Epstein Secrets

e dismal, failed efforts to build a Palestinian peace process. But in Libya the crisis of American tentativeness has grown worse almost by the day. Muammar Gaddafi holds on, despite Obama's demand for him to leave, and the civilians that the Americans, their allies, and the United Nations vowed to protect are

en so limited and has fallen so short of its previously expressed aims. EFTA00585484 5 The United States got involved "because of the worry that Gaddafi could destabilize the fledgling revolutions in both Tunisia and Egypt, with Egypt being central to the future of the region; and, second, to preve

ss conference scheduled with short notice. The take-away headline was about the deployment of a couple of unmanned Predator drones to blast away at Gaddafi forces by remote control. But Gates clearly wanted to lay out the reasons as he saw them for the administration deciding to intervene at all, given

bates himself." President Obama. These patterns of behavior and their consequences have been on horrifying display in the blood-drenched streets of Misrata, Libya, EFTA00585482 3 where the population has begged for more support from NATO and the United States. But they did not begin with Libya, or w

ed Kaim Khaled Kaim Opalesque Industry Update - Rebels have been fighting the 41-year-long regime of the Libyan government of Muammar Qaddafi (or Gaddafi) for three months, and NATO countries became involved — to protect civilian lives and also to protect Gadhafi's enemies from his forces (according t

ement Information Report," dated June 30, 2010, on the intemet. It gives details of the Western banks which - through the LIA - are holding cash for Gaddafi (HSBC and Goldman Sachs), of large investments in structured products at the Societe Generale and JPMorgan Chase, and of large portions of cash ($1

y are granted immunity from prosecution, according to RIA Novosti. However, there is no official agreement on the issue. And today (May 30th), while Misrata's rebels are still defending the city and blasts are shocking Tripoli, South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tripoli to discuss the implemen

Tyrant's sons 'held by rebels': Celebrations in capital amid claims Gaddafi has run away 'like a coward' By \ Last updated at 1:54 AM on 22nd August 2011 Three of Colonel Gaddafi's sons were last night reported to be in t

- ures' to enforce it. MARCH 19 Action by Nato begins. RAF planes in action over Libya, and a British submarine fires Tomahawk missiles. MARCH 30 Gaddafi's foreign minister Musa Kusa flees to UK and is `no longer willing' to represent the dictator. APRIL 14 David Cameron, Barack Obama and Nicolas S

ls, with only Tripoli, Sirte and Sabha in Gaddafi's hands. MARCH 15 Fightback by Gaddafi forces sees them retake most of the rebel cities except Misrata and Benghazi. MARCH 17 UN Security Council authorises a no-fly zone and 'all necessary meas- ures' to enforce it. MARCH 19 Action by Nato begins.

Gaddafi's death - who pulled the trigger? Reuters: October 20, 2011 SIRTE, Libya — Disturbing images of a blood-stained and shaken Muammar Gaddafi being jo

with anti-aircraft guns, but it was no use," said Salem Bakeer, while being feted by his comrades near the road. "Then we went in on foot. "One of Gaddafi's men came out waving his rifle in the air and shouting surrender, but as soon as he saw my face he started shooting at me," he told Reuters. "Then

body being loaded into an ambulance in Sirte. An NTC spokesman in Benghazi, Jalal al-Galal, said a doctor who examined Gaddafi when he arrived in Misrata found he had been shot in the head and abdomen. Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters. Click for restrictions. Page I 3 of 3 EFTA_R1_02040852 EFTA026942

n relatively optimistic economic prospects. Kissinger is right that in the end NATO's operations in Libya looked like an effort to remove Moammar Gaddafi from office, not because NATO planes took out command-and- control facilities in Tripoli from which Gaddafi and his generals were ordering civilian

g lawlessness." Yet political scientist Juan Cole, who recently visited Libya, where he expected a fair degree of chaos, reports that in Benghazi, Misrata and Tripoli, "there were no militiamen to be seen, that most things were functioning normally, that there were police at traffic intersections, tha