wars.
Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush told advisor Karl Rove, "I am here for a reason, and this is how we're going to be judged." Anderson provides this judgment in this sweeping, authoritative account of Bush's War on Terror and his twin interventions.
He begins with historical surveys of Iraq and Afghanistan known respectively as "the improbable country" and "the graveyard of empires," and he examines U.S. policies toward those and other nations in the Middle East from the 1970s.
Then Anderson focuses on the Bush Administration, carrying us through such events as the terrorist's attacks of 9/11, the invasion of Afghanistan and the siege of Tora Bora, the "Axis of Evil" speech, the invasion of Iraq and capture of Baghdad, and the eruption of insurgency in Iraq.
Anderson describes the counter-insurgency strategy embodied by the "surge" in Iraq, and the simultaneous revival of the Taliban. He concludes with an assessment of the prosecution of the wars in the first years of Barack Obama's presidency.
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London hosts international Islamic Awakening conference - 12Feb2012 -...
It has been a ground breaking year in the Arab world. Some revolutions are taking their first steps, others are still feeling the pangs of birth....
It has been a ground breaking year in the Arab world. Some revolutions are taking their first steps, others are still feeling the pangs of birth. Either way a new region is being born.
In a predominantly Muslim region, the Arab Spring has been dubbed an Islamic Awakening. At this conference in London, religious scholars of different faiths and denominations, political figures and experts gathered to discuss the idea.
The job is not done yet. But among many of those fighting for freedom on the streets of the Arab world, their belief in god - Allah in Arabic - means everything. A matter of life and death.
The sound of AllahuAkbar - God is Great - is now well known across the world synonymous to protestors who believe victory cannot be achieved without him.
Of course it is not just Muslims who have been protesting. So what does the Islamic Awakening mean for them?
Among the political, social and cultural complexities of these revolutions, the issue of spirituality and faith cannot be ignored. It has played a role. Its significance is yet to be paved.
The revolution over the last year have occurred in the muslim world. At this conference they are discussing why they should be called an Islamic awakening. It’s clear Islam played a role in these just born revolutions still defining themselves. They are young movements rooted in a history that must be understood. That’s why the questions being asked her are so crucial. What are the elements of true Islamic values and what would they mean for the region if implemented.
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[01 June 2012] Intl. probe into Houla, more persuasive - English
[01 June 2012] Intl. probe into Houla, more persuasive - English
Leader of Russia's Communist Party says the recent massacre in the Syrian...
[01 June 2012] Intl. probe into Houla, more persuasive - English
Leader of Russia's Communist Party says the recent massacre in the Syrian village, Houla, which killed over 100 people, is an intelligence plot concocted by the Western politicians. Gennady Zyuganov noted that some Western politicians and media outlets have created a hysteria on the massacre which took place in the western village of Houla on May 25. The Russian politician strongly condemned what he considered as "a blatant provocation" in Syria and asked for an international probe into the crime, which he believed would sooner or later turn out to be related to the Western intelligence, like what happened in Yugoslavia, Libya, and Afghanistan.
Press TV has conducted an interview with George Jabour, political commentator, to hear his opinion on this issue.
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[04 June 2012] Pakistan under pressure to give into US demand - English
[04 June 2012] 'Pakistan under pressure to give into US demand' - English
Washington has been using drones in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and...
[04 June 2012] 'Pakistan under pressure to give into US demand' - English
Washington has been using drones in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia and claims that it is targeting militants, but civilians are the main victims of the attacks. Figures show that the American drone strikes killed at least 212 people in Yemen and Pakistan in the month of May. The aerial attacks were initiated by former US President George W. Bush but have escalated under President Barack Obama.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Naveed Ahmad, defense and diplomacy analyst from Islamabad, to further discuss the issue.
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[14 June 2012] David Cameron & Leveson Inquiry - Comment - English
[14 June 2012] David Cameron & Leveson Inquiry - Comment - English
On Thursday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron appeared before the Leveson...
