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‘NATO Seeking Regime Change in Libya’
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 06:57
‘South African President Jacob Zuma has said that NATO is taking advantage of UN Resolution 1973 to implement a plot to effect regime change in Libya.
Zuma has visited Libya twice since March on behalf of the African Union (AU) to attempt to find a political solution to the crisis in the North African country. The South African president said NATO attacks have undermined the AU’s efforts to resolve the crisis diplomatically.’
“We strongly believe that the resolution is being abused for regime change, political assassinations and foreign military occupation,” AFP quoted Zuma as saying in a speech to parliament on Tuesday.’
No Democracy Now, Jordanian King Says
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 06:53
King Abdullah said that it should be “clear to all that if you start now building political parties, you might need at least two or three years to render these parties mature and well enough established to make gains in legislative elections, and, subsequently, to implement their programs on the ground,” AP reported on Tuesday.’
Boehner Warns Obama on Libya War
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 06:50
“It would appear that in five days, the administration will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution unless it asks for and receives authorization from Congress or withdraws all US troops and resources from the mission (in Libya), Boehner said in a letter on Tuesday.
Boehner, a Republican, asked Obama to explain the legal grounds for further operations in Libya by Friday, June 17, Reuters reported.’
Deadly NATO Raid Hits Libyan University
Monday, 13 June 2011 06:40
‘More Libyan civilians have reportedly been killed and injured after a NATO airstrike hit a university in the capital, Tripoli.
New images have emerged showing the aftermath of an alleged NATO air raid targeting Tripoli’s Nasser University. The attack reportedly left many university staff and students dead. Libyan state television says dozens of others were also injured.’
‘Turkey Executes US Plots in Syria’
Monday, 13 June 2011 06:46
‘Political analyst in Middle East affairs Hadi Mohammadi told Fars News Agency on Sunday that Ankara is playing a double game — claiming to support the Damascus government in order to have greater influence in the Middle East, while at the same time supporting and providing a safe haven for armed gangs seeking to incite revolt in Syria.
He noted that the United States has now formed operational headquarters in southern Turkey close to the border with Syria to direct the riots in the Arab country after its attempts to cause unrest in southern Syria were unsuccessful.’
Gold, Oil, Africa and Why the West Wants Gadhafi Dead
Monday, 13 June 2011 07:53
‘The war raging in Libya since February is getting progressively worse as NATO forces engage in regime change and worse, an objective to kill Muammar Gadhafi to eradicate his vision of a United Africa with a single currency backed by gold.
Observers say implementing that vision would change the world power equation and threaten Western hegemony. In response, the United States and its NATO partners have determined “Gadhafi must go,” and assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner.’
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The Media Distract the Public from War
Monday, 13 June 2011 08:04
‘If one is to judge by the tone of the television commentators, America must be deep in a crisis. Long stretches of cable time are devoted to the breaking news. Each detail is presented as more grave and consequential for the republic than the last. The fate of the country surely hangs in the balance.
What is it? War? Fiscal crisis? Mass unemployment? A double-dip recession? No. A congressman was caught sending lewd photographs of himself to women over the Internet.
This is what now consumes so much of the news media’s attention. This is what outranks in news value continuing occupations of foreign countries, three overt and an undetermined number of covert wars, and a looming fiscal crisis. As America’s imperial elite seeks to hold on to and extend its global power in defiance of economic reality, the spectacle of a congressman, Anthony Weiner of New York, appparently sharing pictures of his private parts with female strangers has taken center stage.’
‘US, Israel Behind Unrest in Syria’
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 07:04
There is now clear evidence that weapons, cell phones and terrorists from Jordan were transferred into the city to further complicate the situation on the ground, analysts say.’
US Role in Bahrain Crackdown Exposed
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 07:11
‘The crucial role of the United States and Britain in the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bahrain has been exposed.
According to the Morning Star newspaper, Bahrain received over USD 200 million in military equipment from US companies between October 2009 and October 2010, which were used against peaceful anti-government protesters in the country.The arms sales were more than double the USD 89 million worth approved by Washington over the previous US financial year.’
US data: 90% of Captured ‘Taliban’ Were Civilians
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 07:33
In December 2010, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus claimed in an interview that a total of 4,100 Taliban rank and file had been captured and 2,000 others had been killed in the space of six months.
The claim followed another set of misleading figures that had been released three months earlier and which said US Special Operations Forces had captured 1,355 rank and file Taliban militants, killed 1,031, while having killed or captured 365 middle or high-ranking Taliban members through May and July of the same year. The figures were apparently released for media publicity and intended to restore US reputation over its losses in Afghanistan, IPS reported.’
Read more: US data: 90% of Captured ‘Taliban’ Were Civilians
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