Source / Courtesy: Guardian UK The downfall of a dictator is always welcome. Especially welcome is the downfall of Gaddafi of Libya. He was not the worst of his genre, but for 42 years was the beneficiary of the crassest western intervention, veering between ineffective sanctions and ostracism and Tony […]
Muammar Gaddafi and his sons are now on the run, fleeing from the Libyan people, yet already the doomsayers and prophets of disaster have lined up to tell the world it isn’t worth it, that Libya is destined to go down the route of chaos and fragmentation. Libya will be […]
As rebels on Tuesday fought battles around Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi’s headquarters in Tripoli, the Indonesian government said the fall of the regime would mark the end of an era of state violence against civilians in the north African nation. Hailing the choice made by the people of Libya, Foreign […]
By BEN HUBBARD | AP, ARABNEWS TRIPOLI: Hundreds of Libyan rebels blasted through the green gates of Muammar Qaddafi’s sprawling compound in Tripoli Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbing regime as they looted armories and scoured the grounds in vain for the missing dictator. The storming […]
source asiatimes on line The Big Gaddafi has barely left the building – the Bab-al-Aziziyah compound – and the Western vultures are already circling overhead; the scramble is on to seize the “big prize” – Libya’s oil and gas wealth. [1] Libya is as much a pawn in a serious […]
by Frédéric Burnand in Geneva, swissinfo.ch In the first in-depth report of its kind, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has looked at the dangers facing medical staff in conflict zones. The report’s lead author, Robin Coupland, has spent seven years working as a war surgeon, and tells […]
LONDON — Nearly 20 years ago, on the eve of the Persian Gulf war, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi protested when a visiting reporter compared him to Saddam Hussein, rejecting the suggestion that Mr. Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait had caused him to supplant Colonel Qaddafi as the West’s principal nemesis in the […]
Pravda Ru: Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey ………..let us see what the western corporate media is not saying. Let us try to forge a middle way between the myriad of conflicting evidence in the stories. Why then is NATO supporting terrorists? Why is NATO supporting those who have raped little girls? Why is […]
Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya A Libyan worker chats with two rebels as they patrol an oil refinery controlled by anti-Kadafi forces on the outskirts of Zawiya. (Giulio Petrocco, Associated Press / AUG 19 From the Associated PressAugust 20, 2011, 10:25 a.m. Zawiya, Libya— LibyaGn rebels expelled government forces from […]
Source/Credit: Huffington Post TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the fading regime. Gadhafi’s whereabouts […]
Source/Credit: /Sunday, August 21, 2011 , by AFP/ Libyan rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said yesterday “the end is very near” for Muammar Gaddafi and that it will be “catastrophic,” as insurgents pushing on the capital claimed to have seized a third key town in 24 hours. “We have contacts with […]
by Mohamed Cherif, swissinfo.ch Libyan Human Rights Solidarity, which is based in Geneva, is working in conflict-torn Libya to promote human rights and rebuild institutions. The non-governmental organisation’s secretary general, Khaled Saleh, spoke to swissinfo.ch shortly after his return from the rebel-held eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, where he also […]
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Iranian goods comprising 40 tons of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment were dispatched for the Libyan civilians on a plane from Karaj Payam Airport on Monday motning. The official recalled that Iran had previously sent twice its aid cargoes of foodstuff for Libyan people via Tunisia. Read more
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has called on his followers to prepare for the “battle to liberate” rebel-held towns in an audio message on Libyan television. In what Libyan state television said was a live speech, Gaddafi urged the Libyan people to arm themselves to liberate the country from “traitors […]
Source / Courtesy: Mathaba By Paul Joseph Watson Given the fine example set in Libya, it follows that the rebels who expressed their grievances against the establishment last night by burning and looting half of London and other cities around the UK should swiftly be given their own embassy […]
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, globalresearch.ca TRIPOLI, July 28, 2011 The division of Libya into three separate countries is part of the US-NATO imperial design. It is part of a project shared by the U.S., Britain, Italy, and France. The NATO war launched against Libya in March 2011 was geared towards […]
Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community Sunday to “revive” their search for a peace plan for Libya, saying force was not the answer. “I exhort the international organisations and those who bear political and military responsibility to revive with conviction and determination the search for a peace plan for […]
Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Kristian Berg Harpviken has strongly condemned the Libyan conflict, claiming that lives are being lost for no good reason. “It’s really too early to conclude. We don’t know what the history of Libya will be yet, but it is a pretty entrenched […]