nato agrees to take over command of libya no-fly zone us likely to remain in charge of brunt of combat
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washington ap -- the united states welcomed a partial handover for the libyan air campaign to nato on thursday but the allies apparently balked at assuming full control and the us military was left in charge of the brunt of combat scroll down for updates

: riots and revolutions: my arab journey - bahrain
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: quot quot quot : quot - -----riots and revolutions: my arab journey - bahrainat a protest in bahrain039s capital manama nel meets dr nada dhaif who helped to treat injured protesters during the failed uprising at the pearl roundabout last year she tells nel that as they tried to cope with hundreds of casualties the police came into salmaniya hospital took control of it and prevented doctors from continuing their work a month later she was arrested in her home and later convicted in a military court of aiding the protesters in their rebellion she was one of 20 medics who were sentenced to jail terms of 5 to 15 years the government maintains the doctors were taking over the hospital and using it as a rebel base they have been granted a retrial in a civilian court which is still in processby: imanamaa

rebels seize qaddafi compound
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after hours of fighting in the qaddafi stronghold in the heart of tripoli libyan rebels finally broke through and seized the tyrant039s compound but as barry petersen reports qaddafi himself is still nowhere to be found

mother tortures son with hot sauce
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what actually goes on inside herman cain039s head
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white house counterterror chief says us working with libya to secure weapons
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complete video at: http:foratvseriesmonitor_breakfastjohn brennan president obama039s chief counterterrorism adviser told reporters at a monitor breakfast this morning that some terrorist elements looked at libya as an quotarms bazaarquot and the us was working with the new libyan government to secure weapon stockpiles-----on thursday september 8 2011 us deputy national security advisor john brennan joined the monitor breakfast for a conversation with reportersjohn o brennan is chief counterterrorism advisor to us president barack obama officially his title is deputy national security advisor for homeland security and counterterrorism and assistant to the president his responsibilities include overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters and he meets with the president daily previously he advised obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 presidential campaign and transition

comatose
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an obama supporter wakes up after a long coma ron reich blogs http:wwwundiepunditcom

fresh perspectives: libya
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beck bennett and america039s youth take on the tough questions in news and politicscreated by beck bennettpolitical analyst: john dardennestarring:beck bennettmichael zhangmorgan bertschjaden allennathan blaiwesproduced by mickey meyerdirected by david mccaryhttp:wwwyoutubecomdaviddp: jon nahttp:wwwyoutubecomjonnameanedited by eric thompsonhttp:wwwyoutubecommrcruelhandlukevfx by brandon pernahttp:wwwyoutubecomuserbrandonpernapuprod coordinator: aaron zaragoza

saif gaddafi arming civilian militias
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translation:saif -- guys guys listen listen we need high spirits more chantingsaif: listen listen brothers the people have said the police force have joined the protesters but today we will prove the opposite context -- saif is hinting at an idea -- to equip his supporters with police clothing and request them to enter the protests undercoversaif: do you need weaponssaif: one minute please you will receive all the support all the facilities and weapons etc everything will be okay and you will be victorioussaif: 039today we039re not inviting you for rice ampamp meat039 libyan saying meaning: we mean business this is what i want to tell you today039saif- listen listen this is your country now we shall leave and you have all the backing but your country unknown word italians the protesters you confront are nothing they are bums brats and druggies today brothers tripoli that you live in will be cleared of protesterssaif: i shall leave now and i will send you weapons tonight i will return with more people and weapons

anthony gregory on the costs of conflict
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research editor anthony gregory introduces some of the issues raised in his new independent policy report quotwhat price war afghanistan iraq and the costs of conflictquot

papantonio: tripoli -- republicans humiliated again
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mike papantonio appears on msnbc039s the ed show to talk about the republicans039 response to the ousting of gaddafi in libya yet again the crazy conservatives are attacking the president because he didn039t follow bush039s quotshock doctrinequot of shoot first look for oil and then ask questions

foreign secretary discusses aims of historic conference on libya
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foreign secretary william hague discusses the aims of the paris conference on libya chaired jointly by prime minister david cameron and french president nicolas sarkozy on 1 september 2011

