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Showing posts with label Libyans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Libyans. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Libya: End is Welcome, but Doesn't Justify the Means, Islam and the West, NewAgeIslam.com


Islam and the West
25 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com

Libya: End is Welcome, but Doesn't Justify the Means


By Simon Jenkins
We may all applaud Qadhafi’s downfall, but it remains the case that Britain's intervention in Libya was wrong.
The downfall of a dictator is always welcome. Especially welcome is the downfall of Qadhafi 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 Blair's cringing, oil-drenched “friendship.” More welcome still would have been his downfall clearly at the hands of his own people, not courtesy of western armies.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The Truth about the Situation in Libya: Cutting through Government Propaganda and Media Lies, Islam and the Media, NewAgeIslam.com


Islam and the Media
25 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com

The Truth about the Situation in Libya: Cutting through Government Propaganda and Media Lies


By Brian Becker
Libya is a small country of just over 6 million people but it possesses the largest oil reserves in all of Africa. The oil produced there is especially coveted because of its particularly high quality.
The Air Force of the United States along with Britain and France has carried out 7,459 bombing attacks since March 19. Britain, France and the United States sent special operation ground forces and commando units to direct the military operations of the so-called rebel fighters – it is a NATO- led army in the field.
The troops may be disaffected Libyans but the operation is under the control and direction of NATO commanders and western commando units who serve as “advisors.” Their new weapons and billions in funds come from the U.S. and other NATO powers that froze and seized Libya’s assets in Western banks. Their only military successes outside of Benghazi, in the far east of the country, have been exclusively based on the coordinated air and ground operations of the imperialist NATO military forces.