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Necessary Step, Dangerous Rationalization: NATO Prolongs Libya Campaign
On June 1 in Brussels, the North Atlantic Council approved a prolongation of the NATO-flagged campaign in Libya for another 90 days –that is, until the end of September (www.nato.int, June 1). The Alliance had originally set a 90-day term, counting from March 31 when... MORE
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Russia to the West’s Rescue in Libya?
As predicted from the outset of the Libya crisis (EDM, April 21, 26), Russia now officially proposes to “help” extricate the Western belligerents from their difficulties in Libya. Moreover, Moscow’s mediation is being solicited. At the G8 summit in Deauville, France on May 26 –... MORE
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General Gabriel Tang: South Sudan’s Prodigal Son or Khartoum’s Agent of Chaos?
In the months following January’s successful vote for secession from the Republic of Sudan, South Sudan’s inherently weak government is already threatened by rebel militias, tribal violence and clashes between gunmen in its oil-rich Jonglei state, South Sudan’s largest. Prominent among the insurgent generals imperiling... MORE
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From Rommel to Qaddafi: Petrol Supplies Still the Key to Military Success in Libya
“The bravest men can do nothing without guns, the guns can do nothing without plenty of ammunition, and neither guns nor ammunition are of much use in mobile warfare unless there are vehicles with sufficient petrol to haul them around.” General Erwin Rommel, 1942 [1]... MORE
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Algeria’s Response to the Revolt in Libya
African support for military intervention in Libya against Colonel Qaddafi has been far cooler than that displayed by the United States and Europe (see Terrorism Monitor, April 14). Among the African countries critical to the success of NATO activities in Libya, Algeria has rapidly emerged... MORE
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Moscow Initiates Mediation Between Tripoli and Benghazi
As anticipated (EDM, April 26), Russia is offering its mediation services in Libya to capitalize on NATO’s predicament. The Russian government has invited emissaries from both Libyan sides, Tripoli and Benghazi, to Moscow for separate talks. Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, is using foreign dignitaries’... MORE
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Coalition of the Willing Stands in for NATO in Libya
NATO’s combat operation in Libya involves only 10 out of 28 member countries. It amounts to a coalition-of-the-willing from among NATO members, continuing a pattern set in Iraq (NATO’s flag could not be used there, but can and is being used for the Libya campaign).... MORE
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NATO in Libya: An Improvised Intervention
The United States kick-started the Libya operation on March 19, in charge of Operation Odyssey Dawn, and launching air and missile strikes until April 3. The French, British, and several other governments (some of them with caveats) joined the operation from the outset. Washington, however,... MORE
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NATO and the Responsibility to Protect: Whom Exactly?
Following in US footsteps, NATO has stumbled into its own war of choice in Libya. The rationale in this case is an assumed “responsibility to protect” populations, apparently anywhere, from mass-scale atrocities or war crimes, be they perpetrated by governments or resulting from civil conflicts.... MORE
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Europol Identifies Security Threat to Europe from North Africa’s “Arab Spring”
Without food, employment or security, thousands of sub-Saharan Africans are taking to the sea in overcrowded and unseaworthy boats in desperate attempts to escape the violence in Libya. They are joining some 25,000 Tunisians who have already fled to the Italian islands of Lampedusa and... MORE