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Lybia in the hands of exiles

Lybia in the hands of exiles

5 May 2013
By 115 votes to 157, the Libyan National Assembly passed on Sunday, May 5, 2013, a law banning anyone who held a public position since 1969 from working for the new administration.
Two thirds of the Libyan people have fled the country since the NATO operation that overthrew Muammar el-Qaddafi.

The Lynching of Mouamar Gaddafi

The Cult of Killing and the Symbolic Order of Western Barbarism

by Jean-Claude Paye, Tülay Umay

The Cult of Killing and the Symbolic Order of Western Barbarism

Brussels (Belgium) | 16 April 2013
The display of the lynching of Mouamar Gaddafi exposes our societies for what they are. It mesmerizes and dismantles our capacity to think and critically assess a historical process. By focusing public attention on what constitutes a “ritualized atrocity” these gruesome images confirm that the US Empire actually represents an unprecedented regression, a step backwards in the history of humanity. They show that the objective of the war on Libya was not only conquest, leading to the plundering of oil or of Libyan assets, but also, just as was the case in the Crusades, the destruction of a symbolic order, leaving room for the sheer enjoyment of an act of killing, as displayed by the media, in a capitalist World Order run amok.

NATO’s Failure in Libya

NATO's Failure in Libya

30 January 2013
On 17 March 2011, by resolution 1973, the Security Council authorized NATO to intervene "civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya."
We measure the success of the NATO mission by examining the following figures:
In Libya in 2010, under the "regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi," there were
3.8 million Libyans
2.5 million foreign workers
for a total of 6.3 million inhabitants.
Today, there are 1.6 million Libyans in exile while 2.5 million (...)

THE ART OF WAR

The renaissance of a colonial army

by Manlio Dinucci

The renaissance of a colonial army

Rome (Italy) | 28 October 2012
One of the objectives of the USA’s unofficial war in Libya was to set up a permanent base for AfriCom. The moment has come to implement it, but without admitting it. Manlio Dinucci reveals their method.

Anti-American Autumn Follows the Arab Spring

Anti-American Autumn Follows the Arab Spring

Moscow (Russia) | 30 September 2012
Beyond the manipulations underlying the film "Innocence of Muslims" and the assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, the emotions and violence that have rocked North Africa and the Middle East are the direct consequences of a strategy. Washington has opened a Pandora’s box and now must weather the storms it has itself unleashed. Unfortunately, being caught in its own web of contradictions, the U.S. administration is incapable of self-questioning and is sinking deeper into the chaos it wished upon others.

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Hillary and Bernard

by Gilad Atzmon

Hillary and Bernard

14 September 2012
Following the recent events in Libya, Hillary Clinton was quoted saying “how can this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city [Benghazi] we helped save from destruction?”
I guess that the American Foreign Secretary should address this question to Bernard-Henri Levy - the architect behind that interventionist war.
Apparently, a few months ago, at a convention organised by the notoriously right wing French Zionist Council of Jewish Organizations (CRIF), Bernard-Henri Levy announced (...)

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Pepe Escobar: ’US could drone Libya to death’

Pepe Escobar: 'US could drone Libya to death'

14 September 2012
Washington’s hopes of dealing with the situation caused by a controversial film that’s sparked outrage in Muslim world are paralyzed by the looming presidential election, Pepe Escobar, Asia Times correspondent, told RT.
Escobar says that for now, the Obama administration – who is partly responsible for the demonstrations in the Arab World – will resort to using drones to find the extremists responsible for the deaths of four Foreign Service employees, including the American ambassador to (...)

US dispatches destroyers, marine unit to Libya

US dispatches destroyers, marine unit to Libya

13 September 2012
The US navy has dispatched two guided missile destroyers and a 50-member marine unit to the Libyan coast.
A senior US official, whose name was not mentioned in the report, said on Wednesday that the USS Laboon and the USS McFaul “are going to be in the vicinity of Libya but only as a precautionary measure.”
On September 11, US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three staff members of the US consulate were killed in an attack on the consulate building in the city of Benghazi. (...)

