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In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from the [[Secretary of Defense]]:  we will take seven countries in five years, starting with [[Iraq]], then [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Libya]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]] and finally, [[Iran]].’<ref>Interview radio Democracy Now, 2007-03-02</ref>
 
In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from the [[Secretary of Defense]]:  we will take seven countries in five years, starting with [[Iraq]], then [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Libya]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]] and finally, [[Iran]].’<ref>Interview radio Democracy Now, 2007-03-02</ref>
 
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The [[US]] and [[NATO]] launched unprovoked [[2011 Attacks on Libya|attacks on Libya in 2011]]. This, the [[supreme crime]], was termed as an act of "[[humanitarian intervention]]".
 
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Revision as of 04:30, 23 July 2015

Group.png Libya  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
LocationAfrica
TypeUnited Nations Members.svg nation state
Subgroups Jamahiriya el-Mukhabarat
Interest ofSandra Barr
Member ofAfrican Union, Arab League, Organisation of African Unity, UN
SubpageLibya/Prime Minister
Libya has larger proven oil reserves than any other African nation, ranking 9th in the world.

Libya was on a list of seven countries which retired 4-star general Wesley Clark (former supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe 1997-2001) stated the US military had plans to invade:

In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from the Secretary of Defense: we will take seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finally, Iran.’[1]

Invasion

Full article: 2011 Attacks on Libya

The US and NATO launched unprovoked attacks on Libya in 2011. This, the supreme crime, was termed as an act of "humanitarian intervention".

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Arms for LibyaLibya is the principal sponsor of terrorism. It finances terrorist acts, it trains terrorist groups, it supplies arms, ammunition, passports and other documents to terrorists, and it uses its embassies, so-called peoples' bureaus, as weapons store-houses and sanctuaries for terrorists. Recently, Libya has been escalating its involvement in terrorism.”1986
Mario BorghezioGaddafi was a great leader, a true revolutionary who should not be confused with the new Libyan leadership swept into power by NATO's bayonets and by oil multinationalsMario Borghezio2011
Wesley Clark“In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from the Secretary of Defense: we will take seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finally, Iran.’”Wesley Clark2 March 2007

 

Events

EventDescription
2011 Attacks on Libya"Perhaps one of the most egregious examples of US military aggression and lawlessness in recent memory", carried out under a pretext of "humanitarian intervention".
2012 Benghazi attack
Arms for LibyaAround 20 tonnes of C-4 plastic explosive, training in bomb making, together with thousands of rifles, handguns & other weapons sold by a CIA operative to Muammar Gaddaffi's Libya in the late 1970s - early 1980s. Then "the biggest arms-dealing case in U.S. history", still lacking its own page on Wikipedia as of 2020.
Contaminated blood affairFor several years in the 1980s France knowingly exported tainted blood, killing thousands.

 

Citizens of Libya on Wikispooks

TitleBornDiedDescription
Hassan AssaliLibyan living in UK convicted in 1985 of constructing electronic timers in contravention of the Explosives Substances Act. Conviction quashed on appeal in December 2005.
Nader ElhamessiAugust 1974Spooky businessman who "randomly" sat next to Saleyha Ahsan, co-founded World for Libya
Faraj Hassan198016 August 2010A supporter of Aafia Siddiqui
Moussa Koussa23 March 1949Libya's former intelligence chief who abandoned his country before the Western attack in 2011.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi1 April 195220 May 2012
Radwan Mortada1984Libyan-Lebanese journalist and filmmaker.
Alaa MurabitGates foundation health functionary
Iman al-Obeidi1982Received worldwide media attention during the Western bombing campaign of Libya when she burst into the restaurant of the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told the international press corps there that Libyan troops had beaten and gang-raped her.
Ali al-Salabi1963Played a key role in providing the rebels in the 2011 Libyan Civil War with Qatari money and arms.
Abdullah al-Senussi5 December 1949

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bandung Conference19551955IndonesiaImportant conference for the global south; participants soon became prime targets for US foreign policy

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Ed Miliband’s decision to oppose military action against Syria is an action of statesmanship of which Britons will be proudArticle28 August 2013Michael MeacherIt is all very well to rush to war in a surge of moral outrage, it is quite another to spell out clearly what are the war objectives and how exactly they are to be achieved.
Document:Libya: Fine, but why Britainarticle20 March 2011Brian BarderDavid Cameron seemingly Gung Ho on toppling the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, while Barack Obama takes a back seat
Document:NATO destroys yet another countryarticle26 August 2011Madhav Das Nalapat
Document:Niyirah al-Sabah’s Storyarticle28 August 2011Sandra BarrNiyirah al-Sabah presenting her lies about Saddam Hussein's troops taking babies out of incubators that led to the Iraq War and Iman al-Obeidi claiming she was gang-raped by Muammar Gaddafi's forces justifying the 2011 Attacks on Libya
Document:State Failure - the Conservative Government, Westminster and BritainArticle14 September 2016John S WarrenForeign Affairs Committee report says ex-PM David Cameron was responsible for appalling policy blunders in Libya that helped create a failed state on the verge of civil war. His (synchronised) resignation is all about appearances.
Document:The Syrian Protest Movement and its Historical Contextarticle29 April 2011Mazda Majidi
Document:World War and the Russia-China VetoArticle10 February 2012Carla SteaA discussion of the unrest in Syria. It goes on to detail the appalling and ongoing abuses of human rights in post-Gaddafi Libya - the direct result of the 2011 UNSCR 1973, and the military action it was deemed by NATO to authorise. These abuses, carried out by NATO installed proxies, arguably worse than anything happening in Syria, are a stark warning of what Syrians can expect should NATO succeed in its agenda of "Regime change".
File:DIA-287.pdfreport12 August 2012DIAA declassified DIA document which clearly demonstrates that the rise of ISIS in the Middle East was planned and facilitated by the US Government - as later admitted by DIA director Michael T. Flynn.
File:Leaked-UN-Plan-for-Post-Gadhafi-Libya.pdfmemo9 August 2011An internal UN memo on the plan for UN involvement in 'post-conflict' Libya. It was obtained and first published by Innercitypress.com on 29 August 2011. Its authenticity is not verified but its contents indicate that it probably is a genuine UN document.
File:Sinjar-records final.pdfreportDecember 2007Joseph Felter
Brian Fishman
File:UN-Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.pdfreport4 January 2011UN Working GroupThe report of the UN Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1.
Document:Fourth Meeting of the Libya Contact Grouparticle15 July 2011Unknown
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References

  1. Interview radio Democracy Now, 2007-03-02

See also


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