World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/31-2

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NATO risks spilling own blood while mounting pressure on Gaddafi

'They seem to think if they quote the UN resolution at the same time as they call for Gaddafi to go and for regime change, it s a sort of guarantee, or as a laissez-passer. Frankly they are involved in a civil war in Libya. The deployment of helicopters, the intensive bombing of Tripoli that s going on - this is a war about regime change," British MP Jeremy Corbyn believes.

http://rt.com/news/nato-pressure-gaddafi-libya/



'US dropped cluster bombs on Misratah'

A Human rights investigation in Libya has found that it was the US and its Western allies who cluster bombed the troubled city of Misratah back in April.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/182310.html


From Information Clearing House



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'Immer noch lautere Botschaften'
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/34/34850/1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libyen
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By John Pilger

The Nato attack on Libya, is strikingly similar to the final destruction of Yugoslavia in 1999.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28194.htm



Obama Subtly Shifts War Aims in Libya

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER

'The goal is to make sure that the Libyan people can make a determination about how they want to proceed, and that they'll be finally free of 40 years of tyranny and they can start creating the institutions required for self-determination.' That is quite parallel to the objective the United States set in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28195.htm



US Planned Libyan Regime Change 10 Years Ago

Video

General Wesley Clark explains Libyan invasion planned years in advance.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28199.htm



Libya effort is called violation of war act

Several lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday accused President Obama of violating the War Powers Resolution by continuing American participation in NATO s air war in Libya without Congressional authorization, but they struggled with the question of what Congress can or should do about it.

http://bit.ly/ix5rHU


From Information Clearing House



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Russia s Foreign Ministry has slammed NATO s recent fatal airstrikes on Libya, calling the raids on the capital of Tripoli a violation of the UN Security Council resolutions.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181670.html


From Information Clearing House



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President Barack Obama has gone to war in Libya without requesting a declaration of war from Congress. But he said he would abide by the War Powers Resolution. However, his 60 day grace period for bombing ended on Friday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/lying-about-libya_b_866268.html


From Information Clearing House

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FAIR: Libya and the Law: Media Show Slight Interest in War Powers, Geneva
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/24-10

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Illegal war? Congress doesn t care

Cato Institute Cato Institute
by Gene Healy
05/24/11

Remember when President Obama assured us his Libyan adventure would be over in 'days, not weeks?' To employ a Clinton-era euphemism, 'That statement is no longer operative.' (Translation: I lied.)...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13132



It s the missions, stupid

Campaign For Liberty Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

05/23/11

So far the U.S. has spent $750 million on the war in Libya. It is difficult to discern any purpose to the conflict, which demonstrates why America is going broke: spending lavishly on 'defense' activities which have nothing to do with defending America...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1446


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Paul Jay

The Cold War is alive and well in terms of trying to contain Russia s energy power.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28149.htm



Details Emerge of America s Secret Oil War with Russia

By Adam Clark Estes

Officials have downplayed the idea of calling the Nato allies' quiet conflict with Russia and others over oil a 'new cold war,' ...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28150.htm



African migrants fleeing Libya in distress

Thousands of migrant workers who fled fighting in Libya are stranded in a remote desert town in northern Chad, in what an international aid group warned Friday could become a humanitarian catastrophe.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/20/african-migrants-fleeing-libya-in-distress/


From Information Clearing House

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Legal Limbo Remains after 60 Days of War in Libya
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/20-3

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Congress Pushes for Vote on Libya Intervention

David Elkins, Inter Press Service: 'As the War Powers Act, which purportedly authorised U.S. President Barack Obama to wage war in Libya for 60 days without Congressional approval, expires Friday, experts here continue to question the strategic focus of the NATO-led operation, with pressure mounting from Capitol Hill on the Obama administration to lay out what its desired end game in Libya will be.'

http://truthout.org/congress-pushes-vote-libya-intervention/1305989465



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By Glenn Greenwald

That Congress acquiesces simply means - like Obama s protection of Bush crimes - that the President will get away with this lawbreaking.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28134.htm

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Libya and the War Powers Act

Downsize DC
by James Leroy Wilson

05/19/11

Downsize DC supports a strong defense. But we DON'T support unnecessary wars. Not under Republican Presidents, and not under Democratic Presidents. We especially oppose non-declared wars which, by definition, are un-Constitutional. This is what makes Obama s war against Libya particularly disappointing. He started a war on Libya without a declaration of war from Congress, or any authorization at all. The President does have one paper restraint. Under the War Powers Act, military action initiated by the President must cease after 60 days unless authorization is provided by Congress. The 60th day since President notified Congress about his attack on Libya will be TOMORROW, Friday, May 20th...

http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/libya-and-the-war-powers-act


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/18-0

Time Ticking for NATO in Libya
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/05/18

Constitution Project: President Urged to Seek Congressional Approval for Military Action in Libya
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/18-14

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Libya: enough is enough

What is known is that the rebels are led by former Gaddafi henchmen and include considerable numbers of al-Qaida militants among them. Their human rights record in eastern Libya is troubling to say the least.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/18/libya-enough-afghanistan


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/1103.html



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By Marjorie Cohn

The UN Charter does not permit the use of military force for humanitarian interventions. The military invasions of Libya and Ivory Coast have been justified by reference to the Responsibility to Protect doctrine.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28102.htm



Libya is US, China s Battleground': Paul Craig Roberts

Video Interview

Click to view
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28105.htm



Gadaffi Wanted Dead Or Alive! 30 Million Pounds Bounty

Britain s Daily Star reports that the highly trained secret British service troops have already infiltrated Gadaffi s Tripoli stronghold after having been sent to Libya from Afghanistan.

http://bit.ly/j61kyK


From Information Clearing House

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WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia Out of Libyan Oil

Video

Paul Jay, The Real News Network: National Economics Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, Kevin Hall discusses America s desire to block Italian Eni from acting as a 'stalking horse' for Russian oil company, Gazprom.

http://www.truthout.org/wikileaks-reveals-us-wanted-keep-russia-out-libyan-oil-video/1305571993



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