what is going on in Libya? Vampire wars and new Central Bank of Libya

The United States, Britain and NATO don’t care about bombing civilians to contain rebellion. Their militaries bomb civilians every day without mercy. They have destroyed most of the community infrastructure of Iraq and Afghanistan before turning their sights on Libya. So what’s really going on here?

According to the CIA, the following never happened…

Last October, US oil giants— Chevron and Occidental Petroleum— made a surprising decision to pull out of Libya, while China, Germany and Italy stayed on, signing major contracts with Gadhaffi’s government.  As the U.S. Asset who started negotiations for the Lockerbie Trial with Libyan diplomats, I had close ties to Libya’s U.N. Mission from 1995 to 2003. Given my long involvement in the Lockerbie saga, I have continued to enjoy special access to high level intelligence gossip on Libya.

Last summer that gossip got juicy!

About July, I started hearing that Gadhaffi was exerting heavy pressure on U.S. and British oil companies to cough up special fees and kick backs to cover the costs of Libya’s reimbursement to the families of Pan Am 103. Payment of damages for the Lockerbie bombing had been one of the chief conditions for ending U.N. sanctions on Libya that ran from 1992 until 2003. And of course the United Nations forced Gadhaffi to hand over two Libyan men for a special trial at The Hague, though everybody credible was fully conscious of Libya’s innocence in the Lockerbie affair. (Only ignorant politicians trying to score publicity points say otherwise.)

Knowing Gadhaffi as well as I do, I was convinced that he’d done it. He’d bided his time until he could extort compensation from U.S. oil companies. He’s a crafty bastard, extremely intelligent and canny. That’s exactly how he operates. And now he was taking his revenge. As expected, the U.S. was hopping mad about it. Gadhaffi wasn’t playing the game the way the Oil Bloodsuckers wanted. The Vampire of our age—the Oil Industry—roams the earth, sucking the life out of every nation to feed its thirst for profits. Only when they got to Libya, Gadhaffi took on the role of a modern-day Robin Hood, who insisted on replenishing his people for the costs they’d suffered under U.N. sanctions.

Backing up a year earlier, in August 2009 the lone Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, Abdelbasset Megrahi, won a compassionate release from Scottish prison. Ostensibly, the British government and Scottish Courts granted Megrahi’s request to die at home with dignity from advance stage cancer—in exchange for dropping a legal appeal packed with embarrassments for the European Courts. The decision to free Megrahi followed shocking revelations of corruption at the special Court of The Hague that handled the Lockerbie Trial. Prosecution witnesses confessed to receiving payments of $4 million each from the United States, in exchange for testimony against Megrahi, a mind-blowing allegation of judicial corruption.

The Lockerbie conviction was full of holes to begin with. Anybody who knows anything about terrorism in the 1980s knows the CIA got mixed up in heroin trafficking out of the Bekaa Valley during the hostage crisis in Lebanon. The Lockerbie conspiracy had been a false flag operation to kill off a joint CIA and Defense Intelligence investigation into kick backs from Islamic Jihad, in exchange for protecting the heroin transit network.

According to my own CIA handler, Dr. Richard Fuisz, who’d been stationed in Lebanon and Syria at the time, the CIA had established a protected drug route from Lebanon to Europe and on to the United States. His statements support other sources that “Operation Corea” allowed Syrian drug dealers led by Monzer al-Kassar (also linked to Oliver North in the Iran-Contra scandal) to ship heroin to the U.S. ON Pan Am flights, in exchange for intelligence on the hostages’ whereabouts in Lebanon. The CIA allegedly made sure that suitcases carrying heroin were not searched at customs. Nicknamed the “Godfather of Terror,” Al Kassar is now serving a prison sentence for conspiring with Colombian drug cartels to assassinate U.S. nationals.

Building up to Lockerbie, the Defense Intelligence team in Beirut, led by Maj. Charles Dennis McKee and Matthew Gannon, suspected that CIA infiltration of the heroin network might be prolonging the hostage crisis. If so, the consequence was severe. AP Reporter Terry Anderson got chained in a basement for 7 years, while 96 other high profile western hostages suffered beatings, mock executions and overall trauma. McKee’s team raised the alarms in Washington that a CIA double agent profiting from the narco-dollars might be warning the hostage takers whenever their dragnet closed in. Washington sent a fact-finding team to Lebanon to gather evidence.

On the day it was blown out of the sky, Pan Am 103 was carrying that team of CIA and FBI investigators, the CIA’s Deputy Chief assigned to Beirut, and three Defense Intelligence officers, including McKee and Gannon, on their way to Washington to deliver a report on the CIA’s role in heroin trafficking, and the impact on terrorist financing and the hostage crisis. In short, everyone with direct knowledge of CIA kickbacks from heroin trafficking died on Pan Am 103. A suitcase packed with $500,000 worth of heroin was found in the wreckage. It belonged to investigators, as proof of the corruption.

The punch line was that the U.S. State Department issued an internal travel advisory, warning that government officials should get off that specific flight on that specific day, because Pan Am 103 was expected to get bombed. That’s right, folks! The U.S. had prior knowledge of the attack.

