NATO
After Gadhafi, the West eyes the Libyan prize
Phyllis Bennis, Courtesy: www.salon.com, Oct. 21, 2011
Libya: Spoils of War
Samir Amin, Newsclick, September 1, 2011
NATO's Libyan War Crimes; ICC's Hypocrisy
Newsclick Production, 1st August 2011
Prof. Vijay Prashad, Trinity College, CT, USA speaks about the latest developments in the Libyan Civil War and NATO's actions. He also talks about the International Criminal Court's hypocrisy in not trying NATO for war crimes or for that matter, the US' drone attacks killing several civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Libya as Proxy
Vijay Prashad, Counterpunch, 08 July 2011
If the media in the G7 states bothered to report it, they mocked the two visits of the World Chess Federation president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to Tripoli.
The Undoing of Libya
Vijay Prashad, Counterpunch, June 28, 2011
NATO headquarters shares with the caves of al-Qaeda the error of hubris.
The Sorrows of Afghanistan and Pakistan
Vijay Prashad, Counterpunch, June 18, 2011
Cleverly, the Washington establishment seeks to reorder events so that it can take credit for things it did not do and pass on the blame for things it did do. President Barack Obama not only wants to share the Arab Spring's glory but, with the Group of Eight (G8) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), wants to help shape its aftermath. On the other hand, Obama seeks to avert his eyes from the mess of Afghanistan and pay less heed to the desperate rants from President Hamid Karzai about the manufactured futility of his country.
Libya - Reminiscent of the Kosovo Model?
Newsclick Production, May 30, 2011
Professor at Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA, Vijay Prashad comments on the latest in Libya as the war between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi drags on even as NATO bombing continues. A Newsclick Presentation
Libya and Cote d'Ivoire: Responsibility to Protect or Right to War?
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, May 13, 2011
The Libyan military intervention has now taken a toll of thousands. Civilians continue to die as the civil war rages in the country. It matters very little to people if they are killed by artillery fire from Gaddafi's troops or from air strikes of the NATO forces. Only the gullible will believe that NATO smart bombs – unlike Gaddafi's artillery -- only target the military and do not kill civilians.
Libya: Mission Regime Change
Prabir Purkayastha
The reason for military intervention no longer seems to be about protecting civilians, it is clearly for a regime change, writes Prabir Purkayastha
Intervening in Libya
Vijay Prashad, Newsclick, March 25, 2011
On March 19, 2011, the United Nations Security Council voted for Resolution 1973 to establish a “no-fly” zone over Libya. The violence against civilians and media personnel is cited as the reasons for the new resolution (an earlier one, 1970, languishes).




