TRIPOLI, LIBYA -- In the current NATO war on Libya, the citizens of
European and North American NATO countries are being treated to the
largest propaganda blitz by their governments in cahoots with
corporate media outlets since the U.S.-led invasions and occupation of
Iraq. The situation on the ground in Tripoli, the Libyan capital,
could not more different from what is being portrayed by Western news
networks and newspapers.
The NATO missile
attack that killed Muammar Qaddafi's son, Seif al Arab Qaddafi, on
April 30, was an attempt to kill Muammar Qaddafi himself. This editor
visited the devastated home where Seif was killed, along with his
friend and three of Muammar Qaddafi's grandchildren. The only reason
why Muammar Qaddafi survived the blast was that he was away from the
main residence tending to some animals, including two gazelles, kept
in a small petting zoo maintained for his grandchildren. Muammar
Qaddafi escaped the fate of his son and grandchildren by only about
500 feet. The residence was hit by bunker buster bombs fired from a
U.S. warplane. One of the warheads did not detonate and was later
removed from what remained of a bedroom in the home. Libyan
authorities do not have the technical capabilities to determine if the
warhead contained depleted uranium.
NATO and the
Pentagon claimed the residence was a military compound, yet there is
no evidence that any military assets were located in the residence
that was flanked by the homes of a Libyan doctor and businessmen. The
Qaddafi residence actually is owned by Qaddafi's wife. The neighbors'
homes were also badly damaged in the U.S. air attack and are
uninhabitable. Only a few hundred yards away from the Qaddafi compound
sits the embassy of Cote d'Ivoire.
The presence of a
foosball table and swing set in the yard of the Qaddafi compound
belies the charge by the Pentagon that the home was a military target.
However, considering that Qaddafi was present in the compound during
the attack, it is clear that President Obama violated international
law and three Executive Orders signed by three past presidents --
Ford, Carter, and Reagan -- in trying to assassinate the Libyan head
of state. In fact, while Obama's order to kill Qaddafi was being
carried out, the President of the United States was preparing to yuck
it up with Washington's illuminati and Hollywood's glitterati at the
White House Correspndents' Dinner in Washington.
Obama's order to
kill Qaddafi is reminiscent of George W. Bush's order to kill Sadaam
Hussein at the outset of the U.S. war against Iraq, an assassination
order that was also a violation of international and U.S.
law.
Above, tracing
the footsteps that Muammar Qaddafi took from his wife's residence to
his grand children's petting zoo at the rear of the backyard. Moments
after Qaddafi left the residence for the mini-zoo, NATO missiles
struck the residence in a residential and diplomatic quarter of
Tripoli, killing his son and three grandchildren. There are still
small body parts lying underneath the rubble of the
residence. The U.S.missiles
struck the Qaddafi home at 8:09 pm Tripoli time. The clock was frozen
at the time of the attack.
Debris from one
of the US missiles that was used to try to kill Muammar
Qaddafi.
The remains of a
bathtub blown several hundred feet away from the Qaddafi home into the
yard.
Colonel Qaddafi's
wife's handbag and some of her clothing blown several hundred feet
from the bedroom of the home.
The Pentagon
insists that the Qaddafi residence was a military command center.
Perhaps the Pentagon mistook the above equipment for what the Pentagon
brass trains on every day.
The garment
Colonel Qaddafi was wearing in the living room before he left for the
backyard mini-zoo.
A piece of
reinforced concrete was propelled through the living room wall from
the adjacent bedroom area of the Qaddafi house.
One of the
fortunate but still traumatized survivors of the children's petting
zoo.
Putting into context
what occurred at Mrs. Qaddafi's home and the aftermath, let one say
that there is an unprovoked and surprise enemy missile attack on a
secondary U.S. presidential residence, say Camp David. The world's
major media then claims that the attack was justified because the U.S.
president was committing unsubstantiated war crimes, all reported from
sketchy sources. A group of independent journalists and human rights
activists drive to Camp David and are welcomed by a plainclothes
member of the Secret Service's Presidential Protective
Division.
The Secret Service
official then proceeds to show the delegation one of the bombed out
bedrooms of the main residence and points out that one of the
pulverized bedrooms is where the president's daughter was killed in
the attack. The delegation is then shown the First Lady's singed
handbag thrown several hundred feet away in the explosion. Although
the President was taking a walk away from the main residence, the
delegation is shown a windbreaker bearing the presidential seal lying
on the couch of the destroyed living room. A room said contain
military command and control systems is then found by the delegation
to have a destroyed pool table and a shattered pinball machine. The
attacking nation claims that the Camp David compound was a security
threat. But the American people rally to support their president and
his family after the attack. Now, you can begin to understand how the
people of Libya feel after the U.S. attack on Mrs. Qaddafi's house
that killed her and her husband's son and three grand children, along
with a family friend.
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