Unforgivably, nobody told Charles McKee or Matthew Gannon. But other military officials and diplomats got pulled off the flight—making room for a group of students from Syracuse University traveling stand by for the Christmas holidays.

It was a monstrous act!  But condemning Megrahi to cover up the CIA’s role in heroin trafficking has struck many Lockerbie afficiandos as grossly unjust. Add the corruption of purchased testimony– $4 million a pop— and Megrahi’s life sentence struck a nerve of obscenity.

It struck Gadhaffi as grievously offensive, as well—The United Nations had forced Libya to fork over $2.7 billion in damages to the Lockerbie families, a rate of $10 million for every death. Once it became clear the U.S. paid two key witnesses $4 million each to commit perjury, spook gossip throughout the summer was rife that Gadhaffi had taken bold action to demand compensation from U.S. (and probably British) oil corporations operating in Libya. More than likely, Libya’s demands for kick backs and compensation extended to other European oil conglomerates as well—particularly France and Italy—who are now spearheading attacks on Libya.

I knew last summer there would be trouble. Payback would be a b—tch on both sides. You don’t lock an innocent man in prison for 10 years on bogus charges of terrorism, and expect forgiveness. The United States and Britain had behaved with remarkable selfishness. You’ve got to admit that Gadhaffi’s attempt to balance the scales of justice demonstrated a flair of righteous nationalism.

Alas, Gadhaffi was playing with fire, no matter how justified his complaint. You don’t strike a tyrant without expecting a tyrant to strike back.

And that’s exactly what’s happening today.

Don’t kid yourself. This is an oil war, and it smacks of imperialist double standards. Two articles by Prof. Chossudovsky at the Global Research Centre are must reading: “Operation Libya and the Battle for Oil: Redrawing the Map of Africa” and Insurrection and Military Intervention: The US-NATO Attempted Coup d’Etat in Libya?

There is simply no justification for U.S. or NATO action against Libya. The U.N. charter acknowledges the rights of sovereign nations to put down rebellions against their own governments. Moreover, many observers have commented that plans for military intervention appear to have been much more advanced than U.S. and European leaders want to admit.

For myself, I know in my gut that war planning started months before the democratization movement kicked off throughout the Arab world—a lucky cover for U.S. and European oil policy. Perhaps too lucky.

As Chossudovsky writes, “Hundreds of US, British and French military advisers arrived in Cyrenaica, Libya’s eastern breakaway province” on February 23 and 24— seven (7) days after the start of Gadhaffi’s domestic rebellion. “The advisers, including intelligence officers, were dropped from warships and missile boats at the coastal towns of Benghazi and Tobruk.” (DEBKAfile, US military advisers in Cyrenaica, Feb. 25, 2011) Special forces on the ground in Eastern Libya provided covert support to the rebels.”  Eight British Special Forces commandos were arrested in the Benghazi region, while acting as military advisers to opposition forces, according to the Times of London.

We’re supposed to believe the United States, Britain and Europe planned, coordinated and executed a full military intervention in 7 short days— from the start of the Libyan rebellion in mid-February until military advisers appeared on the ground in Libya on February 23-24!

That’s strategically impossible.

Nothing can persuade me that Gadhaffi’s fate wasn’t decided months ago, when Chevron and Occidental Petroleum took their whining to Capitol Hill, complaining that Gadhaffi’s nationalism interfered with their oil profiteering. From that moment, military intervention was on the drawing board as surely as the Patriot Act got stuck in a drawer waiting for 9/11.

The message is simple: Challenge the oil corporations and your government and your people will pay the ultimate price: Give us your oil as cheaply as possible. Or die.

Don’t kid yourself.  Nobody gives a damn about suffering in Libya or Iraq. You don’t bomb a village to save it. The U.S., Britain and NATO are the bullies of the neighborhood. The enforcers for Big Oil.

Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan have something in common. They have vast and extraordinary oil and mineral riches. As such, they are all victims of what I call the Vampire Wars.

The Arab Princes get paid off, while the bloodsuckers pull the life blood out of the people. They’re scarcely able to survive in their own wealthy societies. The people and the domestic economy are kept alive to uphold the social order, but they are depleted of the nourishment of their own national wealth.

The democratization movements are sending a warning that I don’t think Big Oil, or their protectors in the U.S. and British governments understand or have figured out how to control. The Arab people are finished with this cycle of victimization. They’ve got their stakes out, and they’re starting to figure out how to strike into the heart of these Vampires, sucking the life blood out of their nations.

And woe to the wicked when they do!
Former U.S. Intelligence Asset, Susan Lindauer covered Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Syria/Hezbollah from 1993 to 2003. She is the author of Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq.

