In libya, militants are calling for the kidnapping of americans and attacks on europebound Gas Pipelines after the u. S. Snatched an accused bombing suspect off the streets of tripoli saturday. He is facing interrogation on board a u. S. Warship in the mediterranean. As of monday, he had not been read his miranda rights. On monday, libya summoned its u. S. Ambassador to answer questions about the capture, a top suspect in the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania. Libya says it had no prior knowledge of the operation while the u. S. Claims it provided assistance. Protesters in benghazi accused the Libyan Government of aiding the United States. The case of the kidnapping of our brother from tripoli is just an act against libya. We will not remain silent. We will go out with peaceful protest. A case like this one up as easily in libya. Maldives, the Supreme Court has rejected the first round of voting in a president ial election, dealing a blow to mamed nasheed. He was ousted last year during a coup last year. Month, nasheed won 45 of the vote, falling shy of the bar to avoid a runoff with his am j mean, his halfbrother. The court invalidated the results and called for a new round of voting nader this month after the third place candidate alleged fraud. Nasheed is known internationally for his activism against Global Warming which he says threatens life in the small island country. To see our interviews, go to democracynow. Org. U. S. Officials are pushing for an agreement by the end of the year on the secret Transpacific Partnership described by critics as nafta on steroids that would establish a free trade zone from vietnam to chile to japan and encompassing nearly 40 of the global economy. John kerry emphasized the u. S. Commitment to the deal during an address to the Business Leaders at the apex summit in bali, indonesia. Core, tpp is about generating growth and economies for our people by unleashing a wave of investment and entrepreneurship. All across the asiapacific. And at a time when we all seek strong and sustainable growth, tpp is creating a race to the top, not to the bottom. Afghan President Hamid karzai criticized the u. S. Then nato publication of that condition monday on its 12 year anniversary. He said during a News Conference the u. And nato have failed to respect afghan sovereignty and conducted raids and air strikes against the people in violation of afghan wishes. The assessed the occupations legacy during an interview with bbc. Was one that caused afghanistan a lot of suffering. Life, andof loss of no gains. The country is not secure. President karzai said that the u. S. Wants afghanistan to remain silent about the deaths of civilians. Meanwhile, Funeral Services were held for five civilians who afghan Officials Say were killed in an airstrike. The victims were all between the ages of 12 and 20 and had been hunting birds when they were killed. The u. S. Coalition claimed the attack targeted militants and its initial reports showed no civilian casualties. U. S. , the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in a Major Campaign finance case that could become the next Citizens United. The case, mccutcheon versus federal election commission, could undermine most of the curbing massive political donations. Currently, individuals can spend no more than 123,200 directly on candidates, Political Parties and Political Action committees in a single twoyear cycle. Committee,national Senate Minority leader mitch mcconnell, and republican businessman want the Supreme Court to throw out the aggregate limits, saying they violate free speech. The case marks the first major challenge to Campaign Finance rules since the 2010 Citizens United decision which opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on elections. Financetement, longtime advocate Fred Wertheimer said repealing the caps at stake in recreate the system of legalized bribery that existed prior to the watergate Campaign Finance scandals. Planna Officials Say they to launch a two track Voting System that will bar people who do not percent proof of u. S. Citizenship. Under a plan unveiled on monday, arizona will allow people who lack documents moving their citizens to vote only in federal elections. The move follows a u. S. Supreme court ruling in june compelling arizona to accept a federal Voter Registration form that does not require proof of citizenship. The head of the Arizona Democratic party said the new boundaries of absurdity and will create a group of secondclass voters. Jerry brownovernor has vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first in the country to allow immigrants without citizenship to serve on juries, saying such responsibilities should be reserved for u. S. Citizens. The veto came after Governor Brown signed a series of immigration bills, including the which protects undocumented immigrants in called for you from being held for up to 48 hours and turned over to immigration authorities for possible deportation, unless charged with or convicted of a serious crime. In a surprise move, former secretary of Homeland SecurityJanet Napolitano expressed support for the trust act, even though that it rejects compliance of the agency which she formerly led. In ohio, the last of five people convicted of attempting to detonate a fake bomb provided as part of a government sting operation has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors say Joshua Stafford used cell phone to activate what he believed to be a real bomb in an attempt to destroy a bridge running through a national park. Stafford and his codefendants are selfdescribed anarchists connections to the occupy wall street movement. The other defendants have already been sentenced to terms ranging from six to 11. 