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The U.S. in Libya: Like it or not, we’re in for the long haul

By Rafael Noboa y Rivera On March 31, 2011  

Yesterday, news broke that President Obama had signed a secret order – called a ‘finding‘ – which authorised the covert support of the United States government for the Libyan rebel forces.

Basically, a finding is one of the principal forms by which the president authorises secret operations by the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Libya No-Fly: “Interventionism” Versus “Isolationism” Is Still a False Dichotomy

By Joshua Holland On March 19, 2011  

Conceptually, humanitarian intervention is a rather beautiful thing. State sovereignty had been seen as absolute for 350 years, but then the universal human rights  regime emerged and the idea took hold that a state’s responsibility to defend its people trumped its right to territorial sovereignty. When a state massacres its people rather than protecting them, the human [...]

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Libya No-Fly Zone: “Limited Intervention” Is Like a Gateway Drug for War

By Joshua Holland On March 18, 2011  

Having mixed feelings about the no-fly zone established over Libya by the UN Security Council seems wholly appropriate. One can’t ignore the massacre perpetrated by Gaddhafi’s air-force, yet at the same time, events of the past decade have given the concept of “humanitarian intervention” a black eye. We can thank the neocons for that.

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Will Gaddafi End up in a Hidey Hole Like Saddam?

By Russ Wellen On February 27, 2011  

Will Gaddafi meet his end strung up like Mussolini, shot like Nicolae Ceausescu, or hanged like Saddam? Or will he find exile in Saudi Arabia, like Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine BenAli?

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