The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi
The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi
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NATO War Crimes in Libya
Susan Lindauer, Contributing Writer
Activist Post
It's a story CNN won't report. Late at night there's a pounding on the door in Misurata. Armed soldiers......
.......a story goes on........
and is concluded as follows....
........ NATO should take this warning to heart: Its soldiers are not legal-proof. The International Peace Community is already taking action to uphold Libya's natural rights at the United Nations. Many of us in the International Peace Community shall defend Libya's women. And we shall demand War Crimes prosecution and major financial damages against NATO governments, on behalf of the people.
Nobody's fooled by NATO's story that Gadhaffi's the guilty party. We know that Washington, Britain, France, Italy--- and Israel are the real culprits.
The murdered women of Misurata shall have justice. NATO can count on it.
Susan Lindauer covered Libya at the United Nations as a U.S. Asset from 1995 to 2003, and started talks for the Lockerbie Trial. She is the author of Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq.
Fikra zako mkuu "Heri Pundamilia" zitakusaidia kuangalia upya sentensi yako niliyokoleza kwa wino mwekundu hapo juu ukisha kusoma maneno ya kijani. Pia kifuatilie kiunganishi hiki cha mtandao hapa chini ili uweze kutafakari kwa mapana zaidi hali ya Libya.
http://empirestrikesblack.com/2011/...es-are-nato-forces-preparing-a-ground-attack/
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Ukweli Huu umeusoma......!!?
Tue Jun 07 2011 18:40
Susan Lindauer, Contributing Writer
Activist Post
It's a story CNN won't report. Late at night there's a pounding on the door in Misurata. Armed soldiers force young Libyan women out of their beds at gun-point. Hustling the women and teenagers into trucks, the soldiers rush the women to gang bang parties for NATO rebels-or else rape them in front of their husbands or fathers. When NATO rebels finish their rape sport, the soldiers cut the women's throats.
Rapes are now ongoing acts of war in rebel-held cities, like an organized military strategy, according to refugees. Joanna Moriarty, who's part of a global fact-finding delegation visiting Tripoli this week, also reports that NATO rebels have gone house to house through Misurata, asking families if they support NATO. If the families say no, they are killed on the spot. If families say they want to stay out of the fighting, NATO rebels take a different approach to scare other families. The doors of "neutral homes" are welded shut, Moriarty says, trapping families inside. In Libyan homes, windows are typically barred. So when the doors to a family compound get welded shut, Libyans are entombed in their own houses, where NATO forces can be sure large families will slowly starve to death.
These are daily occurrences, not isolated events. And Gadhaffi's soldiers are not responsible. In fact, pro-Gadhaffi and "neutral" families are targeted as the victims of the attacks. Some of the NATO tactics may have occurred in hopes of laying blame on Gadhaffi's door. However the attacks are back firing.........
.......a story goes on........
and is concluded as follows....
........ NATO should take this warning to heart: Its soldiers are not legal-proof. The International Peace Community is already taking action to uphold Libya's natural rights at the United Nations. Many of us in the International Peace Community shall defend Libya's women. And we shall demand War Crimes prosecution and major financial damages against NATO governments, on behalf of the people.
Nobody's fooled by NATO's story that Gadhaffi's the guilty party. We know that Washington, Britain, France, Italy--- and Israel are the real culprits.
The murdered women of Misurata shall have justice. NATO can count on it.
Susan Lindauer covered Libya at the United Nations as a U.S. Asset from 1995 to 2003, and started talks for the Lockerbie Trial. She is the author of Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq.
Habari hii inafichua mambo ya kutisha yanayofanywa na NATO pamoja na washirika wake dhidi ya raia wa Libya
Isome kwa undani upate ukweli
Chanzo >>>Before It's News
Related story>>>>[URL="http://empirestrikesblack.com/2011/06/libya-behind-the-phony-icc-rape-charges-are-nato-forces-preparing-a-ground-attack/"]LIBYA - Behind the Phony ICC 'Rape' Charges: Are NATO Forces Preparing a Ground Attack? | empirestrikesblack
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Tue Jun 07 2011 18:40
Susan Lindauer, Contributing Writer
Activist Post
It's a story CNN won't report. Late at night there's a pounding on the door in Misurata. Armed soldiers force young Libyan women out of their beds at gun-point. Hustling the women and teenagers into trucks, the soldiers rush the women to gang bang parties for NATO rebels-or else rape them in front of their husbands or fathers. When NATO rebels finish their rape sport, the soldiers cut the women's throats.
