Cynthia McKinney On Libyan TV

Former US Representative and Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney was interviewed live on Libyan TV on May 21, 2011.

R2P: The Cases Of Libya And The Cote d’Ivoire

Prof. Marjorie Cohn. Ephemeris 360°.org The United States, France and Britain invaded Libya with cruise missiles, stealth bombers, fighter jets and attack jets. Although NATO has taken over the military operation, U.S. President Barack Obama has been bombing Libya with Hellfire missiles from unmanned Predator drones. The number of civilians these foreign forces have killed…

Washington’s Henchmen

RT. 5.17.11 Several countries, including France and Italy, have already recognized the Benghazi-based National Transitional Council as the legitimate power in Libya, so it is just a matter of time before Washington follows. ­So far the US has not granted full diplomatic recognition to the newly-formed council of the Libyan opposition, but described it as…

Europe’s Invisible Boots On The Ground In Libya

France, Britain and Italy, whose warplanes are bombing Moammar Gadhafi’s military in western Libya, have also put “boots on the ground” in the rebel-held east. But these European soldiers tread lightly. “If you see them please ask them to come and have a cup of tea with me,” joked Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani, the rebels’…

Libyan And Syrian Regimes Marked For Extermination With Extreme Prejudice

Eric Margolis, a columnist, author and war correspondent, says he got the impression that Gaddafi had the strength of character to survive challenges back in the 1980s, when he interviewed the Libyan leader in person. Margolis also stated the US has been behind the assault on Libya all along. In Libya, more NATO air strikes…

Libyan Rebels Inspired By Globalization

Tony Cartalucci Land Destroyer Report Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2011 – As NATO gloats over another assassination attempt against Colonel Moammar Qaddafi, resulting in the death of several workers, but again missing the embattled Libyan leader, the Libyan rebels are being lent ever increasing support from their long-time backers in the West. British Foreign Secretary…

Humanitarian Interventionists Fund Genocide In The Horn Of Africa

West Funds Full Blown Genocide in Ethiopia Thomas C. Mountain As the UN famine warning center issues urgent reports that millions of Ethiopians are once again starving in the Somali populated Ogaden the International Committee of the Red Cross publishes a statement that the Ethiopian government has denied the Red Cross an operating permit to…

What NATO Occupation Looks Like

Sent to me by a Libyan who hates what his country is becoming due to the racists now supported by NATO and who are in control of part of his country. So much for “humanitarian intervention”. Cynthia McKinney Racist NATO Allies Exclusive: Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16…

Washington Funnels Illegally Confiscated Libyan Assets To “Rebel Leadership”

Patrick O’Connor WSWS Yesterday’s meeting of the “Contact Group on Libya” concluded with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announcing that Washington will soon “tap some portion” of the $30 billion in Libyan assets it has confiscated to assist the military intervention. The brazen illegality of the Obama administration’s moves to use Libya’s national wealth…

Libya At Any Cost

Warmongers seek Libyan escalation. Tony Cartalucci. Land Destroyer Report Bangkok, Thailand May 6, 2011 – “It is a test that the international community has to pass. Failure would shake further the faith of the people’s region in the emerging international order and the primacy of international law.” This comes from Brookings Institution’s “Libya’s Test of…