bombing of libya so rival tribal internal wolf but what's what's going on now in libya when we don't have a capital a capital city full of armed men crying victory what's next. well i think we're going to face if they do succeed and it looks in all likelihood with the full power of nato and all the. insurgency being supported by u.s. and nato covert intelligence that they are eventually going to topple gadhafi and i think what what libya's going to face after that is a period of prolonged chaos nobody knows the outcome this is as i said at the beginning this is tribe against tribe this is not democracy against fatality areas and so. what the merges from that i think it suits some of the western oil interests especially the british and the french who are fighting like the like puranas over grabbing the most you see oil fields for them for their own companies . that suits them to have chaos because then they can control the terms of oil exploitation much better now recently a western governments unlocked some of khadafi frozen reserves to fund the rebels but where is the money going wh

presence in libya even the. resolution. yes but keeping troops in the country means heavy costs drag on latest polls say most french people now oppose the military intervention this in p.c.'s further bloodshed and the hefty price tag to deal with it now has a past but it could take yes for a few months the war is far from over and this invasion is already costing much more than we give back fears a growing that libya's new leaders are too divided to win the peace. points to the rebels murder last month of the military chief general yunis exposed ball widespread rebel looting and executions beat france's problems they have only just begun the new bushell paris. as. regime as promised libya will become a volcano a fire loyalist forces are continually found to keep fighting pointing to a prolonged civil war and according to author and journalist afshin rattansi he tells me the evidence points to more conflict i think what we should expect to see the national have said in the past few hours is a humanitarian crisis i've seen pi

libya is a major producer. tell us about the reaction to what is unfolding in libya. >> libyan oil goes mostly to the european markets, not directly to the american market. we understand that the market is globally connected. one always directly impacts the other. the story in libya is quite interesting. the regime change would lead to oil production that has been halted for couple of months to come back rather quickly. oil supply will go up. oil demand has been under pressure for quite awhile. that is due to the slowing economy and to fear of further slowing worldwide. that will put some downward pressure on oil prices. that is what we are expecting in the near term. that is good news for large parts of the industry and also for the consumer. >> after the incredible turbulence we have seen in weeks come by, tell us how things are shaping up in the new trading week. >> what an interesting day we have seen so far. we started the day with a huge uptick, the dow jones up 175 points, more than 1.5%. in the next cou

libya is a tribal society. we take a look now at some of the challenges and that you could face in a post-gaddafi world. >> the council is likely to play a major role in the parse gaddafi area -- era. one of the most pressing tasks will be to prevent the outbreak. there are 140 tribes in libya. they can be divided into four groups. in the north are arabs. in the southeast, the nomadic group. in april, most of the larger tribes said that they no longer supported gaddafi. there are still groups that remain loyal to the libyan leader and say they are prepared to die for him. the question is, how can these gaddafi loyalists be integrated into inouye libya and how can they be kept from inflecting vengeance, especially after their heavy losses. he is calling for restraint. >> there is no longer any difference between libyans. the whole nation can rebuild the country in line with the constitution that makes no difference between sexes or tribes. >> some of the problems can be seen in the face of this man. the former r

has a contentious oil and gas exploration contract in libya which the u.k. government will be anxious for it to resume italian oil giant e n i. is the first to send back to libya and it says rose on the knees french to tile and. also did well as investors hoped they'd soon be able to resume production in libya but it was price to the libyan people the great fear is that just as they did in iraq created democracy which the specific interests or the west's interests or oil companies interests and does nothing for the people of libya nor emmett's. asia times correspondent pepe escobar believes as soon as western countries get leave you know while contracts they'll want boots on the ground to secure them. this is the cover story in this story from the beginning was our two pete responsibility to protect that was the basis for u.n. resolution one nine seventy three there is that bathes of the agreement between the u.s. and saudi arabia we get there is a loser and based on your fake arab league gold nine the countries out of twenty two and you can do any you want

presence in libya even the. resolution. yes but keeping troops in the country means heavy costs drag on latest polls say most french people now oppose the military intervention this in pieces for the bloodshed and the hefty price tag to deal with it now is the past but it could take us with him in much the war is far from over and this invasion is already costing much more than we give back fears a growing that libya's new leaders to divide it with the peace. points to the rebels murder last month of the military chief general yunis exposed widespread rebel looting and executions beachfronts these problems they have only just begun. to see paris. u.s. senator and former presidential candidate john mccain has lashed out at russia saying it could be the next country to experience a libya like i prize the uprising and he's not the first american legislator to end statements like they said moscow the kremlin commented by saying that these remarks are emotional and incompetent and out his washington correspondent dan education h

