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Libya Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 4-5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info 5 March 2011 What Libya Learned From Egypt Huffington Post (blog) Libya’s nationwide Internet blackout is entering its second full day. From a technical standpoint, it’s clear that this is a very different strategy than the one used by Egypt in the last days of the Mubarak regime. The ultimate… Continue reading
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US – NATO Threats to Libyan Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity By Antonio E. Paris
Virulent western media demands for UN and NATO actions against Gaddafi are reflections of covetous imperialist designs upon Libya. In this situation, the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Libyan people are threatened. A US-NATO invasion of Libya is even imminent. Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 3 March 2011
3 March 2011 — creative-i.info Don’t Fret Lost Libyan Oil But Worry Plenty About Algeria Forbes (blog) Loyalists and rebels in Libya are fighting it out over the town of Brega, one of five export terminals in the east of the country. Two US warships loom over the horizon in the Mediterranean. The flow of… Continue reading
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Libya Operation: Foreign Oil Interests Prompt Invasion
Mideast expert Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya says that US wants to appropriate Libyan oil, and that operations have already begun. Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 1 March 2011
1 March 2011 — creative-i.info Could Saudi Arabia Be Next? AOL News With a wave of pro-democracy fervor sweeping the Middle East, could the region’s richest powerhouse, Saudi Arabia, be next to fall? Or perhaps the question should be: Can oil money buy stability? Weeks ago, the answer seemed to be “yes. … www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/could-saudi-arabia-be-next/ Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 28 February, 2011
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Activists on Facebook call for March protests in Saudi Arabia USA Today On Sunday, about 100 Saudi intellectuals, activists and university professors published an open letter calling on the king to launch major political reforms and allow citizens to have a greater say in ruling the country, Reuters reports. …… Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 27 February, 2011
27 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Saudi Arabia holding firm in the Middle East for now: Platts TV Platts The wave of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa is not expected to touch Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporting nation, despite the spread of popular revolt in the region, guests on the Platts… Continue reading
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Libya in the Great Game By Manlio Dinucci
Fleeing Libya are not only families who fear for their lives and poor immigrants from other North African countries. There are tens of thousands of ‘refugees’ who are being repatriated by their governments with ships and aircraft: they are mainly engineers and executives of major oil companies. Continue reading
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Is Tripoli being set up for a civil war to justify U.S. and NATO military intervention in oil-rich Libya? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroay
There is no question that Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi (Al-Qaddafi) is a dictator. He has been the dictator and so-called “qaid” of Libya for about 42 years. Yet, it appears that tensions are being ratcheted up and the flames of revolt are being fanned inside Libya. This includes earlier statements by the British Foreign Secretary William… Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 25 February, 2011
25 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Gadhafi tells Tripoli crowd: ‘Retaliate’ msnbc.com TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s embattled Moammar Gadhafi called on his supporters Friday to defend against the surging oppposition, telling a crowd of thousands that “we are ready to triumph over the enemy.” Gadhafi, wearing a fur cap and sunglasses, … http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41775200/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/ Continue reading
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Libya: How Gaddafi became a Western-backed dictator By Peter Boyle
On February 22, Muammar Gaddafi was boasting on state TV that the Libyan people were with him and that he was the Libyan revolution, even while his dwindling army of special guards and hired mercenaries attempted to drown a popular revolution in blood. Continue reading
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Fear stalks Tripoli, celebrations in Libya’s east By Alexander Dziadosz
Thousands of Libyans celebrated the liberation of the eastern city of Benghazi from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, who was reported to have sent a plane to bomb them on Wednesday as he clung to power. Continue reading
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Fear stalks Tripoli, celebrations in Libya’s east By Alexander Dziadosz
Thousands of Libyans celebrated the liberation of the eastern city of Benghazi from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, who was reported to have sent a plane to bomb them on Wednesday as he clung to power. Continue reading
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Reflections of Fidel: The Plan is to Occupy Libya
Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 10 February, 2011
10 February, 2011 — creative-i.info WikiLeaks blasts defector ahead of book launch CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Berlin (CNN) — A former WikiLeaks staffer who left the organization to start a rival website “damaged” WikiLeaks infrastructure and … www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/10/germany.openleaks.wikileaks/ Continue reading
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The Crisis of Civilization – Trailer
The Crisis of Civilization is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system. Continue reading
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The Siege against Gaza: America’s Ongoing Support of Israeli Military and Intelligence Operations By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
The raids on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, bear the mark of previous Israeli operations directed against unarmed civilians. It is a well established modus operandi of Israeli military-intelligence operations, which is tacitly supported by the US administration. The killing of civilians is intended to trigger a response by Palestinian resistance forces, which in turn justifies… Continue reading
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Oil Deposits in the Carribean basin – largest deposit ever discovered, under some of the poorest countries
“There is ample evidence that the oil reserves under the Caribbean Basin are on the same scale as those of the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden combined, and that they contain three thousand more times natural gas than oil. Energy reserves of that magnitude will change the geopolitical balance of… Continue reading
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William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 83 – Some thoughts on 'patriotism' written on July 4
I was once asked after a talk: ‘Do you love America?’ I answered: ‘No’. After pausing for a few seconds to let that sink in amidst several nervous giggles in the audience, I continued with: ‘I don’t love any country. I’m a citizen of the world. I love certain principles, like human rights, civil liberties,… Continue reading
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