Libya
Protesters hold placards and banners during a demonstration in support of the 'political isolation law' outside a branch of the Libyan Foreign Affairs Ministry on May 5, 2013 in Benghazi. Libya's General National Congress met ahead of a vote on a controversial law to exclude former Kadhafi-era officials from government posts amid pressure from armed militias to pass the bill.
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The one thing that still bothers me the most is, I think our embassy in Libya is still in danger. The vital mistake that both the president and Hillary Clinton made is putting an embassy in Libya without having military support
Obama also violated the War Powers Resolution, a law he has specifically proclaimed to be Constitutionally valid, when committing U.S. troops to Libya without Congressional approval....
The Agency has produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al Qaeda in Benghazi and eastern Libya.More quotes »
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Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
-- Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi , but no casualties were reported.A security official says one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi that had been previously damaged by Read more »
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Hudson: Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary Clinton
Haberman on Thursday afternoon: "Republicans now seem willing to cast the State Department response to the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Libya as a referendum on Hillary Rodham Clinton 's fitness to lead the country - and are abandoning a long-held hands-off-Hillary Read more »
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State Department sought to change Libya talking points
changes in the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya last September, expressing concerns that Congress might criticize the Obama administration for ignoring warnings of a growing Read more »
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Former U.S. official describes Libya attack
in Egypt and Libya over an anti-Islam video. Rep. Trey Gowdy , R-S.C., said Rice's comments contradicted statements by Libyan leaders and others who called the attacks pre-meditated assaults by terrorists. Gowdy said Rice's comments "perpetuated a demonstrably Read more »
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Libya's defense minister rescinds resignation
I find myself forced ... to announce my resignation voluntarily and without hesitation," he said at a news conference in the Libyan capital, Tripoli . "I came to this post as a revolutionary and I pledged not to battle the sons of my nation."The so-called Read more »
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Algerian prime minister says President Bouteflika convalescing
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika listens to the speech of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the start of the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, 2010 file photo. ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President 49 m ago from Reuters.co.uk Read more »
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From the Obama Ministry of Truth
the great foreign policy catastrophes of all time… aiding the “Arab Spring” in which governments friendly to the west in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia were replaced with Islamists bent on destroying all human rights and the main repository of human rights on earth, 7:08 AM from American Spectator Read more »
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Libya: Security Crisis Intensifies
-Libyan security services defused several car bombs and other explosives in the past two days, Prime Minister Ali Zidan said on Sunday (May 19th). This site has no copyright on the published material. All content belongs to the original publisher. Re-use only 5:10 AM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Sahel cagers win Shabab opener
Mathews / 20 May 2013 Al Sahel (Kuwait), Al Ahly (Libya) and Barako Bull (Philippines) scored contrasting wins in round two of the 8-team second Al Shabab International Basketball Tournament at Al Shabab Al Arabi Club on Saturday night. In the second fixture, 1:22 AM from Khaleej Times Read more »
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Division Or Attraction: An Overview Of Libya’s Future After Gaddafi – Analysis
is a country located in Northern Africa that borders the Mediterranean Sea. Until the 1950s, it was regarded as another poor African state, but the discovery of oil greatly increased its wealth, turning it into one of the richest African countries and also 12:25 AM from Eurasia Review Read more »
