Libya
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Libya File – 1 9 April 2019
9 April 2019 — Countercurrents Haftar’s Libyan National Army gains control of Yarmuk military camp Battle for Tripoli is proceeding according to the operational plan, says LNA LNA declares a no-fly zone over the western Libya GNA vice president resigns French President, GNA Prime Minister discuss Tripoli offensive France of being behind Libya’s Tripoli war, accuses EU Parliament president Continue reading
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External Powers Fuel Bloodshed in Libya
General Khalifa Haftar of Libya has been a very disruptive force for the formation of the UN’s unity government, says Vijay Prashad, the author of the book, Arab Spring Libyan Winter (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 8 April 2019
8 April 2019 — The New Dark Age A New Battle For Tripoli: Preconditions and Prospects http://thesaker.is/a-new-battle-for-tripoli-preconditions-and-prospects/ Tripoli airport suspends operation amid Haftar’s air strike http://tass.com/world/1052678 Continue reading
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Liberating Tripoli
The United Nations and media are portraying the current situation in Libya as a conflict between disputing parties that requires diplomacy, peaceful negotiations and various forms of foreign interference, whether through diplomatic or military intervention. Continue reading
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Libya – From Ghaddafi To Hafter
In March 2011 the United Kindom, France and the U.S. set out to destroy the government of Libya. Muslim Brotherhood militia and al-Qaeda aligned forces, equipped by Qatar and supported by Britain, took the easten city of Benghazi. The U.S. airforce destroyed government troops on the ground and helped the militants to capture and murder… Continue reading
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The destroyers of Libya are now ‘for Libya’ By Manlio Dinucci
After Emmanuel Macron’s failure to solve the Libyan crisis, it’s now Giuseppe Conte’s turn to take a shot at it. It’s true that Rome is better placed than Paris, insofar as it enjoys the support of the White House. However, there is little chance that any progress of any sort will be made, since these… Continue reading
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France’s Bling-Bling Sarkozy Haunted by Ghost of Gaddafi By Finian Cunningham
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is now under formal investigation over corruption charges that could see him end up behind bars for five years if found guilty. After 48 hours of police questioning last week, Sarkozy said the scandal was “making his life hell”. Critics would say it’s a fate deserved. Continue reading
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Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya By Ben Norton
NATO supported an array of rebel groups fighting on the ground in Libya, many of which were dominated by Islamist extremists and harbored violently racist views. Militants in the NATO-backed rebel stronghold of Misrata even referred to themselves in 2011 as “the brigade for purging slaves, black skin”—an eerie foreshadowing of the horrors that were… Continue reading
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Libya, David Cameron’s “Iraq”? Selected Articles
19 September 2016 — Global Research News Selected Articles: Libya, David Cameron’s “Iraq”? Damning Report Shreds Another War Monger. By Felicity Arbuthnot, September 18 2016 Cameron who said he wanted to be “heir to Blair” seems to have ended up as just that, pivotal cheerleader for the butchery of a sovereign leader, most of his Continue reading
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David Cameron, Libya And Disaster: The Findings Of The Foreign Affairs Select Committee By Dr Binoy Kampmark
16 September 2016 — CounterCurrents The UK Foreign Affairs Committee was a long time coming with this judgment, but when it came, it provided a firm reminder about how far the 2011 intervention against the Gaddafi regime was not merely flawed but calamitous in its consequences. There had been no coherent strategy on the part Continue reading
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The lessons of Libya By Dan Glazebrook
Led by Western self-interest, NATO embarked on a massive military intervention in Libya in 2011 that leaves many lessons for the Global South. Above all stands the lesson that Western military intervention cannot bring about the desired change, but rather creates failed states. Continue reading
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Rival militias are battling for control of Libya’s international airport, which is closed after rocket fire destroyed most of the planes on the ground By Newpower
Heavy fighting between rival militias in Libya has prompted the United Nations to withdraw its staff from the country, and the government to consider calling for foreign peacekeepers to quell the deadly clashes. Continue reading
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The Truth of Libya (Finally) Goes Mainstream By Eric Draitser
More than three years after the US and its NATO allies unleashed an “intervention” and regime change in Libya, the US establishment admits they maybe have “got it wrong.” Naturally, there were many of us who were demonized endlessly for speaking out against that war, and against all those politicians, analysts, and “activists” on the… Continue reading
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Libya Coming Full Circle. When A Deemed “Conspiracy Theory” Becomes Reality By Sam Muhho
In the duration of the “revolutionary frenzy” that categorized western media coverage of the Libyan Civil War in 2011, public audiences were captivated with both tales of rebels aspiring for “democracy” and with complimenting stories of unabated brutality by Gaddafi forces. Without any serious mainstream criticism, an imperialist mythology centered on the interventionist doctrine of… Continue reading
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US sends assault ship with 1,000 Marines to Libyan coast By Barry Grey
The United States has dispatched an amphibious assault ship with some 1,000 Marines and a number of helicopters to coastal waters off Libya, raising the possibility of a direct US military intervention in a country devastated by the Washington-led war that overthrew Col. Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Continue reading
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Libya plunging towards civil war By Jean Shaoul
Three years after the NATO-led campaign backed armed Islamist militias to overthrow the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. Continue reading
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Chaos in Libya: How the US-NATO War Destabilized North Africa and Now Threatens Europe By Timothy Alexander Guzman
Libya has been steadily deteriorating politically and economically since the US-NATO invasion of 2011. The South African based News24 reported that a battle had erupted between rebel forces that ousted President Muammar Gaddafi and Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi. Khalifa Haftar (who helped the West remove Gaddafi) and his ‘National Army’ were… Continue reading
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Libyan kangaroo court trials begin against Gaddafi’s sons By Jean Shaoul
The Libyan state this week began a mass trial, the focus of which are two of deposed leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, his heir apparent Saif al-Islam, and Saadi, who was recently extradited from Niger where he had sought refuge from the US-led war in 2011. Continue reading
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CIA’s lies on Libya: Benghazi protest never happened
A CIA Libya Station Chief has admitted that the government agency has lied about Libya, as the Benghazi protest never took place. Before the Benghazi news buzzed around the world, the station chief for the CIA reported to his superiors located in Washington that no type of spontaneous protest ever happened. Continue reading
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Attempted coup d’état in Libya?
In an 11-minute video statement broadcast Friday, 14 February 2014, on Libyan state television, General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar said he intended to take control of the political institutions and called for the country’s government and parliament to be suspended. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 