Libya 22: Aftermath
October 24, 2011 - 2:08am
continues from 21 here:
http://rabble.ca/babble/international-news-and-politics/libya-21-urgent-...
Support rabble | Advertise with us | Contact our staff | About rabble | Log-in or Register for a new account | Corrections | Privacy policy | Newsfeeds | Mailing lists
rabble: Features | Columnists | In Cahoots | Blogs | Books | Photos | What's Up | Polls
babble: Forum Topics | Active Topics
The rpn: Become a Podcaster | Find a Show
rabbleTV: Program Guide | Features | Indie Inside | Best of the net
Copyright © 2001-2012 the authors
Syndicate
"Libya is not yours. Libya is for the Libyans. The Security Council resolution is invalid because it does not follow the charter regarding the internal affairs of a country. This is terrible oppression, crude aggression.
You never have the right to intervene in our internal affairs. Who gave you the right? You will regret it if you dare to intervene in our country. Our country is not your country.." Gaddafi to Sarkozy
http://www.siasat.com/english/news/i-will-always-love-you-gaddafi-tells-...
Video Shows Muammar Gadhafi Being Sodomized
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLGY5czS1XQ
with a knife
Gaddafi 'Killer' Tells of Colonel's Last Moments (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/no-accountability-gaddafi-death-503/
"...the only thing that mattered from the beginning of the war was that Gaddafi would die. And that's done now.."
Was Gadaffi Toppled and Murdered by Economic Hitmen? (and vid)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29494.htm
Gaddafi's 'Last Will'
http://www.onislam.net/english/news/africa/454426-gaddafis-last-will.htm...
" Here is the English transcript of Gaddafi's last will as published by the BBC
'I would like that my family, especially women and children, be treated well after my death. The Libyan people should protect its identity, achievements, history and the honourable image of its ancestors and heroes. The Libyan people should not relinquish the sacrifices of the free and best people.
I call on my supporters to continue the resistance and fight any foreign aggressor against Libya, today, tomorrow and always.
Let the free people of the world know that we could have bargained over and sold out our cause in return for a personal, secure and stable life. We received many offers to this effect but we chose to be at the vanguard of the confrontation as a badge of duty and honor.
Even if we do not win immediately, we will give a lesson to future generations that choosing to protect the nation is an honor and selling out is the greatest betrayal that history will remember forever, despite the attempts of others to tell you otherwise.."
"And just like in Iraq, Libya will go through that same hell...
You are indeed the Deity of Hell."
http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2011/10/fate-parallels-and-deity-of-h...
US And NATO Are Jubilant Over the Spoils of War in Libya
http://www.josemariasison.org/?p=8826
"The US and its imperialist allies in NATO [That's us Canada!] targeted Gaddafi and his regime for complete destruction because he had grievously offended them in the following ways: he called for the nationalization and retraction of the so-called neo-liberal concessions that he had granted to the Western oil companies, he refused to allow the Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the US to establish its central base in Libya, and he pushed a gold-backed dinar as the currency of Africa...
To set up Gaddafi for the kill, the so-called human rights organizations financed by the CIA and National Endowment for Democracy fabricated exaggerated reports which were subsequently played up by the US and other Western mass media depicting him as wantonly killing his political opponents. Such reports became the basis of the UN Security Council resolution allaying the imperialist powers to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and to undertake all necessary measures supposedly to protect civilians.
As soon as the US and its NATO allies got the resolution, they proceeded to attack Libya's military and civilian structures, using their high-tech air power (including jet fighters, cruise missiles, predator drones and helicopter funships) and all sorts of bombs (including oxygen-sucking white phosphorous bombs) in order to cripple and destroy the Gaddafi regime.
The so-called humanitarian intervention to protect civilians was nothing but a deceptive expression for an extremely brutal war of aggression against Libya and the Libyan people. The rebel bands served as baits and guides for aerial attacks and for massacring civilians and wrecking buildings on the ground.
Following the murder and martyrdom of Gaddafi, the US and NATO allies are jubilant over the prospect of collecting the spoils of war. They control the huge amout of Libya's sovereign wealth deposited in various Western banks. They are poised to collect payment in advance for the overstated costs of the bombardment and destruction of Libyan lives and prospects.
They are set to tighten their control over the oil fields, grab the gold resources and privatize the water system of Libya and cash in on contracts for the reconstruction of what they have destroyed. The national traitors that have collaborated with the US and other Western powers in taking over Libya have been in disarray and will continue to be so to the full advantage of their imperialist masters. Serious contradictions exist among the NTC principal leaders...
Certain factors are bound to keep the situation in Libya volatile and rife for the growth of a national liberation movement. Most important of such factors are the puppet, violent and corrupt character of the new ruling clique, the presistence of many conflicting armed factions, the still significant following of Gaddafi and the certain loss of social benefits as a result of the widespread destruction of the social infrastructure and increased profit-taking of the imperialists.
The people stand to lose such free social services as education, health care, housing and electricity, subsidized car purchases and negligible gasoline costs, all awards for newly-weds, subsidies for farming and so on.."
'We Continue Our Resistance..'
http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-son-address-resistance-513/
'I say go to hell you and NATO behind you. This is our country, we live in it, we die in it and we are continuing the struggle,' Saif al Islam said. "
Draft Libyan constitution provides for the establishment of Islam as the state religion and sharia as the basis for its legal system.
Humilitation and Death As A Tool of National Policy - by Michael Collins
http://www.themoneyparty.org/main/?p=2967
"THere's a new sheriff in town, NATO...
The sleep of reason produces monsters. And they do all this in our name."
Draft Libyan constitution provides for the establishment of Islam as the state religion and sharia as the basis for its legal system.
This is the part that really pisses me off. Did anyone ask the people of Libya if they wanted a constitution drawn up for them that is religious based. I thought this was about he people overturning a despot. Shouldn't the people be at least consulted before the draft is written. This is a recipe for the same disaster movie that Iraq and Afghanistan have become. I remember Bush declaring victory in Iraq in 2003. Deja vue all over again.
One by one the secular govenments of the area are being replaced by Islamic republics. Look to Syria next since they fit the model. Secular, socialist, authoritarian with institutions that are not western style democracies. I weep for the people next on the regime change agenda.
Iran has a better functioning Islamic republic than Afghanistan, Iraq and even Pakistan. Maybe they should use its constitution.
The Libyan justice system is off to a great start: 7,000 political prisoners languishing in jail.
Does anyone know of a single progressive measure enacted by the new, improved, "revolutionary" government?
By Daniel Larison | The Week – Fri, Oct 21, 2011
....
Instead of protecting the population of Libya — which is what the U.N. authorized — the West's intervention allowed the conflict to continue and consume perhaps as many as 30,000 Libyan lives, including many thousands of civilians, in addition to tens of thousands wounded and hundreds of thousands displaced. Rather than the "limited" war presented by the intervention's defenders, it immediately expanded into a policy of regime change. The official goal of protecting civilians was subordinated very early on to the real purpose of the war — namely, the destruction of the existing government and the elimination of its leaders.
Contrary to the hope that Libya would provide a deterrent to regime violence elsewhere, the political fallout from the war has stalled any international response to Syria's crackdown. By exceeding the U.N. mandate they received in March, the U.S. and its allies have poisoned emerging democratic powers such as India and Brazil against taking any action in other countries. Libya has confirmed every skeptic's worst fears that in practice, the "responsibility to protect" is little more than a pretext for toppling vulnerable governments.