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Wow That Was Fast! Libyan Rebels Have Already Established A New Central Bank Of Libya

The Economic Collapse

March 29, 2011 The rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and form a new national oil company. Perhaps when this conflict is over those rebels can become time management consultants. They sure do get a lot done. What a skilled bunch of rebels - they can fight a war during the day and draw up a new central bank and a new national oil company at night without any outside help whatsoever. If only the rest of us were so versatile! But isn't forming a central bank something that could be done after the civil war is over?  According to Bloomberg, the Transitional National Council has "designated the Central Bank of Benghazi as a monetary authority competent in monetary policies in Libya and the appointment of a governor to the Central Bank of Libya, with a temporary headquarters in Benghazi." Apparently someone felt that it was very important to get pesky matters such as control of the banks and control of the money supply out of the way even before a new government is formed. Of course it is probably safe to assume that the new Central Bank of Libya will be 100% owned and 100% controlled by the newly liberated people of Libya, isn't it? Most people don't realize that the previous Central Bank of Libya was 100% state owned. The following is an excerpt from Wikipedia's article on the former Central Bank of Libya.... The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) is 100% state owned and represents the monetary authority in The Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and enjoys the status of autonomous corporate body. The law establishing the CBL stipulates that the objectives of the central bank shall be to maintain monetary stability in Libya , and to promote the sustained growth of the economy in accordance with the general economic policy of the state. Since the old Central Bank of Libya was state owned, it was essentially under the control of Moammar Gadhafi. But now that Libya is going to be "free", the new Central Bank of Libya will be run by Libyans and solely for the benefit of Libyans, right? Of course it is probably safe to assume that will be the case with the new national oil company as well, isn't it? Over the past couple of years, Moammar Gadhafi had threatened to nationalize the oil industry in Libya and kick western oil companies out of the country, but now that Libya will be "free" the people of Libya will be able to work hand in hand with "big oil" and this will create a better Libya for everyone. Right? Of course oil had absolutely nothing to do with why the U.S. "inva---" (scratch that) "initiated a kinetic humanitarian liberty action" in Libya. When Barack Obama looked straight into the camera and told the American people that the war in Libya is in the "strategic interest" of the United States, surely he was not referring to oil. After all, war for oil was a "Bush thing", right? The Democrats voted for Obama to end wars like this, right? Surely no prominent Democrats will publicly support this war in Libya, right? Surely Barack Obama will end the bombing of Libya if the international community begins to object, right? Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize. He wouldn't deeply upset the other major powers on the globe and bring us closer to World War III, would he? Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has loudly denounced "coalition strikes on columns of Gaddafi's forces" and he believes that the U.S. has badly violated the terms of the UN Security Council resolution.... "We consider that intervention by the coalition in what is essentially an internal civil war is not sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council resolution." So to cool off rising tensions with the rest of the world, Obama is going to call off the air strikes, right? Well, considering the fact that Obama has such vast foreign policy experience we should all be able to rest easy knowing that Obama will understand exactly what to do. Meanwhile, the rebels seem to be getting the hang of international trade already. They have even signed an oil deal with Qatar! Rebel "spokesman" Ali Tarhouni has announced that oil exports to Qatar will begin in "less than a week". Who knew that the rag tag group of rebels in Libya were also masters of banking and international trade? We sure do live in a strange world. Tonight, Barack Obama told the American people the following.... "Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different." So now we are going to police all of the atrocities in all of the other countries around the globe? The last time I checked, the government was gunning down protesters in Syria. Is it time to start warming up the Tomahawks? Or do we reserve "humanitarian interventions" only for those nations that have a lot of oil? In fact, atrocities are currently being committed all over Africa and in about a dozen different nations in the Middle East. Should we institute a draft so that we will have enough young men and women to police the world with? We all have to be ready to serve our country, right? The world is becoming a smaller place every day, and you never know where U.S. "strategic interests" are going to be threatened next. The rest of the world understands that we know best, right? Of course the rest of the world can surely see our good intentions in Libya, can't they? Tensions with Russia, China and the rest of the Arab world are certainly going to subside after they all see how selfless our "humanitarian intervention" has been in Libya, don't you think? In all seriousness, we now live in a world where nothing is stable anymore. Wars and revolutions are breaking out all over the globe, unprecedented natural disasters are happening with alarming frequency and the global economy is on the verge of total collapse. By interfering in Libya, we are just making things worse. Gadhafi is certainly a horrible dictator, but this was a fight for the Libyan people to sort out. We promised the rest of the world that we were only going to be setting up a "no fly zone". By violating the terms of the UN Security Council resolution, we have shown other nations that we cannot be trusted and by our actions we have increased tensions all over the globe. So what do all of you think about what is going on in Libya? sumber

STUXNET (Computer Virus) + HAARP for NWO's satanic cabal

UNITED STATES of America - According to many sources (links bellow),

It can now be reported that the four nuclear reactors in Japan (one facing a meltdown) had their computer system hacked by a NSA computer virus, "Stuxnet", one month before the 9.0 - 9.1 earthquake and tsunami aka a meteorological "black op" hit the nation of Japan.

"Official" definition of Stuxnet:

"A computer virus designed to attack servers isolated from the Internet, such as at power plants, has been confirmed on 63 personal computers in Japan since July, according to major security firm Symantec Corp. The virus does not cause any damage online, but once it enters an industrial system, it can send a certain program out of control. After Stuxnet finds its way onto an ordinary computer via the Internet, it hides there, waiting for a USB memory stick to be connected to the computer, when it transfers itself to the memory stick. When the USB device is then connected to a computer linked to an isolated server, it can enter the system and take control of it. 

As computers that harbor Stuxnet do not operate strangely, the virus can be transferred to a memory stick inadvertently. According to the security company, the virus is designed to target a German-made program often used in systems managing water, gas and oil pipelines. The program is used at public utilities around the world, including in Japan. The virus could cause such systems to act erratically, and it could take months to restore them to normal."

