Monthly Archives: August 2011

George Galloway challenges pro-rebel ‘Libyan’

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Bill van Auken: NATO is waging a war against Civilians

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Libyan rebel commander says 50,000 dead

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The leading role rebel Islamic extremists have played throughout the Libyan conflict

One terror leader in particular, Abdelhakim Belhaj, made headlines around the world over the weekend after it emerged that he was appointed the chief of Tripoli’s rebel Military Council. Prior to leading rebel forces against Gaddafi’s regime, Belhaj was the … Continue reading

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Lizzie Phelan Latest

In the last few hours Lizzie Phelan has contacted Global Civilians for Peace to announce she is now safely back in the UK but is heartbroken to have left Libya under the circumstances.  She said a Western-backed genocide is taking … Continue reading

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Impending massacre in Sirte

In a chilling interview, British Foreign Secretary William Hague threatens to ‘attack’ the people of Sirte who oppose NATO’s ambitions for Libya. Where are the calls for a no-fly zone? Read More http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=628388 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Sirte 21/07/2011

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Rare mainstream airing of voices opposed to NATO/rebel forces

Captured Soldier: “I myself would die a thousand times for Qaddafi, even now,” said Mr. Mohamed, a 20-year-old soldier, lying in a hospital as a prisoner of the rebels who ousted the Libyan leader. “I love him because he gave … Continue reading

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Where is the so called International Criminal Court?

Patrick Cockburn Speaking in quick nervous sentences, Mr Bahr tries to convince a suspicious local militia leader in charge of the police station in the Faraj district of Tripoli, that he is a building worker who has been arrested simply … Continue reading

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Before and after the rebels “liberated” Tripoli

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Black migrants flee Tripoli to escape ruthless, racist rebels

   

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Dan Glazebrook “War to maintain Africa in a subordinate position in global economy”

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The controversy surrounding the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – The alledged Lockerbie bomber

The lockerbie bombing has been used by the UK and US leadership and media to justify the current attack on Libya John Ashton Megrahi’s survival, and the Lockerbie case in general, now has far wider significance. For western governments struggling … Continue reading

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Black migrants narrowly escape racist NATO-backed rebels in Tripoli

Channel 4 News The myth of ‘African mercenaries’ in Libya has been used since the start of the Libyan conflict to explain away and cover up the mass lynching of black Libyans and migrant workers in Libya by racist elements … Continue reading

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Khalifa Haftar: Libyan CIA asset

A May 1991 New York Times report spoke of the CIA’s patronage of Haftar and his men. The report stated that the agency used to train them near a base in the Chadian capital N’Djamena. When Gaddafi asked the new … Continue reading

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‘NATO committing war crimes in Libya’ – Prof. Michel Chossudovsky

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Press TV Interview Prof. Michel Chossudovsky interview starts at 6.50 minutes Transcript of interview can be read here http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=26227

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Cynthia McKinney: Libya and Lies

NATO war crimes are being excused, discounted, or covered up by those who posed as supporters of justice and peace. It is never OK to bomb people. And it is never OK to ask the peace-loving people of this country … Continue reading

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Libyan rebels release fundamentalists

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The Murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher – Dispatches investigation

A response to the current British coverage surrounding the death of WPC Yvonne Fletcher . An important investigation into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot whilst on duty during a protest outside the Libyan Embassy in 1984. … Continue reading

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Libyan rebels illegally ‘receive foreign training’

Rebel source tells Al Jazeera about training offered by US and Egyptian special forces in eastern Libya.An unnamed rebel source related how he had undergone training in military techniques at a “secret facility” in eastern Libya. He told our correspondent … Continue reading

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The horror of NATO/Rebel attack on Tripoli – Abu Salim hospital massacre

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. The hospital had been cut off from health care workers for five days as rebel fighters sought to dislodge Gaddafi loyalists in the surrounding area of Abu Salim. Rescuers finally reached the hospital late on Thursday, finding 21 surviving … Continue reading

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Ethnic clensing of Black Libyans and migrant workers by NATO-backed rebels spreads to Tripoli

The mounting number of deaths of men from sub-Saharan Africa at the hands of the rebels – lynchings in many cases – raises disturbing questions about the opposition administration, the Transitional National Council (TNC) taking over as Libya’s government, and … Continue reading

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NATO Special Forces Illegally Clear Paths For Rebel Forces Attack On Sirte

The soldiers have taken a leading role not only in guiding bombers to blast a path for opposition fighters but also in planning the offensive that broke the six-month Misurata siege, said Mohammed Subka, a communications specialist in the Al … Continue reading

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NATO destroys yet another country – M.D Nalapa

In the case of Libya, this columnist has warned for five months that the NATO intervention would only result in civil war and in the steady destruction of the infrastructure that made Libya one of the more prosperous countries in … Continue reading

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NATO Special Forces on the Ground

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 … Continue reading

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AU desists from recognising Libya’s NTC

The African Union has refused to explicitly recognise Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), in a setback for Libyan rebels who have already been recognised as the legitimate government by more than 40 countries. Instead, the AU on Friday called for … Continue reading

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Rebel splits resurface

One of eastern Libya’s most powerful tribes has said it is prepared to detain and try senior rebel leaders it believes were behind the murder of the opposition’s top military commander. Abdel Fatah Younis was assassinated on July 28 after … Continue reading

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Kucinich: NATO Pursued Regime Change in Libya

Was the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency involved in planning for regime change prior to events in February and March in Benghazi? Did the CIA and its assets have a role in fomenting a civil war? Was the United States, … Continue reading

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Michael Maloof on Libya

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The presence of westerners on the ground in Libya aiding rebels

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Yvonne di Vito discusses the failings of journalists in Libya

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