The New Dark Age

20 October 2011 — williambowles.info

20 October 2011

NTC claims Gaddafi dead
Russiatoday.ru Today at 13:43
Representatives of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya claim that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has died of wounds received during his capture in Sirte.

Captured Gaddafi covered in blood – FIRST PHOTO
Russiatoday.ruToday at 13:36
Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died of wounds sustained during his capture after NTC forces took over his hometown and stronghold of Sirte.

VIDEO: Libyan TV announces Gaddafi ‘capture’
BBC News Today at 13:01
Libyan TV’s news presenter thanked God as he made the announcement that Muammar Gaddafi was captured by rebels.

VIDEO: Libyan forces ‘capture Gaddafi’
BBC News Today at 12:37
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been captured and wounded in both legs, the National Transitional Council has said.

Fallen hero of Libya’s final battle
BBC News Today at 11:48
Volunteer fighters in Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte were willing to sacrifice their lives in the last chapter of the Libyan conflict, says Jonathan Head.

Libyan forces ‘capture Gaddafi’
BBC News Today at 12:31
Forces loyal to Libya’s transitional authorities have captured former Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, their commanders say.

Libya’s National Transitional Council First To Recognize Syrian Equivalent
GlobalResearch.ca Today at 12:23
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

Gaddafi arrested in Sirte, wounded in both legs – NTC
Russiatoday.ru Today at 12:22
Unconfirmed reports are coming from Libyan TV channels about the arrest of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte. Al-Arabya channels say Gaddafi has been captured and wounded in both legs, quoting NTC official.

THE ROVING EYE : The US power grab in Africa
Asia Times Online Today at Noon
Libya – where United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a whistle-stop visit on Tuesday but didn’t get to see the devastation in Sirte – is just one angle of a multi-vector US strategy in Africa. Washington’s Uganda surge, where 100 ‘advisors’ now have their boots on the ground, is a classic Pipelineistan gambit and it’s not hard to fathom where that country’s oil contracts will eventually land. – Pepe Escobar (Oct 20, ’11)

Obama refuses to occupy William Black (or Why I hate Democrats).
The Wild Wild Left – Front Page Today at 11:38
William Black already has a teaching job, but what he really needs is an occupation at Justice where he can kick some fraudulent ass.  Here’s vid from Democracy Now with Amy Goodman that I doubt gets front-paged at any high-traffic liberal blogs:

Is Dr Shakir Going Over The Head of NATO?
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 11:01
Dr Shakir is one of the most popular Libyan media personalities who is now in Exile. He is not an official government spokesman but has been a staunch defender of the Libyan Jamahiriya on Libyan TV prior to the invasion. In his regular TV show he addresses the Libyan Jewish issue. Morris Herman responds.

Anti-Gaddafi forces ‘seize Sirte’
BBC News Today at 10:28
Libyan government troops have taken full control of Sirte, Col Gaddafi’s birthplace and the only large city where his supporters had remained holed up, reports say.

Does the EU Have the Security and Defence Capabilities it needs?
MPs publish report on unauthorised tapping or hacking of mobile communications
Today at 10:00
Lords committee expected to probe criticism of EU capacity to act in Libya

Gaddafi stronghold Sirte reportedly captured
Russiatoday.ru Today at 09:54
Witnesses report that Libyan anti-Gaddafi forces have finally captured Sirte, the last remaining city held by Gaddafi loyalists.

Sirte: A Tale of Heroism and Bravery
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 09:01
The lesson from Sirte must go down in the annals of the collective identity of humankind as a classic and historic tale of resilience and virtue and determination.

The Son of Africa claims a continent’s crown jewels
JohnPilger.com – the films and journalism of John Pilger Today at Midnight
John Pilger analyses President Obama’s decision to send special forces to Uganda, Congo and Central African Republic. This amounts to a US invasion of the African continent – following the West’s de facto conquest of Libya. The dangers and ironies ought to be clear.

AfriSynergy: Libya News October 18 (Video) – Part II
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 07:01
T West gives round-up, commentary and analysis on the current Libyan news in the Jewess Hilary Clinton’s war on Africa for European and American bankers using their military alliance ‘NATO’

19 October 2011

Dispatch from Rome: Insurrection and Invisible Powers
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 22:05
Italy, like Spain, is a peninsula, but she might as well be an island given the barriers separating her from the rest of the European mass and the Mediterranean cradle itself.  This, and her long history, broken by frequent invasions from diverse cultures, has fostered the coalescing of an extraordinary idiosyncrasy rich in mysteries and contradictions.  Now we may be seeing the rise of a political culture that imitates the United States, and a new form of proletarianism, the ‘Precariat’.

American spy drones swarm in droves over Afghanistan
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 21:48
Following a surprise visit in Libya earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced stop in Afghanistan today. She’s not the only American export people overseas are getting used to seeing,…

Obama, the Bomber of Africa
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 21:01
American president of African descent has nothing better to offer than special forces, drones, a militarization surge and ‘humanitarian’ intervention which means bombing and killing thousands in Libya

John Bellamy Foster, “Why We Occupy, What We Know”
MRZine.org Yesterday at 20:09
We know that when it comes to financial wealth (which excludes houses) the top 1 percent of the population in the United States owns four times as much wealth as the bottom 80 percent of the population. . . .

‘NATO has bombed Libya back to Stone Age’
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 19:21
Former MI5 agent Annie Machon says that the US wants to reinforce the myths that public has been told about NATO’s ‘humanitarian’ intervention, while Libya is being bombed beyond the point of no return.

Libya: Rebels Were Planning to Attack Misrata, Sirte with Biological Weapons
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 13:01
Libya: Rebels Were Planning to Attack Misrata, Sirte with Biological Weapons
SIRTE IN DANGER: After months of non-stop bombing, destruction of most of the town, killing of over 2% of the population, starvation and blocking of water, communications and power, the population still have not surrendered to the NATO terrorists. Thus they now considered biological weapons, next even nuclear weapons, reports an Algeria ISP source

AfriSynergy: Libya News October 18 (Video)
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 11:01
West gives round-up, commentary and analysis on the current Libyan news in the Jewess Hilary Clinton’s war on Africa for European and American bankers using their military alliance ‘NATO’

Somalis Under Relentless Drone Attack as U.S. Tightens Military Grip on Continent
Black Agenda Radio Commentaries Yesterday at 10:222011
Africa, under President Obama, is an expanding theater of war for the United States. There are few points on the African map where the U.S. military does not operate, independently, through proxies, or by agreement with local governments and militaries. AFRICOM has penetrated the armed forces of the continent to a degree no single European power could have ever aspired. Indeed, ‘the U.S. has so thoroughly infiltrated African armies, many, if not most, would be of no use for national defense against the Americans.’