The New Dark Age

5 September 2011 — williambowles.info

Libya: Cry Havoc and let slip the Dogs of War
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 23:01
Some more updates in spite of the news censorship and communications black out by NATO on Libya

Cameron calls for inquiry into UK-Libya rendition claims
Russiatoday.ruYesterday at 20:48
British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that the MI6 intelligence agency was involved in the rendition of Libyan terrorism suspects.

Eneko, “NATO Divides the Libyan Cake” (Cartoon)
MRZine.org Yesterday at 20:29
Cf. Vittorio de Filippis, ‘Pétrole : l’accord secret entre le CNT et la France’ (Libération, 1 September 2011)

BRICS nations try to prevent a Libya-type scenario in Syria
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts)Yesterday at 20:01
BRICS nations try to prevent a Libya-type scenario in Syria

Hands Off Libya Protests on September 21
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 18:41
Hands Off Libya Protests on September 21
Statement by masses in Ghana and also advice on how to organize a demonstration in your own community

Libya ‘must lead reconstruction’
BBC News Yesterday at 18:24
David Cameron has told MPs that foreign governments and agencies should let the Libyan people take the lead in reconstructing their country.

VIDEO: Boots on the Ground in Libya to Protect NATO’s Oil Interests?
GlobalResearch.ca Yesterday at 17:57
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

VIDEO: David Cameron’s Libya statement in full
BBC News Yesterday at 17:16
Prime Minister David Cameron has told MPs that the UK could be ‘proud’ of its support for the uprising in Libya, declaring that the removal of Col Gaddafi from power was a ‘major achievement’ by the Libyan people.

Britain accused over Libya torture
Morning Star Yesterday at 17:03
Campaigners demanded a transparent public inquiry today into allegations that Britain’s intelligence services were involved in illegal renditions and torture of terror suspects in Libya.

Stop ‘mob action’ say Nigerian activists
Morning Star Yesterday at 16:55
Nigerian human rights groups condemned Libya’s rebels at the weekend for singling out sub-Saharan Africans for arrest, torture and summary execution.

VIDEO: Tripoli: “Feels like rebels are the only people left in Libya”
GlobalResearch.ca Yesterday at 16:46
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

NATO’S War on Libya is a War on African Development
Dissident Voice Yesterday at 16:00
‘Africa the  key to global economic growth’; this was a refreshingly honest recent headline from the Washington Post, but hardly one that qualifies as ‘news’. African labour and resources – as any decent economic historian will tell you – has been key to global economic growth for centuries.

Libya just the latest in the British elite’s warmongering
Morning Star Yesterday at 15:19
Watching the evolution of British policy abroad – invade Iraq, then Afghanistan, then take over and control Libya – I found myself wondering ‘where next?’

VIDEO: Libya rebels in long-range battle
BBC News Yesterday at 15:18
The BBC’s Paul Wood reports from outside the Libyan town of Sirte, which is still controlled by Gaddafi forces.

19 Ukrainians detained in Libya over alleged pro-Gaddafi support
Strategic Culture FoundationYesterday at 15:10

Destabilization and the Confiscation of Assets: After Libya: Is Venezuela Next?
GlobalResearch.ca Yesterday at 13:10
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

VIDEO: Gaddafi sons have ‘left Bani Walid’
BBC News Yesterday at 13:07
As Libyan rebels say negotiations for Bani Walid’s surrender have broken down and an assault is imminent, two sons of fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi who were holed up in the town have now left, according to the head of the interim government, Mustafa Abdul Jalil.

Libya, Inc.: Coming Waste, Fraud and Other Forms of Plunder on a Grand Scale
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 13:01
Libya, Inc.: Coming Waste, Fraud and Other Forms of Plunder on a Grand Scale
Like in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, wherever America and its Western allies show up, pillaging is sure to follow.

PM wants Libya rendition inquiry
BBC NewsYesterday at 12:24
David Cameron says claims MI6 was involved in the rendition of Libyan terror suspects should be investigated, as an alleged victim demands an apology.

Libya: Tell it like it is
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 12:01
Libya: Tell it like it is The reality on the ground

Gaddafi’s last stronghold – rebel quagmire?
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 11:15
Libya’s rebel forces are waiting for orders to launch their final attack on the besieged desert town of Bani Walid, south-east of Tripoli. They are poised for an assault, saying talks over its surrender have failed.

China says it has “no difficulty in principle” with release of Libya’s frozen assets
Strategic Culture Foundation Yesterday at 10:41

Troops set to attack Libya town
BBC News Yesterday at 10:39
Anti-Gaddafi forces mass around Bani Walid, ready to mount an assault on the Libyan ex-leader’s stronghold after talks broke down.

No repeat of Libyan scenario in Syria – Lavrov
Strategic Culture FoundationYesterday at 10:37

Libyan wants UK rendition apology
BBC News Yesterday at 10:28
The commander of anti-government forces in Tripoli, Abdulhakim Belhaj, says he wants an apology from Britain and America for his transfer to a prison in Libya in 2004.

Libya: Grim realities?
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 09:01
Mahmud Bin Juma’a, 54: Traitor who opened the gates of hell on Tripoli

Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 5, 2011
Stop NATO Yesterday at 05:22
Libya: NATO Air Combat Missions Exceed 8,000

Too many weapons in Libya – UN
Strategic Culture Foundation Yesterday at 05:12

Looming Tragedy: As NATO Members Eat, Libyans Starve by Felicity Arbuthnot
Dandelion Salad Yesterday at 03:42
by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad London, England 2 September 2011 Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. (Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900.) As Eid, the great post Ramadan celebration of that month of abstinence, self sacrifice and reflection, dawned on Libya, marked there this year on August 31st, the NATO ‘liberated’ country, after seven months, […]

Libya war is NATO conquest of oil-rich south, says Russian diplomat
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 03:01
Libya war is NATO conquest of oil-rich south, says Russian diplomat

Rick Rozoff: Libya: NATO Acquires Military Outpost In Third Continent
Dandelion Salad Yesterday at 01:18
by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad
Opposition to global militarism August 31, 2011 Voice of Russia August 31, 2011 Libya: Another country for NATO to take root in John Robles Interview conducted on August 27 with Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list and a contributing writer […]

Everything that NATO has done in Libya has been illegal
GlobalResearch.caYesterday at 00:07