World-News

By Brian Becker

The stage is now set for the imperialist invasion of Libya. - Britain, France and the United States-have committed themselves to the ouster of the Libyan government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27913.htm



Russia accuses NATO of violating UN resolution over Libya

Russia's permanent envoy to NATO said, 'Certain Western states have started speculating about the possibility of a ground operation, which would probably be introduced as an operation to secure humanitarian convoys,' Rogozin said here.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-192204.html


From Information Clearing House

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From Waco to Libya
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory210.html

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Armadillo, Kill Teams, and the Savagery of War
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/04/18



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/gregory
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By Glenn Greenwald

Whatever one thinks about this war limited humanitarian intervention on the merits, this is not the mission that Obama cited when justifying Americas involvement. Its the opposite.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27908.htm



'US To Recoup Libya Oil From China'

Interview with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

By Press TV

Why US President Barack Obama needs to overthrow Qaddafi when no other US presidents did.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27904.htm



Libyan Rebels Say They re Being Sent Weapons

The rebel military leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah Younes, on Saturday said, that his forces had received weapons supplies from unidentified nations that support their uprising.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/world/africa/17libya.html


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts

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By Spencer Ackerman

You would think that an op-ed from three world leaders titled
'Libyas Pathway to Peace' would spell out how the western bombing campaign against Moammar Gadhafi will end. Instead, it lays out a demand, and expands the war in the process.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27896.htm



France, Britain, US say Kadhafi cannot stay

France, Britain and the US say it is 'unthinkable' for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to stay in power. The UN should consider a new resolution to address Kadhafis future, according to France's defence minister.

http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110415-france-britain-us-say-kadhafi-cannot-stay



Libya letter by Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy

Full text

President Barack Obama of the US, Prime Minister David Cameron of the UK and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France have written a joint letter to The Times of London, the International Herald Tribune and Le Figaro, vowing to keep up the pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and pledging to maintain Nato military pressure on his forces.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13090646



US senators unveil resolution against Libya conflict

US military strikes on Libya are 'not in the vital interests of the United States' and further action should require congressional approval, under a symbolic senate resolution unveiled Thursday.

http://bit.ly/hrFO8s



Russia asks for immediate ceasefire in Libya

'Today we can state that in a series of cases, military action has exceeded the mandate conferred by the United Nations Security Council,' said Sergei Lavrov.

http://bit.ly/gQEe4s



No UN mandate for Libyan ground operations, regime change: Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 does not provide a mandate for ground operations in Libya, nor should NATO be aiming for a regime change.

http://rt.com/politics/nato-russia-berlin-lavrov-rogozin/



Russia concerned over abused mandate of UN resolution on Libya: Medvedev

Russia is strongly concerned over an abused mandate under the UN Security Council resolution on Libya, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told reporters here on Thursday.

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16152634&PageNum=0


From Information Clearing House



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By Alan J. Kuperman

EVIDENCE IS now in that President Barack Obama grossly exaggerated the humanitarian threat to justify military action in Libya.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27889.htm



Libya and Sarkozy aims to rule NATO?

By RT

France and the UK want to step up the assault on Colonel Gaddafi, and are considering arming the rebels. For more, RT talks to Johan Galtung, rector of the Transcend Peace University.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27890.htm



Civilians have been killed by NATO air raids on Tripoli

Witnesses speak of four explosions, anti-aircraft missiles returning fire and have seen smoke rising from the south east of the city. One of these explosions came from the vicinity of Gaddafis Bab al-Aziza bunker.

http://bit.ly/huuFrs



Obamas broken Libya promises

Statements last month from the president and his defense secretary about the U.S. role in Libya have not held up.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/04/14/libya_broken_promises



World leaders slam West war in Libya

In their summit meeting in southern China, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa unanimously condemned the Libya bombings, AFP reported Thursday.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/174742.html



U.S. Keeps Quiet over Repression

While his administration has become ever more outspoken against repression in Syria and Yemen - not to mention Libya, where Obama has called for regime change - it has remained remarkably restrained about the escalating crackdown by the Sunni monarchy against the majority Shia population and prominent pro-democracy figures.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55248


From Information Clearing House

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NATO: Libya Mission Will Last 'As Long As Necessary'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/14-8

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Gadhafis fate, and our own

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/15/11

Gadhafis efforts to establish himself as the African Napoleon ended in disaster, just as the American conquest of Iraq and Afghanistan is every day proving itself to have been a colossal waste of human lives and resources. In Libya, before the rebellion, Gadhafi would brook no criticism of his foreign adventurism, just as in todays Washington any effort to get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan and/or cut the military budget is met with cries of 'Impossible!' and shortly ruled out of order...

http://tinyurl.com/3cenqoc


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/13-1

A Must-Do Foreign Policy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/13-0

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The Buying and Selling of the Pentagon

Part II

Dina Rasor, Truthout: 'I don't believe that the US can make real changes to DoD procurement until we change the incentives of the individuals who work in this corrupt system. All other attempts at reform have quickly been deformed because there are too many careerists who are making money gaming the system - a system that also severely punishes those who don't go along with the corruption. Having worked for decades on trying to slow or close the revolving door to no avail, I believe rather drastic action needs to be implemented. These are not easy solutions, but I am now convinced that nothing else will stop the self-dealing.'

http://www.truthout.org/buying-and-selling-pentagon-part-ii



Libya: All About Oil, or All About Banking?

