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Report: US Special Forces Arrive In Libya
Report: US Special Forces Arrive In Libya
Report: US Special Forces Arrive In Libya
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-->Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
March 1, 2011
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US Special Forces have reportedly landed in Libya to train anti-Gaddafi rebels as a western-backed coup d??tat in the oil-rich nation nears, with British and French ?defense advisors? also arriving to set up training bases in the rebel-controlled eastern region of the country.
According to a report in the Pakistan Observer, hundreds of special forces personnel from the US, Britain and France arrived on February 23 and 24 in ?American and French warships and small naval boats off Libyan ports of Benghazi and Tobruk.?
The article states that the report was confirmed by a Libyan diplomat in the region, who said that ?The three Western states have landed their special forces troops in Cyrinacia and are now setting up their bases and training centres,? in a bid to bolster rebel forces resisting Gaddafi?s militia in the surrounding region.
?The Western forces are reportedly preparing to set-up training bases for local militias set-up by the rebel forces for an effective control of the oil-rich region and counter any push by pro-Qaddafi forces from Tripoli,? states the report.
In addition, efforts to ?neutralize? the Libyan Air Force are underway in a bid to stymie Gaddafi?s ability to rule from Tripoli if he manages to remain in power.
The US Navy has also confirmed that the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which had previously been on pirate-hunting duty off the coast of Somalia, is now steaming towards Libya as tensions rise.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly admitted for the first time yesterday that the United States was preparing to back anti-government rebels, despite Hafiz Ghoga, the spokesman for the newly formed National Libyan Council in the rebel controlled eastern city of Benghazi, warning that any ?foreign intervention? would not be welcome.
?The rest of Libya will be liberated by the people ? and Gaddafi?s security forces will be eliminated by the people of Libya,? Ghoga said during a news conference.
Meanwhile, ex-European representative for the Carlyle Group and former British Prime Minister John Major has become the latest to add his voice to the growing chorus of those calling for military intervention to oust Gaddafi.
Major backed, ?Other Western leaders who are on the brink of ordering military action against Col Muammar Gaddafi amid fears that the Libyan dictator could use chemical weapons against his own people,? reports the Telegraph.
Current British Prime Minister David Cameron has also been busy setting the stage for a western-backed coup d??tat, calling for a no fly zone to be erected over the country.
?If Col Gaddafi uses military force against his own people, the world cannot stand by. That is why we should be looking at a no-fly zone,? Cameron said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blasted the idea of a no fly zone as ?superfluous,? instead signaling support for UN-backed sanctions.
On Friday, 40 influential neo-conservatives signed a letter to Barack Obama urging the President to ?immediately? prepare military action to overthrow Gaddafi.
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Any regime change achieved with the assistance of western nations will provide deeper access to a country that holds the largest amount of oil reserves in Africa and the tenth largest in the world, with a reserve to production ratio of around 66 years.
Report: US Special Forces Arrive In Libya
Report: US Special Forces Arrive In Libya
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-->Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
March 1, 2011
Image: Wikimedia Commons
US Special Forces have reportedly landed in Libya to train anti-Gaddafi rebels as a western-backed coup d??tat in the oil-rich nation nears, with British and French ?defense advisors? also arriving to set up training bases in the rebel-controlled eastern region of the country.
According to a report in the Pakistan Observer, hundreds of special forces personnel from the US, Britain and France arrived on February 23 and 24 in ?American and French warships and small naval boats off Libyan ports of Benghazi and Tobruk.?
The article states that the report was confirmed by a Libyan diplomat in the region, who said that ?The three Western states have landed their special forces troops in Cyrinacia and are now setting up their bases and training centres,? in a bid to bolster rebel forces resisting Gaddafi?s militia in the surrounding region.
?The Western forces are reportedly preparing to set-up training bases for local militias set-up by the rebel forces for an effective control of the oil-rich region and counter any push by pro-Qaddafi forces from Tripoli,? states the report.
In addition, efforts to ?neutralize? the Libyan Air Force are underway in a bid to stymie Gaddafi?s ability to rule from Tripoli if he manages to remain in power.