Libya has confirmed every skeptic's worst fears that in practice, the "responsibility to protect" is little more than a pretext for toppling vulnerable governments.
Yet, somehow, "a job well-done" for our Canadian three-party coalition of sociopathic liars.
Gaddafi's Rotting Corpse Buried
http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-buried-unknown-location-651/
"The ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was buried at down on Tuesday at a secret location in hte desert. This ends the macabre wrangle over the former leader's rotting corpse, which had been on public display for five days. His son Mutassim and a former aide who were killed by the rebels along with Gaddafi were also buried. The ceremony was attended by four witnesses who swore on the Koran not to reveal the location of the graves.
The three senior members of the topplied regime had been catured alive in the takeover of Gaddafi's hometown Sirte, on Oct. 20, and apparently summarily executed afterwards. The UN Human Rights office has launched an investigation..."
Castro Accuses NATO of Gaddafi's Murder
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/82609/castro-accuses-nato-for-g...
"Cuba's retired leader Fidel Castro accused NATO today for what he called the 'murder' of Libya's front man Muammar Gaddafi. Castro denounced NATO for its role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying
' the brutal military alliance has become the most perfidious instrument of repression the history of humanity has known.'
Last month, the Cuban government pulled its diplomats from the North African country and said it would not recognize the ruling NTC or any government established with the help of foreign intervention."
Venezuela's Chavez Condemns 'Assassination' of Gaddafi..
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6573
"...Hector Navarro, socialist deputy of Chavez's party in the Venezuelan National Assembly, declared that the 'assassination' of Gaddafi was 'a situation which cannot be permitted in the world,' and that the beamed images went against 'every logic of human relations.' Chavez stated that Gaddafi would be remembered as 'a fighter and a martyr' and opined that the conflict in Libya isn't finished because in the North African country 'there is a people, a dignity and the Yankee empire will not be able to dominate.."
clearly, such is not the case here:
Christine Moore NDP on Libya
http://christinemoore.ndp.ca/post/in-the-house-christine-moore-gives-pri...
Hannibal Lector's little helpers
Christine Moore NDP on Libya
http://christinemoore.ndp.ca/post/in-the-house-christine-moore-gives-pri...
Hannibal Lector's little helpers
Your just being unfair now.
My colleagues and I hope that civilians will be protected, that Gadhafi and his troops will no longer be in a position to cause any harm and that the rule of law will return to Libya. That is why we deployed Canadian CF-18s in support of NATO's commendable, legitimate operations.
Canada conducted 820 air strikes, some 9% of all NATO strikes. Canada conducted 352 aerial refuelling sorties, some 7% of all NATO refuelling sorties. We conducted 85% of all aerial maritime patrol sorties, some 151 sorties. We dropped 600 laser-guided bombs.
We did our part. We did important work. We are proud of the work done by our soldiers. We are proud of their actions. I would like to personally thank them for their excellent work and I know that all of my colleagues, of all political stripes, join me in thanking them.
Rebels Arrest Medical Staff in Libya
http://libyanfreepress.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/rebels-arrest-medical-st...
"Rebels in the newly liberated Libya have arrested 70 doctors and nurses in Zawiya, who they believe had ties or allegiances with Colonel Gaddafi's regime.."
Like Afghanistan, we're there for the women. Think of the poor women. Now they are liberated.
Rebels Arrest Medical Staff in Libya
http://libyanfreepress.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/rebels-arrest-medical-st...
"Rebels in the newly liberated Libya have arrested 70 doctors and nurses in Zawiya, who they believe had ties or allegiances with Colonel Gaddafi's regime.."
Compare this recent NATO + Al-Qa'eda-linked LIFG terrorist manouver in Libya with what they orchestrated in Afghanistan by 1996:
Gladio Gang pulled the same shit in Central America with bombing hospitals and schools built by international Marxists, political neutrals and Cubans in the 1980s and 90s. It's what the motherfuckers do.
USA and Gladio Gang members propping-up militant Islam and dozens of terrorist groups in the Middle East and Asia since the 1950s.
Al-Qa'eda = Al-CIA'da, Gucci mujahideen "freedom" fighters made new again under the banner of Al-Qa'eda
Sirte Massacre Site Is Cleaned Up, Not Investigated
In the parched garden of the Mahari Hotel, volunteers on Monday scrubbed signs of a recent massacre. They collected dozens of bodies, apparently of people executed on the hotel grounds several days ago, but left other evidence behind, like the plastic ties that were used to bind the hands of victims and shell casings, scattered on the dead grass in patches of blood.
The volunteers said the victims included at least two former Qaddafi government officials, local loyalist fighters and maybe civilians. The killers, they believed, were former rebel fighters, belonging to anti-Qaddafi units that had used the hotel as a base in recent weeks. It appeared to be one of the worst massacres of the eight-month conflict, but days after it occurred, no one from Libya’s new government had come to investigate.
Libya Resistance Continues: NATO Plans Next Stage of War - by Christof Lehman
http://nsnbc.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/libya-resistance-continues-nato-pl...
"...NATO is not interested in a stable Libya government. An unstable and weak Libya interim government is the perfect partner for co-opting Libyan resources. Neither is NATO interested in defeating the resistance. As long as there is resistance, there is a justification for a military presence, invited into the country by the proxy government.."
After Qaddafi, Tripoli Is A Violent City of Armed Fiefdoms - by Bradley Hope
http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/after-qaddafi-tripo...
"...The deposed leader is dead and its temporary leaders have declared the country 'liberated'. Yet the capital, in particular, has become a patchwork of armed fiefdoms, as wannabe power brokers backed by hometown militias made up of former clerks, students and engineers battle with each other and with natives of Tripoli for the spoils of war, a slice of the country's wealth, and a share of political power - all of it, in their way of looking, up for grabs.."
Qatar was one of the first countries to recognise the NTC as the legitimate authority in Libya and supplied the anti-Gaddafi forces with water, weapons and more than $400m in aid.
On Wednesday, Qatar revealed that hundreds of its soldiers had joined Libyan rebel forces on the ground as they battled Gaddafi troops, the AFP news agency reported.
The announcement marks the first time that the Gulf state has acknowledged it had military boots on the ground in Libya.
"We were among them and the numbers of Qataris on the ground were hundreds in every region," said Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Atiya, the Qatari military's chief of staff.
...which explains a lot about al Jazeera's coverage of the war on Libya.
The Butchering of Gaddafi is America's Crime - by Glen Ford
http://blackagendareport.com/content/butchering-gaddafi-america%E2%80%99...
"Last week the whole world saw, and every decent soul recoiled, at the true face of NATO's answer to the Arab Spring. An elderly, helpless prisoner, struggled to maintain his dignity in a screaming swirl of savages, one of whom thrusts a knife up his rectum. These are [Canada's,] Europe and America's jihadis in the flesh.
In a few minutes of joyously recorded bestiality, the rabid pack undid every carefully packaged image of NATO's 'humanitarian' project in North Africa - a horror and revelation indelibly imprinted on the global consciousness by the brutes' own cell phones.
The saner sections of America's psychological operations machinery - including their collaborators in the corporate media - were doubtless as horrified as anyone at the Libya jihadis' insistence on revealing so graphically to the entire planet the barbaric character of the 'revolution'..."
