Libya
-
Obama’s Responsibility to Protect is a License to Kill By Glen Ford
Believing the Libya assault to have been a shining success, the United States will feel confident in launching new aggressions under the insidious rubric of R2P – Responsibility to Protect. The 2004 invasion and of Haiti was the precedent, ‘when the United Nations Secretary General lent his seal of approval to the occupation and endorsed… Continue reading
-
We Are The Core Of The Problem By Frank Scott
The USA is at the center of this flailing monster and its people need to take control from the minority only concerned about acquiring more and more wealth at the cost of less and less hope for the majority’s future. Continue reading
-
Replay: Why is Qatar so Active in Libya?
TRNN REPLAY Adam Hanieh: Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council want to control the outcome of the popular Arab uprisings Continue reading
-
Libya: Campaigners warn ‘hallmarks of a new Afghanistan are all there’ By Louise Nousratpour
Left campaigners in Britain demanded a halt to all British and Nato involvement in Libya today, warning that their intervention had all the hallmarks of the West’s disastrous invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
-
Syria Newslinks 24 August 2011
24 August 2011 — williambowles.info West pushes for Syria sanctions BBC News The US and several European nations have called for the UN to impose sanctions against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and his ruling circle. But the draft resolution circulated at UN headquarters in New York faces opposition from veto-wielding … http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-14645641 Continue reading
-
M.K. Bhadrakumar (India) – It is going to be Syria’s turn next
The narrative from Tripoli bears uncanny resemblance to Baghdad: A brutal, megalomaniacal dictator, who seemed omnipotent, gets overthrown by the people, and a wave of euphoria sweeps over an exhausted land. As the celebrations erupt, the western benefactor-cum-liberator walks on to the centre stage, duly taking stance on the ‘right side of history’. In the… Continue reading
-
‘Libya rebels to divide in victory vacuum’ — RT
Libyan rebels are united by hatred towards the current leader. Once Colonel Gaddafi is out of the game, they will turn on each other and NATO, predicts Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of London-based pan-Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Continue reading
-
'Libya rebels to divide in victory vacuum' — RT
Libyan rebels are united by hatred towards the current leader. Once Colonel Gaddafi is out of the game, they will turn on each other and NATO, predicts Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of London-based pan-Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Continue reading
-
Libya: Is NATO Intervention Illegitimate?
Phyllis Bennis: NATO intervention goes far beyond UN resolution and sets a dangerous precedent Continue reading
-
‘Death or victory!’ – Gaddafi addresses the nation — RT
Colonel Gaddafi has addressed his nation to say the battle with ‘aggressors’ will last ‘until the end’. Meanwhile, the rebels’ assault on the Tripoli compound brought no visible results and shelling goes on in Libyan towns. Continue reading
-
‘Death or victory!’ – Gaddafi addresses the nation — RT
Colonel Gaddafi has addressed his nation to say the battle with ‘aggressors’ will last ‘until the end’. Meanwhile, the rebels’ assault on the Tripoli compound brought no visible results and shelling goes on in Libyan towns. Continue reading
-
VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 August, 2011: Weekend Israeli Attacks on Gaza: Chronicle of Events
23 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Fighter Assassinated In Rafah IMEMC – Wednesday August 24, 2011 – 05:48, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a resistance fighter was killed and another resident was injured when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at a car driving in… Continue reading
-
Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 August, 2011: The Truth About the Situation in Libya
23 August, 2011 — Information Clearing House Regime Change British Brains, Brawn and Bombs Bolster Libyan Rebels By RT On Tuesday, British newspapers revealed that the UK not only detached spies and former SAS gurus to train militants, but was also providing them with ammunition for the operation, including night-vision goggles, advanced communication equipment and… Continue reading
-
French want Total control of Libyan oil — RT
French oil companies are likely to be among those hoping for lucrative oil contracts with a new government in Libya. But the cost of the intervention and the unknown agenda of the rebels could mean more losses than gains. Continue reading
-
French want Total control of Libyan oil — RT
French oil companies are likely to be among those hoping for lucrative oil contracts with a new government in Libya. But the cost of the intervention and the unknown agenda of the rebels could mean more losses than gains. Continue reading
-
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 24, 2011
24 August 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Partnership In War Against Libya Serves As Model: Panetta NATO Pressures Compliant Canada To Stay Involved In Libyan War Canadian Drones, Mercenaries Aid Anti-Gaddafi Attacks NATO, EU To Give Stolen Libyan Financial Assets To Clients Germany Gives Libyan Rebels Advance On Seized Government Cash Video And Text: Second… Continue reading
-
Libya Newslinks 23 August 2011
23 August 2011 — williambowles.info Where’s Kadafi? Rumors of his whereabouts preoccupy Libya Los Angeles Times By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times He has exasperated the world for decades and, now, amid gun battles and artillery smoke, Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s whereabouts are a mystery. The fight for the Libyan capital,Tripoli, seems far from over… Continue reading
-
After Libya, Syria is Next in Line for a NATO Sponsored “Regime Change” By Patrick Henningsen
With globalist restructuring plans for the Middle East and North Africa looking to be nearly complete, one major hurdle remains. After a relatively easy path to victory in Tunisia and Egypt, and with the project to dismantle and re-privatise the Libyan state nearly complete, only Syria remains as the last serious contender for resistance against… Continue reading
-
BOOTS ON THE GROUND? NATO Prepares ‘Humanitarian’ Occupation Of Libya Thousands of NATO troops on standby By Paul Joseph Watson
Preparing to head off any potential counter-attack by Gaddafi forces, NATO powers are readying a “humanitarian” occupation of Libya with thousands of British and American soldiers, risking the possibility that troops could be sent into yet another quagmire to rival Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading