Monthly Archives: April 2012

Hundreds of tonnes of ammunition and arms plus drones breezed through the blockade, exposing what critics say was Canada and NATO’s real motive during the Libyan war — regime change

The Libya Mission One Year Later: The rules of engagement By David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen February 19, 2012 The radio on board HMCS Charlottetown crackled with the news. The Canadian warship’s boarding party had struck pay dirt — a … Continue reading

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Hawkish Baird urged Libyan rebels to keep up fight

By Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News  April 27, 2012 10:01 PM OTTAWA – During a trip to eastern Libya last June, at a time when rebel forces were locked in a stalemate with troops loyal to dictator Moammar Gadhafi and many … Continue reading

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Courthouse bomb in Libya’s Benghazi wounds four

By Mohammed al-Tommy | Reuters BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at a courthouse in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, wounding four people and damaging nearby buildings in a new challenge to the government’s struggle to restore … Continue reading

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US government official to join US trade delegation

The US-Libya Business Association (USLBA) has announced that the US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Jose Fernandez, will be joining its delegation which visits Libya from April 20 – 28. The delegation, which will go to … Continue reading

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Did NGO’s help overthrow Gaddafi?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrWC7KDpM5E&feature=youtu.be

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NATO’s Slow Genocide in Libya: Syria is Next

Thursday, April 19, 2012 Land Destroyer What the world has to look forward to if NATO and the UN gets its way in Syria. by Tony Cartalucci April 19, 2012 – While Qatari government propaganda outlet Al Jazeera is busy … Continue reading

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Qatar National Bank buys 49 pct stake in Libyan bank

Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:40am GMT DOHA, April 15 (Reuters) – Qatar National Bank (QNB), the Gulf state’s largest bank, has acquired a 49 percent stake in Libya’s Bank of Commerce and Development as part of the Qatari lender’s aggressive … Continue reading

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Lawless Libya

Yaara Bou Melhem gets rare access to see what life is really like in Libya after Gaddafi, as heavily armed rebels remain largely in control of a country in chaos. Warning some shocking images Images of Tawergha after ethnic cleansing … Continue reading

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From the Cold War to NATO’s “Humanitarian Wars”: The Complicity of United Nations

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | Thursday, April 5, 2012, 11:20 Beijing  Humanitarian wars, especially under the guise of the “Responsibility to Protect (R2P),” are a modern form of imperialism. The standard pattern that the United States and its allies use to … Continue reading

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Universal Periodic Review of Libya: Was the case for R2P based on fraud?

Centre for the Study of Interventionism This document was written in March 2012 by Julien Teil, Senior Associate at the Centre for the Study of Interventionism.  The Libyan case is a very good example of interference in the internal affairs of a … Continue reading

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147 dead in week of southern clashes

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A week of fighting between rival tribes deep in Libya’s south has killed 147 people, the government said on Saturday, but it said it had brokered a fresh ceasefire agreement between the two sides. The clashes in the desert … Continue reading

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