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Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal
Asia Times Online ^ | Apr 2, 2011 | Pepe Escobar
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD02Ak01.html
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This, in short, is the essence of a deal struck between the Barack Obama administration and the House of Saud. Two diplomatic sources at the United Nations independently confirmed that Washington, via Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gave the go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to invade Bahrain and crush the pro-democracy movement in their neighbor in exchange for a "yes" vote by the Arab League for a no-fly zone over Libya - the main rationale that led to United Nations Security Council resolution 1973.
The revelation came from two different diplomats, a European and a member of the BRIC group, and was made separately to a US scholar and Asia Times Online. According to diplomatic protocol, their names cannot be disclosed. One of the diplomats said, "This is the reason why we could not support resolution 1973. We were arguing that Libya, Bahrain and Yemen were similar cases, and calling for a fact-finding mission. We maintain our official position that the resolution is not clear, and may be interpreted in a belligerent manner."
As Asia Times Online has reported, a full Arab League endorsement of a no-fly zone is a myth. Of the 22 full members, only 11 were present at the voting. Six of them were Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, the US-supported club of Gulf kingdoms/sheikhdoms, of which Saudi Arabia is the top dog. Syria and Algeria were against it. Saudi Arabia only had to "seduce" three other members to get the vote.
Translation: only nine out of 22 members of the Arab League voted for the no-fly zone. The vote was essentially a House of Saud-led operation, with Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa keen to polish his CV with Washington with an eye to become the next Egyptian President.
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I can't wait to see obama taken away in shackles and imprisoned for life.
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Interesting Stuff. :o
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Interesting Stuff. :o
Can't wait to see how Blackass and Andreisa95%er to defend this.
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i take anything you post with a grain of salt,usally in a couple of days it's debunk :o
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I gave the link.
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How can anyone defend this?
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because sources that don't identify themselves are not to credible, anybody can say anything as truth. remember 200million a day, that was bullshit ;D
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Yeah - and like evrything else - bama refuses to release the records on the cost of that.
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Yeah - and like evrything else - bama refuses to release the records on the cost of that.
hahahahahaha are you serious :D :D :D :D you are getting more crazy by the day ;D
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I will pay for you to attend the impeachment hearings w me when this goes down.
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I will pay for you to attend the impeachment hearings w me when this goes down.
deal, now i'm going to drink some beer
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deal, now i'm going to drink some beer
240 is back likes this
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Do you agree w this war now?
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Do you agree w this war now?
i have been against this war from minute 1.
i'll quote the many times I've said this, if you want, but you remember.
i do like the idea of some alcohol tonight.
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I wish John Boehner or Eric Cantor would step up to the plate and show some leadership on this. They hold a lot of power now and can bring up impeachment for this easily. Hopefully Hillary Clinton will go down with the ship as well since she is the main orchestrator of this whole debacle.
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Rand Paul has already said this whole mess may rise to the level of impeachment.
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33,
do you think rand paul is electable in 2012 as POTUS?
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I wish John Boehner or Eric Cantor would step up to the plate and show some leadership on this.
They're both part of the traditional establishment. Cantor, Paul Ryan, Boehner, etc - they plan on having the same jobs in 20 or 30 years. They are just holding the status quo. They're not going to 'shake things up' and make enemies near and far.
Ron and Rand paul don't seem to give a shit about that. They are honest and want change NOW. The other guys are just saying what opposition guys said 20 years ago, and they'll be saying it 20 years from now, let's be honest.
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Ain't gonna happen.
Isn't funny impeachment has been talked about with our last 3 presidents?
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Ain't gonna happen.
Isn't funny impeachment has been talked about with our last 3 presidents?
Will never happen. Should not happen either.
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Bama has done many things warranting impeachment and jail.
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Bama has done many things warranting impeachment and jail.
Hahahahahahahahahaha
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Bama has done many things warranting impeachment and jail.
I'm not a fan and hope he is a one hit wonder, but I don't think he has done anything warranting impeachment. What "high crimes and misdemeanors" has he committed?
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I'm not a fan and hope he is a one hit wonder, but I don't think he has done anything warranting impeachment. What "high crimes and misdemeanors" has he committed?
How about starting a third pointless war, that's only going to hurt the United States?
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In this country that's not a crime
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In this country that's not a crime
ha ha ha ha hah a ha - but downloading an illegal file or song from napster is. Point taken. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad: "He's a reformer."
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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad: "He's a reformer."
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No no no no no no BF - he is the decider!
;D ;D
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No no no no no no BF - he is the decider!
;D ;D
Hahahaha! He decides how many protesters he can mow down on a given day. Not like the world will condemn his actions or anything as he's a "reformer". :D
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How about starting a third pointless war, that's only going to hurt the United States?
???
Not a crime.