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In Libya, a Coup. Or Perhaps Not.

February 14, 2014 Global Authorafrica, Ali Zeidan, Egypt, Libya, NATO

Stealing a page from neighboring Egypt, a senior army officer in Libya on Friday announced a military takeover, the suspension of Parliament and a new “road map” for the future. Then nothing happened. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan called the supposed coup “ridiculous.” A military spokesman called it “a lie.” None of the Libyan Army’s few tanks or soldiers made any... Read More

The Secret War in Libya: The Rise of the Green Resistance

January 25, 2014 Global AuthorAli Zeidan, Gaddafi, Libya, NATO, Sabha, Toubou, USA

The battles currently raging in the South of Libya are no mere tribal clashes. Instead, they represent a possible burgeoning alliance between black Libyan ethnic groups and pro-Gaddafi forces intent upon liberating their country of a neocolonial NATO-installed government. On Saturday January 18th, a group of heavily armed fighters stormed an air force base outside the city of Sabha in... Read More

The Great Nothingness of Libya, Two Years After Muammar Gaddafi

January 3, 2014 Global AuthorFrance, Libya, NATO, Obama, UN

The notion of a “Libya” has ceased to have any meaningful practical application. As a concept that either refers to some degree of national unity, an imagined community, sovereignty, or the exercise of authority by a state over the territory within its borders, “Libya” has been driven back to the time when it had yet to become formalized as a... Read More

Cynthia McKINNEY raises questions on Killings in Libya

October 10, 2013 Global AuthorCynthia McKINNEY, Egypt, Libya, NATO, Obama, Toubu people, US Special Forces

Every loss of life is tragic and that is why I oppose the current US policy of killing. The US is currently regularly killing people in Asia and in Africa. Taken to its extreme, the Obama Administration even claims authority to kill US citizens on US soil! The unfolding situation in Libya is troubling, not only for the bloodletting and... Read More

Libya: Armed Protesters Occupy Parliament Area

November 3, 2012 Global Author

A group of armed men have occupied an area near Libya's parliament building after new Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and his Congress approved the Cabinet line-up, according to Associated Press. The militia members are demanding some of the ministers be removed because they have links to the late Muammar Gaddafi's regime, according to news reports. . Read More

Africa: Partnership, Engagement Highlight Africa Policy

November 3, 2012 Global Author

Washington — Say "Africa" to most Americans and they think of "the Dark Continent" - a land beset by problems and disasters, far enough away that anything that happens there cannot possibly affect America. And they would be wrong, said Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs. "What happens in Africa definitely affects the United States,"... Read More

Libya Crisis Becomes Focus of Presidential Race

October 17, 2012 Global Author

One year since the brutal assassination of former Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, the political crisis inside this North African state has become a means used by the Republican Party to seal their attempt to defeat President Barack Obama on November 6. Although there was a cover-up involving the destruction of the United States consulate and annex in Benghazi on... Read More

Libyan forces deploy around former Gaddafi stronghold

October 4, 2012 Global Author

TRIPOLI - Libyan militias, operating alongside the Defence Ministry, have deployed their forces around a former stronghold of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi, officials said on Wednesday, stoking fears of impending fighting. The forces are surrounding parts of the town of Bani Walid, a week after the death of former Misrata rebel fighter Omran Shaban, which has raised tension between the... Read More

Remember Sirte!; Heroism and Apocalypse in the Libyan Desert

October 2, 2012 Global AuthorLibya, NATO, Obama

The month of October 2011 stands as an historical monument to heroism and apocalypse in the Libyan desert as the people of Sirte, hometown to Col. Gaddafi, staged a desperate, doomed fight to protect their families and homes from the might of NATO and its allied bands of Libyan rebels. With history all to often written by the victors, the... Read More

Libya: US ambassador and three other embassy staff have been killed

September 12, 2012 Global Author

According to Reuters, The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on Tuesday night that targeted his car in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a Libyan official said on Wednesday. "The American ambassador and three staff members were killed when gunmen fired rockets at them," the official in Benghazi told Reuters.... Read More

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