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| + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Civil_War | ||
| + | |constitutes=war, supreme crime, US Sponsored Regime-change efforts since 1945, regime change | ||
| + | |perpetrators=Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Jordan, Qatar, Sweden, United Arab Emirates | ||
| + | |ON_constitutes=Humanitarian intervention | ||
| + | |image=Sirte-after-nato-bombardments.jpg | ||
| + | |image_caption=The once-beautiful coastal city of Sirte following [[NATO]]'s [[Humanitarian Intervention]] | ||
| + | |image_width=330px | ||
| + | |start=15 February 2011 | ||
| + | |end=23 October 2011 | ||
| + | |locations=Libya | ||
| + | |fatalities=>60000 | ||
| + | |description="Perhaps one of the most egregious examples of US military aggression and lawlessness in recent memory", carried out under a pretext of "[[humanitarian intervention]]". | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | [[File:London Conference on Libya 2011.jpg|thumb|350px|Photo-call of participants in the March 2011 London Conference on Libya that resolved to support miltary action against Libya pursuant to 2011 UNSC resolutions 1970 and 1973. ''Source: London FCO.'']] | ||
| + | The '''2011 Attacks on Libya''' represented "perhaps one of the most egregious examples of US military aggression and lawlessness in recent memory".<ref>https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/09/08/the-plot-against-libya/</ref> The US was aided by 13 fellow [[NATO]] members (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the UK), and 4 other states (Jordan, Qatar, Sweden & United Arab Emirates). They began in March and ended on 31 October, 10 days after [[Muammar Gaddafi]] was murdered by his NATO-backed rebel captors. Seven months of NATO airstrikes were estimated to have killed 60,000 Libyan civilians.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81jFIxW4yZ8 "NATO airstrikes killed 60,000 Libyan civilians"]</ref> | ||
==Official Narrative== | ==Official Narrative== | ||
| − | Many of the intervening countries talked about "humanitarian intervention". | + | Many of the intervening countries talked about "[[humanitarian intervention]]". Wikipedia terms this event the "Libyan Civil War" and says nothing about foreign sponsorship. |
===Problems=== | ===Problems=== | ||
| − | The {{on}} omits to note that in 2007, retired US | + | The {{on}} omits to note that in 2007, retired US 4-star General [[Wesley Clark]] told how he learned in 2001 of a Pentagon plan to destroy the governments of 7 countries in 5 years:- [[Iraq]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Libya]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]] and [[Iran]].<ref>{{UG |link=673 |type=episode |desc=the lies told by {{ccm}}}}</ref> |
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| + | From observing the [[news media]] and [[television]] coverage in 2011 one could get the impression that literally everybody who used the word "humanitarian" and called for the removal of Gadaffi did not care for the country anymore the second he died; when it sunk into [[civil war]], with terror bombings, kidnappings, extrajudicial killings and a treatment of Africans that was far worse than before.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/specials/africa/libya-slave-auctions</ref><ref>https://www.newsweek.com/humans-sale-libyan-slave-trade-continues-while-militants-kill-and-torture-855118</ref> | ||
==Alternative Explanations== | ==Alternative Explanations== | ||
| − | + | [[File:Libya-green-square-1-july-pro-gaddafi-rally-1.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Protests in support of [[Gadaffi]] with a up to 1.7 million people in [[Tripoli]] (Green Square) 2011<ref>https://hannenabintuherland.com/currentaffairs/foreign-policy-journal-muammar-gaddafis-son-saif-islam-solve-libya-crisis/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200922234532/https://www.hannenabintuherland.com/currentaffairs/foreign-policy-journal-muammar-gaddafis-son-saif-islam-solve-libya-crisis/ Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/MAKGL Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://tapnewswire.com/2015/08/the-life-death-of-gaddafis-libya-a-study-of-the-libya-that-no-longer-exists-1969-2011/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20201030043846/http://tapnewswire.com/2015/08/the-life-death-of-gaddafis-libya-a-study-of-the-libya-that-no-longer-exists-1969-2011/ Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/uf3mg Archive.is]</ref>]] | |
| + | There is no shortage of alternative factors which may have contributed to the decision to attack Libya. These are summarised briefly below and elaborated on in the [[#Related Documents|Related Documents section]]. | ||
| − | === | + | ===Gold Dinar=== |
