Libya
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Radio And Text: Rick Rozoff: West Has Crossed The Rubicon On Libya
Rick Rozoff: I would argue we’re days, perhaps hours, away from a US/NATO military operation against Libya; whether it entails bombing and destroying on the ground the Libyan air force and air defense and surveillance facilities and so on we can only speculate, but I think at this point it’s pretty clear that the West… Continue reading
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9 March 2011 Terrible machine translation but I…
Machine translation but worth reading: The military were the opponents – the tribal elite, mostly from tribes with high status, but there were no supporters. Libyan projects could not unite. New social tools are not there. Continue reading
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Repression, Resistance and the CIA in Libya
Author Hisham Matar says father secretly jailed by Gaddafi in 1990; was part of organization likely supported by CIA Continue reading
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Reflections of Fidel: NATO’s inevitable war (Part II)
In high-level meetings between Libya and NATO leaders, none of the latter had any problems with Gaddafi. The country was a secure source of high-quality oil, gas and even potassium supplies. The problems which arose between them in the early decades had been overcome. Continue reading
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Four must read articles on Libya
Four excellent articles on the Imperial ramp-up to war on Libya Continue reading
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Point Of No Return: U.S. And NATO Prepare For War With Libya By Rick Rozoff
March 7 was a pivotal moment in plans by Western powers to launch military operations against Libya. Continue reading
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Libya and the Return of Humanitarian Imperialism By Jean Bricmont
The whole gang is back: The parties of the European Left (grouping the ‘moderate’ European communist parties), the ‘Green’ José Bové, now allied with Daniel Cohn-Bendit, who has never seen a US-NATO war he didn’t like, various Trotkyist groups and of course Bernard-Henry Lévy and Bernard Kouchner, all calling for some sort of ‘humanitarian intervention’… Continue reading
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Another NATO Intervention? Libya: Is This Kosovo All Over Again? By Diana Johnstone
Less than a dozen years after NATO bombed Yugoslavia into pieces, detaching the province of Kosovo from Serbia, there are signs that the military alliance is gearing up for another victorious little ‘humanitarian war’, this time against Libya. The differences are, of course, enormous. But let’s look at some of the disturbing similarities. Continue reading
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Pentagon Propaganda Sways US Opinion of Libya | Global Research TV
War Correspondent Keith Harmon Snow says there is a psychological operation performed by the Pentagon to persuade the American people through propaganda one way or the other. Continue reading
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To no-fly or not to no-fly Libya — RT
In the event the no-fly zone resolution is presented to the Security Council, it may not go down particularly well. Russia has a veto on the UN Security Council and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated on Monday that Moscow is against any foreign intervention in the situation in Libya. Continue reading
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Tripoli under fire in media information war — RT
It is not completely clear now who is in control of which territories. Al Jazeera earlier reported bombings in the Libyan capital. However, people on the streets of Tripoli say that media coverage of events is far from objective. Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Independent Media Newslinks for 7 March 2011
7 March 2011 — creative-i.info Fareed Zakaria’s Contra Solution in Libya Nato ‘weighing action on Libya’ The Independent: Libya capture a ‘misunderstanding’ Former PM calls for talks to end Libya deadlock BBC VIDEO: John Simpson under fire in Libya US and allies step up military and intelligence operations in Libya Who’s backing the eastern rebels?… Continue reading
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Money as a weapon in West’s war on Libya
As the violence continues in Libya, the US has been sending warships and more troops in that direction, fueling speculation of a military intervention. Some believe, however, that the West has already launched its war against Gaddafi’s regime. Continue reading
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NATO’s Inevitable War: The Flood of Lies regarding Libya By Fidel Castro Ruz
The colossal campaign of lies, unleashed by the mass media, resulted in great confusion in world public opinion. Some time will go by before we can reconstruct what has really happened in Libya, and we can separate the true facts from the false ones that have been spread. Continue reading
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West putting a toe over Libya’s border
The eight Special Air Service officers were in the eastern part of the country escorting a junior diplomat who was supposed to negotiate with the rebels. They were seized on Sunday by anti-government protesters, who said they were outraged by the incident, seeing it as foreign intervention into Libya’s internal affairs. Continue reading
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Events in Libya through the eyes of witnesses: Summary from February 28
A very informative and honest report on the real situation in Libya. The so-called western media and Jazeera along with it, are clearly beyond all redemption. Continue reading
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The Libyan labyrinth By Vijay Prashad
A short history of Ghadafi’s Green Revolution. Continue reading
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Al Jazeera: Two Sides of Libya’s Conflict
Al Jazeera: Libya’s conflict has two sides, and two stories. And everything depends on who you believe. Continue reading
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Will Gaddafi stay or go? Expats offer their opinions — RT
Expats in Moscow discuss possible ways to tackle the broader set of Middle East issues, and give their perspective on Libya’s controversial leader. Continue reading
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Petroleum and Empire in North Africa. NATO Invasion of Libya Underway By Keith Harmon Snow
Are events unfolding in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt more about petro-terrorism or about freedom and democracy? How much oil is there in North Africa? Who is in control of that oil? What is the relationship between the West and Muamar Gaddafi? Is he really the terrorist we’ve all been led to believe he is? Who… Continue reading
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