NATO paves the way for civil war & foreign occupation as Western oil giants pounce on Libya
The finishing touches are being added to the myth of the Libya war. A barrage of propaganda is convincing the world that the war is almost over. Amid the chaos Western oil giants pounce, foreshadowing a protracted and bloody civil war, and a foreign occupation in the guise of a ‘peacekeeping’ force.
Conventional wisdom has it that events in Libya are the result of an indigenous uprising that has organically risen from the soils of Libya. We are meant to believe that the ‘rebels’ are an independent force finally seeking freedom from a 42-year dictatorship under Muammar Gaddafi.
From the outset, this is the narrative that has been pushed by a concerted global corporate media campaign, and it is a completely false one. This myth has allowed NATO to bombard Libyan infrastructure, soldiers, and civilian volunteers who have taken up arms to defend themselves from foreign invasion.
In the last few days, this myth has culminated in a brazen psychological warfare operation mounted in tandem with a NATO attack on Tripoli, aimed at crushing the Libyan Resistance once and for all.
Demolishing the ‘revolution’ myth
From the very beginning, the Pakistan Observer reported that on the night of February 22/23, British, American, and French military personnel were landed in Benghazi and Tobruk via boat from NATO warships anchored off the Libyan coast. The Indian Navy also sent its largest warship – the INS Jalashwa (formerly the USS Trenton – delivered to India by the U.S. four years previously). These troops set up military bases in Libya from which they could train and direct the disorganised, untrained ‘rebel’ forces.
From early March, reports of British troops on the ground in Libya saturated the press. The British government refused to comment on its special forces presence in Libya, but admitted to the presence of a military advisory team.
Amid the British, French, American, and Israeli military and intelligence personnel directing the ‘rebels’, a Libyan CIA asset returned to Libya to take a commanding post. In mid March, Khalifa Haftar returned to Libya from his comfortable home in Vienna, Virginia – where he had lived for 20 years – 5 miles from Langley, CIA Headquarters.
NATO’s cowardly and bloody air war
What followed was a cowardly military campaign wherein NATO jets and drones destroyed Libyan air defences, and simply levelled anything in the rebels’ path. Weeks after the onset of the NATO bombing in mid March and after negligible military progress, British and French attack helicopters entered the fray, further tipping the balance in favour of the ‘rebels’. Libyan Army soldiers, many who were teenage conscripts, as well as civilian volunteers, were torn to shreds as Apache helicopters and jets attacked ‘Gaddafi troop concentrations’.
After 5 months of intense NATO aerial bombardment, the ‘rebels’ were still unable to achieve any lasting strategic victories. More importantly the Libyan people, especially in Tripoli, had become galvanised and staunch in their unity against NATO, against the rebels, and in solidarity with Col. Gaddafi.
Operation Mermaid Dawn: Smoke, Mirrors, and Blood
Knowing that the ‘rebels’ had no chance whatsoever against the popular will of Libya, NATO resorted to the only tactic that could work: psychological warfare partnered with a cowardly blitzkrieg of Tripoli, accommodating a ground advance into the capital.
On Saturday 20 August at 20:00 – just after the Iftar, the breaking of the Ramadan fast – NATO’s Operation Mermaid Dawn went into action. The Mosque loudspeakers of Tripoli were used to signal dormant ‘sleeper cells’ of rebels. In several small groups, these armed rebels carried out multiple attacks. The fighting overnight left 350 dead, over 3,000 wounded, and was intended to cause panic amongst the Libyan Resistance. Thierry Meyssan reports that fighting subsided during the day of Sunday 21 August, until phase II of NATO’s final push began.
A NATO ship docked at Tripoli, and unloaded heavy weaponry as well as Qatari troops and rebel forces. NATO’s cowardly modus operandi continued as Apache helicopters strafed Libyans in the streets in order to clear the way for the rebels. Bombing was stepped up on Tripoli in order to terrorise the Libyan resistance and increase the likelihood of rebel success. Over 1,300 were killed within a 10 hour period on Sunday night.
Independent journalists Mahdi Nazemroaya and Don DeBar, citing sources in Tripoli, both report the presence of Qatari troops, several of whom have been killed in the fighting. Nazemroaya also reports CNN journalists threatening independent journalists, warning that they would be killed if they mentioned the rebels’ al Qaeda links.
Further, Thierry Meyssan reports the presence of CIA & MI6 spies in the Tripoli Rixos hotel, who are masquerading as journalists.
