A few moments into a brand new day here in moscow the 1st friday of the new decade im you know neal and youre welcome to our international. Donald trump thinks that foreign interference could complicate the situation in libya he raised his concerns during a call with president of turkey both leaders agreed to maintain diplomatic cooperation in the conflict this comes as the Turkish Parliament voted on thursday to block the un recognized government in libya giving a green light to a Troop Deployment there libya has been in a state of war since protests and 2011 the ousting of the countrys leader Moammar Gadhafi in recent months the u. N. Backed government has been losing ground to the rival administration of general. Who leads the Libyan National army the government of National Accord formally requested military aid from. A general haftorah as forces currently control most of libyas territory including crucial oil and gas resources. Well they are of the league believes that to the point of turkish troops will further escalate the conflict in libya neighboring egypt is also strongly condemned the decision seeing it would hold turkey foley responsible for any negative repercussions arties policy has here. He knows that this emergency session took place this afternoon in and we did see opposition from the Main Opposition Party and their major concern is really that it will escalate tensions in libya and that is a concern thats being expressed here across the region that number one we could see the libyan situation becoming more and more inflated and at the same time tensions trickling over elsewhere into the region now the initial mandate we understand is that ships will be sent for a period of one year of course saying that this deployment is vital for turkey for her interests in libya and also her interests in the Eastern Mediterranean last month and agreement was signed between and libya and according to the turkish president in that agreement he was requested by the tripoli Prime Minister fires to. Such troops the u. S. Government has been embroiled in but her fighting with the military command of telephone have tired and his libyas National Army now theyve been unable to reach the city center of tripoli but there has been particularly in recent weeks a lot of fighting around the capital. Well lets get the take on this not from our listeners at all is the gulf state on the lift fix i was under a welcome what is turkeys goal here does the advent of more where billions more soldiers into an already volatile situation not just lead to a more negative outcome. Well i suspect it will lead to a more negative outcome because if turkey sends more troops then general have to or will also get more support from the governments hes already there are already backing him including and especially egypt and the United Arab Emirates they will send their own proxies or troops or more weapons so in that sense the situation could definitely escalate in a military sense and also its not clear what. Regular army whether it be a regular army or proxy that turkey plans to use we could look we could end up with another with turkeys afghanistan if you will. But if turkey proceeds with this plan even though turkey does have old historic claims after all libya particularly tripoli dania was a part of the Ottoman Empire at one point so. This is this strategy fits into. Ottoman strategy if you will can i bring in the issue all verizon or says here to what extent alessandra is on cray using this move to perhaps getting greater gas drilling rights in the Eastern Mediterranean is it seeking to challenge maritime by andries agreed upon by greece egypt and cyprus i know that those pondering agreements just last november were agreed upon. Well it certainly has some Energy Interests and apart from the its challenging the greek once in the mediterranean but more importantly i think its challenging the italian ones but by any because libya over become the leading power g. N. A. T. Rather than italy which is the one so far and would probably gain a lot of leverage in access to the main oil fields that any controlled right now you alluded to this issue a little bit earlier just to maybe broaden it the deployment cut it more. Countries become heavily involved in the conflict because youve got egypt already speaking quite directly on that general have tars other bikers how do you think they react to this well they wont react favorably i think they will they will give they will see turkey is turkeys involvement as a green light to increase weapons shipments. And or provide more militias after all have to have a number of foreign fighters already fighters from sudan and chad including militia local militias and backing from military equipment from egypt and United Arab Emirates and perhaps even theres rumor of a russian. Mercenary force as well. So i think the other forces will get will see this as a green light to proceed because of turkeys intervention that said libya the remains it seems in the hands of others right or rather than and of libya im just thinking on a human level as we go into a new year a new decade turkish families do you think the turkish public are going to be supportive of this decision particularly if lives there are songs there are songs lives are lost in libya what kind of reaction do you thinks going to come from the general public there. Yet that is a very thats an interesting question because so far. He has not really been involved in foreign calls and you know. And it will be a new and novel. Approach their new one will have to really intensify International Talk and to rally the population behind him i mean he has had some support but it was a coup you might remember in 2016 i believe who attempted to so there are forces within