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by Dennis South


A series of secret meetings between tribal leaders from Zintan, Libya and Algeria resulted in an agreement that a unified front of tribal militia will enter the war which they call “The War for the Liberation of Northern Africa”. This alliance of tribes is backed by a unified North African Front, including Moroccan Tribes as well as Polisario who is fighting against the Moroccan administration of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Many members of Sahrawi´s provisional government and Polisario fighters are living in exile in Algeria. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was officially recognized by Libya in 1980, and is recognized by a wide range of countries, none of which is a NATO member state. Hama Ag Sid'Ahmed, spokesman for the North of Mali Tuareg Movement, has told The Associated Press in an interview by satellite phone that his group was holding meetings with the Tuaregs who just returned from Libya. He said there were discussions going on about a "common position." He said: "We are preparing ourselves both on a political and a military level." This could eventualy lead to creation of North African Socialist Jamahiriya - a union of North African nations into one nation that would, in time, lead the way for the unification of the entire African continent. That is Muammar Gaddafi's long-standing vision. In the African nation of Mali, a congress of students and young Tuareg tribes unanimously decided to join the fight at the Libyan front. Speaking of the Tuareg, there is information that states that they want to declare Muammar Gaddafi their Sultan. Gaddafi had enlisted a new, 12,000-strong army of Tuareg tribal fighters. So, as we can see, the relationship between Gaddafi and the Tuaregs had grown rapidly from their initial support as bodyguards for Gaddafi and Libyan convoys, to lending much more serious support by way of giving Gaddafi 12,000 soldiers to fight for the liberation of Libya. By demonstrating Gaddafi's freedom of movement across Libya, the convoy to Niger indicates that his loyal officials and troops have resumed operations [and had re-grouped] from scattered places. The fact that Tuareg fighters guarded the convoy demonstrated that Gaddafi had gained the allegiance of the Tuaregs, whose territory covers southwestern Libya, all of eastern Algeria, eastern Mali, "where they command more than half of the country," western Niger and northern Burkina Faso. The blueprint for the liberation of all of North Africa - Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Western Sahara - is the Jamahiriya. Algeria is similiar to Libya as it relates to tribes. This shows that Algeria is ripe and ready to duplicate the Jamahirya system that was developed by Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan people. The Libyan people can easily help the Algerian people adapt the Jamahiriya system of direct government, for what might even be a rapid transformation of Algerian society that would lead to the union of Algeria and Libya. In China, at first, they did not have a political philosophy that would unite the myriad tribes of China. But they found one from outside. The political philosophy that united China was Soviet Communism. And it worked fantastically. North Africa does not have to import Communism, or any such system from outside of its borders. The system that developed within the borders of North Africa is the Jamahiriya. Arab-African people have developed their own political philosophy called The Third Universal Theory. It is the philosophy created by Muammar Gaddafi. The fact that Libya has not fallen, even after being attacked relentlessly for six months by the most powerful military alliance in human history, stands as proof positive of the strength of the Jamahiriya system of government. Jamahiriya can unite Africa. It has been working strongly for 42 years. The northern/Western governments are attempting to stop the creation of The Great Socialist North African Jamahiriya. That is what this is all about. The game that the northern countries are playing is the same game that they played when they carved up Africa the first time: divide and conquer. Nothing will save North Africa except unity...


Don't write off Gaddafi yet. Things aren't going so well for the rebels right now. Territorially speaking, the NTC does not control much. The only true rebel-controlled zone is Tripoli airport. In Misrata, the rebels clash amongst themselves. Mustafi Abdel Jalil, the NTC leader, moves from place to place (obviously in fear of his life). 50% of Benghazi is under the Green Resistance. NTC is short of fighters, due to setbacks at Sirte and Bani Walid. They rely, instead, on foreign mercenaries. NTC suffers from desertion amongst its ranks by fighters that simply stop fighting and go home. NTC hopes that Washington, DC will help with PMCs (private military companies). Contrary to the claims of the TNC, Khamis Gaddafi, is indeed alive. He even gave the TNC, in addition to his regular interviews to Arab media, an ultimatum to leave ... Tripoli.Subscribe in a reader

Sirte Oct 2011 CITY UNDER SIEGE




Thousands of civilians are fleeing the Libyan city of Sirte en masse, as fighting between Gaddafi loyalists and the rebel forces reaches a climax. Reports say most of the refugees are heading for the comparative safety of the desert, leaving behind their belongings and livelihoods. Hundreds of families are streaming out of the city through its western entrance. As they pass through, NTC troops are cross-checking them at block-posts in an attempt to eliminate all possible Gaddafi supporters. Civilians pouring out of the besieged city of Sirte accused NATO of committing genocide as revolutionary forces reinforced their numbers and prepared for a new attack on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town. NATO countries led by the US, Britain, and France are committing terrible war crimes in the Libyan city of Sirte. In their frenzied drive to crush all remaining resistance in the North African state, NATO and its proxy militia forces aligned with the National Transitional Council are unleashing indiscriminate military force, killing civilians and destroying buildings and infrastructure throughout the urban centre. Numerous civilian refugees who have managed to escape the siege have reported seeing schools, hospitals, homes, and other civilian buildings destroyed by NATO bombs. Air raids are now taking place around the clock. Anti-Gaddafi militiamen are firing rockets, mortar rounds and tank shells, without even pretending that they are aiming at any particular targets within the city of 100,000 people. Sirte is suffering from severe shortages of food, water and medicine supplies, further fuelling the humanitarian crisis. Children, the elderly and other vulnerable people are especially affected. The slaughter in Sirte further exposes the "humanitarian" pretext for the war. Last March the imperialist governments and their mouthpieces in the media claimed, without evidence, that Gaddafi’s forces were on the verge of committing a massacre in Benghazi. Now in Sirte, NATO is perpetrating an actual bloodbath on the city’s population in an attempt to overcome the resistance in one of the last pro-Gaddafi strongholds. Unsurprisingly, the various media pundits and political figures in the US and Europe who backed the war on the basis of "protecting civilians" are now uniformly silent amid the unfolding slaughter. According to estimates previously released by the National Transitional Council (NTC), by early September 30,000 people had been killed and 50,000 wounded in the war. The toll continues to escalate. According to NATO’s publicly released figures, their bombers recorded 121 separate "key hits" in Sirte in the last two weeks of September alone. These air strikes are being conducted on the basis of limited or no intelligence and therefore can only be described as indiscriminate and in blatant contravention of international law. Tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in Sirte, though the exact number remains unclear. According to the Red Cross, about 18,000 have left the city. The local population, however, has been swelled by a recent influx of refugees from surrounding areas. This includes a significant number of dark-skinned Libyan families from Tawargha, a town that has been devastated and depopulated by the NTC militias that conducted a murderous racist pogrom there in August and early September. The people of Sirte are being subjected to a brutal collective punishment for their bitter and determined opposition to the NTC and the NATO intervention. The city is also symbolically identified with the deposed regime. It is Gaddafi’s birthplace and childhood home, and his former legislative body, the General Peoples Congress, convened in Sirte. For the US, British, and French governments, the destruction serves as a warning to the entire Libyan population—any resistance to the post-Gaddafi order that is to be established under NATO auspices will confront violent repression. The situation in Sirte is unbearable, the worst ever. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports the hospital was overwhelmed with wounded people. Because of the fighting in the area, most patients have been moved from wards to the corridors, where it is safer. Medical supplies are still needed. "We did provide a number of medical supplies in the past days, but more is needed, including fuel as well for the generator that enables electricity to function in the hospital. Otherwise, there is no electricity in the town. The first time we went to the hospital, we saw that the water reservoir had been hit by a rocket. The situation inside the hospital is very chaotic and distressing," said Patrick Schwaerzler, the ICRC delegate in charge of the evacuations. "When we arrived there, we found patients with severe burns and shrapnel wounds. Some had sustained recent amputations. A few were half-conscious. They were lying among crowds of other people who were also asking us for help."
The hospital has been partly destroyed and is not functional any more. It was urgent to move out wounded patients requiring intensive care or specialized treatment. "Today we even brought out a newborn baby in its incubator," said Mr Schwaerzler. "We saw hundreds of civilians fleeing Sirte yesterday and today, but thousands are still caught inside the city," said Mr Schwaerzler. "There is no electricity, and no food has reached civilians in the city for weeks. All parties engaged in the hostilities must take all possible precautions to spare them." Medical personnel at the city's Ibn Sima hospital told the Red Cross that "because of lack of oxygen and fuel for the generator people are dying". Other wounded or ill people cannot get to the hospital because of the fighting and NATO airstrikes, he said. "Several rockets landed within the hospital buildings while we were there," he said. "We saw a lot of indiscriminate fire. I don't know where it was coming from." After the ICRC team went in, National Transitional Council fighters launched a ferocious attack with rockets, anti-tank cannons and machine gun fire from a position less than a kilometre from the hospital. The Red Cross has been has been trying for weeks to enter Sirte. It sought to bring medical supplies in by boat but abandoned that idea because of security concerns.

