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Testimony by Lizzy Phelan: "The war on Libya is a war on Africa"

14 October 2011

Back in the UK, after several months spent in Libya covering NATO war crimes and uncovering mainstream media lies, freelance journalist Lizzie Phelan continues to fight for truth and justice on behalf of the Libyan people. Her testimony below is a gripping example of her commitment.
Lizzie (…)

Rebel Claims of Libya ‘Mass Graves’ Come Up Empty, Again

9 October 2011

The NTC loses yet more credibility!
Since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi, the rebel claims that the former dictator had killed some 50,000 people in the civil war began to be scrutinized, and suffered from a major lack of actual bodies.
The above photo, taken in March 2011, shows a row of (…)

Washington targeting China’s Achilles heel

by F. William Engdahl

Frankfurt (Germany) | 7 October 2011

While nervously watching China edging closer to becoming the predominant world power in the 21st century, Washington has also been keeping a keen eye on China’s heavy reliance on foreign oil to meet its growing energy needs. Engdahl analyses the oil trap that Washington has laid for China in (…)

Witch hunts in "free" Libya

by Lizzie Phelan

London (United Kingdom) | 22 September 2011

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 the Qadhadhfa tribe, that of the fallen Leader. Hundreds of (…)

Walter Fauntroy, Feared Dead in Libya, Returns Home—Guess Who He Saw Doing the Killing

by Valencia Mohammed

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 21 September 2011

Former US Congressman Walter Fauntroy had traveled to Libya as a goodwill negotiator to try to stop the war. Trapped inside the Rixos Hotel together with the team of Voltaire Network journalists, he narrowly escaped death: we can testify that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had personally (…)

Muammar Gaddafi: "Jamahiriya Government Can Never Be Defeated"

20 September 2011

Summary of leader Muammar Gaddafi’s statement made in an audio message broadcast on Syria’s Arrai television on Tuesday, 20 September:
"All should be aware that the government of Libya is the Jamahiriya government, that the power belongs to the men and women of the Popular Conferences and the (…)

Civilian deaths in Libya: who’s killing who?

17 September 2011

In Libya, where NATO-backed NTC forces are attempting to wipe out the last remaining pro-Gaddafi strongholds, civilians are still being killed but normally-vocal countries backing a UN resolution to protect them have gone strangely quiet.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and French (…)

NATO’s War Crimes in Libya: Sanctions against defiance

by James Petras

New York (USA) | 14 September 2011

Faced with the deteriorating global situation and a wave of popular uprisings breaking away from Western hegemony, NATO powers counter-attacked in the most resolute manner. According to James Petras, the destruction of an independent and secular regime like Libya was meant to send the following (…)

Special Declaration by ALBA-TCP Countries on Libya and Syria

Caracas (Venezuela) | 12 September 2011

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the member states of ALBA (the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America) gathered in Caracas on September 9 and condemned the NATO intervention in Libya and the illegal military aggression carried out under a UN Security Council resolution, saying that (…)

Berlusconi says Libyans love Qaddafi: as Italians protest against NATO

10 September 2011

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hasn’t been the victim of a popular uprising. That is the conviction of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has been a friend of Gaddafi till Italy became one of the leading countries behind NATO’s war against Libya in March.
"This has nothing to do with (…)

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Libya: The real war starts now

by Pepe Escobar

9 September 2011

Political, economic and social instability in Libya did not end with the fall of Tripoli and the alleged victory of NATO rebels. Gaddafi’s decision to go underground has caught everyone by surprise. The unfolding scenario is reminiscent of Omar Mukhtar’s legacy, the Libyan leader who struggled (…)

Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s speech to his people on 8 September 2011

8 September 2011

Col. Gaddafi’s latest speech to the Libyan people was aired on Syrian Arrai TV early in the morning on 8 September 2011. Here is the full translation of this speech:
To our brave Libyan people that are resisting; the land of Libya is your property and your right from the days of your (…)

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Witnessing the Transition to fear in Tripoli

by Lizzie Phelan

8 September 2011

Evacuated by the ICRC from the Rixos hotel where she had been blocked for five days, Lizzie Phelan offers her first impressions after the fall of Tripoli. Danger, death and fear reign have engulfed the capital of the "New Libya", while NATO and its collaborators are peacocking around.

US Senator Menendez wants to send wrong Lockerbie culprit back to jail

8 September 2011

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has announced his intention to file a bill subjecting the thawing of Libyan assets and their transfer to the National Transitional Council to the arrest and extradition of Abdel Basset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.
Close to Hillary Clinton and known for his anti-Castro (…)

Libya’s future according to NATO’s plans

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 7 September 2011

After overthrowing the Jamahiriya, NATO turned Libya over to the “rebels” whose military action was limited to the bare minimum. Lacking legitimacy in the Tripolitania and Fezzan regions, where they never enjoyed popular support, the new masters of Libya are both the products of the Alliance and (…)

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