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Vijay Prashad
Libya Is Home to a 21st-Century Slave Market But the UN Security Council Won’t Act
06 Dec 2017
“Libya has become a marketplace for the trafficking of human beings.”
Solomon Comissiong
How Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Contributed to Libya's Slavery Crisis
06 Dec 2017
“The Obama administration bombed Libya into oblivion while using racist and terrorist rebel groups to do their dirty deeds on the ground.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Thank CNN for the Slave Auctions in Libya
29 Nov 2017
“Zero context is given as to why the slave auctions exist in the first place.”
Gerald A. Perreira
Remembering Muammar Qaddafi and the Great Libyan Jamahiriya
25 Oct 2017
“The execution of Muammar Qaddafi and those that fought alongside him is one of the greatest crimes of this century.”
Joe Lauria
Hiding US Lies About Libyan Invasion
25 Jul 2017
The author seemed surprised that the U.S. corporate media ignored a story “that undermined the U.S. government’s entire rationale for its unjustified attack” on Libya, in 2011.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Obama and Clinton Brought Slavery to Libya
20 Apr 2017
According to international observers, “African migrants are being openly bought and sold in Libya” – yet another consequence of “R2P,” the pernicious doctrine of “Responsibility to Protect.” No one
Edward Curtin
The Façade of “Humanitarian Intentions” in Libya: A Review of Paolo Sensini’s Book
14 Sep 2016
“The US/NATO forces armed and supported all sorts of Islamist terrorists, including the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, led by a close Afghan associate of Osama bin Laden,” reports Paolo Sensini’s n
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Obama Legacy Part VI: The Destruction of Libya and the US military Invasion of Africa by Danny Haiphong
10 Aug 2016
In his two terms in office, President Obama has put nearly the whole of Africa under U.S. military sway. He was the first U.S. president to bomb an African country -- Libya, whose “nationalized oil…
Eric Draitser
Whitewashing Libya: House Report on Benghazi Reveals Nothing, Hides Everything
06 Jul 2016
Republicans in the House “investigated” Hillary Clinton’s involvement in the Benghazi attacks for years, but ignored “the connection between the CIA facility and mission in Benghazi and the smuggli
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
U.S. Sets Stage for Libya-Like Regime Change in Eritrea, “Africa’s Cuba”
16 Jun 2016
The U.S. is moving towards war against Eritrea, a fiercely independent African nation of only six million people.