Libya

Gaddafi and MI6

August 31, 2011
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The latest development in the relationship between MI6 and Muammar Gaddafi is a price of £1m placed on his head. Charles Crawford recounts the history of an ‘interesting’ relationship. Soon after the US-led attack on Saddam Hussein began, the rattled Gaddafi regime sent an urgent message to London asking to meet a top MI6 officer. The [...]

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Jail Megrahi!

August 26, 2011
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A growing chorus of people is calling for Abdel al-Megrahi, to be placed in gaol again. Any regular of Private Eye would know that his original conviction was based on incredibly weak forensic evidence and very dubious witness statements. There is considerable evidence of dark and dirty backroom dealing by various secret services to get [...]

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Are We All War Criminals?

July 10, 2011
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Following our current intervention in Libya, a polarised argument has developed between those who favour intervention by the major powers in local and intra-state conflicts and those who argue that the consequences of such interventions are rarely beneficial. One of the examples of a successful intervention frequently posited by those on the first side of [...]

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Let Colonel Gadaffi stay in Libya, then…

May 31, 2011

The New York Times is reporting that Colonel Gadaffi will not leave Libya. In talks with South Africa President Jacob Zuma, the Libya leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi “emphasized” that he will not leave Libya despite air attacks and international pressure, according to a statement released Tuesday by Mr. Zuma’s office. Here at the Raccoon’s den [...]

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Fire – fire – fire – Oops!

April 5, 2011
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So super sophisticated jet fighters are worried enough by small arms fire to return fire and straffe a whole column of cars and kill a dozen people. Small arms fire that can reach a few thousand feet in the air whereas the jets normally fly at over 10-30,000′ (unless they are Tornados doing low level [...]

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Ruminations | Eschewing the ‘could’.

March 13, 2011
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The 24 hour rolling news programmes have taken journalism out of the realm of reporting what has happened, into never ending speculation as to what ‘could’ happen. There is not enough actually ‘happening’ in the world, with accompanying dramatic pictures, to fill 24 hours a day. What ‘could’ happen is elastic, can stretch to encompass [...]

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Jingo Bells.

March 10, 2011
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We don’t want to fight but by Jingo if we do We’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, and we’ve got the money too; The euphemisms are being run up the flag pole, and the international armchair warmongers are gathering round the most popular – the ‘no-fly zone’. Now if a ‘no-fly zone’ actually [...]

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