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British troops could be deployed to the Libyan border to 'guard refugees' fleeing the Gaddafi regime, Liam Fox signalled yesterday.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-troops-could-be-deployed-to-tunisia-2275823.html


From Information Clearing House



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'Libya has the biggest oil resources in Africa and the fourth largest gas resources,' Putin said during a news conference in Copenhagen. 'It raises the question: isn t this the main object of interest to those operating there.'

http://en.rian.ru/world/20110426/163720280.html



Gates hints at killing Gadhafi

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that Libyan military command centers 'wherever we find them' are legitimate targets for U.S. and NATO air attack, suggesting that 'strongman' Moammar Gadhafi himself is increasingly in danger.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110426/ap_on_re_us/us_us_libya



Ex-CIA chief: Kadhafi was good partner

The former chief of the CIA on Tuesday praised Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi s past cooperation and said his downfall could complicate US interests in the short term.

http://yhoo.it/jEPxfy


From Information Clearing House

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Libya: NATO airstrike kills 12 rebels in Misrata

Antiwar.com

04/27/11

For the second time this month, NATO warplanes have accidentally bombed the Libyan rebel forces that were mistaken for Gadhafi regime troops. Today s strike came in Misrata, and saw the warplane kill 12 rebels and wound five others. The rebel commander said the strike came on a coastal salt factory, which rebels had seized and fortified as a defensive position. They insisted they told NATO about taken over the factory yesterday. NATO has yet to comment...

http://tinyurl.com/3dz7ras



Another president blindly taking us 'knee deep into the big muddy'

Liberty For All
by R. Lee Wrights

04/27/11

And so it begins. After dropping thousand of tons of bombs and missiles on Libya in an ineffective and inefficient effort to bring about regime change, President Obama has decided to send $25 million in 'non-lethal' assistance to the Libyan rebels, including uniforms, boots, vehicles, fuel trucks, protective vests and non-secure radios. On top of this 'non-lethal' assistance, the president has also authorized the use of the very lethal Predator drones despite the fact that killing by 'remote control' has proven somewhat less-than-reliable in Afghanistan and Pakistan and often results in the murder of friendly forces and innocent civilians...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=5857


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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'They said they didn t want to kill Gaddafi. Now some officials say, yes, we are trying to kill Gaddafi,' Putin said during a visit to Denmark. 'Who permitted this, was there any trial? Who took on the right to execute this man?'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4060859,00.html



Putin 'Gobsmacked' By NATO s Bombing Of Libya

Video

Do you know how many peaceful civilians perish because of these missile attacks, no matter what reasons are behind them?'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27982.htm



Former Gitmo detainee now America s ally in Libya

For over five years, Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda bin Qumu was a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay prison, judged 'a probable member of al-Qaida'. Now, Qumu, 51, is a notable figure in the Libyan rebels' fight to oust Muammar Gaddafi.

http://bit.ly/eknEtv


From Information Clearing House



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By Robert Bridge

NATO forces have unleashed a powerful missile attack on Tripoli, the Libyan capital, in the latest sign that the coalition has ignored its UN mandate to 'protect civilians' and has chosen instead to take sides in the revolt.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27959.htm



The War in Libya: Race, 'Humanitarianism,' and the Media

By Maximilian Forte

What is lacking in much of what passes for 'informed commentary' on Libya is historical depth and context. Everything seems structured to explain the events of the day, without relation to previous days, let alone previous years, and the wider social and economic context.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27957.htm



'NATO Wages War On False Claims'

'No Evidence Gaddafi Bombed Tripoli'

Video Report

Nato aircraft carried out fresh air strikes on the capital Tripoli overnight, with a government spokesman saying at least three people were killed in the raid.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27951.htm



Libya Burns As The World Cheers

By David Rothscum

How was Libya doing under the rule of Gadaffi? How bad did the people have it? Were they oppressed as we now commonly accept as fact?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27956.htm



NATO Kills Three people in Gaddafi compound attack

Three people were killed in a NATO airstrike early on Monday on Muammar Gaddafi s Bab al-Aziziyah compound and 45 wounded, but he was unhurt and is in high spirits, the Libyan government said.

http://bit.ly/dQMoiU



Belarussian President phones Gaddafi, says Western media wrong about Libya

'Doesn t everybody understand that there is a war on for resources, for oil? Everybody knows that.'

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16177551&PageNum=0


From Information Clearing House

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Unwelcome surprises in Libya

Reason Reason
by Steve Chapman

04/25/11

Is it too early to declare our intervention in Libya a failure? More than a month after we started bombing, the insurgency has suffered a string of defeats. The government in Tripoli suddenly looks as permanent as the Sahara...

http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/25/unwelcome-surprises-in-libya



The war on Libya has made things worse

Downsize DC Downsize DC
by Jim Babka

04/25/11

In the past, Presidents told lies to trick Congress into authorizing wars. The War on Libya is different: President Obama started the war first, and THEN lied about it...

http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/the-war-on-libya-has-made-things-worse


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Westminster warriors untouched by Libyas suffering and bloodshed
http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2011/04/pilger-british-libya-yemen



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Über die Widersprüche eines wenig überlegten, vom Menschenrechtspathos getragenen Militäreinsatzes. Die NATO am Scheideweg.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/34/34602/1.html



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By Itar-Tass

The no fly zone operation has failed, and an operation on the ground, if it begins, will trigger a large African war, Russian presidential representative for African affairs, chairman of the Federation Council s international affairs committee, Mikhail Margelov, said on Thursday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27940.htm



Libya in Face of Humanitarian Imperialism

By Gregoire Lalieu

Humanitarian imperialism, why the right to interfere is incompatible with world peace, and why it goes against humanitarian principles. Unless, of course, those principles are just an excuse.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27946.htm



