Libya
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No one seems to be in command by Gaither Stewart
Many (with ample reason) doubt claims of a spontaneous uprising of Libyan people, poorly armed and disorganized. Many suspect the usual hidden roles of foreign powers and that the Libyan crisis was created artificially, something like Iraq and Kosovo. Continue reading
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BBC News – Question Time – Will action in Libya heighten the risk of terrorism?
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/1_1_3_0_0_426652_426614/426652_426614_1_emp.swf 1st collector for BBC News – Question Time – Will action in Libya…Follow my videos on vodpod As coalition raids continued in Libya for a sixth night, Labour’s mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone challenged Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander over whether the action would increase the risk of terror attacks in the UK. Continue reading
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Map of Foreign oil concessions in Libya
25 March 2011 Note the vast block owned by BP around Benghazi and the Shell block (dark blue) next to Zuetina. Map courtesy: Stratfor See also who gets the oil here Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 23-24 March 2011
24 March 2011 19:10:02 — creative-i.info 24 March 2011 Global Research: BREAKING NEWS: Russia’s Ambassador to Libya dismissed for Calling President Medvedev “A Traitor” RT: Why Libyan uprising is not “people toppling dictator” Global Research: Why France Was So Keen to Attack Libya RT: Revolution pandemic France: Racist Butcher of Haiti, Vietnam, Syria, Algeria, First to… Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 24 March 2011
24 March 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia freezes Gaddafi family assets-govt source Reuters Africa TUNIS, March 24 (Reuters) – Libya’s neighbour Tunisia has frozen assets belonging to the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a Tunisian government source said on Thursday. Western countries, the United Nations and the European Union have already … af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE72N0GS20110324 Continue reading
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A Humanitarian Intervention? by Richard Seymour, Edward Lewis
20 March, 2011 — New Left Project Richard Seymour writes the blog Lenin’s Tomb and is the author of The Liberal Defence of Murder and The Meaning of David Cameron. Following the onset of military intervention in Libya, he spoke to NLP’s Edward Lewis about the motives underlying the operation and whether or not it… Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war 24 March 2011
24 March 2011 — Stop NATO New U.S.-NATO Strikes Kill Libyan Civilians, Including Rescue Workers Libyan Quagmire Could Drag More U.S. Forces In White House Hands Libyan War Command And Control To NATO How “Humanitarian” Is Western Intervention In Libya? AFRICOM Chief Visits 14-Nation Libyan War Air Operations Center In Germany Egypt: Pentagon Chief Gates… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 March, 2011: Note To Progressives Who Back a No Fly Zone
23 March, 2011 — Information Clearing House Libya: Murder and Plunder Masquerading as “Humanitarian Intervention” By Orwellwasright A largely fabricated case for humanitarian intervention based on violence stoked by special forces troops and covert operations, with the consistent demonisation of the leader recast as a mass murdering tyrant. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27749.htm Continue reading
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Post-Gaddafi Govt. Selected / 1994 US ‘hosted’ Libyan Exile Post-Qaddafi Conference / About Lockerbie
23 March 2011 — Burbank Digest US ‘hosts’ support for spontaneous popular revolt 17 yrs. ago January 1994 Libyan Exiles Debate Post-Qaddafi Era www.washington-report.com/component/content/article/152/7370-libyans-debate-post-qaddafi-era.html Nov. 28-29, 1994, Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a conference on “Post-Qaddafi Libya: The Prospect and The Promise.” The conference was unique in that all of the… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Noble’ War In Libya – Part 1
One can hardly fail to be impressed by the corporate media’s faith in humanity. Or at least that part of humanity with its finger on the cruise missile button. Last week, the Independent’s Patrick Cockburn predicted that ‘Western nations will soon be engaged in a war in Libya with the noble aim of protecting civilians.’ Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 23 March 2011 – The Big Black AT&T Sellout / Libya "Humanitarian" Regime Change
23 March 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left NNPA: Black America’s Watchdogs, Or Lapdogs For AT&T? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon On March 21 AT&T announced its intent to gobble up T-Mobile and control, with Verizon, three quarters of the US cellular market and most… Continue reading
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Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war 23 March 2011
23 March 2011 — Stop NATO EU’s Top Diplomat: NATO Should Take Control Of Libya Operation Bolivian President Demands Obama Be Stripped Of Nobel Peace Prize Over Libyan War Fires, Deaths: NATO Attacks Hit Tripoli Harbor, Airport “Regime Change” In Libya To Require Involvement In Ground War U.S. Marines Shoot Six Libyan Civilians To Rescue… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 22-23 March 2011
23 March 2011 17:45:46 — creative-i.info 23 March 2011 The Independent: London to host Libya conference Morning Star: Navies begin coast patrols BBC: VIDEO: Libyan air force thwarted by coalition RT: Ease of decision-making on use of force causes concern – Putin The Independent: Video: Libyan TV host has gun on show The Independent: Gaddafi’s… Continue reading
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Yesterday Iraq. Today Libya. “Paying the Price.”: Children are the Unspoken Victims of US-NATO Wars By Felicity Arbuthnot
Now Libya’s people are “paying the price”, for being, well, Libyan, I am reminded of another people that, to use the words of the appalling Madeleine Albright, then US., Ambassador the the UN., were : ” … a price worth paying.” She was talking of the deaths of half a million Iraqi children, on 12th… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 March, 2011: ‘Mossad snatched me, handcuffed me and hooded me’
22 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eight Palestinians, Including Three Children, Killed By Army Fire In Gaza On Tuesday IMEMC – Wednesday March 23, 2011 – 04:22, In the most recent wave of Israeli military escalation targeting the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources reported that eight Palestinians, including… Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war 22 March 2011
22 March 2011 — Stop NATO World Steps Up Criticism Of Western Attacks On Libya China Calls For Immediate End To Western Attacks On Libya U.S. Warplane Crashes In Libya Eight Warplanes: Sweden Follows NATO Into Another War First Combat Mission For Eurofighter: British MPs Back War Duty To NATO: Canadian MPs Unanimously Back Libyan… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 22 March, 2011: U.S. rescue chopper shoots six Libyan villagers as they welcome pilots of downed Air Force jet
22 March 2011 — Information Clearing House Libya: Another War We Shouldn’t Believe In By Ted Rall Does Qadafi have the right to defend himself? www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27742.htm Continue reading
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Of Principle and Peril By the Editors of MERIP
Given the multiple crises occurring on the planet at any given time, intervention is a political choice rather than a purely moral one. The hortatory sentences that start off, ‘We should,’ ought in all honesty to begin, ‘We can.’ Continue reading
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Yesterday Iraq. Today Libya. “Paying the Price.”: Children are the Unspoken Victims of US-NATO Wars By Felicity Arbuthnot
Now Libya’s people are “paying the price”, for being, well, Libyan, I am reminded of another people that, to use the words of the appalling Madeleine Albright, then US., Ambassador the the UN., were : ” … a price worth paying.” She was talking of the deaths of half a million Iraqi children, on 12th… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 21 March, 2011: A Flippant Beginning to Another War
21 March, 2011 — Information Clearing House US Army ‘Kill Team’ in Afghanistan Posed for Photos of Murdered Civilians By Jon Boone – WARNING – Images depict the reality and horror of war – Viewer discretion advised. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27738.htm Continue reading
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