Reports listed from latest to earliest

Friday, August 26, 2011

Thursday, August 24, 2011

NTC gunmen execute Libyan Soldiers inside compound. NTC's claims Qaddafi surrounded when he is on radio. Berlusconi wants to give NTC $500 Million in frozen assets. Libyan soldier Tweets.

NTC Gunmen execute captured Libyan soldiers and Africans while handcuffed.

2:40 p.m. Reuters: Yesterday we reported that no prisoners were shown on CNN being taken out of the Qaddafi compound in Tripoli and that the CNN reporter, Sara Sidner refused to go in when the NATO gunmen told her, "Come in and let us show you what we have done." Today, Reuters shows footage of the compound shows some of their handiwork: a compound "littered" with the bodies of Libyan soldiers, handcuffed behind their backs and executed. Reuters also shows a pile of bodies of African men in an abandoned lot nearby executed in the same manner. Since the mercenaries began their work in Benghazi they have shown numerous videos of executions of Africans after Israel put out the rumor that African workers in Libya were spying and fighting for the Libyan government.

Meanwhile, the mercenaries are continuing to hunt for Col. Qaddafi and his family. The $1.5 million+ bounty placed on the Libyan leader has obviously spread like wildfire among them.

RT News: SRT News reports that at the same time NTC gunman were claiming that they had Col. Qaddafi surrounded, the Colonel was speaking on Libyan radio saying that he was on the front lines on the battle lines. Qaddafi's spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, "has declared that the colonel is still in Libya and is leading the fight against the rebels. Gaddafi is safe, healthy and his morale is high." RT, a lot more honest than the likes of CNN, commented that it's difficult to know what is the truth about any of these claims on either side but they remind everyone that on more than one occasion the NTC announced the capture or killing of Qaddafi's sons who later turned up - Saif in Tripoli and Khamis an army commander who was shown visiting people wounded in a NATO air attack.

Spoils of War, Petroleum: RT's Sara Firth in Milan reports Berlusconi has indicated he wants to release a half billion dollars to the NTC. In her interview with Italian journalist Luca Galassi she asked him about the criticism by analysts for releasing this money given the NTC is not prepared or organized to use it for the Libyan people. Galassi said,

"Everyone is racing to release money to NTC - to stabilize get the contracts and oil fields working." She asked him about Berlusconi's switching his support for the Libyan government and then quickly switching sides to support the NATO invasion. Galassi explained,

"Italy has a history of changing sides. This is not a surprise for Italians - we know that our prime minister is used to changing sides. We see the highest bidder to prevail on the others. The first to intervene - the British and French dropped troops before anybody else and the others came after. So we can expect from the level of intervention the level of investment - the first to intervene the first to [benefit].

Firth asked Galassi if releasing this money now is in the interest of the Libyan people or in the interest of the national government (NTC)? Galassi answered,

"Even if Gibril said that there is a humantarian crisis so the interest of the money to be released is for the population, the people of Libya. But we must not also forget that the main interest is for of the big oil companies that are making business in Libya. Not much of national interest because national interest is driven by big oil companies all over the world."

Galassi believes it is not by chance that these reports coincide with the visit of the head of the NTC to Italy for talks.

Firth concluded:

"We've heard a lot of critics saying that these actions being taken, the Italian government pressing to release this money is it in the interest ... is it being done for the right reasons? They are saying there is still a big question mark over whether the NATO mission is really for humanitarian reasons. Really, that justification stands up to scrutiny now at a time when the conflict is still going on very much in Libya. The Libyan people are still burying their dead. Whether publically the western leaders are now coming forward to hold these meetings with the rebel leaders and to be releasing money. There's certainly a lot of criticism about that. Now speaking to other analysts earlier on this week in Rome, they are saying that morally that's really right (correct); it's exactly what a lot of people are seeing that realistically, whether you like it or not, oil is going to play a big factor [in this]."

Libyan Twitter Messages: Regular Twitter messages we receive from a Libyan soldier include some of the following from yesterday and today (earliest to last each day): August 25 "The rebels kill anyone that is on a list with pro-gaddafi people. they have killing platoons." "We killed 2 rapists and saved a girl last night behing enemy lines. A lot of not Libyans in the ranks of rebels. White like norvegian "I saw a rebel raping a 10 yo girl. another holding the girl. both rebels were shot, they dont deserve life. "90 per cent of people are locked behind their doors especially black skinned. the rebels calling all black Kaffour and shoot them on sight. "This is not islam this s racism of usa KKK , the rebels dnt rase allah only americans carrying the rebel flag bear the american also. "Call reporters to get stages in High Landonous and see the bodies before the rebels remove them. why nothing about rebel crimes? "STOP the nato bomving and we will manage to win. else we will be massacred by NATO pilots. but its okey its martyrdom "Captured serbs are in the airport we try to penetrate there. but nato overs the perimeter. "Sad but I don't believe that serbs will survive, teh rebels are lunatics in loose. they rape kill and loot everything with NATO aircover. "Last tweet for today,while waitinig martydom or victory,spread the message NATO bovmbing civilians in Abu saleem becaue they hold green flags." August 24 "Army controls most of tripoli but because nato boats the rebels are in ports and costal road where they poze for videos. "Martyrdom for many people but no fear. i bring i my mind the suras and forget war. long night and i tired. need sleep, iftar and back to war. "Seems that victory is near. we talked about peace and negotiations but rebels want blood. i asked captured rebel why? and he spit my face." "I saw hundrends of dead bodies both army and rebels. many civilian women and kids dead too. many houses looted."

