Syrian cabinet resigns amid unrest
• english.aljazeera.netGovernment resigns as part of promised reforms after two weeks of protests, outgoing PM appointed caretaker premier.
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World powers discuss Libya's future
• english.aljazeera.netHillary Clinton says coalition strikes will continue until Gaddafi complies with UN resolution as talks begin in London.
Obama's Libya Speech Fact Checked: How The Claims Fit The Facts
• huffingtonpost.comThere may be less than meets the eye to President Barack Obama's statements Monday night that NATO is taking over from the U.S. in Libya and that U.S. action is limited to defending people under attack there by Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
Middle East Arms Expo an Oddly Peaceful Scene
• wired.comAs Hollywood describes them, Middle Eastern arms deals are nefarious meet-ups in the middle of a desert with black SUVs, automatic weapons and metal briefcases, but the reality is more like a sterile, home-appliance trade show.
U.S. says Libyan rebels may sell oil
• ReutersThe United States gave a green light to sales of Libyan crude oil from rebel-held territory, giving a potential boost to forces battling Muammar Gaddafi. A U.S. Treasury Department official said Libyan rebels would not be subject to U.S. sanctions if
Lejeune Marines prepare to deploy off Libyan coast
• ABC News (video)Twenty-two hundred Marines and sailors from Camp Lejeune are preparing to deploy off the coast of Libya in northern Africa. They said goodbye to their families Monday afternoon, and they'll be leaving in the days ahead.
Pentagon: Libya mission has cost US $550M so far
• APThe military intervention in Libya has cost the Pentagon an extra $550 million so far, mostly for bombs and missiles, officials said. The figure is not a full picture of the price tag for the operation in that it does not include such money as pay fo
Secessionist Movements Seize Provinces in North, South Yemen
• news.antiwar.comRuling Party Insists Saleh Won't Step Down
Clinton: No US Attack on Syria for Now
• news.antiwar.comSays Syrian 'Police Actions' Haven't Sparked Global Condemnation Yet
Libya says NATO "terrorising" its civilians
• www.trust.orgLibya accused NATO on Sunday of "terrorising" and killing its people as part of a global plot to humiliate and weaken the North African country.
Gates: Libya War Not a Vital US Interest
• news.antiwar.comLibya Posed No Threat to US Before War
Reasons and False Pretexts: Why are They Making War on Libya?
• prisonplanet.comThis was announced as the real objective the moment French president Nicolas Sarkozy took the extraordinary step of recognizing the rebels in Benghazi as “the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people”.
Depleted uranium: a strange way to protect Libyan civilians
• prisonplanet.comIn the first 24 hours of the Libyan attack, US B-2s dropped forty-five 2,000-pound bombs. These massive bombs, along with the Cruise missiles launched from British and French planes and ships, all contained depleted uranium (DU) warheads.
Libya state TV anchor clutches AK-47 on-air during pro-Gaddafi screed
• RawStory.comA newsreader on a pro-Gaddafi Libya state TV channel appeared on air brandishing a rifle and finger-wagged his way through a rant of support for Gaddafi and condemnation for the opposition.
Ron Paul: Libya Intervention an ‘Impeachable’ Offense
• dailypaul.comTexas Republican Rep. Ron Paul will be co-sponsoring an amendment announced Tuesday by Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich that would defund the American military intervention in Libya.
Shock, Awe and Deja Vu in Libya. But What’s the Plan, Mr. President?
• lewrockwell.comWith déjà vu we see US cruise missiles being launched from the sea, Libyan AA firing helplessly into the night sky at invisible B-2 heavy bombers, and the burning wreckage of armor and vehicles on desert roads.
Twelve Killed in Syrian City in Clashes With Security Forces
• www.businessweek.comTen Syrian security personnel and two gunmen were killed in clashes in the coastal city of Latakia, the state-run news agency said, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. won’t intervene there as it has in Libya.
Libya rebels: Gaddafi could be right about al-Qaeda
• www.thefirstpost.co.ukTwo documents suggest northeast Libya, centre of rebellion, is an al-Qaeda hotspot
President of Yemen Vows to Stay
• nytimes.comA day after he said he was ready to yield power to “safe hands,” President Ali Abdullah Saleh asserted Saturday that his departure was not imminent, leaving unclear when and under what terms he would agree to step down.
Eyewitness: Gunfire, tear gas in Syrian city
• hosted.ap.orgSyrian security forces fired tear gas on thousands of protesters Monday in a restive southern city as President Bashar Assad faced down the most serious threat to his family's four decades of authoritarian rule.
Israel deploys 'Iron Dome' anti-rocket system
• www.google.comIsrael on Sunday stationed the first batteries of its "Iron Dome" short-range missile defence system in the south of the country, but stressed the initial deployment was experimental.
Unrest in Syria, Jordan Poses New Test for U.S. Policy
• www.cnbc.comEven as the Obama administration defends the NATO-led air war in Libya, the latest violent clashes in Syria and Jordan are raising new alarm among senior officials who view those countries, in the heartland of the Arab world, as far more vital to Ame
Obama: Libyan mission 'succeeding'
• www.politico.comIn his weekly address to the nation, President Barack Obama said Saturday that the joint military operation in Libya is succeeding and that his decision to deploy U.S. military firepower against dictator Muammar Qadhafi’s brutal regime saved lives.
No UN mandate to attack Gaddafi forces: Russia
• ReutersRussia said on Monday attacks on forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi amounted to intervention in a civil war and were not backed by the U.N. resolution authorising no-fly zones.
Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday March 28th 2011
• LewRockwell.comGold, Guns, and Getaways - World Government Won't Work - Altruism Is a Myth - Dolts and Idiots, Don Cooper on the true nature of our overlords - Principled Non-Interventionist - Would the US Military Stand Down in the Face of Civil Unrest?
Consumer Spending Rises Amid Higher Gas Prices
• CNBC.comConsumers spending rose in February at the fastest pace in four months, but a big part of the increase went to cover higher gas prices.
Anyone Remember When John McCain Went to Libya to Close a Weapons Deal?
• http://www.papatodd.com/So sorry Senator McCain, but there is this new-fangled-thingy called the internet, and it remembers everything, like your trip to Libya to put weapons into the hands of the guy that we are now bombing for using those same weapons that you helped him
Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links
• Daily TelegraphAbdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Libya may be placing corpses at bombed sites -Gates
• ReutersU.S. intelligence reports suggest that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces have placed the bodies of people they have killed at the sites of coalition air strikes so they can blame the West for the deaths, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates sa
Clinton rules out U.S. Syria involvement for now
• ReutersSecretary of State Hillary Clinton ruled out the United States intervening militarily in Syria in the same way it has in Libya, saying each Arab uprising was unique. She deplored the violence in Syria but the circumstances were different in Libya, wh
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