The humanitarian disaster in Sirte comes as an unspoken consequence of the international forces’ intervention in Libya. It seems that the goal now is simply to wipe out what is left of Gaddafi’s forces, and bring the country under the control of the former rebels that are now recognized as the official government of Libya. In other words, the civilians that happened to be on the side of Gaddafi are not going to be protected, they are going to be punished. How far the rebels will go with that is unclear. Clearly there is a lot of suffering going on, and those civilians are not being protected. It seems as if the TNC had concentrated all available troops in the all out assault on Sirte. Under the cover of heavy and light artillery barrages from land and sea, as well as under the cover of NATO air support, the TNC fighters were approaching towards forward positions, capturing some of the suburbs of Sirte, paying the price of heavy casualties. In spite of a heavy investment in manpower and material, the assault on Sirte has grinded into a halt, and the attacking TNC troops have made themselves massively available as targets for special operations from Libyan Military, Tribal Militia and other Allied Forces from throughout North Africa...


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Battle of Tripoli


There is very bad news for the rebels in Tripoli. There are intense clashes happening in Tripoli every single day. Rebels are either killed or being kidnapped every day by the armed citizens who are furious at the mass murder, pillage and destruction caused by the lawless rebels. The situation for the rebels is becoming more difficult, as the citizens of Tripoli who have put up with an unbearable life since the invasion, are resisting. Although most all of Tripoli is in the hands of the rebels, LDF sniper-marksmen are popping off rebels left and right. Tripoli hospitals are filling up with European mercenaries who are being shot by fighters of the resistance. It's guerilla warfare now. Al-Qaeda commander Abdelhakim Belhadj, the creator and the emir of the Islamic terrorist organization, "The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group," now holds the post of head of the Military Council of Tripoli, and does not hide his discontent with the leadership of the TNC (Transitional National Council). Belhadj spent years in prison in Libya after being captured in Thailand and handed over to the Jamahiriya by the British and American intelligence. He is still listed as a known terrorist, fully assisted by the US-NATO alliance.


Immediately after his visit to Tripoli by President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Cameron, the rebels became greatly inspired. So, in celebration of the visit of their masters, they set out in 900 pickup trucks and 100 tanks, and rushed to assault the cities of Bani-Walid and Sirte, which had previously been bombed for several weeks by NATO, only to be once again crushed by the Libyan Defense Forces, the Jamahiri green volunteers, and the armed citizens of those cities. Despite the support of the Special Forces of Qatar and France, the rebels fled to about 50-60 kilometers outside of the cities of Sirte and Bani-Walid.


Battle for Sirte


Gaddafi wanted Sirte to become the capital of a united Africa and it is the site of the headquarters of the African Investment Bank, which together with the African Monetary Fund (HQ in Yaounde, Cameroon) and African Central Bank (HQ in Abuja, Nigeria) which were to launch this September with a $42 billion fund to set Africa free from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. The citizens of Sirte fiercely resisted the rebel attackers, who were forced to retreat in panic. The rebels met particularly fierce resistance about 50 km east of Sirte (population - 100 thousand people, located 360 km east of Tripoli), in the Khamsin. They claim they did not have enough firepower to respond to the forces of the Libyan resistance. Commander Mustafa Ben Dardef, from the team that walked 5 kilometers from the occupied areas of Sultan, located east of Sirte (370 km from Tripoli), said that his men would cease to conduct combat operations for one week. "We will stop fighting for a week. We are faced with the fact that we do not have enough ammunition," he said. "The main goal for now is to maintain progress and to establish a strong line of defense in Sultana, 30 kilometers east of Sirte," he said. The rebel command structure virtually doesn't exist, so maybe none of them even knew whose responsibility it was for re-supplying (logistics). Also, the rebels are actually fighting each other, and may be hesitant to supply ammunition to a rival rebel faction that might turn their weapons against them. This after the rebels had given repeated "final deadlines" for the city of Sirte to surrender of face massacres.


Battle for Bani Walid


Bani Walid still remains under the control of the Libyan Jamahiriya. This although the city has been under constant bombing for a month and constant missile attacks, as well as having its water supply cut off, food sources bombed by NATO, and being ringed by rebels who prevent anyone going into or out of the city thus enforcing a siege. NATO is thus deliberately starving an entire city into submission. The rebels prepared for an attack on Bani Walid, and on September 9 the NATO-rebel TNC leadership declared that the rebels had entered Bani Walid. As it turned out later, their attack was repulsed and the town was again shelled by the Air Forces of NATO. 17 foreign mercenaries of NATO, mostly French, with 2 Brits and 1 Asian were captured and are still held prisoners by the Libyan Defense Force. Meanwhile, NATO has decided to extend its war against Libya for another three more months to provide cover for the rebels from the air. Many military bases in the region of Sirte and Bani Walid were destroyed by NATO airstrikes.

No one is hiding the fact that the war in Libya is being fought between the Libyan Armed Forces and NATO. The role of the rebels is to pose for the cameras, chant slogans, and recite monologues about "freedom". TNC emissaries arrived at the location of the retreating rebel troops, trying to convince them not to disperse to their homes. The rebels lost hundreds of soldiers and the defense of Bani Walid was so strong that the rebels refused their commanders' orders to return to the fight.

It is said that one of the reasons that the rebel assaults on Bani Walid and Sirte failed is because of bad interaction between rebel forces, some of whom rushed to the assault based on their own decision to do so, not through any consultation with commanders. Commanders of the rebels in all key areas have accused each other of being unwilling to act in a coordinated manner. Another reason for the failure is because of mutual hatred of each other, within the military units, based on tribe and ethnicity.


