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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam cannot get a fair trial in Libya and he claims if he is executed it would be tantamount to murder, his defense lawyers said…

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“After nearly a year and a half of civil war and political turmoil, a Libyan criminal justice system that has barely begun to come to terms with the country’s past may be in danger of emulating its old mistakes, jurists and human rights activists warn.

Scores of former deputies of Colonel Muammer Gaddafi’s regime are held in special prisons and languish without trial or access to legal counsel. An estimated 9,000 other lower-ranking suspected war criminals are also being held in militia-run detention centres awaiting referral to a court system just beginning to get on its feet.

“After the judiciary system is back and running then they are ready to hand over prisoners so they can go through trials,” said Ali Sallabi, a leading Muslim cleric who has tried to foster reconciliation efforts between former regime supporters and the current authorities.

But the emergence of special courts for former regime insiders has lead to fears among some jurists that a parallel, politically-motivated special court system overseen by carefully vetted judges is already beginning to rise from the ashes of the former regime.

A prison and courtroom complex in Tripoli – known simply as the Rehabilitation Facility – is one of three in the country housing and trying high profile members of Col Gaddafi’s former regime. So far, only one of the defendants held here, Abuzeid Dorda, former external intelligence chief, has been brought to trial.

On a recent Tuesday, armed security officials escorted Mr Dorda to a defendants’ cage in front of a panel of judges. Prosecutors claimed they had witness testimony and wiretap recordings showing Mr Dorda had supplied weapons and ammunitions to fellow tribesmen to crush a rebellion in the country’s western mountains.

“I haven’t had a chance to sit down with my attorneys so that we are on the same page on a defence,” Mr Dorda pleaded. “Seven months of incarceration, being moved from one place to another, and I’ve still not had a chance to sit with my attorneys.”

His case was quickly adjourned until August 28.

Prison officials insist the rehabilitation facilities – the other two are in Benghazi and Misurata – protect former officials from harm and prevent the need to drive them in armed convoys along city streets.

“We’re dealing with very clear-cut cases of crimes during the revolution,” insists Othman al-Gilani, a former car dealer turned revolutionary who is now a spokesman at the Rehabilitation Facility. “In most cases, they carry these crimes on their backs.”

But some worry that former revolutionaries are creating separate tribunals which abide by their own rules, just as they have created parallel security forces under the ministries of defence and interior.

Judges trying cases at the Rehabilitation Facility must be vetted by a special “integrity” commission of the supreme court to make sure they were not former regime supporters.

There are also indications that standards of evidence for the defendants may be lower at the rehabilitation facilities than at other courts, which are sometimes unable to try cases against former regime insiders because documents were damaged during last year’s conflict.

“We are against the formation of special courts,” said Mohamed Abdul-Salaam Enwaji, chief judge of the North Tripoli Court of First Instance. “The defendants don’t have confidence in these courts. It’s as if the judges were chosen specifically to go after them.”

Libya’s legal system came under heightened international scrutiny after officials of the International Criminal Court were detained for nearly a month on charges of passing sensitive materials to Seif al-Islam Gaddafi during a recent visit.

Despite the doubts of international legal experts, Libyans insist they can try former regime stalwarts, including Seif al-Islam, on their own soil and have sought the extradition of former officials hiding abroad.

Libyan jurists say their government is unlikely to emulate the justice system of Col Gaddafi’s regime, which featured several layers of parallel justice, including a “People’s Court” and a “Revolutionary Court”.

But there is growing concern about the way the mechanism for trying the former regime stalwarts could mushroom, especially if authorities decide to expand its mandate to include crimes committed during Col Gaddafi’s rule or by low-level offenders.

“The right thing to do is to try these guys in the normal court, with each case assigned to the judge whose turn it happens to be, not to form special courts,” said Saleh Merghani, a celebrated Libyan human rights lawyer.

Despite the destruction of court buildings and police stations, and the documentary evidence they contained, legal experts say the ordinary criminal justice system is creaking back to life.

But it has so far refrained from taking up politically sensitive cases, including crimes by revolutionary militias. This may be because judges have been threatened and are scared to oversee controversial cases. “Some judges have had their homes burnt down,” Mr Enjawi said. “They have been attacked, threatened.”

There are also fears that some judges are Gaddafi loyalists. A purge of former regime remnants would bolster the revolutionaries’ confidence in the justice system, but many wonder who would adjudicate such cases.

Mr Merghani, who has sought justice for torture victims of the revolutionary militias as well as those killed by former regime operatives, says the Libyan legal system needs reform not dismantling. “It needs inspection and some repair,” he said. “We need to get better judges, to make the judges feel secure and independent. What Libya needs is a careful restructuring, not a full-scale purge.” »

 

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” SLAIN Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam believes he should be tried before the International Criminal Court (ICC) if justice is to be served, his lawyers says.

“The only way for Libya and the Libyan people to have justice is for the ICC to try this case in a fair, impartial and independent manner,” he was quoted as saying in a defence document submitted to the court on Tuesday.