[14 June 2012] David Cameron & Leveson Inquiry - Comment - English
On Thursday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron appeared before the Leveson Inquiry. There was no point of hiding his close friendships with the News International family, so instead he tried to make it all out to be part of the job as it was revealed even in opposition he met with the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks 44 times. News International paid for David Cameron to meet Murdoch in the Greek Island of Santorini in 2008. That year his friendship with Rebekah Brooks also flourished. They were neighbors and Brook's millionaire husband went to the same elite school as Cameron.
Cameron denied ever making any overt or covert deals with News International. He was questioned over why he hired news international editor Andy Coulson as his media chief. Meanwhile three more people, including a sun journalist and police officer were arrested over the scandal. You could say David Cameron sailed through his day at the Leveson inquiry. But then he wasn't really given a rough ride. And what could have easily been a storm seems to have just passed him by. But he did admit his close friendships with the Murdoch's and brooks, at the same time admitting such close relationships were wrong. So it seems even if he just survives, he is a very much a damaged prime minister.
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[14 June 2012] David Cameron & Leveson Inquiry - Comment - English
[14 June 2012] David Cameron & Leveson Inquiry - Comment - English
On Thursday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron appeared before the Leveson...
[14 June 2012] David Cameron & Leveson Inquiry - Comment - English
On Thursday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron appeared before the Leveson Inquiry. There was no point of hiding his close friendships with the News International family, so instead he tried to make it all out to be part of the job as it was revealed even in opposition he met with the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks 44 times. News International paid for David Cameron to meet Murdoch in the Greek Island of Santorini in 2008. That year his friendship with Rebekah Brooks also flourished. They were neighbors and Brook's millionaire husband went to the same elite school as Cameron.
Cameron denied ever making any overt or covert deals with News International. He was questioned over why he hired news international editor Andy Coulson as his media chief. Meanwhile three more people, including a sun journalist and police officer were arrested over the scandal. You could say David Cameron sailed through his day at the Leveson inquiry. But then he wasn't really given a rough ride. And what could have easily been a storm seems to have just passed him by. But he did admit his close friendships with the Murdoch's and brooks, at the same time admitting such close relationships were wrong. So it seems even if he just survives, he is a very much a damaged prime minister.
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[28 June 2012] Opposition activists in Bahrain want Bahrain king son...
[28 June 2012] Opposition activists in Bahrain want Bahrain king son arrested - Comment (Part 1) - English
Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa is...
[28 June 2012] Opposition activists in Bahrain want Bahrain king son arrested - Comment (Part 1) - English
Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa is the head of Bahrain's Olympic committee and is due to lead the country's delegation during the Olympics Games in London. But according to Bahraini opposition members, he's also a sadistic torturer who's been personally involved in crushing anti-regime demonstrations by force. They also say he has cheer-led the persecution of Bahraini athletes opposed to the Al Khalifa dictatorship.
Nasser bin Hamad is the King of Bahrain's 25 year old son. Activists say he can be seen here preparing to participate in quelling anti-regime demonstrations by force. According to the Bahraini opposition, anti-regime athletes have been abducted, taken to torture chambers and subjected to horrific treatment. And Nasser's voice can be heard here on Bahraini state TV, condemning calls for regime change in the country. With the Olympic Games around one month away the British government has banned the Syrian Olympic Committee chief from entering the country because of alleged links to repression in his country.
But London hasn't taken the same steps against its Persian Gulf ally Bahrain. Saeed Shehabi, meanwhile, is calling for Nasser bin Hamad to be arrested for crimes against humanity if he sets foot on British soil. On the other hand, in a letter to the Guardian newspaper, Bahrain has denied the allegations against Nasser bin Hamad al Khalifa. Britain and Bahrain have close military, economic and political ties and this hasn't changed despite the al Khalifa crackdown on the opposition. But if Nasser bin Hamad al Khalifa is allowed to come to the Olympic Games it will shine a brighter spotlight on the UK's close ties with the Persian Gulf dictatorship.
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[11 July 2012] Dangerous days ahead for Egypt - English
[11 July 2012] Dangerous days ahead for Egypt - English
Egypt's highest court has overturned Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi's decree...