The US Navy has also confirmed that the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which had previously been on pirate-hunting duty off the coast of Somalia, is now steaming towards Libya as tensions rise.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly admitted for the first time yesterday that the United States was preparing to back anti-government rebels, despite Hafiz Ghoga, the spokesman for the newly formed National Libyan Council in the rebel controlled eastern city of Benghazi, warning that any ?foreign intervention? would not be welcome.
?The rest of Libya will be liberated by the people ? and Gaddafi?s security forces will be eliminated by the people of Libya,? Ghoga said during a news conference.
Meanwhile, ex-European representative for the Carlyle Group and former British Prime Minister John Major has become the latest to add his voice to the growing chorus of those calling for military intervention to oust Gaddafi.
Major backed, ?Other Western leaders who are on the brink of ordering military action against Col Muammar Gaddafi amid fears that the Libyan dictator could use chemical weapons against his own people,? reports the Telegraph.
Current British Prime Minister David Cameron has also been busy setting the stage for a western-backed coup d??tat, calling for a no fly zone to be erected over the country.
?If Col Gaddafi uses military force against his own people, the world cannot stand by. That is why we should be looking at a no-fly zone,? Cameron said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blasted the idea of a no fly zone as ?superfluous,? instead signaling support for UN-backed sanctions.
On Friday, 40 influential neo-conservatives signed a letter to Barack Obama urging the President to ?immediately? prepare military action to overthrow Gaddafi.
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Any regime change achieved with the assistance of western nations will provide deeper access to a country that holds the largest amount of oil reserves in Africa and the tenth largest in the world, with a reserve to production ratio of around 66 years.
Most Americans Strongly Oppose U.S. Military Action in Libya
Most Americans Strongly Oppose U.S. Military Action in Libya
Most Americans Strongly Oppose U.S. Military Action in Libya
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-->Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 1, 2011
According to Rasmussen, a large majority of Americans agree with the common sense of George Washington. During his farewell address, the first president of the United States said the nation should beware of foreign entanglements.
On February 23, Rasmussen reported that 67% of Americans strongly believe the United States should stay out of Libya and the Middle East.
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The globalists, their hand-picked government in the district of criminals, and the Pentagon are not listening. They have dispatched the USS Enterprise and other warships to Libya. The Enterprise was conveniently close, having squandered millions of tax payer dollars confronting ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia. The Pentagon will not confirm one way or the other if it has instructions to set-up a no-fly zone and begin bombing the North African nation.
According to Colonel David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, the U.S. military is moving ships closer to Libya ?in case they are needed.?
The Pentagon is not about to go it alone in Libya. It will act in concert with NATO. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice ? mentor of Secretary of State Madeline Albright (who declared killing 500,000 Iraqi children was acceptable), CFR and Ford Foundation Brookings member ? said ?the international community is not going to tolerate the slaughter of innocents.?
Of course, it depends what innocents are to be slaughtered and the political objective at hand.
The U.S. has thus far killed over a million innocents in Iraq. It continues to slaughter innocents in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It stood by while over 800,000 were slaughtered in Rwanda. The ?international community? ? as determined by the global elite and their grocery clerks at the United Nations ? are intolerant of mass murder when oil fields are involved, especially sweet crude oil fields.
Libyan revolution needs to be micro-managed by adults, not the rabble who are now paying for their liberation in blood. The United Nations and the globalist NGOs and think tanks will decide who runs the country.
Most Americans (67%) across all demographic categories say the United States should leave the situation in Arab countries alone, according to Rasmussen. Just 17% say the United States should get more directly involved in the political situation there while another 17% are not sure.
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The newspaper of globalist record, the New York Times, says Obama adopted a tougher stance toward Muammar Gaddafi in response to the ever-so predictable chortling and blood lust of establishment neocon Republicans. In fact, Obama does what his handlers ? his cabinet is comprised of establishment insiders and Goldman Sachs cronies ? tell him and responds only when words appear on his teleprompter screen. The supposed indecision of the Obama administration is merely cover while the globalists move their pawns and battle cruisers into place.
Meanwhile, the ever vigilant Israelis have taken advantage of the growing winds of war in order to once again call for attacking Iran for its imaginary nuclear weapons program. A new IAEA report released last week says Iran is seeking to develop a nuclear-armed missile.
