F. William Engdahl: Framing Libya and Reframing War

The lies used to justify the NATO war against Libya stink to high heaven, having surpassed those created to justify the invasion of Iraq. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both had honest observers on the ground for months, following the rebellion in eastern Libya, and both have repudiated the every major charge used to justify the NATO war on Libya. According to the Amnesty observer, who is fluent in Arabic, there is not one confirmed instance of rape by the pro-Gadaffi fighters, and not even a doctor who knew of one. All the Viagra mass rape stories are pure fabrications. Amnesty could not verify a single "African mercenary" fighting for Gaddafi, and the highly charged international satellite television accounts of African mercenaries raping women that were used to panic much of the eastern Libyan population into fleeing their homes were pure fabrications. There were no confirmed accounts of helicopter gunships attacking civilians, and no jet fighters bombing people, except those from the evil NATO forces, who were led by Obama to destroy Libya and steal their oil as soon as possible, as was the case after the destruction of the Iraqi armed forces. After three months on the ground in rebel-controlled territory, the Amnesty investigator could only confirm 110 deaths in Benghazi, which included Gadaffi supporters. Only 110 dead in Benghazi? Wait a minute, we were told thousands had died there, ten thousand even. No, only 110 lost their lives, including pro-government people. No rapes, no African mercenaries, no helicopter gunships or bombers, only 110 deaths due to the aggressive bombings by the continuing NATO bombardments, whose every claim is based on a lie.

Nazemroaya: NATO Massacres of Civilians Aimed at "Cleansing" the Libyan People

On, or around the night of August 10, 2011, NATO conducted intensive attacks on Libyan civilians in the night of August 8, and in the early hours of August 9, 2011, from approximately 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 am EET. Despite Obama's proclaimed intent to help Libyan civilians, American fighter and bomber planes, the civilians in Libya were bombed indiscriminately by NATO. A large number of casualties occurred in the city of Zliten, in the district of Misurata. In Zliten, 85 people were killed, including 33 children, 32 women, and 22 men. Many of the injured civilian victims are in critical condition, and most are now near death. Thus goes Obama's claim of helping Libyan civilians! Looks as though Obama's claim to help Libyan civilians is about a queer as a two dollar bill: A large number of casualties occurred in the city of Zliten, in the district of Misurata. In Zliten, 85 people were killed, including 33 children, 32 women, and 20 men, as a result of NATO's deliberate targeting of residential areas and civilian infrastructure. Many of the injured civilian victims are in critical condition and near death. Zliten has been under constant NATO bombardment for several days. The recent NATO attacks started at about 11:30 pm EET on August 8, 2011. At least 7 civilian homes belonging to local farmers were destroyed, killing entire families. In all, 20 families were the targets of NATO bombings.

Thomas C. Mountain: Libya War Lies Worse Than Iraq

The lies used to justify the NATO war against Libya have surpassed those created to justify the invasion of Iraq. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both had honest observers on the ground for months following the "rebellion" in eastern Libya, and both have repudiated every major change used to justify the NATO war on Libya. According to the Amnesty observer, who is fluent in Arabic, there is NOT one confirmed instance of rape by the pro-Gadaffi fighters, and not even a doctor who knew of one. All the Viagra mass rape stories were pure fabrications. Amnesty could not verify a single "African mercenary" fighting for Gaddafi's story, and the highly charged international satellite television accounts of African mercenaries raping women that were used to panic much of the eastern Libyan population into fleeing their homes were fabrications. There were no confirmed accounts of helicopter gunships attacking civilians, and no jet fighters bombing people, which completely invalidates any justification for the No-Fly Zone in Security Council resolutions used as an excuse for NATO to launch its attacks on Libya. After three months on the ground in rebel-controlled territory, the Amnesty investigator could only confirm 110 deaths in Benghazi, which included Gadaffi supporters. Only 110 dead in Benghazi? Wait a minute, we were told thousands had died here, ten thousand even. No, only 110 lost their lives, including pro-government people.

