The War in Libya
Former UK home secretary faces legal action over rendition
By Robert Stevens, April 27, 2012
Information published by the Sunday Times has revealed how the Labour government of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown facilitated the deportation and torture of opponents of the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
Council of Europe report makes NATO responsible for the death of 63 refugees
By Martin Kreickenbaum, April 9, 2012
NATO bears a high degree of responsibility for the deaths of 63 refugees, who died of thirst last spring in the Mediterranean as they travelled from Libya to Italy.
Libya autonomy declaration poses threat of civil war
By Bill Van Auken, March 8, 2012
Following a declaration of autonomy by tribal and militia leaders in oil-rich eastern Libya, the head of the National Transitional Council threatened the use of force to prevent the country’s partition.
Amnesty International details torture and murder in Libya
By Patrick Martin, February 17, 2012
A new report documents gruesome violations of human rights under the new regime established by the US-NATO war.
Ongoing atrocities by NATO-installed Libyan regime
By Will Morrow, February 11, 2012
The war crimes and abuses being perpetrated by the TNC regime further expose the claims that the NATO allies intervened for humanitarian purposes to rescue the Libyan people from violent repression.
Former Gaddafi official tortured to death in Libya
By Patrick Martin, February 4, 2012
The murder of Omar Brebesh follows a series of reports by human rights groups on torture in the prisons of the new “democratic” Libya.
Torture in Libya: The ugly reality of imperialist “liberation”
By Bill Van Auken, February 1, 2012
The multiple reports of torture in the detention centers run by the new imperialist-backed Libyan regime and NATO’s “rebels” give the lie to all those who justified last year’s war in the name of human rights and “liberation.”
Human rights groups charge NATO with war crimes in Libya
By Bill Van Auken, January 21, 2012
There is strong evidence that NATO carried out war crimes in its eight-month war for regime-change in Libya, according to a report released Thursday by Middle East human rights groups.
Former Tripoli Brigade leader Mahdi al-Harati outed as US asset
By Steve James, December 3, 2011
An article in Ireland’s Sunday World has drawn attention to relations between Mahdi al-Harati, former leader of the Tripoli Brigade of the National Transition Council, which played a central role in the NATO assault on Libya, and an unnamed US intelligence agency.
Former Libyan PM exposes US-NATO machinations
By Oliver Campbell, November 24, 2011
Jibril’s remarks confirm that far from being a humanitarian mission to “save the Libyan people,” the war to oust Muammar Gaddafi was aimed at seizing control of the country’s oil wealth
Gaddafi’s son captured in Libya
By Patrick O’Connor, November 22, 2011
The capture of Saif al Islam has raised the spectre of a drawn-out criminal trial in The Hague, with embarrassing details emerging of the intimate ties between the Gaddafi regime and Western powers.
New Libyan prime minister installed by NATO-backed regime
By Peter Symonds, November 3, 2011
The main qualification of the relatively unknown Abdurrahim al-Keib for office is his acceptability to the NATO powers that waged a predatory war to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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