NATO Invasion of Libya: Oil and Empire in North Africa.

If you are watching events unfolding in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, how much of that is true? Are these events more about petro-terrorism or about "freedom" and democracy? How much oil is there in North Africa? Who is in control of that oil? What is the relationship between our West and Muamar Gaddafi? Is he really the terrorist we've all been led to believe he is? Who is the Libyan "opposition" and who are the "rebels" we have all read about? Amidst the propaganda presented by "our" western media and State Department disinformation, we find that Muamar Gaddafi is even accused of genocide against his own people. Are we looking at double standards? With the discovery of oil in Libya in 1959, that country became a very rich little western protectorate. US and European companies had huge stakes in the lucrative petroleum and banking sectors, but these were soon nationalized by Gaddafi. Therefore, overnight, Libya joined the list of US 'enemy' or 'rogue' states that sought autonomy and self-determination outside the expanding sphere of "our" western Empire. Further cementing western hatred of the new regime, Libya played a leading role in the 1973 oil embargo against our US, and maintained cooperative relations with the Soviet Union. Gaddafi also channeled his early oil wealth into free national health care and education. Please click on my headline to read the entire illustrated version of this report by Keith Harmon Snow!