Libya
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The War in Libya: The African Union's Mistake of Policy and Principle By Dr. Kwame Akonor
Africa’s handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests. Continue reading
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The War in Libya: The African Union’s Mistake of Policy and Principle By Dr. Kwame Akonor
Africa’s handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests. Continue reading
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“Humanitarian” Bunker Buster Bombs: NATO cranks up air campaign in Libya by Atul Aneja
Since Tuesday morning, Tripoli was subjected to relentless bombardment which appeared to pause only at dawn on Wednesday. The attacks, with heavy ‘bunker buster’ bombs that can easily rip through concrete structures or destroy underground complexes, smashed large parts of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s Al Aziziya compound. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 14, 2011
14 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Libyan War Air Campaign: 10,971 Flights, 4,164 Combat Sorties Clinton: African Union Must Betray, Depose Founder Gaddafi Video And Text: NATO Air Strike Hits Libyan Medical Factory NATO’s Top Military Commander In Malta To Discuss Libyan War NATO, South Korean Partner Discuss East Asia, Afghanistan, Libya U.S. Guided… Continue reading
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Video: Michel Collon about the intervention in Libya, English Subtitles
Michel Collon about the intervention in Libya and the “media-lies” of Occident Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 13, 2011
13 June 2011 — Stop NATO Pentagon Chief Praises NATO’s Arab Monarch Allies For Libyan War Aid U.S., NATO Hold Proliferation Security Initiative Drills In Mediterranean Libya: NATO Conducts 10,822 Sorties, 4,102 Strike Missions German Foreign Minister In Benghazi Syria On The Boil, U.S. Warship In The Black Sea Poland: Permanent U.S. Air Base, NATO… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 12 June 2011
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Fighting Continues in Libya, Creeps Toward Capital Voice of America Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have hammered rebels in the west with heavy weapons, as separate fighting creeps toward the capital, Tripoli. Reporters at the frontline near the rebel-held western town of Zintan say government forces … http:… Continue reading
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BBC swallows ‘precision’ lies By Rory MacKinnon
Anti-poverty charity War on Want lashed out at the BBC over claims of ‘precision bombing’ in Libya at Saturday’s annual Stop the War Coalition conference. Continue reading
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Reporting From Tripoli: What is Really Happening in Libya By Cynthia McKinney
As my time in Libya winds down, I am rushing to see as much as I can. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 12, 2011: NATO Wars Lead To Near Quintupling Of U.S. Arms Sales In Past Decade
12 June, 2011 — Stop NATO Libya: 10,686 NATO Air Missions, 4,050 Combat Sorties NATO Wars Lead To Near Quintupling Of U.S. Arms Sales In Past Decade Russia: U.S. Interceptor Missile Ship In Black Sea Threat To National Security U.S. Congressmen Demand Iraq Pay For Eight Years Of War, Occupation Lithuania Hosts NATO Military Training… Continue reading
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Breaking News: PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: NATO Bombed Libya’s Nasser University By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The NATO war against Libya is not a humanitarian endeavour. It is a blatant war of aggression and a violation of international law. Continue reading
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NATO’s Afrika Korps Escalates War Of Attrition Against Libya
Altogether, following in the North African footsteps of Napoleon Bonaparte’s France, imperial Britain, Benito Mussolini’s Italy and Adolf Hitler’s Germany, Western nations are engaged in the longest war against an African country in modern times and the most intensive armed aggression against one ever. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 11 June 2011
June 2011 — williambowles.info Qaddafi Forces, Libyan Rebels Battle at Key Oil Port Fox News AP AP June 10: A Libyan rebel fighter arrives at a hospital as others receive treatment in Misrata, Libya. MISRATA, Libya — A Libyan rebel spokesman said opposition forces were battling troops loyal to Muammar al-Qaddafi on Saturday in the… Continue reading
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Pentagon Laments “Difficulties” in War Against Libya
At first promising a 2-day operation, NATO has been forced to continually extend its daily bombing operations that now includes much of the civilian infrastructure and frequent bombings of the house of the Qaddafi family, which thus far has resulted only in the murder of his youngest son, who has no connection to either business… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 11, 2011: NATO Air Strike Kills Algerian Family In Libya
11 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War In Libya: 10,570 Air Missions, 3,999 Strike Sorties NATO Air Strike Kills Algerian Family In Libya Libya Claims To Have Shot Down Three NATO Helicopters Unrest In Arab World Heightens Turkey’s NATO Role Kyrgyzstan: NATO Central Asian Office Ratified NATO Headquarters: Cooperation With Azerbaijan Discussed Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 10 June 2011: Shaky Libya campaign shows NATO’s weaknesses, Gates says
10 June 2011 — williambowles.info 23 killed as fighting again rages in western Libyan city CNN International Misrata, Libya (CNN) — At least 23 people were killed Friday as fighting raged in the western Libyan city of Misrata where forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi attempted to enter from the west and south. Another 78 others… Continue reading
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The War on Libya is at a Dangerous Crossroads By Boris Volkhonsky
As the war in Libya is intensifying and NATO is still far from achieving its declared aims, the Alliance is looking for new tricks in order to widen the scope of operations and attract new fresh forces. Continue reading
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Elleni Centime Zeleke, “Libya: The Poverty of Analyses”
I am confused by the analyses of the Anglophone left with regard to the social revolts in Libya. The only thing folks seem able to muster is a series of bifurcated abstractions. Thus certain metaphors in the analyses of Libya prevail such as, ‘greed and grievance’, ‘patron and client’, ‘rapacious rule vs innocent population ‘,… Continue reading
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War as a “Humanitarian Endeavor”: NATO’s Libya ‘hope’ strategy is bombing By Gen. Lewis MacKenzie
In a bizarre development, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has said it will extend the campaign for 90 days, surely a first in the history of war when one side ‘extends the contract’ for a set period. Continue reading
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LIBYA – Behind the Phony ICC ‘Rape’ Charges: ARE NATO FORCES PREPARING A GROUND ATTACK? By Sara Flounders
Without presenting a shred of reliable evidence, NATO and International Criminal Court conspirators are charging the Libyan government with conspiracy to rape — not only rape as the ‘collateral damage’ of war, but rape as a political weapon. Continue reading
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