The Hague-based ICC has issued warrants against both Saif and his late father’s spymaster, Abdullah Senussi, for crimes against humanity committed while trying to put down last year’s bloody revolt.

Saif has been in custody in the southern Libyan town of Zintan since his November in the wake of the uprising that toppled Gaddafi after more than 40 years in power.

The ICC and the Libyan government are locked in a dispute over where Saif should be tried.

“I would have liked to have been tried in Libya by Libyan judges under Libyan law in front of the Libyan people,” Saif was quoted as saying in the document, issued after ICC lawyers visited him last month.

“There will also be no truth if witnesses are faced with possible life sentences for simply testifying in my favour,” he said. “I am not afraid to die but if you execute me after such a trial you should just call it murder.”

His Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and four ICC staff members were freed earlier this month after being held in Libya four almost four weeks while visiting Saif on behalf of the court.

Taylor said after her release she believed it would be “impossible” for Saif to be tried in an independent and impartial manner in Libyan courts. “ 

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“After nearly a year and a half of civil war and political turmoil, a Libyan criminal justice system that has barely begun to come to terms with the country’s past may be in danger of emulating its old mistakes, jurists and human rights activists warn.

Scores of former deputies of Colonel Muammer Gaddafi’s regime are held in special prisons and languish without trial or access to legal counsel. An estimated 9,000 other lower-ranking suspected war criminals are also being held in militia-run detention centres awaiting referral to a court system just beginning to get on its feet.

“After the judiciary system is back and running then they are ready to hand over prisoners so they can go through trials,” said Ali Sallabi, a leading Muslim cleric who has tried to foster reconciliation efforts between former regime supporters and the current authorities.

But the emergence of special courts for former regime insiders has lead to fears among some jurists that a parallel, politically-motivated special court system overseen by carefully vetted judges is already beginning to rise from the ashes of the former regime.

A prison and courtroom complex in Tripoli – known simply as the Rehabilitation Facility – is one of three in the country housing and trying high profile members of Col Gaddafi’s former regime. So far, only one of the defendants held here, Abuzeid Dorda, former external intelligence chief, has been brought to trial.

On a recent Tuesday, armed security officials escorted Mr Dorda to a defendants’ cage in front of a panel of judges. Prosecutors claimed they had witness testimony and wiretap recordings showing Mr Dorda had supplied weapons and ammunitions to fellow tribesmen to crush a rebellion in the country’s western mountains.

“I haven’t had a chance to sit down with my attorneys so that we are on the same page on a defence,” Mr Dorda pleaded. “Seven months of incarceration, being moved from one place to another, and I’ve still not had a chance to sit with my attorneys.”

His case was quickly adjourned until August 28.

Prison officials insist the rehabilitation facilities – the other two are in Benghazi and Misurata – protect former officials from harm and prevent the need to drive them in armed convoys along city streets.

“We’re dealing with very clear-cut cases of crimes during the revolution,” insists Othman al-Gilani, a former car dealer turned revolutionary who is now a spokesman at the Rehabilitation Facility. “In most cases, they carry these crimes on their backs.”

But some worry that former revolutionaries are creating separate tribunals which abide by their own rules, just as they have created parallel security forces under the ministries of defence and interior.

Judges trying cases at the Rehabilitation Facility must be vetted by a special “integrity” commission of the supreme court to make sure they were not former regime supporters.

There are also indications that standards of evidence for the defendants may be lower at the rehabilitation facilities than at other courts, which are sometimes unable to try cases against former regime insiders because documents were damaged during last year’s conflict.

“We are against the formation of special courts,” said Mohamed Abdul-Salaam Enwaji, chief judge of the North Tripoli Court of First Instance. “The defendants don’t have confidence in these courts. It’s as if the judges were chosen specifically to go after them.”

Libya’s legal system came under heightened international scrutiny after officials of the International Criminal Court were detained for nearly a month on charges of passing sensitive materials to Seif al-Islam Gaddafi during a recent visit.

Despite the doubts of international legal experts, Libyans insist they can try former regime stalwarts, including Seif al-Islam, on their own soil and have sought the extradition of former officials hiding abroad.

Libyan jurists say their government is unlikely to emulate the justice system of Col Gaddafi’s regime, which featured several layers of parallel justice, including a “People’s Court” and a “Revolutionary Court”.

But there is growing concern about the way the mechanism for trying the former regime stalwarts could mushroom, especially if authorities decide to expand its mandate to include crimes committed during Col Gaddafi’s rule or by low-level offenders.

“The right thing to do is to try these guys in the normal court, with each case assigned to the judge whose turn it happens to be, not to form special courts,” said Saleh Merghani, a celebrated Libyan human rights lawyer.

Despite the destruction of court buildings and police stations, and the documentary evidence they contained, legal experts say the ordinary criminal justice system is creaking back to life.

But it has so far refrained from taking up politically sensitive cases, including crimes by revolutionary militias. This may be because judges have been threatened and are scared to oversee controversial cases. “Some judges have had their homes burnt down,” Mr Enjawi said. “They have been attacked, threatened.”