Ellen Brown, Truthout: 'Several writers have noted the odd fact that the Libyan rebels took time out from their rebellion in March to create their own central bank - this before they even had a government.'

http://www.truth-out.org/libya-all-about-oil-or-all-about-banking/1302678000

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Gaddafi is the Perfect Target

By Jack A. Smith

At no time has it been indicated a majority of Libyans support overthrowing Col. Gaddafi, much less back a USNATO war to install a western-aligned government in Tripoli - especially one about which considerable questions are being asked.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27877.htm



Libya: The Law is Clear: It is Illegal to Arm the 'Rebels'

By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Under the UN Charter and Resolutions 1970 and 1973 it would be illegal for any entity to arm the 'rebels' in Libya and in so doing, this would constitute a breach of international law, leaving the perpetrators open to criminal liability. And has anyone researched the history of the 'rebel' movement?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27880.htm

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The absurdity of trusting foreign-policy makers

Future of Freedom Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
by James Bovard

04/13/11

The United States is attacking Libya on the basis of vague hopes that peace will triumph after the Allied bombing ceases. There are plenty of reasons to doubt whether a few hundred cruise missiles will beget harmony in the Libyan desert. But one of the biggest mistakes would be to assume that U.S. government policymakers understand what they are doing...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1104h.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Obama, Cameron, and Sarkozy say NATO attacks will continue
until Gaddafi goes

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10324/



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Die Kontaktgruppe setzt in Verein mit den Aufständischen auf einen Regimewechsel.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/149662

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15. April 2011

Gegen einen EU-Kriegseinsatz in Libyen

Tobias Pflüger, Mitglied des Parteivorstandes der LINKEN und dort zuständig für Friedens- und Europapolitik, erklärt zur heutigen Entscheidung der Europäischen Union, ein Einsatzkonzept für einen EU-Militäreinsatz in Libyen zu beschliessen:

DIE LINKE bedauert die Entscheidung der Europäischen Union (EU) als entscheidenden Schritt hin zu einer direkten Teilnahme der EU und damit Deutschlands am Krieg um Libyen. Die Aussagen der Regierungskoalition gegen eine Teilnahme am Krieg um Libyen stellen sich nun als pure Wahlkampfmanöver und Lügen heraus. Sollten wie geplant EU-Battlegroups eingesetzt werden, wäre dies der erste Einsatz der EU-Kampfgruppen überhaupt. Nicht nur Militärs weisen darauf hin, dass eine 'militärische Absicherung humanitärer Hilfe' einen möglichen Bodentruppeneinsatz auch deutscher Truppen bedeuten würde. Dies wäre dann unstrittig ein weiterer Kriegseinsatz der Bundeswehr. DIE LINKE wendet sich mit aller Entschiedenheit gegen die Teilnahme der EU und Deutschlands am Krieg um Libyen und wird sich weiterhin aktiv an Protesten gegen den Krieg um Libyen und insbesondere gegen die NATO-Bombardierungen beteiligen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/gegen-einen-eu-kriegseinsatz-in-libyen/



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/12-10

Kucinich Responds to Office of Legal Counsels Twisted Rationale for Libyan War
http://warisacrime.org/content/kucinich-responds-office-legal-counsel%E2%80%99s-twisted-rationale-libyan-war


From: commondreams.org

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A policy chasing its tail

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/13/11

Stretching all the way back to the dawn of the American empire, when Teddy Roosevelt and his crew of 'progressive' imperialists planted Old Glory on battlefields from Cuba to the Philippines, the pattern of US overseas intervention has repeated itself down through the years. We 'liberate' a foreign people from the bonds of what we regard as tyranny, only to find that the presumed beneficiaries of this policy are lacking in gratitude - and blame us - us! - for their subsequent problems. Although, youll note, that doesnt stop them from seeking aid and assistance from the US Treasury: in fact, it encourages them...

http://tinyurl.com/3btze34



Why the Framers were right about war

Downsize DC Downsize DC
by James Leroy Wilson

04/12/11

The Libya War is further proof that the Constitutions Framers were correct to vest the war making power in Congress, NOT the President. The Presidents Commander-in-Chief powers do NOT empower him to go to war at his own choosing. He is only permitted to execute wars AFTER Congress declares them...

http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/why-the-framers-were-right-about-war


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan157.html

Obama Still Hammering Away
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig12/bacevich1.1.1.html

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Reasons for the failure to understand events in Libya
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10319/

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More Libyan civilians killed in NATO bombings

NATO warplanes in Libya have reportedly killed several civilians - including women and children - in a bombing south-west of the capital Tripoli.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/12/3189752.htm



Medvedev Warns of Libyan Collapse; Will Consult With China on Its Response

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that Libya is at risk of total collapse and that his government will consult with China at a summit of emerging- market nations this week on how to respond.

http://bloom.bg/eeF7Uv



A new Blackwater in Libya?

The UK government has floated the idea of employing private security firms in Libya to help bolster revolutionary forces fighting the regime of Muammar Qaddafi.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/174430.html


From Information Clearing House



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By Justin Elliott

While Obama talks of saving civilians in Libya, information about innocents killed by U.S. drones is kept secret.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27863.htm



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By Robert Dreyfuss

Two elder American statesman, at least one of which might better be put on trial for war crimes, have come up with an attempt to square the circle by reconciling 'realism' and 'idealism'-that is, neoconservative interventionism-in regard to 'humanitarian' wars.
They fail.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27862.htm



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