The New Dark Age

7 October 2011 — williambowles.info

Libyan Fighters Assault Main Qaddafi Base in Sirte
Fox News
AP Libyan revolutionary fighters exchange RPG firing positions, while attacking pro-Qaddafi forces inside the Ouagadougou conference center of Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. SIRTE, Libya — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention …
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/07/libyan-fighters-assault-main-qaddafi-base-in-sirte/

Arab Spring activists from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya observing Poland’s election
Washington Post
Fifteen activists and election officials — five each from Tunisia, Egypt
and Libya — met Friday with deputy foreign ministers Krzysztof Stanowski
and Jerzy Pomianowski. They also held a meeting with the members and judges
of the State Electoral …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/arab-spring-activists-from-egypt-tunisia-and-libya-observing-polands-election/2011/10/07/gIQAa8HRSL_story.html

Panetta defends Libya mission
USA Today
NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy (AP) – US Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta on Friday assailed people who have questioned the wisdom of joint
US-NATO campaign against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, saying “the critics have
really been proven wrong. …
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-07/panetta-defends-libya/50685528/1

Insight: Libyan oil export flow a trickle, not a gush
Reuters
Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), speaks
during a news conference in Tripoli March 19, 2011. By Emma Farge and
Jessica Donati LONDON/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s prized light, sweet oil
is trickling slowly onto the …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-libya-exports-idUSTRE79621420111007

Syria’s risks mute talk of Libya-style action
The Associated Press
The answer: Waiting on the sidelines with other world powers and showing no
willingness to open a Libyan-style military offensive against the regime of
Bashar Assad. “No intention whatsoever,” emphasized NATO’s
secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGevEudKkuJ-m9bYLdbJPrye02tg?docId=4480d5b44731463c95dc52f7e4ba22c8

Eni Sees Libyan Output Recovering in Year, Adding to World Gains
BusinessWeek
By Alessandra Migliaccio Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Eni SpA, Italy’s biggest oil
company, forecast its Libyan production will return to pre-war levels in a
year, contributing to the 1.2 million barrels a day of new global output
that the management …
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-07/eni-sees-libyan-output-recovering-in-year-adding-to-world-gains.html

John McCain & Co: Save Libya
Politico
penned a joint editorial in The Wall Street Journal praising Libya’s former
rebels and their commitment to “democracy, transparency and the rule of
law.” The Republicans stressed the transitional council needs American
help in training their army and …
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65400.html

Panetta spills — a little — on secret CIA drones
Boston Globe
Panetta met with pilots and other personnel who have been in involved with
operations over Libya while visiting the base. He is scheduled to travel to
Sicily later in the day to visit with US pilots involved in operations over
Libya. …
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/10/07/panetta_spills____a_little____on_secret_cia_drones/

Exiled Libyan Jews Look With Hope Toward Homeland
Huffington Post
For the exiled Jews of Libya, it’s already been 44. The struggle to reopen
a synagogue in Libya, 44 years after the forced departure of the country’s
last Jews, is emerging as a high-profile test of the new Libyan
government’s commitment to freedom in …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/exiled-libyan-jews-look-with-hope-toward-homeland_n_999174.html
ibyan-jews-look-with-hope-toward-homeland_n_999174.html&hl=en&geo=us

Iraq offers advice to visiting Libyan leader on democracy
Washington Post
By AP, BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister offered to help Libya, a country
with a shared history of dictatorship, build its fledgling democracy during
a meeting Thursday with Libya’s visiting prime minister, said an Iraqi
spokesman. …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/iraq-offers-advice-to-visiting-libyan-leader-on-democracy/2011/10/06/gIQANmdsQL_story.html

Rebel Claims of Libya ‘Mass Graves’ Come Up Empty, Again …
By Jason Ditz
Rebel Claims of Libya ‘Mass Graves’ Come Up Empty, Again. NTC Loses Yet
More Credibility. by Jason Ditz, October 06, 2011. | Print This | Share
This | Antiwar Forum. Since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi, the rebel claims
that the former …
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/10/06/rebel-claims-of-libya-mass-graves-come-up-empty-again/

Zambia: President Sata Calls for Victory Over Libya | LusakaTimes …
By Chief Editor
President Michael Sata, has said that Zambia national soccer team’s victory
over Libya in this Saturday’s Orange 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
in Chingola would be the best present for his September 20 presidential
election triumph. …
http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/10/07/president-sata-calls-victory-libya/

At Sicily base, Panetta defends Libya mission – Marine Corps News …
By The Associated Press
NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on
Friday assailed people who have questioned the wisdom of the joint
U.S.-NATO campaign against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, saying “the critics
have really been …
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/10/ap-at-sicily-base-panetta-defends-libya-mission-100711/

Panetta says mission accomplished in Libya … but not concluded …
By keyescharley
By CNN Senior National Security Producer Charley Keyes The United States
believes NATO has accomplished its mission in Libya, but the formal
decision to end air attacks and other operations is still in the future,
Defense Secretary Leon …
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/06/panetta-says-mission-accomplished-in-libya-but-not-concluded/

Both Zambia and Libya looking to make it double celebration this …
Zambia national side, Chipolopolo have stepped up preparations ahead of
their crucial Group C encounter against Libya this weekend at Nchanga
Stadium in Chingola. Chipolopolo leads Libya by one point at the top the
table with the group …
http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-cup-of-nations_2012/news/11623-both-zambia-and-libya-looking-to-make-it-double-celebration-this-weekend.html

Libya fighters take revenge on Qaddafi’s tribe – CBS News
After capturing a Qaddafi stronghold, ex-rebels in Libya go on a looting
rampage, in a worrying sign of the divide.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/05/501364/main20116421.shtml