Monday, March 28, 2011

The hypocrisy of governments that let protesters be murdered in Bahrain while talking of the responsibility to protect and freedom to protest in Libya

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There is a stench of utter hypocrisy and double standards emanating from the British, French, Canadian and US governments on the murder of ...
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Time for peace negotiations in Libya - country wide airstrikes and an offensive on Tripoli will kill civilians, not protect them

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The bombing in Libya was justified under UN Resolution 1973 in targeting tanks and artillery which were shelling Benghazi. It is not jus...
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Gates recycles disproven Afghan war air strike propaganda for bombing of Libya

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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has claimed that in Libya “The truth of the matter is we have trouble coming up with proof of any civil...

Iraq style sanctions on Libya - planned or already in place?

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Some NATO country politicians have called for Iraq style sanctions on Libya through an “oil for food” programme of the kind that was impos...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Racism, sexism and religious sectarianism are problems for all democracries - not just for Arab democratisation

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There are also some serious problems coming from some of the opponents of the dictatorship, who don’t seem that keen on democracy being ex...
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US and its allies continue to try to limit democratisation, not help it along

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You may have got the impression that Egyptians are on the road to their first democratic elections now. Unfortunately there’s no guarantee...

In Bahrain as in Libya unarmed protesters and medical staff are being killed with helicopters, live fire and snipers

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Bahrain’s military and police, along with Saudi and UAE troops are now doing everything Gaddafi’s forces have been condemned for. They are...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Russian and Chinese government propaganda on Libya?

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There have been reports from the Voice of Russia Radio of almost half the casualties being soldiers – without specifying how many soldiers...

Governments' war propaganda is the main reason why people doubt every call for humanitarian intervention

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It’s best to retain some scepticism about some claims by governments and defectors from Gaddafi’s government, given the use of propaganda ...