8 April 2011 — Global Research – JohnPilger.com
David Cameron’s Gift of War and Racism, to Them and Us
The Euro-American attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense. It is the West’s response to popular uprisings in strategic, resource-rich regions of the world and the beginning of a war of attrition against the new imperial rival, China.
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8 April 2011 — Morning Star
A leading Financial Times journalist accused the British media today of ‘buttering up’ the population to support the war on Libya.
At a Stop the War Coalition fringe event at the NUJ conference the paper’s assistant news editor David Crouch accused the Times and the Evening Standard of running a campaign to bring about Western intervention.
He said of the anti-Gadaffi rebels: ‘We are told that the opposition is defenceless – they are not.
‘They have liberated arms depots. They have tanks and had fighter planes, at least until they shot two of their own down.’
Mr Crouch labelled Colonel Gadaffi ‘a brutal dictator’ but questioned several stories which have accused forces loyal to the Libyan leader of carrying out ‘massacres.’
‘Reporters have been to the areas where it is alleged they took place and are not finding any evidence,’ he said.
He added that he regretted his paper’s backing for Nato action in north Africa but added: ‘The first causality of war is the truth.
‘The war is about the West reasserting their control over their former colonial back yard.’
8 April 2011 — Global Research – JohnPilger.com
David Cameron’s Gift of War and Racism, to Them and Us
The Euro-American attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense. It is the West’s response to popular uprisings in strategic, resource-rich regions of the world and the beginning of a war of attrition against the new imperial rival, China.
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8 April, 2011 — Information Clearing House
We Are Not Being Told The Truth About Libya
By Johann Hari
“In Pakistan, when we hear Obama’s rhetoric on Libya, we can only laugh. If he was worried about the pointless massacre of innocent civilians, there would an easy first step for him — stop doing it yourself, in my country.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27842.htm
7 April, 2011 — The Real News Network
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6 April 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left
Lynch Law and Summary Executions in Rebel-Held Libya
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
“The world’s most imperial-dependent, ill-disciplined and whining ‘liberation movement’ is still blaming black ‘mercenaries’ and soldiers from Chad for its failures in the field.” Chad, meanwhile, has officially asked the “international coalition” to protect its civilians from the rebels, who have executed “dozens” of Chadian migrant workers. In rebel-held Libya, black Africans and Gaddafi supporters are the people in need of protection.
8 April 2011 — RT
For a France that was pushing for a military solution in Libya three weeks ago, the possibility of a stalemate looks likely to bring some grand ambitions crashing down, with watchers already questioning the noble sentiments voiced by the country.
A NATO friendly-fire air strike incident has killed at least five anti-Gaddafi rebel fighters in Libya, while some sources suggest it may have been dozens.
This only adds to the criticism coming from the opposition, who say the Alliance is not doing enough to help them.
‘France wants to get in on the imperial condominium of reconquest of Africa,’ slams author Diana Johnstone.
8 April 2011 — Australians for Palestine
OPERATION SCORCHING SUMMER
Israeli apache helicopters open fire at Palestinian houses in the heavily populated neighbourhood of Shuja’eya east of Gaza. There are also reports of Israeli military boats firing at houses. Palestinian sources say that an ambulance was hit in one of the strikes. Five people have been killed, one a man of 50 by an Israel tank shell and the latest victim is Saleh Tarabin (38). Some 30-40 people have been wounded. Israeli warplanes are opening fire on Khan Younis city, south of Gaza, but so far no casualties have been reported. Heavy shelling in Rafah and tunnels being targeted. Bombs falling on the border between Gaza and Egypt. F-16s over Gaza City now. Israeli airstrikes have targeted two high voltage electricity converters in Khan Younis and Gaza City causing power outages. All hospitals in Gaza have now declared a state of emergency. UN staff have been evacuated from Gaza.
This is the number for the IDF Gaza War Crimes office +97286741400 or from abroad +97286741400. Flood their lines, get your Embassy to call and let them know what you think.
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8 April 2011 — MRZine
A tribute to Yuri Gagarin and his first human spaceflight, 12 April 1961. . . .
Music by Zemlyane ("The Grass at Home"). Cf. <www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=87>, <english.ruvr.ru/tag_45875342/>, <ciudad-futura.net/2011/04/05/soyuz-gagarin-2/>, <www.yuriesfera.net>.
7 April 2011 — Global Research – Life Magazine (China) – 2011-04-01
Global Research Editor’s Note
The following is the English transcript of Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya’s interview with Life Week, a major Chinese magazine based in Beijing.
Nazemroaya was interviewed by Xu Jingjing for Life Week’s feature article about AFRICOM and Libya on April 1, 2011.
The 2008 article cited by Xu Jingjing is Nazemroaya’s “The Mediterranean Union: Dividing the Middle East and North Africa.”
7 April, 2011 — VTJP
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Palestinian Factions In Gaza Declare Ceasefire
IMEMC – Friday April 08, 2011 – 01:41, Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip declared a ceasefire starting at 11 P.M on Thursday. The declaration came following a day of escalation that led to the death of five Palestinians while dozens of residents, including children, were wounded. One student was seriously injured when a Palestinian shell hit a bus in southern Israel.
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