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Death of US Ambassador in Libya Marks the Collapse of Washington’s Middle Eastern Policy

19/09/2012 by ORIENTAL REVIEW

‘They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind…’ The recent tragedy provoked by the release of the movie “Innocence of Muslims” – the killing of US ambassador Christopher Stevens and three members of the US consulate staff – in Benghazi, the city which became famous as the epicenter of […]

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

30/01/2012 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 2 comments

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 […]

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Ramadan and the Crusaders’ War in Libya

07/08/2011 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 4 comments

Libyans will observe the annual Muslim holy fast of Ramadan this year under extremely difficult conditions that resemble nothing so much as what happened a century ago when Italian “crusaders” appeared in their desert expanses. It begins on August 1 and forbids the faithful from partaking of food and drink […]

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Benghazi: Criminal Rebellion

16/07/2011 by ORIENTAL REVIEW

Rebellion in Benghazi is being fomented by the mafia, controlling the traffic of “living stock” to Europe. Libyan “revolution” that seemingly started within the framework of Arab Spring happened to be a quite different matter. Given all the outward simplicity, Libyan events are different from what happened in Tunisia and […]

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