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The vicissitudes of the post-Gaddafi era: NATO’s secret war

Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2011

Dans les méandres de l’après Kadhafi : la guerre secrète de l’OTAN

Allain Jules

12th December, 2011

Les membres du CNT n’en peuvent plus. Alors que personne ne leur fait plus confiance, surtout leurs propres milices, ils ont compris finalement que, ce n’est qu’avec les pro-Kadhafi qu’ils peuvent reconstruire le pays. Ils font désormais le siège, que dis-je, pression sur l’ONU, pour le dégel des biens souverains libyens. Il reste à peine 150 millions de dollars dans les banques occidentales qui en ont bien besoin. Après avoir détruit leur pays, incapables de dédommager les victimes des bombes de l’OTAN ou de lancer des chantiers de reconstruction, notamment à Syrte (vidéo) où, les populations sont hostiles surtout qu’elles n’ont plus rien, l’heure est grave.
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Les jeunes des milices sont désormais désoeuvrés et obligés de voler, piller et racketter des innocents, pour subsister. “Obligés” est bien un grand mot. Ils ne sont pas qualifiés pour prendre la place laissée par les travailleurs expatriés. Avant la guerre, ils étaient estimés à près de 2 millions, dont la majorité venait d’Afrique subsaharienne, et le reste d’Asie. Les jeunes Libyens qui avaient pris les armes sans réfléchir avaient cru que leur révolution par procuration allait leur procurer la richesse. Guidés par une propagande extrême, les biens qu’ils recevaient gratuitement de la part de la Grande Jamahiriya arabe libyenne et socialiste, n’existent plus. Ne dit-on pas très souvent que, à trop vouloir gagner on perd ?
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Alors que le géant pétrolier italien ENI vient d’annoncer ostensiblement que sa production a retrouvé son lustre d’avant la guerre, pour les Libyens, l’horizon est bouché, obscurci. Les groupes de rebelles qui avaient pillé de nombreux dépôts d’armes laissés par l’armée libyenne, sont interceptés chaque jour dans le désert libyen par des drones français et américains. Le sahel étant devenue une poudrière, la crainte qu’il vendent ces armes à Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (Aqmi) fait craindre le pire. Ainsi, leurs convois sont simplement détruits, au grand dam du CNT qui se retrouve peu à peu en déficit de combattants, surtout que certains ont été défaits en Syrie. Ces derniers voient donc l’OTAN se retourner contre eux. On assiste, dans le désert libyen, à une nouvelle guerre. Une guerre secrète que les médias “mainstream” sont interdits de divulguer.
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Mais que croyaient ces zozos du CNT ?

Tripoli a connu ce matin, de violents combats entre les Zenten et les rebelles qui gèrent la ville. Il y a aussi eu des combats en fin d’après-midi aux environs de l’aéroport. Le contrôle de l’aéroport n’a pas eu lieu mais, les assaillants ont tué deux rebelles de Tripoli et emporté deux pick-up chargés de canons anti-aérien

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Europe 26- England 1

Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2011

Cailean Bochanan

11th December, 2011

For weeks now the mantra repeated ad nauseum in the British and English language media has been that the collapse of the Eurozone would be a disaster for Britain and that, therefore, it is overwhelmingly in our national interest that the euro crisis be resolved. And yet David Cameron, breaking, as I understand it, a previous pledge not to use the eurozone crisis as an opportunity to renegotiate the EU treaty, went to the Brussels summit and made a brazen attempt to do just that. This surely brings into question all the seeming concerns about the survival of the Eurozone: had these been genuine Cameron would have gone there in good faith, not to play another wrecking hand. Was it just that he was a hostage to the europhobes in his party? Surely, in the event of overriding British interests being at stake he could have faced them down. The truth is that overriding British interests as understood and represented by David Cameron are antagonistic to the eurozone and to the very existence of the euro.

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China an active supporter to European crisis settlement: Vice FM

Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2011

People’s Daily

11th December, 2011

China is one of the active supporters of the internationalcommunity to European crisis settlement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying saidhere on Saturday.

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Britain and the EU: the failure of a forced marriage

Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2011

Wolfgang Kaden

Spiegel

10th December, 2011

It was to be expected. And now it’s official: The British have elected not to join the treaty governing Europe’s new financial system. Prime Minister David Cameron refused.

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After 30 years, City of London loses Brussels

Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2011

Cameron’s decision to abscond from the European scene is an early christmas present to our european partners and the greatest contribution Britain has ever made to the development of an independent Europe. Of course, Europe has a long way to go. After all it is still in thrall to NATO, an organization which compromises European sovereignty and constitutes a permanent threat to peace. The need for a strategic partnership with Russia and China becoming increasingly urgent.

Neurope

9th December, 2011

Britain has become sub-marginal following the EU Summit of 9 December, which reshaped the geo-economic direction of the European continent with the acceleration of fiscal union, a process that will include reinforced regulation and supervision at a European level.

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Syria no war. Siria: no alla guerra, sì ai diritti umani

Posted by seumasach on December 8, 2011

Peacelink

We, the undersigned non-governmental, human rights, and humanitarian organizations, urge you to mobilize the United Nations and the international community to take immediate action to halt any foreign military intervention against Syria, and instead, to act in good faith for a true mediation.  Time is of the essence.  We ask to act in good faith in favor of a true and peaceful mediation.

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Russia ready to send observers to Syria – foreign minister

Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2011

RiaNovosti

7th December, 2011

Russia proposed on Wednesday sending its monitors to Syria as part of international efforts to settle the nine-month old political crisis in the Arab country.

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Wall street: secret government outed

Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2011

Les Leopold

Voltairenet

6th December, 2011

We now have concrete evidence that Wall Street and Washington are running a secret government far removed from the democratic process. Through a freedom of information request by Bloomberg News, the public now has access to over 29,000 pages of Fed documents and 21,000 additional Fed transactions that were deliberately hidden, and for good reason. [1]

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Eurozone Crisis: Justice Secretary opposes Cameron on European treaty change

Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2011

The ascendancy of City of London interests and the reserve currency status of the pound require the fragmentation of the Eurozone and the removal of euro as a rival currency. However, the campaign to wreck the euro have only served to consolidate the Eurozone and Britain now faces isolation and economic armageddon. No surprise then that the cracks are beginning to show in Britain’s normally monolithic political elite.

Huffington Post

7th December, 2011

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has broken ranks with David Cameron on Europe, saying that Friday’s crucial EU summit is not a good time to be trying to extract concessions from Brussels.

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Cameron threatens to veto EU treaty

Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2011

To veto or not to veto? – It doesn’t really matter: the eurozone has made it clear it will proceed without the UK if necessary. In fact, sidelining the UK and the sacrosanct “City of London” is definitely part of the solution for Europe.

Investment Week

7th December, 2011

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has threatened to veto plans for an overhaul to the EU treaty on grounds it could damage British interests.

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Libye – Le SOS du CNT à la “communauté internationale”

Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2011

Allain Jules

6th December, 2011

Après ses différents échecs pour ramener à ses côtés la résistance libyenne, malgré la ruse, l’intimidation et le mensonge, le CNT est plus que jamais aux abois. Une réunion à eu lieu aujourd’hui entre les membres influents du CNT et ces derniers, à défaut de faire un communiqué, auraient décidé de faire appel à nouveau à la “communauté internationale”, pour…protéger le peuple libyen des…rebelles. On croit rêver.

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