Wednesday August 23, 2011

36 Journalists protected by Libyan soldiers at Hotel Rixos. Qaddafi's son, Saif Al-Islam appears at the hotel to cheering crowd. Imperial media caught lying about his capture. Venezuela Embassy in Tripoli attacked.

The suffering of CNN's Matthew Chance ends after 3 days without caviar.

11:38 p.m. - CNN is reporting that intense battles continue in parts of Tripoli and at the Tripoli International airport. CNN is spinning the battle of the airport saying that the reason for the battle at the airport is due to the Libyan military's attempt to clear the airport in order to clear a way for Col. Qaddafi and family to leave Libya.

Meanwhile, CNN is starring their reporter, Matthew Chance. Matthew was shivering with fear while the Libyan military was protecting him in Hotel Rixos for 3 days (CNN says 5 days). The Libyan military heroically provided a safe passage for the journalists from Hotel Rixos late today amidst a fierce gun battle with the mercenaries which continues at this hour. They had to have control of the hotel and surrounding area of course to achieve this rescue.

But now that the same Libyan miltary has provided his safe passage from the hotel, pink-cheeked Matthew isn't shivering any more; rather, in full battle attire he is claiming to have been "a hostage at gunpoint," spewing hatred toward his former protectors. He claims that some of his protectors were "hostile" toward him, blaming the international press for the invasion of Libya. So unreasonable! Just another corporate media coward doing his job. God bless poor Matthew who had to go 3 days without his caviar which now makes him a hero of western journalism, a soldier for the government controlled media.

Please take a few minutes to watch Blakk Rasta, featured now on Axis of Logic. They have something to say to Barack Obama about his role in the 6 month bombing of Libya.

Wednesday, 6:06 p.m. Fierce fighting at airport. Saif Qadaffi offers a cease fire to stop the bloodshed.

CNN is reporting that Col. Qaddafi's son, Saif has contacted CNN to offer the US/NATO-led mercenaries a cease fire to stop the bloodshed. CNN reports that Saiif told their reporter that he "does not want this to turn into another Somalia." Saif also confirmed that he has the authority to broker a cease fire and to stop the Libian army from continuing their defense of the country.

CNN suggests that the mercenaries are considering it but CNN states emphatically that it's too late for a cease fire, obviously unconcerned about the people on both sides of the conflict who are being wounded and killed by the hour. The news anchor uses an interview with an American-Lybian to suggest that Saif has no interest in stopping the bloodshed but rather only wants to save himself and his family. CNN also reports that the battle for the Tripoli International Airport is "fierce."

Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. TeleSur has just announced that the Venezuelan Embassy in Tripoli has been sacked and looted. President Chavez and the Venezuelan Government has supported Col. Qaddafi and the Libyan Government for years and have been among the strongest critics of the US/NATO invasion from the time it was planned. Venezuela also refuses to recognize the new regime being set up by the US and NATO in Tripoli. Yesterday, President Chavez condemned the NATO bombing, receiving resounding applause by his cabinet. There can be no doubt that this attack on the Venezuelan Embassy was carried out by the NATO Mafia and their mercenaries.

Venezuelan embassy in Tripoli attacked

Caracas, Venezuela (NTN24 Wires) - Venezuelan embassy in Tripoli attacked, looted, says Chavez.

Previously, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared he will continue to recognize only Muammer Gadhafi as the legitimate leader of Libya, despite signs the regime is likely in its last throes.

Chavez said, there is "only one government, the one led by Muammer Gadhafi”, restating earlier criticism of the NATO bombardment that contributed to the collapse of the Libyan strongman's regime.

"We affirm our solidarity with the attacked and bombarded Libyan people," he said, in a statement made during a cabinet meeting broadcast by television and radio.

In yesterday's televised cabinet meeting, Chavez accused Western powers of violating international law by aiding the rebels and of invading Libya to rob the country of it's oil reserves:

"This is kicking, spitting... on the most basic elements of international law. Where are the international rights? This is like the caveman era. "Now Obama said he will collaborate economically with the new government, which of course we do not recognize. It's harsh but true ... They [the U.S.] arranged this war. They provided the arms [to] the mercenaries."