There are also fears that some judges are Gaddafi loyalists. A purge of former regime remnants would bolster the revolutionaries’ confidence in the justice system, but many wonder who would adjudicate such cases.

Mr Merghani, who has sought justice for torture victims of the revolutionary militias as well as those killed by former regime operatives, says the Libyan legal system needs reform not dismantling. “It needs inspection and some repair,” he said. “We need to get better judges, to make the judges feel secure and independent. What Libya needs is a careful restructuring, not a full-scale purge.” »

 

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Slain Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam believes he should be tried before the International Criminal Court if justice is to be served, his lawyers said Tuesday.

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SLAIN Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam believes he should be tried before the International Criminal Court (ICC) if justice is to be served, his lawyers says

” SLAIN Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam believes he should be tried before the International Criminal Court (ICC) if justice is to be served, his lawyers says.

“The only way for Libya and the Libyan people to have justice is for the ICC to try this case in a fair, impartial and independent manner,” he was quoted as saying in a defence document submitted to the court on Tuesday.

The Hague-based ICC has issued warrants against both Saif and his late father’s spymaster, Abdullah Senussi, for crimes against humanity committed while trying to put down last year’s bloody revolt.

Saif has been in custody in the southern Libyan town of Zintan since his November in the wake of the uprising that toppled Gaddafi after more than 40 years in power.

The ICC and the Libyan government are locked in a dispute over where Saif should be tried.

“I would have liked to have been tried in Libya by Libyan judges under Libyan law in front of the Libyan people,” Saif was quoted as saying in the document, issued after ICC lawyers visited him last month.

“There will also be no truth if witnesses are faced with possible life sentences for simply testifying in my favour,” he said. “I am not afraid to die but if you execute me after such a trial you should just call it murder.”

His Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and four ICC staff members were freed earlier this month after being held in Libya four almost four weeks while visiting Saif on behalf of the court.

Taylor said after her release she believed it would be “impossible” for Saif to be tried in an independent and impartial manner in Libyan courts. “ 

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“Just like during the operation in Libya the West is conducting an intensive information war to overthrow the regime in Damascus. Bloggers have even caught Die Kroner Zeitung publishing a fake photo.

Die Kronen Zeitung, one of the central newspapers in Austria, has joined this information war. In its story about the war in Syria it used Photoshop following the example of the Qatari film studios, which created fake footage about the brutality of the Muammar Gaddafi regime. Those films were financed by Saudi Arabia.

Back then many Arab mass media outlets caught Qatar distorting the events in Libya. Recently, bloggers have caught Die Kroner Zeitung publishing a fake photo. The photo shows a family of refugees against the background of the ruined city of Aleppo, which is the economic capital of Syria. The man is holding a child in his arms and the woman is in a headscarf are walking the street gripped by the flames of war. The comment under the photo read: the tanks of the army of Assad are laying the road to Aleppo, the stronghold of the opposition. …”

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REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Abdullah bin Shamar, a Saudi student, puts a small copy of the Koran among his few belongings packed neatly in a holdall as he prepares to set off with a Libyan friend across…

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REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Abdullah bin Shamar, a Saudi student, puts a small copy of the Koran among his few belongings packed neatly in a holdall as he prepares to set off with a Libyan friend across…

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Saadi Gadhafi, one of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s sons, has asked the United Nations to let him travel outside Niger, his lawyer says.

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”(…) Some of the more immediate challenges within this hinge directly on what happens next with the armed brigades. In March 2012, the United Nations estimated that between 5,000-6,000 so-called “conflict-related detainees” remained within the custody of armed brigades, while another 2,400 individuals are in state custody. The militias have no authority to detain under Libyan law and torture in militia-run facilities has been widely documented by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and others. According to Human Rights Watch, the detainee population is comprised of Gaddafi security force members, former Gaddafi government officials, suspected Gaddafi loyalists, suspected foreign mercenaries or migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. While some of these individuals are suspected of serious crimes, it is unclear how many detainees have had access to a judicial process to review their detention.
 
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is among the most high-profile of those currently being detained. Although Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is held by the Zintan militia in western Libya, the Government claims his detention has been authorised by the Libyan Prosecutor General and is subject to judicial supervision. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is wanted on an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for crimes against humanity and ICC judges are currently reviewing Libya’s petition to take back the Saif al-Islam Gaddafi case in order to try him at home. If the Libyan authorities can prove they are able and willing to prosecute the case, the ICC may defer under what is known as its “complementarity” principle.
 
