The West’s Aim in Libya: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad By Prabir Purkayastha

18 March 2011 — MRZine

Prabir Purkayastha: If you really look at what is happening, what we have is a historical split between the east and the west, which could be the outline of what could emerge at least in the near future, unless Gaddafi has the strength to push his troops right up to Benghazi. 

Aijaz Ahmad: The real issue — Gaddafi can live without Benghazi — still is the oil. . . .

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The Libyan Rebellion: The West’s Cloak over the Gulf By Sukant Chandan

19 March 2011 — MRZine

Fidel Castro was right.  The West was planning an attack on a sovereign third world nation imminently: Libya.  Nothing like a good old war against brown and black people in Libya by the West to remind oneself of what western civilisation is all about.  Many of us who have been politically active since the 1990s are painfully aware of the trauma that humanitarian imperialism causes on peoples of the Global South.

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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 12-18 March 2011

19 March 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Crisis in Libya

18.03.2011 | 00:00 | DOLGOV Boris
The society in Libya is a patchy conglomerate of clans and tribes, with Sufi orders, particularly the Senusite oder, playing a significant role in organizing their transactions. The Senusite oder enjoys great influence in the country’s east, the homeland of Libyan king Idris I ousted by Gadhafi. This is why the rebels in Libya carry flags from the epoch of king Idris I….
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News and analysis from the Independent media on Libya 18-19 March 2011

19 March 2011 — creative-i.info

19 March 2011

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News and analysis from the Independent media on Libya 18-19 March 2011

19 March 2011 — creative-i.info

19 March 2011

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