Rapes are now ongoing acts of war in rebel-held cities, like an organized military strategy, according to refugees. Joanna Moriarty, who's part of a global fact-finding delegation visiting Tripoli this week, also reports that NATO rebels have gone house to house through Misurata, asking families if they support NATO. If the families say no, they are killed on the spot. If families say they want to stay out of the fighting, NATO rebels take a different approach to scare other families. The doors of "neutral homes" are welded shut, Moriarty says, trapping families inside. In Libyan homes, windows are typically barred. So when the doors to a family compound get welded shut, Libyans are entombed in their own houses, where NATO forces can be sure large families will slowly starve to death.
These are daily occurrences, not isolated events. And Gadhaffi's soldiers are not responsible. In fact, pro-Gadhaffi and "neutral" families are targeted as the victims of the attacks. Some of the NATO tactics may have occurred in hopes of laying blame on Gadhaffi's door. However the attacks are back firing.........
.......a story goes on........
and is concluded as follows....
........ NATO should take this warning to heart: Its soldiers are not legal-proof. The International Peace Community is already taking action to uphold Libya's natural rights at the United Nations. Many of us in the International Peace Community shall defend Libya's women. And we shall demand War Crimes prosecution and major financial damages against NATO governments, on behalf of the people.
Nobody's fooled by NATO's story that Gadhaffi's the guilty party. We know that Washington, Britain, France, Italy--- and Israel are the real culprits.
The murdered women of Misurata shall have justice. NATO can count on it.
Susan Lindauer covered Libya at the United Nations as a U.S. Asset from 1995 to 2003, and started talks for the Lockerbie Trial. She is the author of Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq.
Habari hii inafichua mambo ya kutisha yanayofanywa na NATO pamoja na washirika wake dhidi ya raia wa Libya
Isome kwa undani upate ukweli
Chanzo >>>Before It's News
Related story>>>>[URL="http://empirestrikesblack.com/2011/06/libya-behind-the-phony-icc-rape-charges-are-nato-forces-preparing-a-ground-attack/"]LIBYA - Behind the Phony ICC 'Rape' Charges: Are NATO Forces Preparing a Ground Attack? | empirestrikesblack
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Hata wamzushie mangapi na propaganda zao za kimagharibi mi jamaa bado kwani ni herooooo na kudadadeki mi namsapoti 100% maana america wanamuonea ili wachukue mafuta sasa kidume gadafi kawaonyesha kuwa wasidhani kwa kuwa ni african ndo itakuwa kirahisi rahisi kama walivyodhani.go go gooooo gadafi we are together!!and shame upon america and his fellows nato.
Also, the PBS series POV is streaming "The Most Dangerous Man inAmerica: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," on June 13 and 14.
In this interview, Ellsberg says, "Richard Nixon, if he were alive today, would feel vindicated that all the crimes he committed against me–which forced his resignation facing impeachment–are now legal. " (Thanks to the Patriot Act and other laws passed in recent years.) And he says all presidents since Nixon have violated the constitution, most recently President Obama, with the bombing of Libya.
http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/07/daniel-ellsberg-all-the-crimes-richard-nixon-committed-against-me-are-now-legal/
Links kuhusu Libya
http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion Editorials/2011/April/4 o/Libya and Obama's Defense of the 'Rebel' Uprising By James Petras.htm
http://redstomp.org/forums/showthread.php?1314-Gaddafi-s-social-and-welfare-programmes-in-Libya
http://www.panorientnews.com/en/news.php?k=823
In this interview, Ellsberg says, "Richard Nixon, if he were alive today, would feel vindicated that all the crimes he committed against me–which forced his resignation facing impeachment–are now legal. " (Thanks to the Patriot Act and other laws passed in recent years.) And he says all presidents since Nixon have violated the constitution, most recently President Obama, with the bombing of Libya.
http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/07/daniel-ellsberg-all-the-crimes-richard-nixon-committed-against-me-are-now-legal/
Links kuhusu Libya
http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion Editorials/2011/April/4 o/Libya and Obama's Defense of the 'Rebel' Uprising By James Petras.htm
http://redstomp.org/forums/showthread.php?1314-Gaddafi-s-social-and-welfare-programmes-in-Libya
http://www.panorientnews.com/en/news.php?k=823
Yemen wanaitwa Gangmen maana wakiwaita rebel ni jina zuri sana. Teh teh teh teh
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Wewe Les Mer (soma zaidi or read more kwa kiskandinavia) mbona unaongea kama vile unawashwa. Hvis du ikke har noe å si i dette forumet så ber jeg deg pent om å holde kjeft. Jeg har rett til å kommentere om Gaddafi så mange ganger jeg vil. Forstår du, for faen? Nategemea umenielewa!
