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Video: Libyan rebel leader shakes hands with Sarkozy — RT
President Sarkozy has guaranteed military assistance to the new Libyan government for as long as it is needed in a meeting with rebel leader Mahmoud Jibril in Paris. In turn, Jibril asked for France’s help in unfreezing Libyan assets. Continue reading
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Video: Libyan rebel leader shakes hands with Sarkozy — RT
President Sarkozy has guaranteed military assistance to the new Libyan government for as long as it is needed in a meeting with rebel leader Mahmoud Jibril in Paris. In turn, Jibril asked for France’s help in unfreezing Libyan assets. Continue reading
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'Libya rebels to divide in victory vacuum' — RT
Libyan rebels are united by hatred towards the current leader. Once Colonel Gaddafi is out of the game, they will turn on each other and NATO, predicts Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of London-based pan-Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Continue reading
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‘Libya rebels to divide in victory vacuum’ — RT
Libyan rebels are united by hatred towards the current leader. Once Colonel Gaddafi is out of the game, they will turn on each other and NATO, predicts Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of London-based pan-Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Continue reading
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‘Death or victory!’ – Gaddafi addresses the nation — RT
Colonel Gaddafi has addressed his nation to say the battle with ‘aggressors’ will last ‘until the end’. Meanwhile, the rebels’ assault on the Tripoli compound brought no visible results and shelling goes on in Libyan towns. Continue reading
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‘Death or victory!’ – Gaddafi addresses the nation — RT
Colonel Gaddafi has addressed his nation to say the battle with ‘aggressors’ will last ‘until the end’. Meanwhile, the rebels’ assault on the Tripoli compound brought no visible results and shelling goes on in Libyan towns. Continue reading
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French want Total control of Libyan oil — RT
French oil companies are likely to be among those hoping for lucrative oil contracts with a new government in Libya. But the cost of the intervention and the unknown agenda of the rebels could mean more losses than gains. Continue reading
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French want Total control of Libyan oil — RT
French oil companies are likely to be among those hoping for lucrative oil contracts with a new government in Libya. But the cost of the intervention and the unknown agenda of the rebels could mean more losses than gains. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 23 August 2011
23 August 2011 — williambowles.info Where’s Kadafi? Rumors of his whereabouts preoccupy Libya Los Angeles Times By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times He has exasperated the world for decades and, now, amid gun battles and artillery smoke, Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s whereabouts are a mystery. The fight for the Libyan capital,Tripoli, seems far from over Continue reading
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'Second colonization of Africa underway' — RT
NATO’s operation in Libya is a perfectly planned political spectacle which marks the beginning of the second colonization of Africa, declared former Belgian Parliament deputy speaker Lode Vanoost. Continue reading
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Video: British brains, brawn and bombs bolster Libyan rebels — RT
On Tuesday, British newspapers revealed that the UK not only detached spies and former SAS gurus to train militants, but was also providing them with ammunition for the operation, including night-vision goggles, advanced communication equipment and no less than 1,000 sets of body armor. Continue reading
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Video: British brains, brawn and bombs bolster Libyan rebels — RT
On Tuesday, British newspapers revealed that the UK not only detached spies and former SAS gurus to train militants, but was also providing them with ammunition for the operation, including night-vision goggles, advanced communication equipment and no less than 1,000 sets of body armor. Continue reading
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“Syria is fine”… or is it? — RT
The UN says more than 2,200 people have been killed in Syria in the six-month-long crackdown on anti-government protesters. And despite growing calls by the Western leaders for Bashar Assad to step down, he says his regime is not in danger. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 23 August 2011
23 August 2011 — williambowles.info Syria’s Death Told Reaches Over 2200 People NPR by Michele Kelemen A top UN Human Rights official says the death toll in Syria has climbed to over 2200 people, 350 of whom have been killed since the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. High Commissioner Navi Pillay repeated Continue reading
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NATO’s covert hand crucial in rebel advance on Tripoli — RT
During the months of fighting in Libya, NATO provided crucial assistance to the rebels far beyond air strikes on Gaddafi’s key communications and weapons facilities. Surveillance, private contractors and military instructors have helped to turn rebel groups into a force able to storm Tripoli. Continue reading
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NATO’s covert hand crucial in rebel advance on Tripoli — RT
During the months of fighting in Libya, NATO provided crucial assistance to the rebels far beyond air strikes on Gaddafi’s key communications and weapons facilities. Surveillance, private contractors and military instructors have helped to turn rebel groups into a force able to storm Tripoli. Continue reading
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Crude Western interests in Libya — RT
The fight is not over in Tripoli, but the carve-up of Libya’s vast oil riches – the biggest in Africa – is already beginning and no doubt the process will not come cheaply for the Libyan people. Continue reading
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Crude Western interests in Libya — RT
The fight is not over in Tripoli, but the carve-up of Libya’s vast oil riches – the biggest in Africa – is already beginning and no doubt the process will not come cheaply for the Libyan people. Continue reading
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Video: 'Western countries fighting for Libya’s oil fields like piranhas' — RT
Months of chaos await Libya if the NATO-led operation in the country topples Muammar Gaddafi, political analyst William Engdahl told RT, but regime change would suit Western oil interests. Continue reading