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Britain s aid package for Libya is cause for alarm, not relief, Stop the War Coalition said today.: The pledge includes a six-month 'military liaison team' to seek out and destroy pro-Gadaffi forces' weapon stockpiles, as well as £1 million in funding for NGOs specialising in weapons decommissioning.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/109563



Islamists emerge in force in new Libya

Although it went largely unnoticed during the uprising that toppled Gaddafi last month, Islamists were at the heart of the fight, many as rebel commanders.

http://wapo.st/rj2dX3



Russia: Al-Qaeda may have anti-aircraft missiles from Libya

The threat of a terrorist attack against a civilian aircraft, particularly in Europe, has increased, and a first-even shoot down of a US helicopter in Afghanistan by anti-aircraft missile in August may be linked to Libyan weaponry moving illicitly abroad, Rogachev said.

http://bit.ly/qrhjMW



NATO in Libya a 'model' for Euro-US cooperation: US official

A senior US State Department official hailed NATO s air strike campaign in Libya as a 'model' for future cooperation between European members of the military alliance and the US.

http://tgr.ph/qnUHGw


From Information Clearing House



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What happened to the residents of Tawergha appears to be another sign that despite the rebel leadership s pledges that they ll exact no revenge on supporters of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya s new rulers often are dealing harshly with the country s black residents.

http://bit.ly/rhlOJ8



Black migrants barred from fleeing Libya

Libya s National Transitional Council (NTC) wants to screen some 3,000 migrant workers, most of whom are of sub-Saharan origin, to identify Gaddafi mercenaries among them. They will not be allowed out of the country until the process is completed.

https://rt.com/news/libya-black-migrants-abuse-737/


From Information Clearing House



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The 107-page report 'The Battle for Libya: Killings, Disappearances and Torture' reveals that while Gaddafi forces committed widespread crimes under international law during the conflict, forces loyal to the National Transitional Council (NTC) have also committed abuses that in some cases amounted to war crimes.

http://bit.ly/oFDxOS



Urgent Questions to NATO on Libya

Is NATO bombing Sebha and Sirte too? Why? What about the civilians? Why is NATO not concerned about the lack of basic things inside the cities under siege? Civilians are suffering and trapped inside; NTC armed people admitted (to Reuters) that civilians inside Sebha don t have money and fuel to escape.

http://bit.ly/nVvCTs


From Information Clearing House



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Vor allem Russland und Brasilien fordern ein Ende der Kampfhandlungen.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150425

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Der Krieg nebenan, der niemanden interessiert. Oder: Deutsche Waffen, deutsches Geld morden mit in aller Welt, auch in Libyen

'Die NATO führt(e) einen Krieg gegen Libyen, und es blieb erstaunlich ruhig in der bundesdeutschen Öffentlichkeit, aber auch der Antikriegs- und Friedensbewegung. An was das wohl liegen mag? Es hat sicher damit zu tun, dass Deutschland offiziell an diesem Krieg nicht teilnimmt, zumindest hat das der bundesdeutsche Außenminister Guido Westerwelle erklärt - dazu später mehr. Festzuhalten bleibt zunächst einmal: Ein Krieg läuft, täglich werden auch Zivilisten durch die NATO umgebracht - und es bleibt ruhig. 'Das geht nicht' und das darf so nicht bleiben, bei den 'nächsten' Kriegen, um es etwas drastisch auszudrücken?' IMI-Analyse 2011/035 von Tobias Pflüger, erweiterte Fassung eines Artikels, der in Zivilcourage, der Zeitschrift der DFG-VK, Nummer 3/2011 erscheint http://www.imi-online.de/2011.php?id=2345


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Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle: 'Listening to upbeat statements by rebel military commanders, and optimistic assessments of National Transitional Council members, one gets the impression that the future of Libya is being entirely formulated by the new Libyan leadership. Arab media, led by Al Jazeera, seemed at times to entirely neglect that there was a third and most powerful party involved in the battle between freedom-seeking Libyans and the obstinate dictator. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose decisive and financially costly military intervention was not charitable, nor was it a moral act. It was a politically and strategically calculated endeavor, with multifaceted objectives that simply cannot be scrutinized in one article.'

http://www.truth-out.org/libyas-next-fight-west/1315318480

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'Free Tripoli', Just Don t Mention The Corpses

By Lizzie Phelan

Far from Tripoli falling without resistance these figures suggest that Tripoli fell with the masses resisting being massacred.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29052.htm



Africans trapped in southern Libya fear for lives: aid agencies

Thousands of African migrants trapped in Libya are in need of protection from growing harassment and hundreds more have been arrested by rebels who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, aid agencies said on Tuesday.

http://bit.ly/phRYfs



Al-Qaida gets hands on Libyan weapons:

The North African branch of al-Qaida managed to get a hold of surface-to-air missiles during the Libyan war, a European terrorism official said.

http://bit.ly/ra3AHE



Atlantic Council: Is Libya a 'Global Con?'