now control 90% of libya. they also say think ooer planning to move some of their power base today from the eastern city of benghazi to the capital tripoli. meantime, the last vestiges of moammar gadhafi's power base appear to be crumbling. after hours of fighting, rebels finally over ran his heavily fortified compound on tuesday, carting out weapons, knocking over statues and raising their flag. there's no sign of colonel gadhafi at the compound nor anywhere else. but libya reportedly heard from its embattled leader in an audio broadcast directed to his supporters. his exact whereabouts remain unknown. residents turned out on tuesday to celebrate the rebel takeover of the gadhafi compound. the gadhafi loyalists still control libya's rixist hotel. they're preventing people from leaving it, including our matthew chance. >>> colonel gadhafi's radio speech is the second from about 12 hours. two arab tv networks aired his remarks. let's listen in to what has been said. >> translator: i call to all libyans, tribesm

when house says it believes gaddafi is still in libya. the push by rebels in libya to take control of the entire country continues. rebel forces are now headed for gaddafi's home town. >> 130 kilometers west of sur is already in rebel hands. they continue their onward march to get off the's home town. major was expected to provide back up from the air, but the final battle may prove the toughest yet for the rebels. the gaddafi stronghold pact with loyal supporters. rebels have been closing in on the city from all sides. like here, but for the moment, they are waiting it out. national transitional council is trying to negotiate peaceful surrender so that further bloodshed can be avoided. >> if it does come to a battle, it will be a bloody one. the locals are loyal to gaddafi, so we would be compelled to use weapons against them. >> but the anti-gaddafi forces have been weakened. umbels of blended -- numbers have dwindled as many still in the capital, tripoli. the situation is still arduous for many people. there is a shortage of food and d

and this is going to be the libya just as in other countries. tunisia and what is happening in egypt which is not. really the. speech that's not the issue but what i'm afraid of yes indeed and i'm. absolutely not. but i'm pretty sure the violence is going to break out to make some very interesting observations thanks very much indeed international consultant and former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament that reduced thanks. when news of the rebel advance into tripoli was greeted warmly by investors around the world sparking an immediate drop in oil prices and i don't know the most important question is just how much stability the new government will bring an issue i was just talking about ortiz refer to as the latest. what we see really is a knee jerk reaction in the oil markets to the events in tripoli we've seen the oil prices he said talking almost three dollars in festus thinking that there are some hopes so oil production could shortly now it's least foreign minister has confirmed that the italian oil company any has sent workers back

and this is going to be libya just as in other countries. and what is happening in egypt which is not. really. that's not an issue but what i'm afraid. to do you know. but i'm pretty sure the violence is going to freak out and if you make some very interesting observations thanks very much indeed international consultant and former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament he produced thanks. when news of the rebel advance into tripoli was greeted warmly by investors around the world sparking an immediate drop in oil prices and i want to know the most important question is just how much the booty the new government will bring and if you're just talking about ortiz the latest what we thing really is a kneejerk reaction in the oil markets to the events. in the oil prices as you say took almost three dollars in first this thinking that there are some hopes the oil production could resume shortly now it's least foreign minister has confirmed that the company any has work is back in libya they've led the way really in sending their workers back th

libya needs to be reconstructed entirely. they are doing everything they can to undermine any sense of mission, one single vision. they must be allowed to express what it means to be libyan. that is the unification. therefore, we have to make sure there is an effort toward reconciliation and unification is reconciled -- on the other hand with the strong emphasis on the municipalities. >> i think we will have to end their. thank you very much. thank you, kareem, daniel, and peter. we are going to take a break for just a couple of minutes and we will of the second panel appeared promptly. thank you. >> an update on the situation in libya. the wife and two children of libyan leader gaddafi have crossed the border into out jerry. gaddafi's whereabouts are still unknown. more from the forum with the discussion looking at nato's role in libya. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> welcome back. the atlantic council's international security program has always made trans-atlantic security matters of core focus of our activities here. we