[11 July 2012] Dangerous days ahead for Egypt - English
Egypt's highest court has overturned Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi's decree reinstating the North African county's parliament.
The ruling of the Supreme Constitutional Court was announced on Tuesday, hours after the parliament reconvened briefly on the same day by a presidential decree, the Associated Press reported.
On Sunday, Morsi issued a decree reinstating the dissolved parliament in defiance of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which dissolved the parliament on June 16 in line with an earlier ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court.
The move to reinstate the parliament is the first showdown between Morsi and the country's powerful military.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Nabil Mikhail, professor of political science at the George Washington University to further discuss the issue.
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[2] israel And assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists - 20 July...
[2] Israel And assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists - 20 July 2012 - English
Iran condemns the US and Israel for the strings of deadly...
[2] Israel And assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists - 20 July 2012 - English
Iran condemns the US and Israel for the strings of deadly attacks mounted against its nuclear experts. Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was assassinated in January 2012 after an unknown motorcyclist attached a magnet bomb to his car in Tehran.
On November 29, 2010, Professor Majid Shahriari and Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi were targeted by terrorist attacks; Shahriari was killed immediately and Dr. Abbasi, the current head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, sustained injuries. In November 2011, some of the US presidential hopefuls called for conducting covert operations ranging from assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists to launching a military strike on Iran as well as sabotaging Tehran's nuclear energy program.
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[30 July 2012] Syrian opposition meet in Qatar - English
[30 July 2012] Syrian opposition meet in Qatar - English
Syrian opposition has met in Doha to discuss formation of a transitional government...
[30 July 2012] Syrian opposition meet in Qatar - English
Syrian opposition has met in Doha to discuss formation of a transitional government predicated on the overthrow of the Assad regime. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on July 28, "Our Western partners... together with some of Syria's neighbors are essentially encouraging, supporting and directing an armed struggle against [the Syrian government]."
On Wednesday, the first diplomatic blunder occurred in the London Olympics games when the South Korean flag rather than the North Korean flag was shown before women's football match. Meanwhile, the UK economy is in worsening recession. The economy is now smaller than it was when the Tory-Lib Dem coalition came into power in 2010. The Bank of England is going to print more notes probably up to 500 billion pounds more in an effort to stimulate growth.
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Islamic Awakening Conference 2012 - Sheikh Moezi - English
On Sunday 12th February 2012, the AhlulBayt Islamic Mission (AIM) in conjunction with the Islamic Centre of England organised an...
On Sunday 12th February 2012, the AhlulBayt Islamic Mission (AIM) in conjunction with the Islamic Centre of England organised an international conference during Islamic Unity Week on the theme of the Global Islamic Awakening, a topic of paramount connotation given the contemporary political changes in our world. This conference was proudly presented with a wide array of thinkers, analysts, journalists and activists who delivered lectures and expressed their opinions on the Global Islamic Awakening that has engulfed the Middle East and beyond. The speakers at this conference included Sheikh Moezi, Lauren Booth, Sheikh Noor Al-Aqtab Siddiqui, Dr Kamal El-Helbawy, George Galloway, Sheikh Bahmanour, Ammar Waqaf, Dr. Rashid bin Issa, Mohammed Sadiq Shamran, and Roshan Muhammad Salih.
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Islamic Awakening Conference 2012 - Sheikh Noor Al-Aqtab Siddiqui - English
On Sunday 12th February 2012, the AhlulBayt Islamic Mission (AIM) in conjunction with the Islamic Centre of England organised an...
On Sunday 12th February 2012, the AhlulBayt Islamic Mission (AIM) in conjunction with the Islamic Centre of England organised an international conference during Islamic Unity Week on the theme of the Global Islamic Awakening, a topic of paramount connotation given the contemporary political changes in our world. This conference was proudly presented with a wide array of thinkers, analysts, journalists and activists who delivered lectures and expressed their opinions on the Global Islamic Awakening that has engulfed the Middle East and beyond. The speakers at this conference included Sheikh Moezi, Lauren Booth, Sheikh Noor Al-Aqtab Siddiqui, Dr Kamal El-Helbawy, George Galloway, Sheikh Bahmanour, Ammar Waqaf, Dr. Rashid bin Issa, Mohammed Sadiq Shamran, and Roshan Muhammad Salih.