Apparently, this was lost on our own pols, whose own RCAF Lt General Charles Bouchard, as NATO's Libya commander, was ultimately responsible for all tactical targeting - including ordering the attack on Gaddafi's convoy apparently flying white flags at the time... The title of the piece could therefore as easily have been 'Butchering Gaddafi Canada's Crime', since it was a Canadian general who did much of the 'heavy lifting' to facilitate it. And how many public protests thus far against this here? An astounding and very revealing wilful blindness. And are we still to be expected to vote NDP after their awful complicity...?
Libya Dispatch: Revulsion, Resistance and Angry Words from Tripoli University - by Franklin Lamb
http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/2011/10/revulsion-resistance-an...
"Now the real resistance will begin! The Libyan people are now even surer that then they were during this summer that the NTC sold our country to the NATO colonial countries. [That's us Canada! - Baird on NTC 'I'm very impressed...']
As NATO continues to hunt down Saif al Islam, many around our country are making Saif the new leader of the resistance to colonialism in Libya and in Africa. I personally pledge my support for him and pray that Allah will protect him.
Watch what the Gadhafi tribe and my Waffala tribe do together in the coming weeks - but also starting today. Maybe NATO can be said in some ways to have won round one. But let's see what happens in the many rounds to come..."
UN Ends NATO Mission Despite Pleas for Libya (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/nato-leave-libya-un-909/
"The UN Security Council voted unanimously to lift the no-fly zone above Libya and NATO's military operation...However, NATO assistance for the country's new leaders in the future has not been ruled out. The US says talks are underway with the NTC on a possible new role for NATO..."
'NATO Used UN Resolution as Chewing Gum' (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/nato-chewing-resolution-libya-525/
"NATO is turning into a global policeman..."
Libya's Former UN Ambassador Fears for Life in Jail
http://rt.com/news/abuzed-omar-dorda-879/
"A former Libya PM and Ambassador to the UN now in NTC custody in Tripoli has suffered broken legs and other injuries following what relatives claim was a murder attempt by guards.."
Gaddafis Have 'Slim to No Chance' Of Hague Justice (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/libya-justice-gaddafi-court-791/
"The International Criminal Court is due to receive a suit against NATO over the killing of Libyan ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi. But the Gaddafi family's chances of finding justice in the Hague are all too slim, says journalist James Corbett. In their suit, which cites the 'deliberate killing' of a person protected by the Geneva Convention, Gaddafi's family will target NATO's executive bodies and the leaders of its member states, their lawyer Marcel Ceccaldi, said on Wednesday.
'NATO helicopters opened fire on Gaddafi's convoy,' the lawyer told Agence France Presse. 'This convoy did not pose any threat to civilians. It was an operation to eliminate the Libyan leader, planned by NATO..'"
New Alliance to Back Libya, Replacing NATO--Qatar
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E7LQ4V620111026
"...After it became clear that NATO has a vision to withdraw at a certain point, Libya's friends from the Western countries have proposed this idea of setting up a new alliance to continue supporting Libya,' Qatar's Chief of Staff, Major-General Hamad-bin-Ali-al-Attiyahi, said in remarks carried by Al Jazeera television.
'And they have asked that it be headed by Qatar because Qatar is a friend of theirs and a close friend of Libya,' he added without giving details.."
Weapons, Militias Hurdles in Libya
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/27/weapons-militias-hurdles-in-libya-c...
"Weapons, untrained militias and enshrining women's rights are key hurdles Libya faces as it transitions towards democracy, MPs were told Thursday. Foreign Affairs bureaucrats and Canadian Forces staff testified before the national defence committee on the situation unfolding in post Moammar Gadhafi Libya.
'Clearly we're in a period of transition,' said Brig-Gen Craig King, highlighting the need for rebel militias spread out across the country to be organized into a cohesive and professional national military. Ottawa is waiting on the NTC to clarify what role Canada will play in Libya's future, officials added.."
Killing Gaddafi: Longstanding US Policy - by Stephen Lendman
http://warisacrime.org/content/killing-gaddafi-longstanding-us-policy
"It's confirmed, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy indeed ordered Gaddafi's assassination...According to Le Canard Enchaine (on Oct 26), the Americans had located him on October 19. Claude Angeli's article is unambiguous, Titled 'Gaddafi Condemned to Death by Washington and Paris', it said both leaders ordered his extra-judicial killing because he knew too much. Preventing a public show trial was key. US and Special Forces were involved..."
Now Sarko won't have to pay Libya back all the money he borrowed for his presidential campaign
Why Libya Was Attacked - by Stephen Lendman
http://warisacrime.org/content/why-libya-was-attacked
"NATO's war on Libya was planned many months in advance like all wars. Why is most important, or put another way - cui bono?"
Residents fear criticism of what has taken place will lead to accusations of being regime collaborators. Amar al-Bawadi, 46, who sent his family away but stayed behind – unsuccessfully – to protect his clothes shop, said: "This is just the beginning, there will be lots of dead bodies found. They just opened fire without any care who got hit. Now we are seeing what happened to those who were arrested. What would people in Europe and America say if Gaddafi was doing this?"
The Independent
Libyans Find More Bodies in Kadhafi Hometown
http://news.yahoo.com/libyans-more-bodies-kadhafi-hometown-114901454.htm...
"...on the outskirts of town, [Sirte] 200 charred bodies were found of pro-Kadhafi fighters hit in NATO airstrikes on a convoy when they fled as the 8-month conflict ended with the capture and killing of the ousted strongman."
Qaddafi May Have Been Trying to Surrender
http://www.opednews.com/Diary/Bulletin-Wayne-Madsen-Say-by-Peter-Duveen-...
"Independent journalist Wayne Madsen said today he believes Libyan leader Col Muammar Qaddafi may have been trying to surrender when he was captured and killed by National Transitional Council (NTC Rebel) forces. Madsen said white flags of surrender or truce were reported to have been unfurled about Sirte at the time of Sirte's capture. He also said it would be unlikely for Qaddafi to leave the Libyan city of Sirte in a convoy knowing that NATO bombardment awaited him, unless he was attempting to surrender.."
'Gaddafi Wasn't Scared' - Colonel's Driver
http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-last-days-loyalist-067/
Huneish Nasr, who was Gaddafi's driver for more than 30 years, has told the Guardian about the deposed leader's last moments. 'He was always standing still and looking to the west, Nasr said. 'I didn't see fear in him'..."
Biggest Success? NATO Proud of Libya Op Which Killed Thousands
http://rt.com/news/nato-libya-operation-success-999/
"With Gaddafi dead and its 'military job now done' NATO ahs declared its campaign in Libya one of the 'most successful in NATO history'. However, untold casualties and a country devastated by war call into question the alliance's notion of success.."
Libya's doors are wide open to imperialist investment
Analyzing Libya and Obama's Hatred for Africa - by Obi Egbuna
http://yourworldnews.org/blog/?p=1857
"...The US-NATO alliance had a three-fold mission in Libya: the first to put Qaddafi in a body bag at all costs; the second was to give the Zionist state of Israel some much needed breathing room and, lastly, to present the Arab Spring as the first phase of 21st century popular resistance...The song 'Too Little Too Late' Sung by Denise Williams and Johnny Mathis, is bbest suited to describe our collective response to the US-NATO invasion of Libya..."
Canada to Wind Down Libyan Mission After Gaddafi's Death
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/20/gaddafi-death-harper-libya-mission_n_1023154.html
"The commander of NATO operations in Libya is Canadian Lt. Gen Charles Bouchard, who oversaaw the coalition from a NATO base in Italy. Canadian fighter jets flew 10 percent of NATO's sorties on Libya, supporting the rebels who has toppled Gadhafi's regime in August and forced him into hiding. Their UN-sanctioned mission was to protect innocent civilians from forces loyal to the dictator.Canada's commitment to the mission, which also includes a navy warship and surveillance planes, was due to end in December.
