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We are living in truly interesting times, as the Chinese would put it. What a remarkable year it has been for the Middle East, and the rest of the world!…
August 26, 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More 
Israeli writer Uri Avnery recently wrote an article entitled ‘How Godly Are Thy Tents?’ which began with the words, “First of all, a warning.” The reference was made to the…
August 25, 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More 
OilPrice.com – Muammar Gaddafi’s 42 year-old regime is in its death rattle—maybe today, maybe tomorrow, his administration that has ruled Libya with a quixotic and brutal hand is about to…
August 25, 2011 / 6 Comments / Read More 
In a few days, it will be the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. How well has the US government’s official account of the event held up over the decade?…
August 25, 2011 / 6 Comments / Read More 
TRIPOLI, August 23 — This observer’s tentative appraisal of Tuesday’s events along the North Tripoli Port area as of late afternoon, August 23, is that the “65,000 well trained and…
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[Editor’s note: The following report was written on August 22, but there was a delay in getting it out as Mr. Lamb was without internet access for two days.] TRIPOLI,…
August 25, 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More 
The iron-fisted rule of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, in power for 42 years, has practically run its course as the Libyan rebels have seized the capital city, Tripoli. That the old-time…
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The fall of much of Tripoli on Sunday was greeted with joy by many, especially the crowds of thousands who were gathered in Liberation Square in Benghazi. The chants in…
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