?The report made clear Tehran?s determination to press ahead with sensitive atomic activity despite four rounds of UN sanctions since 2006, saying the country had informed the IAEA it would soon start operating a second uranium enrichment plant,? reports the neocon-infested Jerusalem Post.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has conveyed the Likudnik message in recent days ? since the globalists have indicated they will deal with Gaddafi militarily ? that while increased military and economic pressure was necessary, the only thing likely to stop the Iranians was the prospect of the U.S. military bombing their country back to the Stone Age.
The IAEA released its report as the Israelis have voiced complaints that events in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, are distracting attention from the central target, Iran.
Most Americans Strongly Oppose U.S. Military Action in Libya
Most Americans Strongly Oppose U.S. Military Action in Libya
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-->Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 1, 2011
According to Rasmussen, a large majority of Americans agree with the common sense of George Washington. During his farewell address, the first president of the United States said the nation should beware of foreign entanglements.
On February 23, Rasmussen reported that 67% of Americans strongly believe the United States should stay out of Libya and the Middle East.
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The globalists, their hand-picked government in the district of criminals, and the Pentagon are not listening. They have dispatched the USS Enterprise and other warships to Libya. The Enterprise was conveniently close, having squandered millions of tax payer dollars confronting ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia. The Pentagon will not confirm one way or the other if it has instructions to set-up a no-fly zone and begin bombing the North African nation.
According to Colonel David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, the U.S. military is moving ships closer to Libya ?in case they are needed.?
The Pentagon is not about to go it alone in Libya. It will act in concert with NATO. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice ? mentor of Secretary of State Madeline Albright (who declared killing 500,000 Iraqi children was acceptable), CFR and Ford Foundation Brookings member ? said ?the international community is not going to tolerate the slaughter of innocents.?
Of course, it depends what innocents are to be slaughtered and the political objective at hand.
The U.S. has thus far killed over a million innocents in Iraq. It continues to slaughter innocents in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It stood by while over 800,000 were slaughtered in Rwanda. The ?international community? ? as determined by the global elite and their grocery clerks at the United Nations ? are intolerant of mass murder when oil fields are involved, especially sweet crude oil fields.
Libyan revolution needs to be micro-managed by adults, not the rabble who are now paying for their liberation in blood. The United Nations and the globalist NGOs and think tanks will decide who runs the country.
Most Americans (67%) across all demographic categories say the United States should leave the situation in Arab countries alone, according to Rasmussen. Just 17% say the United States should get more directly involved in the political situation there while another 17% are not sure.
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The newspaper of globalist record, the New York Times, says Obama adopted a tougher stance toward Muammar Gaddafi in response to the ever-so predictable chortling and blood lust of establishment neocon Republicans. In fact, Obama does what his handlers ? his cabinet is comprised of establishment insiders and Goldman Sachs cronies ? tell him and responds only when words appear on his teleprompter screen. The supposed indecision of the Obama administration is merely cover while the globalists move their pawns and battle cruisers into place.
Meanwhile, the ever vigilant Israelis have taken advantage of the growing winds of war in order to once again call for attacking Iran for its imaginary nuclear weapons program. A new IAEA report released last week says Iran is seeking to develop a nuclear-armed missile.
?The report made clear Tehran?s determination to press ahead with sensitive atomic activity despite four rounds of UN sanctions since 2006, saying the country had informed the IAEA it would soon start operating a second uranium enrichment plant,? reports the neocon-infested Jerusalem Post.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has conveyed the Likudnik message in recent days ? since the globalists have indicated they will deal with Gaddafi militarily ? that while increased military and economic pressure was necessary, the only thing likely to stop the Iranians was the prospect of the U.S. military bombing their country back to the Stone Age.
The IAEA released its report as the Israelis have voiced complaints that events in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, are distracting attention from the central target, Iran.
Is Barack Obama About to Order the U.S. Military to Invade Libya?
Is Barack Obama About to Order the U.S. Military to Invade Libya?