'Gen. Bouchard has served our country with great distinction,' Harper said after speaking with him by telephone. 'Our government shall be speaking with our allies to prepare for the end of the military mission in the next few days.' A spokesman for defence Minister Peter MacKay said Canadian Forces assets were not involved in airstrikes in Gadhafi's hometown on Thursday morning."
Unless you count RCAF Lt. Gen Charles Bouchard, NATO Commander, Operation 'Unified Protector' as an obvious 'CF asset'. Bouchard had final approval authority on all targeting in Libya.
Harper Says Gadhafi's Brutal End Gives Him No 'Great Pleasure' But Expected
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/30/harper-says-gadhafi-bru_n_1065858.html
"...But I also think we're all realistic enough to know that given the way he ruled the country that the chances of him meeting an end like that we're probably pretty high. Libya is going to be a work in progress going forward. There's going to be ups and downs,' Harper said.."
The US Power Grab in Africa - by Pepe Escobar
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/MJ21Dj03.html
"...It's useful to remember that last Friday, the same day the US State Department announced it was sending 'contractors' to Libya, was the day Obama announced his Uganda surge. And only three days later, Kenya invaded Somalia - once again under the R2P excuse of protecting civilians...
Obama's Uganda surge is also a class Pipelineistan gambit. The possibly 'billions of barrels' of oil reserves discovered recently in sub-Saharan Africa - and now, with Obama's special forces 'advising' not only Uganda but also the neighbors and linking up with Heritage [Oil, Tony Buckingham's company, listed on the TSE] which is essentially a huge oil/mercenary outfit - it's not hard to fathom where Uganda's oil contracts will eventually land.."
Di Manno: NATO Had A Good Plan and Canadian Commander Stuck To It
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1074701
"A successful mission was absolutely vital for the alliance, given its muddled acquittal in Afghanistan...
'Goodness, it's always important for NATO to have success,' said Bouchard. 'I think this bodes well for NATO's future. It proved the concept of rapid response in a limited engagement. It tells me we were hitting the right targets, bonafide targets, and not anybody else...
When Bouchard heads back to Canada, it will be to retirement. He's 'done and frankly mentally exhausted. It'll be nice to go home and stop thinking about it. I've been in the military for 37 1/2 years, a career that has gone way beyond anything I could have imagined. I've had a very good run."
'The important event was the fall of Tripoli, bombarded and captured by NATO - undoubtedly the worst warcrime of the century - followed by the penetration of the Misrata tribe to control the capital. In the weeks that preceded the Battle of Tripoli, the overwhelming majority of Libyans took part, Friday after Friday, in anti-NATO, anti-NTC and pro-Gadhafi rallies. Now their country is destroyed and they are governed by NATO and its NTC puppets..' - Thierry Meyssan
http://www.voltairenet.org/a171731
Lt. Gen Charles 'The Butcher' Bouchard - Canadian warcriminal par excellence!
NATO Leaving Libya for Good or Ill (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/nato-libya-mission-end-143/
NATO Force-Fed Libya Tyranny or Islamism
http://rt.com/politics/nato-right-libyas-future-001/
"the people of Libya are now forced to choose between tyranny and Islamism.."
Head of Libya's Interim Government Elected
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/207729.html
"Following the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gtaddafi, businessman Abdel Rahman al-Kib is elected head of the interim government..."
Libya: Fear Grows for Law and Order
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29576.htm
"Hundreds of revolutionaries fought each other at a hospital in Tripoli early on Monday, in the biggest armed clash beween allies since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
...The fighting fuelled growing fears that nobody is in control of thousands of swaggering armed men who are still based in Tripoli and that the country's interim government will struggle to impose law and order.."
Al Qaeda's Flag Over Benghazi
http://libyancivilwar.blogspot.com/2011/10/al-qaedas-flag-over-benghazi....
"Happy Halloween, everyone. You want something spooky? How about the flag of al Qaeda in Iraq, being flown surrpetitiously above the flag of new Libya, over the NTC headquarters-cum-capitol building in Benghazi?"
NATO Settles Down in Libya - by MK Bhadrakumar
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MK01Ak01.html
"...What is in the cards is that NATO forces will remain in Libya for a long time to come. NATO warplanes will continue to patrol Libyan skies, while NATO trainers will create the Libya armed forces. For all purposes Libya is becoming a NATO protectorate...
The Libyan experience becomes the first test of NATO's new 'strategic concept' adopted at the Lisbon summit one year ago, which turned the alliance into a new international security presence in the 21st century capable and willing to intervene in global 'hotspots' with or without a mandate from the UN.."
Real Deal with George Galloway (and vid)
http://www.presstv.ir/Program/206330.html
'Gaddafi's Demise: End to a Beginning?'
Galloway discusses Libya with Seamus Milne of The Guardian Newspaper
NATO Nations Were Braced for a Quagmire in Libya: Briefing Notes
http://www.canada.com/news/NATO+nations+were+braced+quagmire+Libya+brief...
"...newly released briefing notes show there were serious doubts about whether they could win. The briefing notes, obtained through access to information, confirm deep divisions with NATO at the international level over how to end the fighting...Officials noted that while 19 nations contributed forces to enforce the UN mandated no-fly zone and arms embargo, 'only 6-8 allies were actually dropping bombs.."
Appeal of Tuareg to Libyan Tribes (and vid)
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=629209
"To all our tribes in Libya, you have suffered huge losses because of that false revolution, the revolution of mercenaries from NATO...Today we must sound the trumpet and start the fierce resistance to burn the earth under their feet.."
NATO Declares Formal End to Criminal War on Libya
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/nov2011/pers-n01.shtml
"...A regime that takes power on such foundations can only be one of continued violence and repression that will make a mockery of Rasmussen's invocations of 'freedom' and 'human rights'. Dominated by ex-Gaddafi ministers and long-time assets of Western intelligence agencies, the task posed to such a regime by its US and NATO masters is that of turning back the clock 42 years to the days of King Idris, when the US and British military combined with Big Oil effectively ran the country.."
Out of Control: NTC Militias Run Amok in Libya (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/libyan-militias-revenge-killings-351/
"Human rights groups say the number of revenge killings by revolutionaries in Libya, is escalating sharply. HRW suggests NTC fighters are terrorizing displaced residents.."
Gaddafi Loyalists Thirst for Revenge
http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Gaddafi-loyalists-thirst-for-revenge-2...
"Members of Libya's powerful Warfalla Tribe say they are thirsting for revenge after their bastion Bani Walid was looted and pillaged by anti-Gaddafi fighters. 'Tomorrow is another day. We will get our revenge sooner or later, said a Warfalla tribesman, pointing to shelled and burnt out buildings in the oasis town, southeast of Tripoli.."
Desecration of the Tomb of Gaddafi's Mother
http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/international/7625.html
"A group of Libyan fanatic fighters belonging to the jihadist current, which is close to al Qaeda, desecrated the graves in the cemetery of the Gadafa Tribe, in the city of Sirte and extracted bones they [then] burnt.."
US Citizen Chosen as New Prime Minister of Libya
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/11/01/dual-us-libyan-citizen-appointed-new-...
