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Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

10/29/11

Remember, Libya was supposed to be another grand humanitarian adventure, with Uncle Sam riding in to save the poor Third World peoples. In Iraq some 200,000 civilians probably have died after George W. Bush s foolish neocon crusade. In Kosovo our new allies quickly kicked out a quarter of a million people they didn t like. There isn t much humanitarianism evident in Libya either, alas...

http://tinyurl.com/3u4xzw8



NATO in Libya: Is Syria next?

The Nation Blog
by Robert Dreyfuss

10/31/11

Now that NATO is closing up shop in Libya, will it turn to Syria? Right now, the answer is no. But if the fragmented Syrian opposition -- bolstered by Turkey, a member of NATO, which is turning increasingly against Syrian President Assad - manages to set up a Benghazi-like enclave either inside Syria or across the border in Turkey, anything goes. To be sure, there are lots of differences between Libya and Syria. ... That hasn t stopped hawks from suggesting that it s time to intervene in Syria, too...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/164284/nato-libya-syria-next


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Lavrov: Russia Won t Allow Syria To Become Another Libya

The Russian foreign minister was referring to the military intervention in Libya that came to an end yesterday. 'We will not allow such things to happen again...'

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/November/international_November31.xml&section=international&col=



Much blood will yet be shed in Libya

Days after Gaddafi was buried, the flag of Al Qaeda is flying in Libya and sharia law has been imposed. Now, many rebel fighters fear the rise of a hardline Islamist state - and will fight to the death to stop it.

http://tinyurl.com/4yqjrd5


From Information Clearing House



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