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Tag Archives: Foreign intervention
Video: Al Jazeera interview with new Arab League head Nabil el-Araby
Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin speaks with Nabil el-Araby, who replaced Amr Moussa as the new Secretary General of the Arab League. He talks about whether the No-Fly Zone on Libya was a mistake. Edit: sorry, he did not speak about … Continue reading
Nato’s strategy in Libya is working – talks with Gaddafi won’t
By Ranj Alaaldin – On Monday, the South African president, Jacob Zuma, once again went to Tripoli in an attempt to broker a peace deal between Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and the opposition forces. As expected, he failed. But mediation or … Continue reading
Al-Jazeera footage captures six westerners in Libya
In this report, Al Jazeera showed footage of six westerners, casually clothed and five of them armed, talking with opposition fighters at the front line. An al-Jazeera report appears to show western special forces on the frontline in Libya, in … Continue reading
I was wrong to oppose military intervention. No ifs, buts or maybes; I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
Today in the Middle East Monitor, Yvonne Ridley describes how visiting Libya for a few days made her completely change her standpoint on the international intervention. A few short weeks ago I stood on a public platform in London and … Continue reading
Video: Belgian F16s bombard storage facility and airplane
Belgian newspaper De Standaard has posted two videos of Belgian F-16 fighter jets in action. The first video shows them bombing a storage facility at a regime-controlled airfield, the second shows them bombing a Libyan plane.
Video: President Barack Obama’s address on Libya
In case you missed it, the complete speech of Barack Obama Watch live streaming video from theuptake2 at livestream.com
Summary of President Barack Obama’s address on Libya
We have combined the updates published by the BBC and The Guardian which have brilliantly summarized President Barack Obama’s address today on Libya. 12.32am: Obama has started by paying tribute to US troops on the ground in Afghanistan and on … Continue reading
Sarkozy and Cameron issue a joint statement about Tuesday’s conference
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have issued a joint statement about Tuesday’s conference. “Tomorrow in London, the international community will come together to support a new beginning for Libya. A new beginning in which the … Continue reading
Libya: a legitimate and necessary debate from an anti-imperialist perspective
An interesting analysis of the Libya debate by Gilbert Achcar today in the English edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. He picks apart the debate around the legitimacy and motivations for the intervention. He also feels that resolution 1973 leaves too … Continue reading