Battle for Sabha


The rebels, who entered the city without a fight, were lured into an ambush that will go down in history as a legendary achievement. Those who entered the city were quickly rounded up and the others fled. There were 45 rebels killed, and hundreds taken as prisoners. Their flight took place amidst big confusion. The world media fail to report on this. Sabha remains under full control of the Libyan Jamahiriya as does over 85% of the country. Sabha is the largest town in the Libyan desert, with a population of 100 thousand people. Military bases placed at Sabha make it a strategically important city.


The first attempt to create a TNC government has failed. Members of the board rejected more than 50% of the nominees proposed by Jibril. The Islamists, as stated before, are gradually gaining strength and influence, and plan to attempt to build a "new Libya". The Libyan Defense Forces re-captured Brega. That's the oil port where they ship out oil. It's what NATO wanted to capture, and hold, more than anything. They have never been able to hold Brega, and it is now in the hands of Libyan Defense Forces. The Libyan Defense Forces re-captured Ras Lanouf, an important oil refinery. Gaddafi now has at least 10,000 Tuaregs at his disposal, some of them have crossed into Libya from Niger to help him fight. The Tuareg's are known by military experts, to be the world's top desert fighters. The Tuaregs made an announcement that was also a warning to the rebels. They said something like, "Only those people can cross our deserts who we like." And they don't like the rebels. The rebels slaughtered a group of Tuaregs in Libya and are carrying out ethnic cleansing (genocide) against Blacks in the limited areas they now control in Libya. Other Saharan tribes and sub-tribes are rallying behind Gaddafi. There is mass chaos in Benghazi, the HQ of the rebels. Residents are flying the green flag, in defiance. Al-Qaeda wants Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the rebels, dead, and they actually announced that. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head rat, was forced to admit, that Gaddafi and the Jamahiriya HAS ALL OF LIBYA'S GOLD. The rebels themselves are fighting against each other, even on the battlefield. Since NATO and the rebels have utterly failed, it is certain that the northern countries are now contemplating the full NATO occupation of Libya.


LATEST UPDATE Tuesday, 27.09.2011


In Benghazi, 1500 new Al-Qaeda soldiers have arrived from Afghanistan after heavy losses during the past week. Abu Yahya "Al-Libby (the Libyan)", who was one of those close to Bin Laden himself, has been appointed the commander of these Al-Qaeda soldiers. Libby is a notorious terrorist. These are very serious fighters, not "revolutionaries" in jeans. News reports indicated that Belhadj Hakim, (the commander of Al-Qaeda forces in Tripoli) had been killed. To avoid bloodshed in the city of Ghadamas, the Jamahiriya army ceased fire and sent an ultimatum. The rebels sent a message to others in their headquarters in Tripoli: "Save us! We are surrounded!" And the received the answer: "Save yourselves!". Zawaiya again raised the green flags. This means that soon the entire western road to the Tunisian border will be "green" again. Muammar Gaddafi, with a Kalashnikov in his hands, personally met with the soldiers and said that he would soon begin an offensive on the cities that are still in the hands of "traitors in the service of NATO," as he called the rebels.



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"We have done what we did because we thought it was the right thing to do." / Sarkozy


What they did is committing grievous crimes of war and against humanity. It's ongoing serial killing on an industrial scale. 50.000,00 dead and counting. History will tell us whether the world stood idly by watching NATO collectively, and Britain and France in particular (whose collective histories are synonymous with countless massacres across the globe) , launching a murderous assault upon a sovereign nation, while stealing its resources and destroying its achievements with an arrogant hatred yet again based upon lies and false flag events (the terrorists themselves committed the “massacres” and the Libyan Armed Forces did not bomb civilians as proven by Russian military satellites – the one bombing civilians and committing massacre is NATO). It is not about freedom and democracy – why did Britain’s David Cameron and France’s Nicolas Sarkozy refuse the Jamahiriya’s offer of further free elections? It is not about protecting civilians – how do you “protect civilians” by bombing them, destroying their water supply “to break their spirit”, strafing their civilian infrastructures with military hardware to guarantee rebuilding contracts in a post-conflict scenario and blockading their cities and shutting off their water, food and medical supplies? It is about assaulting the most wealthy state on the entire continent of Africa, which brought the African Union into being as well as independence from the IMF and World Bank by donating $32 billion to a $42 billion fund for African sovereign wealth. It is about African Monetary Fund and Investment Bank which would free Africans from crippling interest rate repayments to foreign banks. It is about dismantling the African Union, it is about destroying Africa's institutions and handing them back to former colonial powers, it is about channelling Africa's resources outwards for free. Sarkozy had already declared that "Gaddafi's economic plans are a direct threat to the international financial system" by which he meant of course the bankers in the west, who control the world's fake money supply. (1) Gaddafi was planning to introduce a gold dinar – a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth. The idea was that African and Muslim nations would join together to create this new currency and would use it to purchase oil and other resources in exclusion of the US dollar. An idea that would shift the economic balance of the world. In Gaddafi's case, as he held some 144 tons of gold against a fairly small population, a gold dinar would prove a most powerful currency. There are many who believe Iraq's Saddam Hussein's overthrow by the US was sealed when he announced Iraqi oil would be traded in euros, not US dollars. Sanctions and then a US invasion followed. Coincidence? Hussein's idea would have strengthened the euro, but Gaddafi's idea would have strengthened all of Africa in the opinion of hard-money economists. A country’s wealth would depend on how much gold it had and not how many dollars it traded. Pricing oil in something other than the dollar would attack the basis of US power in the world. The dollar is the reserve currency based on a deal made with the Saudis back in 1971 in which the Saudis as the world's largest oil producer agreed to accept only dollars for oil. A gold dinar would have had serious consequences for the world financial system, but may also have empowered the people of Africa, something black activists say the US wants to avoid at all costs. (2)


We have seen that under the UN so-called international law does not exist. The world community has the obligation to terminate NATO’s adventure, to expose the United Nations Organization as unable and unwilling to resist a clique of corporate elitists. Is this the world we want? One in which terrorist organizations such as NATO have free reign? The United Nations Organization is neither United, nor it is an Organization, but rather, a club for trading interests of the powerful.


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145 days of non-stop bombing

