North Africa

Where Qaddafi Failed, Islam Will Succeed by Kevin Barrett

Let’s face it: Qaddafi was a failure. He was looking for unity in all the wrong places: Arab unity, African unity, “third-world” unity. In his doomed quest for unity, Qaddafi was a failed idealist. “Arab”-ness is just another nationalism, another form of empty identity politics. “African-ness” and “Third Worldness” are no better. Africa has two thousand different languages and cultures. The …

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Gaddafi burial delayed – Al Jazeera and agencies

Slain leader's body kept in cold storage before secret burial as UN calls video of his last moments "disturbing". Libya's National Transitional Council has delayed the burial for Muammar Gaddafi in order to arrange a secret location and allow for an investigation into his death, officials say. On Friday, as videos continued to surface showing the fugitive deposed leader being captured alive …

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Post-War Libya Urged to Create New Human Rights Regime By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20, 2011 (IPS) – As the United Nations celebrated the birth of a new democratic Libya, the National Transitional Council (NTC), which has been duly recognised as the legitimate government, is faced with new political demands – even before it could get off the ground. The Libyan government is expected to be under pressure to right the …

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After Gaddafi, a nightmare for NATO By Ameen Izzadeen

Signs of cracks within the alliance that ousted Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the fugitive Libyan strongman, are emerging while the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries, which have invested billions of dollars in their effort to help the rebels capture Libya and end four decades of dictatorship, are in a quandary. It appears that after all that NATO investment Libya may …

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NATO Destroys Yet Another Country By M D Nalapat

Some years ago, in the Indian site www.bharat-rakshak.com, this columnist had written of the NATO militaries as resembling an army of simians. Such a force – if let loose within a confined space – can create immense damage, but are unable to clean up the resultant mess. This is precisely what the world has witnessed in Iraq. Despite more than a decade …

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