See also Wikipedia's definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

The true definition (?): "Stuxnet is a U.S.-Israeli NSA computer virus that was developed to destabilize the nuclear program in the nation of Iran." Simply put, it directly attacks the coolant rods of a nuclear reactor.

Accordingly, this computer virus "Stuxnet" effectively disabled the fail-safe defense system of the Japanese nuclear reactors and was synchronized to take place at the time of the 9.0 (newest calculations: 9.1) quake.

We can also divulge that the 9.0 - 9.1 earthquake and tsunami that hit the nation of Japan was a meteorological terrorist attack launched against Japan by the out-of-control New World Order (NWO) elite who have decided that at least 25% of the world's population must be eliminated before the final financial meltdown collapses the world economy.

The technology used in these meteorological black ops are commonly known as HAARP and Tesla.

Note: HAARP and Tesla were WWII secret Nazi technology captured by both the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII ended.

The gatekeeper for this secret Nazi technology has been none other than New World Order mafia boss, Satanist George Herbert Walker Bush.

This secret Nazi technology has now been developed and perfected by the New World Order elite leaving the entire planet earth defenseless against the Satanic cabal.

It was no coincidence that last week Federal Reserve Chairman Bernard Bernanke announced that the QE2 program aka the purchase of U.S. Treasury bonds will end on June 30th. The massive earthquake in Japan now opens the way for the Central Bank of Japan to begin printing millions of Japanese yen on a nightly basis (the Central Bank of Japan just printed 15 trillion of yen). The yen, with the assistance of the Federal Reserve itself, will then be laundered through the forex currency exchange and converted into U.S. dollars. This currency disguise aka ponzi scheme will then be jointly used by the Central Bank of Japan and the U.S. Federal Reserve to continue to roll over their toxic assets aka derivatives that still pollute the world banking system.

Reference: So you see, folks, why the Fed doesn't need a QE3. The earthquake in Japan has turned Japan into a gigantic ATM card for the conspiratorial Federal Reserve aka QE3, QE4, QE5, QE6 and QE7.

We can also divulge that the current uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East are part of an overall international intelligence black op program called "Operation Chaos" with the co-mingling of various special forces and mercenary groups with them all fighting on both sides of the civil wars and revolutions taking place in Libya, Bahrain, Tunisia, Yemen and Iran.

Note: Saudi Arabia is next. 

Article mostly by Tom Heneghan, International Intelligence Expert.

http://humansarefree.com/

www.myspace.com/tom_heneghan_intel/blog/542442443

Other Sources:

Foreign Policy. Where Fukushima Meets Stuxnet

David Icke's Official Website

Satanic Movement OBAMA BENLADEN: Access to Libyan oil rather than saving human lives

The speedy intervention by America, France and Britain in Libya in the name of UN Resolution in favour of ‘No Fly” Zone is nothing but an old imperialist goal. All these three nations are old imperialist powers who have colonized half the world during 19th and first half of 20th century, France and Britain directly and America indirectly. The cover of course was to ‘save ‘civilian lives though they themselves, along with their allies, have killed, in colonized countries civilians many more times be it in India, Algeria, Vietnam and several other countries.

They have also supported allies who are mostly dictators and keep on killing civilians as a matter of routine but none of them would protest even symbolically as it suits their vested interests. Israel virtually destroyed Lebanon and killed thousands of civilians but America not only did not protest, let alone stop Israel from doing that as it was in its interest. Their civilians, including women and children, all become ‘terrorists’ and worth killing and hence extend full cooperation to Israel.

When Israel was bombing Ghaza and destroying everything including residential houses and even hospitals killing the sick, women and children, America kept quiet along with Britain and France. As they were all worth killing to ‘protect’ Israel. People thought since Republican Party was ruling and Bush was the President, it was their ideology and hence they are doing it though it was not correct position. Whether president is Clinton, Bush or Obama it is the same story.

When Bush administration attacked Iraq telling lies that Saddam Hussein possesses ‘weapons of mass destruction’ blame was mainly on him and when Obama contested for Presidentship against the Republican candidate all of us thought he is a liberator and supported him emotionally and celebrated when he won. He was even awarded Noble Prize for peace for ‘opposing war’ in Afghanistan and Iraq. Did he deserve Noble? In fact no ruler should ever be given Noble as rulers are hardly motivated by ideals and values but by their own interests. However, Noble is known to be pro-establishment in its approach.

Obama, however, along with rulers of Britain and France justifies the attack on Libya by saying that the Arab League was also a party to the UN resolution and they urged for stopping bombing of civilians by Muammar Qaddafi. This is only technically true. The Arab League has changed its position now as it was embarrassed by such speedy and destructive invasion by three western countries.

The Arab League’s support had not much credibility even otherwise. Firstly, most of the member countries are ruled by those who are US supporters, monarchs and dictators. Secondly, these rulers themselves fear rebellion by their own masses and look towards America for support. Thus the Arab League support hardly had any legitimacy in the eyes of the Arab masses.

