By Amnesty International, February 16, 2012 Lawlessness still pervades Libya a year after the outbreak of the uprising which ended 42 year of Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi’s repressive regime. Hundreds of armed militias, widely hailed in Libya as heroes for their…
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Libyan slaughter – a warning to Africa
If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure NATO claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It’s a warning to the Arab world and Africa By Seumas Milne, The Guardian,…
Libya – 20 Minutes for Peace
Peace Rally for Libya set for November 24th Canadians to devote 20 minutes to end Canada’s role in the “War on Terror” Global Research, November 23, 2011 As the federal government prepares to honour tomorrow the role of Canada’s military…
The destruction of Libya
Libya and the world we live in
By William Blum, September 1, 2011 “Why are you attacking us? Why are you killing our children? Why are you destroying our infrastructure?” – Television address by Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, April 30, 2011 A few hours later NATO hit…
End Canada’s bombing of Libya!
By the Canadian Peace Alliance This September, the 3-month extension of Canada’s military role in Libya passed through Parliament will expire. When the NATO bombing of Libya began, Stephen Harper assured the public that the operation would drive Gaddafi from…
End the bombing of Libya
Libya: Diplomacy, not bombs, says Lewis MacKenzie
NATO’s Libya ‘hope’ strategy is bombing By Maj.-General (Ret.) Lewis MacKenzie, Globe and Mail, June 10, 2011 We are now in the 84th day of the bombing campaign that the United Nations Security Council authorized to enforce a no-fly zone…
Military Escalation: “Phase Two” of the War on Libya
Dispatch From Tripoli – NATO’s Feast of Blood
By Cynthia McKinney in Tripoli, Libya, May 24, 2011 While serving on the House International Relations Committee from 1993 to 2003, it became clear to me that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was an anachronism. Founded in 1945 at…