5 years. In new york, a White Plains Police officer are used a racial slur against elderly marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain shortly before police shot him dead in his home has been fired. Public safety commissioner david chong did not say why he fired officer steven hart, who was suspended last year. Hart had also been named as a defendant in a separate patel of the lawsu stemming from an earlier incident. He called chamberlain the end nword. Police mocked chamberlain, banged on his window, broke down his door, teaser 10, and then shot him dead. The son of chamberlain told the aurnal news, his firing was small but significant step in getting justice for the murder of my father. War veterans and their allies were arrested monday night at the Vietnam Veterans memorial in new york city during an event organized by veterans the veterans read the names of civilians and soldiers killed there in iraq as well and in vietnam as well as in the obama administrations ongoing drone wars and pakistan. They were arrested after refusing to leave. Shortly before the arrest, veteran mike hastie addressed the police. That you knowtant why we are here. This monument belongs to office. This is a Vietnam Veterans memorial. 22 veterans commitment suicide every day. It is important that you know your government committed immense atrocities during the vietnam war. We did it every day. It is just important that you know that because some of you are so much younger and that history has been denied. First nations activists and onporters stage protests monday marking the 250th anniversary of the well proclamation which recognized the land rights of Indigenous People in canada. The protests are part of the idle no more movement which has mobilized people worldwide in support of her and indigenous treaty rights and against environmental devastation. A new study has found one in 10 Young Americans have admitted to carrying out some form of sexual violence. Peopledy surveyed between the age of 14 and 21. It found four percent of Young Americans admitted they had raped or attempted to rape someone. Said the results show the urgent need for Bystander Intervention training in schools to prevent sexual violence. Today we spend the hour looking at politics, money, and the pursuit of oil focusing on the oil road, a series of pipelines touching from the caspian sea to europe. Key nations along the route include azerbaijan, turkey, and others. Azerbaijan is about to hold elections amidst a major decline in the record of human rights and freedom of expression. Located in between iran and russia, azerbaijan is an Energy Supplier to europe and a Transit Route for troops in afghanistan. Critics say this has allowed western powers to turn a blind eye to abuses since the president first came to power in 2003, following the death of his father. He amended the constitution to remove term limits in 2009. On wednesday he was set to win his third term in office. A spokesperson for his reelection predicted an easy victory. People want to have a good life in azerbaijan, good salary, prosperity, and we have that in azerbaijan. We have a high dynamic of development. It means that people should support the person who organized this policy. Half, past year and azerbaijan has documented also taken at has tough line of dissent in the oil drilling area. It is in this ar that begins the book of one of our guest the oil road. They cite a business and tank james in azerbaijan marriott joins us in our studio here in new york, a member of the londonbased Justice Organization platform as well as anna galkina, who also joins us. Ofh will be speaking as part a panel here in new york called carbon democracies. Also with us is Timothy Mitchell who will be part of the program, author of the book carbon democracy political power in the age of oil. Professor mitchell teaches, he is a theoretical professor of middle eastern and south easterns of these. James, lets begin with you. Azerbaijan, a country most people in the u. S. Hardly know about, let alone where it is. Why is it so significant in terms of global oil pipeline politics . It is very significant because it holds a significant chunk of the world oil market, about one percent. It does not sound like much but it does when the price ion the e on the western side of the caspian sea that plays a dominant position for the west Oil Companies intervention into the caspian region. It is the most secure bridgehead for the west in the region. Place it exactly for us. In the middle between the top and bottom of the caspian sea on the western coast. Its offshore area stretches over to the turkmen offshore area. The western edge runs to georgia. Northern edges to russia and iran. The route is pretty treacherous. Can you describe what he goes all the way up to turkey rather than those are two iran or china . Interesting question. There was a big debate about which way the oil would be exported after the