Let us point out here this author is no supporter of Qaddafi. He has ruled Libya with iron hands for last 41 years and must be toppled sooner than later. His own people had revolted against him and his bombing them also would not have stopped them from fighting against him. However, this intervention, by three countries, has given his rule some kind of legitimacy to perpetuate himself.

Now many Arabs will think it was indeed some kind of western conspiracy to topple him and control Libyan oil. Their sympathy now will be more with Qaddafi than otherwise. Qaddafi’s supporters will also fight bow with greater determination. In fact these western powers were in a hurry for armed intervention as they were not sure which way the rebels would go, They were uncertain especially because this was a democratic revolt against Qaddafi’s dictatorship. In that case they will have no Access to Libyan oil.

Cuba’s Fidel Castro has shown in his lucid article what is tempting for these western imperialists. The real motive, according to Castro, is oil reserves of Libya. He writes: “Total desert covers 95% of its (Libya’s) territory. Technology made it possible to find significant fields of excellent quality light oil, currently providing 800 billion barrels per day, and abundant natural gas deposits. Such wealth allowed it to achieve a life expectancy of close to 75 years and the highest per capita income in Africa. Its harsh desert is located above an enormous lake of fossil water, equivalent to more than three times the land surface of Cuba, which has made it possible to construct a broad network of fresh water pipes which extends throughout the country.”

Thus for America and other western countries who are greatly dependent on oil and gas reserves, there are enormous implications for controlling Libya’s natural resources. They cannot simply let them go. No wonder than the way speedily they have attacked Libya in the name of saving civilian lives. Their invasion has already killed several hundred and no one knows how long these operations will continue.

Qaddafi will not give up easily. He has already declared his intention to prepare for a long term fight. However, after the experience of Iraq and Afghanistan it may not be easy for peoples of America, England and France to support misadventure of their rulers. Moreover the lie that this intervention is for saving civilian lives will soon be out and people would know it is in fact for filling the rich coffers of oil giants rather than saving human lives. Then it will indeed be very difficult to sustain the fight.

Iraq and Afghanistan is very much on the minds of people and their support cannot be taken for granted. Russia, China, India and Brazil have refused to support US-England and France armed intervention in Libya and from Europe Germany also declined to join US led invasion. It has become obvious to the peoples of the world that America waits for some pretext to invade (behind cover of some higher cause) WHERE THERE IS OIL and where Israel’s interests are involved. Given these two factors, America will never hesitate to intervene.

Now there is one more factor involved: the peaceful movement against dictators and monarch’s to topple them and replace them with democratic alternative. This totally belies Prof. Samuel Huntington’s theory of clash of civilizations and that Islam is not at all compatible with democracy. The former theory was evolved to create new enemy – Islam- to replace communism which collapsed and the later to legitimize support for dictators and monarchs in the Arab world and both stood to the total advantage of America.

Osama’s terrorism – projected as Islamic terrorism for obvious reasons – reinforced these images of Islam and Muslims and if peaceful resistance to dictators and monarchs in the Arab world continues it will prove these theories i.e. Islam is terrorist religion and incompatible with democracy, will be proved wrong and would no longer provide False excuses to America for armed interventions this imposing its dominance over the area.

The American intervention in Libya has complex motives apart from oil politics. All remaining Arab dictators are looking at America to save them and terrorism is very much needed by them led by Osama to legitimize their rule. This democratic revolution in the Arab world is not only proving Osama wrong that violence and terrorism is the only way out but also giving these dictators sleepless nights. It is totally knocking off their feet all political legitimacy.

The Arab masses are quite hopeful today that the other world is possible and possible quite peaceful and democratically. But western powers want to prove them wrong and prove Osama right. In fact America needs Osama and Osama needs America. They have become each others mirror image.

Asghar Ali  - http://www.ummid.com

Oil, hypocrites and evil in Libya

The UK, US and France have attacked Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in the first action to enforce a UN-mandated no-fly zone.

Pentagon officials say the US and the UK have fired more than 110 missiles, while French planes struck pro-Gaddafi forces attacking rebel-held Benghazi.

Col Gaddafi has vowed retaliation and said he will open arms depots to the people to defend Libya.

Missiles struck air defence sites in the capital, Tripoli, and Misrata.

A French plane fired the first shots against Libyan government targets at 1645 GMT, destroying a number of military vehicles, according to a military spokesman.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed that British planes are in action over Libya.

US President Barack Obama, speaking during a visit to Brazil, said the US was taking “limited military action” as part of a “broad coalition”.

“We cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercy,” he said.

He repeated that no US ground troops would take part.

After the missile bombardment and the air strikes, Col Gaddafi made a brief speech calling on people to resist.

“Civilian and military targets in the air and sea will be liable to serious danger in the Mediterranean,” he said.

“Arms depots are now open and the masses are being equipped with all sorts of weapons in defence of Libya’s independence, unity and honour,” the Libyan leader warned.

Later, state TV said 48 people were killed and 150 wounded in the attacks. There was no independent confirmation of the statement.

‘Necessary’

Britain’s Ministry of Defence said a British submarine and a number of Tornado jets fired missiles at Libyan military targets.

Mr Cameron said that launching military action against Libya was “necessary, legal and right”.