For BHL, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations is an idiot

For BHL, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations is an idiot

3 June 2012
During a television appearance to promote his film dedicated, in his own words, to the Libyan miracle, lobbyist Bernard-Henri Lévy violently lashed out against Vitaly Churkin, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
"Some people are real idiots ... I was just reading a dispatch from AFP or Reuters ... the Russian ambassador to the United Nations said that they will soon reveal the confession of those who actually armed the Syrian rebels. Fool! Moron! Always the (...)

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AFP rewrites the Lockerbie case

AFP rewrites the Lockerbie case

21 May 2012
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi died on 20 May 2012 of cancer at the age of 60. He was the only person convicted of the bombing of PanAm flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988, killing 270 people.
Taking advantage of the vacuum left by NATO’s annihilation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Agence France Presse has written: "In 2003, the Gaddafi regime had officially acknowledged his responsibility for the attack and then paid $ 2.7 billion by way of compensation to the families (...)

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Libya moving to democracy through torture?

Libya moving to democracy through torture?

11 May 2012
Thousands of supporters of Colonel Gaddafi are being detained, with some tortured in secret prisons by revolutionary brigades, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya says. Rights groups have already raised the alarm on torture in Libyan prisons.
At an open session of the United Nations Security Council, the UN special Envoy for Libya Ian Martin said he has “credible information” on several episodes where people have been tortured to death in the country’s secret detention centers. (...)

Libyan settling of scores

Libyan settling of scores

3 May 2012
• On 29 April 2012, the lifeless body of Shukri Ghanem, former oil minister of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, was found floating in the Danube.
In May 2011 Ghanem had betrayed his country by joining NATO. Since then, he’d led a comfortable life in Vienna and London under protection of the Atlantic Alliance, despite the international arrest warrant launched against him by the New Libya.
With no trace of violence on the body, the Austrian police concluded that the "bather" died of natural (...)

THE ART OF WAR

Libya one year later: a forgotten memory

by Manlio Dinucci

Libya one year later: a forgotten memory

Rome (Italy) | 30 March 2012
It’s one year after the war in Libya and no one dares to make an assessment of its aftermath. The colonial powers declared they were supporting a democratic revolution against a tyrant. In fact, they have once more divided the country and restored the Senussi Dynasty to power in the eastern region of Cyrenaica. The Jamahiriya of Gadhafi’s time, a strange hybrid of Proudhonian anarchy and autocracy, has given way to a liberal chaos where torture and murder have become the norm while the multinationals are on a permanent binge.

Libya: Brigands-Revolutionaries and the UN

by Alexander Mezyaev

Libya: Brigands-Revolutionaries and the UN

Moscow (Russia) | 22 March 2012
As NATO and the GCC persevere with their project of remodeling the Greater Middle East and North Africa, a constant flow of fighters have been crossing from Libya into Syria and vice versa. According to Alexander Mezyaev, far from pursuing peace as stipulated in its Charter, the United Nations has become an instrument of this policy.

Sarkozy undermined evidence of his 2007 campaign funding by Libya

Sarkozy undermined evidence of his 2007 campaign funding by Libya

16 March 2012
The French press has turned its attention again to the possible funding of Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidential campaign, in 2007, by Muammar Gaddafi.
This prickly affair was made public by Saif el-Islam el-Qaddafi, but his father opposed the disclosure of additional elements, being convinced that he could negotiate a peace agreement with Nicolas Sarkozy and should therefore avoid alienating him permanently.
However, in the five weeks preceding the fall of Tripoli, the Libyan government decided (...)

