New Rulers declare Libya Liberated
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If the Libyan War Was About Saving Lives, It Was a Catastrophic Failure
Nato claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It's a warning to the Arab world and Africa
By Seumas Milne
October 27, 2011 "The Guardian" - - As the most hopeful offshoot of the "Arab spring" so far flowered this week in successful elections in Tunisia, its ugliest underside has been laid bare in Libya. That's not only, or even mainly, about the YouTube lynching of Gaddafi, courtesy of a Nato attack on his convoy.
The grisly killing of the Libyan despot after his captors had sodomised him with a knife, was certainly a war crime. But many inside and outside Libya doubtless also felt it was an understandable act of revenge after years of regime violence. Perhaps that was Hillary Clinton's reaction, when she joked about it on camera, until global revulsion pushed the US to call for an investigation.
* If the Libyan War Was About Saving Lives, It Was a Catastrophic Failure
UN ends Libya no-fly zone
UN ends Libya no-fly zone | The Raw Story
Nato claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It's a warning to the Arab world and Africa
By Seumas Milne
October 27, 2011 "The Guardian" - - As the most hopeful offshoot of the "Arab spring" so far flowered this week in successful elections in Tunisia, its ugliest underside has been laid bare in Libya. That's not only, or even mainly, about the YouTube lynching of Gaddafi, courtesy of a Nato attack on his convoy.
The grisly killing of the Libyan despot after his captors had sodomised him with a knife, was certainly a war crime. But many inside and outside Libya doubtless also felt it was an understandable act of revenge after years of regime violence. Perhaps that was Hillary Clinton's reaction, when she joked about it on camera, until global revulsion pushed the US to call for an investigation.
* If the Libyan War Was About Saving Lives, It Was a Catastrophic Failure
UN ends Libya no-fly zone
UN ends Libya no-fly zone | The Raw Story
NTC Vows to Prosecute Those Responsible for Gadhafi Killing
Backtracking on initial denials that he was even executed, Libya's interim government vowed to find and prosecute the man who shot Gadhafi
by John Glaser, October 27, 2011
Libya’s interim government has vowed to prosecute anyone found responsible for the death of Muammar Gadhafi, in a sharp break with earlier denials that he was executed.
NTC Vows to Prosecute Those Responsible for Gadhafi Killing -- News from Antiwar.com
Well, Well. Maybe the new leadership is going to be more civilized , legal and ethical than first thought. Kinda puts those that did this butchering and all those that supported it to major shame. (and if tried in a court of law......would be guilty of crimes against humanity.)
IF they follow through, locate and arrest those butchers and proceed to try them in a court of law ...one can then have some respect for the new leadership and its potential for the future.
This is very good news.
Backtracking on initial denials that he was even executed, Libya's interim government vowed to find and prosecute the man who shot Gadhafi
by John Glaser, October 27, 2011
Libya’s interim government has vowed to prosecute anyone found responsible for the death of Muammar Gadhafi, in a sharp break with earlier denials that he was executed.
NTC Vows to Prosecute Those Responsible for Gadhafi Killing -- News from Antiwar.com
Well, Well. Maybe the new leadership is going to be more civilized , legal and ethical than first thought. Kinda puts those that did this butchering and all those that supported it to major shame. (and if tried in a court of law......would be guilty of crimes against humanity.)
IF they follow through, locate and arrest those butchers and proceed to try them in a court of law ...one can then have some respect for the new leadership and its potential for the future.
This is very good news.
an interesting little twist:
Dual US-Libyan Citizen Appointed New Libyan Prime Minister
Abdurraheem el-Keib spent his career in academia and has at least some tenuous ties to the energy sector
by John Glaser, November 01, 2011
Abdurraheem el-Keib, a dual US-Libyan citizen, has been elected prime minister of Libya by members of the National Transitional Council who voted in a televised event on Monday, sticking ballots into a transparent box.
Dual US-Libyan Citizen Appointed New Libyan Prime Minister -- News from Antiwar.com
Dual US-Libyan Citizen Appointed New Libyan Prime Minister
Abdurraheem el-Keib spent his career in academia and has at least some tenuous ties to the energy sector
by John Glaser, November 01, 2011
Abdurraheem el-Keib, a dual US-Libyan citizen, has been elected prime minister of Libya by members of the National Transitional Council who voted in a televised event on Monday, sticking ballots into a transparent box.
Dual US-Libyan Citizen Appointed New Libyan Prime Minister -- News from Antiwar.com