Libya's opposition battled for military and diplomatic advantage against Moammar Gadhafi's regime on Thursday, winning official recognition from France and hitting government forces with heavy weapons on the road to the capital. France became the first country to formally recognise the rebels' newly created Interim Governing Council, saying it planned to exchange ambassadors after President Nicolas Sarkozy met with two representatives of the group based in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
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Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive pictures taken by a young Libyan soldier before he died in battle. The images give a telling insight into the reality of the war in Libya from the perspective of the government troops. Tony Birtley reports.
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Government forces kept up their bombardment of a small area in the center of Sirte on Sunday, trying to smash the remaining pockets of pro-Qaddafi resistance. NTC militias have besieged Sirte for weeks to tighten their grip to the point where Qaddafi die-hards are surrounded in an area of about two square mile. Green flags, the banner of Qaddafi's rule, still fly over the area. Government fighters have said the pocket of resistance was very small but they were being held back by snipers. The often chaotic struggle has cost scores of lives and left thousands homeless. The failure to seize the final Qaddafi bastions swiftly has also held up attempts by Libya's new leaders to try to build a democratic government, a process they say will begin only after Sirte is captured. NTC officers say Gaddafi loyalists fear retaliations if they surrender as some captured fighters have been abused. By: Ikram Al Yacoub Al Arabiya with Agencies
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The violent ousting of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi, with some NATO help, was arguably the definining event of the Arab world's shifting sands this year. RT's Maria Finoshina travelled inside Libya throughout the year, talking to both Gaddafi family members and rebels. Here's her first-hand account of her time in Tripoli. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
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A contrived and unprovoked war - NATO's terrorism knows know boundaries. Warning; Graphic images! "In Libya, the Rebels are called "Terrorists." That's not Gadhaffi talking. That's ordinary people. From the LIbyan vantage point, NATO is backing "Terrorists." And they are not going to tolerate it." Susan Lindauer
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For more analysis, visit: www.stratfor.com STRATFOR analyst Bayless Parsley discusses why rebel military deficiencies will shape any political solution to the conflict in Libya.
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Thomas Mountain authour of the widely read article by the same title - explains his perception of the real reasons for the war on Libya. Thomas C. Mountain is an independent western journalist based in the Horn of Africa, and has been living and reporting from Eritrea since 2006. He was a member of the 1st US Peace Delegation to Libya in 1987. Read more articles by Thomas C. Mountain at www.foreignpolicyjournal.com .............................................. Donations to the video-maker of this, there is a paypal link, (lower left) on the channel page: www.youtube.com .
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Video courtesy: www.liveleak.com A shocking video has appeared on the Internet showing Libyan rebels torturing a group of black Africans. People with their hands bound are shown being locked in a zoo-like cage and forced to eat the old Libyan flag. "Eat the flag, you dog. Patience you dog, patience. God is Great," screams a voice off-camera. RT on Twitter http RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
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As Libya rebuilds after its devastating conflict, stories are beginning to emerge about the suffering of not just human, but animal as well. Tripoli's main zoo has been shut down for 10 months, since the revolution began, putting rare and exotic creatures, including a liger, at risk of fatal starvation. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from the Tripoli zoo, where a zookeeper says it was his duty to help protect the animals, "a national treasure", despite the dangers.
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What does the post-Gaddafi era look like? Where will new Libyan leaders come from? And is there any future for the NTC? Is the civil war still unraveling? CrossTalking with Diana Johnstone, Nick Meo and Dirk Vandewalle. CT on FB: www.facebook.com
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The head of Libya's interim government has threatened to use "force" to bring powerful tribal leaders to heel, after they'd declared autonomy for an oil-rich region in the east. The leader of the National Transitional Council went on to claim that pro-Gaddafi infiltrators were behind the move. RT talks to Patrick Hayes from the online world affairs magazine, Spiked.
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As NATO attacks continue in Libya, ex US Congresswoman and former presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney went to the country on a non-governmental fact-finding mission to see what exactly is going on in the war-torn country. Cynthia McKinney believes the bombardments of Libyan cities and other measures taken by NATO, causing civilian casualties, represent the idea of "collective punishment". RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
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army men fighting in the war with the mad dog Gaddaiffi
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Incredible speech given by Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition. The event on June 24 was sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition.To learn more, go to www.answercoalition.org video credit ~ www.youtube.comFAIR USE NOTICE: These pages/video may contain copyrighted (© ) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available to advance understanding of ecological, POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, economic, DEMOCRACY, scientific, MORAL, ETHICAL, and SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 USC Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior general interest in receiving similar information for research and educational.
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Approximately three months ago Moammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyan rebels. The dictator was overthrown after he was condemned by President Obama and NATO for using violence on the Libyan people. Many believe NATO and the US aided the rebels in an attempt to seize the country's oil. Now the remaining Gaddafi loyalists are clashing with revolutionary forces and pushing the country to the brink of a civil war. Robert Naiman, policy director at Just Foreign Policy, joins us to shed some light on the issue. Follow Liz on Twitter at twitter.com
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The war of intervention in Libya is yet another American illegal adventure argues Keith Harmon Snow, an independent war correspondent. The objective, he says, secured access to Libya's significant oil supply, other mineral resources and defense testing. He says the argument of humanitarianism and stopping a "warlord" was a absolute nonsense. If that argument were true, he contends, there are far more brutal war criminals in African countries the US could have chosen to target. Follow Lucy on Twitter: twitter.com
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Obama violated his oath to the US Constitution and betrayed the trust of the American people because he had no right to involve our military in a war in Libya. His violation of the Constitution is a wrong against all US citizens, not only those who trusted him when he made these explicate statements in order to gain our trust. He tricked people into voting for him. We are being robbed of our rights which are stipulated in our Constitution. We have rights, the primary one is our right to our Constitutional republic. The father of the Constitution warned of exactly this abuse of power on the part of a president, James Madison explained how our Constitution was deliberately designed to prevent a president from doing what Obama has done. "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." Our Constitution was deliberately designed to prevent Obama from doing what he explicitly promised he would not do if we entrusted him to uphold the Constitution! He should be impeached. tinyurl.com War Warning from Madison, 4th US President: www.youtube.com "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. Beside the objection to such a mixture of heterogeneous powers: the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man: not ...
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Fighting has broken out in Libya between supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces loyal to the new government. The head of the National Transitional Council has warned that the country is on the verge of returning to a state of civil war. Our correspondent Maria Finoshina says the NTC doesn't control the situation in Libya. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
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www.presstv.com Six months after the Western forces started their military intervention in Libya; Muammar Gaddafi has gone into hiding. A transitional council has been formed and Libyans are celebrating the revolution. But is the war over? Last month, piles of official documents were found abandoned in Tripoli, confirming the close relationship between Britain and Libya. Was there a hidden agenda behind the UK's involvement in NATO coalition to oust Gaddafi? UK oil companies have been major players in Libya and the UK government has been sending in new teams of traders since the fall of Gaddafi. Is the war in Libya a strategic step for Britain to gain more control over oil in the region?
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Freedom Now! host Dedon Kamathi interviews Mahdi Nazemroaya, one of the last independent journalists in Tripoli, and former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, about Nazemroaya's findings regarding the fabricated claims that led to the US war on Libya. With WBAIX.org's Don DeBar.
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