| − | + | [[RT]] suggested that NATO intervention may have been motivated by Gaddafi's attempts to establish a [[United States of Africa|unified federation of African states]] that would use the [[Islamic gold dinar|gold dinar]] as its currency and demand that foreign importers of African oil pay in gold.<ref>"[http://www.rt.com/news/economy-oil-gold-libya/ Saving the world economy from Gaddafi]" RT, 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.</ref><ref>https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/09/12/LibyaLie/</ref> Despite its stated opposition to NATO intervention, [[Russia]] abstained from voting on [[United Nations Security Council]] Resolution 1973 instead of exercising its veto power as a permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]]; four other powerful nations also abstained from the vote — [[India]], [[China]], [[Germany]], and [[Brazil]] — but of that group only China has the same veto power. However, the fifth [[BRICS]] member, South Africa, actually voted in favour of UNSCR 1973.<ref>"[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/03/201131720311168561.html UN authorizes no-fly zone over Libya]." [[Al Jazeera]]. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.</ref> According to leaked E-Mails, the US [[State Department]] expected substantial physical Gold holdings in Libya.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013513/http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-09/clinton-email-hints-oil-gold-were-behind-regime-change-libya</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160108141358/https://www.foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_DecWebClearedMeta/31-C1/DOC_0C05779612/C05779612.pdf</ref> | |
| + | {{SMWQ | ||
| + | |subjects=2011 Attacks on Libya, Gold, Central banking | ||
| + | |text=Gaddafi's government holds 143 tons of [[gold]], and a similar amount in silver. This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar. This plan was designed to provide Francophone Africa with an alternative to the CFA." | ||
| + | |source_name=The Ecologist | ||
| + | |source_URL=http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987399/why_qaddafi_had_to_go_african_gold_oil_and_the_challenge_to_monetary_imperialism.html | ||
| + | |authors=Ellen Brown | ||
| + | |date=14th March 2016 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| − | === | + | ===Sovereign Wealth Funds=== |
| − | [[ | + | Before the US, Britain and France carried out a military attack on Libya to get their hands on its energy wealth, they took over the Libyan sovereign wealth funds, estimated at $70 billion. Facilitating this operation was the head of the [[Libyan Investment Authority]] (LIA), [[Mohamed Layas]], as revealed in a cable published by [[WikiLeaks]]. On 20 January 2011, Layas informed the US ambassador in Tripoli that LIA had deposited $32 billion in US banks. Five weeks later, on February 28, the US Treasury "froze" these accounts. According to official statements, this is "the largest sum ever blocked in the United States," which Washington held "in trust for the future of Libya." Such an injection of capital will be welcome into the deeply indebted US economy. In March 2011, the EU "froze" around €45 billion of Libyan funds.<ref>[http://www.globalresearch.ca/financial-heist-of-the-century-confiscating-libya-s-sovereign-wealth-funds-swf/24479 "Financial Heist of the Century: Confiscating Libya’s Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF)"]</ref> |
===Financial Independence=== | ===Financial Independence=== | ||
| − | With large supplies of oil, water, a relatively small population, a stockpile of gold and a leader in nobody's pocket, some have suggested that Libya was perceived as a country that was dangerously independent of Western influence. [[Ellen Brown]] notes that one of the first actions taken by the Libyan rebels was to set up their own central bank.<ref | + | With large supplies of oil, water, a relatively small population, a stockpile of gold and a leader in nobody's pocket, some have suggested that Libya was perceived as a country that was dangerously independent of Western influence. [[Ellen Brown]] notes that one of the first actions taken by the Libyan rebels was to set up their own central bank.<ref>{{UG |link=675 |type=episode |desc=how {{te}} lies by omission}}</ref>. |
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| + | ===Oil=== | ||
| + | Libya has the 9th largest reserves of [[oil]], and the largest of any nation in Africa. | ||
===Fresh Water reserves=== | ===Fresh Water reserves=== | ||
| − | A substantial area of the Nubian Aquifer lies beneath Libyan territory. It is the largest known fossil water aquifer containing an estimated 150,000 km<sup>3</sup> of fresh water and is the source of the ''Great Man-made River'', the | + | A substantial area of the Nubian Aquifer lies beneath Libyan territory. It is the largest known fossil [[water]] aquifer containing an estimated 150,000 km<sup>3</sup> of fresh water and is the source of the ''Great Man-made River'', the world's largest irrigation project.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_Sandstone_Aquifer_System "Great Man-made River Project"]</ref> |