The Embassy was sacked and burned in 1992 by an opposition mob inside Lybia. That attack was condemned by the UN Security Council and described as an "act of terrorism." It will be interesting to see what if anything the UNSC has to say about today's attack.

Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. - You Tube has removed and blocked the RT interview of Thierry Meyssan who was reporting from inside the Rixos Hotel two days ago. We republishe the video on Axis of Logic but it's no longer accessible. Meyssan was reporting on the CIA and MI6 spies who were posing as journalists in the hotel.

Wednesday, 10:45 a.m. - Reports this morning center around the international journalists in the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli. These 35 journalists (including some CIA and MI6 spies posing as journalists) had not been permitted to leave the hotel for 3 days, since Sunday night, August 21. These journalists have just now been released from the hotel by the Libyan military (10:22 a.m. Wednesday). Until now, CNN television has been presenting them as being held hostage by Libyan government soldiers saying the journalists "were held at gunpoint" by the Libyan soldiers. The Libyan soldiers have been telling them they cannot leave because of the danger of leaving in the midst of gunfire. Despite the Libyan soldiers' assistance in getting the journalists safely out of the hotel via Red Cross vehicles, CNN is portraying their help in every negative way conceivable. Now that CNN's Matthew Chance is safely out of the hotel, he just now called the Libyan soldiers who helped them, "crazy gunmen" who "kept us hostage against our will."

The area around the hotel is one of the places being defended against the advance of the NATO mercenaries. Matthew Chance, a CNN reporter complained that the Libyan soldiers had been hostile toward them, saying that they blame the international media for the NATO invasion and support for the mercenaries. Fighting continues around the area of the hotel. The reporters are on their way out of the country in Red Cross vehicles. - LMB

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi appears on live television in Tripoli at 1:30 Tuesday morning and gives interviews to journalists. Standing openly in Green Square in Tripoli he shows no fear of attack. Up until his appearance, the corporate media has been reporting that he was arrested and is being held by the US/NATO -backed mercenaries, that one of his brothers was killed and other brothers have been captured by the mercenaries. He said, "The people of Libya are standing strong. Today we will go to all the trouble spots to reassure the people that all is well." He added, "To hell with the ICC!" (international criminal court.) Saif then rode off into the night in a large white SUV, easy to spot from the air, demonstrating his confidence in the security of Tripoli. Before leaving, he offered CNN Reporters to take them to other parts of the city where the Libyan military is in control. The CNN reporters refused. CNN and other imperial mouth pieces are obviously relying on the lies of the mercenaries and doing absolutely nothing to get at the truth. It now appears that it may very well be that the Libyan military has allowed the mercenaries to come into Tripoli as a trap. Now, journalists have reported that the Libyan government has restored air conditioning, food and water supplies which demonstrates their control of the center of Tripoli

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

8 Media Reports: NATO mercenaries loot Gaddafi compound at Bab al-Azizya. 8 more countries recognize NTC as legitimate government of Libya. Battle of Tripoli rages on.

5:00 p.m. Al Jazeera - AJ reported that the mercenaries "have overrun the fortified compound of Muammar Gaddafi in Bab al-Azizya ... following intense fighting with forces loyal to the Libyan leader." Axis comment: This report is rather strange. CNN and other corporate media all reported that the mercenaries "captured" the compound. However, after watching them fire heavy weapons into the compound throughout the morning, they found nobody inside defending it according to CNN's video taped coverage. They then set about to burn buildings, vandalize and loot the Qaddafi home. AJ concluded: "The tenuous nature of the rebels' grip on Tripoli has dampened rebel hopes of a swift victory and raised concerns that the city of two million people could be the stage for a protracted armed struggle."

12:30 p.m. Heavy fighting in areas of Tripoli. Smoke rising from the Qaddafi family compound. Qaddafi forces fighting back using heavy weapons. "The battle is certainly not over. The city is on a knife edge." "Rebels set up checkpoints throughout the neighborhoods in an attempt to maintain law and order." Qaddafi's forces have withdrawn from most areas of Tripoli but sleeper cells haven't. Snipers scattered across the city and a rebel convoy was ambushed by government troops. Government troops claimed they controlled 75 percent of the city but the mercenaries said they controlled only 20 percent.

9:50 a.m. Zeina Khodr reporting for Al Jazeera attempts to explain the lies promulgated by the US/NATO mercenaries (NTC) by laughably blaming the lies on Qaddafi forces who may have infiltrated the NTC: "There is confusion among the ranks of opposition fighters on the ground. Some people are asking whether the National Transitional Council has been infiltrated." But even if she's correct, what does infilitration by the Libyan government say about US/NATO's NTC?

