Libya
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Libya says NATO raids killed 718 civilians By Imed Lamloum
Libya has accused NATO of killing 718 civilians and wounding 4,067 in 10 weeks of air strikes, as African efforts for a truce stalled and Italy said Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is ‘finished.’ Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 5 June, 2011: Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State
5 June 2011 — Stop NATO Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State Russia Alarmed By NATO’s Escalating, Partisan Use Of Force In Libya NATO Warplanes Intensify Bombardment Of Libyan Cities Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 5 June 2011
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info British Foreign Secretary Visits Libyan Rebels Voice of America Photo: AP British Foreign Secretary William Hague has arrived in Libya for talks with opposition leaders in the rebel stronghold, Benghazi. Hague is one of the highest-ranking foreign officials to visit the rebel-held territory. … www.voanews.com/english/news/British-Foreign-Secretary-Visits-Libyan-Rebels-123157523.html Continue reading
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Western Libya Portrait is not What is being Painted by Mainstream Media By Wayne Madsen
Western media reports continue to indicate that Libyan rebels trying to oust Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi from power, backed by daily NATO air strikes, are gaining ground in western Libya but during a six-hour drive from the Tunisian border to Tripoli, the Libyan capital, this reporter saw no signs of Libyan rebel successes in western… Continue reading
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Libya And Ivory Coast: NATO Reverts To Law Of The Jungle In Africa By He Wenping
NATO bombers have reminded us once again that for the power-politics era, the law of the jungle still applies. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 4-5 June 2011
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info 5 June 2011 Global Research: Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State Morning Star: Hague follows Apaches to Libya Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 5, 2011 Morning Star: Libya war is an inhuman sham Craig Murray: Trouble Abroad for Clegg BBC: Hague ‘inspired’ by Libyan rebels… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 4 June 2011
4 June 2011 — williambowles.info NATO uses attack helicopters for first time in Libya air assault CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff NATO-allied aircraft, including Britain’s Apache helicopters, were being used for the strikes, the Ministry of Defence said. (CNN) — NATO said Saturday it used attack helicopters for the first time as part… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 2-4 June 2011
4 June 2011 — williambowles.info 4 June 2011 BBC: UK helicopters in Libya attacks RT: NATO deploys attack helicopters in Libya Mathaba: Libyan Terrorists Reject Ceasefire Proposal SCF: NATO launches helicopter strikes in Libya SCF: U.S. House adopts resolution rebuking Obama on Libya MRZine: Robert Naiman, “At Long Last, House Debates and Votes on Libya… Continue reading
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“Boots on the Ground”: Sarkozy and Cameron Prepare to Land in Libya: Powerful Naval Strike Group enters Mediterranean By Manlio Dinucci
At the end of the G8 summit, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he would visit Benghazi with the British Prime Minister David Cameron, since “we think alike,” essentially they agree that they “cannot negotiate with Gadhafi.” President Barack Obama expressed the same thought: “We will not relent until the people of Libya are… Continue reading
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PressTV – ‘US dropped cluster bombs on Misratah’
A Human rights investigation in Libya has found that it was the US and its Western allies who cluster bombed the troubled city of Misratah back in April. Continue reading
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Al-Jazeera footage captures ‘western troops on the ground’ in Libya
Armed westerners have been filmed on the front line with rebels near Misrata in the first apparent confirmation that foreign special forces are playing an active role in the Libyan conflict. Continue reading
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Video: Imperial Takeover: Libya is Now a Humanitarian Disaster
“The sad fact, however, is that it is the Libyans themselves, who have been insulted, terrorized, lynched, and murdered as a result of the press reports that hyper-sensationalized this base ignorance. Who will be held accountable for the lives lost in the bloodletting frenzy unleashed as a result of these lies? Continue reading
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Russia’s turnabout on Libya arouses doubts, welcome
Russia’s change of its stance on the chronic Libyan crisis raised doubts from the Libyan government, but was applauded by the Libyan opposition. Continue reading
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Russia's turnabout on Libya arouses doubts, welcome
Russia’s change of its stance on the chronic Libyan crisis raised doubts from the Libyan government, but was applauded by the Libyan opposition. Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 28 May 2011
28 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Targets Tripoli Facility Voice of America Photo: AP NATO says it targeted a vehicle storage area in a complex where leader Moammar Gadhafi sometimes lives. The French news agency (AFP) says white smoke could be seen rising from the blast site. Earlier Saturday, explosions from NATO airstrikes … www.voanews.com/english/news/Explosion-Rattles-Libyan-Capital-122767289.html Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 27 May 2011
27 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Allies Reject Libyan Cease-Fire Offer Wall Street Journal This capability would be at NATO’s disposal, though final decisions will be up to military commanders on their deployment, he said. The calls from the US and French presidents came a day after Libya’s government, under mounting pressure from a military… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 28-29 May 2011
29 May 2011 — williambowles.info 29 May 2011 Socialist Resistance: What next for the Arab uprisings? RT: Gaddafi only obstacle to peace – Libyan transitional council head RT: ‘Victory or death for Gaddafi’ – political analyst 28 May 2011 Mathaba: An Open Appeal to the People of the United States and Great Britain CounterPunch Diary:… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 28 May, 2011: “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles
28 May 2-11 — Stop NATO “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles African Leaders Demand NATO Stop Air Strikes Against Libya NATO’s Libyan Air War: 8,595 Sorties, 3,274 Strike Missions French Warplanes Forced To Land In Malta Pentagon Plan To Muscle Out China: New Scramble… Continue reading