Stones VS Bullets of Indian State Terrorists in Kashmir

A Kashmiri Muslim protester runs for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers chases him during a protest in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	An Indian police officer (R) throws a tear gas canister towards Kashmiri protesters during an anti-India protest in Srinagar September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Reuters
An injured demonstrator is carried to a hospital after he was wounded in a clash with police in Mendhar area of Kashmir's Poonch district September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Picture taken September 15, 2010. Reuters	Kashmiri protesters run for cover as government forces fire live ammunition during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
Kashmiri protesters throw rocks at an Indian policeman during an anti-India protest in Srinagar September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Reuters	A Kashmiri protestor (R) wearing a helmet holds a stone behind his head during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 15, 2010. Police in Indian Kashmir injured at least eight protesters September 15 when they opened fire to control the latest violent demonstration in the disputed Muslim-majority region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty
Kashmiri protesters run for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers, unseen, chase them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Violent civil unrest against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months. AP	Kashmiri protesters stand as bricks and rocks are scattered on the road during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Violent civil unrest against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months killing several people. AP
A Kashmiri protestor holds two rocks during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 15, 2010. Police in Indian Kashmir injured at least eight protesters September 15 when they opened fire to control the latest violent demonstration in the disputed Muslim-majority region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty	Indian paramilitary soldiers stop a Hindu family at a checkpoint during a curfew in Srinagar on September 16, 2010. Indian security forces said they have drawn up a new plan to tackle deadly unrest in Kashmir amid criticism of the government on September 16 over its handling of the crisis. Getty
Kashmiri people sit near closed shops during a curfew in Srinagar September 16, 2010. A wave of disappointment swept across curfewed Indian Kashmir on Thursday after no concrete results emerged out of a key meeting aimed at ending spiralling protests that are the worst in recent times. Reuters	An Indian policeman stops a motorcyclist during a curfew in Srinagar September 16, 2010. A wave of disappointment swept across curfewed Indian Kashmir on Thursday after no concrete results emerged out of a key meeting aimed at ending spiralling protests that are the worst in recent times. Reuters
An Indian policeman sits inside a vehicle damaged by protesters in a clash in Srinagar September 16, 2010. A wave of disappointment swept across curfewed Indian Kashmir on Thursday after no concrete results emerged out of a key meeting aimed at ending spiralling protests that are the worst in recent times. Reuters	Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a deserted street during a curfew in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Violent civil unrest against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months killing several people. AP
A man gestures beside a burning armoured police vehicle after it was set on fire by demonstrators during a clash with police in Mendhar area of Kashmir's Poonch district September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Picture taken September 15, 2010. Reuters	Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a barricaded bridge during a curfew in Srinagar on September 16, 2010. Indian security forces said they have drawn up a new plan to tackle deadly unrest in Kashmir amid criticism of the government on September 16 over its handling of the crisis. Getty
A Kashmiri protester wears a helmet which was taken away from Indian paramilitary forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	Kashmiri protesters take cover behind a concrete pipe as government forces fire live ammunition during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
Kashmiri protesters wait for right opportunity to hurl rocks at government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	Kashmiri protesters tend a fellow protester who was hit by pellets shot by government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
A Kashmiri protester prepares to hurl stones at government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	A Kashmiri protestor adjust a scarf covering his face during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 15, 2010. Police in Indian Kashmir injured at least eight protesters September 15 when they opened fire to control the latest violent demonstration in the disputed Muslim-majority region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty
