VIDEO: Libya Civilian Victims Looking for NATO Trial

[anyplayer:url=http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20120116/06-34-00-ftp-nick-tripoli-new.flv] When a fog of war clears, it looks something like this. It’s just still not that obvious who is taking responsibility between NATO and the National Transitional Council for the deaths of six people…

Whatever Happened to Al Jazeera?

In the final days of the Libyan conflict, as NATO conducted a nonstop bombing campaign, an  Al Jazeera Arabic television correspondent’s actions raised more than eyebrows. They also raised serious questions regarding the journalistic responsibility…

Chomsky: Recognizing the “Unpeople”

On June 15, three months after the NATO bombing of Libya began, the African Union presented to the U.N. Security Council the African position on the attack – in reality, bombing by their traditional imperial aggressors: France and Britain, joined by the U.S., which initially coordinated the assault, and marginally some other nations. It should be recalled that there were two interventions. The first, under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, adopted on March 17, called for a no-fly zone, a cease-fire and measures to protect civilians. After a few moments, that intervention was cast aside as the imperial triumvirate joined the rebel army, serving as its air force.

Will 2012 Bring Tribal War to Libya?

The weather in Tripoli this New Year’s weekend is unseasonably bone chilling with heavy rains flooding the streets reminding this observer more of dreary London this time of year than the southern Maghreb coast of…

Will 2012 Bring Tribal War to Libya?

“To date nothing has been achieved by the new government and people are growing very angry.”   The weather in Tripoli this New Year’s weekend is unseasonably bone chilling with heavy rains flooding the streets…