April 2011
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America’s Libyans By Vijay Prashad
In December 23, 2010, before the Tunisian uprising, Boukhris, Charrani and Mansouri went to Paris to meet with Qaddafi’s old aide-de-camp, Nuri Mesmari, who had defected to the Concorde-Lafayette hotel. Mesmari was singing to the DGSE and Sarkozy about the weaknesses in the Libyan state. His man in Benghazi was Colonel Abdallah Gehani of the… Continue reading
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What Is Behind The Libyan Defections? By Gregory Elich
Much has been made of the defection of several Libyan officials to the West. We are told that the Muammar Qaddafi is losing support even within his inner circle, and the defections underscore the success of the NATO mission. The Libyan government’s days are numbered, it is averred. Continue reading
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The US-Saudi Libya deal By Pepe Escobar
You invade Bahrain. We take out Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. This, in short, is the essence of a deal struck between the Barack Obama administration and the House of Saud. Continue reading
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US Goal to Break Up Libya like Yugoslavia | Global Research TV
“There are Russian and Ukrainian nurses testifying that hospitals are being bombed and civilians are being hurt,” he told RT. “So this is not a humanitarian effort, it’s a smokescreen. This is a war of aggression against Libya.” Continue reading
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Gaddaffi’s African “Mercenary” Story is a Disinformation Ploy by the CIA By Wayne Madsen
Experts on Africa who have traveled extensively in Libya contend that the stories emanating from the Western media that portray Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi, as engaging the services of black mercenaries from Sahara and sub-Sahara Africa is a disinformation ploy by the CIA to stoke racist fervor among Libyans rebelling against Gaddafi. Continue reading
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The Impacts of Depleted Uranium Ammunition in the War on Libya
ICBUW Campaigners from the UK Uranium Weapons Network and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament today expressed their growing alarm at the possibility that highly toxic and radioactive depleted uranium (DU) weapons have been used in Libya. The inhalation of DU particles, spread when the weapons hit their target, is thought to be linked to the… Continue reading
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The Martin Luther King Legacy and The Global Economic Crisis: Can One Influence the Other? By Danny Schechter
We live in a world of constantly redrawn battle lines where new generations displace the old ones and some of yesterdays leaders move to higher levels of consciousness while many others like Libya’s human rights abusing leader Gaddafi along with some civil rights leaders who, years ago, secretly joined Washington’s crusade against Malcolm. Continue reading
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Libyan War In Third Week As NATO Takes Command By Rick Rozoff
Modeled after the calls by the likes of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark during the 1999 war against Yugoslavia, a ground invasion will be presented as a humane remedy for the death and destruction not so much exacerbated as caused by an air campaign. Continue reading
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After Libya, “Syria next piece on geopolitical chessboard” — RT
The Libyan crisis may repeat itself in Syria, believes independent journalist James Corbett, who joined RT to discuss the latest developments in the Middle Eastern country. Continue reading
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Jihan Hafiz On Reporting From Libya
Recently returned from Bengazi, Hafiz reports on rebel fighters, supporters and early stages of the Libyan uprising Continue reading
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D’Escoto: The United Nations Is a Deadly U.S. Weapon
31 March 2011 — Prensa Latina United Nations, Mar. 31 (Prensa Latina) — Former Nicaraguan foreign minister Miguel D’Escoto, now appointed as the representative of Libya to the UN, said Thursday that the United Nations has become a “lethal weapon of the Empire (United States).” “We have to get it back, because if it dies Continue reading
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The Secret History of Violence By Dan Hind
On Monday Verso ran a piece about the ambiguities of violent protest. You can read it here. The piece was prompted by this BBC footage, which seems to show someone leaving a crowd of protesters, showing his ID to the police and moving through their lines. The key section begins at around 5 mins 50… Continue reading
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Syria: Banias Refinery Workers March for Syria and Bashar
Could it be that Syrian refinery workers thought it wise to warn imperialists not to descend on Syria to liberate their oil and jobs from them in the name of liberating them from Bashar? Continue reading
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Land day ln Jaffa 2-4-11
Land day ln Jaffa 2-4-11Follow my videos on vodpod Marking Land Day in Jaffa Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 2-3 April 2011
3 April 2011 — creative-i.info 3 April 2011 Morning Star: Public expect long Libya stay Morning Star: Cleric joins ceasefire clamour BBC: Gaddafi official ‘leaves Libya’ RT: After Libya, “Syria next piece on geopolitical chessboard” Greenleft: Debates on Libya at Links Creative-i.info: Jihan Hafiz On Reporting From Libya Stop Nato: Libyan War In Third Week Continue reading
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Steve Gadd Band ‘Praise’
3 April 2011 — Jazz on the Tube The Steve Gadd Band performs “Praise,” recorded in 1985 for “Jazz in Concert” with Steve Gadd – Drums; Eddie Gomez – Bass; George Young – Reeds Warren Bernhard – Keys; Ack Van Rooyen – Trumpet. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 April, 2011: ‘Perpetual Hell’ Of The Palestinian Refugee Camps
2 April, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Non-violent marches attacked in at least 4 Palestinian towns IMEMC – Saturday April 02, 2011 – 14:49, Weekly non-violent anti-Wall protests in a number of towns across the West Bank on Friday, including Bil’in, Nil’in, al Ma’sara and Nabi Saleh, were attacked by Israeli Continue reading
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Franglo-American Attack on Libya Prepared Months in Advance
Mathaba can reveal that documents on the Command Air Defence And Air Operations (France) website show the attack on Libya reached its final stages of planning in early November 2010, which prompted Gaddafi to send his loyal assistant to Paris under pretence of “defection” to feed misinformation to France Continue reading
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Immanuel Wallerstein: The great Libyan distraction
The entire Libyan conflict of the last month — the civil war in Libya, the US-led military action against Gaddafi — is neither about humanitarian intervention nor about the immediate supply of world oil. It is in fact one big distraction — a deliberate distraction — from the principal political struggle in the Arab world. Continue reading
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Franglo-American Attack on Libya Prepared Months in Advance
Mathaba can reveal that documents on the Command Air Defence And Air Operations (France) website show the attack on Libya reached its final stages of planning in early November 2010, which prompted Gaddafi to send his loyal assistant to Paris under pretence of “defection” to feed misinformation to France Continue reading
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