New York Times interview with Lizzie Phelan

"In Lybia now the truth is coming out"

by Lizzie Phelan

"In Lybia now the truth is coming out"

4 February 2012
Irish free-lance journalist Lizzie Phelan reverts to her recent interview by New York Times reporter Robert Mackey. In this article, she elaborates in greater detail on the three themes discussed in the interview. She argues that, though labeled as "activists" and "firebrands", those journalists who express views going against the current when it comes to countries which are in NATO’s firing line are, objectively, in a better position to provide reliable information than their mainstream media counterparts. If today some Western journalists can afford to be more evenhanded about Libya, it is only because the military objectives have already been achieved. The grotesque coverage of the situation in Syria by the Western media is further confirmation of this. Grasping a complex reality does not depend on the amount of information accumulated in favor of any one side, but on the diversity of informed poins of view reflecting a given situation. As long as the political and (...)

U.N. Security Council discusses the situation in Lybia

U.N. Security Council discusses the situation in Lybia

New York (United States) | 1 February 2012
The meeting was called to order at 10.45 a.m.
The President : Under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Libya to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules (...)

Targeting of Christian Syrians and Black Libyans: The "Clash of Civilizations" is on the march

by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Targeting of Christian Syrians and Black Libyans: The "Clash of Civilizations" is on the march

21 November 2011
Divide and conquer stratagems are back with a vengeance throughout the Arab world, fanning the flames of discontent and undermining national sovereignty. The stage is being set for a contrived "clash of civilizations," closely following the 1982 plan of Israeli strategist Oded Yinon, for which any form of peaceful coexistence among the various ethnic and religious groups living in Arab countries spells disaster and must be stamped out. Nazemroaya analyses the process already underway.

"The art of war"

Armed business in Libya

by Manlio Dinucci

Armed business in Libya

Rome (Italy) | 14 November 2011
The "new Libya" is a mirror for larks, with entrepreneurs scrambling for mega-deals. However, the current state of instability makes any construction project extremely risky. The oil and food supply sectors are the only ones that offer long-term guarantees. Provided of course that businessmen are protected ... this is where the private military companies come in.

Bob Powell: ’We’ve been lied to by every media outlet in the world about Libya’

Bob Powell: 'We've been lied to by every media outlet in the world about Libya'

13 November 2011
Upon recently uncovering information that the "revolution" in Libya was anything but a popular uprising, Bob Powell, host and producer of "The Truth Is Viral" on Above Top Secret decided to share it with his audience in the latest episode of his show.
In an efficiently packaged presentation, he exposes the real reasons behind the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi without leaving any stone unturned, from the CIA trained and equipped al-Qaeda terrorists assisted by Qatari Army soldiers, to the (...)

NATO War Crimes

Libyan humanitarian activist vs. NATO

Libyan humanitarian activist vs. NATO

13 November 2011
Setting a momentous precedent, 34-year old Khaled K. El-Hamedi filed a lawsuit against NATO after his entire family was killed in a bombing raid on 20 June 2011 at 2:30 a.m. While in Libya, Voltaire Network’s Thierry Meyssan reported on the "The Sorman massacre", denouncing NATO’s strategy of deliberately targeting the family members of Libyan leaders, aided by undercover agents who marked the targets for the strikes. Khaled K. El-Hamedi brings us his personal testimony of the barbarism that destroyed his loved ones, his life and his entire country.

Allied forces deployed in Libya since mid-February

Allied forces deployed in Libya since mid-February

10 November 2011
According to Nathalie Guibert of Le Monde, the French and British military General Staff negotiated the division of Libyan waters between their respective submarines a month before NATO’s intervention, that is when the Benghazi disorders erupted.
The French daily further reported that four nuclear attack submarines (SNA) were deployed off the coast of Libya during Operation "Unified Protector". One of them allegedly started running intelligence missions by end of February.
Such reports (...)

In 1978, Imam Sadr was indeed Muammar Gaddafi’s victim

In 1978, Imam Sadr was indeed Muammar Gaddafi's victim

10 November 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s former personal aide, Ahmad Ramadan al-Asaibie, gave an interview to journalist Jenan Moussa, released by the UAE-based television channel Al-Aan on 8 November 2011.
In the 80’s, Colonel Ahmed Ben Ramadan had coordinated the pro-Libyan forces in Chad, before taking command of the Libyan Revolutionary Guard. In the 90s, he headed the "Guide"’s Intelligence Bureau.
He claims to have witnessed the arrival at Muammar Gaddafi’s Headquarters of Iman Mosa el Sadr and his two (...)