Libyan state TV reported that what it called the “crusader enemy” had bombed civilian areas of Tripoli, as well as fuel storage tanks supplying the western city of Misrata.

Sources in Tripoli told BBC Arabic that the attacks on the city had so far targeted the eastern areas of Sawani, Airport Road, and Ghasheer. These are all areas believed to host military bases.

After midnight on Sunday, heavy bursts of anti-aircraft fire arced into the sky above Tripoli and several explosions were heard.

The strikes on Misrata targeted a military airbase, the Reuters news agency reported, quoting two residents who denied the state TV reports that fuel stores were hit.

The cruise missiles were fired from one British submarine and a number of American destroyers and subs, said a Pentagon official.

The missiles hit more than 20 air defence sites along the Mediterranean coast, said Navy Vice Adm William E Gortney.

The action came hours after Western and Arab leaders met in Paris to agree how to enforce the UN resolution, which allows “all necessary measures” to protect civilians from forces loyal to Col Gaddafi.

Benghazi battle

Earlier on Saturday, pro-Gaddafi forces attacked Benghazi despite declaring a ceasefire a day earlier.

Reports from the city said that government tanks and artillery had bombarded the city and there was fighting around the university.

Rebels in the city said thousands of people were fleeing the attack, heading east, and the UN refugee agency said it was preparing to receive 200,000 refugees from Libya.

Journalists later said the bombardment ended in the later afternoon and that rebel forces were in control of Benghazi.

The Libyan government blamed the rebels for breaking the ceasefire and said its forces had fought back in self defence.

French planes are reported to have hit government tanks and armoured vehicles around Benghazi.

French planes also flew reconnaissance missions over “all Libyan territory”, military sources in Paris said earlier.

In addition, Canada is sending warplanes to the region, while Italy has offered the use of its military bases. A naval blockade against Libya is also being put in place.

The international community was intervening to stop the “murderous madness” of Col Gaddafi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.

“In Libya, the civilian population, which is demanding nothing more than the right to choose their own destiny, is in mortal danger,” he warned. “It is our duty to respond to their anguished appeal.”

Shortly after the airstrikes began, Libyan state TV said a French plane had been shot down near Tripoli. However, French military officials said all their planes had returned safely.

Col Gaddafi has ruled Libya for more than 40 years. An uprising against him began last month after long-time leaders of neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt were toppled.

This is naked aggression of a sovreign nation by the combined immense strength of imperial West, who have manipulated the UNSC to gain a semblance of legality for their attacks. It amounts to bullying by the imperial West of a small nation.

Gaddafi was a benevolent dictator in the view of the majority Lybians. He is eccentric but hey love him. They do not mind he is their President for life. Gaddafi’s mistake was to side with the Palestinian cause and the Lockerbie bombing of a US plane in Bitish soil. He had thrown a stone at a hornets nest.

Saddam Hussein was a useful ally of the imperial West, for a while, against Iran. They supplied him with all the arms he needed against Iran. They ignored his mass killings of the Kurds and Marsh Arabs in Iraq. His mistake was to try to annexe Kuwait, an ally of the imperial West. The imperial West toppled him. Iraq is still in the throes of war but the oil flow to the West is secure. Middle East policies of the imperial West is hinged on Arab oil. Without this oil the industries of the West will grind to a halt. Their economies will be in dire trouble.

Lybian leader threatened to cut-off Lybian oil to the West. Big mistake! It roused the ire of the imperial West. Gaddafi threw a stone at a hornets nest. He has now to face the consequences. The imperial West’s crocodile tears over the killings of rebels in Benghazi is just a ploy by the imperial West to depose Gaddafi. They want to secure the oil flow to the West by installing a pro-West government in Lybia.

Imperial West has no right to take the moral high ground and condemn Lybia for quelling the rebellions against him. They have no moral right to invade Lybia with all their combined strenth to depose Gaddafi. It is sheer hypocrisy for imperial West to condemn Gaddafi for action against rebels in Lybia, when imperial West has blood on their own hands, through centuries of brutal massacres they carried out in the countries they colonised and imposed their will, and stripped them of their natural resources.Their war crimes continue in Iraq and Afghanistan unabated.

When nearly a million were killed in Ruwanda in a brutal civil war, no UN secured military intervention was taken by the imperial West. There was no oil in Ruwanda and the country was of no strategic interest. There is brutal repression of the citizens in Zimbabwe by a dictator, and similar atrocities in Burma by the ruling military junta. Imperial West has not intervened in these countries to free the citizens of these brutal regimes. There is no oil in these countries.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE sent military units to Bahrain to put down the revolution against the monarch of Bahrain. Bahrainis were massacred by these units. But imperial West was strangely silent. No condemnation of SA, UAE and Bahrain monarch. What hypocrisy by the imperial West. They do not want to make an emenmy of SA. The industry of imperial West depends on SA oil. SA is a valuable ally. The imperial West has business interests in SA as well as sell arms to SA. They do not want this jeopardised. Hence they treat SA and UAE differently. This is sheer hypocrisy of the imperial West! Gaddafi is no saint, but imperial West are devils, they are evil.