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Gaddafi aonyesha umahiri wa kucheza chess!
Libyan TV broadcasts new footage of Gaddafi
TRIPOLI | Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:25pm EDT
(Reuters) - Libyan state television on Sunday broadcast pictures of leader Muammar Gaddafi meeting the president of the international chess federation.
Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who is also a Russian provincial governor, as saying he played a game of chess in Tripoli Sunday with Gaddafi.
He said the Libyan leader told him he had no intention of leaving the country.
(Reporting by Mussab Al-Khairalla in Tripoli and Douglas Busvine in Moscow; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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Clinton to press African Union on Libya
* Clinton to press Africans on Gaddafi's future
* First AU speech by a U.S. secretary of state
* Rising tensions in Sudan also on Clinton's agenda
By Andrew Quinn
DAR ES SALAAM, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will urge the African Union to get tougher on Libya on Monday, hoping to push Africa's leaders into a firmer stance on the ousting of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. Clinton, the first U.S. secretary of state to address the 53-member AU in Addis Ababa, is also expected to warn that Middle East protests could echo in Africa, where many entrenched leaders have yet to deliver on political and economic reforms.
Clinton's AU speech comes at the end of a three-nation Africa tour during which she sought to highlight the Obama administration's drive to boost trade ties with Africa and encourage better political and economic governance. U.S. officials say Clinton's AU speech will carry a number of messages, chief among them the need for more African nations to support the western-led coalition demanding the ouster of Gaddafi -- for years a major diplomatic and financial backer of many African leaders. "African countries are very deeply divided and conflicted over Libya," a U.S. senior official told reporters traveling with Clinton.
Clinton will also address rising tensions in Sudan, where fears are growing of a return to civil war after Khartoum's forces clashed in border areas with those of South Sudan less than a month before the South is due to declare independence. U.S. officials say Clinton will praise the AU for taking a more assertive role in regional affairs including on Ivory Coast, where it joined a successful drive to force former president Laurent Gbagbo to step down after an election widely judged to have been won by his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
But the AU's position on Libya has been murkier and the organization has declined to join calls for Gaddafi's ouster, instead accusing Western nations of undermining its own efforts to find a solution to the conflict. Diplomats say the lack of a clear African voice on the Libyan conflict has complicated the Libyan crisis, where NATO has unleashed air strikes to support Libyan rebels demanding Gaddafi's exit.
U.S. officials have praised several African nations including Senegal and Mauritania for publicly declaring that Gaddafi must go. And they say the time has come for more African countries to join the chorus -- although they concede that Gaddafi's shadow still looms over the AU, which without his financial support may find it hard to pay its bills. "We know that there is hesitation on the part of a number of African states, in large measure because of the enormous influence that Gaddafi has wielded across Africa for such a long time, and they have shown some reluctance," the official said.
Clinton is scheduled to hold meetings in Addis Ababa on Tuesday on Sudan, where diplomats said President Omar Hassan al-Bashir agreed on Sunday to pull troops out of the disputed border region of Abyei before the south secedes -- a move which could help reduce tensions. But the two sides have yet to agree on sensitive issues such as where to draw the common border and how to share oil revenues, leaving the potential for further conflict as the South prepares for formal independence on July 9.
"The United States strongly believes that a strong peacekeeping presence should be a central part of the security arrangements in Abyei," Clinton said in a joint press conference with Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete. "The government of Sudan should urgently facilitate a viable security arrangement, starting with the withdrawal of Sudanese armed forces."
(Editing by Giles Elgood)
Clinton to press African Union on Libya | News by Country | Reuters
* Clinton to press Africans on Gaddafi's future
* First AU speech by a U.S. secretary of state
* Rising tensions in Sudan also on Clinton's agenda
By Andrew Quinn
DAR ES SALAAM, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will urge the African Union to get tougher on Libya on Monday, hoping to push Africa's leaders into a firmer stance on the ousting of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. Clinton, the first U.S. secretary of state to address the 53-member AU in Addis Ababa, is also expected to warn that Middle East protests could echo in Africa, where many entrenched leaders have yet to deliver on political and economic reforms.
Clinton's AU speech comes at the end of a three-nation Africa tour during which she sought to highlight the Obama administration's drive to boost trade ties with Africa and encourage better political and economic governance. U.S. officials say Clinton's AU speech will carry a number of messages, chief among them the need for more African nations to support the western-led coalition demanding the ouster of Gaddafi -- for years a major diplomatic and financial backer of many African leaders. "African countries are very deeply divided and conflicted over Libya," a U.S. senior official told reporters traveling with Clinton.
