Ten Years Ago: The Assassination of Gaddafi. A Black Page in the History of Italy

Marinella Correggia Sirte after NATO bombing, 2011 Libya, October 20, 2011: jihadist brigades supported by NATO captured and assassinated the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who, together with his men, was trying to move away from the city of Sirte, his last stronghold, reduced to rubble by a joint NATO-“rebels” action (this is how the militiamen…

Was America’s Longest War for Opium, Oil and Propping up the Stock Market?

John Potash Soldiers patrol opium fields in Afghanistan. [Source: bbc.com] On September 11, 2001—a day that will live in infamy in U.S. history—hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center in New York City and one side of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., which experienced destruction. President George W. Bush’s administration started a war in Afghanistan…

The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It

Aaron Good, Ben Howard and Peter Dale Scott [Source: boottheglobalperspectives.com] Part 1: How the U.S. Used Radical Islam and 9/11 to Advance Imperialism and Override the Constitution This is Part One of a three-part re-evaluation of 9/11 in light of startling new evidence that may change many minds about the so-called “craziness” of those who…

Conflict Between Militias in Western Libya May Lead to Postponement of Elections

There is a general feeling among most Libyans that Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, head of the national unity government, is expanding in strength, and implementing his own program, not that agreed upon at the political dialogue forum or presented to Parliament to gain its confidence last March, and he has the tools to achieve his goals….

Libya: 1951 Colonial Plan for Three Governing Divisions Moves Closer to Reality

Behind the declared aspirations for the establishment of the federal system is the agenda of parties, lobbies, warlords and individuals who see that their influence in their regional surroundings far exceeds their influence at the national level. December 24th will mark the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Kingdom of Libya. The situation…

The Specter of War Looms Over Libya

The Turkish regime still controls the political life in Tripoli, relying on the hordes of forces and mercenaries that it deploys in bases and camps. Analysts fear that the latest issuance of two arrest warrants against the commander of the Libyan army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, is an attempt by the…

Libya: Militias Aggravate the Security Situation to Force Postponement of Elections

Armed clashes on Thursday evening returned the Libyan capital to a state of war, amid reports of a plan involving militias affiliated with political Islam aimed at exacerbating the security situation before the elections scheduled for the twenty-fourth of December. The clashes spread a state of panic among the local population, while the government was…

Al-Mismari: The Existence of Armed Militias Hinder Stability and Progress in Libya

Turkish forces training armed militia members in Tripoli. The official spokesperson of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Major General Ahmed al-Mismari confirmed that issue of the armed militias in Libya was one of the main obstacles facing the safe political path of the Libyan crisis. (LIBYA 23 May 2021) – In a recent media interview…

Africa: The Opportunity for ISIS to Remedy its Defeat in Syria and Iraq

After the defeat of ISIS and the fall of its alleged “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, Africa was the haven in which the remnants find what they were looking for. By forging alliances with local armed groups, they succeeded in providing a new platform that supplies the organization with money and terrorists. The group used…

Turkey Demands Return of Crimea, Suppression of Donbass, NATO Membership for Ukraine

Rick Rozoff Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Istanbul on April 10. Two days after donning combat gear while visiting government troops at the Donbass battle line, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky flew to the Turkish capital of Ankara to join the nation’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a…

Forest Voices Brazil: ‘A New Relationship with Forests Will Cool Down the Planet

Molly Millar An MST member holds up a seedling – one of 100 million trees it aims to plant in 10 years. Photo: Dowglas Silva / MST. ‘We need the trees.’ ‘We need clean water and clean air.’ ‘We need biodiversity.’ ‘We need a good place to live.’ Silvio Netto is helping to coordinate the…

Is Colombia Entering a New Cycle of War?

Nepomuceno Marín Four years after the signing of the Peace Accords between the government of Juan Manuel Santos and a sector of the FARC (Timochenko and Ivan Marquez), various analyses have emerged on this event and on the phenomenon of violence and war in Colombia. Almost all of the reflections focus on the process of…