Libya
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Black Agenda Report 15 June 2011: Charters Divide Blacks / McKinney in Libya / Lupe Fiasco and Obama
15 June 2011 — Black Agenda Report How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Each Other by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Charter school supporters are denouncing the NAACP for filing suit, along with the teachers union, against preferential – separate but unequal – treatment of charter schools in New York City.… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 15 June 2011: Cameron humiliates first sea lord over Libya in Commons
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info 10 US lawmakers sue Obama over Libya strikes CBS News President Barack Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, March 28, 2011. (AP) WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers is suing President Barack Obama for taking military action against Libya without …… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks for 15 June 2011: South Africa condemns NATO attacks on Libya
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Who Needs NATO? New York Times Americans have been grumbling about the failure of the European partners in NATO to pull their weight almost since the organization was founded in 1949. “Because we had our troops there, the Europeans had not done their share,” President Eisenhower … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/opinion/16iht-edwheatcroft16.html Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks for 15 June 2011
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Turkey Spurns Assistance as Syria’s Attack on Town Forces More to Flee Bloomberg “Maybe this stems from Syria’s special status and Turkey doesn’t want to involve the international community, but this is an international crisis.” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit the camps holding Syrian refugees on his country’s… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 15, 2011
15 June 2011 — Stop NATO Huge Columns Of Smoke Over Tripoli After NATO Strikes U.S., French Amphibious Assault Ships Link Up In Mediterranean Britain Mulls Continuing War In Libya Global Military Dominance Becoming Unaffordable When Will U.S. And NATO Decide It’s Venezuela’s Turn? Belgrade: NATO Conference Has Tri-Continental Military Significance Overwhelming Majority Of Serbs… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 14 June 2011
14 June 2011 — williambowles.info LIVE: Canada backs Libyan opposition, as MPs debate mission CBC.ca By Laura Payton, CBC News Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird delivers a speech during the debate on the mission in Libya in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian… Continue reading
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The War in Libya: The African Union’s Mistake of Policy and Principle By Dr. Kwame Akonor
Africa’s handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests. Continue reading
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The War in Libya: The African Union's Mistake of Policy and Principle By Dr. Kwame Akonor
Africa’s handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests. Continue reading
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“Humanitarian” Bunker Buster Bombs: NATO cranks up air campaign in Libya by Atul Aneja
Since Tuesday morning, Tripoli was subjected to relentless bombardment which appeared to pause only at dawn on Wednesday. The attacks, with heavy ‘bunker buster’ bombs that can easily rip through concrete structures or destroy underground complexes, smashed large parts of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s Al Aziziya compound. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 14, 2011
14 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Libyan War Air Campaign: 10,971 Flights, 4,164 Combat Sorties Clinton: African Union Must Betray, Depose Founder Gaddafi Video And Text: NATO Air Strike Hits Libyan Medical Factory NATO’s Top Military Commander In Malta To Discuss Libyan War NATO, South Korean Partner Discuss East Asia, Afghanistan, Libya U.S. Guided… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 14 June 2011
14 June 2011 — williambowles.info NATO refuses to rule out bombing Libyan Roman ruins CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff NATO cannot verify rebel claims that Gadhafi may be hiding rockets at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Leptis Magna. (CNN) — NATO refused to say Tuesday whether or not it would bomb ancient… Continue reading
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When will the USA and NATO decide that it's Chavez' turn? By Oscar Heck
The similarities between what is happening in Libya (or rather the reasons why it is happening in Libya) and what is happening in Latin America these days is eerie. Continue reading
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Video: Michel Collon about the intervention in Libya, English Subtitles
Michel Collon about the intervention in Libya and the “media-lies” of Occident Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 13 June, 2011: The Financial Road to Serfdom
13 June, 2011 — Information Clearing House Libyan Resource Nationalism Why the NATO Powers are Trying to Assassinate Moammar Gaddafi By Brian Becker Wikileaks-released State Department cables from November 2007 and afterwards show the real reason for the mounting U.S. hostility to the Libyan government prior to the current civil war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28323.htm Continue reading
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Syria On The Boil, U.S. Warship In The Black Sea By M K Bhadrakumar
-Without doubt, the US is stepping up pressure on Russia’s Black Sea fleet. The US’s provocation is taking place against the backdrop of the turmoil in Syria. Russia is stubbornly blocking US attempts to drum up a case for Libya-style intervention in Syria. Moscow understands that a major reason for the US to push for… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks for 13 June 2011
13 June 2011 — williambowles.info Beginning of the End for NATO? New York Times In a speech on Friday in Brussels, his last in Europe before he leaves office, Mr. Gates lambasted NATO. Mr. Gates warned the Europeans that unless they improved their military capabilities, spent more on defense and pooled resources, NATO faced “the… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 13, 2011
13 June 2011 — Stop NATO Pentagon Chief Praises NATO’s Arab Monarch Allies For Libyan War Aid U.S., NATO Hold Proliferation Security Initiative Drills In Mediterranean Libya: NATO Conducts 10,822 Sorties, 4,102 Strike Missions German Foreign Minister In Benghazi Syria On The Boil, U.S. Warship In The Black Sea Poland: Permanent U.S. Air Base, NATO… Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 13 June 2011
13 June 2011 — williambowles.info Yemen’s opposition ‘in power transfer talks’ Aljazeera.net Opposition sources in Yemen say that they are in talks with Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the vice president, to discuss a transfer of power within a transitional period. The sources said they are worried that President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s son and … http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201161391749979150.html Continue reading
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What If Britain Drops Out of All US Wars? By David Swanson
Before long public pressure might just lead Britain to drop out of participation in US wars, a move that would seriously damage future pretenses of acting as an international coalition. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 12 June 2011
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Fighting Continues in Libya, Creeps Toward Capital Voice of America Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have hammered rebels in the west with heavy weapons, as separate fighting creeps toward the capital, Tripoli. Reporters at the frontline near the rebel-held western town of Zintan say government forces … http:… Continue reading
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