Cynthia McKinney<div>US/NATO against Libya: WEB OF LIES - EXPOSED!</div><div>September 23, 2011</div><div><br></div><div>Independent journalist Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya has come up with blockbuster details of the WEB OF LIES that spawned the NATO genocide in Libya. This is a long, but very important read. Please pay close attention to the names listed in the Annex of his report. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Mahdi and I will be on KPFK's Freedom Now, hosted by Dedon Kamathi (5:00 pm Pacific Time). Hear Mahdi explain this document in eloquent and passionate detail. Most of us are already aware of the fact of the lie, but Mahdi will tell us how the lie became global United Nations/NATO policy. And this is what will truly shock you: how a decision to go to war against a country and completely destroy it was so cavalierly undertaken. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Mahdi's report is extremely important. Tune in tomorrow at KPFK.org and then continue to watch that spot as more of Mahdi's information obtained in those last harrowing days in Libya will be exposed. If you cannot tune in to us live, then please check the KPFK Freedom Now audio archives at your convenience.<div>
<br></div><div>By the way, I'm receiving multiple reports from different sources that Green Flags are being hoisted in Tripoli, Cyrenaica, Benghazi, and other places. I have no way to know if these reports are true, but NATO extended their mission for another three months. I would call that "a clue."<br>
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<br></div><div>Before you read Mahdi's report, turn the volume on your speakers way up and enjoy the music as the author of this video rips apart what could be a CNN photoshopped news report. And remember, they do photoshop because they were photoshopping Osama bin Laden from the face of a member of the Parliament of Spain, remember that? So, why not photoshop Libya, too? NATO had better watch out; at this rate, they might lose their fig leaf.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here's the video link sent to me from the Venezuelan website <a href="http://resistencialibia.info" target="_blank">resistencialibia.info</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jblZZKEm_fo&feature=channel_video_title" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jblZZKEm_fo&feature=channel_video_title</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Now, here's Mahdi's very exhaustively documented article:</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">LIBYA
AND THE BIG LIE: USING HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO LAUNCH WARS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mahdi
Darius Nazemroaya</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The war
against Libya is built on fraud. The United Nations Security Council passed two
resolutions against Libya on the basis of unproven claims, specifically that
Colonel Muammar Qaddafi was killing his own people in Benghazi. The claim in
its exact form was that Qaddafi had ordered Libyan forces to kill 6,000 people
in Benghazi. These claims were widely disseminated, but always vaguely
explained. It was on the basis of this claim that Libya was referred to the
U.N. Security Council at U.N Headquarters in New York City and kicked out of
the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">False
claims about African mercenary armies in Libya and about jet attacks on
civilians were also used in a broad media campaign against Libya. These two
claims have been sidelined and have become more and more murky. The massacre
claims, however, were used in a legal, diplomatic, and military framework to
justify NATO’s war on the Libyans.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Using
Human Rights as a Pretext for War: The LLHR and its Unproven Claims</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">One of
the main sources for the claim that Qaddafi was killing his own people is the Libyan
League for Human Rights (LLHR). The LLHR was actually pivotal to getting the
U.N. involved through its specific claims in Geneva. On February 21, 2011 the
LLHR got the 70 other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to sent letters to
the President Obama, E.U. High Representative Catherine Ashton., and the U.N.
Secretary-General Ban-ki Moon demanding international action against Libya
invoking the “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine. Only 25 members of this
coalition actually assert that they are human rights groups.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
letter is as follows:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">We, the undersigned non-governmental, human
rights, and humanitarian organizations, urge you to mobilize the United Nations
and the international community and take immediate action to halt the mass
atrocities now being perpetrated by the Libyan government against its own
people. The inexcusable silence cannot continue.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">As you know, in the past several days, Colonel
Moammar Gadhafi’s forces are estimated to have deliberately killed hundreds of
peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders across the country. In the city of
Benghazi alone, one doctor reported seeing at least 200 dead bodies. Witnesses
report that a mixture of special commandos, foreign mercenaries and regime
loyalists have attacked demonstrators with knives, assault rifles and
heavy-caliber weapons.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Snipers are shooting peaceful protesters.
Artillery and helicopter gunships have been used against crowds of demonstrators.
