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…

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…

The Motives And The True Cost Of The War Against Sovereign Libya

Charles Abugre Libya 360° A wicked blow to Africa, the invasion of Libya has little to do with protecting civilians and all to do with strategic interests. Why are these invaders so heartless, asks Charles Abugre The bottom line is war was solely unwarranted. But my greatest sadness and shame was to see the United…

An Imperialist Project To Create Three Libyas

The division of Libya into three separate countries is part of the US-NATO imperial design. It is part of a project shared by the U.S., Britain, Italy, and France. The NATO war launched against Libya in March 2011 was geared towards the breakup of the country into three separate entities. The NATO led war, however,…