was libya's. ambassador to india for they cut off the regime these are the real leaders of the national transitional council. they're certainly known have any history as democrats you know they've been associated with a good off the regime for a very long time furthermore i very much agreed with the comment in your report that. this this regime in the making is largely being installed by western powers if we go back to march of this year when the un adopted security council resolution one thousand and seventy three that was the no fly zones to protect civilians. that didn't by any stretch of the imagination give nato forces the authority to facilitate regime change in libya which is what we're now doing in the us it is in the lead they haven't recognized the national transitional council in july of this year so there are of course the great danger is either we have a continuing civil war or we have what the libyan people think of as a puppet american regime designed to protect access to the forty

to control libya because most of the people of the in d.c. are members of the eastern libya they are absolutely not representative of the countries and i'm afraid the united nations don't send people there to protect the unity of the country are going to see very quickly a partition and a real very very bad situation but you were there though in libya didn't want to stick a couple of weeks ago and you were engaged i understand it work over the draft of a new constitution that sounds quite optimistic to me i mean if you're doing that does that not suggest of the people will be getting what they've been fighting for . i'm not sure that because i know that the people who don't know why they're fighting for the other all of the different a group called the c.m.d. and the libyan people are fighting for different reasons people from eastern libya want to find again there are. home. from from tripoli you have also at least. one to two to create a new emir a radical islamic emirate in libya you have so many different motivation in this organization a

investigators traced the attack to libya. when libya refused to turn over the suspects the u.n. imposed tough sanctions, leaving the country isolated and increasingly destitute. after 11 years as an international outcast, gadhafi cut a deal. he gave up the lockerbie bombing suspects for trial and after the u.s. invaded iraq, he surprised the world by agreeing to destroy all of his chemical nuclear and biological weapons. gadhafi soon welcomed western oil companies like bp and total into libya. but questions linkered about whether some western oil contracts were traded for scotland's release of one of the convicted lockerbie bombers. and he didn't give up the bizarre behavior. on a 2009 visit to italy he invited 200 models to his ambassador' house, paying each $75 to listen to lectures on islam and giving each a copy of the koran. back home, patience was running thin. after more than 40 years, rebellion bubbled up in the eastern part of the country, quickly spreading across libya. as his government disintegrated he stayed in the same house bombed in 1986. >> translator: this is m

in libya. there is so little civil society in libya there are so few and so democratic institutions are so weak they have nothing to build on and egypt in tunisia there was at least something to build on once the top filter was was was cut no way we're in libya that's not the case these people have to start from scratch and there are all kinds of reasons why it could fail what is the whole nature of the transitional council is the it's it's a mess and so these people are some of them are exiles some of their marmar have fled from there you could argue regime a few of them are islamicists some are intellectuals and college professors some are business people so just hanging together is going to be an enormously difficult task for them the other thing is that they've got to reprisals they've got they can't they can't they can't care for prices of their enemies that will just create the kind of civil strife that everyone was to award france planes to hold high level meeting next week to discuss li

in libya continues to unfold. reporting from the border of tunisia and libya there and across the atlantic president obama said despite the rebel advance into tripoli the outcome of the main a battle remains fluid and he's going to church again has more commentary from washington d.c. . washington a key player in the fight for tripoli says they are in close contact with the rebels leadership and that the u.s. will support a peaceful transition to democracy president obama while on vacation has made this statement this monday in the wake of dramatic developments in tripoli over the weekend that were really far from peaceful again he was talking about what a terrible dictator it could be was what a great job nato has done he called the levy is to support the transitional national council that's a body that's heavily backed by western allies as we know he once again said that billions of dollars in frozen levy in assets will go to the council to help them restore order in the country that's been torn apart by the civ

has a contentious oil and gas exploration contract in libya which the u.k. government will be anxious for it to resume italian all jayanti end i. it's the first to send back to libya and eight sads rose in the knees french to towel and three is a when the well as investors hopes they soon be able to review production in libya but it will price to the libyan people the great fear is that just as they did in iraq the creation democracy which the spanish interests the west's interests or oil companies interests and does nothing for the people of the newer and that's what's he come to and i think a lot of people start to talk about the situation in libya wrapping up we're entering a new chapter i think it's important to take a look back to february when we first heard the speech from president obama when he announced that libya needed our help the united states has maintained a set of core principles which guide or. these principles apply to the situation in libya so i said last week we strongly condemn the use of violence in libya the american people extend our