Thugs armed with hammers and swords attacked families in their homes. Hospital
officials report numerous victims shot in the head and chest, and one struck on
the head by an anti-aircraft missile. Tanks are reported to be on the streets
and crushing innocent bystanders. Witnesses report that mercenaries are
shooting indiscriminately from helicopters and from the top of roofs. Women and
children were seen jumping off Giuliana Bridge in Benghazi to escape. Many of
them were killed by the impact of hitting the water, while others were drowned.
The Libyan regime is seeking to hide all of these crimes by shutting off
contact with the outside world. Foreign journalists have been refused entry.
Internet and phone lines have been cut or disrupted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">There is no question here about intent. The
government media has published open threats, promising that demonstrators would
meet a “violent and thunderous response.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Accordingly, the government of Libya is
committing gross and systematic violations of the right to life</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""> as guaranteed by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights. Citizens seeking to exercise their rights to freedom of
expression and freedom of assembly are being massacred by the government.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Moreover, the government of Libya is committing
crimes against humanity</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">,
as defined by the Explanatory Memorandum to the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court. The Libyan government’s mass killing of innocent
civilians amount to particularly odious offences which constitute a serious
attack on human dignity. As confirmed by numerous oral and video testimonies
gathered by human rights organizations and news agencies, the Libyan
government’s assault on its civilian population are not isolated or sporadic
events. Rather, these actions constitute a widespread and systematic policy and
practice of atrocities, intentionally committed, including murder, political
persecution and other inhumane acts which reach the threshold of crimes against
humanity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Responsibility to Protect</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Under the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document,
you have a clear and unambiguous responsibility to protect the people of Libya.
The international community, through the United Nations, has the responsibility
to use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means, in
accordance with Chapters VI and VIII of the Charter, to help to protect the
Libyan population. Because the Libyan national authorities are manifestly
failing to protect their population from crimes against humanity, should
peaceful means be inadequate, member states are obliged to take collective
action, in a timely and decisive manner, through the <b>Security Council</b>,
in accordance with the UN Charter, including Chapter VII.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">In addition, we <b>urge you to convene an
emergency Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council</b>, whose members
have a duty, under UNGA Resolution 60/251, to address situations of gross and
systematic violations of violations of human rights. The session should:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">•Call for the General Assembly to <b>suspend
Libya’s Council membership</b>, pursuant to Article 8 of Resolution 60/251,
which applies to member states that commit gross and systematic violations of
human rights.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">•Strongly condemn, and demand an immediate end
to, Libya’s massacre of its own citizens.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">•Dispatch immediately an international mission
of independent experts to collect relevant facts and document violations of
international human rights law and crimes against humanity, in order to end the
impunity of the Libyan government. The mission should include an independent
medical investigation into the deaths, and an investigation of the unlawful
interference by the Libyan government with the access to and treatment of
wounded.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">•Call on the UN High Commissioner of Human
Rights and the Council’s relevant Special Procedures to closely monitor the
situation and take action as needed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">•Call on the Council to remain seized of the
matter and address the Libyan situation at its upcoming 16th regular session in
March.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Member states and high officials of the United
Nations have a responsibility to protect the people of Libya from what are
preventable crimes. We urge you to use all available measures and levers to end
atrocities throughout the country.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">We urge you to send a clear message that, collectively,
the international community, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council
will not be bystanders to these mass atrocities. The credibility of the United
Nations — and many innocent lives — are at stake. [1]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">According
to Physicians for Human Rights: “[This letter was] prepared under the guidance
of Mohamed Eljahmi, the noted Libyan human rights defender and brother of
dissident Fathi Eljahmi, asserts that the widespread atrocities committed by
Libya against its own people amount to war crimes, requiring member states to
take action through the Security Council under the responsibility to protect
doctrine.” [2]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
letters signatories included Francis Fukuyama, United Nations Watch (which
looks out for Israel’s interests), B’nai B’rith Human Rights Commission, the
Cuban Democratic Directorate, and a set of organizations at odds with the
governments of Nicaragua, Cuba, Sudan, Russia, Venezuela, and Libya. Some of
these organizations are viewed with hostility as organizations created to wage
demonization campaigns against countries at odds with the U.S., Israel, and the
European Union. Refer to the annex for the full list of signatories for
consultation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">LLHR is tied
to the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), which is based in France
and has ties to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). FIDH is active in
many places in Africa and in activities involving the National Endowment for
Democracy. Both the FIDH and LLHR also released a joint communiqué on February
21, 2011. In the communiqué both organizations asked for the international
community to “mobilize” and mention the International Criminal Court while also
making a contradictory claiming that over 400 to 600 people had died since
February 15, 2011. [3] This of course was about 5,500 short of the claim that
6,000 people were massacred in Benghazi. The joint letter also promoted the
false view that 80% of Qaddafi’s support came from foreign mercenaries, which
is something that over half a year of fighting proves as untrue.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">According
to the General-Secretary of the LLHR, Dr. Sliman Bouchuiguir, the claims about
the massacres in Benghazi could not be validated by the LLHR when he was
challenged for proof. When asked how a group of 70 non-governmental
organizations in Geneva could support the LLHR’s claims on Geneva, Dr.
