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The Economic Summit of the Arab League and the case of Moussa Sadr

The Economic Summit of the Arab League and the case of Moussa Sadr

12 January 2019
The Economic Summit of the Arab League was due to be held in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on 19 and 20 January. However at least two issues raise doubts whether it will go ahead:
First, there is an intense battle between the member states of the Arab League on the convenience of the Syrian Arab Republic becoming a member again;
Second, the Lebanese Party Amal, established during the Lebanese Civil War by Iranian Imam Moussa Sadr, is opposed to a Lebanese delegation attending the (...)

“The Art of War”

The destroyers of Libya are now « for Libya »

by Manlio Dinucci

The destroyers of Libya are now « for Libya »

Rome (Italy) | 14 November 2018
After Emmanuel Macron’s failure to solve the Libyan crisis, it’s now Giuseppe Conte’s turn to take a shot at it. It’s true that Rome is better placed than Paris, insofar as it enjoys the support of the White House. However, there is little chance that any progress of any sort will be made, since these « fairy godmothers » are in fact the big bad wolves who recently devoured Libya.

“The Art of War”

A sovereignist Italy without sovereignty

by Manlio Dinucci

A sovereignist Italy without sovereignty

Rome (Italy) | 5 September 2018
Far from leading the sovereignist policy that it claims to honour, the Conte government has engaged in Libya under US command. True sovereignty is not measured by speeches, but by actions, particularly in the respect of one’s own Constitution.

Joint Statement Welcoming the Ceasefire in Tripoli

Joint Statement Welcoming the Ceasefire in Tripoli

4 September 2018
The text of the following statement on Libya was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
The Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States welcome the result of the mediation reached today by the United Nations Support Mission that aims to deescalate violence in and around Tripoli and ensure the protection of civilians. We reiterate our strong support for Special Representative of the Secretary-General (...)

Western Consensus on the absence of consensus in Libya

Western Consensus on the absence of consensus in Libya

4 September 2018
The Assembly of the Libyan tribes has refused any foreign aid as a matter of principle. It has decided that it is only through its own efforts that Libya will be liberated from the suffocating stranglehold of the jihadists that have carved up Libyan territory. Battles are already underway in Tripoli.
The United States had entrusted France with the task of re-establishing a colonial order in Libya. However in August, the United States revoked France’s mandate, preferring instead to allow (...)

Statement on Libya by the United States of America, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom

Statement on Libya by the United States of America, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom

1 September 2018
The Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States strongly condemn the continued escalation of violence in and around Tripoli that has caused many casualties and continues to endanger the lives of innocent civilians. We reiterate that the targeting of civilians and indiscriminate attacks are prohibited under International Humanitarian Law.
These attempts to weaken the legitimate Libyan authorities and hamper the course of the political process are not acceptable. (...)

Trump backs Italy against France in Libya

Trump backs Italy against France in Libya

7 August 2018
On 21 July 2018, US President Donald Trump received the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, publicly confirming that he acknowledged Italy’s pre-eminence in Libya.
By doing so, the White House undermined France’s efforts to appropriate Libyan oil.
During the war that the Obama Administration brought into motion against Libya, Silvio Berlusconi (Italy’s Prime Minister at the time), was the only Western leader that tried to defend the Libyan Guide Muammar al-Gaddafi. However, the Italian (...)

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi publishes his political programme for Libya

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi publishes his political programme for Libya

9 July 2018
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has just published a brochure presenting his programme for the Libyan Presidential Election.
At a time when there is no legitimate political authority in Libya, four personalities, which rely on support from the countries that destroyed the Libyan State, have undertaken to organize legislative elections and a presidential election on 10 December 2018 .
The tribes which constitute the foundation of Libyan society have vociferously called for elections to take (...)

Libya’s funding of Sarkozy’s 2007 electoral campaign. Shining the spotlight on this story to let others lapse into obscurity?

