Libya
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 30 March 2011
30 March 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Assault On Libya: 1,800 Sorties, 214 Cruise Missile Attacks 70 Percent Of Britons Fear New Iraq-Style War In Libya NATO’s Top Military Commander: Foreign Stabilization Force In Libya Videos And Text: Obama Establishes Doctrine Around Libya France Sends Envoy To Libyan Rebel Base: Report Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 29 March 2011
29 March 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Conducts More Air Strikes West Of Libyan Capital NATO Bombs Libya With Depleted Uranium Warheads More Countries Slam NATO Attacks In Libya U.S., Britain, France, Germany: NATO Quad Heads Of State Hold Libya Talks U.S. Low-Flying Attack Planes Intervene In Libyan Ground War NATO Official: Regime Change Is… Continue reading
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NATO’s Fascist War By Fidel Castro Ruz
Never before was a large or small country, in this case of barely 5 million inhabitants, the victim of such a brutal attack by the air force of a military organization which has at its disposal thousands of fighter planes, more than 100 submarines, nuclear aircraft carriers, and sufficient arsenal to destroy the planet countless… Continue reading
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A Hundred Years of Rain: Air War Comes Full Circle in Libya By Chris Floyd
Ian Patterson notes that the air war unleashed on Libya by the Western powers last week coincides very neatly with the 100th anniversary of the first military air strike — which was launched by a Western power against … Libya. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 28-29 March 2011
29 March 2011 18:25:47 — creative-i.info 29 March 2011 Morning Star: Peace activists: Let people decide Morning Star: Obama spoils Cameron’s Libya war party Morning Star: Regime forces drive off rebel attack at Sirte Dissident Voice: Libya, Obama, and Empire Dissident Voice: Libya’s Blood for Oil The Independent: Libyan opposition sets out post-Gaddafi vision FAIR:… Continue reading
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Reports suggest French intelligence encouraged anti-Gaddafi protests By Alex Lantier
Reports have emerged in European media alleging that efforts by French intelligence to destabilize or topple the Libyan government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi may have played a role in last month’s protests in Benghazi, which ultimately led to war in Libya. Continue reading
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A CIA commander for the Libyan rebels By Patrick Martin
The Libyan National Council, the Benghazi-based group that speaks for the rebel forces fighting the Gaddafi regime, has appointed a long-time CIA collaborator to head its military operations. The selection of Khalifa Hifter, a former colonel in the Libyan army, was reported by McClatchy Newspapers Thursday and the new military chief was interviewed by a… Continue reading
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Gates and Clinton Hint at Open-Ended War in Libya By Barry Grey
The US and its European allies stepped up their massive bombing campaign on the side of anti-Gaddafi forces over the weekend, further exposing the pretext of a “limited, humanitarian” intervention for the supposed purpose of protecting Libyan civilians. Continue reading
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Andrei Volodin – The Arab Revolutions: a Preliminary Assessment
Politics, as Otto von Bismarck wisely remarked,is the art of the possible, and the West has days rather than weeks or months to put its designs concerning Libya into practice. In contrast to former metropolises — Great Britain and France — which seem oblivious to their past historical failures, the US tends to pursue extremely… Continue reading
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Why Libya? NATO’s War for Oil | Global Research TV
The war of intervention in Libya is yet another American illegal adventure, argues Keith Harmon Snow, an independent war correspondent. Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Noble’ War In Libya Part 2
Like a skilled conjuror, the media slips effortlessly, and without explanation, between the obvious need for ‘positive engagement’ and the obvious need to ‘confront tyranny’. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 3 March 2011 by William Blum: Libya and The Holy Triumvirate
Libya is engaged in a civil war. The United States and the European Union and NATO — The Holy Triumvirate — are intervening, bloodily, in a civil war. To overthrow Moammar Gaddafi. Continue reading
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Open Letter From Russian Doctors In Libya To The President Of The Russian Federation
Bombs and rockets struck residential houses and fell near the hospital. The glass of the Cardiac Center building was broken, and in the building of the maternity ward for pregnant women with heart disease a wall collapsed and part of the roof. This resulted in ten miscarriages whereby babies died, the women are in intensive… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 27-28 March 2011
28 March 2011 — creative-i.info 28 March 2011 BBC: Libya raids hit Gaddafi hometown Greenleft: Libya: West’s bombs no solution Venezuela Analysis: Venezuela Says U.S., Allies Repeating Libya Strategy in Syria Greenleft: Mark Steel: Hypocritical West can’t claim to be Libya’s friend RT: NATO takes command in Libya, approves ‘No-fly plus’ Stop Nato: Updates on… Continue reading
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No War on Libya – Communist Corresponding Society
Yet another oil producing nation in the Middle East is today being subjected to imperial aggression. Yet again, the munificent imperial powers have found it in themselves to protect civilians by raining destruction on their country. Yet again we’ll hear the matter-of-fact exculpation of political and military leaders in the imperialist countries for attacks by… Continue reading
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No War on Libya – Communist Corresponding Society
Yet another oil producing nation in the Middle East is today being subjected to imperial aggression. Yet again, the munificent imperial powers have found it in themselves to protect civilians by raining destruction on their country. Yet again we’ll hear the matter-of-fact exculpation of political and military leaders in the imperialist countries for attacks by… Continue reading
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Libya Conflict Highlights NATO’s Imperialist Mission By Joseph Gerson
Having launched its Libyan regime change war to oust the Qaddafi dictatorship from the United States’ German-based Africa Command, the Obama administration this week arranged to continue its air war under cover of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 26-27 March 2011
27 March 2011 — creative-i.info 27 March 2011 BBC: ‘No arms’ for Libya rebels – Fox BBC: Libyan rebels make further gains BBC: VIDEO: Liam Fox: Nato to take over in Libya Links Int’l: Libya, imperialism and ALBA SCF: Allied air strikes hit Gaddafi’s stronghold of Sabha – Libyan state TV RT: Libyan opposition heads… Continue reading
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Reasons and False Pretexts: Why are They Making War on Libya? By Diana Johnstone
Reason Number One: Regime change. This was announced as the real objective the moment French president Nicolas Sarkozy took the extraordinary step of recognizing the rebels in Benghazi as “the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people”. This recognition was an extraordinary violation of all diplomatic practice and principles. Continue reading
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Who are the Libyan Freedom Fighters and Their Patrons? By Prof. Peter Dale Scott
The world is facing a very unpredictable and potentially dangerous situation in North Africa and the Middle East. What began as a memorable, promising, relatively nonviolent achievement of New Politics – the Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt – has morphed very swiftly into a recrudescence of old habits: America, already mired in two decade-long wars… Continue reading
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