Friday, 2 November 2012

Interview with the Beirut-based researcher and Middle East expert, Moufid Jaber
No ceasefire can endure in crisis-hit Syria unless the armed insurgents in the country receive instructions from Washington, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to abide by the truce, says an analyst.





Interview with Edward Spannus with the Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) weekly magazine, from Washington
The United States must end the "suicide mission" of occupying Afghanistan which Washington would never have attempted had they learned their lesson 40 years ago in Vietnam, says an analyst.




Interview with Mr. Ralph Schoenman, political commentator, Berkeley.
In a poll conducted with 11,000 viewers, 76 percent believe the reason for which the European Union (EU) blocked Iranian news satellite channels was to hide the truth from Western populations.





Interview with Kaveh Afrasiabi, author and political scientist from Boston
Switzerland's Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter says Bern does not support any unilateral sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear energy program.




Interview with Danny Makki, founder of Syrian Youth in Britain and member of the Syrian Social Club, London
Russia, China and above all Iran, considering Tehran's influential role in the Middle East region, can play the role of a "synergy' for a political solution to the ongoing crisis in Syria, says an analyst.





Interview with Abdul Alim Musa, Imam of al-Islam Mosque, Washington
A political analyst says the "triangle of terror" is trying to inflict as much pain and suffering on Muslims as possible in order to prevent them from uniting against the "dying and crumbling" Western powers, Press TV reports.




Interview with the Gaza-based pro-Palestinian Irish activist Derek Graham
A prominent Gaza-based pro-Palestinian activist says that Gazans are under heavy psychological pressure from Israel just because they pursue their member state bid at the UN.





Interview with Ibrahim Mousawi, political analyst, Beirut
A political analyst says democracy should not be imported from the West, but instead should be "nurtured" from within regional countries themselves,Press TV reports.




Interview with Sharmine Narwani, senior associate at St. Anthony's college, Beirut
The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria crisis says Syrians themselves should undertake the process of reforms in their country, expressing regret that the UN-brokered truce had not been successful.





Cindy Tse, Press TV, Tokyo
The tensions in Japan over the US military bases in its territories continue to heighten in the aftermath of recent allegations of sexual assault filed against two US army service members.




Interview with Simon Dixon, author, "Bank to the Future", from London
The British are trapped under a debt-reliant banking system which has given rise to unemployment, while lowering purchasing power, an economist tells Press TV.





Broadcast Date: 19 Oct. 2012 Watch on YouTube
Tensions have been running high between Syria and Turkey, with Damascus accusing Turkey -- along with Saudi Arabia and Qatar -- of backing a deadly insurgency that has claimed the lives of many Syrians, including security and army personnel.







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