Posted by seumasach on July 1, 2011
30th June, 2011
The UN resolution allowing use of force against Gaddafi is meant to protect civilians. Armed rebels are clearly not civilians; so France’s airlifting of weapons to Libya goes against the whole case for the war, says British journalist John Laughland.
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Posted by seumasach on July 1, 2011
Creative Destruction Part III:
Humanitarian Neo-colonialism:
Framing Libya and Reframing War
F.William Engdahl
3rd May, 2011
The most remarkable facet of NATO’s war against Libya is the fact that “world opinion,” that ever so nebulous thing, has accepted an act of overt military aggression against a sovereign country guilty of no violation of the UN Charter in an act of de facto neo-colonialism, a ‘humanitarian’ war in violation of basic precepts of the laws of nations. The world has accepted it without realizing the implications if the war against Gaddafi’s Libya is allowed to succeed in forced regime change. At issue is not whether or not Gaddafi is good or evil. At issue is the very concept of the civilized law of nations and of just or unjust wars.
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Posted by seumasach on July 1, 2011
Revealed: British government’s plan to play down Fukushima
30th June, 2011
British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami inJapan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
29th June, 2011
Trade was the focus of the meeting of German and Chinese leaders in Berlin this week, with German companies eager to get a piece of the massive Chinese market. But commentators warn of the dangers of becoming too dependent on the emerging Asian superpower.
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
As NATO disintegrates it will continue to pledge itself, as in Afghanistan, to finishing the job, whatever that is.
Nato reviews Libya campaign after France admits arming rebels
Yahoo
29th June, 2011
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Dutch defence minister warned NATO allies on Wednesday against “mission creep” in Libya and forecast heated debate in the military alliance about the future of its campaign if it was not over by the end of September.
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
Nato reviews Libya campaign after France admits arming rebels
29th June, 2011
Nato was today urgently reviewing the conduct of its military campaign inLibya after France admitted arming rebel fighters in apparent defiance of the UN mandate.
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
Thierry Meyssan
29th June, 2011
As the Libyan bombing campaign entered the 100th day, NATO announced its imminent success. However, since the aims of the war were never clearly defined, it is difficult to know what is meant by success. Simultaneously, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam and the Libyan regime’s intelligence chief Abjullah al-Sanoussi for “crimes against humanity.”
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
29th June, 2011
China and Germany have signed trade deals estimated to be worth 10.6 billion euros ($15 billion), following joint government consultations earlier this week.
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
England soar to fourth place, ahead of Brazil
29th June, 2011
England are officially a better team than Brazil, according to the latestFifa world rankings.
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
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Posted by seumasach on June 29, 2011
Qadaffi stays and Obama leaves?
Franklin Lamb
28th June, 2011
Gaddafi has survived assaults of various types from US Presidents’ Ford, Carter, Reagan, George Bush 1, Clinton, George Bush 2, and Obama. Vegas book makers are giving odds he’ll be the leader of Libya’s Fatah Revolution after the voters retire Obama, whose broken promises included telling them that the US would be involved in Libya for days, not months.
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