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The US has authorized the use of armed, unmanned Predator drones over Libya to give “precision capabilities,” which will not only cause more devastation of Libya but also create false hopes in the rebels even […]

Indications are clear that the powerful states of the West have chosen to wear their military prowess like a badge even though it is not helping solve the crisis that made them rush into Libya […]

From all indications, the UN Security Council’s Resolution 1973 has become an albatross with very nasty implications. Initially couched and perceived as a blessing—because it was meant to solve humanitarian problems arising from the rebellion […]

When I saw the Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo in “Joe Singlet” and sweating profusely on the BBC and Euro News channels a short while ago, I didn’t know whether to laugh or weep. I was […]

As the West and their collaborating Arab League countries that have now marshalled forces to attack Libya are gleefully thumping their chests over their anticipated military successes against Muammar Gaddafi, they seem not to be […]

—-Calls for dialogue with all parties The Libyan government has announced an immediate ceasfire in its conflict with rebels holding up in eastern part of the country. Speaking at a news conference in Tripoli, the […]

After many hiccups and fits-and-starts, the United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution (Resolution 1973) that will legitimize the use of “force” against Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi and his loyalists. In New York, […]

…Gadhafi has all along been presiding over a house of cards, which is now collapsing on him… Until the country he ruled with an iron fist began crumbling under him, Libya’s Muammar al-Gadhafi had portrayed […]