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| + | ==Foreign Sponsorship== | ||
| + | Evidence suggests that the war may have been incited, organised and/or funded by [[deep state]] actors outside the country. [[Ellen Brown]] asks why, although the rebels are still fighting, they have taken time out to create their own [[central bank]].<ref>http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/550</ref> A UK registered humanitarian charity, [[World for Libya]], was revealed which operated in Libya with during that time, which has interesting links to another UK registered humanitarian charity in Syria at about the time a "humanitarian intervention" was planned for that country. | ||
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| + | ==Responses== | ||
| + | "The fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 sent Libya into freefall, and spread chaos across northern Africa. Weapons poured into northern [[Mali]] and emboldened [[Islamic militias]] in the Sahel – one of the world's hottest, driest and least stable regions – to spread their influence over a number of towns and villages."<ref>https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sahel-fire-malian-refugee-crisis-world-forgot</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Weblinks== | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924075943/http://gagnauga.is/index.php?Fl=Greinar&ID=169 Yes, I’m saying that it’s all lies] observations about the [[regime change]] - September 01, 2011 / [https://archive.is/LKH1L archive.is] | ||
| + | *[https://www.counterpunch.org/2011/07/27/lies-of-the-libyan-war/ Lies of the Libyan War] - [[Thomas Mountain]] - July 27, 2011 | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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 The once-beautiful coastal city of Sirte following NATO's Humanitarian Intervention | |
| Date | 15 February 2011 - 23 October 2011 |
|---|---|
| Location | Libya |
| Perpetrators | Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Jordan, Qatar, Sweden, United Arab Emirates |
| Deaths | >60000">" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60000. |
| Interest of | 'Burning Blogger of Bedlam', Bernard-Henri Lévy |
| Description | "Perhaps one of the most egregious examples of US military aggression and lawlessness in recent memory", carried out under a pretext of "humanitarian intervention". |
The 2011 Attacks on Libya represented "perhaps one of the most egregious examples of US military aggression and lawlessness in recent memory".[1] The US was aided by 13 fellow NATO members (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the UK), and 4 other states (Jordan, Qatar, Sweden & United Arab Emirates). They began in March and ended on 31 October, 10 days after Muammar Gaddafi was murdered by his NATO-backed rebel captors. Seven months of NATO airstrikes were estimated to have killed 60,000 Libyan civilians.[2]
Contents
Official Narrative
Many of the intervening countries talked about "humanitarian intervention". Wikipedia terms this event the "Libyan Civil War" and says nothing about foreign sponsorship.
Problems
The official narrative omits to note that in 2007, retired US 4-star General Wesley Clark told how he learned in 2001 of a Pentagon plan to destroy the governments of 7 countries in 5 years:- Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran.[3]
From observing the news media and television coverage in 2011 one could get the impression that literally everybody who used the word "humanitarian" and called for the removal of Gadaffi did not care for the country anymore the second he died; when it sunk into civil war, with terror bombings, kidnappings, extrajudicial killings and a treatment of Africans that was far worse than before.[4][5]
Alternative Explanations
There is no shortage of alternative factors which may have contributed to the decision to attack Libya. These are summarised briefly below and elaborated on in the Related Documents section.
Gold Dinar
RT suggested that NATO intervention may have been motivated by Gaddafi's attempts to establish a unified federation of African states that would use the gold dinar as its currency and demand that foreign importers of African oil pay in gold.[8][9] Despite its stated opposition to NATO intervention, Russia abstained from voting on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 instead of exercising its veto power as a permanent member of the Security Council; four other powerful nations also abstained from the vote — India, China, Germany, and Brazil — but of that group only China has the same veto power. However, the fifth BRICS member, South Africa, actually voted in favour of UNSCR 1973.[10] According to leaked E-Mails, the US State Department expected substantial physical Gold holdings in Libya.[11][12]
“Gaddafi's government holds 143 tons of gold, and a similar amount in silver. This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar. This plan was designed to provide Francophone Africa with an alternative to the CFA."”
