Tag: Muammar al-Gaddafi
Could Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Solve the Libya Crisis?
Feb 10, 2017 | News & Analysis, Africa, Politics
US President Donald Trump has a unique chance to fix the mess in Libya by backing Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam as head of state.
Read MoreWhy We Must Transcend the Clinton-Sanders Debate: The Middle East in US Foreign Policy
Feb 26, 2016 | Middle East, US, Viewpoints
A vote for either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders would validate the very US political establishment that has wrought unmitigated harm on the Middle East.
Read MoreObama Readies to Fight in Libya—Again
Feb 5, 2016 | Africa, News & Analysis
The same countries whose war on Libya caused the present chaos there are contemplating doing it again.
Read MoreGlobalization and the Refugee Crisis
Jan 15, 2016 | Essays, Middle East, US
Geopolitically, the USA has used jihadism against obstacles, starting in Afghanistan to remove the USSR, and in Yugoslavia, Libya, and Syria.
Read MoreHillary Emails Reveal True Motive for Libya Intervention
Jan 6, 2016 | Africa, Featured, News & Analysis, US
Newly disclosed emails show that Libya’s plan to create a gold-backed currency to compete with the euro and dollar was a motive for NATO’s intervention.
Read MoreThe Libyan Bedlam: General Hifter, the CIA and the Unfinished Coup
Feb 20, 2014 | Africa, News & Analysis, US
On Friday, February 14, ninety-two prisoners escaped from their prison in the Libyan town of Zliten. Nineteen of them were eventually recaptured, two of whom were wounded in clashes with the guards. It was just another daily...
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