Category Archives: Libya

Libya: More than 5,000 dead after Storm Daniel batters country’s east

Posted on September 12, 2023 by TTG

The eastern city of Derna declared a disaster zone after collapse of two dams, while one UN official described the situation as a calamity of epic proportions. More than 5,000 people have been killed and thousands more are feared dead after … Continue reading →

Posted in Libya, TTG | 8 Comments

The labyrinth known as Libya – TTG

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

When we last visited Libya, we saw the demise of Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi at the hands of various Libyan rebel forces. Those videos are now tagged with a graphic content warning on YouTube. His gruesome death with a knife up … Continue reading →

Posted in Libya, Russia, The Military Art, TTG, Turkey | 38 Comments

“Free at last!” Brexit, etc.

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Pat Lang

Brexit.  This is it!  Freedom for the UK!  It took the Irish 700 years to achieve independence for part of their island, but here it is for the UK in only 47 years.  The Scots may depart, preferring the yoke … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, government, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Palestine, Syria, Turkey | 13 Comments

Does history repeat itself? (FB Ali)

Posted on April 21, 2017 by The Virginian

Does History repeat itself? Many thinkers, from ancient times to modern, from Polybius to Hegel and Santayana, have thought so. Karl Marx, alluding to Hegel’s formulation, sarcastically added the well-known bit about “the first time as tragedy, the second time … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Borg Wars, History, Iran, Libya | 52 Comments

“U.S. establishes Libyan outposts …” Washpost

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Andrei Martyanov

(One of Freedom's Frontiersmen – 2016) "Two teams totaling fewer than 25 troops are operating from around the cities of Misurata and Benghazi to identify potential ­allies among local armed factions and gather intelligence on threats, according to the officials, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Libya, Syria | 19 Comments

Libya Between the Lines

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Willy B

A two-part series in the New York Times (Feb. 28-29) gives details, some new, some not, on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's role in the 2011 decision to join France and England in attacking Libya. Ostensibly to protect civilians threatened … Continue reading →

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Islamic World Tour d’Horizon – 28 February 2016

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Andrei Martyanov

" … that state of affairs does not satisfy the SAA which ordered the Republican Guard’s 102nd Brigade and 416th Regiment to fully liberate Eastern Guta from the Islamists. SAA is supported by National Defense Force (NDF) militias and Palestinian … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, As The Borg Turns, Current Affairs, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Syria | 26 Comments

Comments on the NYT Benghazi Piece.

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Pat Lang

It is discouraging to hear media people marvel that there apparently was no AQ connection to the Benghazi attacks.  It has always been true that Sunni jihadism is a movement rather than a group.  Get it?  pl http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/benghazi/#/?chapt=0 pl

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