Africa
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Libya Newslinks 26-27 May 2011
27 May 2011 — williambowles.info 27 May 2011 Mathaba: NATO Defies Africa By Intensifying Bombardment Of Libya Morning Star: Cameron escalates Libya war Dissident Voice: The International Criminal Court: A Help or a Hindrance? Morning Star: A blatant shift to overt war Mathaba: Day 70: Updates on War Against Libya and Africa, May 27 BBC:… Continue reading
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NATO testing ‘Kosovo model’ in Libya and Syria By Pyotr ISKENDEROV
On the 23d of May the naval forces of the US, NATO, South Europe and North Africa launched the maneuvers codenamed Phoenix Express.Politically, the aim is to demonstrate that members of the alliance are ready to join efforts in case anything goes wrong in Libya. As far as the maneuvers themselves are concerned, training is… Continue reading
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NATO: A Feast of Blood By Cynthia McKinney
‘It is transparently clear now that NATO has exceeded its mandate, lied about its intentions, is guilty of extra-judicial killings–all in the name of ‘humanitarian intervention.’ If the humanitarian ruse is allowed against Libya, why not…anywhere? ‘People around the world need us to stand up and speak out for ourselves and them because Iran and… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 25 May 2011: Cornel West's Mistake / McKinney in Libya / Obama and Blacks
25 May 2011 — Black Agenda Report News, commentary and analysis from the black left Freedom Rider: Israel Reigns Supreme by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The corporate media pretend that President Obama is standing up to Israel, when in fact the rogue state remains the “third rail” of U.S. politics. “Israel’s untouchability… Continue reading
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Obama Claims To Reset The Imperial Clock By Glen Ford
Since when does the leader of an empire voluntarily “reset” to become a non-interfering power? Never. President Obama’s speech, last week, was mainly geared to maintaining U.S. supremacy in the Mideast and North Africa following the shock of the Arab Reawakening. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 19-20 May 2011
20 May 2011 — williambowles.info 20 May 2011 Amnesty UK: Obama speech: USA must `learn from mistakes of past` in Middle East and North Africa BBC: Libyan troops ‘shot photographer’ alleges family BBC: VIDEO: Footage of air strikes on Libyan warships SCF: Will NATO Forces Under the UN Flag Take the Jamahiriya’s Place in Libya… Continue reading
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Africa: Battleground For NATO’s 21st Century Strategic Concept BY Rick Rozoff
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko “Pointed out that the operation in Libya is becoming the first actual litmus test for NATO’s new strategic concept,” [2] a reference to the latest Strategic Concept adopted by the 28-nation alliance at its summit in Lisbon, Portugal last November, the first in this century and since that endorsed… Continue reading
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Israeli Officials and History Affirm the Power of BDS
Are boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) proving effective at isolating Israel as a form of pressure to end its violations of Palestinian rights? We at the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation think so, but you don’t have to take our word for it. Continue reading
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Stop Nato: Updates on Libyan war: 17 May, 2011
17 May 2011 — Stop NATO Libyan War: Almost 7,000 NATO Military Flights, Over 2,700 Combat Missions China Presses For Immediate Ceasefire In Libya Russia: Libyan War First Litmus Test For NATO’s New Strategic Concept Russian Foreign Minister: West Oversteps UN Resolution In Libya The Real Reasons For NATO’s Attack On Libya Continue reading
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Stop Nato: Updates on Libyan war 16 May 2011
16 May 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Continues Libyan Air War, Naval Blockade: 6,808 Sorties NATO Bombs Still Claiming Victims: Bishop Calls For Libyan Truce Russia Backs African Union’s Road Map For Libyan Ceasefire Libya: Kwame Nkrumah Foresaw Western Re-Conquest of Africa Question For Caricom On NATO’s War In Libya Continue reading
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NATO wants Libya to become another Somalia By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
NATO forces have carried out over 2,000 air strikes on Libya and keep insisting they are all intended to protect civilians. But in fact they want this conflict to last, and there is no rush to end the war says analyst Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: May 5, 2011: Perfectly Acceptable For U.S. And NATO To Kill Children
5 May 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 5 Perfectly Acceptable For U.S. And NATO To Kill Children Jamie Shea: NATO Partnerships Needed To Maintain West’s 500-Year World Dominance Where Does NATO’s “Boundary” Lie? Report: NATO Enforces Naval Blockade Against Eritrea Seychelles: NATO Steps Up Military Operations In Indian Ocean Serbia Could… Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libya war: 14 April 2011
14 April 2011 — Stop NATO Civilian Casualties Reported As NATO Warplanes Bomb Libyan Capital NATO Chief Requests More Warplanes For Ground Attacks France: Increase NATO Bombing Of Libya Despite BRICS Nations’ Concerns Libya, Ivory Coast: Russia Warns Of Dangerous Tendency NATO’s Libya War: Over 2,100 Air Missions, Nearly 900 Strikes Since March 31 Libyan… Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war 12 April 2011
12 April 2011 — Stop NATO France, Britain: NATO Must Intensify Bombing Of Libya Washington Post: Use Ivorian Model In Libya, Assassinate Gaddafi Canada To Attend Libyan War Council, NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting Libya, Ivory Coast: NATO, AFRICOM Assault On African Sovereignty Ivory Coast Uncovered: The Untold Story Africa: Imperialism In The 21st Century Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 10-11 April 2011
12 April 2011 — creative-i.info Libya and Humanitarian War By Robert Dreyfuss Two elder American statesman, at least one of which might better be put on trial for war crimes, have come up with an attempt to square the circle by reconciling “realism” and “idealism”-that is, neoconservative interventionism-in regard to “humanitarian” wars. They fail. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27862.htm Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 10-11 April 2011
12 April 2011 — creative-i.info Libya and Humanitarian War By Robert Dreyfuss Two elder American statesman, at least one of which might better be put on trial for war crimes, have come up with an attempt to square the circle by reconciling “realism” and “idealism”-that is, neoconservative interventionism-in regard to “humanitarian” wars. They fail. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27862.htm Continue reading
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Qaddafi Unplugged and Uncensored: Recollections Of My Life – Mu’ummar Qaddafi
In the West, some have called me “mad,” “crazy,” but they know the truth but continue to lie, they know that our land is independent and free, not in the colonial grip, that my vision, my path, is, and has been clear and for my people and that I will fight to my last breath… Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 9 April 2011
9 April 2011 — Stop NATO NATO, Recolonization Of Africa, BRICS And Silent Lambs Post-Cold War NATO Expansion: No Neutrals Left In Europe U.S. Considers Sending Ground Troops To Libya Libya, AFRICOM And The U.S. Scramble For Africa After Libya And Ivory Coast, Obama Condemns Syria Western Nations Must Abandon Illusion Of World Domination Libyan… Continue reading
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Uprisings in Southern Africa
30 March, 2011 — The Real News Netywork Firoze Manji: Democratic uprisings brutally suppressed in many African countries Transcript 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
The New Dark Age 