"...The fact that the new Libyan Prime Minister is a US citizen and has at least a few tenuous ties to the petroleum and energy industry is raising the eyebrows of some..Abdurraheem el Keib has been elected Prime Minister of Libya by members of the NTC, who voted in a televised event on Monday, sticking ballots into a transparent box.."
New Libyan 'PM' is Big-Oil Goon - by Tony Cartalucci
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/11/new-libyan-pm-is-big-oil-goon.html
"And so begins the farce that is Western 'democracy'. One corporate-fascist puppet, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, steps down, another, Abdurrahim el Keibi, takes his place. In reality, it is NATO states and their corporate sponsors that now determine Libya's fate. Words cannot describe the injustice being brought upon Libya, the level of duplicity it was carried out with and the flagrant looting the nation is now being subjected to by NATO's member states, faciliated by the latest, unelected, decades-long servant of Western interests.."
NATO'S Butcher of Libya Speaks: Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard on As It Happens, Nov 2, Part 2 (audio)
http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2163844
"The Canadian Commander of the NATO air campaign in Libya explains why he believes the operation was successful.."
The Lynching in Libya
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=75929&Cat=9
"...Would the International Criminal Court in the Hague reconsider who deserves to be tried for war crimes...? Behind the 'liberation' and 'humanitarian intervention' is a new scramble for Libya's energy resources. The US and Europe targeted Qaddafi because he stood in the way of their establishing control over the African continent and its vast energy and mineral reserves, including those hitherto untapped."
Second Letter: Saif Al Islam Gaddafi
http://hamsayeh.net/society/1309-libya-in-his-second-letter-saif-al-isla...
"According to Seven Days News, after the proliferation of rumors of a surrender to the International Criminal Court, Saif al Islam Gaddafi, has denied rumors about his surrender to the ICC.
'We have not surrendered and we will continue and you will be hearing lots from us.' Saif al Islam said that the media war is very strong in order to demoralize honorable Libyans and sow doubt in them, and asked them to be patient for two months to ease the crisis.
'We will finish what Omar Mukhtar and Moummar Gaddafi began, the Libyan resistance is in excellent shape and Libya of tomorrow is ours..."
Dr. Moussa Ibrahim: Document of Honour Will Be Declared by the United Leaders of All Tribes
http://libyasos.blogspot.com/2011/11/dr-moussa-ibrahim-document-of-honou...
"Each tribe will be called to its historic responsibility, the voice of mighty Libya will be the resistance. This will be the document in the custody of Libyan history for the generations to know that parents and grandparents did not betray Libya, to know that they chose to end the occupation..."
CBC News: NATO 'Not Entirely Done' in Libya [Oct 24] (and vid)
http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/4860595
Unindicted warcriminal Canadian Lt. Gen. Charles 'The Butcher' Bouchard, NATO Commander, 'Operation Unified Protector'
'on what happens after NATO officially ends its mission in Libya."
Western Mercenaries and Corporations Pouring Into Libya
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/western-mercenaries-and-corpora...
"Western security firms - a polite term for mercenary outfits - are cramming planes into Libya to make the country safe for an invasion of western capitalists, the real beneficiaries of NATO's war. The head of the US-Arab Chamber of Commerce calls it a 'gold-rush', - as officials of the government established by force of NATO airpower, lay out the red carpet for the foreign hordes..."
The Anti-Empire Report - by William Blum: It Doesn't Matter To Them if it's Untrue
http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer99.html
"Clinton and her partners in crime in NATO can also have a good laugh at how they deceived the world. The destruction of Libya, the reduction of a modern welfare state to piles of rubble, to ghost towns, the murder of thousands...This tragedy was the culmination of a series of falsehoods..."
General Bouchard Acknowledges NATO's Informants in Libya Were Journalists
http://www.voltairenet.org/General-Bouchard-acknowledges-that
"...a NATO official admits foreign journalists were assets of the Atlantic Alliance..."
General Bouchard's NATO Crimes in Libya: A Letter to ICC's Ocampo: Operation Unified Protector
http://libyasos.blogspot.com/2011/11/operation-unified-protector-nato-in...
"The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo, says his office will investigate alleged crimes committed by NATO during the civil war and intervention in Libya along with those of the Gaddafi regime and the rebels.
NO PROBLEM SIR, WE CAN START:
I'll first make a list..."
They should have their camera cases inspected for infrared targeting devices.
Jets, Personnel Return Home Friday From Libya
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20111104/canadian-forces-jets-retur...
"The seven CF-18s are due to land Friday afternoon at CFB Bagotville in Quebec..."
Bouchard's butchers and your tax dollars, helped destroy Libya
Jets, Personnel Return Home Friday From Libya Mission
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20111104/canadian-forces-jets-retur...
"The seven CF-18s are due to land Friday afternoon at CFB Bagotville in Quebec..."
Bouchard's butchers and your tax dollars, helped destroy Libya Canada
Sole Military Super-Bloc: NATO Issues Daily Reprieves to the World - by Rick Rozoff
http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/sole-military-super-bloc-nato...
"...The time is ripe and in fact long overdue for issuing a call for an international anti-NATO initiative addressed to individuals, organizations, political parties and governments, to convene an extraordinary session of the United Nations General Assembly 'to demand the disbanding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a - as the gravest - threat to world peace."
Leaflet For the 'Occupy' Demonstration
http://rebelgriot.blogspot.com/2011/11/leaflet-for-occupy-demonstrations...
"This is part of the overall drive to use war in order to resolve this crisis of profitability, a war ultimately aimed at China, but likely to take in Syria, Iran, Algeria, South Africa and Venezuela along the way. David Cameron is, for once, telling the truth, when he says ' whatever it takes to help our businesses take on the world - we'll do it.'
'Whatever it takes' means not only the destruction of our public services; it also means the destruction of entire countries..."
Libya's Liberation Front (LLF) Organizing in the Sahel - by Franklin Lamb
http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/2011/11/libyas-new-liberation-f...
"Today the Sahel is providing protection, weapons gathering and storage facilities, sites for training camps and hideouts as well as a generally formidable base for those working to organize the growing Libya Liberation Front (LLF). The aim of the LLF is to liberate Libya from what it considers NATO installed colonial puppets.
The Sahel region is only one of multiple locations which are becoming active as the Libyan counter-revolution, led by members of the Gadhafi and Wafalla make preparations for the next phase of resistance..."
Down with NATO! Free Libya!
More likely the media simply reported events, and NATO watched/read the news to glean information from it.
With that, I'm not sure anymore if we're working from the same definition of media here.
... or the same definition of "assets".
Testimony Of a Libyan Man Who Has Filed a Lawsuit Against NATO for Killing his Family
http://www.spyghana.com/international-news/africa-news/testimony-of-a-li...
"NATO bombing of this kind has not just targeted my family, but hundreds of other families now in Libya, in what is clearly an illegal war waged by NATO that is not protecting civilians but murdering them in their hundreds. This NATO aggression must cease and I am seeking justice through international courts against NATO for these crimes..."
Forward to your MP - they share responsibility for these murders - and the results below
Libya Dispatch: Are the Rebel 'Good Guys' Turning Bad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/887...
"When they said Libya Free, they meant the cars, the refrigerators and the flat-screen television sets,' runs one joke doing the rounds in Tripoli's cafes..."
The 'Rebel' Assassination of Muammar Gaddafi: A NATO Operation From A to Z
http://empirestrikesblack.com/2011/10/did-nato-special-forces-assassinat...
"...a picture is emerging as to the actual circumstances of his death, one that puts NATO special forces - likely the British SAS - in the centre of the frame..."
