wkmac
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Pelosi, Republicans, Hypocrites on LibyaThe Republicans suddenly discovered a new-found appreciation for the War Powers Act, and Pelosi essentially said that empire trumps both that Act and the Constitution.
Pelosi, Republicans, Hypocrites on LibyaThe Republicans suddenly discovered a new-found appreciation for the War Powers Act, and Pelosi essentially said that empire trumps both that Act and the Constitution.
I don't know.Is that the son that was reported killed, but was seen alive a few days later?
Italian oil company Eni led the charge back into Libya on Monday as rebels swept into capital Tripoli, hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's rule and warning Russian and Chinese firms of contract revisions.
Gaddafi's fall will reopen the doors to the country with Africa's largest oil reserves. New players such as Qatar's national oil company and trading house Vitol are set to compete with established European and U.S. majors.
"We don't have a problem with western countries like Italians, French and UK companies. But we may have some political issues with Russia, China and Brazil," Abdeljalil Mayouf, information manager at Libyan rebel oil firm AGOCO, told Reuters.
I heard that from those Lybian "Rebels", that they were disapointed that Russia & China didn't offer them any kind of help.
They did say they will honour their current contracts with those 2 countries, but basically nothing more then that.
Good for them, actually.
China & Russia always seem to stay out of everything, and in most cases even veto the UN.
About time they need to pay for their stubborness !
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the US past agressivness, either.
But, Obama played his cards right with Libya, and stayed more in the background of it all, and let Nato take it over.
Best thing he could have done, no matter what Mc Cain says or other republicans.
Tripoli, Libya, Aug. 22, 2011, 1 AM CET– On Saturday evening, at 8pm, when the hour of Iftar marked the breaking of the Ramadan fast, the NATO command launched its “Operation Mermaid Dawn” against Libya.
The Sirens were the loudspeakers of the mosques, which were used to launch Al Qaeda’s call to revolt against the Qaddafi government. Immediately the sleeper cells of the Benghazi rebels went into action. These were small groups with great mobility, which carried out multiple attacks. The overnight fighting caused 350 deaths and 3,000 wounded.
The situation calmed somewhat on Sunday during the course of the day.
Then, a NATO warship sailed up and anchored just off the shore at Tripoli, delivering heavy weapons and debarking Al Qaeda jihadi forces, which were led by NATO officers.
Fighting stared again during the night. There were intense firefights. NATO drones and aircraft kept bombing in all directions. NATO helicopters strafed civilians in the streets with machine guns to open the way for the jihadis.
In the evening, a motorcade of official cars carrying top government figures came under attack. The convoy fled to the Hotel Rixos, where the foreign press is based. NATO did not dare to bomb the hotel because they wanted to avoid killing the journalists. Nevertheless the hotel, which is where I am staying, is now under heavy fire.
At 11:30pm, the Health Minister had to announce that the hospitals were full to overflowing. On Sunday evening, there had been 1300 additional dead and 5,000 wounded.
NATO had been charged by the UN Security Council with protecting civilians in Libya. In reality, France and Great Britain have just re-started their colonial massacres.
At 1am, Khamis Qaddafi came to the Rixos Hotel personally to deliver weapons for the defense of the hotel. He then left. There is now heavy fighting all around the hotel.
Gee. for the 2012 elections, I wonder how much Obama will stress how he "stayed in the background" in Libya?
Apparently there's no existing links to Klein's ass !!Could you supply a link to that source because I'd like to read that for myself. Everything I've read so far suggests that the Russian, Chinese and Brazilian contracts are at great risk. Here is Reuters quoting the same Rebel information officer. Here is the Daily News Egypt again quoting the same rebel source. All the sources I've seen suggest the previous contracts that had western European and American oil interests in 2nd place will be set aside so that western European oil interests mainly can now be the primary benefactors of Libyan oil output and production.
Again, if you have a link suggesting otherwise, please post it!
Tx
Yes, it's possible to watch Canadian news on line.
ctvnews.ca or globalnews.ca.
You don't even need to watch the full program, but just the related news story.... simple as that.
The deputy head of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce's trade department, Wen Zhongliang, was responding to a question about the official at the Libyan rebel-run oil firm, AGOCO, who said Russian and Chinese firms could lose out on oil contracts for failing to back the rebellion against Gaddafi.
"China's investment in Libya, especially its oil investment, is one aspect of mutual economic cooperation between China and Libya, and this cooperation is in the mutual interest of both the people of China and Libya," the commerce official Wen told a news conference.
"We hope that after a return to stability in Libya, Libya will continue to protect the interests and rights of Chinese investors and we hope to continue investment and economic cooperation with Libya," said Wen.
Once again, he has been shown to be making crap up.Klein,
I would think a story like that would also be in print or a linkable video existed from the news broadcast. For one, this is a major opposite story to the one previously reported direct from a Libyan Rebel spokespeople in charge of Libyan oil assets. You are correct that I can watch these Canadian broadcasts on the net (most all news broadcasts do this) but are you telling me that your only proof of your claim is that I must sit and watch a news broadcast in the hopes what you say will be shown and proven? I did google in several combinations that "Russian and Chinese oil contracts with Libya are safe" and yet not one single link even in the slightest purported to suggest this might be true. On the contrary, these contracts are not safe at all.
Reuters:China Urging Libya to Protect Investments
Again, provide a link to support your claim.