Globalist organization ponders whether Al Qaeda has 'snookered' NATO.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/09/atlantic-council-is-libya-global-con.html



Manipulating Video Images: Sloppy Journalism or War Propaganda?

The BBC's Fake Images from Tripoli
http://bit.ly/qwut3H



Libyan Rebels Enforce Stone Age Condition On Sirte

Video Report

Asiel spoke to many people in Sirte today - and recounts to us what is going on - it is surrounded by NATO s rebels.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29055.htm



Jihadists Take Over, As Warned

By Julio Godoy

The official euphoria with which the U.S. and European governments celebrated the fall of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya has given way to growing concern that many among the new Libyan leadership are radical Muslims with links to al-Qaeda.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29074.htm



Former U.S. Congressman: Feared Dead in Libya, Returns Home-Guess Who He Saw Doing the Killing:

The noted civil rights leader, told the Afro that he watched French and Danish troops storm small villages late at night beheading, maiming and killing rebels and loyalists to show them who was in control.

http://www.afro.com/sections/news/national/story.htm?storyid=72369


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Gaddafi worked with CIA to interrogate terror suspects

Boulder Daily Camera

09/06/11

The CIA worked closely with Moammar Gadhafi s intelligence services in the rendition of terror suspects to Libya for interrogation, according to documents seen Saturday by the AP, cooperation that could spark tensions between Washington and Libya s new rulers. The CIA was among a number of foreign intelligence services that worked with Libya s agencies, according to documents found at a Libyan security agency building in Tripoli...

http://tinyurl.com/3t43pvc



Libya is nothing for Obama to be proud of

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

09/06/11

Barack Obama will no doubt list the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi in Libya as one of his foreign-policy triumphs. But anyone paying close attention will realize that Obama should be ashamed of what he did. Indeed, Congress should be inquiring whether he committed an impeachable offense. What did he do?

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1109c.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Ethnic Cleaning in Libya
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-crimes/ethnic-cleaning-in-libya.html

Al Qaeda in Libya
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-is-a-racket/al-qaeda-in-libya.html



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By Thomas C. Mountain

NATO leaders are having to scramble to keep the NTC afloat. Images of pallets stacked 6 feet high with 200 million Libyan Dinars flown in from London show just how touch and go it has become for the NTC s attempts to maintain its influence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29035.htm



The Truth About the Libyan Conflict and Consequences for the Continent

The invasion of Libya has little to do with protecting civilians, all to do with strategic interests and is a wicked blow to Africa; argues Charles Abugre.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201109052174.html


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UK: Inquiry to examine intelligence ties to Libya

LaCrosse Tribune

09/05/11

A British inquiry into the country s pursuit of terrorism suspects will examine new allegations about cozy ties between U.K. intelligence officials and Moammar Gadhafi s regime, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday. Security documents discovered after the fall of Tripoli have offered embarrassing examples of the warm relationships that British and American spies had developed with their Libyan counterparts...

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Libya and mainstream pundits

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

09/02/11

A fascinating example of the mindset of American mainstream journalists is provided by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who wrote a glowing piece this week praising the U.S. government s humanitarian intervention in Libya. It s entitled 'Thank You, America!' Kristof s article comes across as a glorious paean to the U.S. government - how good and wonderful the government is - how it has made tremendous sacrifices to bring freedom to this one small part of the world...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-09-02.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Tony Cartalucci

NATO leaders are guilty under US code of providing material support to terrorists.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29023.htm



West Point Terror Center Confirms Al Qaeda in Libya

West Point CTC Confirms LIFG Terrorists Leading Libyan Rebellion

http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/09/west-point-terror-center-confirms-al.html



The Dark Side Of The 'War On Terrorism'
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29024.htm



CIA, MI6 helped Gaddafi persecute dissidents: Human Rights Watch

The documents were uncovered by the human rights activist group in the abandoned offices of Libya s former spy chief and foreign minister, Moussa Koussa.

http://natpo.st/riyflC



Foreigners complain of harassment by Libya rebels

A Ghanaian teacher cowers in his house, certain he will be grabbed at a checkpoint because of his dark skin. Armed rebels detain 19 Ukrainian cooks and oil workers for several days on unsupported claims that they are really snipers for Moammar Gadhafi.

