Libya, Obama And The “Other Wars”
Impeachment: If Not Obama, Who? Glen Ford. BAR. 7.20.11 President Obama’s insistence that the U.S. is not at war with Libya, even as Washington and its allies methodically assault the country’s military and infrastructure, reveals that the many “Other Wars” around the globe have become, collectively, “the main arenas of conflict” with the Empire. Yet,…
US And Ethiopia Kill Somalis With Food Weapon
The drought that threatens more than ten million lives in the Horn of Africa has been made vastly more deadly by U.S. and Ethiopian use of food as a weapon of war. The Americans last year forced the collapse of cooperation between aid agencies and Shabab resistance fighters in Somalia. And Ethiopia, a center of…
NATO Bombards Tripoli’s International Airport
‘NATO violates UN decree in Libya’ Libya deals with more NATO bombardment as the northern alliance destroys Tripoli’s International Airport radar antenna which is a violation of international law. In an interview with Press TV, Abayomi Azikiwe, an editor of Pan-African News Wire, discusses the current situation in Libya. TELESUR REPORT: NATO bombing Civilian Airport…
NATO Escalates Bombing Operations in Libya
U.S. and other imperialist states recognize rebels amid mounting defeats on the ground Abayomi Azikiwe NATO planes reigned down bombs over the capital city of Tripoli on July 17 for approximately two hours. It was estimated that 60 to 75 ordinances hit targets in the areas of Tajura and Seraj. One of the explosions created…
Muammar Gaddafi: Zawiya, July 19, 2011
The leader of the revolution, the founder of free modern Libya, asserted that Libyans, after months of defiance against the offensives, acquired a pioneering role and international leadership to lead the peoples against imperialism, occupation and an era’s tyrants. In his speech to the massive rally gathering in Zawia city yesterday Saturday, the leaders explained…
Attack Helicopters, Predator & Reaper Drones Over Libya
Chris Pocock Aviation International News 7.18.11 Attack Helicopters Boost NATO Air Ops over Libya Recent briefings in Brussels and London on Operation Unified Protector reveal that attack helicopters provided by France and the UK are now making key contributions to NATO-led operations over Libya, which has been extended until the end of September. British AH-64…
Who Decides On Nation States?
Wayne Madsen Strategic Culture Foundation The national aspirations of peoples are governed by rank public relations schemes. On July 9, the Republic of South Sudan became the newest internationally-recognized nation-state. As the result of a civil war truce and peace deal worked out five years previously, South Sudan and its former master, the Republic of…
NATO Launches Bombing Blitzkreig Over Tripoli
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Global Research 7.17.11 TRIPOLI — NATO started a bombing Blitzkrieg in Tripoli which lasted initially for almost two hours, from approximately 12:00 to 12:30 a.m. EET to 2:00 a.m. local time (EET). Then there was a period of silence until approximately 2:30 a.m. and later at 2:45 a.m. EET large explosions could…
NATO and the Ingratitude of the Libyan People
The Coalition of the Willing had come to Libya to spare civilians from Gaddafi’s murderous madness. Four months later, the Libyan crowds have deserted “Liberated Benghazi” and are staging gigantic anti-NATO demonstrations. Confronted with an unexpected political reality, the Atlantic armada has been left without a strategy. The Italians have started to pull out while…
The West’s “Political Solution” is No Solution for Libya
Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Ghana News 7.17.11 That it has taken them such a long time to come to this realization is regrettable but unexpected because it is characteristic of war-mongers who repose more trust in armaments and raw military muscle than common sense in attempting to solve another country’s internal political problem…In substance, the…
NATO Targeting Libya’s Frozen Assets
Interview with author and historian, Webster Tarpley, Washington Heavy clashes between forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi and revolutionaries have broken out as anti-regime forces are pushing towards the capital Tripoli. Meanwhile, the embattled Libyan ruler has once again rejected calls to resign and leave the country, saying that he will never leave the…