Libya's funding of Sarkozy's 2007 electoral campaign. Shining the spotlight on this story to let others lapse into obscurity?

25 June 2018
The French Press has just discovered why the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya funded Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidential electoral campaign in 2007. Sarkozy had given his word to getting the French Courts to overrule the sentence imposed on the Head of the Libyan Secret Services (Abdallah Senussi, brother-in-law of Muammar Gadaffi) to life imprisonment.
During the war with Chad, in 1989, Senussi had organized the attack on the TWA flight DC-10. Result: 171 dead. Senussi did not deny the facts, but (...)

Libya according to the UN and the harsh reality

by Thierry Meyssan

Libya according to the UN and the harsh reality

Damascus (Syria) | 5 June 2018
Despite the good will of some of the participants, the Paris conference for Libya did not have the desired effects. For Thierry Meyssan, this can be explained by the double language of NATO and the United Nations, who are pretending to want to stabilise the country while their actions in fact continue the Cebrowski plan for the destruction of state structures. The spectacle in Paris was steeped in a profound ignorance of the particularities of Libyan society.

Political Statement on Libya

Political Statement on Libya

Paris (France) | 29 May 2018
Joint Statement by Fayez al-Sarraj, Aguila Saleh, Khalid Meshri, Khalifa Haftar
Recalling the commitment of the international community to support the peace, security, and stability of Libya;
Recalling that the current political and security situation in Libya is not sustainable;
Recalling the resounding call of all Libyans for credible, inclusive, and peaceful elections;
In accordance with the December 17, 2015 Libyan Political Agreement (LPA);
In accordance with the inclusive (...)

“The Art of War”

Libya, seven years of misfortune Nato

by Manlio Dinucci

Libya, seven years of misfortune Nato

Rome (Italy) | 24 March 2018
Seven years after NATO’s military intervention against Libya, all observers agree that it was based on a pack of lies and violated the mandate of the Security Council. Although the Western powers are now prepared to recognise that the population of Libya was the richest in Africa, and that its standard of living collapsed, provoking a massive exile, they are not yet aware that Mouamar Kadhafi had eliminated slavery and racism in his country. By destroying the State, NATO deliberately opened the gates of Hell. Not only were the black immigrant workers persecuted, but also the black Libyan citizens of Tawergha. Besides this, the Jamahiriya’s work of African cooperation between Arabs and blacks was reduced to nothing over the whole continent.

Saïf el-Islam Gaddafi: Libyan Presidential Candidate

Saïf el-Islam Gaddafi: Libyan Presidential Candidate

29 December 2017
Saïf el-Islam Gaddafi will stand for the presidential election organized by the United Nations in Libya, scheduled for mid-2018. So announced his family’s spokesperson, Bassem al-Hashimi al-Soul to Egypt Today.
The son of Muyammar Gaddafi, who had played an eminent role on the side of his father, is by far the most legitimate leader in a Libya which has been delivered to chaos. He should soon make public his programme for his country.
Currently under an arrest warrant issued by the (...)

Memorandum on Libya: Fabrications against the State, Leadership and Army

by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Memorandum on Libya: Fabrications against the State, Leadership and Army

Tripoli (Libya) | 28 October 2017
This memorandum aimed to pinpoint some of facts that the Libyan people were subjected to during the past six years where the most horrendous crimes were committed against its people. These crimes were committed under the name of human intervention, protection of civilians, introducing democracy and prosperity where the NATO forces, with the help of some Arab countries and a few Libyans, attacked Libya with all weapons under its disposal. The justifications put forward were as false as the (...)

The Art of War

Macron-Libya: the Rothschild Connection

by Manlio Dinucci

Macron-Libya: the Rothschild Connection

Rome (Italy) | 1 August 2017
“What is happening today in Libya is the nub of a destabilization programme holding a myriad of complexities”. So declared President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee, as he concluded an agreement that “paves the way for peace and national reconciliation”.
Macron’s message is that terrorist movements are the single cause for the chaos in which Libya now finds itself; terrorist movements that “exploit the political instability and the economic and financial resources that may exist in Libya to allow (...)