The Dorda case might have been a potential test of the Libyan system’s ability to mete out fair justice for serious crimes, but it will now start no earlier than 28 August 2012. But in an even greater setback to the efforts of the Libyans to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi at home, the Zintan militia detained four ICC staff, including his court-appointed defence lawyer, on an official court visit. The detention violated the immunity to which the four are entitled via the United Nations Security Council referral that sent the case to the ICC. Their release was secured only after a month of negotiations between the Zintan militia, central Libyan authorities, the ICC and the international community, reflecting the weak position of the central authorities vis-à-vis the militia and raising serious questions as to whether Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will be able to secure an effective defence at home. (…) “
 

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”(…) Some of the more immediate challenges within this hinge directly on what happens next with the armed brigades. In March 2012, the United Nations estimated that between 5,000-6,000 so-called “conflict-related detainees” remained within the custody of armed brigades, while another 2,400 individuals are in state custody. The militias have no authority to detain under Libyan law and torture in militia-run facilities has been widely documented by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and others. According to Human Rights Watch, the detainee population is comprised of Gaddafi security force members, former Gaddafi government officials, suspected Gaddafi loyalists, suspected foreign mercenaries or migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. While some of these individuals are suspected of serious crimes, it is unclear how many detainees have had access to a judicial process to review their detention.
 
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is among the most high-profile of those currently being detained. Although Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is held by the Zintan militia in western Libya, the Government claims his detention has been authorised by the Libyan Prosecutor General and is subject to judicial supervision. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is wanted on an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for crimes against humanity and ICC judges are currently reviewing Libya’s petition to take back the Saif al-Islam Gaddafi case in order to try him at home. If the Libyan authorities can prove they are able and willing to prosecute the case, the ICC may defer under what is known as its “complementarity” principle.
 
The Dorda case might have been a potential test of the Libyan system’s ability to mete out fair justice for serious crimes, but it will now start no earlier than 28 August 2012. But in an even greater setback to the efforts of the Libyans to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi at home, the Zintan militia detained four ICC staff, including his court-appointed defence lawyer, on an official court visit. The detention violated the immunity to which the four are entitled via the United Nations Security Council referral that sent the case to the ICC. Their release was secured only after a month of negotiations between the Zintan militia, central Libyan authorities, the ICC and the international community, reflecting the weak position of the central authorities vis-à-vis the militia and raising serious questions as to whether Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will be able to secure an effective defence at home. (…) “
 

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  Gaddafi corners the clown Sarkozy: Mediapart Cited by the Police to Tell the Truth Sarkozy has nightmares with Gaddafi A normal Presidency justice, natural?  This requirement is tested by th…

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Who is behind the Atrocities?

Whereas the government bears a burden of responsibility pertaining to the conduct of its military operations in urban areas directed against the rebels, the gruesome human rights record of the US-NATO supported “Free Syrian Army” (FSA) is unequivocal. Amply documented, the killings of innocent civilians were not carried by the government but, quite deliberately, by the Free Syrian Army (FSA). 

These killings were implemented as part of a diabolical intelligence operation, which consisted in blaming the Syrian government for the atrocities committed by rebel forces. (See Michel Chossudovsky, SYRIA: Killing Innocent Civilians as part of a US Covert Op. Mobilizing Public Support for a R2P War against Syria, Global Research, May 30, 2012) 

The substance of Russia’s finger pointing is confirmed by numerous reports.

According to the leaked Arab League Observer Mission Report:  which had initially been commissioned by the Arab League at Washington’s behest:

“In Homs, Idlib and Hama, the Observer Mission witnessed acts of violence being committed against Government forces and civilians that resulted in several deaths and injuries. Examples of those acts include the bombing of a civilian bus, killing eight persons and injuring others, including women and children. …  Such incidents include the bombing of buildings, trains carrying fuel, vehicles carrying diesel oil and explosions targeting the police, members of the media and fuel pipelines. Some of those attacks have been carried out by the Free Syrian Army and some by other armed opposition groups.” (League of Arab States Observer Mission to Syria, Report of the Head of the League of Arab States Observer Mission to Syria for the period from 24 December 2011 to 18 January 2012, 

The Arab League Observer mission report was subsequently shelved because it revealed the forbidden truth, namely that the US-NATO sponsored “rebels” rather than the government were behind the massacres. (…) 

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“The United States has a strategic interest in a stable and prosperous Libya, and is supporting Libya’s democratic transition in cooperation with the UN and other international partners. Recognizing Libya’s own substantial resources, the United States has focused on building Libyan institutions and increasing its capacity to govern effectively, hold free and fair elections, and manage public finances transparently and responsibly. We have also provided targeted assistance to support the development of Libyan civil society and its security forces. Investing modestly in Libya’s future will help further advance Libya’s democratic transition, promote stability, and strengthen the U.S.-Libya partnership. 

The majority of the $170 million in U.S. assistance to Libya was provided to respond to urgent humanitarian and security challenges in the immediate aftermath of the conflict. Additional assistance is focused on supporting capacity building efforts within government institutions, developing civil society, and facilitating free and fair elections. All programs advance key U.S. interests by filling critical capacity gaps within U.S.-Libya identified transition priorities. All projects are being coordinated with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).