5 000 Qatari troops helped to colonize Libya

5 000 Qatari troops helped to colonize Libya

7 November 2011
Having long claimed that it participated in the fighting in Libya by only sending a few planes, Qatar admitted some ten days that it actually deployed hundreds of ground troops.
However, Voltaire Network has consistently reported a massive presence of Qatari ground forces (and to a lesser extent, Jordan). Qatar had built a small airport in southern Libya and used the one in Cyrenaica to transport its troops. It disembarked reinforcements in Tripoli when the capital was taken.
Moreover, (...)

General Bouchard acknowledges that NATO’s informants in Libya were journalists

General Bouchard acknowledges that NATO's informants in Libya were journalists

3 November 2011
In a 31 October 2011 interview on Radio Canada, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, who led Operation Unified Protector in Libya, revealed that an analysis unit was set up at NATO headquarters in Naples. It’s mission was to study and decipher what was happening on the ground, that is to say both the movements of the Libyan Army and those of the "rebels."
To fortify the unit, several information networks were created. "The intelligence came from many sources, including the media who were on (...)

Al Qaeda takes possession of emblematic Benghazi Courthouse

Al Qaeda takes possession of emblematic Benghazi Courthouse

3 November 2011
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the former Justice Minister of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya who became chairman of the National Transitional Council, announced the rebels’ intention to turn Libya into an Islamic state and implement Sharia as the only law.
From the first month of NATO’s bombing campaign in Libya, Voltaire Network highlighted Al Qaeda’s role in the destabilization of the country to justify foreign military intervention.
According to journalist Elhelwa Sheriff, the Al Qaeda flag is (...)

NATO Secretary General statement on end of Libya mission

by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATO Secretary General statement on end of Libya mission

Brussels (Belgium) | 28 October 2011
Today, we confirmed the decision taken by the North Atlantic Council a week ago. Our operation for Libya will end on October 31. Until then, together with our partners, we will continue to monitor the situation. And if needed, we will continue to respond to threats to civilians.
We have fully complied with the historic mandate of the United Nations to protect the people of Libya, to enforce the no-fly zone and the arms embargo. Operation Unified Protector is one of the most successful in (...)

Libya’s former UN ambassador fears for life in jail

Libya's former UN ambassador fears for life in jail

27 October 2011
Libyan ex-PM Abuzed Dorda has suffered broken legs and other injuries following what relatives claim was a murder attempt by guards. The Libyan, meanwhile, says his wounds were sustained during an escape bid.
Dorda’s son-in-law, Adel Khalifa, wrote to the UN Security Council’s Nigerian president, U. Joy Ogwu, according to a web report by Foreign Policy magazine, which has a copy of the email.
“Most of you may have known and dealt with Mr. Dorda during his tenure as Prime Minister of Libya,” (...)

Libya and Gaddafi: setting the record straight

Libya and Gaddafi: setting the record straight

26 October 2011
The following video, by an anonymous author, has circulated virally on the internet. It presents irrefutable facts which paint an image of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime diametrically opposed to what has systematically been conveyed by the NATO-subservient media.
Eloquently entitled "Libya & Gaddafi: The Truth you are not supposed to know," the enormous attention galvanized by this video is a sign of the mounting outrage as public opinion opens its eyes to the fabrications and lies foisted (...)

An African perspective: "Three reasons why Gaddafi has to die"

An African perspective: "Three reasons why Gaddafi has to die"

25 October 2011
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi overthrew the repressive Libyan monarchy of King Idris in 1969, nationalised the oil and banking industry and with the profits oversaw Africa’s first communication satellite in 2007, free health care and education for the Libyan people. He was working towards the unification of Africa to create a single African trading bloc and a single African currency based on gold and dinar, along with a united African military force.
In the following video, taped before (...)

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