Libya
Lockerbie: Transatlantic row worsens over Megrahi release
By Steve James, August 25, 2009
Sections of the United States political establishment have reacted with fury to the release of Abdel Baset Mohmed al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 o...
Who is responsible for the Libyan refugee boat tragedy?
By Martin Kreickenbaum, April 8, 2009
On March 31 several hundred refugees drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. A large measure of responsibility for this tragedy rests with the European Union and its anti-immigration ...
More than 230 migrants drown off Libyan coast
By Barry Mason, April 7, 2009
Over 230 migrants were feared drowned at the end of last month when their overcrowded boat capsized in high winds around 30 miles off the coast of Libya.
Libyan court confirms death sentence against medical workers
By Steve James, January 4, 2007
For the second time in two years, six medical workers—five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian physician—have been sentenced to die by firing squad by the Libyan authorities.
Libyan government to execute foreign health workers
By Steve James, September 2, 2004
In a politically motivated frame-up, sustained in defiance of overwhelming scientific evidence and using evidence extracted under torture, a Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Pale...
Colonel Gadhaffi’s long journey and the collapse of Arab nationalism—Part 1
By Steve James, May 19, 2004
This is the first part of a two-part article on the underlying causes of Libya’s Muammar’s Gadhaffi’s recent visit to Brussels.
Colonel Gadhaffi’s long journey and the collapse of Arab nationalism—Part 2
By Steve James, April 20, 2004
This is the concluding part of a two-part article on the underlying causes of Libya’s Muammar Gadhaffi’s recent visit to Brussels. Part one was posted May 19.
Blair’s visit to Libya: It’s about oil, Got it?
By Chris Marsden and Barry Grey, March 27, 2004
Those who were taken in by the moralistic posturing of the US and British governments in their war propaganda against Iraq would do well to consider Thursday’s visit by British Prime Minister To...
Libya confirms it “bought peace” with the US
By Steve James, March 11, 2004
In the murky world of international diplomacy, truth, when it makes an appearance, is usually an unwelcome visitor. It cuts through the fog of duplicity and lies through which official political circl...
Libyan government assists US aggression in the Middle East
By Steve James, December 30, 2003
Libya’s declaration that it will abandon its “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) ends a long process through which the regime of Colonel Muammar Gadhaffi has sought to accommodate it...
Ethnic violence and mass deportations of immigrants in Libya
By Trevor Johnson, October 28, 2000
Beginning in September, African immigrants living in Libya have been routinely set upon and killed by gangs of Libyan youths, with no action taken by the security forces to prevent the attacks. Immigr...
Lockerbie-Pan Am 103: Prosecution case evaporates
By Steve James, October 17, 2000
After six months, the prosecution case in the trial of the two Libyans accused of blowing up Pan Am 103 on December 21 1988 has all but evaporated. The defendants, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and...
