Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said that it was the US pressure that forced his country to join NATO’s military operations in Libya. Press TV talks with Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, an author and historian to discuss the latest developments in Libya. Press TV: How long will NATO continue its air raids, more importantly…
Category: Libya
Libya: The Human Costs of Washington’s Ongoing Collusion With Terrorists
Peter Dale Scott The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol 9, Issue 31 No 1, August 1, 2011 Twice in the last two decades, significant cuts in U.S. and western military spending were foreseen: first after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and then in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. But both times military spending soon…
Statement by Employees of the Libyan Broadcasting Authority
On 30 July 2011, NATO targeted broadcasting facilities of the Libyan al-Jamahiriya state television. Three people were killed and 15 injured during the attack. NATO reports omit any reference to this war crime: 1 August 2011 (PDF/74Kb) 31 July 2011 (PDF/73Kb) 30 July 2011 (PDF/73Kb) 29 July 2011 (PDF/73Kb) Below is the official statement of…
The War On Libya: Divisions Within The NTC And “Rebel Forces”
Michel Chossudovsky and Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya. Global Research. 7.29.11 The death of General Abdel Fattah Al-Younes, Commander in Chief of Rebel Forces was announced on July 28. Younes was Colonel Qaddafi’s former interior minister who defected to the rebels. Younes was also key leader of the Transitional Council based in Benghazi. His death has created…
Moussa Ibrahim’s Statement On The Death Of General Abdul Fattah Younis
Press Conference Libyan Government Spokesperson Dr. Moussa Ibrahim on Friday 29-07-2011
Anti-Empire Reports: Arguing Libya
William Blum On July 9 I took part in a demonstration in front of the White House, the theme of which was “Stop Bombing Libya”. The last time I had taken part in a protest against US bombing of a foreign country, which the White House was selling as “humanitarian intervention”, as they are now,…
Obama to Approve Al Qaeda Embassy in Washington
State Department sympathetic to recognizing rebel terrorists who killed U.S. troops Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com 7.28.11 The Obama administration is preparing to follow Britain in recognizing the rebel National Transitional Council as the official government of Libya by approving an embassy in Washington DC, which given the fact that the rebel army is spearheaded by…
Anti-Empire Report: Arguing Libya
William Blum On July 9 I took part in a demonstration in front of the White House, the theme of which was “Stop Bombing Libya”. The last time I had taken part in a protest against US bombing of a foreign country, which the White House was selling as “humanitarian intervention”, as they are now,…
The Libyan National Transitional Council
HRI Mark. 7.27.11 The self-appointed Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) has now been recognised by the British government as the sole representative of Libya. Regular readers of Human Rights Investigations will be aware of the involvement of the Libyan rebels in lynchings, ethnic cleansing and incitements to racial violence. The attempt to impose the former…
UK Releases $150M for Libyan “Rebels” & Expells Legitimate Libyan Diplomats
This PressTV’s interview with ANSWER coalition’s Richard Becker is a perfect counterbalance to the RT piece that follows. Britain has officially recognised Libya’s rebels as the legitimate Government and expelled all Colonel Gaddafi’s diplomats. It’s also unfreezing 150 million dollars of Libyan oil assets to help fund rebels. RT speaks to Mark Almond, a professor…
NATO Militias and Human Trafficking in Benghazi
Rebel Militias Include the Human Traffickers of Benghazi Thomas C Mountain relates the importance of Benghazi as having been the epicentre of the once Billion dollar a year industry of Trafficking Africans to Europe. These people have formed part of the Rebel militias, here is an excerpt of a post by Thomas: “The revolt started…
NATO Bombs the Great Man-Made River
NATO Bombs the Great Man-Made River
