Category Archives: International

Business/Economics, International

Rebels declare themselves the new Government & Oil Company of Libya

What happened to democracy?  The Libyan rebels declared themselves as the new government, with no democratic anything before hand, and several European governments have already recognized the rebels as the true government of Libya.

To top that the rebels, calling themselves The Transitional National Council, have now declared themselves as the new oil officials of Libya.  Already several European countries announced that they will be making oil deals with this “government” of Libya.

Not only that but the rebels have already set up their own central bank to handle oil transaction deals, sure sounds like this “revolution of the people for democracy” is all about oil.

International, Opinion

Canada joins fight against Libya

Canadian aircraft are helping to enforce the bogus no fly zone over Libya, as well as Canadian naval vessels, 380 Canadian troops, including pilots and ground crews, are in the Mediterranean Sea.

“This morning, four CF-18 fighter aircraft and two CC-150 Polaris strategic air refuelers departed Italy and conducted patrols off the northern coast of Libya. “They did not fire upon any targets.” -Defense Minister Peter MacKay

Business/Economics, International, Opinion, U.S.

European leaders Lie, this is about controling Libya’s oil, begining of WW3

Recently the European Union’s ambassador to the U.S. said Europe’s infatuation with the crisis in Libya was not about the oil. Lier!

Some European countries, like Austria, Ireland and Italy, get most of their oil from Libya.  Oil companies from France, Italy and Spain are involved in oil field operations in Libya.

The flow of oil to Europe was greatly reduced thanks to the violence involving so called peaceful protesters in Libya.  After all, why would Gaddafi destroy his main source of income?

Gaddafi has long suspected that the militant, yet somehow, peacefull protesters were supplied by Europe (that has been proven to be correct, Libyan rebels and arms dealers admitted to it).  Feeling betrayed by Europe Gaddafi announced, on March 14, that he was making new oil deals with China, India and Russia (and possibly Germany). Notice that those are the countries that abstained from voting on UNSCR 1973.

Then, just three days later, on March 17, the UN passes UNSCR 1973.  Wow, that was fast!

China and India have evacuated thousand of workers from Libya.

The Europeans have been losing out to the Chinese for several years now. In 2007 Libya hired Chinese companies to build an oil pipeline.  In 2009 the Europeans scared off the Chinese from making a huge oil deal with Libya.  Then in 2010 Libya announced a deal that would see 6 million barrels per month going to China.  In February 2011, China began evacuating some 20,000-30,000 oil field workers after they were attacked by peaceful protesters!  A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that some Chinese companies “…had their local camp sites raided by gangsters….”

There is eveidence that many people in eastern Libya resented the Chinese oil workers, and actually viewed it as an invasion. Is it possible that European interests took advantage of the growing anti-asian sentiments?

It is clear by statements from Chinese oil workers that they were specifically targeted.  “Chinese companies in Libya are in a state of emergency, our projects are being raided and communications are down.” -online posting

When you look at the who’s who of those involved in Libyan oil production, and who wants Libya’s oil, it starts to look like this is a battle between East and West; Europe vs China.  Could this be the shot that starts World War 3?

International

Russia wants to mediate peace in Libya, militant rebels say they don’t want peace

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declared that Russia is willing to mediate peace talks in Libya.   Medvedev believes the conflict will not be resolved quickly, despite what President Obama said.

Russia abstained from voting of UNSCR 1973 not because they were against a no fly zone, but because the language of UNSCR 1973 did not sound like a no fly zone resolution.

Even if there was a team put in place for peace talks, the militant rebels have stated that they do not want to talk peace.  The announcement came from the National Council of Libya, which proclaimed itself to be the country’s new government and has already established ties with foreign powers.  The European Union has already recognized the “self proclaimed government” (gee what happened to democratic elections?).

International, U.S.

Arab League opposes NATO, France says NATO ready to take part

French officials sat NATO is almost ready to help with actions against Libya, possibly in a few days.

The Arab League stated that they did not want the military actions against Libya to become controlled by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).  Arab League leader Amr Moussa said, “What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone.”

Many EU countries, like Italy & U.K., have asked NATO to take command of the operations against Libya.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Get ready for Oil prices to Jump, Economist say it could destroy Economy

Already, oil trading in Europe has seen oil prices jump $2.00 per barrel since Friday.

It is due to the attacks on Libya.

In a CNNMoney survey  16 out 23 leading economists say rising oil prices are the number one threat to any economic recovery.

Interestingly The Federal Reserve showed little concern over rising oil/fuel prices during its March 15 meeting.

International, U.S.

U.S. Army has evidence of Trophy Killing by U.S. Troops

The German magazine Der Spiegel has published photos that show U.S. troops in Afghanistan taking part in “trophy killing” of Afghans.

“The guys in my group have murdered an innocent Afghan. He was my age. They planned everything out. I knew about it, but didn’t believe that it would actually happen. Almost everyone in the group knows full well what happened, and they think it’s ok. I’m the only one who doesn’t. I want to do something about it, but I don’t have the courage.”  -Facebook posting by alleged whistleblower

Some of the photos show that the victims were handcuffed together. Another photo shows a dead victim with their pants pulled down, and a U.S. soldier grinning.  Kind of like the Abu Ghraib photos from Iraq, but this time people were murdered.

“We apologize for the distress these photos cause. The actions portrayed in these photographs remain under investigation and are now the subject of ongoing U.S. court-martial proceedings.” -U.S. Army

Notice that the U.S. Army apologizes for the photos, not the actions of their troops.  Army officials have stated that the troops violated policies, but there is no apology to the victim’s families.

The U.S. soldiers, part of the Stryker Brigade, are a self described “Kill Team”.  They faked enemy ambushes so they could justify killing unarmed men.

Der Spiegel magazine published only 3 of the 4,000 photos, because most of the photos were too “disgusting”.  The photos are being used in the court martial hearings.

International, U.S.

Who are Anti-Libyan coalition members?

Belgium (even though Belgium has been without an operating government for months now), Canada, Denmark, France, Italy (the main user of Libyan oil), Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, and Norway have announced their direct military action against Libya (in the form of actual attacks, or providing military support).

Arab League member Qatar said they will take part in military action.  That is now in question since the Arab League now says they were basically tricked into supporting the UNSCR 1973 against Libya.

International, U.S.

African Union says no to war with Libya

“the African Union rejects the idea of foreign military intervention in Libya, regardless of its form.”  -Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania

At the current African Union summit, being held in Mauritania, union members are demanding an end to all military actions in Libya.  The African Union is upset that a member of the African Union is being attacked. That’s right, Libya is an African country, despite western media continually referring to Libya as the Middle East.

The African Union boycotted the emergency meeting in Paris, France.