The New Dark Age

20 June 2011 — williambowles.info

Gates vigorously backs Libya policy
Politico
Gates defends the president against critics who question the legality of the operation in Libya. | AP Photo Close By BYRON TAU & ANDY BARR | 6/19/11 12:41 PM EDT In two farewell interviews Sunday as Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates launched a robust …
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57303.html

Libya: Misrata’s terrifying routine
BBC News
We decided to move on, and a few minutes later joined Libya’s rebels on the front, sheltering behind a long ridge of sandy earth. After a “busy” morning, the fighters were relaxing – some gathered on a blanket eating rice and stew. …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13833095

Gates Defends US Libya Involvement
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Josh Mitchell and Devlin Barrett Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates
on Sunday defended the US involvement in Libya and said more broadly that
he worries budget battles could prompt the US to retreat militarily from
the global stage. …
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/06/19/gates-defends-u-s-libya-involvement/?mod=google_news_blog

AIRSHOW-Old Tornado jets no crutch for Typhoon in Libya-pilot
Reuters
By Rhys Jones LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Reuters) – The ageing Tornado
and the Eurofighter Typhoon’s joint sorties in Libya give a tactical
advantage to both warplanes and the older jet is not babysitting the
younger, a UK air force official said on …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/19/airshow-eurofighter-idUSLDE75I07M20110619

Libya may cost ‘more than £100m’
BBC News
The total cost of the UK’s involvement in Nato’s military action in Libya
could run “into the hundreds of millions” of pounds, Treasury Chief
Secretary Danny Alexander has said. He told Sky News that while the
campaign was currently costing “tens of …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-13829697

What’s really going on in Gadhafi’s Tripoli?
CNN
By David McKenzie, CNN Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — At first glance, “Mahmoud”
would seem the perfect candidate to be a supporter of Moammar Gadhafi. He
has prospered during the Libyan leader’s 41-year reign, first as a
professional and later taking care of …
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/06/19/libya.voices/

Proof SA sold rifles to Libya
News24
Johannesburg – Damning video evidence has emerged, proving for the first
time that sniper rifles made in South Africa are being used in Libya’s
bloody civil war by forces loyal to embattled dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The
revelations come amid continued …
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Proof-SA-sold-rifles-to-Libya-20110619

Obama Libya War Powers Debate: Obama’s Lawyers Are Worse Than Bush’s, Glenn …
Huffington Post
President Barack Obama overruled top lawyers from the Justice Department
and the Pentagon and decided he has the legal authority to continue the air
war in Libya without congressional approval, the New York Times reported
Friday night. …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/19/obama-libya-lawyers-war-powers_n_879951.html

McCain slams GOP hopefuls’ ‘isolationism’
CNN
Citing what he viewed as the GOP presidential hopefuls’ positions in
general on both Libya and Afghanistan, McCain said, “We are the lead nation
in the world, and America matters, and we must lead. But sometimes that
leadership entails sacrifice, …
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/19/mccain.gop/

Late TV Listings
Boston Globe
Topics: the war in Afghanistan; conflicts in Libya and Syria; Defense
Department budget; race for the White House. Guests: Defense Secretary
Robert Gates; David Axelrod, senior strategist for the Obama reelection
campaign. 9 am and noon. …
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/06/19/late_tv_listings/

Boehner Threatens Obama On Libya Ahead Of Golf Match
By The Huffington Post News Team
WASHINGTON –- House Speaker John Boehner is spending Saturday
golfing with President Barack Obama in a highly publicized show of
bipartisan camaraderie, but their outing comes less than a day after the
Ohio Republican was threatening …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/18/boehner-challenges-obama_n_879743.html

War Powers Act | Libya | Barack Obama | The Daily Caller
Some top administration officials say the intervention may be in violation
of War Powers Act.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/18/disagreement-in-administration-over-war-powers-and-libya/

Top Ten Mistakes in the Libya War | Informed Comment
By Juan
That the Libyan intervention is legal does not mean that the war has been
prosecuted wisely. I urged after the UNSC resolution that it be a limited
intervention aiming at protecting civilians from Muammar Qaddafi’s vicious
attacks on …
http://www.juancole.com/2011/06/top-ten-mistakes-in-the-libya-war.html

Al Franken: Congress Needs To Vote On Libya | TPMDC
By Evan McMorris-Santoro
MINNEAPOLIS — Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) told TPM this morning that if the
President Obama wants to keep bombing Libya, he’ll need to ask Congress’
permission. “We’re going to have to vote,” Franken said shortly after his
speech to the…
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/al-franken-congress-needs-to-vote-on-libya.php

Calls for political solution in Libya | Toowoomba News | Local …
INTERNATIONAL organisations have called for a political process to end the
conflict in Libya, where the government has hit out at NATO’s air war.
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/06/19/calls-for-political-solution-in-libya/