treatment of the countess which helped the opposition in libya to be in this week. and we'll be following the dramatic events in libya on air and online throughout the day so do stay with us here on r.t. now i'll be back with the latest headlines in just a few minutes from now before that we have the business news with kareen. my. hello and welcome to our business update this hour we stop with oil prices are falling sharply sliding as leading rebels appear to be on the verge of ousting they could off the regime and christine just coronato from standard and poor's says brant crude is likely to hit the one hundred dollars per barrel mark. well if you needed to affect this particularly with brenda because it is more sensitive to what's happening in the region board before it to calm down but you have to realize that the thing seemed libya have not actually been resolved. khadafi the forces good steel play for counter-offensive so things have not been resolved but if things do get settled then we will see prior the price of grain coming down but we must not forget thoug

base trinity college says a libya could face the same fate as afghanistan. more people are going to be killed as it is need to his but the fighting. and yes patient forces troops on the ground. providing technical assistance by. oh you know means of being in touch with warplanes for bombing i mean the reason being on the ground right through it. sections of the. tree so i fear this is going to set precedent already armories it being read oh you know r.p.g. been stolen from the armory is this going to be you know uk two thousand and three or even worse is this going to be after the fall of the one that. previous and for the people of afghanistan. well it may still be fighting in tripoli but the new self-proclaimed government is wasting little time in setting up its future cash flow european oil giants given the go ahead by rebel officials have already begun moving in with italian company and i which had a close ties to spearheading the return and it's obvious that laura and it reports this time it's a services won't come cheap. delivered as a promise but seen

he is obviously going to talk to me about libya and he says that there's a huge potential for libya to turn into another afghanistan i missed out on thank you for talking to r.t. today now explain to me what the facts play that's all comparable between libya and afghanistan there are a lot of similarities here between. afghanistan and we have been nato intervention military intervention it is through this intervention is not actually sending troops on the ground but the. try to say. like afghanistan the other point is you know. to a failed state like what happened in afghanistan nobody can predict what will happen after we know who would be removed from power because he cannot actually fight and he has a good backup abilities but the big question is you know what transitional council which is the presenting that he will be able first to clean pain. differences you know divisions. whether it is capable but that seems i can. excellent overview of the issues in libya at the moment but let's talk about the more specifically first of all where do you think gadhafi is at the moment what's he

of course with iraq unlike iraq iraq libya is sitting on this by. asked oil wealth that complicates matters. severely but unlike iraq here in libya the coalition are saying that they've got this foundations government already in place this national transitional council already recognized by britain france germany britain will be keen that would enough. play if the prime minister has already said that they are in for the long haul they saying they have learned those lessons and that is fueled. by the insurgence revenge killings to try and achieve this smooth transition. has either been upright that the white house meantime is hailed as the rebels advance into tripoli saying the situation is at a turning tipping point president obama once again called on the libyan leader to acknowledge reality and give up power immediately and as the u.n. mandate for nato as a military mission there expires next month some are suggesting the timing of the battle for tripoli is no coincidence. and president obama spoke earlier this sunday night saying tripoli is slipp

this hour the situation in libya continues to unfold. things are not resolved conclusively, although it appears that 42 years of moammar gadhafi's dictatorship may be coming to an end, as in right now, as in this evening. former cbs evening news anchor dan rather will be with us this hour, but first to richard engel who's been covering the uprising since the very beginning, and he joins us tonight from the central square in the libyan capital city of tripoli, the strongho stronghold, geographic heart for gadhafi loyalists since the beginning of the revolution, richard, what's the scene tonight? >> good evening, rachel, you can probably hear that celebrations are going on in green square. this is the square, the center of tripoli, it was the center of gadhafi's personality. i remember coming here and a group of rebels have just arrived. if you can zoom in over my shoulder, you can see this is a group of rebels, they are following that car which has the fighters inside, and the rest are the people from the neighborhoods that have come out