Joint communiqué of the League of Arab States, the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations on Libya

Cairo (Egypt) | 18 March 2017
1. The League of Arab States (LAS), the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) held a meeting at the Headquarters of the League of Arab States on 18 March 2017 to discuss the situation in Libya and further coordinate their efforts in order to advance the political process and assist Libya in its democratic transition.
2. The meeting was attended by the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the AU High Representative for Libya (...)

Egypt supports the Iraqi, Libyan and Syrian armies

Egypt supports the Iraqi, Libyan and Syrian armies

26 November 2016
On November 23, 2016, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaking at the RTP Portuguese TV channel said: "There should be international support for the national armies of Libya, Iraq and Syria, to ensure the security of their countries."
President el-Sissi thus broke a hitherto well-kept secret: Egypt dispatched weapons to the loyalist forces of these three countries despite the Saudi threats.
On October 8, Egypt voted, at the Security Council, in favor of a Russian motion for a (...)

Libyan House of Representatives warns of suing the UN

by Agila Saleh Issa

Libyan House of Representatives warns of suing the UN

22 August 2016
Libyan House of Representatives
H.E. Ban Ki Moon
Secretary General of the UN
New York
Excellency,
Further to my letter of 7 July 2016, I would like to draw your attention that the premature and unjustifiable recognition by the UN Security Council in its resolution 2259 (2015) of the Government of National Accord, before it is constituted and approved, does not give the right to the UN Secretariat to violate the Libyan Constitution and the Charter of the UN, by imposing a group of (...)

Second UN report on ISIL

Second UN report on ISIL

New York (USA) | 31 May 2016
“First UN report on ISIL”, Voltaire Network, 9 February 2016. Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat I. Introduction
1. In adopting its resolution 2253 (2015) on 17 December 2015, the Security Council expressed its determination to address the threat posed to international peace and security by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (...)

“The Art of War”

The Arsonists Are Shouting Fire

by Manlio Dinucci

The Arsonists Are Shouting Fire

Rome (Italy) | 20 April 2016
First published February 18, 2015
War that burns up Libya claims an ever-increasing number of victims not only on the ground but also at sea: many of the desperate, that try to cross the Mediterranean, drown. «From the depths of the sea they ask us what has become of our humanity.», writes Pier Luigi Bersani. First of all, he should ask himself what has become of his humanity and he should question his ethical and political judgment on 18 March 2011, when on the eve of the USA/NATO war (...)

“The Art of War”

But was Libya ever a State?

by Manlio Dinucci

But was Libya ever a State?

Rome (Italy) | 20 April 2016
First published February 24, 2015
It is not true that the 2011 war caused the dissolution of the Libyan State. This is because, as the Emeritus President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano explained, intervening in the Senate: “I consider that, in the modern meaning of the expression, a State has never existed in Libya”. A few months ago, Libya had been defined as a “Failed State” (a category established by the “Peace Foundation” USA). But now it has to be reconsidered: «that it is (...)

“The Art of War”

The Hounds of Libya

by Manlio Dinucci

The Hounds of Libya

Rome (Italy) | 5 April 2016
“Libya must return to being a stable and solid country”. So tweets Prime Minister Renzi from Washington, assuring “Prime Minister Sarraj, finally at Tripoli” that he will do all he can.
Those that share Renzi’s thinking in Washington, Paris, London and Rome are the very people that have used war to destabilise and shatter the Libyan state and are now going to collect the fragments through the “international aid mission to Libya”.
This idea of theirs is filtered down through authoritative (...)

