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VIDEO: From Yugoslavia to Libya: What Is Al Qaeda's Involvement?

From Yugoslavia to Libya: KLA Links to Al Qaeda

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOBGLIV ... r_embedded

Mar 25, 2011

Twelve years ago NATO attacked former Yugoslavia under the guise of humanitarian aid. Now history is repeating itself in Libya.

Michel Chussodovsky from the Centre for Research on Globalization says the coalition forces in Libya may say humanitarianism is the goal, but the military has attacked schools, media, hospitals and historic sites.

Libya: The Objective of "Humanitarian Bombing" is Death and Destruction
by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? ... &aid=23945

War on Libya and Control of The Mediterranean
by Rick Rozoff
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? ... &aid=23940

[b]Libya: Murder and Plunder Masquerading as “Humanitarian Interventionâ€

NATO: Libyan War To Last Three Months Or Longer

by Maria Golovnina and Michael Georgy
Global Research, March 25, 2011
Reuters

West hits Libya forces, NATO sees 90-day campaign

TRIPOLI: Western warplanes hit Libyan forces at a strategically important eastern town, trying to land a crippling blow on Muammar Gaddafi's tanks in a nearly week-old campaign that NATO says could last three months.

In Tripoli, residents reported another air raid just before dawn on Friday, hearing the roar of a warplane, followed by a distant explosion and bursts of anti-aircraft gunfire. .... France cautioned the conflict would not be quick. "I doubt that it will be days," Admiral Edouard Guillaud told France Info radio. "I think it will be weeks. I hope it will not take months."

Guillaud said a French plane destroyed an army artillery battery near the eastern frontline town of Ajdabiyah, 150 km (90 miles) south of Benghazi.

Ajdabiyah is strategically important for both sides as it commands the coastal highway to the west.

In London, the Ministry of Defence said British Tornado aircraft had also been active there, firing missiles overnight at Libyan military vehicles....

In Brussels, a NATO official said on Friday planning for NATO's no-fly operation assumed a mission lasting 90 days, but this could be extended or shortened as required. .... NATO said on Thursday that after four days of tough negotiations that it would enforce the no-fly zone .... The United States, embroiled in Iraq and Afghanistan, is keen to step back and play a supporting role in Libya in order to preserve alliance unity and maintain the support of Muslim countries for the U.N.-mandated intervention. .... The United Arab Emirates said it would send 12 planes to take part in operations to enforce the no-fly zone. Qatar has already contributed two fighters and two military transport planes to help enforce the no-fly zone.

According to Greek Defence Ministry source, two Qatari and two French Mirage warplanes took off from air base of Souda in Crete, southern Greece, for patrolling mission in Libya. They would not bomb ground targets, and had only air-to-air weapons. ....

(Reporting by Mohammed Abbas and Angus MacSwan in Benghazi, Hamid Ould Ahmed and Christian Lowe in Algiers, Tom Perry in Cairo, David Brunnstrom in Brussels, Phil Stewart in Moscow, Andrew Quinn in Washington, Catherine Bremer, Emmanuel Jarry and Yves Clarisse in Paris, Rosalba O'Brien in London; writing by Jon Boyle; editing by Giles Elgood)

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? ... &aid=23951

Canadian General to Lead NATO Mission in Libya

Global Research, March 26, 2011
Deustche Presse-Agentur

Global Research Editor's Note

The appointment of a Canadian Commander to lead NATO forces implies that the Pentagon will essentially oversee the operation via its close bilateral military ties with Canada's Department of Defense.

It is worth noting in this regard that Lieutenant General Charlie Bouchard is currently in charge of a bilateral US-Canada command as Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Bouchard has close ties to the US Air Force. He is a de facto US appointee.

Michel Chossudovsky, March 26, 2011

"the Canadian government refused to comment on reports that it had also moved elements of its elite commando unit JTF-2, the Canadian equivalent of British SAS, to the region...."

Ottawa - A Canadian Air Force general will take over command of the NATO mission in Libya, Canadian officials confirmed Friday morning.

Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Lt Gen Charles Bouchard, deputy commander of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, has been designated head of the alliance's military campaign in Libya.

Bouchard, a former combat helicopter pilot, will work with his naval and air component commands to enforce both the no-fly zone...in Libya. .... Last week, Canada dispatched six CF-18 Hornet fighter jets to Italy, in addition to the Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Charlottetown, which was sent to the waters off Libya in early March.

Canada's current deployment in Libya comprises 435 personnel, mainly stationed at air bases in Italy and on the HMCS Charlottetown.

The fleet of six CF-18s and two refuelling planes grew on Thursday to include two CP-140 Aurora reconnaissance aircraft. Armed with sophisticated surveillance equipment, the reconnaissance planes will patrol the Mediterranean....

The Canadian government refused to comment on reports that it had also moved elements of its elite commando unit JTF-2, the Canadian equivalent of British SAS, to the region. .... US President Barack Obama and Defence Secretary Robert Gates have both said that American command of the operations would last only a few days.

MacKay urged NATO to take over the command.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? ... &aid=23968