Buchuiguir has answered that a network of close relationship was the basis.
This is a mockery.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Speculation
is neither evidence nor grounds for starting a war with a bombing campaign that
has lasted about half a year and taken many innocent civilian lives, including
children and the elderly. What is important to note here is that the U.N.
Security Council decided to sanction the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on the basis of
this letter and the claims of the LLHR. Not once did the U.N. Security Council
and the member states pushing for war once bother to even investigate the
allegations. In one session in New York City, the Indian Ambassador to the U.N.
actually pointed this out when his country abstained from voting. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Thus, a
so-called “humanitarian war” was launched without any evidence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
Secret Relationship between the LLHR and the Transitional Council</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
claims of the Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR) were coordinated with the
formation of the Transitional Council. This becomes clear with when the close
and cagey relationship of the LLHR and the Transitional Council becomes
apparent. Logically, the Obama Administration and NATO had to also be a part of
this. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Whatever
the Transitional Council is and whatever the intent of some of its supporters,
it is clear that it is being used as a tool by the U.S. and others.<span> </span>Moreover, five members of the LLHR were
or would become members of the Transitional Council almost immediately after
the claims against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya were disseminated. According to
Bouchuguir this includes Mahmoud Jibril and Ali Tarhouni. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Dr. Mahmoud
Jibril is a Libyan regime figure brought into Libyan government circles by Saif
Al-Islam Qaddafi. He would undemocratically be given the position of
Transitional Council prime minister. His involvement with the LLHR raises some
real questions about the organization.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
economist Ali Tarhouni on the other hand would become the minister for oil and
finance for the Transitional Council. Tarhouni is Washington’s man in Libya. He
was groomed in the United States and was present at all the major meetings
about plans for regime change in Libya. As Minister of Oil and Finance the
first acts he did were privatize and virtually handover Libya’s energy
resources and economy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
General-Secretary of the LLHR, Sliman Bouchuiguir, has even privately admitted
that many influential members of the Transitional Council are his friends. A
real question of interests arises. Yet, the secret relationship between the
LLHR and the Transitional Council is far more than a question of conflict of
interest. It is a question of justice and manipulation. <span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Who
is Sliman Bouchuiguir?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Sliman
Bouchuguir is an unheard of figure for most, but he has authored a doctoral thesis
that has been widely quoted and used in strategic circles in the United States.
This thesis was published in 1979 as a book, <i>The Use of Oil as a Political
Weapon: A Case Study of the 1973 Arab oil Embargo</i>. The thesis is about the
use of oil as an economic weapon by Arabs, but can easily be applied to the
Russians, the Iranians, the Venezuelans, and others. It examines economic development
and economic warfare and can also be applied to vast regions, including all of
Africa. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Bouchuguir’s
analytical thesis reflects an important line of thinking in Washington, as well
as London and Tel Aviv. It is both the embodiment of a pre-existing mentality,
which includes U.S. National Security Advisor George F. Kennan’s arguments for
maintaining a position of disparity through a constant multi-faced war between
the U.S. and its allies on one hand and the rest of the world on the other
hand. The thesis can be drawn on for preventing the Arabs, or others, from
becoming economic powers or threats. In strategic terms rival economies are
pinned as threats and as “weapons.” This has serious connotations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Moreover,
Bouchuiguir did his thesis at George Washington University under Bernard Reich.
