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[[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.'']] | [[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.'']] | ||
In 2011, 14 [[NATO]] members (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom & United States), and 4 other states (Jordan, Qatar, Sweden & United Arab Emirates) attacked Libya, beginning in March and ending on 31 October 2011, 10 days after [[Muammar Gaddafi]] was murdered by his NATO-backed rebel captors. | In 2011, 14 [[NATO]] members (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom & United States), and 4 other states (Jordan, Qatar, Sweden & United Arab Emirates) attacked Libya, beginning in March and ending on 31 October 2011, 10 days after [[Muammar Gaddafi]] was murdered by his NATO-backed rebel captors. | ||
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==Official Narrative== | ==Official Narrative== | ||
[[File:Sirte-after-nato-bombardments.jpg|thumb|350px|The once-beautiful coastal city of Sirte following [[NATO]]'s [[Humanitarian Intervention]]]] | [[File:Sirte-after-nato-bombardments.jpg|thumb|350px|The once-beautiful coastal city of Sirte following [[NATO]]'s [[Humanitarian Intervention]]]] | ||
| − | Many of the intervening countries talked about "humanitarian intervention". | + | Many of the intervening countries talked about "[[humanitarian intervention]]". |
===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 name="ug673">{{UG |link=673 |type=episode |desc=the lies tolf by {{ccm}}}}</ref>. |
==Alternative Explanations== | ==Alternative Explanations== | ||
| − | There | + | There is no shortage of alternative factors which may have contributed to the dcision to attack Libya. These are summarised briefly below and elaborated on in the [[#Wikispooks documents related to this page|linked documents table]]. |
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| + | ===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> | ||
===Oil=== | ===Oil=== | ||
| − | Libya has the 9th largest reserves of oil, and the largest of any nation in Africa. | + | Libya has the 9th largest reserves of [[oil]], and the largest of any nation in Africa. |
===Gold Dinar=== | ===Gold Dinar=== | ||
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===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 worlds largest irrigation project. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_Sandstone_Aquifer_System]</ref> | 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 worlds largest irrigation project. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_Sandstone_Aquifer_System]</ref> | ||
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===See Also=== | ===See Also=== | ||
* [[World for Libya]] - A UK registered humanitarian charity operating in Libya with interesting links to another UK registered humanitarian charity in Syria | * [[World for Libya]] - A UK registered humanitarian charity operating in Libya with interesting links to another UK registered humanitarian charity in Syria | ||
* [[File:London Conference on Libya 2011.pdf]] - Communique of the 29 March 2011 that agreed to support, facilitate and organise miltary action against the Libyan government for ''"humanitarian purposes"'' | * [[File:London Conference on Libya 2011.pdf]] - Communique of the 29 March 2011 that agreed to support, facilitate and organise miltary action against the Libyan government for ''"humanitarian purposes"'' | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 3 June 2014
| Date | 15 February 2011 - 23 October 2011 |
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| Interest of | 'Burning Blogger of Bedlam', Bernard-Henri Lévy |
In 2011, 14 NATO members (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom & United States), and 4 other states (Jordan, Qatar, Sweden & United Arab Emirates) attacked Libya, beginning in March and ending on 31 October 2011, 10 days after Muammar Gaddafi was murdered by his NATO-backed rebel captors.
Contents
Official Narrative
Many of the intervening countries talked about "humanitarian intervention".
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. [1].
Alternative Explanations
There is no shortage of alternative factors which may have contributed to the dcision to attack Libya. These are summarised briefly below and elaborated on in the linked documents table.
=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.[2]
Oil
Libya has the 9th largest reserves of oil, and the largest of any nation in Africa.
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.[3] Despite its stated opposition to NATO intervention, Russia abstained from voting on 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.[4]
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.[5].
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 worlds largest irrigation project. [6]
See Also
- World for Libya - A UK registered humanitarian charity operating in Libya with interesting links to another UK registered humanitarian charity in Syria
- File:London Conference on Libya 2011.pdf - Communique of the 29 March 2011 that agreed to support, facilitate and organise miltary action against the Libyan government for "humanitarian purposes"
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
- ↑
- ↑ "Financial Heist of the Century: Confiscating Libya’s Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF)"
- ↑ "Saving the world economy from Gaddafi." RT. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑ "UN authorizes no-fly zone over Libya." Al Jazeera. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑
- Radio show about how the establishment lies by ommission
- ↑ [1]