 

The United States has also resumed a full range of people-to-people programming and exchanges, to include scholarships, fellowships, English-language education, educational advising, cultural preservation, and short term visits and training in the United States. …”

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The Libyan civil war of 2011-12 had been fought expressly to reinstate the 1952 Constitution, however, the government create by the NTC bears little resemblance to the…

“Libyans went, on July 7, 2012, into their first national elections in decades, and foreign observers hailed the fact that the event took place so well, and that democracy had returned to the Maghreb state. What went unsaid — because most external observers failed to comprehend the complexity of the situation — was that the actual basis of the electoral structure had been shaped by external forces. 

Yes, there was widespread voting for a slate of candidates. But the parliament for which the Libyans voted had already become a body which had broken the carefully-balanced structure created by the 1952 Constitution. Indeed, the Libyan civil war of 2011-12 had been fought expressly to reinstate the 1952 Constitution, and the fighting had taken place under the 1952 Constitutional flag, now adopted as the flag of post-Qadhafi Libya. 

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Moscow is determined to work with its partners on Syria despite different views, Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev told The Times newspaper. Talking in London, he also praised organizers of the Olympics and said Sochi 2014 could use some British experience.

”(…) Of course, this is influencing our position. In fact, when the situation with Syria started, I said from the very beginning that we would adjust our approach because of what happened with Libya. When the resolution on Libya was adopted, we thought our countries would hold consultations and talks and at the same time we would send a serious signal to the Libyan leader. But unfortunately it ended up the way it did. They kept telling us there would be no military operation, no intervention, but eventually they started a full-blown war that claimed many lives. And most importantly, I think it is a bad way to determine a country’s future. We all share democratic values, but imposed democracy usually does not work. Democracy must grow from inside. Only then does it enjoy popular support. So, what happened with Libya has definitely affected my position and continues influencing Russia’s position on the Syrian conflict. (…) “

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Anthony Quinn stars as Libyan hero Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are trying to gain a footho…

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Fighters fresh from victory in Libya are moving into Syria to join opposition forces fighting President’s Bashar al-Assad’s military.

PLEASE TRANSLATE FOR REALITY: Libya-n alqaeda mercenaries are killing Syria-n civilians.

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“A year ago today, Major General Abdelfattah Younes Al Oubaydi, the Chief of the Libyan National Liberation Army during the revolution was assassinated in Benghazi.

Oubaydi was shot on July 28th in front a hotel, immediately before he was to hold a meeting with the newly formed National Transitional Council. The identity of his killer is severely contested with some saying that he was shot by a member of Al Qaida, while others claim it was a Gaddafi loyalist. … “

Check the Video Of what Alaqeda Rebels did with Younes  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvjNclpwLUU&feature=player_embedded 

What will be the next Invention? Gaddafi Killed by his wife and sons Disguiseds of Rebels? 

 

 

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Face to Face with Annie Machon Annie Machon: ex-MI-5 whistle-blower, activist and author joins Jack Etkin for an elucidating and revealing look at ‘Deep (MI-5′s botched attempt on Gaddafi’s life London Tube bombing (7/7), 9/11 and others.)…

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Face to Face with Annie Machon Annie Machon: ex-MI-5 whistle-blower, activist and author joins Jack Etkin for an elucidating and revealing look at ‘Deep (MI-5′s botched attempt on Gaddafi’s life London Tube bombing (7/7), 9/11 and others.)…

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Show me your terrorist ID
Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani told al-Jazeera [2] that yes - they are training Syrian Kurds who defected from the Syrian Army to defend their de facto enclave. It was Barzani who supervised the key deal sealed in Irbil on July 11 that led to Assad forces retreating from Syrian Kurdistan. 

What is being described as “liberated cities” [3] is now being “jointly ruled” by the PYD and the KNC. They have formed what is known as a Supreme Kurdish Body. 

One can never underestimate the Kurdish capacity to shoot themselves in the foot (and elsewhere). Yet one can also imagine all this cross-country Kurdish frenzy terrifying quite a few souls in Istanbul and Ankara. This [4] columnist for the daily newspaper Hurriyet got it right; “Arabs are fighting, Kurds are winning.” The Kurdish Spring is at hand. And it is already hitting Turkey’s borders. 

Davutoglu must have seen it coming; when a formerly “zero problem” foreign policy evolves into housing the weaponized opposition to a neighboring government, you’re bound to be in trouble. 

Especially when you start itching to kill “terrorists” living in your neighbor’s territory - even though your Western allies may view them as “freedom fighters”. Meanwhile you actively support Salafi-jihadis - “insurgents” formerly known as terrorists - back and forth across your borders. 

An increasingly erratic Erdogan has invoked a “natural right” [5] to fight “terrorists”. But first they must produce an ID; if they are Sunni Arab, they get away with it. If they are Kurdish, they eat lead. 

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«RAF personnel flew armed remote-controlled drones over Libya against Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, it was disclosed, as the Government confirmed the first British use of the controversial aircraft outside Afghanistan.

In a parliamentary answer, Lord Astor of Hever, under secretary of state at the Ministry of Defence, said drones belonging to the United States were operated by British pilots during the Nato operation in 2011.