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Netanyahu bloc wins israeli general election - 25 Jan 2013 - English
Exit polls show incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\\\'s hard-line Likud-Beitenu bloc and their allies have won a narrow majority in the...
Exit polls show incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\\\'s hard-line Likud-Beitenu bloc and their allies have won a narrow majority in the Israeli general election.
However, Netanyahu\\\'s Likud Party-Yisrael Beitenu and nationalist allies performed far worse than expected in Tuesday\\\'s election and lost ground to center-left parties, according to the exit polls.
If the exit polls are correct, the hard-liners will win a narrow majority with about 61 seats in the 120-seat parliament.
It has been projected that Netanyahu\\\'s Likud Party-Yisrael Beitenu alliance will emerge as the largest faction with 30 or 31 seats.
The new centrist party, Yesh Atid (There is a Future), led by journalist-turned-politician Yair Lapid, is predicted to win 18 or 19 seats, followed by left-leaning Labor, with 17 seats.
Labor leader Shelly Yachimovich said, \\\"There is a high chance of a shake-up and an end to the Netanyahu government.\\\" The nearly 67 percent turnout is thought to have benefited Labor and centrists.
Watch this video on our website: http://www.presstv.ir/Program/285472.html
Broadcast Date: 24 Jan. 2013
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[16 Feb 2013] The Debate: CIA-armed Syria militants will turn against US...
The United States government assists militants across the world, only to one day fight against them, a prominent political activist tells Press TV....
The United States government assists militants across the world, only to one day fight against them, a prominent political activist tells Press TV. In the background to this, Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011, with the Syrian government and experts saying an anti-Syria plot was hatched by the US, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center, from New York, to further discuss the issue. Flounders is joined by Scott Rickard, a former US intelligence linguist from Florida, and George Lambraski, a former US diplomat, from London.
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[24 May 13 ] US president defends assassination drone attacks - English
In a key speech from National Defense University in Washington, U-S President Barack Obama defended assassination drone strikes on Muslim countries...
In a key speech from National Defense University in Washington, U-S President Barack Obama defended assassination drone strikes on Muslim countries as a just war. He outlined a newer standard of deadly drone strikes being carried out in several Muslim countries including Yemen and Pakistan. Obama stayed persistent on a commitment to the so called war on terror that began under former president George W Bush.
The United States is under international pressure to halt its deadly drone strikes. But U-S president Barack Obama defied the pressure and defended the drone attacks. Obama said his administration\'s policy of targeted killings by drones is legal, effective and just. Our correspondent in Washington Colin Cambel has the story.
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[29 May 13] Iraq needs counterterrorism strategy - English
Press TV has conducted an interview with Nabil Mikhail, professor at George Washington University, about the recent bomb blast in Iraq.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Nabil Mikhail, professor at George Washington University, about the recent bomb blast in Iraq.
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[07 June 13] Is Erdogan earning wage of his sin on Syria? - English
On this episode of the program, George Galloway comments on the Turkish unrest and asks if the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is...
On this episode of the program, George Galloway comments on the Turkish unrest and asks if the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying the price for the policies he has been pursuing across the border in Syria and elsewhere over the last few years.
Turkey has been the scene to a fierce anti-government unrest in the last week. The unrest broke out after police crushed a sit-in staged in Taksim Square on May 31 which was held to protest against the government plan for Gezi Park.
The anti-government demonstrations have mainly been held in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Mugla, Antalya, and many other cities and towns.
Turkish Human Rights Foundation says some 4,300 people have been hurt or sought medical care for the effects of tear gas inhalation. Four people have also been killed during the unrest.
Galloway asks if Erdogan is earning the wage of his sin in support of the Syrian militants. The government of Erdogan has been one of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad\'s harshest critics and has supported the foreign-backed militants fighting to topple his government. The Syrian crisis resulted in the death of many Syrians and the destruction of the Syrian cities.
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