Obama: 'Libya Mission Underscores NATO's Effectiveness'
http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65965
"The Operation Unified Protector mission in Libya demonstrated that NATO remains the world's most effective alliance, President Barack Obama said today as he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised the men and women who carried it out...:
US Sniper in Libya!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANWG_dCAXII
"At 1:30 in position with sniper rifle targeting Libyan house. Again at 3:07 and shooting at 3:24.."
Can't wait to hear what JTF2 was doing over there...
Last Canadian Pilots, Aircrew Return from Libya
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1082029--last-canadian-pilots...
"The Aurora was part of OPERATION MOBILE, CANADA"S CONTRIBUTION to the NATO-led mission to protect civilians in Libya. Defence Minister Peter MacKay was on hand for the welcome home ceremony at 14 Wing.
'Canada once again punched above its weight as part of an international coalition,' MacKay said in a statement. 'The men and women of the Canadian Forces confirmed their leadership position at NATO.'.."
UN Report Offers 'Smoking Gun' Proof of US-NATO Lies About Libya
http://sott.net/articles/show/236961-UN-Report-Offers-Smoking-Gun-Proof-...
"...Here is 'smoking gun' proof that NATO and the US have been operating through a smokescreen of lies, as well as intimidation. Please read the following January 4, 2011 report of the 16th Session of the UN General Assembly Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review.."
The Law Case of the Century: Indictment Against NATO Military and Political Leaders
http://english.pravda.ru//opinion/columnists/06-11-2011/119534-indictmen...
"Indictment against NATO military and political leaders.."
They forgot to include an indictment against Russia for failing to stop the passage of Resolution 1973 in the Security Council.
good point - China too..
And while we're at it - I would have liked to see Stephen Harper's name there, not just Claude Bouchard. Just a point of national pride.
yes - and all MPS who voted to bomb Libya as well. They too were part of this joint criminal enterprise. I guess, as always, some highly placed state accomplices can get away with murder...in our name too. And even be voted back into office. So obviously as far as Canada goes, there's more than enough complicity to go around...
The Government, Parliament and Military Forces of Sweden Reported for War Crimes in Libya
http://highcrimes.org/en
Just change Sweden to Canada - a Canadian version could and should be produced...
instead we vote for them...
Make Money, Make War (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/profit-libya-companies-british-067/
"NATO may have ended its operations in LIbya but the Western presence is far from over, with big companies replacing the warplanes. The countries that bombed the oil-rich state are now getting lucrative contracts to rebuild it..
So far the conflict in Libya looks like an excellent investment: $500 million to oust a dictator, with a return of US $300 Billion in business contracts when it is all over. Now that humanitarian goals no longer need to be touted, war suddenly makes good business sense..."
Seif al Islam Gadhafi: 'We Are Not Happy with Canada'
http://archive.libyaalmostakbal.net/libyaInMedia/theGlobe111204a.htm
"Gadhafi's powerful son has one grudge still to settle. He is angry with Canada. And he wants payback...
'And for quite a long time we have regarded Canada as an enemy to Libya and as just a follower of the Americans..'
blast from the past - true then true now
Removing Gaddafi Was Always NATO's Goal - by Thabo Mbeki
http://www.thenewage.co.za/blogdetail.aspx?mid=186&blog_id=1547
"It is clear to many on our continent that what has happened in Libya has established a very dangerous precedent. The question has therefore been raised - which African country will be next?"
NATO Worried Over Possible Libya War Crimes Probe
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/11/11/nato-war-crimes-libya-un.h...
"The possibility of an ICC probe is already causing friction within the alliance, officials said. At a meeting last week of NATO ambassadors and their counterparts from partner countries, the Russian ambassador Dimitry Rogozin, noted a number of airstrikes could be considered potential war crimes..."
An important contribution to the assessment of the war on Libya by Hugh Roberts, in the London Review of Books:
[excerpt - with emphasis added]
Good one MS. Yes. Absolutely so and good that the UN escape hatch of the war's international supporting political cast has been nailed so well shut here. Of course they knew what they were doing and did it anyway...A fixed game, as are so many nowdays including 'voting' them all in...
NATO'S Law of the Jungle in Libya - by Peter Dyer
http://consortiumnews.com/2011/11/11/natos-law-of-the-jungle-in-libya/
"If there is one thing the 'humanitarian' intervention in Libya as convincingly demonstrated it is this: the only real international law is the law of brute force...
As US Rep Dennis Kucinich, D Ohio said: 'NATO's top commanders may have acted under color of international law but they are not exempt from international law. If members of the Gaddafi regime are to be held accountable, NATO's top commanders must also be held accountable through the ICC for all civilian deaths resulting from bombing. Otherwise we will have witnessed [and made no effort to stop!] the triumph of a new international gangsterism."
Terror and Revenge Engulf NATO's Libya - by Franklin Lamb
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/11/terror-and-revenge-engulfs-natos-...
"The 'New Libya' has entered its own 'Terror' which is spreading inexorably, aided by NATO member states including American, French and British SAS units known locally as 'disappearance squads'. This is one of thle rapidly developing consequences of the UN's rush to 'protect Libya's civilian population' last spring...
It is clear that the current period is cascading into paroxysmal revenge attacks and political cleansing..."
this must be what is meant when our pols refer to Canada's 'heavy-lifting in Libya'...other than that, of course, their continuing silence on this joint criminal enterprise tells you everything you need to know about their own complicity. Don't be surprised either if JTF2's name pops up at some point as involved with the activities of the 'disappearance squads' mentioned above...
Cynthia McKinney on NATO and Libya (and vid)
http://warisacrime.org/content/cynthia-mckinney-nato-and-libya
"I was just contacted by someone saying that yet another prominent Libyan -- a nice man whom I met--had been tortured and killed by the 'rebels' who are now recognized by the US and other governments as the legitimate government of Libya. I recall those who were vociferous in their support of NATO's assault on Libya and those who were SILENT...'
On The Gadaffi Assassination...
http://www.panafricanistinternational.org/?p=1400
"...Without the participation of NATO, no force in Libya could have overthrown Gaddafi, let alone assassinate him. How did a No Fly Zone turn into a license to obliterate a country? When did it become OK for [North] America to simply invade a sovereign nation, kill thousands of civilians, destroy all its infrastructure, steal its wealth and murder its leader?
Where is the international OUTRAGE and CONDEMNATION?"
Invading Libya Brings UK Government $200 Billion
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210073.html
"The British government announced that its role in invading Libya would bring it profits of around $200 billion winning contracts for rebuilding the country.."
Jibril Turns Against Foreign Powers That Aided Qaddafi Overthrow
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-14/jibril-turns-against-foreign-po...
"...He also has a 'hunch' Qaddafi was 'killed based on a request by a certain foreign power,' that wanted the dictator to be 'silent forever.' Jibril said he regrets that Qaddafi wasn't kept alive to face trial and suspects foul play. One or more 'foreign powers' he declined to name had an interest in ensuring Qaddafi stayed quiet.
'Too many secrets could have been discovered...He was the black box of the whole country. He had too many wheelings and dealings with too many leaders in the world. With him, unfortunately, a lot of information is gone..."
'Green Resistance is Strong': LIzzie Phelan Interviews a young Libyan
http://eccleza.net/2011/11/14/libyan-man-the-green-resistance-is-strong/
"The young Libyan man confirms that since November 11 there are clashes between Green Resistance fighters and NATO-rebels on the ground in the entire western Libya. The biggest clashes have been in Zawiyeh, where 3,000 prisoners were freed by the Green Resistance. He says there are Green Flags and pictures of Muammar Qaddafi going up everywhere in Libya."
