Posted on Tue, October 30, 2012 at 19:36 pm CET
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A Short Guide to the Benghazi Issue: What Is It Really All About?

The chickens have come back to roost and have roosted in the White House. And the vultures are gathering…. Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Libya • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, November 12, 2011 at 01:03 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Mustafa Abdul Jalil, an Islamist all along

When Abdul Jalil talks about reforms, he is (and was) doing so with an Islamist agenda in mind… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Islamism • Libya • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 21:26 pm CET
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Libya Heading Towards Islamism

Islamism will be the dominant political force in Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Libya • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sat, October 29, 2011 at 13:48 pm CEST
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Al Qaeda Plants Its Flag in Libya

According to multiple eyewitnesses one can now see both the Libyan rebel flag and the flag of al Qaeda fluttering atop… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamism • Libya War • Salafism 
Posted on Tue, October 25, 2011 at 01:11 am CEST
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Libya: A Sharia State?

Libya’s transitional leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil was quite clear about his intentions for liberated Libya… Continue reading

Topics: France • Germany • Libya • Libya War • NATO • Sharia Law • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, September 25, 2011 at 02:03 am CEST
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NTC Chairman Mahmoud Jibreel Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Today, I stand before you to show the world that a new Libya is coming to life… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, September 6, 2011 at 17:16 pm CEST
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Libya Begins to Fall Apart

On the front lines there are a lot of them, they are jihadists, dangerous, militant in their beliefs… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Islamism • Libya War 
Posted on Fri, September 2, 2011 at 00:41 am CEST
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Libya: U.S. confirms al Qaeda members’ role in rebel command

The Obama administration finally acknowledged that al Qaeda elements had been fighting in Libyan rebel ranks in last week’s capture of Tripoli… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Libya War • NATO • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 22:15 pm CEST
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Trying to Manage the Post-Qadhafi Libya While Qadhafi is Still Around

The United States has recognized the Transitional National Council (TNC) of Libya as the provisional government of that country… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 20:40 pm CEST
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Assessing Qaddafi

The world’s longest ruling head of state, Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the correct transliteration of his name), would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years on… Continue reading

Topics: Funding Islamic Terrorism • Global Islam • Jihadism • Libya • Libya War 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 01:09 am CEST
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Pro-Al Qaeda brigades control Qaddafi Tripoli strongholds

Members of the Al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group are in control of the former strongholds of Muammar Qaddafi captured by Libyan rebels… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Jihad • Libya War 
Posted on Tue, August 23, 2011 at 22:46 pm CEST
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Gaddafi flees Tripoli with family. What’s next: Guerrilla or tribal warfare?

Muammar Qaddafi, his sons and military and political elite have abandoned their Bab al Aziziya fortress… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Libya War • NATO 
Posted on Mon, August 22, 2011 at 03:13 am CEST
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Libya: Qaddafi regime falls in Tripoli

Muammar Qaddafi’s regime fell in Tripoli just before midnight Sunday… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya • Libya War • NATO 
Posted on Sat, July 30, 2011 at 22:17 pm CEST
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Murder As Political Strategy: Islamists Eliminate Rival Leader in Libya

Abdel Fattah Younes, the top military commander of the Libyan rebels and a former Libyan government official, has been assassinated… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamism • Libya War 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:43 am CEST
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President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa Speech, May 19, 2011

Official release of President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Maghreb • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, April 25, 2011 at 14:21 pm CEST
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The Plan in Libya (in 100 words)

Here’s what’s happening now in Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Libya War • NATO • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 20:53 pm CEST
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Libya Is To Obama as Iraq Was to Bush

This is what happens when the United States gets involved in a war without knowing what’s going on beforehand… Continue reading

Topics: Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, March 30, 2011 at 19:19 pm CEST
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They Have a Name for Bombing Libya

After the West shamefully ignored the brutal crushing of the democracy uprisings in Iran we now have the bizarre… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Europe • Libya War • NATO • Satire • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, March 29, 2011 at 18:01 pm CEST
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Obama’s Libyan Strategy: Recipe for a Deeper, Lengthier U.S. Military Role

In his Libya address to Americans early Tuesday, March 29, President Barack Obama failed to resolve the inner contradictions in… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Britain • France • Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, March 29, 2011 at 00:21 am CEST
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The Intervention in Libya: A Feel-Good Mirage

The Western intervention in Libya is the kind of thing that makes governments feel good and look good… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya War • NATO • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, March 18, 2011 at 19:38 pm CET
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Libya Declares Ceasefire after UN Resolution, but Fighting Continues

Muammar Gaddafi’s government says it will end military operations in line with UN resolution but reports of attacks continue… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Britain • France • Libya War • Norway • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, March 18, 2011 at 02:54 am CET
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UNSC Authorizes Strikes on Libya, Five Air Forces set to Attack Libya, Gaddafi Threatens Reprisals

The United Nations Security Council voted Thursday to authorize military force against Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s forces… Continue reading

Topics: France • Libya War • Maghreb • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 20:25 pm CET
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Syria sends Gaddafi arms

As Washington commended the Arab League for approving a proposed no-fly zone over Libya and European powers drew up plans for… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Libya War • Syria • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 16:10 pm CET
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End is Near for Qaddafi: Rebels Take Over Most of Libya

Virtually the entire world has turned against Qaddafi, with the Arab League, the United Nations Security Council and Western powers demanding he end his slaughter… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab Spring • Democracy • Libya • Libya War • The Middle East • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 20:29 pm CET
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Libya: US Military Advisers in Cyrenaica

Hundreds of US, British and French military advisers have arrived in Cyrenaica, Libya’s eastern breakaway province… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • France • Libya • Libya War • United States of America