Obama Mulls Arming Libyan Rebels
• news.antiwar.comOfficials Suddenly Insist UN Resolution Supports Arming Combatants
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Syrian president blames protests on 'conspirators'
• news.yahoo.comSyrian President Bashar Assad blamed "conspirators" Wednesday for an extraordinary wave of dissent against his authoritarian rule, but he failed to lift the country's despised emergency law or offer any concessions in his first speech since the prote
Libya: Barack Obama says operation is example of ‘how world should work’
• prisonplanet.comThe Libya operation is an example of how the world “should work” with the United States at the centre of a broad international coalition, according to Barack Obama.
Obama Raises American Hypocrisy To A Higher Level
• prisonplanet.comWhat does the world think? Obama has been using air strikes and drones against civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and probably Somalia.
CIA Operative Appointed to Run al-Qaeda Connected Libyan Rebels
• prisonplanet.comOn Saturday, McClatchy reported that Khalifa Hifter, a former Gaddafi military officer, was appointed to lead the rebel army supported by the United Nations, the United States and the Globalist Coalition.
Alex Jones On RT: Al-Qaeda created by CIA
• prisonplanet.comThere is an increasing pressure from lawmakers in Washington, as well as from the American public for President Obama to be more specific in the strategy for Libya.
Kucinich: ‘We are not lapdogs for the president’
• RawStory.comIn a recent House debate on the president’s war powers, Congressman Dennis Kucinich delivered a fiery, impassioned speech in support of ending the Afghanistan war, now the longest in America’s history.
Uganda says it would consider granting asylum to Gaddafi
• RawStory.comUganda would consider an asylum application from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, as it would for anyone seeking refuge in the east African country, a minister said on Wednesday.
Israeli minister proposes Gaza artificial island
• RawStory.comIsrael is considering building an artificial island with sea and air ports off blockaded Gaza, as a long-term solution to shipping goods into the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, the transport minister said.
Egypt’s military issues interim constitution
• RawStory.comEgypt's military rulers on Wednesday issued an interim constitution under which the transitional administration will run the country until elections allow power to be returned to an elected government.
Woman gang-raped in Libya will face charges for slander
• RawStory.comThe saga of Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel full of foreign reporters Saturday and told the story of her gang-rape at the hands of pro-Gaddafi militiamen, continues.
Jon Stewart: Obama ‘showed us the spreadsheet’ for Libya
• RawStory.comJon Stewart went to town analyzing President Barack Obama’s Monday night speech explaining our military action in Libya in his “America At Not-War” segment.
Syria's President Assad vows to defeat 'plot'
• www.bbc.co.ukPresident Bashar al-Assad has told parliament Syria will defeat those behind a "plot" against his country. "Syria is a target of a big plot from outside," he said in his first speech since anti-government demonstrations erupted two weeks ago.
Cost of Libya Intervention $600 Million for First Week, Pentagon Says
• blogs.abcnews.comOne week after an international military coalition intervened in Libya, the cost to U.S. taxpayers has reached at least $600 million, according figures provided by the Pentagon.
Facebook drops uprising page after Israel protest
• news.yahoo.comA Facebook page calling on Palestinians to take up arms against Israel has been removed from the social-networking site after a high-profile Israeli appeal.
Rand Paul's Response to President's Libya Speech 03/28/2011
• dailypaul.comWASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul will offer a response address to President Obama's remarks this evening regarding the situation in Libya. A video and transcript will be available following the President's remarks.
Constitutional Problems with the Libyan War
• dailybell.comLast week the Obama Administration took the United States to war against Libya without bothering to notify Congress, much less obtain a Constitutionally-mandated declaration of war.
Pax Westphalia Dies, Middle East Writhes
• dailybell.comThe 400-year-old Peace of Westphalia goes glimmering into the night; but relax, the United Nations has found something to put in its place.
Rolling Stone publishes graphic photos and videos from notorious Afghan ‘kill team’
• RawStory.comWarning: This report links to highly graphic and disturbing photos
The CIA’s Libya Rebels: The Same Terrorists who Killed US, NATO Troops in Iraq
• prisonplanet.com2007 West Point Study Shows Benghazi-Darnah-Tobruk Area was a World Leader in Al Qaeda Suicide Bomber Recruitment
Susan Rice: Obama Administration Has Not Ruled Out Military Support for Libyan Rebels
• prisonplanet.comU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice says the Obama administration has not ruled out military support for the Libyan rebels.
U.S. says Libyan rebels may sell oil
• prisonplanet.comThe United States on Monday gave a green light to sales of Libyan crude oil from rebel-held territory, giving a potential boost to forces battling Muammar Gaddafi.
In 2009 Gaddafi Proposed Nationalizing Libya’s Oil
• prisonplanet.comIt’s about oil – and who owns it.
Wow That Was Fast! Libyan Rebels Have Already Established A New Central Bank Of Libya
• prisonplanet.comThe rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and form a new national oil company.
Egypt Junta: Mubarak, Family Under House Arrest
• news.antiwar.comDenies Rumors Former Dictator Fled to Saudi Arabia
Israel’s Controversial Citizenship Act Passes
• news.antiwar.comLaw Will Allow Govt to Revoke Citizenship From Those 'Harming Israel's Sovereignty'
Yemen's Saleh tried to get Saudis to kill rival: WikiLeaks
• news.yahoo.comYemen President Ali Abdallah Saleh tried to get Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, now a leading dissident officer, killed last year by tricking Saudi forces into bombing his headquarters, a Norwegian daily said Monday, quoting a leaked US cable.
Yemenis blame Saleh as security deteriorates
• english.aljazeera.netYemeni protesters demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule said on Tuesday they would insist he leave power soon, blaming him for violence that has raised U.S. fears of chaos that could benefit militants.
Obama Lauds ‘Historic’ War in Libya
• news.antiwar.comIgnores End Game, Touts Speed of Starting War
Turkey Seeks to Broker Cease-Fire in Libya
• news.antiwar.comTalking to Both Sides as 'Mediator' of Conflict
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