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Salem-News.com Writer Dr. Franklin Lamb Shot in Tripoli

So much for free speech, so much for U.S. led causes.

(SALEM / TRIPOLI) - Dr. Franklin Lamb who contributes regularly to Salem-News.com and is originally from Salem, Oregon, was shot in Tripoli Sunday after returning from a bike ride.

He has been in place telling the real story from Libya, where so-called 'rebels' work with big money operators like NATO and the U.S. to Murder government officials.

Waiting for the Endgame in Libya

A political solution can be reached if Obama orders a ceasefire.

(TRIPOLI) - Since this observer is not privy to any secrets around here and would not share them if he were, it’s fair enough to engage in frank discussions with former colleagues in Congress and new cyber acquaintances who work on the Hill.

I got an ear full this week about President Obama’s doubts about NATO’s role in bombing this unlucky country.

Tripoli on the Cusp

Until quite recently, life appeared fairly normal except for the scarcity of benzene for vehicles and some luxury food items and also some necessities such as baby formula, some medicines and reliable phone service.

(TRIPOLI) - Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past nearly eight weeks, have not taken very seriously occasional media predictions that Tripoli might soon be invaded by “NATO rebels” and certainly not by NATO country forces putting their boots on the ground.

The Libyan population is increasingly angry over members of their families and tribes being killed by NATO sorties claiming to be “protecting civilians.”

NATO`S Massacre at Majer, Libya

Residents Say NATO's Air Strikes Killed 85 People, Including 33 Children, 32 Women and 20 Men.

(MAJER, Libya) - Located off Libya's southern coast across the Mediterranean from Rome, Majer was a picturesque village known for the fine quality of its dates and is claimed by locals to produce the best tarbuni (date juice) in Libya.

NATO Planning Military Attack on Iran

Last month, former CIA agent Robert Baer said he is almost certain that such an attack has been scheduled for September ahead of a UN vote on recognizing a Palestinian state".

(SEOUL, Korea) - "Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin says the NATO is planning a military strike against the Islamic Republic to overthrow the Iranian government.

Rogozin said in an interview with Russia's Izvestia daily newspaper published on Friday that the NATO was pursuing a long-reaching goal of preparing an attack on Iran, adding that the alliance intends to change governments whose views do not coincide with those of the West.

End Game for Benghazi Rebels as Libyan Tribes Prepare to Weigh In?

The latest from war torn Libya.

(TRIPOLI) - On July 30, the day before this 97.5 per cent Muslim country began the holy month of Ramadan, NATO spokesperson Roland Lavoie has been lamely attempting to explain to the press at the Rixos Hotel and internationally, why NATO was forced to bomb three Tripoli TV towers at the Libyan Broadcasting Authority, killing three journalists/technicians and wounding 15 others.

Like most people currently in central Tripoli, this observer was awakened at 1:50 a.m. by the first of a series of nine blasts...

Time to Say a Resounding `No` to Government

No More Second Chances...

(CINCINNATI) - The “Tea Party” has spoken, using their congressional bludgeon. America’s working class has to pick up the bill for decades of waste, corruption, illegal wars, payoffs to Israel and massive tax cuts to the richest 1%.

When we are done, the average retiree will receive benefits, frozen for years due to rigging COLA (Cost of Living Allowance), Social Security for less than 2 years before dying.

Libyan Forum 101 - Student Questions From Tripoli

Libyans demand answers from the White House, NATO and even from the distrusted western media housed in Tripoli’s Rexis Hotel.

(AL NASSER UNIVERSITY, Tripoli) - "When I grow up, I want to be just like you guys,” this increasingly flaccid middle-aged American visitor joked to his teenage to early 30’s Libyan interlocutors, as we parted last night and promised to meet again soon to continue our dialogue on our chosen subject of “What the hell is going on in Libya and why?”

Except I wasn’t entirely joking and I felt wistful as I reflected on our latest five-hour conversation that seemed like it began only 30 minutes earlier.

Libya`s Palestinian Refugees and the current crisis (Part I of II)

Smoke rises in Tripoli following air attack by Nato forces.

(TRIPOLI) - As Tripoli’s Palestinian Refugees awakened the morning of 7/17/11, like the rest of us here, they saw in the western sky over the Mediterranean a vast swatch of black stratocumulus clouds of acrid smoke from last night’s NATO bombing.

This latest attack, in the Ain Zara and Tajoura districts in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli killed 3 more civilians increasing the more than 1,100 total civilian deaths by NATO, according to Libyan Ministry of Health statistics.

U.S. Swipes Money from Libyan Accounts to Fund Pro-American Oil Rebels

Nothing like throwing gasoline on a burning fire.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Many have already heard that the United States' latest effort to kill and maim people in far off lands will take place in Libya to the tune of $30 billion in seized assets.

The move fits the criteria of habitual American behavior; the U.S. only goes after former friends like Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein and Usama bin Laden. Even Ho Chi Minh aided the United States during WWII in its fight with Japanese forces occupying Vietnam.