End of Operation MOBILE: National Defence and Canadian Forces Response to the Situation in Libya
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/feature-vedette/2011/02/libya-libye-eng.asp
"As Minister of National Defence, I again reiterate how proud I am, and how proud I believe Canadians are, of our country's military contribution to the mission in Libya. Our men and women in uniform are playing a key role in the enforcement of the international community's will through their significant contribution to the NATO mission..."
this Canadian isn't at all proud Mr Minister. Arguably, you are now an unindicted warcriminal for what you have done to Libya:
peter.mackay@parl.gc.ca
NATO War Crimes: Libyan Humanitarian Activist Vs NATO (and vid)
http://www.voltairenet.org/Libyan-humanitarian-activist-vs
"...Khaled El Hamedi brings us his personal testimony of the barbarism that destroyed his loved ones, his life and his entire country..."
Libya Media Blackout Why? - by Timothy Bancroft Hinchey
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29703.htm
"Has anyone noticed the virtual silence on Libya among western news agencies? However, in the case of Libya, the story is far from over..."
Heritage Oil Recruits Former Tory Candidate for Access to Libya's Resources
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/nov/13/oil-commodities?newsfeed=...
"Tony Buckingham, the British former soldier of forture [Executive Outcomes, Sandline International] who heads Heritage Oil [ on TSE] the exploration firm, appears to have sought assistance from a would-be Conservative MP to get a foothold in Libya, following the role of UK forces there in installing the new regime.."
Ruin and Rebuild: Warfare Worth $300B Libya Windfall (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/libya-rebuild-contracts-uk-385/
"...Now the NTC delegation is in London to hold talks with top business executives on 'the massive opportunities to rebuild Libya'. With hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts up for grabs, Libya's bombardment looks like an excellent investment from any perspective..
Sukant Chandan a spokesman for British Citizens for Peace in Libya however is convinced the fighting will not stop. There are tribes within the country who are strongly against selling the natural resources of Libya to the former colonial powers.."
Will The ICC Act? Indictment Against NATO
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/16-11-2011/119646-indictment...
"...the hidden goal was a regime change in Libya.."
Libyan Mission Canadian Forces to be Honoured
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/16/pol-mackay-libya.html
"Canadian Forces members who served in Libya are getting a special ceremony to honour them later this month, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Wednesday.
The ceremony will be Nov 24 on Parliament Hill and will honour Lieut. Gen. Charles Bouchard, who led the mission.."
protests are certainly in order
Libyan Mission Canadian Forces to be Honoured
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/16/pol-mackay-libya.html
"Canadian Forces members who served in Libya are getting a special ceremony to honour them later this month, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Wednesday.
The ceremony will be Nov 24 on Parliament Hill and will honour Lieut. Gen. Charles Bouchard, who led the mission.."
protests are certainly in order
So which NDP MP's will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Conservatives and commend our brave RCAF Condor Squad for dropping thousands of bombs on cities still inhabited by civilians. Maybe all the leadership candidates can come together and jointly praise the bravest our society has to offer.
It's such a disgusting celebration one hardly knows where to begin...they have totally destroyed a country's excellent infrastructure, murdered its head of state, and many of its people, blindly stolen the resources, installed brutal puppets as leaders...and we're going to 'honour' the warcriminals while NOT ONE OF OUR'REPRESENTATIVES' expresses a word of criticism.
yet many here support them and urge that all do as they. Always the same reason: 'the others are worse'.
Libyan Mission Canadian Forces to be Honoured
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/16/pol-mackay-libya.html
"Canadian Forces members who served in Libya are getting a special ceremony to honour them later this month, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Wednesday.
The ceremony will be Nov 24 on Parliament Hill and will honour Lieut. Gen. Charles Bouchard, who led the mission.."
protests are certainly in order
It made me nauseous to hear this news. The government didn't even dare do anything like this with Afghanistan, which they have declared as official over or won.
The damage done in Libya and Iraq, two countries that had solid infrastructure and services that rivaled their regional neighbours, is disgusting. all those lives lost to for regime change just underscores how depraved these military interventions were.
I heartily agree LL: Here's part of the problem
Midweek Bleat: The UN is Merely a Zombie to the US
http://www.thenewage.co.za/blogdetail.aspx?mid=186&blog_id=1578
"...There is an urgent need at this time to question the relevance of the United Nations as a platform to bring peace in the world. If the world body can so blatantly flout its own decisions as it did in the case of Resolution 1973 over the enforcement of a no-fly zone in Libya, can it be trusted as a peacemaker?
It is my fervent view that the Libyan situation has exposed for all to see how this body is no longer relevant as a mediator on behalf of vulnerable nations.
The question is, can the UN be made to account for the 50,000 plus deaths because of the war led by [a Canadian led] NATO? This is a urgent task for the body has become the zombie of the US and its allies."
The same could be asked/said of Canada's parliament..
Just head on the news Saif al-Islam Kadhafi has been captured.
That is all...
Gadhafi's Son Saif-al-Islam Captured in Southern Libya - NTC (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/saif-gaddafi-arrested-libya-755/
"It remains to be seen if the NTC will comply with UN Resolution 1970 and hand Saif over to the Hague Tribunal.."
Capture of Gadhafi's Son Sets Up Libyan Legal Wrangle (and vids)
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20111119/gadhafi-son-caught-111119/
"As a matter of national pride, Libyans will very much place a premium on trying him in Libya. They'll try in many respects to replicate what the Iraqis did with the trial of Saddam Hussein.."
Al-Qa'eda Hoist Jolly Roger Over Benghazi Court House Sword Gang Complicit in Libya's 9/11
"Yes, there are plenty of Al Qaeda among us. And I want to add that each AQ fighter is worth 100 of us during battles. They are very well trained and very expert with explosives. I don't know how they can do what they do with simple devices, plus they are not afraid to die. But they are not in control in Libya. Whether they will be eventually, time will tell.
http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/2011/11/bad-moon-rising-over-gr...
'Gaddafi Son Knows Too Much' (vid)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvk4yxLlSug
'will be silenced'
"Yes, there are plenty of Al Qaeda among us. And I want to add that each AQ fighter is worth 100 of us during battles. They are very well trained and very expert with explosives. I don't know how they can do what they do with simple devices, plus they are not afraid to die. But they are not in control in Libya. Whether they will be eventually, time will tell.
http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/2011/11/bad-moon-rising-over-gr...
It's a good read but please have you firewall and any anti-malware programs you have turned on... this web site set off mine several times while I was there exploring around.
thanks Bec, haven't noticed any problems,
It wasn't anything too wild; it just set off my anti-malware program's IP blocker several times while I was there. No install attempts were detected.
Here is an alternative URL, for those who may have been frightened off the posted one:
http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb191111.htm
Gadhafi's Son Faces Death Penalty
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Gadhafi+faces+death+penalty/5747002/st...
"Libya officials have made it clear they will seek the death penalty for Saif al Islam Gadhafi, as the former dictator's son demanded a lawyer Monday.."
Funny how the story doesn't even mention the crime(s) he's charged with.
I guess that doesn't matter. The important thing is to see that he's killed.
Funny how the story doesn't even mention the crime(s) he's charged with.
I guess that doesn't matter. The important thing is to see that he's killed.
