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Gaddafi Flashback: The AIDS Option

‘Why not invite Qaddafi to San Francisco, he likes to dress up so much?’ - Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz

(ISTANBUL) - Back in 1986, The Washington Post reported on a meeting at the White House, attended by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Secretary of State George P. Shultz, about ways to undermine the regime of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

Arab Uprisings: Time-Out For Israel Is Over

The uprising of the Libyan people is bound to succeed; it is only a matter of time.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - “I have not yet ordered the use of force, not yet ordered one bullet to be fired … when I do, everything will burn.” ... Shouted Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, and pounded his fist in a furious speech to the Libyan people.

Silvia Cattori: An Interview with Gilad Atzmon- to Call a Spade a Spade

"For me, freedom of speech is an iron rule — I would never silence anyone - Gilad Atzmon

(LONDON) - Gilad Atzmon is an outstandingly charming man. He is often described by music critics as one of the finest contemporary jazz saxophonists.

Putin, Medvedev See Arab Unrest as Peril to Russia and West

Medvedev worries the dissension and uprisings could spill over into Western countries.

(CHICAGO) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev issued separate warnings to Western Europe and the US that the ongoing uprisings, insurgency and outright revolts happening across the Middle East and North Africa are dangerous to the long term interests of everyone.

Putin warned European officials at a meeting in Brussels that the turbulent events could lead to regimes very hostile to the West. He heaped criticism on what he believes is the European Union's energy policies.

Ortega`s Second Revolutionary Betrayal

Latin American opposition to U.S. imperialism is more than legitimate—especially when it comes from previous victims of U.S. “state-sponsored terrorism”

(ISTANBUL) - During a visit to Nicaragua not so long ago, I spent a good deal of time speaking with a former Sandinista fighter, now a bank security guard in the town of San Juan del Sur, who was disillusioned with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and what he referred to as Ortega’s abandonment of Sandinista revolutionary ideals.

It was as if, the security guard said, the dead no longer mattered when one was in power.

Libya Blocks Urgently Needed Doctors and Medical Supplies

Travel by road to Libya's capitol, Tripoli, where medical needs are estimated to be immense, is said to be almost impossible, due to insecurity.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams with medical supplies, including necessary surgical materials, remain blocked from entering the country.

Salem-News.com Writers on Press TV:
`Gaddafi using mercs to attack people`

Press TV interview with Dr. William Cook of the University of La Verne in California and Tim King, a journalist from Salem-News in Salem, Oregon.

(TEHRAN / SALEM / LAVERNE PRESS TV) - Cook made the remarks in an interview with Press TV in which he discussed Gaddafi's weakening hold on power and his decision to massacre the citizens of his own country.

Tim King, a journalist with the media outlet Salem News, which is based in Salem Oregon, also participated in the interview, which touched on a number of issues, such as the prospects for a rough transition to democracy in Libya after years of despotic rule.

Gaddafi Raved and Cursed, but he Faces Forces he Cannot Control

“I will die as a martyr,” - Gaddafi said last night. Almost certainly true.

(BEIRUT) - So let’s erase all the YouTubes and Facebooks and the shooting and blood and gouged corpses from Benghazi, and pretend it didn’t happen.

Let’s pretend that the refusal to give visas to foreign correspondents has actually prevented us from hearing the truth. Gaddafi’s claim that the protesters in Libya – the millions of demonstrators – “want to turn Libya into an Islamic state” is exactly the same nonsense that Mubarak peddled before the end in Egypt, the very same nonsense that Obama and La Clinton have suggested.

`Gaddafi`s Son Joins Libyan Protesters`

The youngest son of the embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi has joined the pro-democracy protesters in eastern Libya as the outpouring of rage against Gaddafi remains unabated, reports say.

(TEHRAN PRESS TV) - Reports indicate that Saif al-Arab, Gaddafi's youngest son, joined forces with the demonstrators Thursday, while hinting that his father would commit suicide or flee to Latin America.

America Change Your Policies in the Mideast Or Lose It

Your choice. Change now or forever hold your tongue and bombs. Time is running out. by

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In a few days, or less, Libya will be free from the 42 year rule of the mentally unstable, psychotic, arrogant, divisive, condescending, megalomaniacal leader and self proclaimed “King of Africa.” –Muammar Al-Ghaddafi.

Unlike the deposed Tunisian and Egyptian leaders, Al Ghaddafi is despised by all other Arab tyrants, thus he’ll have no home outside of Libya unless some African nation has pity on this butcher of his people.