The New Dark Age

12 June 2011 — williambowles.info

Fighting Continues in Libya, Creeps Toward Capital
Voice of America
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have hammered rebels in the west with heavy weapons, as separate fighting creeps toward the capital, Tripoli. Reporters at the frontline near the rebel-held western town of Zintan say government forces …
http: //www.voanews.com/english/news/Libyan-Forces-Shell-Rebels-in-West-123709669.htmlBaird defends Libya mission as House debate nears
CTV.ca
Despite a growing perception that the United Nations-sanctioned NATO mission in Libya has evolved beyond its original objectives, Canada’s foreign affairs minister says its overall purpose remains the same. While NATO initially worked to establish a …
http: //www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110612/canada-libya-mission-debate-110612/

US Congress Can End NATO’s Libya War Of Aggression
Black Star News
Opposition to the United States’ unconstitutional involvement in the immoral Western war of aggression on Libya being carried out through NATO continues to grow among US lawmakers. Several Republican members of Congress recently sided with a Democrat …
http: //blackstarnews.com/news/135/ARTICLE/7440/2011-06-12.html

Graham: Now is the time to take action in Syria
CBS News
Graham, in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” decried what he described as the Assad regime’s “wholesale slaughter” against the Syrian people, and urged the US to take a similar approach in that nation as it has in Libya in seeking the ouster of …
http: //www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/12/ftn/main20070698.shtml

ICC chief hopes Gaddafi will ‘be arrested’ soon
Times of India
Last month, the ICC prosecutor said he would seek arrest warrants for three people considered most responsible for crimes against humanity in Libya, Gaddafi, his son Seif Al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdallah Al-Senoussi. …
http: //timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/ICC-chief-hopes-Gaddafi-will-be-arrested-soon/articleshow/8825421.cms

Syrian town occupied…Libyan fighting intensifies…Weiner’s future
9&10 News
MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Fighting is growing more intense in western Libya. Moammar Gadhafi’s forces have been pounding rebel defenses near Misrata, while opposition fighters are battling their way into another Mediterranean city near the Tunisian border …
http: //www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=293804&cID=3

Mohammed bin Zayed receives head of Libya’s NTC
WAM – Emirates News Agency
WAM Abu Dhabi, 12 June 2011 (WAM) — His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and visiting Chairman of the Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) …
http: //www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1289993950808&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews

US Funding ‘Shadow’ Networks To Aid Arab Revolutions
MyFox Washington DC
The democratic uprisings in the Middle East, starting with Tunisia and Egypt and spreading to Libya and Syria, have been greatly helped by instant communications through Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media. Regimes have tried to fight …
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‘Libya’s Wall St’ cashes in on crisis
NEWS.com.au
Business booming: Despite major turmoil and an uncertain future, currency trading is brisk on “Libya’s Wall Street”. Source: AFP CIVIL war, more than
two months of NATO bombardment and international sanctions were battering Libya’s economy. …
http: //www.news.com.au/business/libyas-wall-st-cashes-in-on-crisis/story-fn7mjon9-1226073690304

Libya rebels battle into key oil port – News – Mail & Guardian Online
Rebels battled their way back into a major oil port just 50km west of Tripoli on Saturday, forcing Muammar Gaddafi’s troops to close the highway.
http: //mg.co.za/article/2011-06-12-libya-rebels-battle-into-key-oil-port/

Libyan assets in Africa far-reaching and little known | Libya TV
By Libya TV
With Libya at war, and despite the international sanctions, the West African nation of Niger announced last month that it had signed an agreement for LAP Green Network to pay $66 million for a 51 percent share in a 10-year license for …
http: //english.libya.tv/2011/06/12/libyan-assets-in-africa-far-reaching-and-little-known/

Senate ‘Won’t Back Libya Pull Out’ | FrumForum
By Frum Forum Editors
The Hill reports: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) on Friday said he doubts a majority of senators would vote to end U.S..
http: //www.frumforum.com/senate-would-not-support-libya-pull-out

Libya, the world and everything: Mr Taaffe flounders on « Shiraz …
By charliethechulo
The increasingly desperate and incoherent Socialist Party leader Peter Taafe flouders on, a desperate man in search of a theoretical justification for betraying the Libyan rebels, and attacking the AWL. …
http: //shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/libya-the-world-and-everything-mr-taaffe-flounders-on/

Libyan rebels repel fierce attack by government forces on Misrata …
Heavy fighting that began at dawn and continued past midnight Friday left at least 31 people dead Saturday in the western Libyan city of Misrata, …
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Anti-government protests in Libya – News
Dozens of Syrians hold their national flag and anti-Syrian government banners as they demonstrate in support of the “Syrian uprising” in Revolution Square …
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Libyan-Unrest-Dozens-Syrians-hold-their-national-flag-and-anti-Syrian-government-banners/ss/events/wl/021711libyaprotests/im:/110611/photos_wl_afp/98b79b978c1d88dd17ba47c478d17b9c/