Maria Golovnia: Libya Rebels say West is Failing Insurgents!

According to Maria Golovnia, and edited by David Stamp, Libya's rebel oil chief accused the West on Saturday of failing to deliver urgent financial aid (blood money, for the murder of innocent civilians) because he has by now run completely out of cash after months of hard fighting. Speaking to Reuters in a rare interview in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi, oil and finance minister Ali Tarhouni said all crude oil production had now come to a standstill due to damage caused by the fighting. "We don't have any cash", and cash is what this war is all about! "We are running out of everything", he said. "It's a complete FAILURE!" Either the "Western nations don't understand, or they don't care!" Sorry about that, Ali, but they really, really, really don't care, unless you can bring the oil out of the ground yourself! He added: "We are not producing any oil because of the damage. I don't expect us to produce oil any time soon! The refineries have no crude oil, so they are not working." Ali, my response to you is to find another sponsor for your destruction of Libya! Asked which companies he was talking to, he named Germany's Wintershall and France's Total. "We need help, we said we respect and abide by all contracts. The only enemy that I have is Gaddafi and his killers and thugs," he said. In terms of commerce and companies I have no enemies." There is an old German proverb, which goes: "Wer sich auf andere verlaesst, der ist verlassen", which means "he who depends on others is lost!

Joshua Holland: Why Does Europe Take Better Care of Its People Than America?

In many ways, what makes America different from other advanced democracies are relatively modest differences in priorities: While all wealthy democracies share the same basic model, deriving the bulk of their economic activity from the private sector, while offering some form of social safety net for those who fall between the cracks, even slight differences in priorities can have a huge impact on the lives of their people: Here are 9 countries that do a better job of providing for their citizens than we do: France, which has a health-care system ranked number one in the world by the WHO (World Health Organization), NOT the rock group, spent 11.2 percent of its economy to cover everyone. One statistic that that stands out: In the European economies, upward of 70 percent of total health care is picked up by the government, meaning that people are insured in large pools with lots of bargaining clout to hold down provider's costs. In the US, less than half of our health care is in the public sector, resulting in a patchwork system of private insurers with much higher administrative costs. When you plug what France pays per person for health care into our own government's fiscal projections, you get balanced budgets by around 2014, which then turn into surpluses after 2040. At around 12 percent, the United States doesn't have the lowest unionization rate among the "wealthy countries". That distinction goes to France, where under 8 percent of the workforce belongs to a union!

Jewish Court Sentences Dog to Death By Stoning.

Once upon a time, many people in the world believed in witchcraft. It seems the Jews Still Do: A Jerusalem "rabbinical court" condemned a dog to death, whom they suspected to be the "reincarnation" of a secular lawyer who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago. According to Ynet, the large dog made its way into the Monetary Affairs Court in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mesa Shearim in Jerusalem, frightening judges and plaintiffs. Despite attempts to drive the dog out of the court, the hound refused to leave the premises. One of the sitting "judges" then recalled a curse the court had passed down on a secular lawyer who had insulted the judges two decades previously. Their preferred "divine retribution" was for the lawyer's spirit to move into the body of a dog, an animal considered impure by "traditional Judaism". Clearly still offended, one of the "judges" sentenced the animal to death by stoning by local children. The canine target, however, managed to escape! In other words, divine justice was finally done!

Webster G. Tarpley: US Naval and Troop Movements Reported as Syrian Destabilization Escalates

US Special Forces units based in Fort Hood, Texas have been told to prepare for deployment in Libya no later than July, according to a US military source. The Special Forces would then be followed in September or October by heavy armored units of the First Cavalry Division, currently located in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with other components of the US III Corps. This report was broadcast today on the Alex Jones radio program, and comes against the backdrop of escalating US destabilization operations against Syria and sharpening US condemnation of Damascus and its ally, Teheran. Observers point out that US Special Forces have been in Libya since February. They also note that, while the Libyan destination is highly plausible, some of these units may also find themselves on the way to Yemen, Syria, or beyond. Another anonymous military source speaking on the Alex Jones broadcast reported that that stocks of depleted uranium (DU) munitions are currently very low. This may be the reality behind outgoing Defense Secretary Gates' complaint last week that NATO is running out of bombs in Libya, and similar remarks by French NATO General Stephane Abrial in Belgrade. A source at US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that US forces are being lined up for new foreign missions, and added that his unit had recently processed two deceased US Army soldiers and three deceased US civilians, possibly mercenaries. The source attributed these cases to Libya, although US operations in Libya are widely thought to be controlled by the new US African Command (AFRICOM). These reports should be taken together with the energetic protests from the Russian Foreign Ministry over the presence of the US Aegis cruiser Monterrey (a vessel with anti-ballistic missile capabilities) in the Black Sea, along with the arrival of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan off the coast of Syria.

