Libya

America's exceptional amnesia

Apr 21, 2022 06:01

Needless to say, the US government has killed many people in its military interventions abroad, most recently in West Asia and Africa.
How many wars does Washington want? And for what?

Dec 03, 2021 19:05

Over the last two decades US policymakers have blundered through Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Yemen, frivolously sacrificing thousands of lives, wasting trillions of dollars, diverting essential resources, misusing patriotic personnel, and damaging national credibility – as well as killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions of people in foreign lands.
Because she was wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, Daniel Ellsberg joins campaign against Flournoy

Dec 09, 2020 13:57

Legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Jody Williams on Friday, December 4th both joined a grassroots progressive campaign urging Joe Biden not to nominate Michèle Flournoy as his Pentagon chief, warning her ties to the weapons industry, hawkish record, and current positions disqualify her for the powerful role.
UN urge warring Libyan factions to negotiate

Mar 03, 2020 10:04

U.N.-mediated political talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Libya have ended in disarray, with nothing accomplished except an agreement to meet again next month.
Greater Mid East project of chaos: The management of savagery

Nov 01, 2019 14:36

The refugee crises coming out of the West Asia-North Africa region, generated by the forever wars of Washington and accompanying economic sanctions – or more accurately illegal unilateral coercive measures and economic terrorism – have consequently fueled xenophobia both in the US and abroad.
Israel’s involvement in Libya’s civil war

Jul 28, 2019 10:13

Tel Aviv, along with Cairo, Paris, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi support retired Libyan General Khalifa Haftar, whose opponents suspect him of wanting to become a “new Gaddafi” who seeks to establish an Egyptian-style military dictatorship in Libya.
‘What does war have to do with me?’

Jul 02, 2019 16:29

Sometimes war sounds like the harsh crack of gunfire and sometimes like the whisper of the wind.
Libya and the outsiders: Games of power

May 31, 2019 08:57

When the Qadhafi regime fell in 2011, centralized power quickly dissipated and Libya fell into chaos. A wide range of armed groups asserted control over large swaths of territory in the oil-rich nation without any effective central authority strong enough to dominate the entire country.
Libya being torn to shreds by ex-CIA asset turned warlord

Apr 13, 2019 21:03

Libya is again being embroiled in a crisis as the various armed groups battle for control of the divided country which the US and West European powers have destabilized and virtually destroyed in their greed for its oil wealth.
The US bombs and Europe gets refugees

Jul 22, 2018 21:00

The US regime – with France and a few other allies – bombs Libya, Syria, etc.; and the US regime refuses to accept any of the resulting refugees, the burdens from which are now breaking the EU, and the EU is sinking in economic competition against America’s international corporations.