2011 Attacks on Libya
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.
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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
Some commentators have alternative explanations why Libya was attacked.
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4].
See Also
- World for Libya - A UK registered humanitarian charity operating in Libya with interesting links to another UK registered humanitarian charity in Syria
References
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- ↑ "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.
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- Radio show about how the establishment lies by ommission