collapse of the soviet union. It was in the interest of western states, particularly the. , to try to run the while run the oil out of the russian sphere of control. The state department was the key driver for the creation of this route. From the point of view from the Oil Companies, it would have been easier to run it through russian pipelines. There was a push to create an iranian pipeline, but it was the state department that drove the political requirement that it should be exported to the Global Market through a space with did not run during karen, did not run through china, and russia. They drove the idea that they should be pushed. It was not actually in the interest of the Oil Companies. The caspian sea is a significant area for the u. S. , it has a green base their. When it was being developed pushed himy 1990s, and political spheres, it was talked about as being a huge new space of oil and Gas Production. In reality, the amount of oil and gas is nothing like that. Part of the reason that it was pushed at that scale, i think, was because it was part of a wider geopolitical in 10 from the u. S. And western powers to and back the developments territorial acquisitions made by russia. Why are pipelines so important technotalk about the politics and laws around pilines. Pipelines are often used as a significant geoPolitical Tool in this one. Which wehat we take, take in the book, the general research of our work in the past 15 years, goes not only through the pipelines in the caucuses, azerbaijan, georgia, turkey, but also through another pipeline from italy through austria and oilany, to a set of terminals and refineries in southern germany. Built inier pipeline the 1960s was also a geopolitical project, part of the structure for the west and nato to create an Energy Supply system that would be a rival to beingrgy supply systems created in what is now known as former eastern europe. The soviet union was pushing hard for Oil Production to be driven to though state from siberia. What was happening in the west was a parallel pipeline. In both cases, it was created as a Political Tool more than primarily a commercial tool. Political to . Others in theers, caucuses. We are going to break. Pipelines have their own laws. They are like countries unto themselves. We will talk about pipelines from azerbaijan to here in the u. S. We are speaking with james marriott, coauthor of a new book called the oil road journeys from the caspian sea to the city of london. Annall also speak with galkina, in the same Organization Called platform in london. And professor Timothy Mitchell. Stay with us. [music break] this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Our guests are Timothy Mitchell of Columbia University, author of the book carbon democracy political power in the age of oil. James marriott is with us. He cowrote the book the oil road journeys from the caspian sea to the city of london. Anna galkina is also with us, with the group, as is james, platform, based in london. Bp plays a huge role, operates this pipeline. Tell me about their history in azerbaijan . Bp first broke into azerbaijan after the soviet union daughter falling apart in some of the first contracts signed in 1992. You will find, bp was actually there before they establish their own relationships with azerbaijan, before the western governments did. Bp already had and office in the capital of azerbaijan before any of the western governments had embassies. They invited the british diplomats to share an office with them. Thethen, bp recruited British State to work on their behalf to help them break into this New Territory and sign contracts. The president of azerbaijan at the time was, as we found out got fromments that we the British ForeignOffice Freedom of information legislation, was a big fan of margaret thatcher. Even though she was no longer bpme minister in the u. K. , requested that she be brought over and help sign the contracts. Margaret director thatcher was flown over from hong kong, where she was at the time, to the capital, and personally handed over the signature bonuses to the president and major the contracts were signed. This is part of a pattern that we see around the world where british and american and other western governments act on behalf of their Oil Companies to break into new territories, to sign contracts that will sign away their us Different Countries oil for their profit. British petroleum has quite a sordid history. Recent declassified cia that theyproved overthrew the first democratically elected leader in , on in 1953, most of the behalf of british petroleum, angloamerican oil, which it was called then. Absolutely. We also need to remember now bp is more than just a british company. It is as much an American Company now. More of their shares are listed on the American Market than in britain. James marriott, you were just in new orleans, we were all there. Bp plays a key role in the recent history of new orleans, with the Major Oil Spill three years ago. That is right. Of course, they are still held in the court of public opinion, judged as to whether or not in response to the spill has been taken into account. Our strong feeling would be that , judgment about the risks about the impact of whether or not the production was being done safely was made in the highest level of bp. We can discuss the specific , t