Pepe Escobar
21st June, 2011
Forget about the Hollywood Transformer franchise; as facts on the ground go, the ultimate transformer in real life is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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NATO, the ultimate transformer
Posted by seumasach on June 20, 2011
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NATO admits killing civilians
Posted by seumasach on June 20, 2011
Jason Ditz
19th June, 2011
NATO has admitted a missile strike hit a civilian home in the Libyan capital of Tripoli today, killing a number of civilians including at least two toddlers. Though far from the first strike to kill civilians in the Libyan War, it is the first that NATO officials have admitted to.
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German defense minister rips NATO’s military mission in Libya
Posted by seumasach on June 19, 2011
18th June, 2011
Talking to the Hamburg-based weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, the minister whose
country is not part of the western military alliance’s war in Libya, said NATO’s
planning of the whole mission in the North African state was short-sighted.
‘Of course, when you start something, you always have to know, how long you can sweat it out,’ de Maziere was quoted saying.
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Gaddafi in talks with Libya’s rebels
Posted by seumasach on June 18, 2011
17th June, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is in direct talks with Libya’s rebels, a Russian envoy has indicated, as the strongman’s son said the way out of a months-long conflict is the staging of elections.
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Phantom of the Gaddafi opera
Posted by seumasach on June 17, 2011
Gamal Nkrumah
9-15th June, 2011
Day after day, the night sky is shattered by the blinding flash of NATO firepower in the playing out of a surreal drama scripted in hell. Hundreds of innocent civilians ripped apart by NATO’s attack helicopters, so-called Apaches, in yet another defilement of First Nation peoples. It’s almost like they hope Libyans would just disappear as did the Native Americans.
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Nature & politics: tinpot bombadiers
Posted by seumasach on June 17, 2011
Alexander Cockburn
16th June, 2011
The alleged purpose of UN Security Council resolution 1973, passed this past March 17, was to seek to protect Libyan civilians from violent attacks by both sides. In NATO’s eager hands, cosseted by uncritical Western press coverage, it has rapidly mutated into an overt bid to destroy Qaddafi’s regime, specifically to murder Qaddafi, by missile or bombardment, with land-based teams of Special Force assassins doubtless deployed in the desert, assigned the same task.
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Shanghai bloc calls for Libya cease-fire
Posted by seumasach on June 16, 2011
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) called on Wednesday for a cease-fire in Libya, and urged all sides to strictly abide by UN Security Council resolutions.
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South African president blasts NATO actions in Libya
Posted by seumasach on June 15, 2011
14th June, 2011
The president of South Africa lashed out Tuesday at NATO’s enforcement of the U.N. resolution authorizing the organization to act to protect innocent civilians threatened by Libya’s civil war.
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NATO: Bombing Roman ruins possible
Posted by seumasach on June 15, 2011
14th June, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO said Tuesday it has been unable to confirm rebel reports Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is hiding military equipment in ancient Roman ruins.
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Cynthia McKinney reports from Libya on RT
Posted by seumasach on June 14, 2011
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Chavez: action on Libya shows imperial madness
Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2011
10th June, 2011
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday (7th) that the United States suffers from an “imperial madness” which, he says, is demonstrated in the attacks on countries like Libya.
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