The corporate-Zionist media dutifully played its role in the psychological warfare operation, ensuring the world was oblivious to the reality on the ground. Across the spectrum, reports flowed in of people ‘flooding the streets’ and celebrating as the rebels rolled in to Tripoli meeting little resistance. The truth of the matter was that Tripoli was suffering a lethal and intense NATO bombardment with hundreds upon hundreds being killed in a matter of hours. In tandem with this, Qatari troops and rebel forces advanced under the shadows of NATO bombs and bullets – the whole operation coordinated by Western intelligence.
Qatar-based Al Jazeera went to extreme lengths to attempt to psychologically cow the Libyan people. On the morning of August 22 they orchestrated an elaborate hoax. Al Jazeera Arabic screened footage of rebels celebrating in Green Square, that was actually filmed in a studio replica of the square in Doha, Qatar. The fraudulent images made their way across the global corporate media, but Libyan intelligence had learned of this plot two days prior to the event, and had already warned the Libyan people via State TV.
As part of the psychological warfare operation, even the ICC got involved in telling barefaced lies. The ICC confirmed that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been captured, and this in fact turned out to be a complete fabrication intended to cow the Libyan Resistance into submission. Matthew Chance, a senior CNN correspondent subsequently had a face-to-face meeting with Saif al-Islam, and even took a photo.
In the following RT report you will see Saif al-Islam Gaddafi parading the streets of Tripoli. Furthermore, Lizzie Phelan’s report puts paid to the thrust of NATO’s psychological warfare – the lies that the Resistance is ‘crumbling’, and rebels are in control of most of Tripoli:
And now, in what is perhaps one of the central objectives of the psychological warfare being waged in the media, Western oil giants have begun to pounce. The global corporate media tells the world that the war in Libya is as good as over. In reality, Libya is now entering a period of protracted civil war as the Libyan Resistance refuses to submit to the foreign invaders and their proxies. A violent foreign occupation, already predicted for October 2011, also seems imminent, and has already been called for by the President of the Council on Foreign Relations. Amid the chaos and confusion, Libya’s most precious national asset is already being stolen and divvied up, and you can expect its gold to follow.
[...] Το κείμενο είναι μια σύνοψη των γεγονότων των τελευταίων ημερών από τον Martin Iqbal, της ιστοσελίδας empirestrikesblack. [...]
[...] Το κείμενο είναι μια σύνοψη των γεγονότων των τελευταίων ημερών από τον Martin Iqbal, της ιστοσελίδας empirestrikesblack. [...]
[...] Foreign Relations held a Libya Working Group meeting on August 18. A few days before NATO’s murderous assault on Tripoli, the meeting was held to discuss “policy options for transition“, on the premise that [...]
[...] tells us of how Obama had “fostered the uprising,” an unexpected confession of what media were reporting from the outset: that British, French, and American troops landed in Benghazi in late February, [...]
[...] tells us of how Obama had “fostered the uprising,” an unexpected confession of what media were reporting from the outset: that British, French, and American troops landed in Benghazi in late February, [...]
[...] NATO paves the way for civil war & foreign occupation as Western oil giants pounce on Libya | em… [...]
[...] that the ‘revolution’ has succeeded. In reality the ‘rebels’ and the foreign soldiers & special forces leading them, don’t even hold Tripoli, in addition to countless other locations still held by the Libyan [...]
[...] The BBC suggests that the ‘revolution’ has succeeded. In reality the ‘rebels’ and the foreign soldiers & special forces leading them, don’t even hold Tripoli, in addition to countless other locations still held by the Libyan [...]
[...] realitu na zemi. BBC naznačuje, že „revoluce“ uspěla. Doopravdy ale rebelové a zahraniční vojáci a zvláštní jednotky, které je vedou ani neovládají Tripoli, nespočet dalších míst je pořád ovládáno Libyjským odporem. To [...]
[...] The BBC suggests that the ‘revolution’ has succeeded. In reality the ‘rebels’ and the foreign soldiers & special forces leading them, don’t even hold Tripoli, in addition to countless other locations still held by the Libyan [...]
[...] size and breadth of the indigenous Green Libyan Resistance. Operation Mermaid Dawn, coordinated and overtly carried out by Western special forces and soldiers, was an indication of the sheer ineptitude of the tribalists, terrorists and extremists fighting [...]
[...] size and breadth of the indigenous Green Libyan Resistance. Operation Mermaid Dawn, coordinated and overtly carried out by Western special forces and soldiers, was an indication of the sheer ineptitude of the tribalists, terrorists and extremists fighting [...]
[...] and breadth of the indigenous Green Libyan Resistance. Operation Mermaid Dawn, coordinated and overtly carried out by Western special forces and soldiers, was an indication of the sheer ineptitude of the tribalists, terrorists and extremists fighting [...]
[...] size and breadth of the indigenous Green Libyan Resistance. Operation Mermaid Dawn, coordinated and overtly carried out by Western special forces and soldiers, was an indication of the sheer ineptitude of the tribalists, terrorists and extremists fighting [...]
