Tag: Libya

AI: Militias threaten hopes for new Libya

By Amnesty International, February 16, 2012 Lawlessness still pervades Libya a year after the outbreak of the uprising which ended 42 year of Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi’s repressive regime. Hundreds of armed militias, widely hailed in Libya as heroes for their…

Libyan slaughter – a warning to Africa

If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure NATO claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It’s a warning to the Arab world and Africa By Seumas Milne, The Guardian,…

Libya – 20 Minutes for Peace

Peace Rally for Libya set for November 24th Canadians to devote 20 minutes to end Canada’s role in the “War on Terror” Global Research, November 23, 2011 As the federal government prepares to honour tomorrow the role of Canada’s military…

The destruction of Libya

Destroying a Country’s Standard of Living: What Libya Had Achieved, What has been Destroyed by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, Sept. 20, 2011 There is no tomorrow” under a NATO sponsored Al Qaeda rebellion. While a “pro-democracy” rebel government has…

Libya and the world we live in

By William Blum, September 1, 2011 “Why are you attacking us? Why are you killing our children? Why are you destroying our infrastructure?” – Television address by Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, April 30, 2011 A few hours later NATO hit…

End Canada’s bombing of Libya!

By the Canadian Peace Alliance This September, the 3-month extension of Canada’s military role in Libya passed through Parliament will expire. When the NATO bombing of Libya began, Stephen Harper assured the public that the operation would drive Gaddafi from…

End the bombing of Libya

June 18. 2011: Some of the participants in the 30th Annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace. Photo: Glenn Michalchuk

Statement of Peace Alliance Winnipeg to the 30th Annual Walk for Peace, June 18, 2011 On Tuesday, June 14 the Conservative Government of Stephen Harper, with almost unanimous support of all political parties, extended Canada’s role in the bombing of…