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(Photo courtesy of JC Mcllwaine/UN)
Written by Scott Taylor
The civil uprising in Syria is now entering its 18th month and the level of violence continues to escalate.
Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been hampered by an international arms embargo and strict trade sanctions from the outset. On the flip side, while Western leaders voice concern for the safety of the Syrian people, they continue to furnish the Free Syrian Army rebels with increasingly sophisticated weaponry.
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Written by Scott Taylor
02.11.11
In the aftermath of Muammar Gaddafi’s death, an abundance of video evidence has surfaced which clinically details the brutal circumstances of his murder at the hands of his captors. Many mainstream media outlets continue to cling to the mythical tale that Gaddafi was somehow killed “in a crossfire” even when all of the amateur video footage uploaded on the internet graphically reveals the 69-year-old ousted leader being beaten relentlessly—and even sodomized with a sharp object—before being executed with a bullet in the head.
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Written by Scott Taylor
26.10.11
Last Thursday morning, the inevitable end came to the power struggle in Libya. While the exact details remain disputed, what is known is that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was apprehended alive by rebel fighters and executed in cold blood in the streets of Sirte. This coastal town was one of the last Gaddafi loyalist strongholds, and it had been under constant siege since rebels captured Tripoli Aug. 20.
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Written by Scott Taylor
05.10.11
Last week Canada’s Parliament briefly debated and then voted to extend our military commitment to the NATO mission in Libya. In announcing the extension, Defence Minister Peter MacKay explained that “Canada was in at the very beginning [and] we should be there until the job is done.” Of course, no one in the Harper government has yet to explain exactly what our ‘job’ is in Libya, and therefore it remains incalculable to determine when or if that task will ever be complete. Under the original terms of UN Resolution 1973, NATO was authorized to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and to enforce an arms embargo. There has never been any sanctioning of NATO to conduct air strikes and to provide arms and munitions to the Libyan rebels, and certainly there was no authorization for NATO to effect the overthrow of President Muammar Gaddafi.
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Written by Scott Taylor
21.09.11
Last Wednesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nikolas Sarkozy made their somewhat less than triumphant entry into Tripoli. As the entire pretext for the conflict in Libya has been that of a popular uprising to oust a demented dictator, Cameron and Sarkozy could not possibly portray themselves as victorious conquerors. No, to keep within the official script, it was the Libyan people who freed themselves and therefore the UK and French delegations were only in Tripoli to pledge their support to the new, pro-democracy, former rebels-turned-transitional government.
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