Ellen Brown (14th March 2016) [13]
Sovereign Wealth Funds
Before the US, Britain and France carried out a military attack on Libya to get their hands on its energy wealth, they took over the Libyan sovereign wealth funds, estimated at $70 billion. Facilitating this operation was the head of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), Mohamed Layas, as revealed in a cable published by WikiLeaks. On 20 January 2011, Layas informed the US ambassador in Tripoli that LIA had deposited $32 billion in US banks. Five weeks later, on February 28, the US Treasury "froze" these accounts. According to official statements, this is "the largest sum ever blocked in the United States," which Washington held "in trust for the future of Libya." Such an injection of capital will be welcome into the deeply indebted US economy. In March 2011, the EU "froze" around €45 billion of Libyan funds.[14]
Financial Independence
With large supplies of oil, water, a relatively small population, a stockpile of gold and a leader in nobody's pocket, some have suggested that Libya was perceived as a country that was dangerously independent of Western influence. Ellen Brown notes that one of the first actions taken by the Libyan rebels was to set up their own central bank.[15].
Oil
Libya has the 9th largest reserves of oil, and the largest of any nation in Africa.
Fresh Water reserves
A substantial area of the Nubian Aquifer lies beneath Libyan territory. It is the largest known fossil water aquifer containing an estimated 150,000 km3 of fresh water and is the source of the Great Man-made River, the world's largest irrigation project.[16]
Foreign Sponsorship
Evidence suggests that the war may have been incited, organised and/or funded by deep state actors outside the country. Ellen Brown asks why, although the rebels are still fighting, they have taken time out to create their own central bank.[17] A UK registered humanitarian charity, World for Libya, was revealed which operated in Libya with during that time, which has interesting links to another UK registered humanitarian charity in Syria at about the time a "humanitarian intervention" was planned for that country.
Responses
"The fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 sent Libya into freefall, and spread chaos across northern Africa. Weapons poured into northern Mali and emboldened Islamic militias in the Sahel – one of the world's hottest, driest and least stable regions – to spread their influence over a number of towns and villages."[18]
Weblinks
- Yes, I’m saying that it’s all lies observations about the regime change - September 01, 2011 / archive.is
- Lies of the Libyan War - Thomas Mountain - July 27, 2011
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Borghezio | “Gaddafi 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 multinationals” | Mario Borghezio | 2011 |
Related Documents
References
- ↑ https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/09/08/the-plot-against-libya/
- ↑ "NATO airstrikes killed 60,000 Libyan civilians"
- ↑
- ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/specials/africa/libya-slave-auctions
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/humans-sale-libyan-slave-trade-continues-while-militants-kill-and-torture-855118
- ↑ https://hannenabintuherland.com/currentaffairs/foreign-policy-journal-muammar-gaddafis-son-saif-islam-solve-libya-crisis/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://tapnewswire.com/2015/08/the-life-death-of-gaddafis-libya-a-study-of-the-libya-that-no-longer-exists-1969-2011/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ "Saving the world economy from Gaddafi" RT, 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/09/12/LibyaLie/
- ↑ "UN authorizes no-fly zone over Libya." Al Jazeera. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013513/http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-09/clinton-email-hints-oil-gold-were-behind-regime-change-libya
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160108141358/https://www.foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_DecWebClearedMeta/31-C1/DOC_0C05779612/C05779612.pdf
- ↑ http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987399/why_qaddafi_had_to_go_african_gold_oil_and_the_challenge_to_monetary_imperialism.html The Ecologist
- ↑ "Financial Heist of the Century: Confiscating Libya’s Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF)"
- ↑
- Radio show about how the establishment lies by omission
- ↑ "Great Man-made River Project"
- ↑ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/550
- ↑ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sahel-fire-malian-refugee-crisis-world-forgot