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Is Barack Obama About to Order the U.S. Military to Invade Libya?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]As insane as it might sound, the United States may soon be getting involved in another war in the Middle East. According to White House spokesman Jay Carney, "no options" have been taken off the table when it comes to the situation in Libya. By saying that "all options" are being considered, that is basically a way for the Obama administration to threaten Gadhafi without actually coming right out and threatening him. In recent days, news reports have been appearing all over the mainstream media hyping the possibility that we may have to take military action in Libya. This would not be happening if the White House did not want it to happen. The truth is that Barack Obama is apparently seriously considering U.S. military action in Libya. At first that would probably consist of air strikes and missile attacks, but if the Obama administration decides that it is going to take ground forces to get the job done then we could eventually see the U.S. military actually invade Libya. But the truth is that any military intervention in Libya would be a really, really bad idea. Is it really wise to stick our young men and women into the middle of an incredibly bloody civil war? Do we want to spill even more American blood in order to protect "U.S. interests"? Do we really want to spend young American lives to keep the price of oil low? The truth is that the world hates us enough already. How much more will they hate us if we decide to start bombing Libya into oblivion?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]All kinds of justifications are already being floated for potential military action in Libya. Barack Obama is publicly declaring that the killing of civilians in Libya has got to stop. As if the U.S. government cares so much about the deaths of civilians. Millions upon millions of Africans have been slaughtered in Africa over the last couple of decades in numerous civil wars and we have not intervened.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]So why now?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Well, because oil is at stake.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]If Libya did not produce about 2 percent of the world's oil nobody in the U.S. government would really care much about what is going on in Libya.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But because Libya is Africa's largest oil producer suddenly the death of their civilians becomes a matter of "international concern."[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Another reason being floated for taking military action in Libya is the "weapons of mass destruction" that Gadhafi supposedly has.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]A recent article in the Wall Street Journal went on and on about how concerned the U.S. government is about the "weapons of mass destruction" that are still under Gadhafi's control....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Doesn't that sound exactly like something we have all been told before?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The truth is that so much of what we are seeing in the mainstream news right now are "trail balloons" that are being floated by the U.S. government.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]They want to see how the American people and the rest of the world are going to respond.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Just check out the CBS video news report posted below. The American people are being mentally prepared for potential U.S. military action against Libya....[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But what is this really all about?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Are Barack Obama and the U.S. government really that concerned about the deaths of a few thousand protesters?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]No.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Sabine Schels recently told Reuters the following....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But the media is trying to pull on our heart strings by highlighting the plight of the protesters.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]A recent CNN report quoted Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, as saying the following about the escalating violence of Libya....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Oh, and if the first thing we do is to secure "key infrastructure" such as the oil fields that will be okay too, right?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]We live in an insane world.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]If the international community wants to take action against Libya, shouldn't this go through the United Nations?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Well, apparently the United Nations Security Council is going to discuss a draft resolution that would impose economic sanctions on Libya, but that isn't going to mean much to Gadhafi at this point.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But wasn't Obama supposed to be a peacemaker?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Well, that is what he wanted you to believe.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Not only has Obama greatly escalated the war in Afghanistan, now it looks like Obama is laying the groundwork for another war in the Middle East.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]In a recent article entitled "Analysts: More Libyan bloodshed could prompt U.S., NATO intervention," Michael Martinez of CNN noted that the White House has publicly acknowledged that Barack Obama is discussing how to "immediately respond" to the crisis in Libya with other world leaders....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]So what would a "response" by the United States look like? Well, apparently a whole "range of options" is being considered....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]On Thursday, U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley commented on the ongoing discussions inside the Obama administration about the situation in Libya and admitted that "the military is fully involved in these discussions and doing its own thinking about options that can be presented to the president."[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]As the violence in [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Libya escalates there are some troubling signs that the U.S. is getting ready to do something. The U.S. embassy in Libya has been closed and U.S. personnel have been pulled out of the country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]If Gadhafi makes a "[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]wrong move" we could potentially see military action within days.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Ynetnews.com says that an anonymous "European official" is claiming that the U.S. and NATO have already been very busy making plans for military action against Libya....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]For example, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is urging the United States and NATO to stay out of what is going on in Libya....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The truth is that Libya is not a place we want to be sending U.S. troops. Libya is a deeply divided nation made up of a large number of tribal factions. Many of the tribal factions seriously dislike one another. That is not something you want to step into the middle of.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Not only that, but the people of Libya are not too fond of the United States. Any U.S. military intervention, no matter how "benevolent," would be deeply resented. Our soldiers would rapidly become targets just like they are in Iraq and Afghanistan.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The U.S. government certainly cannot afford any more wars. We have spent over a trillion dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. We are in debt up to our eyeballs and we cannot afford another war that is going to cost us hundreds of billions more dollars.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Not only that, but when the U.S. military gets into a country they almost never leave.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Today, the U.S. military has a total of over 700 foreign military bases and is in 130 different countries around the world. We never left Germany after World War 2. We never left Japan after World War 2. We never left South Korea after the Korean War. It looks like we will not be leaving Iraq or Afghanistan for quite a long time to come.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Can we really afford to be the police of the world? Can we really afford to have troops in almost every nation on earth?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Hopefully Barack Obama will come to his senses and will not order military action against Libya. This is a Libyan revolution and this is a fight for the Libyan people to decide.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Any intervention by the United States would be absolutely disastrous.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Reprinted with permission from [/FONT][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]End of the American Dream[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif].[/FONT]
Is Barack Obama About to Order the U.S. Military to Invade Libya?