Libya: Another Neocon War

By David Swanson

The US department of justice (DOJ) has submitted a written defence of the US role in this new war in Libya to the US Congress. The DOJ claims the war serves the US national interest in regional stability and in maintaining the credibility of the United Nations. Who knew?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27941.htm



The US swallowed these cups of tea to justify its imperial aims

Americans swallowed his tale because they wanted to. What empires - particularly those involved in violent conflict - need, above all, is heroes.

http://bit.ly/gISpJl



UN ignores its own resolution on Libya

The coalition is definitely taking sides and now they are considering another step: to start a land operation, which could really bring unpredictable results for the country. That s why this is not only Russia s concern, this is the concern of quite a big part of international community.'

http://rt.com/news/un-resolution-violation-analyst/



John McCain Back To Libya; Doesn t Meet With Gaddafi This Time

John McCain latched onto one of our predator drones and parachuted down into the country Friday because he loves U.S. intervention in foreign wars so much he had to go see this one for himself.

http://bit.ly/gnmaKY



Libya: Senators McCain Lieberman Visit Gadaffi

McCain said US delegation s talks with Libyan officials had focused in particular on the 'provision of non-lethal defence equipment' to Libya s government.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYVWT_kDTsU



US drones: lessons for Libya from Pakistan

The number of people killed in 2010 by American drones is thought to be between 607 and 993, yet of those the New America Foundation has estimated that just two per cent of the deaths were senior Taliban or al-Qaeda figures.

http://www.channel4.com/news/us-drones-lessons-for-libya-from-pakistan


From Information Clearing House

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'Protecting' Libyans with a silent killer
http://rt.com/news/silent-killer-uranium-depleted/

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Terminators to Tripoli: US Expands Remote-Controlled Wars
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/22-1

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John McCain: Lost in Space
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/325.html



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Freedom s Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

04/22/11

Escalated intervention keeps incrementally building toward sending combat troops against Gaddafi, French and UK leaders signaling what may, in fact, have been planned all along, perhaps including US marines...

http://tinyurl.com/3ffu4at


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Kissinger Calls For US Ground Invasion Of Libya

Globalists want protracted war to last through 2012

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, April 22, 2011

Despite the fact that the United States is embroiled in three major conflicts and can barely service its own gigantic debt, with Standard and Poor this week indicating the US will soon lose its triple-A credit rating, top globalist and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger recently told fellow elitists at three different globalist confabs that the US needs to launch a ground invasion of Libya and keep the war running for at least another year.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/kissinger-calls-for-us-ground-invasion-of-libya.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/20-2

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Nato Attack Kills 7 In Libya

The coalition warplanes bombed the Khellat Al-Ferjan suburb and that the victims include women and children. Bir Al-Ghanam, 50 km southwest of the Libyan capital, was also bombed.

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From Information Clearing House



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West Exacerbates Libyans' Suffering

By Doug Bandow

The allies have joined the insurgents in a civil war against the previously recognized government. The path is war and all that entails: death, destruction, and chaos.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27921.htm



French want troops on ground in Libya

A senior French official says soldiers should be deployed on the ground in Libya to help guide NATO s air strikes in support of the Libyan opposition.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/73292/french-want-troops-on-ground-in-libya



Libya: blood bonanza for contractors

Libya might soon turn into a goldmine for private security firms. Reports say that the UK is already hiring mercenaries to protect the interests of the big corporations there.

http://mathaba.net/news/?x=626467


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The energy vampires

Antiwar.com Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/20/11

To hear the 'humanitarian' interventionists tell it, the NATO alliance is currently bombing Libya in order to avert an alleged 'massacre' that may - or may not - happen if Moammar Gadhafi gets his hands on the rebels now holding the eastern province known as Cyrenaica. It s just a coincidence that Libya is a major oil producer, and that the NATO allies demanding the dictator s ouster are thirsty for the stuff. If you believe otherwise, well then you have fallen victim to a 'conspiracy theory,' as any number of unrepentant neocons will tell you...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/04/19/the-energy-vampires/



US military s footprint too big

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
by Charles Pena

04/19/11

The speed with which U.S. military forces were able to begin combat operations in Libya last month, following the president s order to intervene in the unfolding civil war, is a tribute to the professionalism and combat readiness of the U.S. armed forces. But it also should give us great pause. Unless the United States has been attacked, military intervention should be a very difficult, sobering decision requiring painstaking reflection. The trouble is: with U.S. forces now deployed all over the globe, military intervention has become too easy. If it wasn't so easy perhaps we would do less of it...

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/-296964--.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Depleted uranium has been proven to cause serious damage to troops, civilians and the environment, but the US, France and Britain have blocked a UN ban proposal. In an interview with Press TV, Conn Hallinan, of Foreign Policy and Focus in Berkeley, California, discusses the West s awareness of the immense long-term danger of using depleted uranium in weapons, and its leaching impact, which poisons the environment and water supply for billions of years. Depleted uranium is being used in Libya in NATO weapons. Out of the 800,000 troops that served in the Gulf, about 107,000 of them are down with Gulf War Syndrome. There is no question that depleted uranium played a major role in the development of Gulf War syndrome. The main problem for the civilians is that depleted uranium is extremely heavy -- about the heaviest thing you can imagine, so when it misses a target and doesn't explode, then it goes very deep into the ground -- about 25-30 inches into the ground and when the rain comes that starts leaching into the environment, and possibly, the water supply. The UN sub-committee has called for a ban on depleted uranium in munitions in violation of the Geneva Convention and UN Charter. And that action was blocked by France, Britain and the US.

Conn Hallinan, Foreign policy and focus, Berkeley, Press TV

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?id=6162#newspost



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