In short, almost everything in the western press on the crises in Libya is slanted by some faction, or interest, or it is tainted by western arrogance, or by anti-imperialist ideology (of ‘solidarity’), even in the case of the alternative media. There is very little accurate reporting of any kind (but some good work linked or cited herein).
Category: Global Issues
Having successfully fuelled the “Jasmine” protests to create unimaginable impact in the greater part of North Africa, pulling down regimes in countries like Tunisia, Egypt, and threatening an end to Muammar Gaddhafi’s leadership in Libya,…
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi addressed his supporters at a televised public rally in Tripoli on Wednesday, according to the Libyan state TV. Earlier on, Gaddafi replaced two of his ministers who had defected to support…
By Akhtar Jamal: Several hundred “defence advisors” to support anti-Ghadafi Forces Islamabad—The United States, Britain and France have sent several hundred “defence advisors” to train and support the anti-Gadhafi forces in oil-rich…
By The Associated Press: CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he won’t condemn Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and he warned that the United States is preparing an invasion of the North…
[Editorial] US seem determined to apply some of its most destabilizing tactics to China. Last Sunday，Feb. 20, it, with operation code name, “Jasmine Revolution”(JR), attempted to apparently revive the so-called “1989 democracy movement” throughout China…
China’s holdings of long-term U. S. Treasury securities totaled 1.16 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of December 2010, according to an annual revision report released by the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday. The figure…
Libya is drowning in blood. A vivid picture of awful massacres in Benghazi, hundreds of innocent people killed, military attacking protesters, and a monstrous picture of the country’s leader Muammar Gaddafi who was said to…
According to their information, the situation in Tripoli and the western region remains calm. Life of the city came back to normal. Starting Thursday, Feb. 24, banks were operating as usual. Yesterday (Feb. 28) there were especially many clients the leader of the country Muammar Gaddafi ordered to provide all Libyans with the financial assistance one time in the amount of 500 dinars (about U.S. $ 400). People started receiving it on Feb. 27. Many stores have already opened. Schools and kindergartens as well as other public institutions reopened too.
Yoichi Shimatsu, Senior Advisor to the 4th Media, based in Hong Kong, covered the rise of Islamic militancy in North Africa in the 1990s for the Japan Times group. In the 2005 political thriller “Syriana”,…