- At an October 11 press briefing, NATO spokesperson Oana
Lungescu claimed Operation Unified Protector (NATO's aggression on Libya)
"has been a great success. We're pretty close to the end, but we're
not there yet."
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- "We did the right thing. We saved countless lives.
We did it the right way, fast, with flexibility, involving Partners from
the start, and we did it for the right reasons; to fully implement the
mandate of the United Nations Security Council."
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- "Now we will make sure the end of the operation
will come when the time is right. We will not leave the job half done."
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- "Our mission, as you know, is to prevent attacks
and threats against civilians, so we will terminate the mission once we
assess that there is no longer a systematic and significant threat...."
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- NATO military spokesperson Col. Roland Lavoie followed
Lungescu with similar comments, claiming "we have witnessed a significant
evolution of the situation in Libya."
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- He added that "NATO is exercising air power only
when necessary and always with caution, discernment and precision."
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- Fact check
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- On October 13, UN Support Mission to Libya head Ian Martin
briefed Security Council members by video-link. His assessment differed
greatly from NATO, saying:
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- "The situation (in Libya) is far from stable. There
are many security concerns. The fighting is still on. Violations of human
rights and international humanitarian law have been registered."
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- Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin called the briefing
"open and sobering," adding:
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- "The Libyan authorities clearly need support, an
effective UN mission, and this is where the Security Council will concentrate
its efforts in the next few months."
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- Loyalists, in fact, are Libya's only authority, not NATO
or TNC puppet officials. UN action to halt terror bombing and rebel cutthroats
is crucial.
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- Libyan sovereignty must be recognized and supported,
free from NATO and UN Blue Helmet paramilitary occupation.
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- Libyans won't tolerate less nor should they. Their struggle
deserves global support, including by world body leaders. NATO must be
condemned as a rogue aggressor. Responsible member states must be held
accountable.
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- On October 9, Russia Today (RT.com) said:
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- "....NATO exposed its hypocrisy toward protecting
civilian lives, letting (TNC fighters) shell loyalist cities and assault
them despite great losses among the civilian population."
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- "We know what this war was about. It was about regime
change....NATO does not care about civilians."
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- WikiLeaks Julian Assange told RT:
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- "The lesson for Libya is that there are only two
superpowers....the US and the EU." They attacked Libya lawlessly.
"It shows that there is no effective rule of law as far as the UN
is concerned."
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- RT said "NATO stands accused of turning a blind
eye to huge civilian casualties in Libya." Libyans know Western forces
didn't come as liberators. They came as imperial predators.
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- NATO's Imperial Aggression
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- Since March 19, NATO waged lawless aggression against
a nonbelligerent country, mischaracterized as humanitarian intervention
responsibility to protect.
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- It violated UN Charter's Chapter VI calling for peaceful
conflict dispute resolutions. Humanitarian intervention authority never
permits military force or other hostile acts.
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- It ignored Chapter VII authorization to impose boycotts,
embargoes, blockades, and severed diplomatic ties when justified - never
war, except in self-defense and only until the Security Council acts.
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- No justification whatever existed. A humanitarian crisis
didn't exist until NATO arrived. For seven months, it terror bombed Libya
relentlessly. Targets included schools, hospitals, mosques, civilian neighborhoods,
and others unrelated to military necessity.
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- Tens of thousands of Libyans have been massacred in cold
blood, including women, children, the elderly and infirm. Areas across
the country were ravaged. Food, water, medical supplies, electricity, and
fuel were cut off.
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- NATO is a rogue killing machine. It's mission isn't liberation.
It's slaughtering, ravaging and pillaging for power and profit.
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- Wherever it intervenes, human misery follows. Death,
disease, starvation, depravation and desperation haunt the living. Libya
is one of history's great crimes.
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- Against overwhelming odds, loyalists tied down the world's
mightiest military force for seven months, determined to resist, live free,
and rebuild.
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- NATO and major media scoundrels claim victory is close
at hand. NSNBC's daily updates tell a much different story.
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- On October 15, it said early on October 14, TNC fighters
controlled parts of Sirte, as well as small areas of Sabah, Bani Walid,
Benghazi and Tripoli. "This picture would change dramatically over
the next 24 hours."
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- Overnight, Zuwara residents attacked TNC rebels, burned
their local office, "and forced the occupiers to flee....taking heavy
casualties."
