It should be patently obvious that the murderous rampage against Syrian civilians that is entering its third year could not be sustained if it were not for the relentless Western government and media support. Now this Western remote-control killing machine is to be fitted with a higher murderous gear, thanks to the diplomatic engineering of Britain and France in removing the European arms embargo on Syria.
By agency reporter (ekklesia) Lawyers for the UK Government claimed yesterday (21 May) that it should not be held accountable in British courts for its role in the rendition and torture of Gaddafi opponents in 2004. Responding to a claim brought against the Government by a Libyan victim of a joint UK-US-Libyan ‘rendition’, ministers’ lawyers argued that the case should […]
The real Benghazi story by Daya Gamage (Asian Tribune) There is a ‘side story’ going on in the American media – both the electronic and print about the Islamist jihadists lethal attack on the American ‘post’ in Benghazi, Libya last September 11 which killed American ambassador Christopher Steven and three others; The emphasis and the debate is on why the […]
The thing about authentic, legitimate revolutions these days is that all of their legitimacy comes from external sources and is dropped from the air in explosive 2,000 pound bursts of authenticity. This weekend, marking the second anniversary of the start of protests that would usher in a bloody and prolonged NATO-led coup to overthrow the Libyan Jamahiriya and Muammar Gaddafi, […]
Bomb thrown at Al-Baraka police station destroys what remained of building, causes no casualties by MEO A bomb destroyed a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early on Thursday but caused no casualties, a security source said, in a second attack targeting the building. “An explosive device was thrown at Al-Baraka police station in Benghazi, destroying what […]
Libya will join its neighbors in tackling sensitive fuel market reforms and plans to do away with all subsidies within three years, Oil Minister Abdel-Bari al-Arusi said Tuesday by Jessica Donati, Ghaith Shennib The International Monetary Fund estimates over 14 percent of Libya’s budget or about $7 billion will this year be swallowed up by subsidies for food and fuel, which […]
A Grand Display of NATO’s Lynch Mob Mentality by Dan Glazebrook Review of Maximilian Forte’s powerful new book, “Slouching Toward Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa” (now available to order from Global Research). This book presents a withering indictment of liberal humanitarianism and its collusion in imperialist designs on Africa, as seen in NATO’s Libya campaign of 2011. The […]
Contrary to popular belief, Libya , which western media described as “Gaddafi’s military dictatorship” was in actual fact one of the world’s most democratic States by Garikai Chengu Contrary to popular belief, Libya , which western media described as “Gaddafi’s military dictatorship” was in actual fact one of the world’s most democratic States. In 1977 the people of Libya proclaimed the […]
The war in Libya never happened. At least that is what one might think, considering the dearth of serious analysis and critical reflection in Canada since our participation in NATO’s bombardment campaign ended a year ago by Maximilian Forte Yet in Libya, in many ways the war is still happening. If we (we as in all the federal political parties) […]
The explosive report on the man convicted of the Lockerbie atrocity …why we are publishing it after five years of secrecy by Lucy Adams and John Aston The Sunday Herald today publishes the full 800-page report detailing why the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing could have walked free. The controversial report from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) […]
21st Century Conflict and Connections to the Past It should come as no surprise that the UK is in breach of international law yet again. With its not-so-covert intervention in Syria, under the umbrella of the same ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P) mantra which justified the murder of over 100,000 innocent Libyans, the UK government is happy once again to flout […]
‘the only point which matters about the First World War and its sequels is that they must not be allowed to happen again. Honouring and worshipping those who died in them, praising them for their patriotic sacrifice and wearing poppies as symbols of their blood on the ground where they fell serves only to glamourise the atrocity and pave the way to the next one.’