noam chomsky on libya israel amp gop presidential candidates039 039utterly outlandish039 positions
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democracynoworg - in the extended interview with noam chomsky--noted activist linguist and philosopher--democracy now asked the professor about his views on the war in libya the diplomatic spat between israel and turkey and the positions of the gop presidential candidates regarding libya dr chomsky says quotyou could have made a case for a no-fly zone and protection of civilians but i think it039s much harder to make a case for direct participation in a civil war and undercutting of possible options that were supported by almost the entire worldquot chomsky goes on to note that turkey and egypt have been key allies for israel and that the deterioration of their relations quotcontributes very substantially to israel039s isolation in the regionquot when pressed about the upcoming 2012 presidential election dr chomsky said that while he is no fan of president obama the positions of most republican candidates on issues such as climate change are quotutterly outlandishquotwatch part 1 of this interview: http:youtube4erryq6dspgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy nowtoday visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

democracy now correspondent anjali kamat on reporting the revolutions in egypt and libya
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wwwdemocracynoworg - democracy now special correspondent anjali kamat has just returned from cairo after nearly a year reporting on the revolutions in egypt and libya anjali was on the ground in cairo covering the uprising that overthrew hosni mubarak and the ensuing crackdowns on protesters opposed to military rule kamat also made two trips to libya to cover the uprising and ultimate overthrow with the aid of nato forces of the gaddafi regime quotone of the things that was really remarkable over the past year that i saw in both egypt and libya is the fearlessness of peoplequot kamat says quoti was really taken aback by the scenes of crowds of people running into armed tanks running into vehicles that opened opening fire -- people just without any fearquot kamat also addresses an issue that has divided many progressive critics of western militarism: the reality that the nato intervention in libya despite charges of hypocrisy and ulterior motives enjoyed widespread amongst libyans seeking to topple the hated gaddafi regimeto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript or download the podcast visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

noam chomsky - history of media
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a surreal journey for:noam chomsky is an american linguist philosopher cognitive scientist and social activist he is an institute professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the massachusetts institute of technology chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics and a major figure of analytic philosophy since the 1960s he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist referring to himself as a libertarian socialist chomsky is the author of more than 150 books and has received worldwide attention for his viewsin the 1950s chomsky began developing his theory of generative grammar which has undergone numerous revisions and has had a profound influence on linguistics his approach to the study of language emphasizes quotan innate set of linguistic principles shared by all humansquot known as universal grammar quotthe initial state of the language learnerquot and discovering an quotaccount for linguistic variation via the most general possible mechanismsquot9 he elaborated on these ideas in 1957039s syntactic structures which then laid the groundwork for the concept of transformational grammar he also established the chomsky hierarchy a classification of formal languages in terms of their generative power in 1959 chomsky published a widely influential review of b f skinner039s theoretical book verbal behavior in this review and other writings chomsky broadly and aggressively challenged the behaviorist approaches to studies of behavior and language dominant at the time and contributed to the cognitive revolution in psychology his naturalistic approach to the study of language has influenced the philosophy of language and mindbeginning with his opposition to the vietnam war first articulated in his 1967 essay quotthe responsibility of intellectualsquot and later extended in his american power and the new mandarins 1969 chomsky established himself as a prominent critic of us foreign and domestic policy he has since become an outspoken political commentator and a dedicated activist he is a self-declared anarcho-syndicalist and a libertarian socialist principles he regards as grounded in the age of enlightenment and as quotthe proper and natural extension of classical liberalism into the era of advanced industrial societyquotchomsky039s social criticism has also included manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media 1988 co-written with edward s herman an analysis articulating the propaganda model theory for examining the mediaaccording to the arts and humanities citation index in 1992 chomsky was cited as a source more often than any other living scholar from 1980 to 1992 he is also the eighth most cited source of all time and is considered the quotmost cited living authorquot he is also considered a prominent cultural figure while his status as a leading critic of us foreign policy has made him controversialfair use-quotcopyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976 allowance is made for quotfair usequot forpurposes such as criticism comment news reporting teaching scholarship and research fair use is ause permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing non-profit educational orpersonal use tips the balance in favor of fair usequotfull credit goes to the ownerlabel