His name is Gaddafi is any other proof required to impose the death penalty? Unlike his father he will get to be in a a room with kangaroos before he is executed.
Were Saif Gaddafi's Fingers Chopped Off by Libyan Rebels?
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/251277
Tripoli (ANI): A doctor who examined Saif al Islam Gaddfi's wounds has fuelled speculation that his fingers were chopped off by the rebels..."
'Very impressive' - John Baird on rebels
Secrets Not Saif: Death Penalty Threat for Gaddafi's Son (and vid)
http://rt.com/news/saif-islam-death-penalty-097/
"...The International Criminal Court in the Hague says it is not going to call for his extradition, instead allowing Libya to try him on home soil. His future might indeed by bleak in the hands of Libya's new rulers. Libya officials are already calling for the death penalty in what many fear is a tactic to keep those dirty secrets hidden forever.
British Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn told RT he believes the ICC's willingness to allow Saif Gaddafi to be tried at home all but guarantees that any inconvenient truths he carries will be buried forever.."
Short Report From Bani Walid Clash This Morning
http://sonsofmalcolm.blogspot.com/2011/11/short-report-from-bani-walid-c...
"...NATO rebels came to arrest some people in the city, they came with about 20 armed cars...local residents resisted as people feel they are being targeted and ethnically cleansed for their stand against the NATO intervention in Libya. The fighting resulted in the martyrdom of 4 civilians and the death of 8 NATO rebels...
Please, we need help and support for our families who are being slaughtered in Bani Walid and other parts of our beloved Libya under the so called Libyan revolution - who terrorize anyone who criticizes them.
The media is not reporting this..."
British Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn told RT he believes the ICC's willingness to allow Saif Gaddafi to be tried at home all but guarantees that any inconvenient truths he carries will be buried forever.."
This may be so, but in principle Qaddafi should not be sent to the ICC. His crimes, if any, are a domestic matter and the ICC should keep its fucking imperialist nose out of the case. Every time someone is extradited to the ICC to face charges that have nothing to do with international law, the illegitimate ICC is given de facto wider jurisdiction to interfere in internal affairs of countries.
Until the ICC is prepared to try the real international criminals, we should oppose any attepts to confer legitimacy upon it.
I entirely agree:
'Rapist' Ocampo Lies About Saif-al-Islam?
http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2011/10/rapist-ocampo-lies-about-saif-al-i...
"Ocampo cannot be trusted to speak the truth. The International Criminal Court (ICC) would appear to be a tool of the CIA. The ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has no credibility.."
New Libyan Foreign Minister Has Canadian Connection
http://blogs.canada.com/2011/11/23/new-libyan-foreign-minister-has-canad...
"Agence France Presse says Ashar Bin Hayal actually served as Libya's ambassador to Canada before joining the anti-Gadhafi regime in the 1990s. Could the connection help Canadian companies make inroads into the new Libya?"
SUNCOR Heading Back to Libya
http://blogs.canada.com/2011/11/23/suncor-heading-back-to-libya/
"Embassy newspaper is reporting that Canadian oil giant SUNCOR is preparing to head back to Libya..."
I guess that's part of Harper's New Economic Stimulus Plan :-(
Forget about creating jobs in Canada but help corporations rake in the $$$ from reconstruction and resource exploitation contracts in war torn countries. Canada probably doesn't even collect much taxes on those chunks of change.
Libya's New Government for 2012
http://libyancivilwar.blogspot.com/2011/11/libyas-new-government-for-201...
"On November 22, 2011, a new government of Libya, with new ministers who will matter in coming months, was announced by the Interim NTC. 'Gadhafi hunters' get key posts..."
The Troubling Case of Saif Gadhafi - by Franklin Lamb [* Must Read*]
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/25/the-troubling-case-of-saif-gadhaf...
"...On the question of Saif's health there is increasing concern also because his guards claim they cannot take him to Zintan's only hospital because someone would likely kill him in order to collect on the substantial rumored Qatar/NATO offered cash reward for whoever assassinates him, thus presumably helping 'the new Libya' and its allies avoid a messy trial.
Meanwhile, after what he claims is a change of heart, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, now professes that Libya, not the Hague, is the best place after all for Saif al Islam and his trial.."
Urgent Action: Petition Campaign for Saif Gaddafi
http://libya360.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/urgent-action-petition-campaign...
"Saif Al Islam Gaddafi was taken capitive by the Zintan rebels over one month ago. He has developed gangrene in his injured hand where his fingers were severed and bones shattered and requires immediate surgery.
Further, he is denied access to his legal council. The ICRC refuse to discuss his condition with either his immediate family or his legal council. These are clear violations of International law. Saif al Islam is at immanent risk of execution.
The following document is the Gaddafi family's initial response to the ICC charges against Saif Al Islam and Abdullah Al Senussi. I implore readers to assist us by submitting appeals for compassionate intervention to the following..."
Fresh UK - Saif Gaddafi Links Revealed
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/212614.html
"...The revelations are a source of fresh embarrassment for the British government as it has already come under scathing criticism after its hypocritical side was revealed when British officials welcomed Saif's arrest despite earlier considering him an agent for democracy. When the British officials sensed they could exert military control over oil-rich Libya and have full access to its resources, they decided not to hammer out a deal with Saif, with whom they had been in close contact for months to find a way out of the Libyan conflict..."
The Troubling Case of Saif Gadhafi - by Franklin Lamb [* Must Read*]
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/25/the-troubling-case-of-saif-gadhaf...
"...On the question of Saif's health there is increasing concern also because his guards claim they cannot take him to Zintan's only hospital because someone would likely kill him in order to collect on the substantial rumored Qatar/NATO offered cash reward for whoever assassinates him, thus presumably helping 'the new Libya' and its allies avoid a messy trial.
Meanwhile, after what he claims is a change of heart, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, now professes that Libya, not the Hague, is the best place after all for Saif al Islam and his trial.."
As primarily the figleaf for Western interests and "justice", do not expect the ICC to press the case. as they know any unlikely co-operation with Libya on this issue could highlight other embarrassing questions for the parties involved.
Especially, the NTC's increasingly close relations with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the ICC for genocide in Darfur:
[al-Bashir]: "It has been agreed on the establishment of a real integration between Sudan and Libya....
see China.org: "Sudan, Libya agree on political, economic integration between Sudan and Libya"
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2011-11/26/content_24010999.htm
see also Reuters: "Libya leader in Khartoum thanks Sudan for weapons"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/25/us-sudan-libya-weapons-idUSTRE...
Africa Lies Naked and Exposed to Euro-American Military Offensive - by Glen Ford
http://indigenist.blogspot.com/2011/12/africa-lies-naked-to-euro-america...
"The prospect of an Arab Spring at the dawn of 2011 sparked a general hysteria in imperial capitals. With centuries of Euro-American domination flashing before their eyes, Washington, London and Paris quickly configured NATO to unleash SHock and Awe on the victim of choice in North Africa, Muammar Gaddafi. The momentum of that show of force has led on expanding cast of imperial actors to the gates of Damascus.
But Africa is the most vulnerable region in America's warpath, a continent ripe for the plucking due to the multitudinous entanglements of Africa's political and military classes with imperialism. The actual truth is the United Sates and its allies, principally the French, are positioned to 'take' much of the continent with the collaboration of most of its govenrments and especially its soldiers.
As the US bullies the way southward in the wake of the seizure of Libya its path has been smoothed by the AFricans themselves..."
Closing for length.