US mulls ‘keeping 10,000 troops in Iraq’
• RawStory.comUS and Iraqi officials are looking into keeping 10,000 US troops in the country beyond a year's end deadline for a complete withdrawal.
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US Military Theatre Expands Again
• dailybell.chU.S. to use Predator drones in Libya . . . President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
Obama OKs use of armed drone aircraft in Libya
• APPresident Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, authorizing U.S. airstrikes on ground forces for the first time since America turned control of the operation over to NATO April 4. It also is the first time that drones will be used f
U.S. drone strike kills 25 in Pakistan's North Waziristan
• Reuters2 US pilotless aircraft fired 4 missiles into a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border killing 25 militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The strike came 2 days after a visit to Islamabad by Admiral Mike Mullen, th
Syrian security forces open fire; 15 dead
• APSyrian security forces fired live bullets and tear gas on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country, killing at least 15 people — including a young boy — as the uprising against President Assad's authoritarian regime defied a deadly security cr
McCain Visits Rebels In Libya And Calls For Increased Support
• globalspin.blogs.time.comIs Sen. John McCain's visit Friday morning to the Benghazi strong-hold of Libya's rebel forces a sign of creeping escalation in the conflict with strongman Muammar Gaddafi that may lead to eventual troop deployment by Western nations? Impossible to k
Pentagon: Robot War Over Libya Begins in 3, 2, 1 …
• Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.comMoammar Gadhafi’s forces are killing Libyan civilians and pushing back rebel forces, NATO air strikes be damned. So it’s time to send in the drones.
More NATO ‘Advisers’ Sent to East Libya
• news.antiwar.comEU Mulls 1,000 'Humanitarian Troops' for Civil War
UPDATE 2-Rebels will accept foreign forces to protect Libyans
• www.reuters.com* Rebel spokesman says NATO action improving * Military leaders have approved arrival of military advisers
Analysts: Libya War Could Drag On Indefinitely
• news.antiwar.comGadhafi Seen Consolidating His Position
Libyan War Gets Weird: Defending the Indefensible
• prisonplanet.comEven those who have studied for years the criminal consolidation of this planet under the global corporate-financier oligarchy may be noticing that the war in Libya is turning into something new and unprecedented.
West Takes Over East
• dailybell.chItaly, France sending troops to advise Libyan rebels ... France and Italy announced Wednesday that they will send military officers to Libya to advise rebels fighting for the ouster of leader Moammar Gadhafi and his regime.
Libya Proxy Cold War Between China & West?
• http://www.prisonplanet.com/Many share the opinion that Washington is pursuing a larger goal than just regime change across the Arab world. RT crosses live to Brazil to speak to Asia Times correspondent.
Brits join ground fight in Libya
• www.thesun.co.ukBRITISH military officers are set to hit the ground in Libya to bolster rebels fighting tyrant Colonel Gaddafi.
UN calls for restraint in Yemen
• http://english.aljazeera.net/Security Council discusses crisis for first time amid growing concern at continuing violence against protesters.
From Waco to Libya: 18 Years of Humanitarian Mass Murder
• http://www.lewrockwell.com/"The Davidian cult in Waco was dealt with by armored vehicles," remarked Muammar Gaddafi in February, defending his own crackdowns in light of the U.S. government’s April 19 marks eighteen years since
Syria Meets New Defiance With Bullets and a Warning
• nytimes.comThe government in Syria tried to placate protesters with declarations of reform
Libyan rebels get organized
• english.aljazeera.netRecently, the rebels' tactics and organization have improved, and they now resemble a trained militia, if not an army.
US denies seeking Assad's ouster
• english.aljazeera.netState department says it isn't undermining Syria's regime, after WikiLeaks exposed financing of opposition groups.
Britain to send military advisers to Libya
• english.aljazeera.netForeign minister says team will be sent to help support Libya's opposition council, but will not train or arm rebels.
Syria 'lifts emergency law'
• english.aljazeera.netGovernment approves bill lifting emergency law, in place for 48 years, following demands by pro-democracy protesters.
LIBYAN REBEL WAR CRIMES: The Videos America Doesn’t Want You To See
• prisonplanet.comYesterday we published footage from a town destroyed by Qaddafi’s rockets: Libyan Rebels Risk Death To Bring You This Video.
Pretext For War On Libya Proven Fraudulent By Casualty Figures
• prisonplanet.comData clearly shows Gaddafi has not deliberately targeted innocent civilians
Today on LewRockwell.com - Tuesday April 19th, 2011
• lewrockwell.comThe EU Crack-Up - Lew Rockwell on the inevitable outcome of conglomeration, fiat money, fractional banks, and bailouts. / The Real Reason for the 'Civil War' - Believe none of the official tales, says Kirkpatrick Sale. / Egypt's Revolution Has Just B
Western Wars Are for Oil?
• dailybell.chCapitalism always seeks to exploit the worker and is always expansive. Wars are always those of exploitation.
The Colonial "Axis of Evil" Prepares for the Invasion of Libya
• InformationClearingHouse.info[I]t is impossible to imagine a future for Libya with Qaddafi in power,” wrote Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, and David Cameron in a joint article published simultaneously in the New York Times and several European newspapers...
Gunman kills two inside Afghan defence ministry
• The Raw StoryAn Afghan army infiltrator opened fire inside the defence ministry in Kabul on Monday, killing two soldiers and wounding seven in an audacious strike on the heart of government claimed by the Taliban.
Snipers, cluster bombs panic Libya’s Misrata
• The Raw StorySnipers, cluster bombs and intense shelling are spreading panic in Misrata, an AFP reporter said on Monday, as a doctor reported 1,000 people killed in six weeks of fighting in the besieged city.
The disappeared of Kashmir
• english.aljazeera.netAl Jazeera reports on the boys who never came home.
Libya Rebels Draw on Benghazi Committees for ‘Win or Die’ Fight
• www.businessweek.comAhmed Algallal, an importer of Kone OYJ lifts in Libya, spent 14 years in the U.K. because his father preferred exile to life under Muammar Qaddafi. “There won’t be another exile for me,” he said. “We win or die.”
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