Five months (145 days) into the bombing campaign, it is no longer possible to believe the initial official version of the events and the massacres attributed to the "Gaddafi regime". Moreover, it is now essential to take into account Libya’s legal and diplomatic rebuttal, highlighting the crimes against peace committed by television propaganda, the war crimes perpetrated by NATO military forces, and the crimes against humanity sponsored by political leaders of the Atlantic Alliance. NATO, the largest military coalition in history, has failed after five months of bombardments to overthrow the one it designated as a "tyrant." In the current NATO war on Libya, the citizens of European and North American NATO countries are being treated to the largest propaganda blitz by their governments in cahoots with corporate media outlets since the U.S.-led invasions and occupation of Iraq. The situation on the ground in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, could not be more different from what is being portrayed by Western news networks and newspapers. Every Friday, a large demonstration in support of the regime is organized in a different city and all experts are unanimous in considering that Colonel Gaddafi enjoys at least 90% of popular support in Tripolitania and 70% across the entire country, including the "rebel" areas. The difference between those in the West who believe that Gaddafi is a tyrant who fired on his own people, and those in Libya who believe that he is a hero of the anti-imperialist struggle, is that the former live in an illusion created by TV propaganda, whereas the others are exposed to the concrete reality on the ground. It is true that, until now, international justice has been the justice of the victors or the powerful. More recently, we saw how NATO used the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to try to justify post facto that the war in Kosovo was "the first humanitarian war in History," according to the expression employed by Tony Blair. In the case of Libya, the violations of international law are countless. Plundering the assets of a state, establishing a naval blockade and bombing infrastructure to cause people to suffer, attacking an army inside its barracks and ordering the assassination of enemy leaders or, failing this, terrorizing them by murdering their families, all amount to war crimes. NATO, as an organization, is legally responsible for the material and human damage of this war. France has played a central role in preparing for this war since October 2010 by organizing a failed military coup and then, as early as November 2010, by planning with the United Kingdom the bombing of Libya and the landing of ground troops on its soil, which was then believed to be feasible, and finally by actively conspiring in the lethal unrest in Benghazi which led to the war. In addition, France, more than any other power, has deployed Special Forces on the ground - without uniforms, no doubt - and violated the arms embargo by supplying the insurgents, either directly or through Qatari airplanes. Not to mention that France has violated the UN freeze of Libyan assets, funnelling part of the fabulous cash from the Libyan Sovereign Fund to the CNT puppets, to the detriment of the Libyan people who wanted to guarantee the well-being of their children in the face of oil depletion. These gentlemen from NATO, who hoped to escape international justice by crushing their victim, Libya, in a few short days so that it would not survive to pursue them, will be disenchanted. Libya is still there. She is filing complaints with the International Criminal Court, the Belgian courts (whose jurisdiction NATO falls under), the European Court of Justice, and the national courts of aggressor states. She is undertaking steps before the Council of Human Rights in Geneva, the Security Council and General Assembly of the United Nations... /by Thierry Meyssan

All Tribes Support Gaddafi



Recently, the 2,000 sheikhs and representatives of the tribes held a meeting in which they decided there was to be no partition of Libya, that the west has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Libya and that Libyans do not have the right to kill each other. Even if Gaddafi falls, NATO has no hope of eliminating the entire tribal structure of the Libya, which embraces all families and clans. Instead NATO is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the people with every missile that smashes into another building. Here's what those 2,000 Tribal Leaders had to say about British aggression, in a statement approved unanimously on June 3. Sheikh Ali, head of the Tribal Leaders, delivered it to Joanna Moriarty and other members of the global fact finding mission:




"The Libyan people have the right to govern themselves. Constant attacks from the skies, at all hours of the day have completely disrupted the lives of the families of Libya. There has never been any fighting in Tripoli, yet we are bombed every day. We are civilians and we are being killed by the British and NATO. Civilians are people without guns, yet the British and NATO protect only the armed crusaders from the East by acting as their attack army. We have read the UN resolutions and there is no mention of bombing innocent civilians. There is no mention of assassinating the legitimate authorities in all of Libya.The Libyan People have the right to select their own leaders. We have suffered occupation by foreign countries for thousands of years. Only in the last 41 years have we Libyans enjoyed property ownership. Only in the last 41 years have we seen our country develop. Only in the last 41 years have we seen all of the Libyans enjoy a better life, and know that our children will have a better life then we have had. But now with the British and NATO bombings of our country, we see the destruction of our new and developed infrastructure.We leaders see the destruction of our culture. We leaders see tears in the eyes of our children because of the constant fear from the “rain of terror” in the skies of Libya from the British and NATO bombings. Our old people suffer from heart problems, increased diabetes and loss of vigor. Our young mothers are losing their babies every day because of the stress of the British and NATO bombings. These lost babies are the future of Libya. They can never be replaced. Our armies have been destroyed by the British and NATO bombings. We cannot defend ourselves from attacks from anyone.As Tribal Leaders of Libya, we must ask why have the British and NATO decided to wage this war against the Libyan people? There are a small percentage of dissidents in the east of Libya that started an armed insurrection against our legitimate authority. Every country has the right to defend itself against armed insurrection. So why cannot Libya defend itself? The Tribal Leaders of Libya demand that all acts of aggression, by the British and NATO, against the Libyan People stop immediately."




War Crimes in Libya

The NATO missile attack that killed Muammar Gaddafi's son, Seif al Arab Gaddafi, along with his friend and three of Muammar Gaddafi's grandchildren on April 30, was an attempt to kill Muammar Gaddafi himself. The only reason why Muammar Gaddafi survived the blast was that he was away from the main residence. Muammar escaped the fate of his son and grandchildren by only about 500 feet. The residence was hit by bunker buster bombs fired from a U.S. warplane. One of the warheads did not detonate and was later removed from what remained of a bedroom in the home. There are still small body parts lying underneath the rubble of the residence. Obama's order to kill Gaddafi is reminiscent of George W. Bush's order to kill Sadaam Hussein at the outset of the U.S. war against Iraq, an assassination order that was also a violation of international and U.S. law.

Rapes are now ongoing acts of war in rebel-held cities, like an organized military strategy, according to refugees. 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. 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. NATO forces have cut off food and medical supplies throughout Libya. But the seas are plentiful with fish in Mediterranean waters. Brave fishermen have taken their boats out of port, trying to harvest fish for the hungry population. To break their perseverance, American drones and British war planes steadily fire missiles on the fishing boats, deliberately targeting non-military vessels to chase them out of the waters. An international journalists' group sharply criticized NATO air strikes against Libyan television, which killed three people and injured 15, saying they violated international law and U.N. resolutions. NATO said the bombing of the Libyan TV's satellite dishes was in compliance with the U.N. mandate authorizing the strikes to protect the civilian population. When one side decides to take out a media organization because they regard its message as propaganda, then all media are at risk. In conflict situations, international law is clear that unarmed journalists cannot be treated as combatants, irrespective of their political affiliations. This reminds of the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbian TV in Belgrade, which killed 16 people. At the time, NATO said the station was a legitimate target because it was a "propaganda mouthpiece" for the regime of Slobodan Milosevic. NATO attacked the Great Manmade River pipeline in Libya which literally brings water across the desert to millions of Libyans and farms in western and southern Libya as well as to the capital Tripoli and Benghazi. The Manmade River project is not only a life-sustaining source of water for millions of Libyan people and a core part of Libya’s agriculture, it also stands as a source of national pride and identity. That's the right way to "protect civilians from an evil dictator". Gaddafi himself called it “the eighth wonder of the world”. They started the project in 1983 with an extraordinary session of the People’s Congresses and 25 billion dollars later, it was completed. Funding came from profits from the very oil industry that NATO countries hope to privatize. NATO’s strikes seem to have been extremely deliberate in their planning. First, they targeted a key section of the water supply line itself, then the next day or so, they targeted the only facility which makes the replacement sections of the pipes. Their intentions are crystal clear; they intend to kill perhaps a million Libyan by depriving them of life’s basic necessity, water. This cowardly action is beyond the definition of a war-crime and has moved into a different realm altogether. on August 9, NATO aircraft committed a massacre of civilians in the village of Majer, near Zliten - 85 people lost their lives, including 33 children, 32 women and 20 men. The massacres and killing were never by Gaddafi's forces, but rather from terrorist elements with links to Al-Qaeda, liberals, counter-revolutionaries, thugs, common criminals, Islamist fanatics and opportunists, whose space is labelled "The Opposition" while the west continues to label the terrorists as "rebels". And NATO's part in this has been massive. Until June 7, NATO flew 11,000 sorties, in which it murdered or injured 4,711 people - at least 856 of these were innocent civilians, 109 were children. At least 523 civilians were seriously injured and 3,332 received minor injuries. White phosphorous is being used against Libyan government positions now that NATO is getting desperate. NATO's bombing campaign has directly and negatively affected the livelihoods of some 3.5 million people in Africa because the construction projects in which 3.5 million foreign workers made their livings, have stopped. Cameron, Obama and Sarkozy have the blood of hundreds of innocent people on their hands. The stupidity of recognizing a group of ragtag, disorganized terrorists as a government in Libya is not for the first time. Remember Kosovo? The terrorists, stupidly referred to as "rebels" in western corporate media, are now violently fighting each other, as could have been predicted by anyone willing to see the real picture. The criminals of NATO are trying to completely rewrite hundreds of years of diplomatic protocol. Bing, we create a government here, bang, we eliminate a population there. Last reports were that NATO helicopters were shooting at anything that moved in Benghazi, since their terrorist clients were run off, wantonly killing civilians, just like during the US exit from Vietnam. NATO. As it has become patently obvious, taking as a starting point the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the support for the KLA terrorist organization, the abuses committed in Afghanistan, the illegal invasion of Iraq and the horrific human rights abuses committed there, culminating now in the five-month bombing campaign against Libya, NATO is not a peaceful defensive organization. It is an offensive military organism which goes looking for wars if none exist, against targets that do not affect the security of its member states. It is an organization which violates human rights, violates the UN Charter, violates international law and violates the Geneva Conventions with countless acts of despicable cowardice. NATO is only existing threat to international security with the UK and USA with a 100% presence in all conflicts. The last five Prime Ministers of the UK have been involved in six wars! If this isn't evil, what is? Since when and under what international laws is a children's school a legitimate target? Since when and under what international law is it allowed to purposefully precision-bomb a family home and murder children? Since when and under what international law is NATO permitted to bomb, bomb, bomb, day after day after day, supporting terrorists?