Howard Portnoy: Germany Withdraws NATO Support: Libyan "Coalition" in Tatters!

If it wasn't clear three days ago, when Obama, pressured by the "Bilderberg" group who installed him, unilaterally ordered military action against Libya, or the day after - when he stupidly asked: "Can't someone else lead?" condemned the United States to another useless war, to feed the "Military Industrial Complex". Now Obama will be tasked with the destruction of our country's military. The war is Obama's, and so far he's been bungling it "big time". Never mind the question of what the mission is, or why the "president" would want to pass off leadership of the coalition: Though many are asking - "What Coalition": The Mail, a fine British Newspaper, reports that the Germans are pulling out. A military spokesman from my former nation, of which I am presently very proud, said that they plan to recall two frigates and AWACS surveillance plane crews from the Mediterranean out of fear they would be drawn into the conflict, if NATO takes over control from the US. The US and Britain, meanwhile, are no longer are NO LONGER ON SPEAKING TERMS, following a statement by the Brits to the effect that Muammar Gaddafi is a legitimate target for assassination. As if that weren't chaotic enough, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced this morning that France is NOT AT WAR with LIBYA. Our objective, said the French Spokesman, is to protect the civilian population, though the French military had earlier decided to guide them to an early grave!

Cynthia McKinney: More NATO "Humanitarian Intervention!"

Since coming to Tripoli to see first hand the consequences of the NATO military operations, it has become clear to me that despite the ongoing silence of the international press on the ground here in Libya, there is clear evidence that civilian targets have been hit, and Libyan civilians injured and killed. This Tuesday morning I was taken from my hotel across the city, through its bustling traffic to the Al Fateh University. On 9 June, Dean Ali Mansur was outside in the parking lot. The sky was blue, like in Carolina. The clouds were white-no chem-trails in sight. Puffy and white. Dean Ali Mansur was visibly upset. It seems that some of the young men at Al Fateh University, Campus B were fighting over girls. He explained to me that Libyans are hot-blooded. With a gleam in his eye, he whispered to me that girls are important to young men. Yes, that was clearly evident today as I approached the campus of Al Fateh University, Campus B, formerly known as Nasser University. Under the trees, throughout the lawn, as we approached the campus gates, I could see young men and women talking to each other, talking on cell phones. Walking to and fro, assembled, probably talking about the latest campus news -whatever that might be. Today, on the Al Fateh campus, life was teeming. Student life seemed vibrant. The feel of ambiance of this university was not unlike the hundreds of other universities that I have visited in the US and around the world: Libyan boys and girls are like ours. My son would easily fit into the life of this university!

Fox News: It's not nice to taunt the Russian Bear!!

Hours after NATO airstrikes pounded Muammar al-Qaddafi's compound again before dawn Thursday, Russia's envoy to Libya turned up at a bombing site while on a visit to Tripoli for talks on ending the "civil war". Italy's foreign minister, meanwhile, said his government was calling together tribal leaders from all parts of Libya for a meeting to promote reconciliation. Franco Frattini said Thursday up to 300 people representing all of Libya's regions will attend the meeting, though he did not give a date. The ANSA news agency said the meeting might take place next week. One of Qaddafi's sons told an Italian newspaper that his father would NOT seek exile outside Libya but that elections under international supervision could offer a way out. A vote could be organized within 3 months! The son, Saif al-Islam, told Corriere della Sera that Qaddafi would step aside if he lost, which the son said was unlikely. He acknowledged however that "my father's regime as it developed since 1969 is dead". The son said he envisions a federal state with strong local autonomy and a weak central government in Tripoli. In Moscow, the ITAR-Tass news agency said envoy Mikhail Margelov visited the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi and said that Qaddafi has lost his legitimacy, however, he also said that NATO airstrikes are NOT a solution to Libya's violent stalemate.