Reich is a political scientist and professor of international relations. He has
worked and held positions at places like the U.S. Defense Intelligence College,
the United States Air Force Special Operations School, the Marine Corps War
College, and the Shiloah Center at Tel Aviv University. He has consulted on the
Middle East for the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department and
received grants such as the Defense Academic Research Support Program Research
grant and the German Marshal Fund Grant. Reich also was or is presently on the
editorial boards of journals such as <i>Israel Affairs</i> (1994-present), <i>Terrorism:
An International Journal </i>(1987-1994), and <i>The New Middle East</i>
(1971-1973). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">It is
also clear that Reich is tied to Israeli interests. He has even written a book
about the special relationship between the U.S and Israel. He has also been an
advocate for a “New Middle East” which would be favourable to Israel. This
includes careful consideration over North Africa. His work has also focused on
the important strategic interface between the Soviet Union and the Middle East
and also on Israeli policy in the continent of Africa.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">It is
clear why Bouchuiguir has his thesis supervised under Reich. On October 23,
1973, Reich gave a testimony at the U.S. Congress. The testimony has been named
“The Impact of the October Middle East War” and is clearly tied to the 1973 oil
embargo and Washington’s aim of pre-empting or managing any similar events in
the future. It has to be asked, how much did Reich influence Bouchuiguir and if
Bouchuiguir espouses the same strategic views as Reich? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
“New North Africa” and a “New Africa” – More than just a “New Middle East”</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">A “New
Africa” is in the works, which will have its borders further drawn out in blood
like in the past. The Obama Administration and its allies have opened the
gateway for a new invasion of Africa. United States Africa Command (AFRICOM)
opened the salvos of the war through Operation Odyssey Damn, before the war on
Libya was transferred to NATO’ Operation Unified Protector.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The U.S.
has used NATO to continue the occupation of post-Second World War Europe. It
will now use AFRICOM to occupy Africa and create an African NATO. It is clear
the U.S. wants an expanded military presence in Libya and Africa under the
disguise of humanitarian aid missions and fighting terrorism – the same
terrorism that it is fanning in Libya and Africa.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The way
is being paved for intervention in Africa under the guise of fighting
terrorism. General Carter Ham has stated: “If we were to launch a humanitarian
operation, how do we do so effectively with air traffic control, airfield
management, [and] those kind of activities?” [4] General Ham’s question is
actually a sales pitch for fashioning African military partnerships and
integration, as well as new bases that could include the use of more military
drones against Libya and other African countries. The Washington Post and The
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) have both made it clear that the Pentagon is actively
trying to establish more drone bases in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to
expand its wars. [WP] In this context, the AFRICOM Commander that there are
ties between the Al-Shabaab in Somalia, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in North
Africa, and the Boko Harem in Nigeria. [6]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
War in Libya is a Fraud</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">General
Ham has said: “I remain confident that had the U.N. not made the decision, had
the U.S. not taken the lead with great support, I’m absolutely convinced there
are many, many people in Benghazi alive today who would not be [alive].” [7]
This is not true and a far stretch from reality. The war has cost more lives
than it could have ever saved. It has ruined a country and opened the door into
Africa for a neo-colonial project.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
claims of the Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR) were never supported or
verified. The credibility of United Nations must be questioned as well as many
humanitarian and human rights organizations that have virtually pushed for a
war. At best the U.N. Security Council is an irresponsible body, but it has
clearly acted outside of due legal process. This pattern now appears to be
repeating itself against the Syrian Arab Republic as unverified claims are
being made by individuals and organizations supported by foreign powers that
care nothing for authentic democratic reforms or liberty.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A">NOTES</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">[1] United Nations Watch et al., “Urgent Appeal
to Stop Atrocities in Libya: Sent by 70 NGOs to the US, EU, and UN,” February
21, 2011:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><a href="http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1330815&ct=9135143" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1330815&ct=9135143</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">[2] Physicians
for Human Rights, “PHR and Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Action in
Libya,” February 22, 2011:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/press/press-releases/news-2011-02-22-libya.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/press/press-releases/news-2011-02-22-libya.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">[3] The International Federation for Human
Rights (FIDH) and the Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR), “</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A">Massacres in Libya: The international community must urgently,”
respond, February 21, 2011:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><a href="http://www.fidh.org/IMG/article_PDF/article_a9183.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">http://www.fidh.org/IMG/article_PDF/article_a9183.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A">[4] Jim Garamone, “Africa Command Learns from Libya Operations,”
American Forces Press Service, September 15, 2011:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><a href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65344&reason=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65344&reason=1</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.75pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A">[5] Gregory Miller and Craig
Whitlock, “U.S. U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian
Peninsula, officials say,” The Washington Post, September 20, 2011; Julian E.
