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Libya:NATO led rebels continue to torture Detainees

February 7, 2012 Global AuthorLibya, NATO, Torture continue

According to a report by Reuters, Detainees from Libya's civil war held by revolutionary brigades supported by NATO continue to be subjected to torture despite efforts by the Nato led rebel government to address the issue, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday. . Read More

Libya : Libyan rebels driven out of Bani Walid

January 25, 2012 Global AuthorBani Walid, Gaddafi, Libya

According to a report by Reuters, Fighters from the Warfallah tribe -- the dominant tribe in Bani Walid and the most populous in Libya -- drove out rebel militia from the town this week. . Read More

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Libya: Gaddafi Torments Rebel Government from the grave

January 24, 2012October 30, 2016 Global AuthorGaddaffi, Libya, Libya Rebels, Resistance in Libya

In an AP story, Forces loyal to Libya's late leader Muammar Gaddafi have launched a series of attacks across several cities, killing seven rebel fighters who helped topple the former regime, officials and residents say. . Read More

Resignations in Libya following Benghazi Anti-Government Riot

January 22, 2012 Global AuthorGadhafi's rule, Libya, Rebels in Libya

The deputy head of Libya's National Transitional Council has stepped down, a day after anti-government protesters stormed the ruling body's offices in the eastern city of Benghazi. Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, one of the Council's highest-profile members, announced his resignation Sunday as thousands of university students demonstrated against him in Benghazi, where last week he was manhandled and had to be... Read More

Africa Lies Naked to Euro-American Military Offensive

December 22, 2011October 20, 2016 Global AuthorArab Spring, Barack Obama, French, Hillary Clinton, Libya, London and Paris, U.S. and its NATO allies, US, US Politics

The US and its Allies are Positioned to "Take" Much of the Continent As the U.S. and its NATO allies move southward to further consolidate their grip on Africa, following the seizure of Libya and its vast oil fields, most of the continent’s leadership seems to welcome re-absorption into empire. “Africa is the most vulnerable region in America’s warpath, a... Read More

Gaddafi: Death of an era, dawn of an era

October 21, 2011 Global Authordeath, Gaddafi, Libya, NATO, NTC, war

First accounts are almost never correct, but if the circumstances of Libyan Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi's death prove to be as reported, they will provide yet another, final irony in a life replete with them. The man whose success relied upon a combination of great-power manipulation and the ability to sustain the fantasy that he embodied the aspirations of... Read More

NATO’s War in Libya: Protecting to Kill, Killing to Protect

October 9, 2011 Global AuthorAyça Çubukçu, Libya, NATO

In war, truth is the first casualty. Words of wisdom, gifted to us by Aeschylus. Truer than ever now, two thousand years later, as NATO bombs Libya in the name of `protecting’ its civilians. But isn’t there a paradox here, asks young Turkish academic Ayça Çubukçu. `When “the international community” intervenes militarily in Libya under a cosmopolitan obligation to protect... Read More

Libya News: When western powers support ‘revolution’ in Libya!

October 4, 2011 Global AuthorBritain, France, Libya, Makwaia wa Kuhenga, NATO

News from Libya - The rush by France, Britain and Italy in particular, to get their hands on Libyan oil will soon be too obvious to cover up. The so-called "revolutionaries" are no doubt busy signing deals handing over that previously nationalised resource to the neocolonialists who put them in power - robbing the people of Libya their country's natural... Read More

Transcript of Ahmadinejad Before the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

September 22, 2011 Global AuthorAhmadinejad, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Slavery, United Nations General assembly

Mr. President,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, I am grateful to the Almighty Allah who granted me, once more, the opportunity to appear before this world assembly. I have the pleasure to express my sincere thanks to H.E. Joseph Deiss, president of the sixty-fifth session for his tremendous efforts during his tenure. I also would like to congratulate H.E Nassir Abdulaziz AI-Nasser on... Read More

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Should CNN be kicked out of Africa?

September 20, 2011 Global Authorafrica, CNN, Libya

As CNN and the western media cheered and encouraged the over throw of Brother Gadhafi in Libya the question is whose side is CNN on?. According to CNN Sabha — a dusty city southwest of Tripoli — has long been considered a staunch pro-Moammar Gadhafi stronghold, but many of its residents greeted fighters from the new government warmly as they… Read More

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