NATO
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NATO’s “Alternate Universe” in Libya By Wayne Madsen
The Pentagon and its NATO partners are engaged in one of the most obvious and intensive propaganda ploys in their military operations against Libya since the days leading up to the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ attack on Iraq. Suggestions that the government of Muammar Qaddafi is on its last legs and that life in Tripoli… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 8 June 2011
8 June 2011 — williambowles.info NATO: Time to plan for post-Gadhafi Libya CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: “We will keep up the pressure for as long as it takes.” (CNN) — It is time to start planning for what to do in Libya after leader Moammar Gadhafi’s… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 8, 2011
8 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Libyan Air War: 10,177 Sorties, 3,860 Combat Missions Sixty Blasts Tear Through Tripoli As NATO Steps Up Bombing NATO Defense Chiefs Discuss Libya As Tripoli Bombing Is Intensified No NATO Operations In Syria And Yemen…Except With UN Resolutions Expanded Shanghai Cooperation Organization Can Offset U.S.-Dominated Unipolar World, Eastern… Continue reading
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Human rights fact-finders show Libyan deaths, injuries not ‘propaganda’ By Deborah Dupre
In the CIA kick-started war on Libya, The New York Times report Monday by John F. Burns, calling Libyan civilian casualties “propaganda,” does not square with a series of WBAIX in-hospital interviews with civilian victim survivors of US/NATO intensifying bomb raids, both witnessed by a human rights fact-finding mission including Cynthia McKinney and former MPs… Continue reading
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Going Rogue: NATO War Crimes in Libya By Susan Lindauer
It’s a story CNN won’t report. Late at night there’s a pounding on the door in Misurata. Armed soldiers force young Libyan women out of their beds at gun-point. Hustling the women and teenagers into trucks, the soldiers rush the women to gang bang parties for NATO rebels or else rape them in front of… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 7 June 2011: Gates Says NATO Forces Ready for Decisive Blow in Afghanistan
7 June 2011 — williambowles.info Libya crisis: Tripoli hit by Nato air strikes BBC News Huge explosions have rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, during a series of air strikes by low-flying Nato jets. Some of the blasts appeared to strike close to the compound of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. The attacks came as diplomatic… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: June 7, 2011
7 June 2011 — Stop NATO 81-Day War Against Libya: Over 10,000 NATO Sorties Video And Text: NATO Intensifies Bombing Of Tripoli Eurasian Heartland: U.S. Breathes Life Into New Cold War Strait Of Malacca: U.S. To Establish New Base In Singapore U.S. To Expand Military Presence In Asia: Gates Largest-Ever U.S.-India Military Deal Indian Ocean:… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 6 June 2011: Pakistan: Masses to block Nato supplies: JI chief
6 June 2011 — williambowles.info 2 Are Killed in Sixth NATO Copter Crash Since Late April in Afghanistan New York Times By RAY RIVERA KABUL, Afghanistan — Two NATO service members died Sunday when their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan. It was the latest in a string of crashes in recent weeks that were being… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 6, 2011: China: U.S. Waging Global Internet War
6 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War Against Libya: 9,917 Air Missions, 3,752 Combat Flights Libya: Bishop Decries NATO Bombing Of Church, Warns Of Partition U.S. Drone Missile Strikes Kill 20 In Pakistan Pakistan: Two NATO Tankers Destroyed NATO Launches Multinational Exercises In Southern Ukraine China: U.S. Waging Global Internet War Anti-Russian Trans-Caspian… Continue reading
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Libya: NATO's War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State By Obi Nwakanma
The use of Western troops in Africa – particularly in the case of France – the use of its paratroopers, first in Ivory Coast, and now in Libya, represents a new strategic declaration of war against Africa, the African interest, and the African continent. In NATO’s disregard of AU, there is without doubt a remanifestation… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 5 June, 2011: Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State
5 June 2011 — Stop NATO Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State Russia Alarmed By NATO’s Escalating, Partisan Use Of Force In Libya NATO Warplanes Intensify Bombardment Of Libyan Cities Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 4-5 June 2011
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info 5 June 2011 Global Research: Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State Morning Star: Hague follows Apaches to Libya Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 5, 2011 Morning Star: Libya war is an inhuman sham Craig Murray: Trouble Abroad for Clegg BBC: Hague ‘inspired’ by Libyan rebels… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 4 June 2011
4 June 2011 — williambowles.info NATO uses attack helicopters for first time in Libya air assault CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff NATO-allied aircraft, including Britain’s Apache helicopters, were being used for the strikes, the Ministry of Defence said. (CNN) — NATO said Saturday it used attack helicopters for the first time as part… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: June 4, 2011
4 June 2011 — Stop NATO “Big Players In NATO”: Canada Plans International Bases First German Ground Combat Since World War II: Four Soldiers Killed, 12 Injured In Afghanistan Recently Oklahoma: National Guard Units Headed To Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait And Horn Of Africa Romania: 24 U.S. F-16s Could Be Added To 24 Interceptor Missiles Romania: U.S. Marines… Continue reading
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Libyan war update/Stop NATO news: June 3, 2011
3 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Maintains Deadly Nightly Onslaughts Against Libyan Capital U.S. Recruits More Georgian Troops For NATO’s Afghan War Four NATO Soldiers Injured In Afghan Bomb Attack Clinton Applauds Czech Republic’s Willingness To Join NATO Missile System U.S. Horn Of Africa Command Marks Death Of Soldiers In Djibouti U.S. Eurasian/Caspian Energy… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 29 May 2011: Video: NATO accused over child deaths
29 May 2011 — williambowles.info Los Angeles Times Relatives mourn for Afghan children allegedly killed in a NATO airstrike in Helmand province. (EPA / May 29, 2011)By Laura King Los Angeles Times A new dispute over civilian deaths erupted Sunday when Afghan officials claimed an errant NATO airstrike … www.latimes.com/news/la-fgw-afghan-civilian-deaths-20110530,0,2353624.story Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news 29 May, 2011: U.S. To Modernize Its Nuclear Weapons In Europe
29 May, 2011 — Stop NATO Libyan Air War: Almost 8,800 NATO Sorties, Over 3,300 Combat Missions Afghan Officials: NATO Air Strike Kills At Least 12 Children, Four Women U.S. To Modernize Its Nuclear Weapons In Europe Bulgarian Defense Minister To NATO: Need U.S. Interceptor Missiles New Strategic Concept: NATO Must Back Arab “Revolutions,” Train… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 28 May 2011
28 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Targets Tripoli Facility Voice of America Photo: AP NATO says it targeted a vehicle storage area in a complex where leader Moammar Gadhafi sometimes lives. The French news agency (AFP) says white smoke could be seen rising from the blast site. Earlier Saturday, explosions from NATO airstrikes … www.voanews.com/english/news/Explosion-Rattles-Libyan-Capital-122767289.html Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 27 May 2011
27 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Allies Reject Libyan Cease-Fire Offer Wall Street Journal This capability would be at NATO’s disposal, though final decisions will be up to military commanders on their deployment, he said. The calls from the US and French presidents came a day after Libya’s government, under mounting pressure from a military… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 28 May, 2011: “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles
28 May 2-11 — Stop NATO “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles African Leaders Demand NATO Stop Air Strikes Against Libya NATO’s Libyan Air War: 8,595 Sorties, 3,274 Strike Missions French Warplanes Forced To Land In Malta Pentagon Plan To Muscle Out China: New Scramble… Continue reading