Next Step: Ground Invasion

America is preparing for ground attacks on Libya, which could start in October. As stalemate grips Libya, a NATO spokesman says the use of ground troops may be the only way to move the situation forward. While Britain’s prime minister ruled out ground troops, now his Defense Secretary tells Parliament they plan exactly that. But UN members are angered at the number of civilian deaths from NATO bombing, and are unlikely to welcome an escalation of the conflict. Remember, UN Security Council resolution 1973 authorized the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya to “protect civilians” from air attacks by Muammar Gaddafi loyalists. This war on Libya has nothing to do with protection of civilians, protecting civilians was the claim, but grabbing the country’s resources is their real goal. United States and its European allies will certainly launch a ground invasion of Libya, if the airstrikes are not effective. There is still little sign of progress for either side in the conflict, so there is a need for a new UN resolution to approve sending foreign troops in. In the meantime, civilian casualties from allied bombing continue to mount. With international opposition on the rise, NATO states face an uphill task to make the case for more war. Clearly what we are seeing unfolding in Libya is a pre-existing war plan, by NATO, by the British, by the French, by the Americans to attack Libya. The West has been covertly arming the opposition to Gaddafi in hope of grabbing control of the oil and different parts of Libya. The Libyan government promises “hell” for NATO if it sends in ground troops. Some agree such a war may be tougher, than expected. In the meantime, the EU has a plan to send up to 1,500 troops to Libya to "convoy humanitarian aid". The UN is far from keen, saying it may only go ahead as a “last resort”. Russia has voiced concern that Europe plans an invasion under the guise of a relief effort. Germany was skeptical over the campaign from the very beginning and said it will not give its troops for a ground operation. However, Berlin said it would back a UN-mandated humanitarian operation, which would be necessary for the EUFOR Libya plan to be implemented. The troops on the ground would coordinate air strikes and help prevent friendly fire incidents. The move, however, would require a UN Security Council mandate, since UN Resolution 1973, which gave the green light for the aerial operation, explicitly forbids any ground invasion. The international community looks on, the international media remains silent and the truth about what is happening in Libya is shocking NATO to the core. That is precisely why in recent weeks, since the brilliant Libyan victory in the Battle of Al-Brega against NATO's terrorists (it is claimed around 100,000 foreign bearded Islamist fanatics crossed over the frontier from Egypt just before mayhem broke out), a battle in which a smokescreen clouded the skies so that NATO's jets could not (illegally) intervene in an internal conflict to protect the terrorists against Libyan government troops, NATO has been pouring more and more mercenaries into their fight. At least one million people are ready to defend Libya if an international ground military campaign begins. Hundreds of thousands of rifles were being distributed to civilians to defend the home front. NATO troops will have to fight for every city corner and every building to "bring democracy" to this proud country. It's obvious that the Libyan people are a fine, noble, courageous, proud people willing to endure. They cannot be defeated. From March 19th until July 8th, 1,108 Libyans were killed by the attacks of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 4,537 were injured, of whom 717 were seriously injured, reports the Ministry of Health in Libya and reported by TeleSUR special envoy on the North African country, Rolando Segura.
The UNSC resolution 1973 authorises "all necessary measures" (that is military action) to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack. Repeating, "all necessary measures." Therefore, the international community is put on notice that since deaths, injuries and destruction to civilian infratruture are being caused by NATO, countries should begin to implement plans to provide the government of Libya with all means of air defense weapons, as well as other weapons designed for self defense, in order to prevent further NATO attacks.

NATO getting desperate

Istina o Libiji (video/srb)

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In London and other British cities, young people burned cars and buildings, looted stores and fought with police. The riots broke out after a still-unresolved shooting by police in a poor North London neighborhood. On Saturday a small crowd including Mark Duggan’s mother and fiance gathered outside a Tottenham police station to demand a senior officer explain how Mark had been shot dead by police. After hours of waiting outside no explanation was forthcoming. On 6 August the peaceful march in Tottenham, calling for police answers over their fatal shooting of Mark Duggan was followed by rioting and looting in Tottenham. The spread of news and rumours about the previous evening's disturbances in Tottenham sparked riots during the night of 7 August in the London districts of Brixton, Enfield, Islington and Wood Green and in Oxford Circus in the centre of London. However, that was just the spark. Many Londoners initially assumed the violence was a backlash from chronic unemployment, slow economic recovery and cuts to public service spending by the country’s new government. The riots were concentrated in neighborhoods with large African and Caribbean populations, which have a history of tension with the police. Following a massively increased police presence, London was quiet on 9 August, but copycat actions continued in Birmingham and Nottingham and spread to Leicester, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton in the midlands and to Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton and Wirral in the north-west of England. On 10 August, London remained quiet whilst hundreds of arrests were being made there by the police. Three men were killed in Birmingham in a hit-and-run incident related to the disturbances. Looting and violence continued in two locations around Manchester and Liverpool. "Independet observers" say the rioting was not based on specific political or economic demands, but they acknowledge there are underlying reasons that so many young people are willing to take part in looting, arson and vandalism on a scale the country has not seen in many years. So this is not people expressing their anger against an oppressive state? A majority of people are just looting to loot, with no reason, just because they want to do it. Simple as that? Rrrright... Well I don't think so. Politicians were quick to dismiss the unrest in the British cities as pure criminality but the truth is that “there are some disaffected, alienated, but in fact very clever people out there from the underclasses who are incredibly bitter about the lack of opportunity – and they are incredibly ambitious as well.