Kashmiri Muslim protesters are engulfed in tear gas during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 14, 2010. Indian police opened fire Tuesday on stone-throwing protesters in Kashmir as small groups took to the streets in defiance of curfew orders, a day after violence in which 18 people died. Getty	A Kashmiri protester hurls stones at government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest to denounce reports that copies of the Koran had been damaged in the United States, in Jammu September 14, 2010. Authorities deployed thousands more central police across Kashmir to enforce a curfew on Tuesday after one of the worst single days of violence in two decades of separatist protests. Eighteen people were killed, nearly all of them in police firing, during anti-India and Koran demonstrations in the disputed region, increasing the pressure on the government to tackle the protests that have simmered through the summer. Reuters	Kashmiri Muslim women shout anti-Indian slogans during a clash with Indian policemen in Srinagar on September 14, 2010. Indian police patrolled the streets of Kashmir, threatening to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew in the disputed region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty
Kashmiri Muslim protesters run for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers fire live ammunition during a protest in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Indian police patrolled the streets of Kashmir on Tuesday, threatening to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew in the disputed region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. AP	Kashmiri men carry the body of Nisar Ahmad Kuchay, who died during a protest, at his funeral on the outskirts of Srinagar on September 13, 2010. Indian police shot twelve people in Kashmir on September 13 as stone-throwing protesters defied curfews and torched a Christian school in an upsurge of anger stoked by the desecration of the Koran. The death toll was the highest since a wave of anti-India demonstrations began three months ago, with 83 civilians now dead on the streets of the disputed Muslim-majority region. One policeman was also killed September 13. Getty
A masked Kashmiri youth attends a protest on the outskirts of Srinagar September 13, 2010. At least 13 people were killed on Monday in anti-government and Koran demonstrations across Kashmir, police said, in the biggest single death toll from protests in the disputed region in years. The headband reads: "Allah is great". Reuters	Kashmiri Muslim protesters run for cover as tear gas shell explode near them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Indian police patrolled the streets of Kashmir on Tuesday, threatening to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew in the disputed region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. AP
A Kashmiri protester shouts pro-freedom slogans through the wire mesh of a clock tower during a demonstration in the heart of Srinagar on September 11, 2010. The Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has been rocked by unrest since a teenage student was killed by a police tear-gas shell on June 11. Tens of thousands of Muslims, mostly young men, chanted, 'Go India, go back!' and 'We want freedom!' after they assembled in the main city of Srinagar to offer prayers on the festival of Eid al-Fitr. Getty	A masked Kashmiri protestor looks on during a protest rally after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. AP
A relative mourns as she holds the body of Kashmiri Showkat Ahmed at his residence in Patan Palhalan some 30kms north of Srinagar on September 6, 2010. Two people were killed when Indian security forces opened fire on stone-throwing protesters during fresh demonstrations against Indian rule in Kashmir, police said. A total of 67 protesters and bystanders have been killed over the past three months, mostly by security forces who have used live ammunition on rallies after being pelted with stones. Getty	A Kashmiri Muslim protester throws stones towards Indian police during an anti-India protest in Srinagar on September 8, 2010. Indian police arrested chairman of the hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Shah Geelani who had threatened to intensify agitation in the Kashmir Valley. The Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has been rocked by unrest since a teenage student was killed by a police tear-gas shell on June 11. A total of 69 protesters and bystanders have been killed over the past three months, mostly by security forces who have used live ammunition on rallies after being pelted with stones. Getty
Kashmiri Muslim crowd rooftops and balconies as they participate in a protest rally after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. AP	A cow stands in a deserted street of Srinagar on September 12, 2010. Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Srinagar and other Jammu and Kashmir towns today, a day after the city saw widespread violent protests following Eid prayers. An FIR was registered against moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for inciting violence, officials said. The Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has been rocked by unrest since a teenage student was killed by a police tear-gas shell on June 11, 2010. A total of 69 protesters and bystanders have been killed over the past three months, mostly by security forces who have used live ammunition on rallies after being pelted with stones. Getty
My Question is Why Bloody West and Civilized Nations can Attack Libya because Libyan forces were killing Libyan protestors, but why these bloody champions of human rights are blind and deaf to the situation in Kashmir, Palestine, Khalistan and other states struggling for independence from State terrorists??? Just Because Kashmir and Palestine has no OIL?