Clinton will also address rising tensions in Sudan, where fears are growing of a return to civil war after Khartoum's forces clashed in border areas with those of South Sudan less than a month before the South is due to declare independence. U.S. officials say Clinton will praise the AU for taking a more assertive role in regional affairs including on Ivory Coast, where it joined a successful drive to force former president Laurent Gbagbo to step down after an election widely judged to have been won by his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
But the AU's position on Libya has been murkier and the organization has declined to join calls for Gaddafi's ouster, instead accusing Western nations of undermining its own efforts to find a solution to the conflict. Diplomats say the lack of a clear African voice on the Libyan conflict has complicated the Libyan crisis, where NATO has unleashed air strikes to support Libyan rebels demanding Gaddafi's exit.
U.S. officials have praised several African nations including Senegal and Mauritania for publicly declaring that Gaddafi must go. And they say the time has come for more African countries to join the chorus -- although they concede that Gaddafi's shadow still looms over the AU, which without his financial support may find it hard to pay its bills. "We know that there is hesitation on the part of a number of African states, in large measure because of the enormous influence that Gaddafi has wielded across Africa for such a long time, and they have shown some reluctance," the official said.
Clinton is scheduled to hold meetings in Addis Ababa on Tuesday on Sudan, where diplomats said President Omar Hassan al-Bashir agreed on Sunday to pull troops out of the disputed border region of Abyei before the south secedes -- a move which could help reduce tensions. But the two sides have yet to agree on sensitive issues such as where to draw the common border and how to share oil revenues, leaving the potential for further conflict as the South prepares for formal independence on July 9.
"The United States strongly believes that a strong peacekeeping presence should be a central part of the security arrangements in Abyei," Clinton said in a joint press conference with Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete. "The government of Sudan should urgently facilitate a viable security arrangement, starting with the withdrawal of Sudanese armed forces."
(Editing by Giles Elgood)
Clinton to press African Union on Libya | News by Country | Reuters
Libya: Illusion of momentum as Nato campaign drags on
Libya's civil war is about to enter its fourth month, and Nato's war - now longer than that over Kosovo - its third.
The rebels, who call themselves the Free Libya Forces, though improving, are far from proficient. And no bombing campaign in history has succeeded in effecting regime change by airpower alone.
Though Nato may eventually rewrite the history books in Libya, it will take place on a timeline and in a manner that might bring into disrepute the very idea of humanitarian intervention.
Warnings for Nato
In seeking that resolution, three concerns should be paramount.
The first is that even if Libya can simply be bombed into submission, this may come at an unacceptable cost. Nato, frustrated at the limited effect of its pressure, might aggressively target dual-use facilities like power stations and oil hubs.
It is harder to rebuild infrastructure than to destroy it, and nothing would be more self-defeating than crippling a post-Gaddafi government.
The second concern is that Col Gaddafi stages tactical withdrawals into Sirte and, eventually, his capital city. There is already evidence that the strongest military units have been relocated to Tripoli. Urban centres offer numerous points of defence and would enable regime forces to exploit human shields.
Perhaps the only way to avert this would be a mutually acceptable settlement. Such a settlement requires that the rebels talk to the regime,
BBC News - Libya: Illusion of momentum as Nato campaign drags on
Libya's civil war is about to enter its fourth month, and Nato's war - now longer than that over Kosovo - its third.
The rebels, who call themselves the Free Libya Forces, though improving, are far from proficient. And no bombing campaign in history has succeeded in effecting regime change by airpower alone.
Though Nato may eventually rewrite the history books in Libya, it will take place on a timeline and in a manner that might bring into disrepute the very idea of humanitarian intervention.
Warnings for Nato
In seeking that resolution, three concerns should be paramount.
The first is that even if Libya can simply be bombed into submission, this may come at an unacceptable cost. Nato, frustrated at the limited effect of its pressure, might aggressively target dual-use facilities like power stations and oil hubs.
It is harder to rebuild infrastructure than to destroy it, and nothing would be more self-defeating than crippling a post-Gaddafi government.
The second concern is that Col Gaddafi stages tactical withdrawals into Sirte and, eventually, his capital city. There is already evidence that the strongest military units have been relocated to Tripoli. Urban centres offer numerous points of defence and would enable regime forces to exploit human shields.
Perhaps the only way to avert this would be a mutually acceptable settlement. Such a settlement requires that the rebels talk to the regime,
BBC News - Libya: Illusion of momentum as Nato campaign drags on
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NATO WAPATA KICHAPO.....
Gaddafi forces kill 21 in key Libyan town
Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:58PM
A Libyan revolutionary fighter leaps clear of flying shrapnel during shelling by Gaddafi's troops (file photo).
Forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have killed at least 21 revolutionary fighters outside the strategically important city of Brega.
The revolutionaries said on Monday that regime troops tricked them by pretending to surrender and then opening fire.
"Our men were tricked. Gaddafi's soldiers pretended to surrender, coming with a white flag, and then they fired on us," AFP quoted an opposition spokesman as saying.
The front lines between Brega and Ajdabiyah have been relatively quiet in recent weeks while fighting has raged in western areas.
After months of bloody conflict, Gaddafi remains in control of the capital Tripoli and some western provinces while the revolutionaries hold Benghazi and much of the east.
Meanwhile, Germany has recognized the National Transitional Council as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle made the announcement during a brief visit to Benghazi. About a dozen states have so far recognized the council.
Moreover, NATO has recently stepped up its air raids over Libya with the introduction of French and British attack helicopters.
NATO fighter jets have been pummeling the Libyan regime's military installations, communication centers and armories.
Libya has been the scene of fierce fighting between pro-Gaddafi troops and anti-regime forces since mid-February.
Revolutionary forces want an end to Gaddafi's decades-long rule
Source>>>PressTV - Gaddafi forces kill 21 in key Libyan town
Eti majeshi ya serkali ya Libya 'yametulaghai', semeni ukweli nyie "walanguliwa" kinachotokea, NATO wala hawatawapunguzia marupurupu
Gaddafi forces kill 21 in key Libyan town
Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:58PM
Forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have killed at least 21 revolutionary fighters outside the strategically important city of Brega.
The revolutionaries said on Monday that regime troops tricked them by pretending to surrender and then opening fire.
"Our men were tricked. Gaddafi's soldiers pretended to surrender, coming with a white flag, and then they fired on us," AFP quoted an opposition spokesman as saying.
The front lines between Brega and Ajdabiyah have been relatively quiet in recent weeks while fighting has raged in western areas.
After months of bloody conflict, Gaddafi remains in control of the capital Tripoli and some western provinces while the revolutionaries hold Benghazi and much of the east.
Meanwhile, Germany has recognized the National Transitional Council as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle made the announcement during a brief visit to Benghazi. About a dozen states have so far recognized the council.
Moreover, NATO has recently stepped up its air raids over Libya with the introduction of French and British attack helicopters.
NATO fighter jets have been pummeling the Libyan regime's military installations, communication centers and armories.
Libya has been the scene of fierce fighting between pro-Gaddafi troops and anti-regime forces since mid-February.
Revolutionary forces want an end to Gaddafi's decades-long rule
Source>>>PressTV - Gaddafi forces kill 21 in key Libyan town
Eti majeshi ya serkali ya Libya 'yametulaghai', semeni ukweli nyie "walanguliwa" kinachotokea, NATO wala hawatawapunguzia marupurupu
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NATO WAMEISHAWAINGIZA ASKARI WA MIGUU(GROUD TROOPS) LIBYA.......!?
Angalia Picha hapo chini, kwanini huyo jamaa kajifunika uso....kwanini ishara anayoitoa kwa mkono inatofautiana sana na mwenzake....maana alikuwa hajaifanyia mazoezi vya kutosha....??
Fighting intensifies in Key Libyan towns
Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:34PM
Libyan opposition fighters flash victory signs at Misratah western frontline on June 12, 2011.
Heavy fighting continues between revolutionaries and troops loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in both the east and west of the country.
Revolutionaries have tried to push further toward Zlitan -- one of three towns separating the opposition-held city of Misratah from the capital Tripoli.
Six opposition fighters have reportedly been killed and dozens more have been injured in heavy fighting near Misratah........
Source>>>Press TV
Angalia Picha hapo chini, kwanini huyo jamaa kajifunika uso....kwanini ishara anayoitoa kwa mkono inatofautiana sana na mwenzake....maana alikuwa hajaifanyia mazoezi vya kutosha....??
Fighting intensifies in Key Libyan towns
Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:34PM
Heavy fighting continues between revolutionaries and troops loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in both the east and west of the country.
Revolutionaries have tried to push further toward Zlitan -- one of three towns separating the opposition-held city of Misratah from the capital Tripoli.
Six opposition fighters have reportedly been killed and dozens more have been injured in heavy fighting near Misratah........
Source>>>Press TV
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Nakariri kwa kusema vita ya Libya na Syria itawafunza adabu NATO na US .Wamechoka huko Afghanistan na Iraq sasa wamechokoza mzozo wenye mazonge mengi.
Ghadafi hatimae ataondoka kwa kufa au kujificha lakini dalili watu wake watapigana kwa muda mrefu na kwa uchungu kuliko huko kwengine.