[...] nativa Resistência Verde da Líbia. A operação Mermaid Dawn (Alvorada da Sereia), coordenada e abertamente realizada por forças especiais e soldados ocidentais, foi uma indicação da inépcia absoluta dos tribalistas, terroristas e extremistas lutando pela [...]
[...] brytyjskim SAS. Katarczycy również brali udział w operacji „Świt Syreny”<linked:http://empirestrikesblack.com/2011/08/nato-paves-the-way-for-civil-war-foreign-occupation-as-western…>. Udział tych wojsk pozwolił okupantom NATO na: a) zminimalizowanie strat Zachodu i [...]
[...] In the report, RAF Wing Commander Andy Turk repeats the ‘no boots’ lie, “Because there were no British troops, it was very important that the RAF maintained our intelligence and surveillance“. This is one of the most notorious myths of the Libya war; not mentioned in the piece is the well-known fact that British SAS troops have been on the ground(2) in Libya, leading the ground war ever since February.(3) [...]
[...] In the report, RAF Wing Commander Andy Turk repeats the ‘no boots’ lie, “Because there were no British troops, it was very important that the RAF maintained our intelligence and surveillance“. This is one of the most notorious myths of the Libya war; not mentioned in the piece is the well-known fact that British SAS troops have been on the ground(2) in Libya, leading the ground war ever since February.(3) [...]
[...] Dans le reportage, le lieutenant colonel de la RAF, Andy Turk, répète le mensonge consistant à affirmer qu’il “n’y avait pas de troupes au sol” : “Comme il n’y avait pas de troupes britanniques au sol, il était capital que la RAF protège nos services secrets et nos services de surveillance”. C’est un des mythes les plus répandus sur la guerre de Libye ; l’article ne parle pas du fait pourtant bien connu que les troupes d’élites des Special Air Service étaient sur le terrain en Libye et dirigeait la guerre au sol depuis février. [...]
[...] Dans le reportage, le lieutenant colonel de la RAF, Andy Turk, répète le mensonge consistant à affirmer qu’il "n’y avait pas de troupes au sol" : "Comme il n’y avait pas de troupes britanniques au sol, il était capital que la RAF protège nos services secrets et nos services de surveillance". C’est un des mythes les plus répandus sur la guerre de Libye ; l’article ne parle pas du fait pourtant bien connu que les troupes d’élites des Special Air Service étaient sur le terrain en Libye et dirigeaient la guerre au sol depuis février. [...]
[...] and Qatari troops were instrumental in the war on Libya, and they likely played a central role in the murder of Muammar Gaddafi [...]
[...] and Qatari troops were instrumental in the war on Libya, and they likelyplayed a central role in the murder of Muammar [...]
[...] and Qatari troops were instrumental in the war on Libya, and they likelyplayed a central role in the murder of Muammar [...]
[...] and Qatari troops were instrumental in the war on Libya, and they likely played a central role in the murder of Muammar Gaddafi [...]
[...] Though popular wisdom indeed says that the ‘rebels’ were the chief actor in the so-called ‘revolution’, and that they single-handedly achieved all of their strategic and military objectives, truth holds that the ‘revolution’, the war, was a NATO operation at its very core. Months of relentless and deadly bombing (with over 26,500 air sorties flown) by NATO warplanes and gunships eliminated any ground opposition to the ‘rebels’, while special forces from the British SAS, the CIA, and even Qatari regulars fought the ground war, coordinating airstrikes from the ground. Even the taking of Tripoli in August – which Wikipedia touts as a ‘rebel’ gain – was a NATO operation at its very genesis – largely carried out by Qatari troops supported by NATO ai… [...]
[...] Though popular wisdom indeed says that the ‘rebels’ were the chief actor in the so-called ‘revolution’, and that they single-handedly achieved all of their strategic and military objectives, truth holds that the ‘revolution’, the war, was a NATO operation at its very core. Months of relentless and deadly bombing (with over 26,500 air sorties flown) by NATO warplanes and gunships eliminated any ground opposition to the ‘rebels’, while special forces from the British SAS, the CIA, and even Qatari regulars fought the ground war, coordinating airstrikes from the ground. Even the taking of Tripoli in August – which Wikipedia touts as a ‘rebel’ gain – was a NATO operation at its very genesis – largely carried out by Qatari troops supported by NATO aircra… [...]
[...] and breadth of the indigenous Green Libyan Resistance. Operation Mermaid Dawn, coordinated and overtly carried out by Western special forces and soldiers, was an indication of the sheer ineptitude of the tribalists, terrorists and extremists fighting [...]
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