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The economically and morally bankrupt vultures descend on Libya

“There is a gold rush of sorts taking place right now,” The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO’s military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion … Continue reading

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Intercepted phone call: NATO troops on the ground and mass graves in Misrata

US and European troops participated in the invasion of Tripoli and are still stationed there, according to an intercepted telephone call between officials of Libya’s National Transitional Council, the body purporting to represent NATO-allied rebels in the Libyan civil war. … Continue reading

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French lawyers to sue Sarkozy over Libya abuses

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Moussa Ibrahim: 17, including French and British, captured

(Reuters) – A spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi said on Sunday that 17 “mercenaries,” including what he called French and British “technical experts” have been captured in the Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid in Libya. “A group was captured in Bani … Continue reading

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The carving up of Libya’s wealth

The starting pistol has been fired on bids by Britain and other western powers to secure a slice of the oil prize in Libya when France said it was “fair and logical” for its companies to benefit. Alain Juppé, the … Continue reading

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The economically and morally bankrupt vultures descend on Libya

Libya’s rebels in April promised France 35 per cent of the country’s crude oil in exchange for supporting the National Transitional Council in its fight against Muammar Gaddafi, a French newspaper reported on Thursday. French oil giant Total is one … 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 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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Rebels ‘aided by Nato’ says Libyan spokesperson Moussa Ibrahim

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14607494

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Former French PM Villepin in Libya talks

Villepin, a rival to President Nicolas Sarkozy who has floated plans for a presidential run in 2012, is the second French figure outside government to seek a solution to the Libyan conflict, after celebrity philosopher Bernard Henri Levi. The former … Continue reading

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Russia: France has no authority to give Libyan money to the rebels

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has opposed any manipulations of European countries with the frozen accounts of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi saying that this money can be used only following a special sanction of the UN Security Council. Moscow made such … Continue reading

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Gaddafi may survive military onslaught and be allowed to stay in Libya, admits Sarkozy’s foreign minister

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016972/Libya-Gadaffi-survive-military-onslaught-admits-Nicolas-Sarkozys-foreign-minister.html

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France: Gaddafi could stay in Libya

Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on LCI television: “One of the hypotheses that is envisaged is that he stays in Libya, on one condition … that he clearly steps aside from Libya’s political life. This is what we are waiting … Continue reading

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West Funnels Illegal Weapons Into Libya – Nazemroaya

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Libya: Nato ‘will stop as soon as Gaddafi loyalists and rebels begin direct negotiations’

‘Nato will stop their bombardment of Libya as soon as Gaddafi loyalists and rebels sit round a table and begin direct negotiations, according to the French defence minister.’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8629326/Libya-Nato-will-stop-as-soon-as-Gaddafi-loyalists-and-rebels-begin-direct-negotiations.html

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