Gaddafi
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Report: Ground Invasion of Libya Within Two Weeks? By Paul Joseph Watson
In a piece entitled, US and NATO prepare final assault on Qaddafi, DebkaFile cites military sources for its contention that NATO powers are finalizing plans for a “large-scale, all-out military bid to kill or oust” Colonel Gaddafi. Continue reading
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Russian, S. African presidents to meet, discuss Libyan peace efforts
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a telephone conversation on Saturday with South African President Jacob Zuma agreed to meet to discuss peace efforts in Libya, the Kremlin press service said. Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks for 2 July 2011: Nato rules out military intervention in Syria
2 July 2011 — williambowles.info Clinton: Gadhafi’s Threats Will Not Stop NATO in Libya Voice of America Photo: AP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says NATO will not let Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s threats deter its mission in the country. Clinton made the comments during a visit to Spain Saturday. Libya’s embattled leader threatened… Continue reading
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Video: Muammar Qaddafi Speech to Millions in Tripoli on 1st July 2011
The message was that people should march in their millions peacefully, to secure their country and to protect their oil supplies which he said was the lifeline of the Libyan people and that they possessed the upper hand in this conflict and that the demise of NATO and that its withdrawal was quite close. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: July 2, 2011
2 July 2011 — Stop NATO Video And Text: Even If Gaddafi Is Killed, NATO To Take Over North Africa Clinton, Community Of Democracies And Invasions Of Sovereign Nations Prague/Arab Springs: Clinton Targets Syria, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia Russia Slams West For Striving To Topple Middle Eastern Governments $4 Trillion For U.S. Wars; Quarter Million Killed,… Continue reading
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Russia Today: A new kind of media? By William Bowles
A global, digital media cuts both ways or as they say ‘what’s good for the goose is also good for the gander’. The arrival of The Real News Network, Democracy Now! and grtv for example demonstrates what can be done, even on a shoestring budget. But to get onto the global media circuit still requires… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 July, 2011: Africa will not execute Gaddafi warrant: African Union summit
2 July, 2011 — Information Clearing House Should Libya Retaliate Against NATO Nations? Libya Can Sting Europe Like ‘Swarm of Bees’: Kadhafi By Hassen Jouini “The Libyan people are capable, one day, of taking the battle to Europe and the Mediterranean” region, Kadhafi said in the message, as thousands of supporters massed in the landmark… Continue reading
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Video: Qaddafi Did NOT Threatens Attacks on Europe
Gaddafi is challenging Sarkozy, Cameron and Obama to switch on their TV and watch the crowd. He is saying that they will find out that they are delusional because they entered a war which they will never win, he also says if you continue targeting our houses we can do the same because Europe is… Continue reading
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Even if Gaddafi is killed, NATO will not leave – ex-Belgian MP
‘The problem with resolutions is that they are not legal texts. Basically the interpretation of resolutions is a matter of ideology and power. France interpreted it the way they did just because they could! One shouldn’t forget they drafted these resolutions themselves. It just suits their interests,’ stated Vanoost. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 1 July 2011
1 July 2011 — williambowles.info Libya’s women-at-arms Washington Post Among Moammar Gaddafi’s most ardent loyalists are a core of Libyan women who have risen to high-profile roles in the police, military and government and credit Gaddafi with giving them greater career avenues than many of their sisters elsewhere in the … http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyas-women-at-arms/2011/06/30/AGM4qVtH_gallery.html Continue reading
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US looks on Libya as McDonald’s – Gaddafi’s son
USA looks upon Libya as fast food expecting a fast war and a quick victory, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader wanted by the ICC, told RT. But the West will never get what they want, he added. Continue reading
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A Message from Aisha Qaddafi
Libya is involved in direct and indirect talks with rebels trying to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader’s daughter said, although the Benghazi-based opposition has ruled out further contact with Tripoli. Continue reading
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Replay: Libya rape claims ‘hysteria’ – investigator
A UN human rights investigator has cast doubts over claims by the chief ICC prosecutor of evidence that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had ordered mass rapes. Continue reading
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Arming Libyan rebels contradicts case for war — RT
The UN resolution allowing use of force against Gaddafi is meant to protect civilians. Armed rebels are clearly not civilians; so France’s airlifting of weapons to Libya goes against the whole case for the war, says British journalist John Laughland. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Rape, Mercenaries, And Bloodbaths On The Scale Of Yemen? The Media Blank Amnesty’s Failure To Find Evidence In Libya
It ought to be surprising that Amnesty and Human Rights Watch exposed US-UK propaganda in a way that the entire pack of Western media hounds was unable or unwilling to do. But as we have described many times, with rare exceptions, journalists function as stenographers to power. Continue reading
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UK protesters slam campaign in Libya — RT
Anti-war activists have taken to the streets of London to demonstrate against NATO’s military intervention in Libya. The demonstrators say it is time NATO was brought to book. Continue reading
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Patrick Cockburn: Don’t believe everything you see and read about Gaddafi
Ever since the Libyan uprising started on 15 February, the foreign media have regurgitated stories of atrocities carried out by Gaddafi’s forces. It is now becoming clear that reputable human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have been unable to find evidence for the worst of these. Continue reading
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Libya’s Gaddafi: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? (Part I) By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor
The international arrest warrant issued against Libya’s Muammar al-Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court (ICC) will add a new complexion to the Libyan crisis. The stalemate that the military option has caused isn’t going away soon nor will Gaddafi’s overthrow happen soon, given the dogged determination with which his forces are fighting despite the damaging… Continue reading