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One of a few pro-Gaddafi tweeps reporting from Tripoli is @LibyanLiberal, whose tweets are very informative and give a dramatic picture of the chaos and fights that are taking place in the capital of Libya. This is an archive of all of LibyanLiberal’s tweets starting from August 17, just three days before the rebel’s heavy […]
August 27, 2011
Evidence is that since the rebel offensive on Tripoli started seven days ago, a large number of Black civilians and soldiers have become victims of racist massacres and unlawful killings in Libya’s capital. [The Independent] [AP] The mainstream media is covering up the racist killings by continuing to deliberately spread the “African mercenaries” myth. However, its […]
August 26, 2011
By Bill Van Auken, 26 August 2011, Source: wsws.org Five days after “rebels” entered Tripoli, under the cover of NATO bombing and led by foreign special forces, the abject criminality of imperialism’s takeover of Libya is becoming increasingly evident. Fighting continues to rage throughout the Libyan capital, whose two million residents have been made hostages […]
August 22, 2011
Al Jazeera and Sky News on Sunday aired videos showing rebels celebrating their surprisingly quick victory over Tripoli in Green Square. But we believe that they have actually been showing a staged scene, including a fake scenery, one that’s reportedly been built in Doha, Qatar. Impossible you say? Then continue reading. First off, let’s see a […]
August 14, 2011
@antiwar_soldier informed me that today rebels have executed thirty captured soldiers in the town of Tarhouna, thereby committing a major war crime. The captured soldiers were reportedly executed as rebels were retreating from the city, which they were unable to keep under control. The rebels, of course, try to give a different explanation for the 30 dead. […]
August 13, 2011
@antiwar_soldier recently brought my attention to a video that was uploaded back in May. In a television show, two Ukrainian medical staff who have been evacuated from Misrata give a first-hand account of the situation in the war-torn Libyan city. The most interesting part of the video for our purposes begins at 8:56, when former […]
August 10, 2011
Investig’Action published today an analysis of a NATO press release that followed an airstrike in Şurmān on 20 Jun 2011. Here’s a translation of that analysis by Simon de Beer into English. You can find the original article in French here. And NATO’s statement in English here. The translation of the article starts here: The […]
August 10, 2011
According to the Libyan government, 85 civilians were killed in NATO air strikes in a village called Majer, 10km south of Zlitan, on Monday. Here is a very graphic (!) video which shows the mutilated, dead bodies of the victims, including children. NATO dismissed the government’s report as usual, saying that they had no evidence […]
August 2, 2011
On 30 July 2011, NATO hit broadcasting facilities of the Libyan al-Jamahiriya state television. According to the TV station, three people were killed and 15 injured during the attack. NATO said it aimed to degrade Gaddafi’s “use of satellite television as a means to intimidate the Libyan people and incite acts of violence against them”. […]
August 2, 2011
Here’s four must-read articles by the brilliant Patrick Cockburn on Libya, published in The Independent. Libya’s ragtag rebels are dubious allies (11 Aug 2011) Rebels, from the Wars of the Roses up to the present civil war in Libya, usually try to postpone splitting into factions and murdering each other until after they have seized power and are […]
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August 28, 2011
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