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Hindu terrorism neglected by Obama

 Under the mask of democracy and secularism, Indian subsequent regimes dominated by politicians from the Hindi heartland-- Hindutva have been using brutal force ruthlessly against any move to free Assam, Kashmir, Khalistan, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu and Tripura wherre wars of independence are alive in one or the other from.
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By Sajjad Shaukat

US President Obama who just concluded his India visit, announced on November 6 a $10 billion in trade deals with New Delhi to create more than 50,000 US jobs. He also declared the measures, America would take regarding removal of Indian space and defence companies from a restricted “entities list” and supported Indian demand for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council including membership of four key global nuclear non-proliferation regimes, paid a tribute to victims of the Mumbai attacks. 
While describing “win-win” relationship with India, Obama’s main focus was Indo-US united front against terrorism, which relates to the Islamic militancy in the region, but he totally neglected the home grown and state sponsored Hindu terrorism. 
During his trip, President Obama did not take cognizance of the misdeeds of Hindu fundamentalist parties like the BJP, RSS, VHP, Shiv Sina and Bajrang Dal which have missed no opportunity to communalise national politics of India even under the Congress rule. With the backing of Indian officials, these parties have intensified anti-Christian and anti-Muslim bloodshed in the last decade coupled with the dissemination of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism).
Obama should know that besides previous genocide of Muslims and destruction of the Babri Mosque, more than 2500 Muslims were massacred in2002 in the BJP-ruled Indian state of Gujarat. Regarding that massive genocide, both Human Rights Watch in 2002 and Amnesty International in 2003 charged the “Gujarat state administration” for involvement in “a massive cover-up of the state’s role in that massacre” and pointed out numerous police officials—specifically ministers, high officials and leaders of the VHP, BJP and Bajrang Dal as participants. 
On September 13, 2008, the communal riots in Uttar Pradesh killed more than 200 Muslims. In one of the most tragic incidents in Assam, Hindu extremists burnt alive six members of a Muslim family. It is mentionable that after the BJP came to power in February 2006, unlike the previous similar tragic events, Christian persecution rose to new heights in the state of Karnataka. Attacks on Christian holidays became common in the state like other areas. On the Christmas Eve of 2007, Hindu extremists led a series of violent attacks on Christians and their property in the state of Orissa, killing six Christians and razing at least 800 houses and 100 churches. 
According to a report of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), “in one of the events, in March, 2008, more than 150 intolerant nationalist Hindus stormed two Easter Sunday services and beat at least 16 Christians including two pastors in Bangalore and in Shimoga district…before almost every assault, the mob of the Hindu extremist of RSS, VHP and Baring Dal, armed with bamboo poles, sticks and rods, while beating drums shout slogans in Hindi—he “who talks in favour of only Hindus will rule the nation.” Nevertheless, assaults on Christians and their property have continued by the Hindu mobs in Orissa, Assam, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Even the recent past witnessed a number of incidents of religious intolerance. In this respect, at least 60 Christians have been assassinated in the recent past by Hindu fundamentalists in Orissa. 
Under the mask of democracy and secularism, Indian subsequent regimes dominated by politicians from the Hindi heartland—Hindutva have been using brutal force ruthlessly against any move to free Assam, Kashmir, Khalistan, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu and Tripura where wars of independence are alive in one or the other form. 

As regards the Indian-held Kashmir, since 1947, Indian forces have intermittently been employing all the possible techniques of military terrorism such as curfews, crackdowns, sieges, massacre, targeted killings etc. to maintain their alien rule. However, under the new puppet regime in the occupied Kashmir, Indian brutalities keep on going against the current phase of Kashmiri uprising. In the last two years, more than 3000 unmarked graves of the unidentified bodies were uncovered in villages of Indian-held Kashmir. Sources have suggested that these graves include bodies of extrajudicial executions committed by the Indian military and paramilitary forces. In Maharashtra, non-Hindu communities have lived in constant fear and awe since the advent of the fundamentalist party, Shiv Sena whose Chief Bal Thackeray has organised army of hoodlums to beat up any religious minority, openly directing the Hindu terrorists to loot and stone any of their shop or house. Silence of the subsequent governments on every challenge of Shiv Sena and lack of serious action against Thackeray’s vandalism have clearly defeated the secular echoes of India which is in fact a secular terrorist state. More alarming point is that Baring Dal has also been imparting arms training to its members near Ayodhya.

