Libya
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika attends the opening session of the second extraordinary AU summit 27 February 2004 at the Ouagadougou international conference center in Sirte, southern Libya. The summit will be devoted to the issues of a common defence policy for the continent and water supplies.
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The problem is Niger is a large country, with instability on three fronts – we have rebels in Libya, the war in Mali and Boko Haram in Nigeria
Members of the House Oversight Committee are getting closer to asking Hillary Clinton to testify on last year’s deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya. . . . [Rep. Jason] Chaffetz has said that the panel is interested in talking with former CIA Director David Petraeus about the CIA’s intelligence on the attack, which killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stephens and three other Americans.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Intervention in Libya and its Political and Legal Implications for the Peace and Security Architecture of the African Union: A View from AfricaMore quotes »
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Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
-- Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi , but no casualties were reported.A security official says one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi that had been previously damaged by Read more »
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Hudson: Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary Clinton
Haberman on Thursday afternoon: "Republicans now seem willing to cast the State Department response to the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Libya as a referendum on Hillary Rodham Clinton 's fitness to lead the country - and are abandoning a long-held hands-off-Hillary Read more »
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State Department sought to change Libya talking points
changes in the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya last September, expressing concerns that Congress might criticize the Obama administration for ignoring warnings of a growing Read more »
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Former U.S. official describes Libya attack
in Egypt and Libya over an anti-Islam video. Rep. Trey Gowdy , R-S.C., said Rice's comments contradicted statements by Libyan leaders and others who called the attacks pre-meditated assaults by terrorists. Gowdy said Rice's comments "perpetuated a demonstrably Read more »
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Libya's defense minister rescinds resignation
I find myself forced ... to announce my resignation voluntarily and without hesitation," he said at a news conference in the Libyan capital, Tripoli . "I came to this post as a revolutionary and I pledged not to battle the sons of my nation."The so-called Read more »
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Militants, Chased From Mali, Pose New Threats
of the area, according to two Libyan officials.U.S. and French officials say, however, that their efforts to monitor the Libyan desert have been slowed by the Libyan government's resistance to allowing outside access to the area.European Union officials said 5/24/13 from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Elected Leadership Struggles To Rule In Libya
Libya, guns are still everywhere and the elected leadership is struggling to rule as militias use guns and intimidation when they don't get their way. Most recently they surrounded two ministries and state television to force through a political isolation 5/24/13 from NPR Read more »
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Philip Seib: At the Doha Forum, Considering the Arab World's Long-Term Needs
told her, "We have far greater freedom and far fewer jobs." Wright also pointed out that violence is constantly close at hand. In Libya, she reported, there are four guns for every man, woman, and child in the country. Many of these matters are well-suited 5/24/13 from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Jack Kelly: Democrats fail to hold Obama accountable
the negligent should be identified, and he/she/they should lose his/her/their job(s). We have a right to know why security in Libya was so lax, and who was responsible. And also why the FBI can't seem to find terrorists journalists have had little difficulty 5/24/13 from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Read more »
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Why We Oppose U.S. and Israeli intervention in Syria
its handling of demonstrators. The Syrian opposition has asked for arms and NATO intervention similar to what was witnessed in Libya. Washington Hawks such as former presidential candidate and U.S.… Obama, Israel and the new phase of the war on Syria The massive 5/24/13 from Global Research Read more »
