The New Dark Age

6 September 2011 — williambowles.info

THE ROVING EYE: Libya: The real war starts now:
Asia Times Online Today at Noon
As the Libyan Transitional National Council already behaves like a lame duck and as the militias will simply not vanish, it’s not hard to picture Libya as a new Lebanon, with regions carved up between numerous factions. This includes the deadly Islamic temptation – which is spreading like a virus across the Arab Spring. In this environment, Muammar Gaddafi can reveal himself to be even more dangerous than he was in power. – Pepe Escobar (Sep 6, ’11)

Kremlin faces big hit in Libya:
Asia Times Online Today at Noon
Russia’s belated recognition of Libya’s new leadership may be too late to save billions of dollars of contracts in the country. One US$4 billion arms deal is already dead. Others involve oil deals and a high-speed rail link. Deposed Muammar Gaddafi’s role in their creation may now count against them. – Tom Balmforth”

Libyan hunt: Gaddafi hides, bystanders busted:
Russiatoday.ru Today at 11:30 RT
Libyan rebels have failed to arrest the ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, now in hiding and preparing for a guerilla war. Instead they are targeting those they suspect of being paid Gaddafi supporters, with hundreds of…”

Statement on Libya:
“Statement on Libya
MPs publish report on unauthorised tapping or hacking of mobile communications
Today at 10:15
David Cameron makes statement on the situation in Libya

Libyan opposition lays siege to pro-Gaddafi strongholds:
World Socialist Web SiteToday at 09:34
The NATO-backed National Transitional Council comprises a shaky alliance of ex-Gaddafi ministers, CIA assets and Islamist militants whose political influence beyond Benghazi in questionable.”

France’s New Anti-Capitalist Party applauds Libya war:
World Socialist Web SiteToday at 09:34
France’s New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) has applauded NATO’s war to topple the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, praising it as a victory for democracy.”

“Friends of Libya” meet in Paris for imperialist carve-up:
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 09:01
The ‘Friends of Libya’ conference held in Paris last Thursday signaled the beginning of the imperialist carve-up of the oil-rich North African country.”

Documents expose intimate ties between Libyan torturers and CIA, MI6
World Socialist Web Site Today at 08:34
The British and American intelligence agencies maintained the closest relations with the Gaddafi regime and collaborated in the interrogation and torture of Islamist suspects ‘rendered’ to Libya.”

Western powers have Syria in their sights
World Socialist Web Site Today at 08:34
Having achieved regime change in Libya through military intervention, the Western powers and their regional allies now have Syria firmly in their sights as part of their plans for re-dividing the resource-rich Middle East.”

New York Times hails “humanitarian” war in Libya:
World Socialist Web Site Today at 08:34
In back-to-back pieces by its leading columnists, the New York Times proclaims NATO’s war in Libya as a new model for ‘humanitarian’ interventionism.”

”New Libyan government won’t be Western puppet”:
Russiatoday.ru Today at 08:30
There are some signals that Libya’s National Transitional Council is pursuing its own independent policies, Rosemary Hollis, professor of Middle East policy studies at City University London, told RT.”

‘New Libyan government firmly nationalist’:
Russiatoday.ru Today at 08:30
There are some signals that Libya’s National Transitional Council is pursuing its own independent policies, Rosemary Hollis, professor of Middle East policy studies at City University London, told RT.”

Libya troop convoy reaches Niger:
BBC News Today at 08:23
A heavily armed convoy of vehicles from Libya crosses the desert border into Niger, reports say, as Col Gaddafi’s spokesman says he remains in Libya.”

Large Libyan convoy ‘arrives in Niger’:
Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 05:49″

Gaddafi ‘remains in Libya against all odds’:
Russiatoday.ru Today at 03:16
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is in Libya and well protected, claimed his spokesman, Mussa Ibrahim, who stated to Arrai, a Syrian TV channel, that the colonel ‘feels fit and is in an expansive mood.’

It’s a TOTAL war, monsieur:
The Greanville PostToday at 01:57
By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times

Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 6, 2011
Stop NATO Today at 01:37
NATO Chief: 172-Day Libyan War Impossible Without U.S. Capabilities”

Australians to Rally against NATO’s War on Libya on September 10:
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 01:01
Australians to demonstrate in Sydney on September 10 and demand US-NATO hands off Libya. Photo: Libyan masses demonstrating in Tripoli against NATO prior to the invasion by mercenaries and ex-Libyan exiles”

VIDEO: Libyan former minister reveals MI6 links
BBC News Today at 00:11
Abdelati Obeidi, former Libyan foreign minister under Col Muammar Gaddafi, tells the BBC’s Jeremy Bown that MI6 was operating in Libya until the start of the country’s revolution in February.”