Lord Bates of Langbaurgh had asked for clarification on whether or not armed British drones had been used against terror suspects outside Afghanistan.

“Her Majesty’s Government do not use armed remotely piloted air systems against terrorist suspects outside Afghanistan,” replied Lord Astor. “However, UK personnel flew armed remotely piloted air systems missions against Gaddafi’s forces in Libya in 2011, in support of the Nato humanitarian mission authorised under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.” »

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The Libyan leader’s ouster dispersed masses of guns and refugees across the region.

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« … “Most Sadc members states, particularly South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola, Tanzania, Namibia and Zambia which played a key role in the southern Africa liberation struggle, were not happy with the way Jean Ping handled the Libyan bombing by Nato jets last year.”

The official said Sadc leaders felt that Libya, and in particular its charismatic leader the late Muammar Gaddaffi, was not defended by Africa through the AU.

The diplomat revealed why Sadc put into use all its diplomatic resources to defeat the Gabonese diplomat, saying:
“Gadaffi was a hero to South African liberation fighters. He offered unlimited military and financial support to them during the struggle. So when they saw their hero being hit, with the AU Commission deliberately holding back any diplomatic support to save him, they waited for the right time to come to punish Jean Ping.”

The South African senior diplomat’s argument was supported by the minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Bernard Membe, who gave details of the reason for Jean Ping being shown the door come rain or sunshine.

“Colonel Gaddafi and, by extension, Libya did everything to get the AU where it is today. How come such a dear son of African being left to fight alone a machination of foreign forces in the name of Nato?” Wondered the minister during an interview in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.

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“The Telegraph has reported (emphasis added), “fighter jets have reportedly launched bomb attacks on Syria’s second city of Aleppo, which, if confirmed, would be the first time Assad forces had used war planes against citizens.”

Image: A sole”tweet” from BBC’s Ian Pannell, who has yet to provide any source, evidence, or details regarding his vague claim, immediately made headlines across the Western media.  ….
The claim is based on a single “tweet” from BBC’s Ian Pannell who, after hours of making his his claim that, “fighter jets have bombed eastern #Aleppo city. A significant escalation and perhaps the first time they’ve been used in #Syrian conflict,” has failed categorically to cite his source, provide any evidence of his claims, or provide details of the targets and context of the attacks, if indeed they took place. Yet the Western media “echo chamber” began repeating the story seconds after it was posted, and through this alone it attempted to validate the claim while building momentum behind NATO insinuations. “
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The detention of Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and her colleagues shone a spotlight on the operations of the International Criminal Court. So what exactly is the court’s purpose and what does it do to ensure the adequate security of its staff?

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Peter Robinson, legal advisor for Radovan Karadzic, former president of the Bosnian Serb Republic, at the ICTY, stated at the time: “The ICC itself needs to make it clear to Libya that the immunity of its staff must be honoured. If Libya cannot be counted on to honour such an elementary principle, its admissibility challenge should be dismissed as it cannot be counted on to respect basic principles of justice. The UN Security Council should then be asked to impose sanctions on Libya until it releases the ICC staff and turns over Saif al Islam to the ICC.”

The right of access by a lawyer to the accused is a right that should be protected under the rule of law. This is a right that can be restricted and controlled but not denied. Robinson described the importance of access by ICC staff members. “An accused held in a state cannot access the ICC except through a lawyer. His case would be a one-sided farce if only the prosecution could access the court and have his views considered.” … “ 

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“The Washington Post has just published an article with the very misleading titled, “Turkey a hub for Syria revolution as illegal border crossing points abound,” in which it describes “Salafi Muslims,” who have “come to offer help from the countries of the Persian Gulf region” arming and joining the so-called “Free Syrian Army.” The article also claims “weapons are ferried into Syria, delivered by Turkish military trucks and picked up by fighters on the other side in the dead of night.”

A more apt title would be, “Turkey hosts invading Saudi and Qatari mercenary army.”

This confirms earlier reports featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post, that not only are the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia and Qatar funding and arming militants via Turkey, but that the US is coordinating the logistical aspects of the operation as well.

Likewise, CNN has attempted to spin concessions made by its own Ivan Watson, traveling with sectarian extremists into Syria, where it was admitted:
Meanwhile, residents of the village where the Syrian Falcons were headquartered said there were fighters of several North African nationalities also serving with the brigade’s ranks.
A volunteer Libyan fighter has also told CNN he intends to travel from Turkey to Syria within days to add a “platoon” of Libyan fighters to armed movement.
CNN has now added:
On Wednesday, CNN’s crew met a Libyan fighter who had crossed into Syria from Turkey with four other Libyans. The fighter wore full camouflage and was carrying a Kalashnikov rifle. He said more Libyan fighters were on the way.

The foreign fighters, some of them are clearly drawn because they see this as … a jihad. So this is a magnet for jihadists who see this as a fight for Sunni Muslims.

