Various public relations firms and major lobbying groups on K Street are entering into contracts with the Libyan rebels’ Transitional National Council to help them gain recognition, public approval, and influence in Washington. And the firms are giving Libya’s new government a sweet deal on their services to lobby to unfreeze Gadhafi’s exorbitant assets and learn how [...]
Major businesses are gunning for first dibs on Libya’s natural resources as a new race to turn a profit out of the war-torn nation begins. Many business leaders, most with close connections to their respective governments, are planning to send representatives to Benghazi to meet leaders of the Transitional National Council (TNC). International oil companies from [...]
Former State Dept Official Urges Occupation of Libya to ‘Maintain Order’ | Panetta insists US ‘not at all’ considering troops
Retired US General: Delist Terrorists as ‘Provocative’ Action Against Iran | Praises MEK as ‘overt military counterforce’ to Iran
Gadhafi Son Khamis Killed — Again? | NATO reported killing Khamis weeks ago
Top Yemeni Official Dies From Injuries in June Assassination Bid | Former PM died in Saudi Arabia
Compared with a decade ago, the military is bigger, more closely connected to the CIA, more practiced at taking on terrorists and more respected by the American public. But its members also are growing weary from war, committing suicide at an alarming rate and training less for conventional warfare. The Pentagon’s leaders will have to adjust [...]
Airstrikes Stop as Israel, Hamas Agree on Truce | Israeli cabinet votes against escalation
International oil companies are preparing to resume exploration, drilling, and production in Libya after Monday’s near collapse of the Gadhafi regime. Most of them withdrew their expatriate staffs when fighting began in February, but now note that most of Libya’s oil installations appeared largely undamaged from months of warfare and are eager to return. “Our people [...]
Syria Killings Continue as UN Sends Humanitarian Team | UN says 2,200 killed since protests began