The Raw Story: Thousands Riot in China's Guizhou Province

Thousands of rioters took to the streets in southwestern China,with some smashing and burning vehicles, after a city official injured a female cyclist, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. The riots broke out late Thursday in Guizhou province and continued all night. Ten police officers were wounded in the violence. Rioters also blocked the city's main roads, using trucks,the state-run China National Radio reported on its web site. Xinhua said the riots were set off when "chengguan" officials, responsible for low-level policing on China's streets, injured a female cyclist while trying to confiscate her bicycle for illegal parking. Chengguan officials, widely disliked in China, and often accused of using excessive force against civilians, have been behind an increasing number of riots in recent years. Last month, hundreds of people in another southern Chinese city rioted after a chengguan was reported to have beaten up a one-legged fruit seller. The seller, who had apparently protested against the confiscation of his cart for illegal parking, later died of his injuries. Comments on the Guizhou riots were blocked on the popular Chinese microblogging website Weibo on Friday.

Agence France-Presse: Scientists Predict Eruption Of Undersea Volcano!

US scientists said Tuesday that for the first time they have successfully predicted the eruption of one of the world's most active undersea volcanoes off the coast of the western state of Oregon: Scientists from Oregon and New York have been monitoring Axial Seamount, 250 miles out to sea, since it last erupted in 1998, and predicted it would again before 2014. On an exhibition to the area on July 29, researchers using a remotely operated robot discovered a lava flow that was not there the year before, and began noticing that the entire area looked unfamiliar. "When we first arrived at the seafloor, we thought we were in the wrong place, because it looked so completely different," said Bill Chadwick, an Oregon State University geologist who co-authored a 2006 study that forecast another eruption by 2014. "We were unable to find our markers or monitoring instruments, or other distinctive features on the bottom." The team was using bottom pressure sensors, the same tools used to monitor the sea floor for potential tsunamis after an earthquake. A couple of their recording instruments soon turned up, and scientists determined that the eruption happened on April 6. The team was excited at the recovery, but cautioned that most volcanoes remain highly volatile.

Gerald Celente: PIIGS, Presstitutes And The Global Meltdown

In fact, You couldn't NOT read all about it: According to our corporate media, we are in for a wonderful era about how those happy stock market days are now here again! After a stormy start, June closed and July began immediately with US benchmark indexes racking up their "biggest weekly gains in two years on good news." (Or so it seems, at least on the surface!) Yes, there was some, how shall I call it? CONCERN, but, as The New York Times reported in June 25th, "Two years into the recovery, the economy is still behaving like a plane taxiing indefinitely on the runway. Few economists are predicting an out-and-out return to recession (are they just dumb, or what?) Analysts, or should it be 'analists' "generally" expect the economy to pick up in the second half. These economists were earlier forecasting strong job growth in June, but two weeks later, when the horrible numbers came in, the "Bureau of Labor Statistics" reported that only 18,000 jobs had been created, and not the 125,000 jobs projected by those same economists who were also not "predicting a out-and-out return to recession." Accordingly, without missing a beat, the Times changed its tune, writing new words to replace the old words they would "never" be forced to eat: "Feeble Job Numbers Show Recovery Starting to Stall. Defying Economists Forecast for Hiring, Unemployment Creeps Up to 9.2%. As we used to say in my Latin Class: "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" (Thus goes the glory of the world).

Theunjustmedia News & Perspectives: Is our US government being honest with us?

Whenever American Soldiers die in combat, as I can relate, based on my combat experience in Vietnam, our "wonderful government" appears to need a reason for their untimely deaths. As the advisory team leader in Trung Lap, in the heart of the so-called "Iron Triangle" I watched as our Chinook helicopters brought load after load of dead American soldiers into my compound, and had them stack like cord-wood at the end of my runway, which was made entirely from solid steel planking. It seems that there had been a large "operation", and these were our soldiers who had not survived. The silly one star general, who came in a light helicopter "to chew my ass", because I had not permitted his "air assets", as he liked to call them to complete their task of killing enemy soldiers in the nearby rubber plantation, did not arouse any pity in my heart, since I was still focused on the many American soldiers lying there behind him. I had joined the indigenous forces from the village of Trung Lap in fighting the enemy in the rubber trees during the previous night, and had cut the general's "air assets", as he called them, loose, after the helicopters helped us to survive that ordeal. The little tiny general, while I stunk to high heaven, still smelled of after- shave, and a secure environment. Like the soldiers of the "Vietcong", the soldiers of the "Mujahideen" in Afghanistan have a right to fight for the freedom of their country, as we Americans did, when the British tried to keep us as their "colony".