The recolonisation of Libya

by Manlio Dinucci

The recolonisation of Libya

Rome (Italy) | 10 March 2016
To those who believe that the colonial era is over, the examples of Iraq, Libya and Syria exist to prove them wrong. In 2001, the United States decided – in the logic of the ’War on Terror’ – to attack these three countries and a few others. Certainly, the wars against Tripoli and Damascus did not break out until ten years later, the time necessary to deprive these states of their defences, and to build international coalitions in order to mask colonial objectives as humanitarian operations. Let’s look again at the case of Libya.

“The Art of War”

Italian drones aimed at Libya

by Manlio Dinucci

Italian drones aimed at Libya

Rome (Italy) | 5 March 2016
The organisation of the mechanism designed for an attack on Libya continues. While Allied Special Forces are already at work on the ground, new equipment is being installed in France and Italy.

Washington is considering the restoration of the monarchy in Libya

Washington is considering the restoration of the monarchy in Libya

28 February 2016
The New York Times has evoked the possibility of restoration of the monarchy in Libya to bring the country out of the current chaos. [55]
In 2011, the original NATO plan called for bringing King Mohammed el-Senussi to power (photo). Washington had also chosen as the flag of the "revolution" that of former King Idris, historic collaborator with the Anglo-Saxons against the Arab nationalist movements. This project was supported by Cyrenaica, but violently rejected by Tripolitania and Fezzan. (...)

NATO and the European Union participate in terrorism

How Bulgaria supplied drugs and weapons to Al-Qaïda and Daesh

by Thierry Meyssan

How Bulgaria supplied drugs and weapons to Al-Qaïda and Daesh

Damascus (Syria) | 4 January 2016
The best-kept secrets must be revealed in the end. The mafia cartel which governs Bulgaria has been caught supplying drugs and weapons to Al-Qaïda and Daesh, at the demand of the CIA, both in Libya and Syria. The affair is all the more serious since Bulgaria is a member of NATO and the European Union.

“The Art of War”

Mission Impossible for the EU… but not for Nato

by Manlio Dinucci

Mission Impossible for the EU… but not for Nato

Rome (Italy) | 26 April 2015
“Identify, capture and systematically destroy the boats used for human trafficking, dismantle their networks and seize their goods”: this is the task of the CFSP mission (the European Policy on Security and Defense) that the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini is mandated to carry out. While it is very clear what needs to be done, there is no clarity on how it will be done. Comparison with other missions, such as Atalanta formally targetted against piracy in the Horn of Africa, which (...)

Resolution 2214 (Libya)

Resolution 2214 (Libya)

New York (USA) | 27 March 2015
Ibrahim Dabbashi, Permanent Representative of Libya to the UN, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in his country. © UN Photo/Loey Felipe
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), 1989 (2011), 2161 (2014), 2170 (2014), 2174 (2014), 2178 (2014), 2195 (2014) and 2199 (2015), and its relevant presidential statements,
Reaffirming its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in accordance (...)

“The Art of War”

The ’failed states’

by Manlio Dinucci

The 'failed states'

Rome (Italy) | 1 September 2014
Giorgio Napolitano
While Libya lies in flames, with thousands of men, women and children, driven by desperation, trying every day to cross the Mediterranean — and many of them will lose their lives – Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano issues this warning: "Beware of the outbreaks all around us," starting with the "persistent instability and fragility of the situation in Libya.” (aletheiaonline.it, July 12)
He forgets, and with him almost all the government officials and politicians, that (...)

John McCain, Conductor of the "Arab Spring" and the Caliph

by Thierry Meyssan

John McCain, Conductor of the "Arab Spring" and the Caliph

Damascus (Syria) | 18 August 2014
Everyone has noticed the contradiction of those who recently characterized the Islamic Emirate as "freedom fighters" in Syria and who are indignant today faced with its abuses in Iraq. But if that speech is incoherent in itself, it makes perfect sense in the strategic plan: the same individuals were to be presented as allies yesterday and must be as enemies today, even if they are still on orders from Washington. Thierry Meyssan reveals below US policy through the particular case of Senator John McCain, conductor of the "Arab Spring" and longtime partner of Caliph Ibrahim.

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