 It is worth-mentioning that ideology of Hindu nationalism prevails in every field at the cost of other minorities. It is even supported by Indian defence forces clandestinely. This fact could be judged from the recent past, when on April 6, 2008 in the house of Baring Dal fundamentalists in Nanded, a bomb went off. The investigations proved that the militants belonging to the Baring Dal were found in the bomb-making and attack on a mosque in Parbhani in 2003. Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra arrested a serving Lt. Col. Srikant Purohit along with other army officials, indicating that they were helping in training the Hindu terrorists, providing them with the military-grade explosive RDX, used in the Malegaon bombings and terrorist attacks in other Indian cities. ATS further disclosed that Lt. Col. Purohit confessed that in 2007, he was involved in bombing of Samjhota express, which brunt alive 69 Pakistanis. Leaders of the Indian extremist parties, Shiv Sena, BJP, VHP and RSS are now pressurising the Congress regime to release the culprits.
Before these revelations about Hindu terrorism, Indian government has been accusing the Islamic organizations in contact with Pakistani or Bangladeshi intelligence agencies in carrying out bomb blasts in Malegaon and other Indian places. As regard Hindu terrorism, BBC indicated on November 21, 2008 that a new phrase has entered the sometimes cliche-riddled Indian press: “Hindu terrorism”, calling it the latest addition to the media lexicon.Nonetheless, it is due to the ignorance of the US Administration that New Delhi which has been using Hindu terrorists to create frenzy against the other religious communities has further been encouraged by the President Obama who is silent over Hindu terrorism. 

In the aftermath of the Mumbai tragedy, instead of showing any evidence about Hindu terrorism, Indian leaders and their media have coined a number of fabricated stories about the arrested gunman, Ajmal Kasab to prove the involvement of Pakistan, banned Lashkar-i-Taiba and even our intelligence agency, ISI which is the first defence line of our country in castigating the plot of foreign enemies. Nevertheless, the sole purpose behind Indian senseless accusations against Islamabad is to conceal the misdeeds of Hindu terrorism which have got no coverage by US-led European media because of the pro-Indian tilt of these countries. Obama’s ignorance of Hindu terrorism could be judged from the decision of the United Nations Security Council’s Al-Qaida-related committee which added Pakistan-based Jamaatud Dawa, already banned Lashkar-i-Taiba and four of its leaders to the list of terrorists. Meanwhile, India had started increasing pressure on Islamabad with the backing of the US which had played a key role in passing the UN resolution 1267. However, encouraged by the resolution and emboldened by America, the then Indian Minister for External Affairs, Parnab Mukerjee indicated that “India has all options open.” Indian defence minister has also stated in the same terms, while its Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called Pakistan, the epicentre of terrorism. 
Notably, America has its political and economic interests in India which serves as the largest market. And the US has its strategic interests in the region, while New Delhi is its main ally to counterbalance China in Asia. In this regard, US, India and Israeli want to ‘denuclearise’ and ‘destabilise’ Pakistan which is the only nuclear Islamic country. It is owing to these collective interests that like his predecessor, President Bush, Obama neglects Hindu terrorism which has now become a dangerous reality for international community. 
Here, question also arises as to why Indian fundamentalist parties such as Shiv Sena, RSS, Baring Dal and BJP which are unleashing the forces of terrorism, are not being added to the UN or US terrorist lists. In this context, negligence of Hindu terrorism by Obama displays double standards of the west. 

Sajjad Shaukat is a regular writer for Opinion Maker. He writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US Vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations.