The internet exploded with comments, some of them pertinent, others ridiculous. "Hang the bastards" was a typical statement from the more reactionary elements of society; "Revolution" was the keyword from those fantasising about a Leftist New Order installed in London. Parallels were drawn between the Libyan "uprising" and the English "uprising", calls were made for a no-fly zone to be implemented over England, which would entail the arming of the "rebels", the immediate labelling of the Cameron Government as illegitimate because it had "lost control" and clearly was "not fit to govern". One wonders what would really have happened if outside forces had done to England what the UK has done in Libya. So what was it this time? Wait a minute, what was all that about the Members of Parliament scandal with expense accounts? What was all that about obtaining plasma TVs, and washing machines and gardeners and maids all paid for by the British taxpayer? So basically, those youths being jailed today for four or five or six or seven months, for stealing a plasma TV screen or pinching a packet of bubble gum, are being ruled by those who sat in their crystal ball of excellence, doing the same thing, yet instead of looting shops, got the same goods by looting the British taxpayer. So MPs got their plasma screens legally by stealing from the British taxpayer and these "hoodlums" got 6 months for doing the same thing, yet ended up without the screen?

PM David Cameron eventually came up with a “zero tolerance” approach to street crime. The same rough tactics were originally introduced in the US and see even minor offences prosecuted vigorously to send out the message that no law-breaking will be tolerated. The use of water cannon was approved shortly after the rioting started. As another preventive measure, the Cabinet has threatened the possible disruption of social messaging networks such as twitter and facebook, for they have been widely used by rioters to co-ordinate their action. (some months ago, those social networks were praised for spreading democracy through North Africa and Middle East). After the condemnation of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia etc for cutting social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook during their social unrest, it was a surprise to hear the British Press openly discuss limiting their use as a way of curtailing communication amongst the rioters. A 17-year-old who posted a Facebook message saying "come on rioters" has been banned from social networking sites for 12 months. He was ordered to complete 120 hours' community service, a 12-month youth rehabilitation order and observe a curfew between 7pm and 6am for three months. The court heard that the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, wrote the message at 9.45am on 9 August. It read: "I think we should start rioting, it's about time we stopped the authorities pushing us about and ruining this country. It's about time we stood up for ourselves for once. So come on rioters – get some. LOL." He had no more than 400 friends on facebook. The boy added: "I meant it as a joke which is why I wrote LOL at the end."The police were alerted and when they arrived "he had already deleted the post." Criticism is growing of the sentences imposed on some convicted rioters after two other men were jailed for four years for posting messages on Facebook inciting people to create disorder in their home towns. Jordan Blackshaw, 20, from Northwich Town, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, of Latchford, Warrington, were sentenced at Chester crown court after admitting using the social networking site to try to organise riots. No trouble resulted from their actions. Blackshaw set up an "event" on Facebook called Smash Down in Northwich Town for the night of 8 August but no one apart from the police, who were monitoring the page, turned up at the meeting point outside a McDonald's restaurant. Blackshaw was promptly arrested (same thing happened in China, not long ago when only CNN crew showed up at McDonald's). Defence lawyers and civil rights groups have also criticised "disproportionate" sentences as official figures show nearly 1,300 suspects have been brought before the courts. Judge Elgan Edwards sentenced Blackshaw to four years in a young offenders' institution and said he had committed an "evil act". "This happened at a time when collective insanity gripped the nation. Your conduct was quite disgraceful and the title of the message you posted on Facebook chills the blood." It has been reported that courts have been advised by senior justice clerks to deal harshly with offences committed during the disturbances. The advice is said to tell the courts that they can ignore existing sentencing guidelines and hand down heavy sentences. This could never happened in Libya, Tunis, Egypt or Syria because overthere fake facebook and Twitter accounts are made by CIA. When there are real people behind "organizing riots" it "chills the blood". When it happens in UK, then it is called collective insanity. Iran has called on the British police to exercise restraint against people protesting over the killing of a Black man in London. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast urged the British government to order the police to stop their violent confrontation with the people, IRNA reported in the early hours of Tuesday. Mehmanparast asked the British government to start dialogue with the protesters and to listen to their demands in order to calm the situation down. The Iranian official also asked independent human rights organizations to investigate the killing in order to protect the civil rights and civil liberties. The African Union has adopted a unilateral resolution to deploy army troops and care packages to England as looting and violence spread from London to other major cities. Spokesperson Charity Khumalo said “We can no longer stand by while these savages tear themselves apart.”

As of 15 August, about 3,100 people have been arrested, of whom more than 1,000 have been charged. Arrests, charges and court proceedings continue, with courts working extended hours.
Five people have died and at least 16 others have been injured as a direct result of related violent acts. An estimated 200 million pounds worth of property damage was incurred, and local economic activity was significantly compromised. A petition was submitted to the UK goverment proposing that any convicted rioters have their benefit payments cut. This petition has been signed by over 200,000 people. So much for the purely criminal aspects, but many say other underlying causes of the riots are poor parenting, unemployment, poor job prospects, austerity cuts removing many support mechanisms, especially for the young. However, throwing kids in prison and giving them a criminal record is not the answer; community-based rehabilitation schemes, which Cameron and Osborne closed, are.

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Drеcun: Amеričkа okupаcijа Afrikе

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Tripoli – Amеrikа vodi dvoličnu igru sа Libijom, tаjno prеgovаrаju sа vlаstimа u Tripoliju i zаhtеvаju dа rаskinu sаrаdnju s еvropskim, ruskim i kinеskim firmаmа, nаkon čеgа bi tе poslovе prеuzеlе kompаnijе iz SAD, tvrdi Milovаn Drеcun, vojno-politički аnаlitičаr. Drеcun jе nеdаvno borаvio u Libiji u žеlji dа otkrijе dа li sе pаrаlеlno sа sukobimа vlаdе i pobunjеnikа vodi i mеdijski rаt, ko čini zločinе, kolikа jе stvаrnа podrškа Moаmеru еl Gаdаfiju, kаkvа jе vojnа situаcijа nа tеrеnu.

Smаtrаtе dа jе nаpаd nа Libiju podstаknut еkonomskim intеrеsimа?


- Došаo sаm do informаcijа dа jе Kinа imаlа dogovorеnе аrаnžmаnе s Libijom u vrеdnosti od 28 milijаrdi, а Rusijа od 17 milijаrdi dolаrа. Vеomа znаčаjnе poslovе imаju i nеmаčkе firmе, dok аmеričkе dаlеko zаostаju zа njimа. Nе sаmo dа su еmbаrgom i NATO intеrvеncijom stopirаnе invеsticijе kojе dostižu 200 milijаrdi dolаrа, vеć su zаustаvljеnе svе privrеdnе аktivnosti u Libiji i idе sе nа uništеnjе njеnе infrаstrukturе.

Dа li su to jеdini rаzlozi?