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Is Barack Obama About to Order the U.S. Military to Invade Libya?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]End of the American Dream[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]As insane as it might sound, the United States may soon be getting involved in another war in the Middle East. According to White House spokesman Jay Carney, "no options" have been taken off the table when it comes to the situation in Libya. By saying that "all options" are being considered, that is basically a way for the Obama administration to threaten Gadhafi without actually coming right out and threatening him. In recent days, news reports have been appearing all over the mainstream media hyping the possibility that we may have to take military action in Libya. This would not be happening if the White House did not want it to happen. The truth is that Barack Obama is apparently seriously considering U.S. military action in Libya. At first that would probably consist of air strikes and missile attacks, but if the Obama administration decides that it is going to take ground forces to get the job done then we could eventually see the U.S. military actually invade Libya. But the truth is that any military intervention in Libya would be a really, really bad idea. Is it really wise to stick our young men and women into the middle of an incredibly bloody civil war? Do we want to spill even more American blood in order to protect "U.S. interests"? Do we really want to spend young American lives to keep the price of oil low? The truth is that the world hates us enough already. How much more will they hate us if we decide to start bombing Libya into oblivion?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]All kinds of justifications are already being floated for potential military action in Libya. Barack Obama is publicly declaring that the killing of civilians in Libya has got to stop. As if the U.S. government cares so much about the deaths of civilians. Millions upon millions of Africans have been slaughtered in Africa over the last couple of decades in numerous civil wars and we have not intervened.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]So why now?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Well, because oil is at stake.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]If Libya did not produce about 2 percent of the world's oil nobody in the U.S. government would really care much about what is going on in Libya.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But because Libya is Africa's largest oil producer suddenly the death of their civilians becomes a matter of "international concern."[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Another reason being floated for taking military action in Libya is the "weapons of mass destruction" that Gadhafi supposedly has.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]A recent article in the Wall Street Journal went on and on about how concerned the U.S. government is about the "weapons of mass destruction" that are still under Gadhafi's control....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The government of Col. Moammar Gadhafi hasn't destroyed significant stockpiles of mustard gas and other chemical-weapons agents, raising fears in Washington about what could happen to them ? and whether they may be used ? as Libya slides further into chaos.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The Wall Street Journal article also stated that U.S. officials believe that Gadhafi possesses "1,000 metric tons of uranium yellowcake" which they believe are a serious threat to the international community.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Doesn't that sound exactly like something we have all been told before?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The truth is that so much of what we are seeing in the mainstream news right now are "trail balloons" that are being floated by the U.S. government.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]They want to see how the American people and the rest of the world are going to respond.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Just check out the CBS video news report posted below. The American people are being mentally prepared for potential U.S. military action against Libya....[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But what is this really all about?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Are Barack Obama and the U.S. government really that concerned about the deaths of a few thousand protesters?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]No.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The truth is that they are concerned about Libya's oil fields.[/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Sabine Schels recently told Reuters the following....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"We expect Libyan production to be shut down completely and we might lose sweet crudes from Libya for a prolonged period of time."[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]That is what this is all about ? keeping the flow of oil going around the world.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But the media is trying to pull on our heart strings by highlighting the plight of the protesters.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]A recent CNN report quoted Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, as saying the following about the escalating violence of Libya....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"Although reports are still patchy and hard to verify, one thing is painfully clear: in (a) brazen and continuing breach of international law, the crackdown in Libya of peaceful demonstrations is escalating alarmingly with reported mass killings, arbitrary arrests, detention and torture of protesters."[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]So the United States, the "police of the world," have to step in and save those poor people, right?[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Oh, and if the first thing we do is to secure "key infrastructure" such as the oil fields that will be okay too, right?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]We live in an insane world.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]If the international community wants to take action against Libya, shouldn't this go through the United Nations?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Well, apparently the United Nations Security Council is going to discuss a draft resolution that would impose economic sanctions on Libya, but that isn't going to mean much to Gadhafi at this point.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]If the United States and NATO want to take military action, they are going to have to do it on their own because both Russia and China would likely block the approval of military force by the United Nations.