Libya
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The rape of Libya By Bill Van Auken
The pretense that the US and its European NATO allies were intervening in Libya to ‘protect civilians and civilian populated areas from threat of attack,’ as stated in the United Nations Security Council resolution, has effectively been abandoned. Behind the fig leaf of this resolution the naked imperialist and colonial character of the war has… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 August, 2011: Israeli forces surround Jenin Freedom Theatre for second time in a month; abduct three
25 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eight Palestinians Killed Thursday; 11 in Two Days IMEMC – Thursday August 25, 2011 – 23:43, Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that two residents were killed when the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at their motorcycle, north of Gaza City.… Continue reading
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UPDATE: Life of Independent Journalists in Tripoli. Very Critical Situation
Independent journalists trapped at the Rixos hotel were evacuated Wednesday under the auspices of the Red Cross. Continue reading
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Video: NATO War Crimes In Libya
LIZZIE PHELAN ALIVE AND KICKIN 25.08.11 In Tripoli, NATO War Crimes In Libya Continue reading
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Sirte – the Apotheosis of “Liberal Intervention” By Craig Murray
There is no cause to doubt that, for whatever reason, the support of the people of Sirte for Gadaffi is genuine. That this means they deserve to be pounded into submission is less obvious to me. The disconnect between the UN mandate to protect civilians while facilitating negotiation, and NATO’s actual actions as the anti-Gadaffi… Continue reading
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Michel Chossudovsky: 'Innocent Libyans': "Blood on NATO Hands"
A political analyst says the leaders of NATO member states taking part in the bombing campaign in Libya are guilty of spilling the blood of many innocent Libyans. Continue reading
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Michel Chossudovsky: ‘Innocent Libyans’: “Blood on NATO Hands”
A political analyst says the leaders of NATO member states taking part in the bombing campaign in Libya are guilty of spilling the blood of many innocent Libyans. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 25 August 2011: Chavez: Now The War Begins
25 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Lies Unmasked As UK Admits Boots On The Ground Britain’s SAS Leads Hunt For Gaddafi By Thomas Harding, Gordon Rayner, Damien Mcelroy The SAS soldiers, who have been dressed in Arab civilian clothes and carrying the same weapons as the rebels, have been ordered to switch their focus… Continue reading
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BBC Newslinks covering Libya 26 July – 26 August 2011
26 August 2011 — williambowles.info I’ve collated these stories for future reference but I’m sure there are many readers who are also interested in how the MSM hasn’t covered the crisis. 26 August 2011UK planes target Gaddafi bunker http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14677754 Continue reading
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Killing the Truth: Western Mainstream Media Complicit in NATO War Crimes in Libya By Finian Cunningham
In Libya, not only is there the criminal military assault on a sovereign country, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, the murder of women and children, and all the violation of international law that that entails – we now have the complete lobotomisation of language and normal meaning of words. Continue reading
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Over 200 African Leaders: NATO's Libyan War Part Of Plan To Recolonize Continent
A group of African intellectuals has written an open letter criticising the NATO-led military attacks on Libya, saying Africa ran the risk of being re-colonised. Continue reading
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Riotgate : Dispatch from East London By Felicity Arbuthnot
From afar we have heard the politicians, the social scientists, the psychologists. It is ‘feral youth’, ‘black youth’, ‘low life scum living off the State’ (say the millionaire politicians in charge of the State, living off it courtesy the tax payer.) The ‘lazy’, the ‘feckless’, ‘people from sink estates’, are responsible – and so it… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 August, 2011: Settlers Uproot Olive Trees, Grapevines, Plum Trees Near Hebron
24 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Another Quds Fighter Assassinated In Gaza IMEMC – Wednesday August 24, 2011 – 22:59, The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, reported on Wednesday at night that one of its fighters was assassinated when the Israeli Air Force… Continue reading
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Video: ‘Before NATO intrusion, Libya was African Switzerland’ — RT
NATO’s presence in Libya little resembles a humanitarian mission with houses, hospitals and schools being hit. But Libya prospered prior to NATO’s intrusion, Yvonne Di Vito, an activist from Libyanfriends.com told RT. Continue reading
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Video: ‘Before NATO intrusion, Libya was African Switzerland’ — RT
NATO’s presence in Libya little resembles a humanitarian mission with houses, hospitals and schools being hit. But Libya prospered prior to NATO’s intrusion, Yvonne Di Vito, an activist from Libyanfriends.com told RT. Continue reading
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1 July 2011: Even if Gaddafi is killed, NATO will not leave – ex-Belgian MP
Regime change is the real reason NATO is in Libya, Lode Vanoost, international consultant and former deputy speaker of the Belgian Parliament told RT. Even if Gaddafi is ousted, murdered or flees the country, NATO forces will not leave right away. Continue reading
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1 July 2011: Even if Gaddafi is killed, NATO will not leave – ex-Belgian MP
Regime change is the real reason NATO is in Libya, Lode Vanoost, international consultant and former deputy speaker of the Belgian Parliament told RT. Even if Gaddafi is ousted, murdered or flees the country, NATO forces will not leave right away. Continue reading