- Libijа lеži nа 2.000 kilomеtаrа dugoj srеdozеmnoj obаli i gеostrаtеški nаjznаčаjnijа jе zеmljа nа južnom Mеditеrаnu. Posеdujе nаjvеćе rеzеrvе nаftе nа Crnom kontinеntu, trеćа jе po nаlаzištimа gаsа i imа podzеmnu rеku pijаćе vodе. Zаpаd sе plаšio njеnog brzog rаzvojа i jаčаnjа uticаjа jеr jе Libijа vеliki invеstitor u аfričkim zеmljаmа, а propаgirаlа jе oslobаđаnjе kontinеntа zаvisnosti od Zаpаdа.


Nа koji nаčin bi Libijа oslobаđаlа Afriku?

Libijа jе plаnirаlа dа uloži oko 100 milijаrdi dolаrа dа bi sе Afrikа oslobodilа zаvisnosti od zаpаdnih invеstitorа. Gаdаfi jе snаžаn zаgovornik stvаrаnjа аfričkog monеtаrnog fondа rаdi еliminisаnjа Mеđunаrodnog monеtаrnog fondа, аli i uvođеnjа jеdinstvеnе аfričkе vаlutе, kojа bi zа rаzliku od dolаrа imаlа punu pokrivеnost zlаtom. Koliko jе Libijа bilа finаnsijski jаkа vidi sе iz činjеnicе dа jе pozаjmilа 50 milijаrdi dolаrа Kаtаru, koji sаdа učеstvujе u NATO intеrvеnciji. Sаudijskа Arаbijа joj dugujе 12 milijаrdi dolаrа. Zаpаdnе vlаdе su zаmrzlе oko 200 milijаrdi dolаrа libijskih srеdstаvа u strаnim bаnkаmа kаko bi pojаčаlе pritisаk nа Gаdаfijа.

Nеsporno jе dа istovrеmеno bukti i mеdijski rаt...

- Informаcijе su od počеtkа bilе kontrаdiktornе. Pobunjеnici prеko zаpаdnih mеdijа i Al Džаzirе plаsirаju svojе tumаčеnjе, а uočljiv jе mаnjаk sаopštеnjа kojа dаjе zvаnični Tripoli. Dа bih imаo potpun uvid, bio sаm nа tеritoriji pod kontrolom libijskе vlаdе i tаmo došаo do mnogo podаtаkа. Rаzgovаrаo sаm sа Libijcimа koji su pobеgli iz zonе koju držе pobunjеnici, аli i sа strаncimа. U Tripoliju sаm srеo Džеmsа Morijаrtijа, vlаsnikа nаftnе kompаnijе iz SAD, koji jе tаkođе došаo zbog istinе. Morijаrti tvrdi dа jе plаn okupаcijе sаčinjеn 2006. i dа SAD zbog odbijаnjа Gаdаfijа dа njеgovа zеmljа budе odskočnа аmеričkа dаskа zа Afriku, hoćе dа stаvе zеmlju pod kontrolu i prеko njе uprаvljаju Afrikom i nеutrаlišu kinеski proboj nа Crni kontinеnt.


Sа Zаpаdа stižu optužbе dа Gаdаfijеvа vojskа ubijа civilе, а zvаnični Tripoli tvrdi dа to rаdе plаćеnici i NATO. Ko jе u prаvu?

- Vеomа indikаtivno jе dа nijе formirаnа nijеdnа mеđunаrodnа komisijа zа utvrđivаnjе činjеnicа, čаk ni pri Ujеdinjеnim nаcijаmа, vеć sе to rаdi prеtеžno nа osnovu mеdijskih izvеštаjа, izjаvа vođа pobunjеnikа i zаpаdnih zvаničnikа. Čuo sаm svеdočеnjа iz grаdovа nа istoku pod kontrolom pobunjеnikа odаklе jе pobеglo čеtvrt milionа ljudi. Kаžu dа civilе tеrorišu i ubijаju pripаdnici Al Kаidе, kriminаlci i pojеdinci iz rеdovа pobunjеnikа, а nе libijskе snаgе. Pričаju i dа pobunjеnici pucаju u civilе koji su protiv njih i dа su Afrikаncе nа rаdu u Libiji prеdstаvljаli kаo Gаdаfijеvе plаćеnikе i ubijаli ih.

Dа li sе znа broj nаstrаdаlih?

- Portpаrol libijskе vlаdе nаm jе dаo zvаničnе podаtkе o strаdаlim civilimа u NATO bombаrdovаnju od 19. mаrtа do 7. junа kаdа jе NATO аvijаcijа izvеlа oko 11.000 lеtovа, odnosno upolа mаnjе nеgo u istom pеriodu tokom bombаrdovаnjа SRJ 1999. godinе. Rаnjеno jе i poginulo 4.711 ljudi, od čеgа jе poginulo 856 civilа, 523 jе tеško rаnjеno, а 3.332 lаkšе. Poginulo jе 109 dеcе, а nаjmlаđе jе imаlo osаm mеsеci. Iznеnаđujućе jе dа jе NATO аvijаcijа sа čаk 18 projеktilа u nеkoliko nаvrаtа rаzorilа čаk i komplеks u cеntru Tripolijа u kojеm jе sеdištе nizа nеvlаdinih orgаnizаcijа i udružеnjа.

Jеstе li uspеli dа sаglеdаtе kolikа jе podrškа Gаdаfiju?

- To sаm nаjboljе vidеo uz pomoć libijskih plеmеnа, orgаnizovаnih tаko dа njihov prеdstаvnik nа skupovimа iznosi jеdinstvеn stаv cеlе tе zаjеdnicе. Ovi sаstаnci nаjboljе i rеаlno odrаžаvаju volju nаrodа, а Gаdаfi imа podršku svih plеmеnа, što jе njеgovа nаjvеćа snаgа i ogromаn problеm zа SAD i NATO. Pobunjеnici, kаko procеnjuju nеzаvisni i plеmеnski izvori u Tripoliju, uz sеbе imаju mаksimum dvа odsto stаnovništvа. Tаkođе jе 85 odsto tеritorijе pod kontrolom vlаdе u Tripoliju. Uz Gаdаfijа su i mlаdi Libijci. Nа kongrеsu mlаdih gdе su bili prеdstаvnici svih libijskih plеmеnа dеmonstrirаnа jе snаžnа, vеomа iskrеnа i odlučnа podrškа odbrаni i jеdinstvu Libijе. Zаpаdni mеdiji u potpunosti prеćutkuju ovаkvе skupovе.


Dа li jе kongrеs libijskih plеmеnа donеo i nеkе odlukе?

- Rаzgovаrаo sаm s jеdnom od nаjuticаjnijih ličnosti u Libiji Alijеm Muhаmеdom аl Ahvеlom. On jе šеik nаjvеćеg libijskog plеmеnа Orfеlа sа dvа milionа pripаdnikа i istovrеmеno i prvi čovеk Gеnеrаlnog kongrеsа plеmеnа Libijе. Tvrdi dа jе svih 2.000 šеikа i prеdstаvnikа vеlikih porodicа nа sаtаnku donеlo odlukе dа nеmа podеlе Libijе, dа jе nеprihvаtljivo mеšаnjе strаnih silа u unutrаšnjе poslovе zеmljе, dа Libijci nеmаju prаvo dа ubijаju jеdni drugе i dа ćе biti sаčuvаno bogаtstvo libijskog nаrodа. Šеik kаtеgorično kаžе dа Zаpаd možе dа uzmе bogаtstvo Libijе sаmo аko uništi svih 2.000 plеmеnа.

