Libya
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 1, 2011: The President Surrenders
1 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Why the West is Committed to the Murderous Rebels in Libya By Patrick Cockburn William Hague chose to recognise the rebel leaders at the very moment some of them may have been shooting or torturing to death their chief military commander. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28709.htm Continue reading
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Libyan and Syrian Destabilization Campaigns Shift into Overdrive While Desperation Starts to Take Hold By Scott Creighton
While the people of this country are (rightly) preoccupied with the orchestrated debt ceiling “crisis”, aka the “austerity measures plan for America”, the globalists are using this moment to step up their convoluted destabilization efforts in Libya and Syria. They are becoming desperate and their lines of propaganda and their terrorists activities show it. Continue reading
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Pure Evil: NATO Attacked Libyan Water Supply Pipeline and the Factory that Makes Replacement Pipes By Scott Creighton
Last week Pravda reported that NATO attacked the Great Manmade River pipeline in Libya which literally brings water across the desert to millions of Libyans and farms in western and southern Libya as well as to the capital Tripoli and Benghazi. The Manmade River project is not only a life-sustaining source of water for millions… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 30 July 2011
30 July 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Bombs Libyan Satellite Dishes Voice of America July 30, 2011 NATO Bombs Libyan Satellite Dishes VOA News NATO says it has bombed three Libyan satellite dishes in the capital, Tripoli, in an effort to prevent Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi from using television to intimidate civilians. … http://www.voanews.com/english/news/NATO-Bombs-Libyan-Satellite-Dishes—126448088.html Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 31, 2011
Stop NATO Libya: The True Costs Of War Americanization And Militarization Of Canadian Foreign Policy NATO Certifies Another Bulgarian Warship For Deployment Uganda: AFRICOM Chief Pledges U.S. Role In Fighting LRA Vermont: NATO Obstacle Course Training For Military ‘Olympics’ U.S. Senate Tells Russia To Withdraw Troops From Abkhazia, South Ossetia Chinese Warships Participate In Russian… Continue reading
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Libya: The True Costs Of War Charles Abugre*
The bottom line is war was solely unwarranted. But my greatest sadness and shame was to see the United Nations secretariat beating the war drums and cheering on the battle rather than singing the songs of peace. This is a sad time indeed. How else can one describe what is going on in Libya but… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 30-31 July 2011
31 July 2011 — williambowles.info Richard Seymour: Gaddafi is Stronger than ever in Libya Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 09:00 Photo: Muammar Gaddafi staying alive for the sake of freedom and the liberation of the oppressed of the world Continue reading
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Another Stinging Blow for the Libyan Rebellion By Victor Kotsev
The death of the general, whose body along with those of two senior aides was reportedly found badly burnt on Thursday, brings into focus a complex and extensive web of power relationships and rivalries spanning both sides of the conflict. This is evidence of just how fluid the situation in Libya is, with multiple layers… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 July, 2011: Israel To Apologize For “Mistakes” During Flotilla Attack
28 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Declares Ties With Newly-Born Republic Of South Sudan IMEMC – Friday July 29, 2011 – 01:23, Israel announced Thursday that it will be holding official ties with the newly-born Republic of South Sudan, while Israeli officials visiting the country received an official… Continue reading
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Global Research: America’s War at Home and Abroad Selected Articles
28 July, 2011 — Global Research Continue reading
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Videos: Overview of Anti-NATO Rebel Alliance & Pro Government Demonstrations in Libya
In the view of these green people (green being the color of the Libyan flag and now the color of all who oppose the NATO Rebel Alliance) NATO has declared war on all those millions of Libyans by officially backing those ‘traitors of the East’ (as they are called) who would be helpless without the… Continue reading
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The War on Libya : An Imperialist Project to Create Three Libyas By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
There is a real military-industrial-media complex at work in North America and Western Europe. Most of the media claims are nonsensical and contrary to the facts on the ground. They ignore the realities and hard facts. Were these to have been revealed, people in NATO countries would be mobilizing against their governments and against the… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report By William Blum: Arguing Libya
On July 9 I took part in a demonstration in front of the White House, the theme of which was “Stop Bombing Libya”. The last time I had taken part in a protest against US bombing of a foreign country, which the White House was selling as “humanitarian intervention”, as they are now, was in… Continue reading
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Libya’s War for “The Abaya”: Women’s Rights and NATO’s Support of Pro-Islamist Rebels By Susan Lindauer
For European bankers, it’s a war for Libya’s Gold. For oil corporations, it’s a war for Cheap Crude (now threatening to destroy Libya’s oil infrastructure, just like Iraq). But for Libya’s women, it’s a fierce, knock down battle over the Abaya— an Islamic style of dress that critics say deprives women of self-expression and identity. Continue reading
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Libya diary: Day 1 (27/7/11 1.20 AM) By Lizzie Phelan
Yesterday (25/7/11) NATO bombed a wedding party and a hospital in Zlitan. NATO is bombing Tripoli as I write, I can hear the planes and the bombs dropping outside the hotel. Sukant saw smoke rising from the Bab Alziza compound. I saw just a few minutes ago on the TV that there were people at… Continue reading
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Libyan rebels have conceded ground since bombing began By Kim Sengupta
Fresh diplomatic efforts are under way to try to end Libya’s bloody civil war, with the UN special envoy flying to Tripoli to hold talks after Britain followed France in accepting that Muammar Gaddafi cannot be bombed into exile. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks documents shed light on US-backed intervention in Libya By Robert Morgan
US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks expose some of the real reasons and diplomatic tensions behind NATO’s ongoing bombardment of Libya. Far from initiating a ‘humanitarian’ intervention to protect civilians against Muammar Gaddafi’s government, Washington backed the NATO intervention for one reason only—the installation of a regime that better serves the strategic interests of the… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 27 July 2011
27 July 2011 — — williambowles.info WikiLeaks documents shed light on US-backed intervention in Libya World Socialist Web Site Today at 19:06 Washington has had only one objective—the installation of a regime that better serves the interests of the US and international oil and gas companies. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27 July 2011
27 July 2011 — williambowles.info Antisec goes after Paypal Inquirer The payment firm has already been targeted for stopping payments to Wikileaks, and in a separate and apparently random attack, had its Twitter feed taken over in the UK, but this latest attack – for want of another word, aims to hit it right at… Continue reading