Ghadafi hatimae ataondoka kwa kufa au kujificha lakini dalili watu wake watapigana kwa muda mrefu na kwa uchungu kuliko huko kwengine.
S.Africa says NATO abusing UN resolution on Libya
NATO is abusing a United Nations resolution to protect Libyan civilians from Muammar Gaddafi's forces in order to pursue regime change and political assassinations, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Zuma, who has visited Libya twice since March on behalf of the African Union (AU) to seek a solution to the civil war, said NATO had overstepped the UN Resolution, passed in March and authorising the use of military force to protect civilians.
"We have spoken out against the misuse of the good intentions in Resolution 1973," he said in parliament.
"We strongly believe that the resolution is being abused for regime change, political assassinations and foreign military occupation."
NATO defence chiefs were due to meet in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss the mission after U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused some European allies of failing to pull their weight in a mission he feared could run out of steam.
Zuma said events in Libya had emphasised the need for an African Peace and Security Architecture -- a planned crisis-resolution body that includes a stand-by military force.
The South African president said he hoped a briefing by an AU committee on Libya to the UN Security Council on Wednesday would lead to common ground being found towards a lasting solution to the crisis.
S.Africa says NATO abusing UN resolution on Libya | Top News | Reuters
NATO is abusing a United Nations resolution to protect Libyan civilians from Muammar Gaddafi's forces in order to pursue regime change and political assassinations, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Zuma, who has visited Libya twice since March on behalf of the African Union (AU) to seek a solution to the civil war, said NATO had overstepped the UN Resolution, passed in March and authorising the use of military force to protect civilians.
"We have spoken out against the misuse of the good intentions in Resolution 1973," he said in parliament.
"We strongly believe that the resolution is being abused for regime change, political assassinations and foreign military occupation."
NATO defence chiefs were due to meet in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss the mission after U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused some European allies of failing to pull their weight in a mission he feared could run out of steam.
Zuma said events in Libya had emphasised the need for an African Peace and Security Architecture -- a planned crisis-resolution body that includes a stand-by military force.
The South African president said he hoped a briefing by an AU committee on Libya to the UN Security Council on Wednesday would lead to common ground being found towards a lasting solution to the crisis.
S.Africa says NATO abusing UN resolution on Libya | Top News | Reuters
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Liberia cuts ties with Gaddafi's Libya
Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:48pm GMT
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia severed diplomatic ties with Libya on Tuesday, the latest African country to distance itself from leader Muammar Gaddafi since a NATO-backed uprising against him. The move, announced by the office of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, comes after Senegal received a delegation of Libyan rebel leaders last month and Mauritania's president was quoted last week as saying Gaddafi's departure was necessary.
"The Government took the decision after a careful review of the situation in Libya and determined that the Government of Colonel Gaddafi has lost the legitimacy to govern Libya," the statement from Sirleaf's office said.
"The violence against the Libyan people must stop," it said of its decision to withdraw the Liberian envoy from Tripoli and suspend activities of the Libyan representation in the Liberian capital Monrovia.
The statement said ties can be resumed when "the people of Libya reach a political settlement which offers the best hope of lasting peace".
Gaddafi has long used Libya's oil wealth to invest in poorer African countries in what analysts describe as a bid to win friends and strategic influence on the continent.
Libya has a $30 million project to promote local production of rice in Liberia, while a Libyan company is involved in the renovation of Monrovia's Ducor Hotel, the largest in the country and one of the few five-star hotels in Africa. However local officials said both projects were already at a standstill.
While there are signs that some African leaders are eyeing a post-Gaddafi Libya, others see that as premature. South African President Jacob Zuma criticised NATO on Tuesday for abusing its U.N. mandate in a bid to achieve what he called "regime change".
Source
Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:48pm GMT
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia severed diplomatic ties with Libya on Tuesday, the latest African country to distance itself from leader Muammar Gaddafi since a NATO-backed uprising against him. The move, announced by the office of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, comes after Senegal received a delegation of Libyan rebel leaders last month and Mauritania's president was quoted last week as saying Gaddafi's departure was necessary.
"The Government took the decision after a careful review of the situation in Libya and determined that the Government of Colonel Gaddafi has lost the legitimacy to govern Libya," the statement from Sirleaf's office said.
"The violence against the Libyan people must stop," it said of its decision to withdraw the Liberian envoy from Tripoli and suspend activities of the Libyan representation in the Liberian capital Monrovia.
The statement said ties can be resumed when "the people of Libya reach a political settlement which offers the best hope of lasting peace".