Postoji li mogućnost kompromisа sа NATO-om?

- Od Al Ahvеlа sаm čuo dа ukoliko uništе cеo nаrod, mogu dа stаvе kogа hoćе dа vlаdа. Jеsmo li mi birаli Sаrkozijа, Obаmu ili bilo kog prеdsеdnikа u svеtu, pitаo jе Al Ahvеl i dodаo dа Libijci nisu nаrod bеz ocа i mаjkе i bеz korеnа.

Kаkvа jе еkonomskа situаcijа u Libiji?

- Godišnji društvеni bruto proizvod po čovеku iznosio jе prе intеrvеncijе 13.800 dolаrа ili višе od dvа putа nеgo u Egiptu i Alžiru. U pеriodu od 2001. do 2005. Libijа jе ušlа u Ginisovu knjigu rеkordа, jеr jе imаlа nаjnižu inflаciju, minus 3,1 odsto. Hlеb i ostаli prеhrаmbеni proizvodi su do NATO nаpаdа bili vеomа jеftini, а prеvoz i gorivo prаktično bеsplаtni. Sаdа jе cеnа bеnzinа poslе trostrukog poskupljеnjа nеvеrovаtnih šеst nаših dinаrа po litru.


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Strategically built atop a 357-foot sandstone mesa for defensive purposes, the Acoma Pueblo is more familiarly known as Sky City. Believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States, the pueblo was built sometime between 1100 and 1250 A.D. The name "Acoma" means "People of the White Rock" in the Puebloan Kersan dialect. The pueblo, covering some 70 acres, is actually comprised of several villages including Acomita, McCartys, Anzac and Sky Line.
The site was chosen, in part, because it provided a defensive position for the tribe against raiders. Access to the pueblo was difficult as the faces of the mesa are sheer and before modern times, it could only be accessed by a hand-cut staircase carved into the sandstone. For centuries the Acoma people have farmed the valley below the Acoma Pueblo using irrigation canals in the villages closer to the Rio San Jose River. They were also actively involved in trading, not only with neighboring pueblos, but, also over long distances with the Aztec and Mayan peoples.
The pueblo was already well established when Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was the first European to lay eyes on it in 1540, describing it as: "One of the strongest ever seen, because the city was built on a high rock. The ascent was so difficult that we repented climbing to the top."
Almost fifty years later, Sky City was almost destroyed in 1598 when Governor Juan de Oñate, under orders from the King of Spain, invaded New Mexico, and began staging raids on Native American pueblos in the area, taking anything of value. When the Spanish soldiers arrived in the area, they made their headquarters at the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, formerly called the San Juan Pueblo, located about 25 miles north of Santa Fe. Upon their arrival, they removed the Tewa Indians who lived there and used it as a base to stage more raids on other Native American pueblos in the area. In December, 1898, a party of Spanish soldiers seeking food arrived at Acoma. Initially, they were welcomed and treated in a friendly manner until the soldiers turned aggressive and began to demand grain from the Acoma storehouses, which was needed for the tribe to survive the winter. Provoking a furious reaction, the Acoma attacked the soldiers, killing 13 of them, including their commander, Juan de Zaldivar, who was a nephew of Juan de Oñate.
In response, Oñate resolved to make an example of Acoma, and dispatched 70 of his best men, under the command of Vicente de Zaldivar, to attack the Acoma Pueblo. On January 21, 1599, the Spanish troops came into view of the pueblo and the tribe fanned out from their village to guard the edge of the mesa. As the Spaniards drew closer, the defenders unleashed a barrage of rocks and arrows down on them. Despite the defensive barrage coming from atop the mesa, the soldiers fought their way to the top over the next three days. During the battle, the Spaniards brought a small cannon up the back of the mesa and began firing into the village. The battle then became a massacre and when it was over, as many as 800 Acoma people were dead and their pueblo in ruins.
Afterwards, the survivors were marched to the Santo Domingo Pueblo (now known as the Kewa Pueblo), where all males over the age of 12 were condemned to 20 years' servitude. Of the few dozen Acoma men of fighting age who were still alive after the battle, they were sentenced to have one foot cut off. The surviving children under the age of 12 were taken from their parents, and given to Spanish missionaries to raise. However, most of them, as well as the women were sold into slavery. Oñate was later tried, convicted of cruelty to Indians and colonists, and was banished from New Mexico. However, he appealed the ruling and was later cleared of all charges. He lived out the rest of his life in Spain. In the end, the approximate population of the 2,000 people who had lived at the Acoma Pueblo was reduced to approximately 250 survivors. In time, some of the Acoma people managed to escape and made their way home, where they began the long process of rebuilding. Since that time, it has been continuously inhabited and never again fell to an invader.
Decades later, In 1629, as a "gesture of peace" and to attempt to Christianize the Indians, the Spanish began to build the San Estéban del Rey Mission, which included a church, convent, and cemetery. All of the building materials, including some 20,000 tons of earth and stone, were hand carried or hauled up the steep slopes of the mesa. The mission’s 30-foot beams were carried 30 miles from Mount Taylor and Kaweshtima. Under the guidance of Friar Juan Ramirez the pueblo was finally completed in 1640. However, according to Acoma oral tradition, the people were forced by Ramirez to build the mission. These abuses of power by both religious and political authorities eventually led to the Pueblo Revolt. On August 10, 1680, some 17,000 thousand Puebloans, including 6,000 warriors rose up in vengeance against 2,500-3,000 colonists. The tribes struck mission churches, killing 22 of 33 friars and demolishing and burning many of them. Warriors attacked isolated farms and haciendas, killing entire families. The Acoma participated in the Revolt by killing the Spanish friars who were living at the mesa at the time, but, did not destroy the church. It was one of the few Spanish missions to survive the revolt intact. The Puebloans were again forced to submit to Diego de Vargas in 1692. The Acoma joined in another uprising in 1696, but, were again subdued in 1699.
Today, the San Estéban del Rey Mission church houses the largest inventory of early 17th century building material of any structure in New Mexico. It features a large collection of Spanish colonial ecclesiastic art, an original hand-hewn circular staircase, hand-carved rails, and paintings.
Acoma is, along with the Hopi town of Oraibi, the oldest inhabited settlement in the United States. A federally recognized Indian Tribe, the Acoma Pueblo now has a land base covering 431,664 acres and is home to 4,800 tribal members. Both the San Estéban del Rey Mission and the pueblo itself have been proclaimed National Historic Landmarks.
Today's Acoma people continue the traditions of their ancestors who they trace to the former inhabitants of older ruins to the north and west of their present-day pueblo. Some also practice their ancient religion while others converted to Catholicism long ago when the first Spanish settlers arrived in the 1500's. Throughout the years celebrations and feasts are held for religious and historic occasions. While visitors are allowed to attend, they are encouraged to be respectful and aware of local protocol.
Today, fewer than 50 of the 3,000 Acomans live at the pueblo, the remaining residents choosing to live in the nearby villages. The Acoma Pueblo is known for its amazing pottery and a permanent exhibit, One Thousand Years of Clay, is housed in the Visitors Center located at the base of the mesa along with native food and crafts shops.


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