the country that are against him and military intervention could weaken. His own support and intensify that of the opposition so it is risky i think everyone is using this as leverage rather than actually hes going to buy time hes using this to try to use it as a threat i think is not going to send troops right away so fast ok very interesting get your take a listen roberto unless the gulf state alexa very happy new year to you as well thank you very much. To moving on now a senior u. N. Official has launched a scathing attack on the United States over its ongoing detention of whistleblower Chelsea Manning seeing her treatment amounts to torture special repertoire needles medals are made to claim in a letter to the u. S. Government which was written in november but as only now just come to light. The practice of coercive diprivan of liberty for civil contempt involves the intentional infliction of progressively severe mental and emotional suffering for the purposes of coercion and intimidation at the order of judicial authorities such deprivation of liberty does not constitute a circumscribed sanction for a specific offense but an open ended progressively severe measure of coercion for filling all the constitutive elements of torture or other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of Chelsea Manning was a u. S. Military Intelligence Analyst but was arrested in 2010 for supplying classified information to wiki leaks though she was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to 35 years in prison president obama commuted her sentence just before he left office but she was arrested again last year for declining to testify against wiki leaks publisher joining us lawyer knocked of us kevin zeese explain to us how the law is being used to coerce moly. In a grand jury which is a secret process before someone is indicted or you before a prosecutions occurring to determine whether someone should be prosecuted this is a power of the court to coerce someone into testifying now this law can allow a person in the United States to be held for the length of the grand jury in order to coerce them to testify before the grand jury and no longer serves the purpose it was intended to serve its now become a weapon of prosecutors it was initially designed to protect people who are being investigated the reason theyre kept secret because it trying to protect people being investigated before they were indicted so you dont know that theyre being investigated but in the longer serves our purpose and now serves the purpose of being a tool for prosecutors thats abused and i think Chelsea Manning is a victim of that abuse the report by Niels Meltzer does give an Additional Air of legitimacy to the case of manning to really back up all of the things that mannings supporters that the song supporters have been saying now for over 6 months and that this is unjust this is unfair the trying to create something new this is the whole point of coerced trying to coerce manning to come up with something that the o. J. Can use to make a real case against the sunday shows you how flimsy this is this is the degree degradation of the Justice System in the United States and also in the u. K. As well in the case of the songes more like more resembles a Banana Republic style facade of a state judicial apparatus this is all part of a campaign to reframe into reframes rulings on change and weekly leaks as if from a journalist and a publication to being a cyber criminal in a hostile Foreign Intelligence Agency the entire case all the indictments against dishonor are based on that we frame in principle. And they are trying to get Chelsea Manning to give them something to actually make that miracle work and shes not shes not volunteering anything and this is frustrating the us system tremendously. For being much better hes also behind bars in the british prison after being dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in london where hed spent the previous 7 years. Is story. Few buildings in the walls have. As much scrutiny as this one here at the door and. In those 4 walls for 7 years possibly the most famous whistle blow in time to get a song lets hold off until 82019248 world with sensationally dropped out by british authorities. For the wiki leaks founder this was a huge the trial by the latin American Country that had sheltered him since 2012 aquittal said the relations had soured with the songe and his bad behavior trick of them opening the door to the police and revoking his asylum but its worth noting that just a bit acquittals bank account got an almighty boost with a 4200000000. 00 loan from the i. M. F. Where the u. S. Has huge Voting Rights a staunch is currently sitting in prison in the countrys capital. To meet sentence but jumping bail in 2012 but many are saying that what hes been handed is a death sentence because over 60 doctors wrote an open necked government saying that he might die in prison britain for its part denies any wrongdoing the allegations mr son she was subjected to torture and found it and hold false the u. K. Is committed to upholding the rule of law. And ensuring that no one is ever bought it but loved its defense rings hollow in light of the reports by Many Organizations including the new web which claims that as a Scientist Health continues to deteriorate authorities are simply standing idly by the blatant and sustained arbitrariness shown by both the judiciary and the government in this case suggests an alarming departure from the u. K. s commitment to human rights and the rule of law unless the u. K. Urgently changes course and believe us the inhuman situation mr songes continued exposure to arbitrariness and abuse may soon end up costing him his life but as sanchez battle for his well being is not only