Clinton: No US Attack on Syria for Now

03-28-2011 • news.antiwar.com

Says Syrian 'Police Actions' Haven't Sparked Global Condemnation Yet

Gates: Libya War Not a Vital US Interest

03-28-2011 • news.antiwar.com

Libya Posed No Threat to US Before War

Reasons and False Pretexts: Why are They Making War on Libya?

03-28-2011 • prisonplanet.com

This was announced as the real objective the moment French president Nicolas Sarkozy took the extraordinary step of recognizing the rebels in Benghazi as “the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people”.

Depleted uranium: a strange way to protect Libyan civilians

03-28-2011 • prisonplanet.com

In the first 24 hours of the Libyan attack, US B-2s dropped forty-five 2,000-pound bombs. These massive bombs, along with the Cruise missiles launched from British and French planes and ships, all contained depleted uranium (DU) warheads.

Libya state TV anchor clutches AK-47 on-air during pro-Gaddafi screed

03-28-2011 • RawStory.com

A newsreader on a pro-Gaddafi Libya state TV channel appeared on air brandishing a rifle and finger-wagged his way through a rant of support for Gaddafi and condemnation for the opposition.

Twelve Killed in Syrian City in Clashes With Security Forces

03-28-2011 • www.businessweek.com

Ten Syrian security personnel and two gunmen were killed in clashes in the coastal city of Latakia, the state-run news agency said, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. won’t intervene there as it has in Libya.

Obama: Libyan mission 'succeeding'

03-28-2011 • www.politico.com

In his weekly address to the nation, President Barack Obama said Saturday that the joint military operation in Libya is succeeding and that his decision to deploy U.S. military firepower against dictator Muammar Qadhafi’s brutal regime saved lives.

No UN mandate to attack Gaddafi forces: Russia

03-28-2011 • Reuters

Russia said on Monday attacks on forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi amounted to intervention in a civil war and were not backed by the U.N. resolution authorising no-fly zones.

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links

03-27-2011 • Daily Telegraph

Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Libya may be placing corpses at bombed sites -Gates

03-27-2011 • Reuters

U.S. intelligence reports suggest that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces have placed the bodies of people they have killed at the sites of coalition air strikes so they can blame the West for the deaths, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates sa

Clinton rules out U.S. Syria involvement for now

03-27-2011 • Reuters

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ruled out the United States intervening militarily in Syria in the same way it has in Libya, saying each Arab uprising was unique. She deplored the violence in Syria but the circumstances were different in Libya, wh

US officials: Libyan operation could last months

03-27-2011 • AP

U.S.-led military action in Libya has bolstered rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces, but the international operation could continue for months, the Obama administration says. Ahead of President Obama's national address Monday to explain his deci

Aggressive Power and Immoral Authority

03-22-2011 • www.activistpost.com

By what moral mandate do belligerent nations have to insight regime change, when the facts clearly demonstrate that conflicting tribal factions are engaged in a civil conflict?

China intensifies condemnation of Libya air strikes

03-22-2011 • prisonplanet.com

The Middle East is an important source of oil for China. On the weekend, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco announced its latest proposal to supply crude to a refinery in the southwest of China, where Beijing is building an oil pipeline that slices through Myanma

Splits emerge over Libya operation

03-22-2011 • Norway's news in English

Just days after Norwegian politicians displayed rare, unified support for the government’s decision to back UN-approved military intervention in Libya, criticism is rising within the Socialist Left party. Defense Minister Grete Faremo, meanwhile, was

The Libyan war: Unconstitutional and illegitimate

03-21-2011 • By Michael Lind, Salon

There is no doubt that U.S. participation in the Anglo-French-American attack on Libya is completely unconstitutional. The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not i

Gaddafi attacks rebel towns, U.S. plane down

03-22-2011 • Reuters

Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacked two west Libyan towns, killing dozens while rebels were pinned down in the east and NATO tried to resolve a heated row over who should lead the Western air campaign. With anti-Gaddafi rebels struggling to create

U.S.-Led Assault Nears Goal in Libya

03-21-2011 • NY Times

Pentagon officials are eager to extract the United States from a third armed conflict in a Muslim country as quickly as possible. But confusion broke out on Monday among the allies in Europe over who exactly would carry the military operation forward

Arab League Slams Libya Attacks Amid Reports of Growing Civilian Toll

03-21-2011 • news.antiwar.com

“What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians,” insisted Arab League chief and Egyptian presidential hopeful Amr Moussa.

Libya's Opposition Leadership Comes into Focus

03-21-2011 • www.stratfor.com

Libya has descended to a situation tantamount to civil war, with forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in the west pitted against rebels from the east.

Morally Indignant Sharks Circle Libya While Osama Smiles

03-08-2011 • lewrockwell.com

The US media, perfectly described by Israeli thinker Uri Avnery as "a mixture of propaganda, news and entertainment," is steaming with righteous indignation over the awfulness of Libya’s wicked Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, and is once again baying for hi