libya is an interesting example. gadhafi was one of the interesting dictator a persona nongrata whom we bombed in 2006 and we brought back and if you're tony blair and then we help bomb him out of the power. here in the united states the presidential debates should we isolate dictatorships? can we form effective partnerships with them on certain issues? are there any lessons we can learn from both libya or maybe other arab countries about how we can move forward as democracies with either engaging or not engaging dictatorships? >> a very good question. i think the latest events in the arab world has shown us first that every country is, of course, different. second, that military intervention should always be the last resort. and thirdly, yes, there are cases where you need to engage with a brutal dictator for a certain time. and we are facing syria right now. it's unthinkable that we can come to any kind of further development in syria without also having indirect channels and to his advisors right now and talk to h

play in the future of libya. well i think you have to take the american president obama at his word in the statement he made and a very much of the statement that mr cameron made that that the that france. and the united states are working toward. they want a free democratic and inclusive libya. and i think they made it very plain that nato will not send troops on the ground. and. i take them at their word for the moment now there's a lot of suspicion that al qaeda could be part of these rebel groups can the rebels run their country or do you think there could be a power vacuum that could get filled by radical terrorist elements there's definitely a question of a power vacuum and for the reasons i was talking about earlier these people simply may not be willing to get along and it's just human nature there once the main battle was fought off then the schisms and the fractures begin to appear once the main danger has passed so we don't know what's going to happen they're going to have to struggle and stay together

after libya in addition to libya what about syria what do you see happening next in regards to other countries reign syria you know as we move across the middle east and well you can use a compass which is whoever the u.s. corporate media and the u.s. government is demonising whoever they decided must go is then in the crosshairs of the next the stabilization so you think some of the mainstream media here in this country is calling the shots here but i think they're echoing the policy of the u.s. government they function as a propaganda arm there's a lot made about the u.s. has a free press but you see a complete uniformity of position once the state department in the white house established a position has a lot of reasons for that but i think what's coming next this is the united states is determined having if they do succeed in overthrowing khadafi and conquering libya bring it back into an american british french fear of influence that they will try to do the same in syria so i think we'll see an expanding level of intervention though i always say it's for humanitarian good it's a

presence in libya even the. resolution it's like trying to yes but keeping troops in the country means heavy costs drag on latest polls say most french people now oppose the military intervention this in p.c.'s for the bloodshed and the hefty price. to deal with it now is opposed by the govt i guess with his new memoir the war is far from over and this invasion is already costing much more than we get back the fears are growing that libya's new leaders are too divided to win the peace. points to the rebels murder last months of their military chief general yunis experts will widespread rebel looting and executions meet france's problems they have only just begun the new bushell altie paris. us government adviser on terrorism dr forever says gadhafi could still mount an offensive and the rebels also have serious political issues to deal with. the khadafi supporters the remnant of his army cannot at this point in time strategically because they are surrounded and isolated cannot revert back the entire conflict and

are watching the outcome in libya closely. the effects of the uprising being felt strongly, particularly on the oil markets. >> that's right. for most of the past few months the price of oil has been dictated by the events unfolding in libya as well as the rest of the middle east/africa region, and the end of gadhafi's power may mean a drop in oil prices. right now we are looking at brent. it's trading at 106.70 to the barrel, down by about $2.44. analysts are expecting prices to fall further. that means reversing the gapes we've seen since the uprising actually began just in the last -- the half year. if we can take this off and we'll click that. so, at this point, oil was trading at about $103 a barrel, the violence in the region and the uncertainty it fostered sent the price of oil higher. it reached its peak in april at $126 a barrel. over the course of the last few months the balance of power in libya also tips on who controls oil facilities. on sunday, the oil hub of al brega was captured. libya's economy is heavily depe

tension continues in libya. rebels are pushing for complete control of the capital tripoli and the capture of leader muammar gadhafi. many citizens have already gathered in a square in the city center. celebrating their freedom from gadhafi's rule. the rebel landed council chief jalil spoke to reporters say the northeastern city of benghazi on monday and saying that gadhafi's rule has ended. >> translator: we will capture gadhafi alive. and give him a fair trial. >> jalil says his forces plan to quickly win control of tripoli and set up government there. however, gadhafi's troops are continuing to resist. troops have gathered at a military facility that also serves as the leader's residence. he has not been seen since issuing a statement calling on people to fight back. the rebel forces have announced they detained gadhafi's son. the second son saif al islam is wanted on charges of crimes against humanity. the court has asked libya's opposition council to hand him over. now, united nations secretary moon has ask