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Indian Army War Crimes in Indian Held Kashmir

Indian Army soldiers accompanied by a senior officer are shooting from point blank an unarmed man in Pulwama district on July 8, 2011. This is the clear evidence of the war crimes committed by Indian soldiers in Kashmir. An unarmed man is clearly seen waving his hand and he can be heard shouting in pain underneath the rubble of the destroyed house. The residential house was bombarded by Indian soldiers using mortars and rockets. This in in clear violation to Geneva Conventions and a war crime to kill a wounded civilian or combatant.

Is there anyone even champions of Human Rights to Question them? Where the hell is Pakistani media???

Buried Evidence: Evidence of Indian Army War Crimes in Kashmir

Indian Army in action in Kashmir

 

 

BURIED EVIDENCE: Unknown, Unmarked, and Mass Graves in Indian-administered Kashmir

International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir (IPTK) announces the release of its report at a press conference on Wednesday, December 02, 2009, in Srinagar, Kashmir.
BURIED EVIDENCE documents 2,700 unknown, unmarked, and mass graves, containing 2,943+ bodies, across 55 villages in Bandipora, Baramulla, and Kupwara districts of Kashmir, based on applied research conducted between November 2006-November 2009...

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PSYWAR: The Fake Fall Of Tripoli And The Zionist Dragon’s Butchery Across Palestine I

by Jonathan Azaziah

Prelude: This is the first of a two-part series dealing with the Zionist media's campaign of mass deception regarding events in Libya, which have in turn been used by the criminal Israeli dragon as a cover for its escalating aggression across occupied Palestine. The first stop of this exposé is the Libyan capital of Tripoli, where the talking heads of the fiction box have informed the global public that Colonel Muammar Qaddafi has fallen. Nothing however, could be more false. It is a Zionist PSYWAR, and truth is its first casuality...

"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." ~ George Orwell 

When one is subjecting his conscious mind to the perpetual stream of debauchery, knavery and treachery that is the mainstream media, one must only apply a singular principle in his analysis; a principle that effectively digests the malevolent flow of deliberately conflicted information and warped fantasy without absorbing its mind-threatening toxicity. This principle is known as ‘Absolute Rejection and Underground Travel,’ or, ‘ARUT’ for short.

Whatever is being reported (read: lied about) by the mainstream media, it is not preferable but obligatory for the viewer to absolutely reject the content and then subsequently ‘travel underground’ to a domain that the mainstream media emphatically refuses to enter. And that domain, which has been a foggy area of misinformation or non-reportage altogether for more than a century, is Palestine and the criminal Zionist occupation that governs it. Why such an overzealous policy of subversion and burial on this matter? Because (Jewish) Zionists thoroughly own, control and dominate the media (1), as well as Hollywood and Wall Street and they are flamboyantly unashamed in admitting it (2).

Never has the ARUT principle been more applicable and prevalent than the current geopolitical crises in occupied Libya and occupied Palestine. The Zionist mainstream media has gone to lofty lengths to present an absurd narrative revolving around the ‘liberation of Tripoli’ while covering up NATO’s gruesome savagery in the Libyan capital and deflecting the attention of the globe far, far away from the latest round of Zionist butchery and humiliation of Palestinians in illegally besieged Gaza, occupied al-Khalil and holy al-Quds. This is psychological warfare in its purest, deadliest form and it is attached to an expansionist blueprint that involves the heinous plot which Zionists have always foreseen as an eventuality and not just a pipedream, Greater Israel, in addition to the widening of the MENA regional conflict into World War III, burning down all those who oppose Zionist hegemony in the process...

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Innocent Libyans Murdered for West's Lust of Oil...

Think of the new Libya as the latest spectacular chapter in the Disaster Capitalism series. Instead of weapons of mass destruction, we had R2P ("responsibility to protect"). Instead of neo-conservatives, we had humanitarian imperialists.

But the target is the same: regime change. And the project is the same: to completely dismantle and privatize a nation that was not integrated into turbo-capitalism; to open another (profitable) land of opportunity for turbocharged neo-liberalism. The whole thing is especially handy because it is smack in the middle of a nearly global recession.

