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Will the ICC Act? Indictment against NATO

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/16-11-2011/119646-indictment_second-0/ 16.11.2011 Nada Pejnovic and Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey Is the International Criminal Court at The Hague a real court which respects and uphold international law, or is it an insult to the precept that international law is applied fairly and is … Continue reading

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Heritage Oil chief recruits former Tory candidate for access to Libya’s reserves

      Ex-special forces soldiers aim to gain energy deals Tony Buckingham buying into Saharan oil operators David Leigh and Derek Brower guardian.co.uk, Sunday 13 November 2011 19.48 GMT Tony Buckingham, the British former soldier of fortune who heads … Continue reading

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British companies to rush for £200bn in Libya contracts

  By Rob Davies Last updated at 12:17 PM on 22nd October 2011 Extracts British firms are arming themselves for a scramble to win up to £200billion worth of contracts in Libya, as the North African nation looks to its … Continue reading

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In Tripoli, Libya’s Interim Leader Says He Is Quitting

By Vivienne Walt / TripoliWednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 Two months after rebel fighters stormed into Tripoli and drove Muammar Gaddafi from power, the man effectively running the country in his role as temporary prime minister warned on Wednesday night that … Continue reading

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US to Deploy More Military Forces in Libya

Pan-African News Wire The world’s only international daily Pan-African News source Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:53PM GMT presstv.ir According to White House spokesman Jay Carney, the United States is preparing to deploy additional forces on the ground in Libya to … Continue reading

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Regional rebel rivalries

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and KAREEM FAHIM Published: September 25, 2011 TRIPOLI, Libya — When the fighters who ousted Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi find caches of weapons from his arsenals, they do not entrust them to Libya’s new provisional government. Instead, … Continue reading

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Libyan rebels disappointed by lack of leadership slip away from Bani Walid front

By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, September 24, 4:59 PM WADI DINAR, Libya — Many revolutionary fighters are abandoning one of the main fronts in the battle to rout Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists, saying they’re not afraid of dying in the face … Continue reading

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Witch hunts in ‘free Libya’ by Lizzie Phelan

Voltairenet.org London (United Kingdom) While NATO’s mandate enjoins it to protect civilians, the Alliance allows the forces of the Libyan National Transition Council to continue their abuses. After hunting down black Africans, the summary executions now extend to members of … Continue reading

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Did The African Union Really “Recognize” NTC As Libya’s Government?

At both meetings, the African Union encouraged the Libyan stakeholders to form an all-inclusive transitional government that would work towards the promotion of national unity, reconciliation and democracy and urged the National Transitional Council (NTC) to protect all foreign workers, … Continue reading

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Asiel, a Libyan living in the UK, gives an update on the current events in Libya

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Libyan rebels ‘Brigade for Purging Slaves’ targets black Africans

 Libyan rebel fighters are allegedly abusing dark-skinned Libyans and migrant black African workers, ignoring calls for restraint from the National Transitional Council. Black Libyans and African migrants have been targeted by Libyan rebel fighters who even have a special unit … Continue reading

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Cameron and Sarkozy: “Dancing on Graves” in Benghazi

It has been described as a moment Prime Minister David Cameron and President Nicolas Sarkozy “will savour for years,” “the ultimate photo opportunity” and “a moment which will shape French and British foreign policy.” When Cameron and President Sarkozy went … Continue reading

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Assault on Gaddafi bastion ends in chaotic retreat

BANI WALID/SIRTE, Libya, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Libyan interim government forces fled on Sunday in a chaotic retreat from the town of Bani Walid, after failing in yet another attempt to storm the final bastions of loyalists of ousted leader … Continue reading

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TeleSur on the humanitarian crisis in Bani Walid and Sirte

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After Much Wrangling, General Assembly Seats National Transitional Council of Libya as Country’s Representative for Sixty-Sixth Session

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The role of Libya in African development

Burkino Faso The Burkinabe, as Burkina Faso’s residents are known, credit Gadhafi with starting banks, hospitals, university buildings, roads, mosques and women’s education centers. If Ouagadougou were a modern city, this sort of investment might be less conspicuous. But here, … Continue reading

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Sukant Chandan on the hypocrisy of NATO’s ‘protection of civilians’

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Libya Intensifies Resistance to NATO-led Occupation – Abayomi Azikiwe

Resistance by the loyalist forces in Libya has escalated with major clashes between supporters of the Gaddafi government and the U.S.-NATO financed rebel National Transitional Council (NTC). For over two weeks the western-backed leadership along with the imperialists have been … Continue reading

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‘Rebels’ and NATO continue to face strong Libyan resistance in Bani Walid

 

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The real war starts now

Everyone in Libya is now virtually armed to its teeth. The economy is paralyzed. A nasty catfight over who will control Libya’s unfrozen billions of dollars is already on. The Obeidi tribe is furious with the TNC as there’s been … Continue reading

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15 killed as Gaddafi loyalists attack oil refinery

Witnesses said a convoy of pickups drove out of the desert at 9am and attacked the facility close to Ras Lanuf, about 380 from Tripoli, on the approach to the regime stronghold of Sirte. Abdalil Salah, an official in the … Continue reading

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Mustafa Abdul-Jalil and Mahmoud Jibril have been paving the way for NATO’s conquest since 2007

A violent rebellion broke out in Benghazi, Libya on February 15th this year (1). Six days later, Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Abdul-Jalil resigned to set up an alternative government. On February 27th, the Transitional National Council was established, and on … Continue reading

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Rebel infighting continues

TRIPOLI — At least 12 people were killed and 16 wounded when two groups of fighters opposed to Moamer Kadhafi turned on each other in Libya’s west, two officials said on Sunday. The fighting, which has its roots in ancient … Continue reading

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‘Rebels’ rely on NATO bombardment in the face of strong Libyan resistance

Despite thousands of NATO airstrikes and despite the cutting off of water, electricity and food in areas such as Sirte and Bani Walid, the NATO/Rebel attack on Libya is still being met with strong, popular resistance.        

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Libya: “This wasn’t a popular uprising,” – Berlusconi

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday that ousted Libyan leader Moamer was loved by his people and that the rebellion that toppled him was not a popular uprising. “This wasn`t a popular uprising,” like in other north African countries … Continue reading

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Chaos as Libyan council chief gives briefing in Tripoli

   The Irish Times – Friday, September 9, 2011 CHRIS STEPHEN in Tripoli LIBYA’S REBEL prime minister Mahmoud Jibril saw his grand entrance on the world stage dissolve amid chaotic scenes yesterday at his first press conference since arriving in … Continue reading

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Nazemroaya: ‘NATO carpet bombed Libya’

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Asiel reports on the situation in Sirte

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Migrants speak out against NATO intervention in Libya

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Cuba Pulls Diplomats Out of Libya

“the foreign intervention and military aggression by NATO has worsened the conflict and kept the Libyan people from being able to work towards a negotiated and peaceful solution making full use of their self-determination.” “Cuba does not recognize the National … Continue reading

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