[/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]But wasn't Obama supposed to be a peacemaker?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Well, that is what he wanted you to believe.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Not only has Obama greatly escalated the war in Afghanistan, now it looks like Obama is laying the groundwork for another war in the Middle East.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]In a recent article entitled "Analysts: More Libyan bloodshed could prompt U.S., NATO intervention," Michael Martinez of CNN noted that the White House has publicly acknowledged that Barack Obama is discussing how to "immediately respond" to the crisis in Libya with other world leaders....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]In separate phone conversations with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British Prime Minister David Cameron, Obama "expressed his deep concern with the Libyan government's use of violence, which violates international norms and every standard of human decency, and discussed appropriate and effective ways for the international community to immediately respond," the White House statement said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]So what would a "response" by the United States look like? Well, apparently a whole "range of options" is being considered....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"The leaders discussed the range of options that both the United States and European countries are preparing to hold the Libyan government accountable for its actions, as well as planning for humanitarian assistance," the White House statement said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]So does this "range of options" include military action?[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]On Thursday, U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley commented on the ongoing discussions inside the Obama administration about the situation in Libya and admitted that "the military is fully involved in these discussions and doing its own thinking about options that can be presented to the president."[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]As the violence in [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Libya escalates there are some troubling signs that the U.S. is getting ready to do something. The U.S. embassy in Libya has been closed and U.S. personnel have been pulled out of the country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]If Gadhafi makes a "[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]wrong move" we could potentially see military action within days.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Ynetnews.com says that an anonymous "European official" is claiming that the U.S. and NATO have already been very busy making plans for military action against Libya....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The source said NATO and US warplanes stationed in Italy may be ordered to take down Libyan planes, and that electronic warfare against them may already have been implemented.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The source told al-Quds al-Arabi that NATO forces may launch an aerial attack on Libya or fire missiles from warships positioned in international waters near Tripoli. Libyan army weapons caches may also be targeted, the source said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The rest of the world is not amused by all of this.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]For example, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is urging the United States and NATO to stay out of what is going on in Libya....[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"Give them the opportunity to determine their own fate through natural means and not with any kind of outside interference."[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]There is a lot of wisdom in what Putin is saying there. This is a fight for the Libyan people. It should be up to them to decide the destiny of their own nation. If the United States intervenes now, it will no longer be a "revolution of the people."[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The truth is that Libya is not a place we want to be sending U.S. troops. Libya is a deeply divided nation made up of a large number of tribal factions. Many of the tribal factions seriously dislike one another. That is not something you want to step into the middle of.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Not only that, but the people of Libya are not too fond of the United States. Any U.S. military intervention, no matter how "benevolent," would be deeply resented. Our soldiers would rapidly become targets just like they are in Iraq and Afghanistan.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The U.S. government certainly cannot afford any more wars. We have spent over a trillion dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. We are in debt up to our eyeballs and we cannot afford another war that is going to cost us hundreds of billions more dollars.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Not only that, but when the U.S. military gets into a country they almost never leave.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Today, the U.S. military has a total of over 700 foreign military bases and is in 130 different countries around the world. We never left Germany after World War 2. We never left Japan after World War 2. We never left South Korea after the Korean War. It looks like we will not be leaving Iraq or Afghanistan for quite a long time to come.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Can we really afford to be the police of the world? Can we really afford to have troops in almost every nation on earth?[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Hopefully Barack Obama will come to his senses and will not order military action against Libya. This is a Libyan revolution and this is a fight for the Libyan people to decide.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Any intervention by the United States would be absolutely disastrous.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Reprinted with permission from [/FONT][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]End of the American Dream[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif].[/FONT]
US tightens military grip on Gaddafi
US tightens military grip on Gaddafi
US tightens military grip on Gaddafi
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The Guardian
February 28, 2011
The west is edging towards a possible military confrontation with Muammar Gaddafi?s regime, as the US deployed naval and air force units around Libya, and David Cameron ordered contingency plans for a no-fly zone.