Gaddafi has long used Libya's oil wealth to invest in poorer African countries in what analysts describe as a bid to win friends and strategic influence on the continent.
Libya has a $30 million project to promote local production of rice in Liberia, while a Libyan company is involved in the renovation of Monrovia's Ducor Hotel, the largest in the country and one of the few five-star hotels in Africa. However local officials said both projects were already at a standstill.
While there are signs that some African leaders are eyeing a post-Gaddafi Libya, others see that as premature. South African President Jacob Zuma criticised NATO on Tuesday for abusing its U.N. mandate in a bid to achieve what he called "regime change".
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Libyan rebels make fresh gains, NATO drops leaflets
Rebels in the west said attacks on a Misrata oil refinery were not hampering supplies as first feared. A NATO leaflet drop warning of helicopter strikes prompted some rebels to retreat from their newly captured positions outside Zlitan.
"We came back because of the leaflets from NATO. I hope there is some coordination between the fighters and NATO. Gaddafi's forces are far away. Is it logical that NATO has no idea we took those positions?" Mohammed Genei, 31, local commander told Reuters. "NATO dropped the leaflets right on us."
A leaflet obtained by Reuters showed a picture of a helicopter and a burning tank. "When you see these helicopters, it means it is already too late for you," it said in Arabic. "There is no place to hide. If you continue threatening civilians, you will be killed."
A NATO official said the alliance did drop leaflets warning of the possibility of attack by helicopters, but said this was west of Misrata, and closer to Zlitan.
WRAPUP 5-Libyan rebels make fresh gains, NATO drops leaflets | News by Country | Reuters
Rebels in the west said attacks on a Misrata oil refinery were not hampering supplies as first feared. A NATO leaflet drop warning of helicopter strikes prompted some rebels to retreat from their newly captured positions outside Zlitan.
"We came back because of the leaflets from NATO. I hope there is some coordination between the fighters and NATO. Gaddafi's forces are far away. Is it logical that NATO has no idea we took those positions?" Mohammed Genei, 31, local commander told Reuters. "NATO dropped the leaflets right on us."
A leaflet obtained by Reuters showed a picture of a helicopter and a burning tank. "When you see these helicopters, it means it is already too late for you," it said in Arabic. "There is no place to hide. If you continue threatening civilians, you will be killed."
A NATO official said the alliance did drop leaflets warning of the possibility of attack by helicopters, but said this was west of Misrata, and closer to Zlitan.
WRAPUP 5-Libyan rebels make fresh gains, NATO drops leaflets | News by Country | Reuters
Our seas of dead Africans
Those desperately fleeing violence find themselves in life-threatening situations on the way to "safety".
This dramatisation is comparable to the experiences of those who endured a 16-day drift at sea, having escaped the conflict in Libya. Of 72 people on board, just 11 survived. Since the Libyan uprising began, an estimated 1,400 Africans have perished in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe.
Though stories of creaky, leaky boats capsizing before reaching Lampedusa, Italy or Malta, are not new, the surge in carnage is phenomenal. The Italian, Maltese and Tunisian coast guards and fishermen have courageously rescued hundreds, but much more needs to be done, particularly by European authorities. Chiding the nations, the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, has said: "European governments and institutions have more responsibility for this crisis than they have demonstrated so far. Their silence and passivity are difficult to accept."
If the Churchillian peacemongers of Westminster can afford a £1bn intervention in Libya, then they and their NATO allies can certainly spare a few million pounds for increased aerial surveillance to spot vessels in trouble and to cover the welfare needs of the continent's "new strains on the economy". Though Europe whinges in welcome every time a boat with refugees docks on its shores, fewer than two per cent of the 750,000 people who have fled Libya, have braved the Mediterranean - with only 90 per cent of those arriving alive.
Our seas of dead Africans - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Those desperately fleeing violence find themselves in life-threatening situations on the way to "safety".
This dramatisation is comparable to the experiences of those who endured a 16-day drift at sea, having escaped the conflict in Libya. Of 72 people on board, just 11 survived. Since the Libyan uprising began, an estimated 1,400 Africans have perished in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe.
Though stories of creaky, leaky boats capsizing before reaching Lampedusa, Italy or Malta, are not new, the surge in carnage is phenomenal. The Italian, Maltese and Tunisian coast guards and fishermen have courageously rescued hundreds, but much more needs to be done, particularly by European authorities. Chiding the nations, the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, has said: "European governments and institutions have more responsibility for this crisis than they have demonstrated so far. Their silence and passivity are difficult to accept."
