The U.S. and France Are Bombing Africa

STOP THE ATTACK ON LIBYA NOW!

Global Research, March 20, 2011

U.S. and French cruise missiles and bombs are raining down on the African state of Libya. This is not a "humanitarian' intervention.

U.S.-backed regimes in Yemen, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are murdering protesters in the streets today.

The U.S. still arms and funds Israeli terror against the people of Palestine and bombed Gaza again this week. U.S. troops still occupy Iraq and Afghanistan.

The White House and Pentagon, walking in George Bush's footsteps are attacking the country with the largest oil reserves in Africa. Like the war against Iraq, this is not about freedom. It's about oil and oil company profits.

When schools and hospitals are being shut down across the country, the last thing we need is another war for oil.

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STOP THE U.S. WAR AGAINST LIBYA AND BAHRAIN!

March 17, 2011

The International Action Center calls on all anti-war and social justice activists to call Emergency Response STOP THE U.S. WAR AGAINST LIBYA AND BAHRAIN actions in their areas on Friday, March 18 or Saturday, Marcy 19, or to mobilize support for any already existing anti-war demonstrations called to mark the anniversary of the Iraq War, with this statement and signs to STOP THE U.S. WAR AGAINST LIBYA AND BAHRAIN, as well as to intensify the mobilization for the April 9th and 10th Anti-War demonstrations in New York and San Francisco called by the United National Antiwar Committee.

On March 17, 2011, Washington showed its true intentions by pushing through a U.N. Security Council resolution that amounts to a declaration of war on the government and people of Libya.

A U.S. attack is the worst possible thing that could happen to the people of Libya. It also puts the unfolding Arab revolutions, which have inspired people across North Africa and Western Asia, in the gravest danger.

The resolution goes beyond a no-fly zone. It includes language saying U.N. member states could "take all necessary measures" ... "by halting attacks by air, land and sea forces under the control of the Gadhafi regime."(CNN.com, Mar 17)

The new resolution not only calls for attacks on Libyan aircraft and air defenses, but authorizes the strafing and bombing of ground forces as well. The U.S. and French governments immediately announced that they were ready to go. Britain and Italy are aiding. In essence the former colonial powers have begun an armed attack on the Libyan government and its people, backing one side of a civil war.

No matter how one feels about Libya today and the role of the Gadhafi government; regardless of how one evaluates the Libyan opposition, a U.S.-led war or intervention in Libya is a disaster for the Libyan people, and for peace and progress around the world.

BAHRAIN EXPOSES THE LIE ABOUT "PREVENTING ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS"

The U.S. and its allies are repeating over and over the lie that they are trying to "prevent attacks on civilians" and are acting from humanitarian motives. But nobody should be fooled. Consider these “humanitariansâ€