CNN then attempts to claim the “real” Syrian “revolutionaries” “do not want an Islamist political agenda to be mixed in with their revolution.” … “
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“The Washington Post has just published an article with the very misleading titled, “Turkey a hub for Syria revolution as illegal border crossing points abound,” in which it describes “Salafi Muslims,” who have “come to offer help from the countries of the Persian Gulf region” arming and joining the so-called “Free Syrian Army.” The article also claims “weapons are ferried into Syria, delivered by Turkish military trucks and picked up by fighters on the other side in the dead of night.”

A more apt title would be, “Turkey hosts invading Saudi and Qatari mercenary army.”

This confirms earlier reports featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post, that not only are the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia and Qatar funding and arming militants via Turkey, but that the US is coordinating the logistical aspects of the operation as well.

Likewise, CNN has attempted to spin concessions made by its own Ivan Watson, traveling with sectarian extremists into Syria, where it was admitted:
Meanwhile, residents of the village where the Syrian Falcons were headquartered said there were fighters of several North African nationalities also serving with the brigade’s ranks.
A volunteer Libyan fighter has also told CNN he intends to travel from Turkey to Syria within days to add a “platoon” of Libyan fighters to armed movement.
CNN has now added:
On Wednesday, CNN’s crew met a Libyan fighter who had crossed into Syria from Turkey with four other Libyans. The fighter wore full camouflage and was carrying a Kalashnikov rifle. He said more Libyan fighters were on the way.

The foreign fighters, some of them are clearly drawn because they see this as … a jihad. So this is a magnet for jihadists who see this as a fight for Sunni Muslims.

CNN then attempts to claim the “real” Syrian “revolutionaries” “do not want an Islamist political agenda to be mixed in with their revolution.” … “
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“Nigerians are dying in Libyan prisons - Returnees
[source]

Nigerians, who were recently repatriated from the crises-torn Libya relay their ordeal after they were caught in-between two feuding camps.

Their appearances tell the story of the ordeals they went through in their host country. The 327 Nigerians who were recently evacuated from the crises-torn Libya wear the scar like a toga.

Disheveled, disillusioned and angry, the returnees, men, women and children arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport last weekend in two batches on board a Tripoli Air Memphis SUBME Plane.

The stranded Nigerians, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), were evacuated to the country from Libya through the effort of the International Office for Migration (IOM), a United Nations body.

Statistics by the Agency indicate of those brought back, 113 are females and 214 males. Among them also are11 under-aged children and one elderly person.

Weekly Trust learnt that some of the returnees had been tortured or imprisoned by the new government in Tripoli before they were evacuated.

Some of them who relieve their experiences to Weekly Trust painted a gloomy picture of the post Gaddafi era, in which cross fire there were caught.

Mr. Okwudolor John said “the situation is very bad in Libya. Nigerians are suffering; some are very sick while others are dying. … “ 

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“The death of Muammar Gaddafi continues to reverberate across Africa – this time in the form of desert locusts.

The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations warned on Tuesday that croplands in Niger and Mali were at imminent risk from locust swarms moving south from Libya and Algeria.

The revolution in Libya played a major role in allowing the pests to breed, it said.

“The fall of Gaddafi was an enormous factor, to be honest,” said Keith Cressman, FAO senior locust forecasting officer. “It depleted the Libyans’ capacity to monitor and respond as they normally would.”

Insecurity along the Libya-Algeria border – a fallout from the uprising – meant that teams are still unable to properly spray the affected areas.

Desert locusts have the capacity to destroy vast areas of croplands. During a plague, a swarm can stretch for several hundred square kilometres comprising billions of locusts, each capable of eating its own weight in food a day.

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“The death of Muammar Gaddafi continues to reverberate across Africa – this time in the form of desert locusts.

The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations warned on Tuesday that croplands in Niger and Mali were at imminent risk from locust swarms moving south from Libya and Algeria.

The revolution in Libya played a major role in allowing the pests to breed, it said.

“The fall of Gaddafi was an enormous factor, to be honest,” said Keith Cressman, FAO senior locust forecasting officer. “It depleted the Libyans’ capacity to monitor and respond as they normally would.”

Insecurity along the Libya-Algeria border – a fallout from the uprising – meant that teams are still unable to properly spray the affected areas.

Desert locusts have the capacity to destroy vast areas of croplands. During a plague, a swarm can stretch for several hundred square kilometres comprising billions of locusts, each capable of eating its own weight in food a day.

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“Update: Indeed BBC did not see “MIGs” bombing Aleppo, though it appears they weren’t even anti-tank SU-25’s but rather training aircraft. Aero L-39 Albatros are also not even “Russian-made” as the BBC claimed. The article below has been amended to reflect this information. Read here for more.  

July 25, 2012 - When big lies must be told, BBC is there. From Iraq to Afghanistan to Libya and now Syria, BBC has paved the way for Western disinformation meant to mange public perception around a war the public would otherwise never support or tolerate.

The BBC, caught on record producing entire “documentaries” on behalf of corporate-financier interests, has already been caught in immense lies regarding the NATO-fueled destabilization of Syria. This includes the disingenuous use of photos from Iraq, to depict a so-called “massacre” in the village of Houla, Syria. 

