Oriental Review

Libyan Oil Infrastrusture Assets Seized By the US Special Operations Forces?

By Alexander KRYMOV (Russia)

The unexpectedly quick EU consent to take immediate sanctions against Iran “coincided” with seizure of Libyan oil terminals. To certain extent the negative affect of expected oil shortage for European economy could be minimized in case the utmost is done to boost the Brega and Ras-Lanuf production capacities till the complete cessation of contacts with [...]

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Independent Libyan Fact-Finding Mission

By Stephen LENDMAN (USA)

The mission of the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), and International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), investigated alleged widespread international law violations since mid-February 2011. Its mandate included investigating those committed by the former government; NATO and insurgents. It also sought to identify human rights issues, requiring Lybian and [...]

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Libya & Gaddafi: Setting the Record Straight

The following video, by an anonymous author, has circulated virally on the internet. It presents irrefutable facts which paint an image of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime diametrically opposed to what has systematically been conveyed by the NATO-subservient media. Eloquently entitled “Libya & Gaddafi: The Truth you are not supposed to know,” the enormous attention galvanized by [...]

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Why Does the International Criminal Court Keep Silence on Gaddafi`s Death?

By Alexander MEZYAEV (Russia)

For the past week days we have been shown the footage of a man, who looked much like Gaddafi, being brutally killed. The world`s major political factions have reacted differently. But the reaction of the International Criminal Court deserves special attention. Russia`s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for a thorough investigation in to Gaddafi`s death. [...]

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What Does Gadhafi’s Death Mean?

By Stanislav IVANOV (Russia)

News about the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has flown around the world. According to eyewitnesses, he fought for his ideals to the end and died like a soldier. Those who knew him firsthand expected nothing less of the revolutionary author, outstanding statesman, irreplaceable leader of post-monarchy Libya, leader of the Arab world and [...]

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The Murder of Gadhafi

By Dmitry SEDOV (Russia)

Western leaders did their best to exercise restraint while reacting to news about the murder of M. Gadhafi. Jubilant, they withheld smiles and promptly switched to comments on the future of Libya, which revolved around the key idea that having the embattled country revert to normalcy would be a major challenge for its now triumphant [...]

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Mu’ummar Qaddafi: Post-mortem

By ORIENTAL REVIEW

OR Note: For the first time we’ve published this text in April 2011. No one could imagine at that time that Muammar Gaddafi would survive 6 months of violent man-hunt and furious battles for Tripoli, Sirte, Ben Walid and dozens of other heroic Libyan cities. Today, when a dark page of Libyan history is opening [...]

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The Apogee of Drama in Libya

By Yegor DESNIN (Russia)

The situation in Libya, in whose sands the much-vaunted NATO machine has been stalled for seven months and not only has failed to defeat the Bedouins but has decided to pull out by mid-October, has undermined the faith of the West in its ability to overthrow Muammar Gadhafi jointly with the rebels and bring “others” [...]

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Libyan ‘Inspiration’

By ORIENTAL REVIEW

Last week the US Senator John McCain while on visit in Libya astonished us with the following statement: “We believe very strongly that the people of Libya today are inspiring the people in Tehran, in Damascus, and even in Beijing and Moscow…” We can speak neither for Tehran and Damascus nor for Beijing. But in [...]

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Gadhafi and the “Lion of the Desert”

By Elena SUPONINA (Russia)

Libya’s government has been forcibly overthrown. But as in previous years, events are being held there this week to commemorate Libya’s national hero, the man to whom, paradoxically, both the new leaders and their deposed opponent, Muammar Gadhafi, compare themselves. Eighty years ago—on September 16, 1931—in Soluk (a town south of Benghazi in the eastern [...]

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