If the Churchillian peacemongers of Westminster can afford a £1bn intervention in Libya, then they and their NATO allies can certainly spare a few million pounds for increased aerial surveillance to spot vessels in trouble and to cover the welfare needs of the continent's "new strains on the economy". Though Europe whinges in welcome every time a boat with refugees docks on its shores, fewer than two per cent of the 750,000 people who have fled Libya, have braved the Mediterranean - with only 90 per cent of those arriving alive.
Our seas of dead Africans - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Libya rape victims face 'honour killings'
Libyan women and girls who become pregnant through rape risk being murdered by their own families in so-called "honour killings", according to aid workers.
Rape is a sensitive topic worldwide, but in this country it is even more of a taboo.
"In Libya when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonoured," says Arafat Jamal of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
'Killing with love'
"Time is against us," says Nader Elhamessi from the Libyan aid agency, World for Libya.
"For the moment pregnancies can be disguised, but not for much longer. Many fathers will kill their own daughters if they find out they have been raped."
"It is killing done with love," says Ms Elgadi. "They believe they are saving the girl."
Mr Jamal, the UNHCR's emergency co-ordinator for Libya, says it has not so far uncovered evidence that rape has been used as a weapon of war, although it has seen evidence of individual instances of rape throughout the country.
"We have also seen evidence that would seem to suggest that rape has been carried out by both sides, but we cannot say on what scale," he says.
BBC News - Libya rape victims face 'honour killings'
Libyan women and girls who become pregnant through rape risk being murdered by their own families in so-called "honour killings", according to aid workers.
Rape is a sensitive topic worldwide, but in this country it is even more of a taboo.
"In Libya when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonoured," says Arafat Jamal of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
'Killing with love'
"Time is against us," says Nader Elhamessi from the Libyan aid agency, World for Libya.
"For the moment pregnancies can be disguised, but not for much longer. Many fathers will kill their own daughters if they find out they have been raped."
"It is killing done with love," says Ms Elgadi. "They believe they are saving the girl."
Mr Jamal, the UNHCR's emergency co-ordinator for Libya, says it has not so far uncovered evidence that rape has been used as a weapon of war, although it has seen evidence of individual instances of rape throughout the country.
"We have also seen evidence that would seem to suggest that rape has been carried out by both sides, but we cannot say on what scale," he says.
BBC News - Libya rape victims face 'honour killings'
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Gaddafi regime 'not attending London Olympics'
Colonel Gaddafi is subject to an international travel ban
BBC
The government has confirmed that Libyan leader Col Gaddafi will not be attending the London 2012 Olympics. Tickets are due to be allocated to Libya's National Olympic Committee (NOC), but the UK government said an EU travel ban would prevent members of the Libyan government from attending.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had not yet handed over any tickets to Libya's NOC. It said it was waiting "until the current situation becomes clearer".
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said that every international visitor was subject to the UK's immigration controls, and was refused entry if they didn't meet the rules. A spokesman added: "Gaddafi, his son and key figures in the current Libyan government are banned from entering the EU and will not be coming to the Olympic Games.
"As with all National Organising Committees, the Libyan NOC, not an individual, has been allocated a few hundred tickets which they are responsible for distributing to sports organisations and athletes within their country."
The government has confirmed that Libyan leader Col Gaddafi will not be attending the London 2012 Olympics.
Tickets are due to be allocated to Libya's National Olympic Committee (NOC), but the UK government said an EU travel ban would prevent members of the Libyan government from attending.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had not yet handed over any tickets to Libya's NOC.
It said it was waiting "until the current situation becomes clearer".
Gaddafi regime 'not attending London Olympics'
Colonel Gaddafi is subject to an international travel ban
BBC
The government has confirmed that Libyan leader Col Gaddafi will not be attending the London 2012 Olympics. Tickets are due to be allocated to Libya's National Olympic Committee (NOC), but the UK government said an EU travel ban would prevent members of the Libyan government from attending.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had not yet handed over any tickets to Libya's NOC. It said it was waiting "until the current situation becomes clearer".
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said that every international visitor was subject to the UK's immigration controls, and was refused entry if they didn't meet the rules. A spokesman added: "Gaddafi, his son and key figures in the current Libyan government are banned from entering the EU and will not be coming to the Olympic Games.
"As with all National Organising Committees, the Libyan NOC, not an individual, has been allocated a few hundred tickets which they are responsible for distributing to sports organisations and athletes within their country."
The government has confirmed that Libyan leader Col Gaddafi will not be attending the London 2012 Olympics.
Tickets are due to be allocated to Libya's National Olympic Committee (NOC), but the UK government said an EU travel ban would prevent members of the Libyan government from attending.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had not yet handed over any tickets to Libya's NOC.
It said it was waiting "until the current situation becomes clearer".