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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/09/28

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Sirte civilians accuse NATO of genocide

CIVILIANS pouring out of the besieged city of Sirte accused NATO of committing genocide yesterday as revolutionary forces reinforced their numbers and prepared for a new attack on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi s home town.

http://bit.ly/poCnwj



Ethnic cleansing, genocide and the Tawergha

HRI has grave concerns, not only for dark-skinned people in Libya generally, but also for pro-Gaddafi tribes including the Gaddafa. We also have particular concern for the Tuareg of southern Libya who are being accused of being 'mercenaries' and under attack from NATO and rebel forces. But the greatest concern is perhaps for the Tawergha.

http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/09/26/libya-ethnic-cleansing-tawargha-genocide/



Analysis: Libya adrift

Gaddafi himself is still free, probably hiding somewhere inside the country, and urging his followers to fight to the end. None of his sons have been captured. Heavy bombardments from NATO s planes are killing civilians in areas controlled by his forces.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=239686&R=R3



A Questionable Form of Freedom for North Africa

For years, American and British intelligence agencies hunted Abdel Hakim Belhaj, the commander of the Libyan rebels' Tripoli brigade, believing him to be a terrorist and ally of then al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,788397,00.html



Using Human Rights Organizations to Launch Wars

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

The U.S. has used NATO to continue the occupation of post-Second World War Europe. It will now use AFRICOM to occupy Africa and create an African NATO.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29255.htm



Libya: Mass killing and humanitarian disaster in NATO siege of Sirte

Refugees from the Libyan coastal city of Sirte report that thousands have died as a result of relentless NATO bombardment and shelling by the the Western-backed 'rebels.'

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/liby-s29.shtml



Civilians urge NTC to control Libyan militias

Libyan civilians rallied in central Tripoli today to press the Nato-backed NTC regime to rein in its heavily armed militias, which they accused of intimidating residents and raiding homes with impunity.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/110173



US Empire: Marines in support of AFRICOM establish task force in Sigonella

Marines began moving into their barracks this week at a U.S. base in Sigonella, Italy, which will serve as the new home to a special task force of reconnaissance troopers tasked with training African militaries fighting Africa-based terror groups.

http://1.usa.gov/nmfEFl


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Libya-Libyen/
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sirte
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gaddafi
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Belhaj
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Africom
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bombing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Osama+bin+Laden
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Qaeda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mercenary
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=ethnic+cleansing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=genocide
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Nazemroaya
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