Barnes, “U.S. Expands Drone Flights to Take Aim at East Africa,” The Wall
Street Journal (WSJ), September 21, 2011.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A">[6] Garamone, “Africa Command
Learns,” <i>Op. cit.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2A2A2A">[7] <i>Ibid.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ANNEX:
SIGNATORY OF THE URGENT LETTER FOR ACTION ON LIBYA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">February
12, 2011 – Geneva, Switzerland</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:10.85pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">1. Hillel C. Neuer, United Nations Watch,
Switzerland<br>
2. Dr. Sliman Bouchuiguir, Libyan League for Human Rights, Switzerland<br>
3. Mary Kay Stratis, Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc., USA<br>
4. Carl Gershman, President, The National Endowment for Democracy, USA<br>
5. Yang Jianli, Initiatives for China, USA - </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Former
prisoner of conscience and survivor of Tiananmen Square massacre</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br>
6. Yang Kuanxing, YIbao - </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Chinese
writer, original signatory to Charter 08, the manifesto calling for political
reform in China</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br>
7. Matteo Mecacci, MP, Nonviolent Radical Party, Italy<br>
8. Frank Donaghue, Physicians for Human Rights, USA<br>
9. Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Stop Child Executions, Canada<br>
10. Bhawani Shanker Kusum, Gram Bharati Samiti, India<br>
11. G. Jasper Cummeh, III, Actions for Genuine Democratic Alternatives, Liberia<br>
12. Michel Monod, International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Switzerland<br>
13. Esohe Aghatise, Associazione Iroko Onlus, Italy<br>
14. Harris O. Schoenberg, UN Reform Advocates, USA<br>
15. Myrna Lachenal, World Federation for Mental Health, Switzerland<br>
16. Nguyên Lê Nhân Quyên, Vietnamese League for Human Rights, Switzerland<br>
17. Sylvia G. Iriondo, Mothers and Women against Repression (M.A.R. Por Cuba),
USA<br>
18. David Littman, World Union for Progressive Judaism, Switzerland<br>
19. Barrister Festus Okoye, Human Rights Monitor, Nigeria<br>
20. Theodor Rathgeber, Forum Human Rights, Germany<br>
21. Derik Uya Alfred, Kwoto Cultural Center, Juba – Southern Sudan<br>
22. Carlos E Tinoco, Consorcio Desarrollo y Justicia, A.C., Venezuela<br>
23. Abdurashid Abdulle Abikar, Center for Youth and Democracy, Somalia<br>
24. Dr. Vanee Meisinger, Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association,
Thailand<br>
25. Simone Abel, René Cassin, United Kingdom<br>
26. Dr. Francois Ullmann, Ingenieurs du Monde, Switzerland<br>
27. Sr Catherine Waters, Catholic International Education Office, USA<br>
28. Gibreil Hamid, Darfur Peace and Development Centre, Switzerland<br>
29. Nino Sergi, INTERSOS – Humanitarian Aid Organization, Italy<br>
30. Daniel Feng, Foundation for China in the 21st Century<br>
31. Ann Buwalda, Executive Director, Jubilee Campaign, USA<br>
32. Leo Igwe, Nigerian Humanist Movement, Nigeria<br>
33. Chandika Gautam, Nepal International Consumers Union, Nepal <br>
34. Zohra Yusuf, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan<br>
35. Sekou Doumbia, Femmes & Droits Humains, Mali<br>
36. Cyrille Rolande Bechon, Nouveaux Droits de l'Homme, Cameroon<br>
37. Zainab Al-Suwaij, American Islamic Congress, USA<br>
38. Valnora Edwin, Campaign for Good Governance, Sierra Leone<br>
39. Patrick Mpedzisi, African Democracy Forum, South Africa<br>
40. Phil ya Nangoloh, NamRights, Namibia<br>
41. Jaime Vintimilla, Centro Sobre Derecho y Sociedad (CIDES), Ecuador<br>