i want this stake in the political reshaping of libya and the economic reshaping of libya as they try to get that oil production back on-line again. >>let look further afield, john. in terms particularly of syria. it would appear that libya is going to be the third country to -- where the regime will change. what price syria and the president there. >> we went through this period, charles, as you know the last couple of month, where there is an arab spring fatigue. you didn't see movement. you had people constantly what's going to happen next in libya, what's going to happen in the other countries, what's going to happen in syria right now? i would imagine the view is quite different the last 24 to 48 hours where different camps plotting that struggle in syria are reinvigorated and from the view of ba seer al assad who tried to pitch this as a battle, that the west should not intervene. that argument doesn't hold as much weight going forward as you see the events transform in libya, particularly in the battle over tripoli. >> let's return to libya. because clearly, moammar gadhafi mad

taxpayer, how much more will we pay to libya? >> well, libya has resources. they have energy, their energy can provide them assistance. tripoli is a, don't want to overstate this but it is a modernizing city, so libya has capabilities. one of the key questions will be, is this thing quick and relatively peaceful? if that is the transition will be relatively quickly and the humanitarian situation will be fairly manageable. if there's a fight to the death between the rebels and those forces that are still loyal to gadhafi, then obviously the prospect of greater damage is likely and the humanitarian crisis, the flow of people leaving libya for neighboring countries, that's where the crisis could develop and that's where significant international support will be required, but going forward, it will be less about money and more about the kind of technical assistance that enables libya to build a civil society. >> t.j. crowley, former state department spokesman thank you very much sir. >> all right, brooke. >>> and now this. >>> we are here in the middle of tripoli

has a contentious oil and gas exploration contract in libya which the u.k. government will be anxious for it to resume italian oil giant e n i. it's the first to send back to libya and it says the nice french towel and. the dead well as investors hoped they'd soon be able to resume production in libya but at what price to the libyan people the great sheer is that just as they did in iraq that creates a democracy which interests the west's interests or oil companies' interests and does nothing for the people of libya nor. the scenes of excitement and jubilant celebrations across libya recalled cars to his square in february but the high expectations off to the revolution have given way to disillusionment and dismay but he's got to tell the places events in libya have parallels in history. the cadets the regime is crumbling. the rebels are cheering. the. same cheers and tears could be seen in egypt in february as the nation ousted their longtime leader hosni mubarak but six months on many egyptians say their hopes have been crushed by reality. you know i loved

he'll leave libya is dead. will he find sanctuary? will he be brought to justice or will he become a martyr? we'll talk about the ways this bloody conflict could finally end. and not that long ago some libyan rebels didn't know how to shoot straight. we're taking a closer look at whether they're ready for a final battle in tripoli and the challenges after that. stay with us. you a're in "the situation room" we take it on ours. this summer put your family in an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz now for an exceptional price during the summer event. but hurry, this offer ends august 31st. but hurry, or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities, so we're helping them with advice from local business experts and extending $18 billion in credit last year. that's how we're helping set opportunity in motion. and so too is the summer event. now get an inc

or the money from libya. they may kill innocent people. >> reporter: when libya was implicated in a 1986 berlin nightclub bombing that killed two american servicemen, though, the u.s. struck back. >> this mad dog of the middle east has a goal of a world revolution. >> reporter: president reagan ordered air strikes on gadhafi's compound, reportedly killing his 15-month-old adopted daughter. two years later, in what many believe was gadhafi's response, a bomb blew up pan am 103 over lockerbie, scotland, killing 270 people. gadhafi denied ordering the bombing. >> translator: as i stated, we had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: but he later paid compensation to the families of the american victims and provided a libyan suspect, abdel baset al megrahi, and perhaps the image of what happened to another middle eastern strongman who hung on for too long, saddam hussein, had changed from ally to pariah, he shut down his nuclear research program, he granted western oil companies lucrative contracts, but he never los