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- Elsewhere across Libya, early morning hours were marked
by demonstrations. Loyalists won't tolerate NATO terror, "oppression,
massacres and atrocities for one moment longer. Libya was at the brink
of exploding from anger and frustration."
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- In Tripoli, demonstration began at 8:00AM. They grew
in size when Wirsh Fana Tribal members joined it. Chants said, "This
is it. Today we take our city and our country back."
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- TNC fighters fled in haste from Bani Walid, Sirte, and
Sabah, taking heavy casualties. "The retreat in Tripoli was a drive
through a shooting gallery as people all over Libya rose to the occasion."
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- By early afternoon, mass demonstrations waved green flags
across Libya. TNC Tripoli forces attacked them. NATO helicopter gunships
strafed nonviolent civilians.
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- The scene proved "what brand of 'Democracy' (NATO)
advocates," showing no regard whatever for human life.
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- At 6:00PM, reports suggested heavy fighting in parts
of Tripoli. Abu Salim and other areas were "firmly" under loyalist
control. At 6:30PM, "a NATO Apache helicopter was shot down."
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- Losing control of Tripoli, NATO sent reinforcements from
Zawiya. En route, they were "ambushed. The entire convoy was destroyed,
and there were numerous casualties and prisoners."
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- By late evening, most of Tripoli was liberated, 80% of
Benghazi, and other large areas across Libya. TNC's Benghazi headquaters
was "stormed. Over 90% of TNC members had resigned." Those in
Tripoli fled.
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- NATO planes began bombing Abu Salim. A caller said "they
are carpet bombing our district." More Wirsh Fana Tribal members arrived,
"entirely changing the military situation."
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- "Attacks on heavily fortified TNC and NATO positions
began, while special operations units from the Libyan forces began deploying
to capture key Libyan and foreign political and military figures."
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- Gheriyan is again free. Residents there like elsewhere
say they'll "never accept a TNC that is forced on them by NATO."
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- On October 15 overnight, loyalists attacked the Rixos
Hotel, Military Camp 77 and Green Square. Bodies there provided evidence
of a NATO/TNC massacre. Unconfirmed reports said Washington's ambassador
is missing.
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- Zlitan and Gheriay-based tribes said they'll send reinforcements
to Tripoli and Sirte. Early Saturday morning, "a NATO Chinook helicopter
was shot down near Zlitan."
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- Heavy fighting continued overnight through early morning.
TNC fighters took heavy casualties. Courageous loyalists persist against
their best military might, including daily terror bombing.
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- Showing no regard for human life and welfare, their imperial
mission focuses solely on conquest, colonization, resource control, exploitation,
and unchallenged dominance. Libyans want none of it and won't quit, no
matter the odds.
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- Reports circulated about Kmamis Gaddafi's death, including
on Syria's Arrai TV. He commands Libya's 32nd Elite Brigade. However, Algeria
ISP called his death fabricated NATO propaganda. So far, no confirmation
either way is available.
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- NATO and major media scoundrels have gone all out to
control the message. Nothing they say is credible. On October 16, Algeria
ISP said NATO and TNC officials implemented a disinformation campaign to
help locate loyalist government and military officials.
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- Whether they're captured or free, dead or alive, diverts
attention from what matters most - the committed will of millions of Libyans
to resist. Fighting for their lives, liberation and futures drives them
daily.
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- New leaders stand ready to replace fallen ones. It's
working, as loyalists so far bested NATO's killing machine for seven months.
They'll fight seven more or as long as it takes to live free.
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- Military conditions are "volatile, but in spite
of NATO's" air power, rebel mercenaries, and Special Forces directing
them, loyalists keep making "slow but steady progress."
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- New reports NSNBC got say most Tripoli residential districts
"are controlled by Libyan forces and popular resistance. The green
flag was hoisted over the Rixos Hotel and Military Camp 77."
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- Heavy clashes continue across greater Tripoli and Tarhuna.
Loyalists control most of Bani Walid. Zawiyah is free.
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- Stepped up loyalist resistance Friday in Tripoli forced
NATO to shift Sirte forces there. Nonetheless, Sirte has been relentlessly
terror bombed and shelled by "light, medium range and heavy artillery."
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- Supportive major media scoundrels suppress the truth
when they report anything about NATO lawlessness they call humanitarian
intervention.
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- More updates will discuss what they distort, censor and
suppress.
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- Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at
lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
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