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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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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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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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Operation in Libya – now live at Twitter — RT
A former Dutch officer has intercepted radio conversations between military pilots who are ensuring a no-fly zone over Libya, and posted the findings on his Twitter account. Continue reading
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Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war 20 March 2011
20 March — Stop NATO Heavy Anti-Aircraft Fire, Explosions Heard In Libyan Capital U.S. Stealth Bombers Drop 40 Bombs On Libyan Airfield Norway Provides Six F-16s For Strikes Against Libya Canadian Prime Minister: Strikes On Libya “Act Of War,” Expect Civilian Casualties Russia: NATO Attacks Kill 48 Libyan Civilians, Wound Over 150 Chinese, Russian Foreign… Continue reading
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All Out War on Libya, Surge in the Price of Crude Oil… “Humanitarian Wars are Good for Business”…. Speculators Applaud…. By Michel Chossudovsky
Reports confirm that NATO special forces and military advisers to the rebellion are on the ground in Eastern Libya. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News March 13, 2011
13 March — Stop NATO 1. Venezuela Says U.S., NATO Preparing For War In Libya 2. NATO’s Threat 3. African Union Gives Rebuff To NATO Intervention Plans In Libya 4. Russia Opposes Foreign Military Intervention In Libya 5. Armenia: NATO’s Third Partner In The Caucasus 6. Afghanistan’s Karzai: U.S., NATO Should Halt Operations From: 7.… Continue reading
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Western countries advocating intervention as pretext for oil grab – Russian envoy
As the international community continues to debate the role it should take in the Libyan unrest, Russia’s Envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin expresses concern over NATO’s plans for military intervention in the country. Continue reading
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Libya Independent Media Newslinks
11 March 2011 — creative-i.info 11 March 2011 He may not be socialist, but Gadaffi is anti-imperialist Libya in the Cross-Hairs of a “Humanitarian War”: A “No Fly Zone” is Equivalent to an Act of War Countries reject intervention in Libya as NATO moves warships into Mediterranean Russia urges political dialogue in Libya Gaddafi gaining… Continue reading
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Libya Independent Media Newslinks
11 March 2011 — creative-i.info 11 March 2011 He may not be socialist, but Gadaffi is anti-imperialist Libya in the Cross-Hairs of a “Humanitarian War”: A “No Fly Zone” is Equivalent to an Act of War Countries reject intervention in Libya as NATO moves warships into Mediterranean Russia urges political dialogue in Libya Gaddafi gaining… Continue reading
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Radio And Text: Rick Rozoff: West Has Crossed The Rubicon On Libya
Rick Rozoff: I would argue we’re days, perhaps hours, away from a US/NATO military operation against Libya; whether it entails bombing and destroying on the ground the Libyan air force and air defense and surveillance facilities and so on we can only speculate, but I think at this point it’s pretty clear that the West… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News March 10, 2011: NATO Commanders Have Drawn Up Plans For Libya Military Operations
10 March 2011 — Stop NATO 1. U.S. Official: NATO “Natural Choice For Military Action” Against Libya 2. NATO Troops Kill Afghan President’s Cousin 3. Police Slay Afghan Civilians, German Troops Kill Afghan Woman 4. Italian FM Calls For Joint EU-NATO Naval Blockade Of Libya 5. Military Interference In African States Unacceptable: Russian Foreign Minister… Continue reading
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Four must read articles on Libya
Four excellent articles on the Imperial ramp-up to war on Libya Continue reading
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Point Of No Return: U.S. And NATO Prepare For War With Libya By Rick Rozoff
March 7 was a pivotal moment in plans by Western powers to launch military operations against Libya. Continue reading
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Libya and the Return of Humanitarian Imperialism By Jean Bricmont
The whole gang is back: The parties of the European Left (grouping the ‘moderate’ European communist parties), the ‘Green’ José Bové, now allied with Daniel Cohn-Bendit, who has never seen a US-NATO war he didn’t like, various Trotkyist groups and of course Bernard-Henry Lévy and Bernard Kouchner, all calling for some sort of ‘humanitarian intervention’… Continue reading
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Another NATO Intervention? Libya: Is This Kosovo All Over Again? By Diana Johnstone
Less than a dozen years after NATO bombed Yugoslavia into pieces, detaching the province of Kosovo from Serbia, there are signs that the military alliance is gearing up for another victorious little ‘humanitarian war’, this time against Libya. The differences are, of course, enormous. But let’s look at some of the disturbing similarities. Continue reading
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To no-fly or not to no-fly Libya — RT
In the event the no-fly zone resolution is presented to the Security Council, it may not go down particularly well. Russia has a veto on the UN Security Council and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated on Monday that Moscow is against any foreign intervention in the situation in Libya. Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Stories and Links for 5-6 March 2011
6 March 2011 — creative-i.info Newslinks Egypt Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinksfor 6 March 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 6 March 2001 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 6 March 2011 Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 6 March 2011 Saudi Arabia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 5 March 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Media… Continue reading