libya is free. gadhafi needs to go." rebel forces say they're now in control of most parts of the capital and the government itself is conceding that parts of the city are no longer under its control. it says also that 1,300 people have been killed over the past 12 hours. what about moammar gadhafi and all of this? there is so much uncertainty surrounding this situation on the ground. where are rebels now? how much of the city have they captured and where is the man who was in charge of libya for 42 years? moammar gadhafi. there was an audiomessawed audi he vowed to fight to the drop of blood. now numerous news reports out of libya security forces are surrendering. perhaps they think it's not worth the fight. the rebel fighters pushed towards tripoli after seizing the oil-rich port town of zawiya. just 30 miles down the road from the libyan capital. our sara sidner has been covering the fight for zawiya and finally it went the way of the rebels. sara, can you hear me? >> reporter: i can. i can hear

well from libya to syria now and the u.n. is increasing pressure on syria where deadly fighting between government forces and protesters have been raging for almost six months now the human rights council has ordered an investigation into alleged violations the u.n. says over two thousand protesters have been killed during the uprising well for more on the situation there in the country i'm joined by a political analyst kamel who is in the lebanese capital in beirut at the moment thank you very much indeed for joining us now if u.n. investigators discover there have been violations jury the crackdown what then what can be done about it. well obviously it's a very complicated issue and we know there was been using all their resources to have been the syrian regime and we seen that american sanctions followed by the european sanctions and they are using now their international court or the international human rights to find violation on my my as they will use this window to put more pressure on syria to asian obviously it's bee

no the future government of libya heading heads of these foreign. support we'll be very very grateful and. very helpful to these current just this group of nato countries for them to receive the future contours of for the rebuilding the economy of libya. you know russia they have no chance to have the same equal. treatment of the countless which have helped with the opposition in libya to believe this week three. will be following the dramatic events in libya on air and online throughout the day so to stay with us here and i think i'll be back with the latest headlines in just a few minutes from now before that we have the business news with kareem. hello and welcome to our business up at this hour start with oil prices are falling sharply code is sliding as needed rebels appear to be on the verge of ousting the cloth it was aimed and christine says coronal from standard and poor's says brant crude is likely to hit the one hundred dollars per barrel mark. well he needed to fix this particularly with brandy because it is more sensitive to what's happ

but i do think the west was very very much behind that in libya. i think you know the hague the international court is very much involved in what's going to happen when they capture qaddafi which i have no doubt they will they will be very much involved they've already said that they want his sons in their custody which is kind of interesting i find but when qaddafi is captured and detained the international court out of the hague is sounds like it's going to step in so does that mean the people of libya are going to decide his fate i don't really think so i think the international court's going to decide his fate and i sound a little cynical when i say this i think maybe his trial and maybe who knows punishment execution life in prison may be in libya to make it look like the libyan people or are deciding his fate but i think that's already i think that as they say that forces left the bar and i think the international court's going to take it over a little earlier in a report from washington d.c. got to come with saying a bomb has been quoted as

today now explain to me what the fact is all play all comparable between libya and afghanistan. there are a lot of similarities here between afghanistan and libya we have the need to intervention military intervention it is through this intervention is not actually sending troops on the ground but the same. way or another. change is that name of the game in both countries so that's why actually i compare the two countries and try to say libya could like afghanistan the other point is you know leave where we could turn to a failed state like what happened in afghanistan nobody can predict what will happen after that we know it would be removed from power because he cannot actually fight the and he hasn't got backup abilities but the big question is you know whether that transitional council which is the representing that liberal will be able first to contain. differences huge divisions in its second whether it is capable to run the country and to keep you believe as a united states that seems like an excellent overview of the issues in libya but let's talk about the more specific

those fighting in libya are still.

libya is celebrating. here at home in the united states, the celebrations may be satisfying to watch, but the feeling is tempered. like everything else, u.s. involvement in libya was conflicted. dennis kucinich accused president obama of a impeachment offense. senator mccain was critical, because he said president obama didn't move fast enough. americans weary of war were also concerned about the cost. according to the obama administration, the libya mission will cost american taxpayers $1.1 billion by september 30th. still, in just six months gadhafi is just about gone. remember he was slaughtering his own people. al jazeera the talk bulk today -- was u.s. involvement in libya worth it? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> thank you, carol. >>> the first hurricane of the atlantic season drenched puerto rico. irene could dumped perhaps 20 inches of rain on parts of the island. the storm is barely holding onto hurricane status, with top winds at 75 miles an hour, so irene could