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Libya: Here We Go Again

Chris Hedges, Truthdig: 'Here we go again. The cheering crowds. The deposed dictator. The encomiums to freedom and liberty. The American military as savior. You would think we would have learned in Afghanistan or Iraq. But I guess not. I am waiting for a trucked-in crowd to rejoice as a Gadhafi statue is toppled and Barack Obama lands on an aircraft carrier in a flight suit to announce 'Mission Accomplished.' War, as long as you view it through the distorted lens of the corporate media, is not only entertaining, but allows us to confuse state power with personal power. It permits us to wallow in unchecked self-exaltation. We are a nation that loves to love itself.'

http://www.truth-out.org/libya-here-we-go-again/1315225388



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In Libya, a bloodbath looms

In These Times
by Robert Parry

08/31/11

NATO s war in Libya, which began with high-minded declarations about 'protecting civilians,' now appears likely to end with a bloodbath that will claim the lives of many civilians, albeit pro-Gaddafi civilians, not the earlier threatened anti-Gaddafi civilians. Ali Tarhouni, a senior official of the NATO-backed Libyan rebels, summed up this Orwellian reality with a phrase reminiscent of the famous Vietnam War quote that 'we had to destroy the village in order to save it.' Tarhouni was quoted by the Associated Press as saying 'Sometimes to avoid bloodshed you must shed blood - and the faster we do this the less blood will be shed'...

http://tinyurl.com/3zndc95


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Libyan Rebel Military Chief Says He Was Tortured By CIA

By Patrick Cockburn

Abdulhakim Belhaj s allegations suggest a close relationship between the US and Gaddafi's regime.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29012.htm



Libyan Rebels Detain Black Africans

Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, accusing them of fighting for ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi and holding them in makeshift jails across the capital.

http://huff.to/p9OfsU



How the West Cooked Up the 'People s Uprising'

The media, as is so often the case, has botched its job. Thus virtually all of its resources over the past six months have gone into providing us with an entertainment, a horse race, a battle, with almost no insight into the deeper situation.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Untold-Story-in-Libya-by-Dean-Baker-110902-721.html


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Files Note Close CIA Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit

Rod Nordland, The New York Times News Service: 'Documents found at the abandoned office of Libya s former spymaster appear to provide new details of the close relations the Central Intelligence Agency shared with the Libyan intelligence service - most notably suggesting that the Americans sent terrorism suspects at least eight times for questioning in Libya despite that country s reputation for torture.'

http://www.truth-out.org/files-note-close-cia-ties-qaddafi-spy-unit/1315061145



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'Sie werden es nicht wagen, irgendwelche Verträge zu ändern'

Der Streit um Libyens Schätze: Italien hat bereits Verträge mit dem libyschen Übergangsrat unterzeichnet. Alle anderen stehen bereit, um sich ihren Anteil zu sichern.

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Nicht aus Afrika und schon gar nicht aus Deutschland!

IMI-Standpunkt von Christoph Marischka vom 30.8.2011 http://www.imi-online.de/2011.php?id=2342

Aus dem Text: '? Mit anderen Worten, die Länder, die eine Unterstützung der NATO-Intervention abgelehnt haben, brauchen jetzt nicht glauben, Geschäfte mit den neuen Machthabern machen zu können. Umgekehrt gilt, wer mitbombte, soll auch ausreichend die Ernte einfahren. Auffällig ist, dass dabei Deutschland keine Erwähnung findet, es gilt offensichtlich als Wackelkandidat, der gegenwärtig noch keinem der beiden Lager eindeutig zuzuordnen ist. Zahlreiche deutsche Konzerne sind bereits seit Längerem in Libyen aktiv (etwa die BASF-Tochter Wintershall, die im libyschen Ölgeschäft engagiert ist), sie werden sicher von der Bundesregierung erwarten, für den Fortbestand ihrer Profite Sorge zu tragen. Andere Firmen wittern durch die veränderte Situation Morgenluft und sehen nun Chancen, neu ins dortige Geschäft einsteigen zu können?'

Siehe dazu auch: 'Sie werden es nicht wagen, irgendwelche Verträge zu ändern'

'Der Streit um Libyens Schätze: Italien hat bereits Verträge mit dem libyschen Übergangsrat unterzeichnet. Alle anderen stehen bereit, um sich ihren Anteil zu sichern. Die libysche Bevölkerung und der Rest der Welt plagt derzeit noch die große Frage, wo der ehemalige Revolutionsführer Muammar al-Gaddafi steckt. Unterdessen sind die Führer der Anti-Gaddafi-Allianz schon deutlich weiter. Hinter den Fassaden haben bereits die ersten Verhandlungen begonnen, wie jetzt die reichen Ölvorkommen aufgeteilt werden sollen?' Artikel von Ralf Heß in telepolis vom 01.09.2011 http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35407/1.html


Die Preisträger 2011 des Aachener Friedenspreises: Jürgen Grässlin sowie die Informationsstelle Militarisierung

Die Pressemitteilung und Laudatio beim Aachener Friedenspreis e.V. http://www.aachener-friedenspreis.de/preistraeger/pt-aktuell0.html

Siehe dazu auch: Verleihung des Aachener Friedenspreises 2011 an die Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI)

IMI-Pressemitteilung vom 5.5.2011 http://www.imi-online.de/2011.php?id=2298


Aus: LabourNet, 1. September 2011



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