26 August 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation
The Libyan rebels’ somewhat dubious success in Tripoli threatens to draw NATO into a ground operation while Washington is wondering whether the European coalition was right to rush into battle.
Day: August 26, 2011
It's a biggie!
26 August 2011
If it continues on its projected track, Virginia Beach is going to lose its virginity and then some. NYC has already battened down the hatches.
The rape of Libya By Bill Van Auken
26 August 2011 — WSWS
Five days after ‘rebels’ entered Tripoli, under the cover of NATO bombing and led by foreign special forces, the abject criminality of imperialism’s takeover of Libya is becoming increasingly evident.
VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 August, 2011: Israeli forces surround Jenin Freedom Theatre for second time in a month; abduct three
25 August , 2011 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
Eight Palestinians Killed Thursday; 11 in Two Days
IMEMC – Thursday August 25, 2011 – 23:43, Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that two residents were killed when the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at their motorcycle, north of Gaza City. The assassination raises the number of Palestinians killed on Thursday to 8, while a total of 11 were killed in two days.
UPDATE: Life of Independent Journalists in Tripoli. Very Critical Situation
26 August 2011 — Global Research
Independent journalists trapped at the Rixos hotel were evacuated Wednesday under the auspices of the Red Cross. They were taken and housed at the Corinthia hotel. Since their arrival, armed gunmen have entered the premises of the hotel on various pretexts.
The hotel is in rebel territory.
Gaddafi manhunt: rebels and NATO close in — RT
26 August 2011 — RT
[How ironic that the only relatively reliable news out of Libya should come from a Russian-state funded TV station, RT! WB]
British Tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at Colonel Gaddafi’s command and control bunker in his hometown of Sirte, despite previous claims the coalition would not assist rebels in hunting him down. The colonel’s whereabouts are still unknown.
Earlier Libyan rebels said they had sent Special Forces to hunt down Gaddafi, whose loyalists are still fighting in Tripoli. They also tried to reach Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown, but met with fierce resistance.
Gaddafi manhunt: rebels and NATO close in — RT
26 August 2011 — RT
[How ironic that the only relatively reliable news out of Libya should come from a Russian-state funded TV station, RT! WB]
British Tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at Colonel Gaddafi’s command and control bunker in his hometown of Sirte, despite previous claims the coalition would not assist rebels in hunting him down. The colonel’s whereabouts are still unknown.
Earlier Libyan rebels said they had sent Special Forces to hunt down Gaddafi, whose loyalists are still fighting in Tripoli. They also tried to reach Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown, but met with fierce resistance.
Video: NATO War Crimes In Libya
22 August 2011
There seems to be some question over the authenticity of the date of this video, with a comment suggesting that it’s actually the 22 August, not the 25th and I just checked with the source and it is the 22nd! I don’t know who changed the date, certainly not me! But it means whatever she says about the situation is meaningless! It’s four days old. Disinfo indeed! It’ll teach me to check the source first!
Sirte – the Apotheosis of “Liberal Intervention” By Craig Murray
26 August 2011 — Craig Murray
There is no cause to doubt that, for whatever reason, the support of the people of Sirte for Gadaffi is genuine. That this means they deserve to be pounded into submission is less obvious to me. The disconnect between the UN mandate to protect civilians while facilitating negotiation, and NATO’s actual actions as the anti-Gadaffi forces’ air force and special forces, is startling.
Michel Chossudovsky: 'Innocent Libyans': "Blood on NATO Hands"
26 August 2011 — Global Research – Press TV – 2011-08-25
A political analyst says the leaders of NATO member states taking part in the bombing campaign in Libya are guilty of spilling the blood of many innocent Libyans.
Michel Chossudovsky: ‘Innocent Libyans’: “Blood on NATO Hands”
26 August 2011 — Global Research – Press TV – 2011-08-25
A political analyst says the leaders of NATO member states taking part in the bombing campaign in Libya are guilty of spilling the blood of many innocent Libyans.
Information Clearing House Newsletter 25 August 2011: Chavez: Now The War Begins
25 August 2011 — Information Clearing House
Lies Unmasked As UK Admits Boots On The Ground
Britain’s SAS Leads Hunt For Gaddafi
By Thomas Harding, Gordon Rayner, Damien Mcelroy
The SAS soldiers, who have been dressed in Arab civilian clothes and carrying the same weapons as the rebels, have been ordered to switch their focus to the search for Gaddafi.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28938.htm
BBC Newslinks covering Libya 26 July – 26 August 2011
26 August 2011 — williambowles.info
I’ve collated these stories for future reference but I’m sure there are many readers who are also interested in how the MSM hasn’t covered the crisis.
26 August 2011
UK planes target Gaddafi bunker
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14677754
R2P is now Right 2 Plunder By Pepe Escobar
26 August 2011 — Asia Times Online
The white man’s burden doesn’t allow asking Africans what they think about the current Western/monarchical Arab onslaught on the northern shores of their continent. At least some are not beating around the bush.
Killing the Truth: Western Mainstream Media Complicit in NATO War Crimes in Libya By Finian Cunningham
25 August 2011 — Global Research
Libya represents a new low in Western government war crimes – which is something of a disturbing record given the decades of war criminality by these governments.
Military Colonization: The Return of the NATO/Cruise Missile Left by Maximillian Forte
25 August 2011 — Global Research – Unusual Sources
The laptop bombadiers are happy with the results in Tripoli. But it requires a framework that supports intervention in order to invade a country. Maximillian Forte takes us on a journey through ‘liberal imperialism,’ and the ‘NATO left.’
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW
Maximillian Forte is a Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and co-founder of Zero Anthropology, a project of decolonization rooted in anthropology against and after empire.
For more information, visit: http://zeroanthropology.net/
ALBA and Others Condemn Armed Assault on Venezuela’s Diplomatic Residence in Libya By Juan Reardon
25 August 2011 — Venezuela Analysis
Venezuela’s Ambassador in Libya, Afif Tajeldine, speaking in front of rubble from a NATO bombing in Libya (Agencies).
San Francisco, August 25th 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – On Wednesday Venezuela’s ambassador in Libya denounced the looting of his official residence by armed men, calling the assault ‘a violation of Venezuelan sovereignty’ by ‘NATO itself.’ The governments of Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, among other ALBA nations, denounced the violent attack as a ‘breach of international law,’ as did Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV).
Speaking to TeleSUR on Wednesday, Venezuelan Ambassador to Libya Afif Tajeldine explained that ‘a group of armed men’ had shot their way in to the official residence, ‘began searching the house and asking for me,’ before ‘looting all things, including the vehicles, the entire house, leaving nothing in the residence and shooting in the air as they left.’
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 26, 2011
26 August 2011 — Stop NATO
- CIA Operating In Tripoli
- Barely Independent: U.S. AFRICOM Commander In South Sudan
- NATO Conducts Integrated Interceptor Missile Test In Europe
- Lockheed Opens New Testing Ground For Advanced Interceptor Missile
- Northrop Produces Viper Strike Missiles For U.S. Marine Corps
- U.S. Drone Crashes At Pakistani Military Facility
- U.S.-India Military Partnership Priority For Pentagon, Obama Administration
Over 200 African Leaders: NATO's Libyan War Part Of Plan To Recolonize Continent
26 August 2011 — Global Research
A group of African intellectuals has written an open letter criticising the NATO-led military attacks on Libya, saying Africa ran the risk of being re-colonised.
The New Dark Age 
