March 29, 2011
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Libya Newslinks 28-29 March 2011
29 March 2011 18:25:47 — creative-i.info 29 March 2011 Morning Star: Peace activists: Let people decide Morning Star: Obama spoils Cameron’s Libya war party Morning Star: Regime forces drive off rebel attack at Sirte Dissident Voice: Libya, Obama, and Empire Dissident Voice: Libya’s Blood for Oil The Independent: Libyan opposition sets out post-Gaddafi vision FAIR: Continue reading
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Reports suggest French intelligence encouraged anti-Gaddafi protests By Alex Lantier
Reports have emerged in European media alleging that efforts by French intelligence to destabilize or topple the Libyan government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi may have played a role in last month’s protests in Benghazi, which ultimately led to war in Libya. Continue reading
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A CIA commander for the Libyan rebels By Patrick Martin
The Libyan National Council, the Benghazi-based group that speaks for the rebel forces fighting the Gaddafi regime, has appointed a long-time CIA collaborator to head its military operations. The selection of Khalifa Hifter, a former colonel in the Libyan army, was reported by McClatchy Newspapers Thursday and the new military chief was interviewed by a… Continue reading
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Gates and Clinton Hint at Open-Ended War in Libya By Barry Grey
The US and its European allies stepped up their massive bombing campaign on the side of anti-Gaddafi forces over the weekend, further exposing the pretext of a “limited, humanitarian” intervention for the supposed purpose of protecting Libyan civilians. Continue reading
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Andrei Volodin – The Arab Revolutions: a Preliminary Assessment
Politics, as Otto von Bismarck wisely remarked,is the art of the possible, and the West has days rather than weeks or months to put its designs concerning Libya into practice. In contrast to former metropolises — Great Britain and France — which seem oblivious to their past historical failures, the US tends to pursue extremely… Continue reading
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Why Libya? NATO’s War for Oil | Global Research TV
The war of intervention in Libya is yet another American illegal adventure, argues Keith Harmon Snow, an independent war correspondent. Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Noble’ War In Libya Part 2
Like a skilled conjuror, the media slips effortlessly, and without explanation, between the obvious need for ‘positive engagement’ and the obvious need to ‘confront tyranny’. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 3 March 2011 by William Blum: Libya and The Holy Triumvirate
Libya is engaged in a civil war. The United States and the European Union and NATO — The Holy Triumvirate — are intervening, bloodily, in a civil war. To overthrow Moammar Gaddafi. Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: Bageant Moves On By Fred Reed
Joe described himself as a redneck socialist, and he was. He was profoundly concerned with the fate of the people he wrote about, those who worked hard all their lives and ended up with nothing. Funny: I’ve never met a socialist who didn’t care about others, or a capitalist who did. Continue reading
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