The prime minister said he had told the Ministry of Defence and the chief of the defence staff to draw up the plans in coordination with Britain?s Nato allies and report back to him within days.
A no-fly zone would be designed principally to prevent attacks on Libyan people by the Gaddafi regime ? mainly by his helicopter gun ships.
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US tightens military grip on Gaddafi
US tightens military grip on Gaddafi
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-->Julian Borger, Patrick Wintour and Martin Chulov
The Guardian
February 28, 2011
The west is edging towards a possible military confrontation with Muammar Gaddafi?s regime, as the US deployed naval and air force units around Libya, and David Cameron ordered contingency plans for a no-fly zone.
The prime minister said he had told the Ministry of Defence and the chief of the defence staff to draw up the plans in coordination with Britain?s Nato allies and report back to him within days.
A no-fly zone would be designed principally to prevent attacks on Libyan people by the Gaddafi regime ? mainly by his helicopter gun ships.
Read entire article
Blackwater, DynCorp: Killing Protesters in Libya?
Blackwater, DynCorp: Killing Protesters in Libya?
Blackwater, DynCorp: Killing Protesters in Libya?
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Blackwater, DynCorp: Killing Protesters in Libya?
Blackwater, DynCorp: Killing Protesters in Libya?
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People have round shoulders from fairing heavy loads
And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads
Sorrow paid for valor is too much to recall
Of the countless corpses piled up along the wailing wall
Melting down all metals, turning plows and shears to swords
Shun words of the Bible, we need implements of war
Chalklines and red puddles of those who have been slain
Destiny, that crooked schemer, says the dead shall rise again
Chorus
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here,
God have mercy!
Now we`ve rewritten history
The one thing we`ve found out
Sweet taste of vindication
It turns to ashes in your mouth
Chorus
If you`re fighting to live
It`s O.K. to die!
The answer to your question is...
Welcome to tomorrow!
Solo - Marty - Marty - Dave
Where do we go from here?
God have mercy!
Chorus
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And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads
Sorrow paid for valor is too much to recall
Of the countless corpses piled up along the wailing wall
Melting down all metals, turning plows and shears to swords
Shun words of the Bible, we need implements of war
Chalklines and red puddles of those who have been slain
Destiny, that crooked schemer, says the dead shall rise again
Chorus
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here,
God have mercy!
Now we`ve rewritten history
The one thing we`ve found out
Sweet taste of vindication
It turns to ashes in your mouth
Chorus
If you`re fighting to live
It`s O.K. to die!
The answer to your question is...
Welcome to tomorrow!
Solo - Marty - Marty - Dave
Where do we go from here?
God have mercy!
Chorus
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I'm interested in China's response. I believe China will go to war in the next 10 years over oil and they have major oil interests in Africa.
China concerned about Libya, slow to rebuke Gaddafi
Libya: China?s New Middle East Conundrum
Asia?s Examples for the Middle East
In the midst of the unrest in the Middle East, many Arabs, and outside observers, are looking for models for the region?s transitions. One place to look is Asia?s democratic revolutions of the past two decades, from South Korea to Indonesia to the Philippines, the original home of ?People Power.? Unfortunately, after the initial euphoria, many of these revolutions have gone sour; today, twenty-five years after overthrowing Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippines is technically a democracy, but it?s a weak, corrupt, and oligarchic one.
I have a new CFR expert brief expanding on this topic. It is available here.
YIKES ! CFR REPORTS ! :scared :scared
You can't create a No Fly Zone without first taking out the ability of Gaddafi loyalists to shoot down our jets and if we do that, it better be as part of a coalition force unless the U.S. is prepared to get bogged down in another civil war.
No doubt the "fiscal conservatives" among us will be advocating a hostile takeover of Libya's oil reserves.
No doubt the "fiscal conservatives" among us will be advocating a hostile takeover of Libya's oil reserves.
