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Archive for August, 2011

A Benghazi, l’insurrection coloree se delite

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2011

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

1st August, 2011

Les musulmans sont invités à cesser les hostilités durant le mois de Ramadan. Rien de significatif ne devrait donc avoir lieu au plan militaire en Libye jusqu’au 28 août. Mais à qui profite le temps qui passe ?

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Libya, where NATO loses its way

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2011

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Pravda

31st July, 2011

It is by now patently obvious that in Libya, NATO has violated every rule in the book, has violated international law, has broken the Geneva Conventions, has breached diplomatic conventions, has insulted the United Nations Organization and fundamentally, has even violated its own charter. Why? In three letters, oil.

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British DM: Libya’s rebels can’t win

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2011

Jason Ditz

Antiwar.com

31st July, 2011

Speaking today on BBC Radio 4, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox conceded that the ongoing NATO-backed rebellion in Libya was unlikely to result in the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi, admitting to a “military stalemate” on the ground.

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Fired Bahraini workers demand jobs

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2011

PressTV

1st August, 2011

Hundreds of workers in Bahrain have assembled outside the Ministry of Labor, demanding the government reinstate all unlawfully dismissed workers.

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