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The rape of Libya By Bill Van Auken
The pretense that the US and its European NATO allies were intervening in Libya to ‘protect civilians and civilian populated areas from threat of attack,’ as stated in the United Nations Security Council resolution, has effectively been abandoned. Behind the fig leaf of this resolution the naked imperialist and colonial character of the war has… Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Libyan Deaths, Media Silence – Were Dozens Killed in Majer NATO Airstrikes?
Allegations of Libyan civilian deaths as a result of NATO bombing have often been covered in the corporate media as an opportunity to scoff at the Gadhafi regime’s unconvincing propaganda (FAIR Blog, 6/9/11). But dramatic new allegations that dozens of civilians were killed in Majer after NATO airstrikes on August 8 have been met with… Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 3 August 2011
3 August 2011 — williambowles.info Latest word from Yemen’s ill president doesn’t allay tensions MiamiHerald.com By ADAM BARON SANAA, Yemen — When Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia on June 5 after suffering severe injuries in a bomb attack on his compound, many in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Torture still rampant in post-revolution Egypt, activists say MiamiHerald.com The only difference in post-revolution Egypt, they say, is that victims empowered by the uprising are speaking publicly of their brutal experiences. Hossam Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, offered a grim … http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/28/2334670/torture-still-rampant-in-post.html Continue reading
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The Role of the UN Security Council in Unleashing an Illegal War against Libya By Ronda Hauben
Looking back at the sequence of events by which the issue of Libya was brought to the Security Council, leads to an important observation. It was not a Security Council member nation which started this process. Nor was it the Arab League. Rather it was a party that one could argue had no legitimate basis… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 13 July 2011
13 July 2011 — williambowles.info The Path to Democracy in Egypt The Atlantic By Daniel Brumberg Cairo is full of a hundred metaphors for the incoherence, fragmentation, and spirited improvisation that animate Egypt’s unfolding transition. My favorite was the traffic cram that erupted at a major intersection near Cairo … http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/07/the-path-to-democracy-in-egypt/241712/ Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 11 July 2011
11 July 2011 — williambowles.info FEATURE-Libya’s ragtag rebels discover discipline in battle Reuters By Nick Carey EAST OF ZLITAN, Libya, July 11 (Reuters) – Midway through the morning, as Grad rockets whooshed through the branches of trees overhead, some of the young men of the 1st battalion Al Marsa regiment began to sing. A slow, Continue reading
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NATO War Crimes: Red Cross alarmed by Libya situation, fears worse By Stephanie Nebehay
Health care and food supplies are deteriorating in Libya, but the Gaddafi government has managed to keep paying wages and subsidies in areas under its control, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday. Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 15 June 2011
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Grapel denies Mossad ties Ynetnews Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reports Israeli held in Egypt told interrogators information he sent friends via email didn’t was not confidential, could be found online. Meanwhile, Al Ahram daily insists Grapel ‘an important element within Mossad’ … http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4082378,00.html Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 5 June 2011: Yemen may become threat to UK security, says Hague
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info Timeline: Saleh’s 33-year rule in Yemen Reuters (Reuters) – Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh, wounded in an attack on his presidential palace on Friday, has flown to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. Below is a timeline of Saleh’s 33-year rule. July 1978 – Saleh takes power in then-North Yemen … Continue reading
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Media Fabrications: Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem Did Not Defect By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
From the start of the war on Libya, psychological warfare has been been used by the Obama Administration and their NATO allies. Systematic use of the media and the creation of internal divisions through rumours and fabrications has been part of the Libya PsyOp. Continue reading
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Spain Newslinks 25 May 2011
25 May 2011– williambowles.info Euro zone wonders which economy will be the next to fail GlobalPost A woman with her mouth taped shut participates in a protest against Spain’s economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 20, 2011. (Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images) BRUSSELS, Belgium — Any Continue reading
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NATO’s Secret Ground War in Libya By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
From the outset, the conflict in North Africa was intended to lead into an all out NATO war. The Pentagon and NATO are not only arming the Transitional Council in violation of international law, they also had forces on the ground from the start. Continue reading
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Independent media newslinks and analysis on Libya 19-20 March 2011
20 March 2011 — creative-i.info 20 March 2011 Protecting Libyan Civilians, Not Others The Hypocrisy of the Libyan Conflict Understating Afghan Civilian Deaths PANA, “Attack on Libya Slights African Diplomatic Option” Libya: White House moves towards war, seeking regime change or partition PANA, “AU Calls for Cessation of Hostilities, Beginning of Reform Process in Libya” Continue reading
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Independent media newslinks and analysis on Libya 19-20 March 2011
20 March 2011 — creative-i.info 20 March 2011 Protecting Libyan Civilians, Not Others The Hypocrisy of the Libyan Conflict Understating Afghan Civilian Deaths PANA, “Attack on Libya Slights African Diplomatic Option” Libya: White House moves towards war, seeking regime change or partition PANA, “AU Calls for Cessation of Hostilities, Beginning of Reform Process in Libya” Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 8 March 2011
8 March 2011 — creative-i.info Why Libya’s Qaddafi could survive like Saddam in 1991 – Christian Science Monitor Rather than the euphoric victories in Tunisia and Egypt, Libya’s conflict now evokes another uprising: Iraqis’ 1991 failed bid to overthrow Saddam Hussein, who ruled for another 12 years. The Kingdom of Libya flag is placed in Continue reading
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The Ten Reasons The Banksters Get Away With It By Danny Schechter
There is no doubt that Administration policy gave crooks great latitude, as financial journalist Yves Smith explains, “The overly generous terms of the TARP, and the failure of Team Obama to force management changes on the industry in early 2009 was a fatal error. It has embedded and emboldened a deeply corrupt plutocracy.” 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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Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 24 February, 2011
24 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Yemeni President Urges Security Forces to Protect Demonstrators Voice of America Photo: AP Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has urged his security forces to protect the demonstrators who are calling for him to resign. Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency published a statement saying Saleh ordered the security forces to prevent 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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