Al Jazeera is based in Qatar, a tiny country not friendly with Libya and the news agency was taken by surprise by the dramatic appearance of Saif al-Islam Qaddafi (video above) when they had been reporting that he had been captured and was in the hands of the US/NATO mercenaries waiting for transfer to the ICC. AJ explained, "the re-appearance of Saif, an influential figure who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has raised fresh questions about the NTC leadership's grip on a fast-changing situation."

Turns out that when asked about their warrant for Saif's arrest the ICC spokesperson said they knew nothing about it and had filed no such warrant. AJ's Jacky Rowland in Benghazi said of the US/NATO mercenaries:

"Now we are seeing accusations, doubts, and confusion. It is going to be interesting to see how the NTC (mercenaries pseudo government) explains this debacle and how it seeks to reinforce and strengthen these alliances and enable the rebels to get to Tripoli itself."

The NTC were forced to then hold a joint press conference in Benghazi with Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister on Tuesday. The most intelligent (sic) think NTC had to say was, "We stand by NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil ... He established the path for Libya for the future." Hmmm, some future with their rabble lying about the capture of Saif and that they controlled 90% of Tripoli last night.

Fox News - Reporter Tardek Markowski ties his Fox News anchor in knots with his report on the chaotic NTC in Tripoli. The Fox anchor practically begs him to show strength in the NTC but Markowski roundly disappoints him.

CNN Television (Live) - The CNN reporters have been embedded with the mercenaries from the very beginning, throughout the war. They refused to go with Saif last night when he invited to show them places in Tripoli. Sarah Leidner actually rode in the convoy of the mercenaries when it drove into Tripoli from the south yesterday.

NATO - 9:50 a.m. Going to a NATO press conference in Naples, their military spokesperson repeated the absurdity,

"We are only a party with a limited role, which is basically to enforce the no-fly zone. We do our missions which is basically to the no-fly zone and the embargo and protection of the civilian population."

- and that NATO does not target individuals. When asked why then were they were targetting Col. Qaddaffi's compound. He replied that it was a potential military target. A reporter asked him how, if it's under the control of the US/Mercenaries, can it be a potential military threat. He alluded to the possibility that it could become a potential military threat in the future. How's that for circular logic?

NATO's spokeswoman in Brussels, Oana Lungescu, claimed that NATO is "is maintaining its independence from Libyan opposition forces." How does that comport with them bombing the way to Tripoli in advance of the NTC? She stated, "NATO is implementing a mandate from the UN Security Council resolution, and we will continue to do that until all attacks and threats of attacks against civilians have stopped, until all of Gaddafi's forces have withdrawn to their base."

Lungescu also said, "there will be no NATO troops on the ground in the future", but sorta left the door open on that one adding that NATO supports "a solution that responds to the legitimate aspirations of the Libya people". Hmmm ... what the hell does that mean?

Perhaps Marwan Bishara, "Al Jazeera's chief political analyst" has an answer. She says, "Clearly NATO is preparing the ground for NATO to stay in Libya well beyond the fighting in Tripoli." Stay in Libya's skies or on the ground? (portions taken from CNN TV broadcasts and Al Jazeera)

The Telegraph (UK) - 9:50 a.m. Damien McElroy, a shill for the UK's Telegraph reported from Tripoli that the Qaddafi home was ransacked and looted. (reminds one of English last week). McElroy wrote that the looters filled their white pickup "with enough treasure to stock a small boutique." He said they stole things like perfume, shaving lotion, a pistol, clothing, a baseball cap and parts of a military uniform. When they left with their loot, one of the mercenaries told McElroy, "Saadi Gaddafi's house. Don't mind us, we are very tired but happy. These are nice things!"

McElroy and his bosses constructed their report to portray a lavish lifestyle lived by the Qaddafis and laced it with epithets, calling the legitimate Libyan soldiers, "regime gunmen," repeatedly called Col. Qaddafi a "dictator" and a "dictator [who] languished in his bunker or, possibly viewed the spectacle from a far off refuge" who ruled Tripoli "with an iron fist [which] had fractured into a fast-moving free-shooting zone."

TeleSur TV -

5:45 p.m. Telesur TV provides a voice message directly from Col. Qaddafi to a Russian television station in which he thanks all those in the world who have supported Libya throughout this war. The whereabouts of him and his family remain unknown. They have also been showing the mercenaries celebrating in Tripoli throughout the day.

5:00 p.m. Throughout the day, TeleSur has been running a program that shows the month to month history of the US/NATO assault that led up to the last two days of battle.

Telesur reports locations of 3 areas of battle: the capital city of Tripoli, the Tripoli International Airport and cities in the south of Libya

At 12:31 p.m. - TeleSur reports quotes the Pentagon stating that the mercenaries control the majority of the capital city. Their cameras show massive columns of black smoke rising into the skies of the city.