Operation Odyssey Dawn
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Sarkozy’s Libyan War By Robert Harneis
The history of Khadafy’s relationship with the West, and the United States in particular, is the stuff of pulp fiction. In 1969 the CIA under the newly elected President Nixon helped him overthrow the British puppet King Idris in the newly oil rich kingdom. They picked the wrong guy. Continue reading
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“Rebels” are power-hungry terrorists, say Libyan refugees — RT
Civilian casualties have raised serious misgivings about NATO intervention in Libya, even among supporters of the ongoing aerial campaign. And while the international community is taking sides in the conflict, it is the Libyan people who suffer most. Continue reading
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NATO’s Afrika Korps Escalates War Of Attrition Against Libya
Altogether, following in the North African footsteps of Napoleon Bonaparte’s France, imperial Britain, Benito Mussolini’s Italy and Adolf Hitler’s Germany, Western nations are engaged in the longest war against an African country in modern times and the most intensive armed aggression against one ever. Continue reading
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Pirates of the Mediterranean By William Bowles
In a very real (and I hazard a guess, legal) sense the BBC is complicit (as is the rest of the MSM) in the committing of war crimes not only by accepting the idea that force is the only means of resolving conflict, but also by actively promoting this view in its ‘news’ coverage. Continue reading
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US and UK extend talons over Libya – II By Peter Eyre
No matter what spin you hear coming out of the US, Washington is very much in control of the conflict in Libya and in control of what goes on at the United Nations, and believe me, we have only seen Phase 1 of their objectives to force regime change and take control of the vast… Continue reading
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NATO and Libyan rebels play the blame game — RT
It is now nine days since NATO took command of the Libyan operation from the US. In the last week alone, two confirmed friendly fire NATO air strikes left a total of over 20 rebels dead and dozens injured, so there is no wonder tensions are running high in the desert. Continue reading
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FT journalist accuses press warmongers
A leading Financial Times journalist accused the British media today of ‘buttering up’ the population to support the war on Libya. Continue reading
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Sarkozy between a Libyan ‘rock’ and a French ‘hard place’ — RT
For a France that was pushing for a military solution in Libya three weeks ago, the possibility of a stalemate looks likely to bring some grand ambitions crashing down, with watchers already questioning the noble sentiments voiced by the country. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 6-7 April 2011
7 April 2011 17:15 — creative-i.info 7 April 2011 FAIR: NYT Calls for Protecting Libyan Civilians by Escalating War–Like in Fallujah Links Int’l: The two wars in Libya ICH: We Are Not Being Told The Truth About Libya RT: Russian journalists seized by Libyan rebels The Independent: Video: Nato releases footage of Libya airstrike Stop Nato: Continue reading
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Libya: Arms, Duplicity and Front Line Foetuses By Felicity Arbuthnot
On 29th March, freshly back from a good will tour of the Middle East, with a bunch of arms salesmen in tow, as bombs rained down on Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron, welcomed Foreign Ministers from more than forty countries to a London Conference: ‘To help the Libyan people in their hour of need.’ Continue reading
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Libyan War Prepared For Months In Advance, Prelude To Larger War
Interview with Giulietto Chiesa, former member of the European Parliament and Italian journalist covering international relations. Continue reading
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Western intervention has made an incredible mess in Libya – anti-war activist — RT
When a revolution takes place in a country – it is the business of the people in that country to conduct the revolution, believes anti-war activist John Reese from Stop the War Coalition. Continue reading
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Libya on fire, who’s next? — RT
As fighting for control over the cities of Brega and Misrata continues in Libya, RT looks at how the military operation could just be the start of Washington’s wider goals in the region. Continue reading
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Franglo-American Attack on Libya Prepared Months in Advance
Mathaba can reveal that documents on the Command Air Defence And Air Operations (France) website show the attack on Libya reached its final stages of planning in early November 2010, which prompted Gaddafi to send his loyal assistant to Paris under pretence of “defection” to feed misinformation to France Continue reading
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Franglo-American Attack on Libya Prepared Months in Advance
Mathaba can reveal that documents on the Command Air Defence And Air Operations (France) website show the attack on Libya reached its final stages of planning in early November 2010, which prompted Gaddafi to send his loyal assistant to Paris under pretence of “defection” to feed misinformation to France Continue reading
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Concern grows over possible use of depleted uranium in Libya
The likelihood of DU use in Libya has now increased following the deployment and use of A-10 and Harrier AV-8B aircraft. ICBUW calls for pressure to be brought on the US to clarify the situation, and to put DU ammunition beyond use. Continue reading
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NATO’s Fascist War By Fidel Castro Ruz
Never before was a large or small country, in this case of barely 5 million inhabitants, the victim of such a brutal attack by the air force of a military organization which has at its disposal thousands of fighter planes, more than 100 submarines, nuclear aircraft carriers, and sufficient arsenal to destroy the planet countless… Continue reading
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A Hundred Years of Rain: Air War Comes Full Circle in Libya By Chris Floyd
Ian Patterson notes that the air war unleashed on Libya by the Western powers last week coincides very neatly with the 100th anniversary of the first military air strike — which was launched by a Western power against … Libya. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 28-29 March 2011
29 March 2011 18:25:47 — creative-i.info 29 March 2011 Morning Star: Peace activists: Let people decide Morning Star: Obama spoils Cameron’s Libya war party Morning Star: Regime forces drive off rebel attack at Sirte Dissident Voice: Libya, Obama, and Empire Dissident Voice: Libya’s Blood for Oil The Independent: Libyan opposition sets out post-Gaddafi vision FAIR: Continue reading
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Reports suggest French intelligence encouraged anti-Gaddafi protests By Alex Lantier
Reports have emerged in European media alleging that efforts by French intelligence to destabilize or topple the Libyan government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi may have played a role in last month’s protests in Benghazi, which ultimately led to war in Libya. Continue reading
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