It will take some time; Libyan oil won't totally return to the market within 18 months. But there's the reconstruction of everything the

 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bombed (well, not much of what the Pentagon bombed in 2003 was reconstructed in Iraq ...)

Anyway - from oil to rebuilding - in thesis juicy business opportunities loom. France's neo-Napoleonic Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's David of Arabia Cameron believe they will be especially well positioned to profit from NATO's victory. Yet there's no guarantee the new Libyan bonanza will be enough to lift both former colonial powers (neo-colonials?) out of recession.

President Sarkozy in particular will milk the business opportunities for French companies for all they're worth - part of his ambitious agenda of "strategic redeployment" of France in the Arab world. A compliant French media are gloating that this was "his" war - spinning that he decided to arm the rebels on the ground with French weaponry, in close cooperation with Qatar, including a key rebel commando unit that went by sea from Misrata to Tripoli last Saturday, at the start of "Operation Siren".

Well, he certainly saw the opening when Muammar Gaddafi's chief of protocol defected to Paris in October 2010. That's when the whole regime change drama started to be incubated.

Bombs for oil
As previously noted (see Welcome to Libya's 'democracy', Asia Times Online, August 24) the vultures are already circling Tripoli to grab (and monopolize) the spoils. And yes - most of the action has to do with oil deals, as in this stark assertion by Abdeljalil Mayouf, information manager at the "rebel" Arabian Gulf Oil Company; "We don't have a problem with Western countries like the Italians, French and UK companies. But we may have some political issues with Russia, China and Brazil."

These three happen to be crucial members of the BRICS group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), which are actually growing while the Atlanticist, NATO-bombing economies are either stuck in stagnation or recession. The top four BRICs also happen to have abstained from approving UN Security Council resolution 1973, the no-fly zone scam that metamorphosed into NATO bringing regime change from above. They saw right through it from the beginning.

To make matters worse (for them), only three days before the Pentagon's Africom launched its first 150-plus Tomahawks over Libya, Colonel Gaddafi gave an interview to German TV stressing that if the country were attacked, all energy contracts would be transferred to Russian, Indian and Chinese companies.

So the winners in the oil bonanza are already designated: NATO members plus Arab monarchies. Among the companies involved, British Petroleum (BP), France's Total and the Qatar national oil company. For Qatar - which dispatched jet fighters and recruiters to the front lines, trained "rebels" in exhaustive combat techniques, and is already managing oil sales in eastern Libya - the war will reveal itself to be a very wise investment decision.

Prior to the months-long crisis that is in its end game now with the rebels in the capital, Tripoli, Libya was producing 1.6 million barrels per day. Once resumed, this could reap Tripoli's new rulers some US$50 billion annually. Most estimates place oil reserves at 46.4 billion barrels.

The "rebels" of new Libya better not mess with China. Five months ago, China's official policy was already to call for a ceasefire; if that had happened, Gaddafi would still control more than half of Libya. Yet Beijing - never a fan of violent regime change - for the moment is exercising extreme restraint.

Wen Zhongliang, the deputy head of the Ministry of Trade, willfully observed, "Libya will continue to protect the interests and rights of Chinese investors and we hope to continue investment and economic cooperation." Official statements are piling up emphasizing "mutual economic cooperation".

Last week, Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice president of the dodgy Transitional National Council (TNC), told Xinhua that all deals and contracts agreed with the Gaddafi regime would be honored - but Beijing is taking no chances.

Libya supplied no more than 3% of China's oil imports in 2010. Angola is a much more crucial supplier. But China is still Libya's top oil customer in Asia. Moreover, China could be very helpful in the infrastructure rebuilding front, or in the technology export - no less than 75 Chinese companies with 36,000 employees were already on the ground before the outbreak of the tribal/civil war, swiftly evacuated in less than three days.