fight on his hands ever since wiki leaks exposed gross misconduct by the u. S. Government washington has been pushing for his extradition on espionage charges giving him a helping hand the British Government despite International Outcry the u. K. Home secretary signed a us extradition request putting us on that one step closer towards being charged for publishing classified information and conspiring to hack the top of my computer the 18 charges that washington has put forward could carry a maximum sentence of 175 years behind bars the reaction all over the wild people are crying foul they say that this is not a case about punishing a crime but of silencing for us julian or singled out for special treatment for one reason only heres the truth hes such an innocent important man is because he is a Freedom Fighter however much you dislike because. His case is the most important for Media Freedom this is just. Miss rule of law and operation. 3. Washingtons bid to get assigned stateside was also helped by not the european country sweden the scandinavian nation was investigating a Rape Allegation against the whistleblower and would have been within its rights to request his extradition to face trial since that case predated the u. S. Request london would have been obliged to send a stange to stockholm fast but sweden has now closed that investigation conveniently removing the final obstacle for the americans funny how it all worked out a song just extradition hearing is set for factory 2020 but in light of these recent talents of the bands heres rubbing the does little charts of play this close to sure you know what and of course what music. You know that goes for special rapporteur on torture certain corrupts and stress that the entire system in the u. K. Including the judiciary and the media has forgotten when it comes to julian. You know before you call course earlier this year. Was a confirmation that what. Seems to be true that you are. Just a lot of what journalists fear trial into while one always hopes that may lead to justice will prevail u. S. Authorities have rather spared a client wired for a start so it might well turn out that when a countrys dirty secrets are at risk of being exposed justice that is a word thats up for interpretation so as to tailor our team. It appears the trumpet ministration is giving the new year off to a confrontational start after sending fresh warnings to iran the u. S. Defense secretary claims there is evidence to iran is planning attacks against american troops on the u. S. Military is gearing up for a preemptive strike or to scale up and has more on what mark asked her to say on the matter. In his statement on behalf of the u. S. Military and department of defense he basically cited a recent attacks on u. S. Personnel and said that another strike against iran or against iranian aligned forces could be in the works this is what he said through some indication that they may be planning additional attacks if that happens and by the way if we get word of attacks some type of indication will take preemptive action as well to protect American Forces to protect american lives now on tuesday a crowd of protesters stormed the u. S. Embassy in baghdad in response the usa said it would deploy 750. 00 more u. S. Troops to the middle east furthermore 100. 00 u. S. Marines were moved from kuwait to protect the embassy in a show of force we had the United States helicopters flying over the compound firing flares as kind of a warning at protesters the embassy on rest came in the aftermath of a u. S. Strike against forces in iraq and syria they say have ties to iran 25 people were killed dozens were injured in the aftermath of this strike we had protests at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Was. A good god however we have donald trump on twitter iran will be held fully responsible for the lives lost or damaging if any of our facilities they will pay a very big price this is not a warning it is a threat happy new year as tensions escalate in the middle east the United States continues to blame iran for incidents and say that it will respond to this pattern of tension between the United States and iran tension that has been asking lading seems to be continuing now that we enter the new year. Lets delve a little further into this im hoping to say a. Political analyst speaking to us this hour from london joins us on the program good to see you and the issue of provocation its something we hear quite a lot from washington but us are strikes kill 25 members of a pro a reunion militia in iraq and syria last weekend i would suggest that that was provocative enough in the 1st place. I agree with you entirely i mean the word probably cation is used so use lee and for the last 16 yaz says the sort of 2003 attack on iraq. Usa has been provoking the iraqis to take action against the usa and there have been multiple level of problems that have been created in iraq prior to 2003 and you may all recall that Madeline Albright the secretary of state at that time very proudly and happily. To the question when someone asked whether a 1000000 lives was worth it and she probably said yes it was worth killing off a 1000000 people in iraq prior to 2003 due to sanctions due to attacks on iraq no fly zone so really continuously u. S. Has been provoking the iraqis and provocation you know if one can find this from the word that provocation one would use it but the reality is that you are sick continuously pokes its fingers in of the nations eyes. Because washington keeps saying it doesnt want a war with iran and then warns of a preemptive strike why those mixed messages. Well i think its not only mixed messages but at the end of the day you know the administration of a mr trump is really acting like gang