The imperial West attitude to smaller nations stinks. They secured a UNSC resolution to sanction to patrol a no-fly zone over Benghazi only. This was eye-wash. Once, the imperial West secured UNSC resolution for some semblance of legality, they broke the terms of the resolution, by actually patrolling the air space of the whole of Lybia and attacking even the residence of Gaddafi in Tripoli, stating they have intelligence that military units are based there. Gaddafi has his military units around him for his security against the rebels. So what’s wrong with that? Actually, the objective of imperial West is to cripple Gaddafi security machine in order the rebels gain the upper hand to topple Gaddafi.

The imperial West’s actual objective is ‘regime change’, though they deny it. They want to kill Gaddafi and his sons as they killed Saddam Hussein and his sons. It is a pity that China and Russia did not exercise their veto powers in UNSC against USA and Britain led war against Gaddafi. USA, Britain and EU have made the world’s hot-spots even hotter. Flow of oil would be restricted. Industries would be slowed down. Cost of living would spiral up. I wonder whether China and Russia anticipated this and wanted to punish imperial West by allowing this to happen to the economies of the West.

Who are these rebels in Benghazi? They are actually led by an Al Qaeda sponsored tarrorist group against Gaddafi. Its name is LYBIAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP. In 2009, CIA had identified this group as a terrorist group sponsored by Al-Qaeda. USA proscribed this rebel group as a terrorist organisation. CIA set-up and trained Lybian security apparatus to counter this threat to Lybian security. However, since change of government in USA the relations between Lybia and USA has soured. By deposing Gaddafi, USA will actually create a vacuum which will soon be filled by rebel leaders sponsored by Al Qaeda, the LIFG, a terrorist group. Far from securing the oil flow to the imperial West, they have muddied the waters and made matters worse for themselves.

In Iraq the imperial West is embroiled in a long drawn out war, with different factions sponsored by Iran and Al Qaeda. It is drain on US, British and EU economies. The imperial West is utterly foolish. They had lost a friend in Lybia and opened the door to Al Qaeda, to gain power in Lybia, through LIFG. Al Qaeda objective is to topple Saudi Arabian monarchy also eventually. That will also come about surely and steadily. Damn good lesson for the imperial West! Down with the imperial West!!!

US is worse than animals, because animals don’t pretend to be better than how they look and sound. US in the contrary, pretends to be innocent, honest and genuine while they actually are quite the opposite and cruel. You never can trust what US says, and this may a symptom of their very young around 350 years old history and hence unmatured cultural values. Deep in their heart they still are very primitive in their human values such as honesty and genuineness.

USA and Britain are peas in the same pod. They are hypocrites and evil. Their leaders lie through their teeth to mislead their own people and Congress/ Parliament in order to gain sanctions to go to war against smaller nations they have a gudge against, on one pretext or another, having de-stablised them first through their INGOs and NGOs and their rent-a-revolutionary within such countries. This is their modus operandi which has happened time and again and go on happening with no one to stop them. It is as easy as stealing candy from a child.

Isn’t it a great pity that China and Russia did not use their veto power in UNSC during the debate and vote on resolution against Lybia, to stop the imperial West from unleashing their fierce combined fire power against Lybia to cause utter destruction and civilian deaths? On the pretext of ‘saving’ the rebels from being put down by the Lybian army, the allied West barrage of more than 120 cruise missiles and indiscriminate bombardment of Lybian capital by wave after wave of imperial West fighter bombers have caused more civilian casualties. The imperial West wants a regime change in order to secure their oil flow to the West to prevent their economies from grinding to a halt.

In 2009, the CIA was cosy with Gaddafi and set-up for him a secret service, in the model of CIA, to combat the growing Al Qaeda funded LYBIAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP. Today this terrorist organisation, which is proscribed in USA, has grown so big and well armed, it staged a rebellion against Gaddafi. Strangely, USA has decided to side with the rebels. On the pretext of preventing civilian casualties among the rebels, as the Gaddafi fought to liberate Lybia from the insurgents, the imperial West bombarded and killed civilians supporters of Gaddafi in Tripoli, as collateral damage, along with the destruction of the residence of Gaddafi and a few militray targets. By intervening on the side of the insurgents in Lybia in a purely internal matter, the imperial West has clearly shown they are seeking a regime change by killing Gaddafi and his sons as they killed Saddam Husein and his sons, for vested interests.

The imperial West are two-faced hypocrites whose true motivation is to secure Lybian oil flow to the West to prevent their economy economy being affected. The imperial West is strangley silent and inconsistent in their policy towards the violent repression of the peoples’ uprisings in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. We do not witness a heavy bombardment and overkill of Bahrain and Saudi Arabian gavernments, to topple these monarchical dictatorial repressive governments, on the side of the rebel groups. Instead, they are actually siding with the dictatorial, repressive monarchies of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, who are of the Sunni minority detested by the Shiite majority of the respective Countries. 

by Nicholas Dias

March 20, 2011

Area 51

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Area 51, also known as Groom Lake, is a secret military facility about 90 miles north of Las Vegas. The number refers to a 6-by-10-mile block of land, at the center of which is a large air base the government will not discuss. The site was selected in the mid-1950s for testing of the U-2 spyplane, due to its remoteness, proximity to existing facilities and presence of a dry lake bed for landings.

