Repeated escalations of the conflict having done nothing to meaningfully move the border between the two factions, NATO has decided on a new tactic in the Libya War that is bound to be extremely controversial: they are now attacking the nation’s oil.
Earlier today, NATO began launching air strikes against the petrochemical complexes in Brega, one of the nation’s most important export hubs. The move was said to have done significant damage.
A top British commander, Rear Admiral Harding, defended the attacks, saying NATO had decided that the oil industry in Brega was only helping the Gadhafi regime and that the attacks were done “solely to protect civilians.”
The move will likely irk East Libya’s Transitional National Council, which is hoping to eventually take over the entire country and is already looking to talk with international companies to profit from the industry. The damage NATO is doing will likely add significantly to the cost of restarting oil production.
When these muslims will understand the hidden agenda of the westen powers?
This war is not about the Libyan Oil.., is about the Libyan – African peoples money that US , EU and China are trying to steal it from African projects.., this money (53 billion dollar ) was going to be used for development in Africa and US – EU were not invited to participate because they are not trust worthy and Libyan war have shown the fact that China, US and EU are not trust worthy of anything.
"Of course they are protecting them. With humanitarian bombs don't you know. Can't you tell the difference? Are you a conspiracy nut or something!"
When will NATO start bombing the man made river due to to tactical significance of "Helping the Gaddafi regime"?
Perfect! What would they think of next? Of course, knowing how much this will bring into the pockets of the Wall Street cartel will make it all worth it.
“Above all, the European Union must start acting like a responsible force in world affairs, not a many-headed monster.”
The Financial Times published that on February 23, right as the civil war in Libya erupted. Unfortunately, Europe – along with America – has continued to act like a many-headed monster, particularly in Libya.
To begin with, the West failed to help countries like Libya develop their economies before the war began. In fact, the West promised to help Libya develop its economy after Libya agreed to abandon its nuclear program. But instead of doing that, the West seemed happy to support and encourage organizations intent on overthrowing the existing regime. In particular, Britain supported the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a terrorist organization linked to Al Qaeda whose objective was to overthrow Gaddafi. In 1996, British intelligence even hired that organization to assassinate Gaddafi.
Britain has connections to several members of LIFG. The founder of LIFG, Norman Benotman, has lived in London since 1995. While living in London, he met members of Al Qaeda such as Abu Qatada and Mustafa Setmariam Nasar. Before moving to London, he lived in Sudan where he met with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Britain also has connections to another member of LIFG, Anas al-Liby. He also knew Osama bin Laden. Despite the fact that America believes he had a role in the 1998 African embassy bombings, Britain gave him political asylum and allowed him to live in Manchester until May of 2000.
Interestingly, Libya issued an arrest warrant for Osama bin Laden in March of 1998. At that time, British and American intelligence tried to conceal the origins of the arrest warrant and they minimized the danger of bin Laden. The fact that Britain provided sanctuary to two members of LIFG and the fact the Britain paid LIFG to assassinate Gaddafi suggests strongly that Britain controls the organization. And the fact that British and American intelligence tried to squash an arrest warrant for Osama bin Laden suggests they controlled him as well.
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