Now, as NATO’s Al Qaeda mercenaries operating under the banner of the so-called “Free Syrian Army” flow over the Turkish-Syrian border in an attempt to overrun the city of Aleppo, BBC is there, attempting to manipulate the public’s perception as the conflict unfolds.

BBC’s Ian Pannell admits he rode with a convoy of milatnt fighters into Aleppo at night. He claims many are desperate for the FSA to succeed, “clamoring for freedom denied by their president,” but concedes many others fear an “Islamic takeover” and sectarian “division and bloodshed.” The latter of course, is self-evident, while the former is the repeated, unfounded mantra of the Western media used to cover up the latter. 

Pannell poses amongst staged settings, claiming a single burning tire equates to a barricade set up by the militants (see more on the use of burning tires as propaganda here and here). He concedes that militants are taking to the rooftops with sniper rifles in the districts they claim they control - begging one to wonder where else terrorist snipers have been, and how many “sniper” deaths have been mistakenly blamed on the government.

Covering Up FSA War Crimes 

Pannell then attempts to cover up serious war crimes committed by the FSA militants he is traveling with, claiming that men the FSA arbitrarily rounded up while “seeking revenge” were “suspected Shabiha,” harking back to Libya’s NATO-backed terrorist death squads rounding up and killing Libya’s black communities in orgies of sectarian genocide - which outlets like the BBC defended as simply rebels targeting “suspected African mercenaries.” Pannell papers over what he just reported with the unqualified claim that there is “little justice” on either side. What became of the FSA’s victims is not revealed.  …”

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‘ARAB SPRING’ QUARTERLY UPDATE
“It’s a game of poker 
where they’re not playing aces 
they are playing jokers”. 

We have been around long enough and seen and spoken to enough real revolutionaries to be able to differentiate those political forces promoting something beneficial for Afrika (and thus the world) as oppose to the ragtag bunch of Islamists, wagonists, CIA operatives, deserters, informers, political ingenues and white belly rats pimping their wares under the banners of ‘democracy’, ‘patriotism’, ‘revolution’, ‘free / freedom’ or ‘liberation’. 

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” Little if any information was publicly available regarding Gaddafi’s attempt to find refuge outside of the country he had been ruling with an authoritarian grip for forty-two years.
Thanks to the further publication by Wikileaks of the GI Files - the Global Intelligence Files, a trove of five millionStratfor emails it obtained at the end of 2011 - the public, journalists and historians will be able to better understand and investigate what happened during this episode of the Libyan revolution, and especially regarding the precise role of Algeria. 
We were able to access the yet-unpublished GI Files material, thanks to an investigative partnership organized by WikiLeaks and involving journalists, academics and human rights organizations like this one

More articles will follow as we come across valuable information.

– by Mehdi
- First published on 24-07-2012

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  SOURCE: Sub-source via ME1
ATTRIBUTION: STRATFOR source
SOURCE DESCRIPTION: Algerian diplomat via ME1
PUBLICATION: Yes
SOURCE RELIABILITY: C
ITEM CREDIBILITY: 3-4 - could be a cover-up as Algeria is under pressure
for backing Q
SPECIAL HANDLING: Alpha
SOURCE HANDLER: Reva

The source confirms the news about Muammar Qaddafi’s attempt to seek
refuge in Algeria. Algerian president Abdulaziz Boutafliqa refused to
answer Qaddafi’s repeated phone calls. Qaddafi’s daughter and first wife
were allowed into Algeria after Libya’s provisional council had waived its
objection to the matter. Algerian intelligence have determined the
location of Qaddafi in the town of Bani Walid, which lies about 100 miles
southwest of Tripoli. He says the Algerians passed the information to
British intelligence. The task of chasing Qaddafi has been entrusted to
special British units. He is confident the British will eventually get
him.

Qaddafi will be gunned down sooner than laer.The matter is pending
securing the approval of the elders of Warfala tribe who are providing
Qaddafi with sanctuary. The matter with Warfala will have to be resolved
peacefully since it is Libya’s largest tribe, and also because many of its
young men have fought alongside the forces of the provisional council.
Algeria has a vested interest in the elimination of Qaddafi in order to
prevent him from allying himself with al-Qaeda in al-Maghreb.
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“Once upon a time, early in the previous century, a line in the sand was drawn, from Acre to Kirkuk. Two colonial powers - Britain and France - nonchalantly divided the Middle East between themselves; everything north of the line in the sand was France’s; south, it was Britain’s. 

Many blowbacks - and concentric tragedies - later, a new line in the sand is being drawn by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Between Syria and Iraq, they want it all. Talk about the return of the repressed; now, as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-Gulf Cooperation Council compound, they’re in bed with their former colonial masters. 

Blow by blow

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Over 10,000 Libyans are reportedly being trained in a closed-off zone in Jordan, before being snuck into Syria to fight for the opposition. These men are allegedly paid around US$1,000 a month, funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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