Several high-tech super-secret planes were developed and tested here, including the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird and the F-117 Stealth Fighter . More recent projects include the rumored high speed high altitude "Aurora", various unmanned planes (UAVs) and a new stealth plane to replace the F-117.

Groom Lake is America's traditional testing ground for "black budget" aircraft before they are publicly acknowledged. The facility and surrounding areas are also associated -- with varying levels of credibility with UFO and conspiracy stories. In 1989, Bob Lazar claimed on a Las Vegas television station that he had worked with alien spacecraft at Papoose Lake, south of Area 51. Since then, "Area 51" has become a popular symbol for the alleged U.S. Government UFO cover-up.

Aerial Images:
Area 51 at 26,000 ft.
Area 51 at 11,000 ft.

Area 51 Aircraft

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Lockheed's U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane

Area 51 owes its very existence to secret aircraft projects. The original purpose for Area 51 was a testing facility for Lockheed's U-2 spy plane. Lockheed put Kelly Johnson in charge of establishing a base of operations for testing and training facilities. Here are some of the known and suspected projects at Area 51.

The U-2 Spy Plane is a confirmed Area 51 project. Lockheed worked with the CIA to develop a plane that could fly at a high altitude and spy on other nations. The U-2 could fly at altitudes of 70,000 feet and was effective in reconnaissance missions for several years. During the development of the U-2, the CIA and Lockheed realized they would soon need more advanced aircraft because the Soviet Union's missile technology was rapidly catching up. In 1960, the USSR shot down a U-2, confirming this concern.

Engineers designed a plane--called the Suntan--to be a successor to the U-2. It could fly at speeds up to mach 2.5 (almost 2,000 miles per hour). The Suntan used liquid hydrogen for fuel, which was its ultimate downfall. Engineers decided that it would be too expensive to create a fuel infrastructure to support the Suntan's flights, and the government canceled the project.

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Air Force The SR-71 Blackbird

The A-12 , which was later known as the SR-71 "Blackbird," became the actual successor to the U-2. The A-12 was a prototype model that gradually evolved into the SR-71. These planes could fly up to mach 3 (2,300 miles per hour) and could fly at altitudes of 90,000 feet.

Tacit Blue and Have Blue were the first successful attempts at creating stealth aircraft. Tacit Blue had an odd, whale-like shape, inspiring onlookers to call it "Shamu." It was designed to fly low over battle operations as a reconnaissance vehicle. Have Blue was a prototype for the F117-A Stealth Fighter. Have Blue first arrived at Area 51 in 1977. The Stealth Fighter remained a secret until the Air Force officially unveiled it to the public in 1990.

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Air Force
Tacit Blue, aka "Shamu"

The Bird of Prey takes its name from a class of ships in Star Trek. The plane is a bomber with stealth technology. The design looks very strange, and some say that it is very unstable at low speeds due to the odd wing design.

One rumored project at Area 51, the TR3A Black Manta, could be a potential successor to the Stealth Fighter, or it may be one of many kinds of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Currently, there is a lot of interest in UAVs because they provide the military with methods of gathering information without endangering the lives of pilots or soldiers.

Area 51 Projects

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The MiG-21 is one of several Soviet aircraft allegedly tested at Area 51.

The Aurora is another project that has been associated with Area 51. Now believed to be a canceled project, the Aurora was supposedly a replacement for the SR-71. It was supposed to be a hypersonic reconnaissance jet capable of attaining speeds up to mach 6 (4,600 miles per hour). The project may have failed completely, or it may turn out that the Aurora is another kind of UAV and not a jet at all.

The Brilliant Buzzard or Mothership is another rumored project at Area 51. This large jet would carry a smaller vehicle, perhaps a UAV. The smaller vehicle is designed to launch from the larger jet while in midair.

Soviet aircraft also played a large role at Area 51. These planes came from the Soviet Union and were either captured or otherwise acquired. The Air Force and CIA used these aircraft in training exercises and war games. The use of Soviet aircraft in Area 51's airspace inspired its nickname of the Red Square.

What new projects could be underway at Area 51 today? Apart from the continued focus on UAV technology, secret project theorists suggest a few possibilities. One is a transport aircraft with stealth technology designed to move troops in and out of conflict areas without being detected. Many see a need for a vehicle with effective and stealthy vertical take off and lift (VTOL) capabilities. (The V-22 Osprey has this capability, but critics say the vehicle is not effective at meeting military objectives.) Another likely research project is a stealth helicopter. Though some people say stealth helicopters already exist and are in use, they haven't been revealed to the public. Some theorists see a need for a stealth plane that is designed specifically to neutralize ground targets. To date, most stealth aircraft are either surveillance vehicles or designed for air-to-air combat. There is also a need for aircraft that can rapidly deploy to any location worldwide in as short a time as possible. Projects like the rumored Aurora plane and other hypersonic vehicles fall into this category. Other rumored research projects range from cloaking technology to proton beams to anti-gravity devices.

Of course, these projects are only the tip of the rumored iceberg. Area 51 is arguably better known for its connection with aliens and UFOs than with any of these aircraft. In the next section, we'll take a look at the rumors and theories linking Area 51 with visitors from outer space.