The Russians - from Gazprom to Tafnet - had billions of dollars invested in Libyan projects; Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and the construction company Odebrecht also had intrests there. It's still unclear what will happen to them. The director general of the Russia-Libya Business Council, Aram Shegunts, is extremely worried: "Our companies will lose everything because NATO will prevent them from doing business in Libya."

Italy seems to have passed the "rebel" version of "you're either with us or without us". Energy giant ENI apparently won't be affected, as Premier Silvio "Bunga Bunga" Berlusconi pragmatically dumped his previous very close pal Gaddafi at the start of the Africom/NATO bombing spree.

ENI's directors are confident Libya's oil and gas flows to southern Italy will resume before winter. And the Libyan ambassador in Italy, Hafed Gaddur, reassured Rome that all Gaddafi-era contracts will be honored. Just in case, Berlusconi will meet the TNC's prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, this Thursday in Milan.

Bin Laden to the rescue
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu - of the famed "zero problems with our neighbors" policy - has also been gushing praise on the former "rebels" turned powers-that-be. Eyeing the post-Gaddafi business bonanza as well, Ankara - as NATO's eastern flank - ended up helping to impose a naval blockade on the Gaddafi regime, carefully cultivated the TNC, and in July formally recognized it as the government of Libya. Business "rewards" loom.

Then there's the crucial plot; how the House of Saud is going to profit from having been instrumental in setting up a friendly regime in Libya, possibly peppered with Salafi notables; one of the key reasons for the Saudi onslaught - which included a fabricated vote at the Arab League - was the extreme bad blood between Gaddafi and King Abdullah since the run-up towards the war on Iraq in 2002.

It's never enough to stress the cosmic hypocrisy of an ultra-regressive absolute monarchy/medieval theocracy - which invaded Bahrain and repressed its native Shi'ites - saluting what could be construed as a pro-democracy movement in Northern Africa.

Anyway, it's time to party. Expect the Saudi Bin Laden Group to reconstruct like mad all over Libya - eventually turning the (looted) Bab al-Aziziyah into a monster, luxury Mall of Tripolitania.

Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007) and Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge. His new book, just out, is Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009).

He may be reached at pepeasia@yahoo.com.


Source: Asia Times Online

Voltaire Network denounces attempt by the "rebels" to arrest Thierry Meyssan

Voltaire Network, Thursday, 25 August 25, 2011, 3:25 p.m. - The journalists who had been trapped inside the hotel Rixos in Tripoli since Sunday were evacuated yesterday, 24 August 2011, at 5 p.m, by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The four members of the Voltaire Network team - journalists Thierry Meyssan, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Mathieu Ozanon and Julien Teil - were among them.

However, after their release, the rebels tried to detain Thierry Meyssan, well known for his articles exposing the crimes of NATO. The ICRC intervened to prevent his arrest.
The journalists were taken to another hotel, where they are no longer under ICRC protection.
The journalists have thus far been unable to reach the ship chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which is supposed to have already docked in Tripoli.
Voltaire Network is extremely concerned about the attitude showed by the NATO-sponsored "rebels" towards its journalists. It is hereby launching an international appeal to the international community urging for the protection of its journalists and for their safe departure from Libya.

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Thierry Meyssan is a French national residing in Lebanon. He is registered at the French consulate in Beirut. A journalist for more than twenty-five years, he is a frequent contributor to Arab, Latin American and Russian publications, such as Odnako in Russia and La Jornada in Mexico. He has written several books on international policy issues and has regularly cooperated with television media, such as RT, Telesur or PressTV. He is the president of Voltaire Network, a network of independent press agencies, grouping a dozen publications from around the world.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is a Canadian national. He lives in Ottawa and is currently a Global Research correspondent in Tripoli. An independent journalist, he has published widely in several languages and given interviews to various media, including Russia Today, Press TV, Al Jazeera, Pacifica KPFA, Global Research, China Life Magazine. Several of his works have also been featured by Voltaire Network.
Mathieu Ozanon and Julien Teil are also Voltaire Network contributing authors.

 

Source=Voltaire Network