42. Tilder Kumichii Ndichia, Gender Empowerment and Development, Cameroon<br>
43. Amina Bouayach, Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights, Morocco<br>
44. Abdullahi Mohamoud Nur, CEPID-Horn Africa, Somalia<br>
45. Delly Mawazo Sesete, Resarch Center on Environment, Democracy & Human
Rights, DR Congo<br>
46. Joseph Rahall, Green Scenery, Sierra Leone<br>
47. Arnold Djuma, Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix, Rwanda <br>
48. Panayote Dimitras, Greek Helsinki Monitor, Greece<br>
49. Carlos E. Ponce, Latina American and Caribbean Network for Democracy,
Venezuela<br>
50. Fr. Paul Lansu, Pax Christi International, Belgium<br>
51. Tharsika Pakeerathan, Swiss Council of Eelam Tamils, Switzerland<br>
52. Ibrahima Niang, Commission des Droits Humains du Mouvement Citoyen, Senegal<br>
53. Virginia Swain, Center for Global Community and World Law, USA<br>
54. Dr Yael Danieli, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, USA<br>
55. Savita Gokhale, Loksadhana, India<br>
56. Hasan Dheeree, Biland Awdal Organization, Somalia<br>
57. Pacifique Nininahazwe, Forum pour le Renforcement de la Société Civile,
Burundi<br>
58. Derik Uya Alfred, Kwoto Cultural Center, Southern Sudan<br>
59. Michel Golubnichy, International Association of Peace Foundations, Russia <br>
60. Edward Ladu Terso, Multi Media Training Center, Sudan<br>
61. Hafiz Mohammed, Justice Africa Sudan, Sudan<br>
62. Sammy Eppel, B'nai B’rith Human Rights Commission, Venezuela<br>
63. Jack Jeffery, International Humanist and Ethical Union, United Kingdom<br>
64. Duy Hoang, Viet Tan, Vietnam<br>
65. Promotion de la Democratie et Protection des Droits Humains, DR Congo<br>
66. Radwan A. Masmoudi, Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy, USA<br>
67. María José Zamora Solórzano, Movimiento por Nicaragua, Nicaragua<br>
68. John Suarez, Cuban Democratic Directorate, USA<br>
69. Mohamed Abdul Malek, Libya Watch, United Kingdom<br>
70. Journalists Union of Russia, Russia <br>
71. Sindi Medar-Gould, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, Nigeria<br>
72. Derik Uya Alfred, Kwoto Cultural Centre, Sudan<br>
73. Sr. Anne Shaym, Presentation Sisters, Australia<br>
74. Joseph Rahad, Green Scenery, Sierra Leone<br>
75. Fahma Yusuf Essa, Women in Journalism Association, Somalia<br>
76. Hayder Ibrahim Ali, Sudanese Studies Center, Sudan<br>
77. Marcel Claude Kabongo, Good Governance and Human Rights NGO, DR Congo <br>
78. Frank Weston, International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization
(IMSCO), USA<br>
79. Fatima Alaoui, Maghrebin Forum for environment and development, Morocco<br>
80. Ted Brooks, Committee for Peace and Development Advocacy, Liberia<br>
81. Felly Fwamba, Cerveau Chrétien, DR Congo<br>
82. Jane Rutledge, CIVICUS: World Alliance of Citizen Participation, South
Africa <br>
83. Ali AlAhmed, The Institute for Gulf Affairs, USA<br>
84. Daniel Ozoukou, Martin Luther King Center for Peace and Social
Justice, Cote d'Ivoire<br>
85. Dan T. Saryee, Liberia Democratic Institute (LDI), Liberia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:10.85pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Individuals<br>
Dr. Frene Ginwala, former Speaker of the South African National Assembly<br>
Philosopher Francis Fukuyama<br>
Mohamed Eljahmi, Libyan human rights activist<br>
Glenn P. Johnson, Jr., Treasurer, Victims of Pan Am Flight 103,
Inc., father of Beth Ann Johnson, victim of Lockerbie bombing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:10.85pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Source: UN Watch (Refer to note 1)</span></p>
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