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ellie davis

Finding Hope in Libya - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...finding-hope-in-libya.html

Libya Revolution Jibril Middle East

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  • ellie davis on 08 Sep 11
     
    With all of the negative and worried talk about the future of Libya, it is interesting to hear the potential positives that may come about after this revolution.
  • alevi123 on 08 Sep 11
     
    Although Libya looks like it is moving in the right direction because of the scarcity of corruption, the united states and other countries should still keep a watchful eye to ensure Libya doesn't become another Afganistan. However, Libya also shows how support of Islam and support of the United States is not contradictory, which could make the United States less hated.
alevi123

NATO in Libya - 0 views

theweek.com/...is-libya-natos-last-hurrah

Libya NATO Middle East

shared by alevi123 on 06 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • alevi123 on 06 Sep 11
     
    This article compiles different opinions about NATO's operation in Libya and has the links to other articles for more information about that particular opinion.
  • Annie Wanless on 07 Sep 11
     
    It's interesting how the South African president was upset by the bombing campaign because it was in an no fly zone intended to "protect civilians," yet the bombing campaign was also intended to help civilians.
Jenna Mowat

Arab League speaks out on human rights abuse, positive development of Arab Spring - 9 views

I think it is interesting that the Arab states took a strong stance in condemning Syria when the neighboring states had no direct conflict with Syria. I question why the government decided to chang...

Arab spring Libya Syria League Human Rights

started by Nicholas Hirsch on 07 Sep 11 2 follow-ups, last by Jenna Mowat on 08 Sep 11
Njeri Kamau-Devers

Libya is now set to be a scene of multiple battles - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...-national-transitional-council

Libyan Power Void

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  • Njeri Kamau-Devers on 08 Sep 11
     
    This is an article about the conflicts between the National Transitional Council and political and military local leaders in Libya.
Jenna Mowat

Libya conflict: A doctor's diary - 4 views

A primary source from a Doctor who is in the middle of the violence. The article tells about the everyday atrocities and problems the people in Libya are facing. Quote from the article: "...becau...

Libya Africa

started by Jenna Mowat on 08 Sep 11 no follow-up yet
mstayman

In a New Libya, Racing to Shed Ties to Qaddafi - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...08tripoli.html

Libya Qaddafi Revolution

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  • mstayman on 08 Sep 11
     
    This article talks about all the people that were involved in the Qaddafi regime for security or lack of other opportunity, but then turned and joined the revolution as soon as things got rolling. It would seem that a significant portion of Qaddafi's supporters and employees were in this position.
  • ellie davis on 08 Sep 11
     
    It is a good sign that the rebels pledge to only seek retribution for Qaddafi's highest supporters. If all loyalists were punished, the new democratic Libya would not be off to an auspicious start because they would likely be feared rather than supported.
  • Ben Mittelberger on 08 Sep 11
     
    This really gives me hope for the fledgling Libyan government. They are not seeking to continue a violent revolution, but are instead attempting to recreate a relatively peaceful society out of the rubble of Qaddafi's regime.
alisimons

WHO | Mental health and psychosocial support programme in Libya: "Building Back Better" - 1 views

www.who.int/...en

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      alisimons on 04 Dec 15
       
      This short report is about a new program in Libya to assist with mental health. It discusses problems Libya has faced in the past (notably, having only 12 psychiatrists) and solutions moving forward.
Matt Harband

BBC News- Libya Controversy in Vice-Presidential Debate - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...world-us-canada-19932310

election Paul Ryan Mitt Romney Joe Biden Barack Obama Libya embassy

shared by Matt Harband on 13 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Matt Harband on 13 Oct 12
     
    Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are tying to do whatever they can to avert the attention from Ryan losing the Vice Presidential debate. The main area of contention is whether or not the US Embassy in Benghazi asked the American government for extra security before the attacks on September 11th that killed 4 Americans. Biden claims that he and the president were not asked to enhance security measures, while sworn testimony from the staff of the embassy said that they asked for more protection. In my opinion, there is a lot of ad-libbing in the debates, therefore to put a candidates word choice under so much scrutiny is pointless. Mitt Romney's camp seems to be jumping on biden's every word to make up for the insufficiencies in his own platform.
  • Rory Chipman on 14 Oct 12
     
    Its unfortunate that the campaign race has become something of a food fight of gossip and rumors. It has gotten to the point where no one can tell who is telling the truth or not. Romney seems determined to portray the President as incompetent especially his comparison between Joe Bidden and Paul Ryan.
  • Alexander Luckmann on 14 Oct 12
     
    Although I agree with both Matt and Rory, I would like to point out that the criticism of the campaign is very much focused on the Republican party. I think it's important to note that perhaps Biden did, in fact, distort the truth in the debate; saying that he didn't know about something if he did is not a simple slip of the tongue. factcheck.org put Ryan's falsehoods at 6 and Biden's at 3. Although it is clear who lied more, this is a disgusting statistic: the candidates lied NINE TIMES during their debate. Although there is a lot of information they have to cover, I think that one must hold Biden as responsible for his lies as one does Ryan.
alexamikataga

Libya Migration - 0 views

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3085236/ISIS-make-millions-misery-migrants-Libya-desperate-Europe-hide-agents-amid-human-tide.html

started by alexamikataga on 17 Sep 15 no follow-up yet
olivialum

Welcome to Italy: this is what a real immigration crisis looks like » The Spe... - 2 views

www.spectator.co.uk/...the-invasion-of-italy

shared by olivialum on 16 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • Well, Italy has been invaded in just this way, by migrants from many nations all coming over here from Libya. And Italy’s unelected government has agreed to take them all. This makes the Italian people — who are among the least racist in Europe — very angry. It’s hard to blame them.
  • This hugely expensive operation — ‘Mare Nostrum’ — ran until October last year and rescued nearly 190,000 people.
  • ‘They don’t want to be identified here — otherwise, under the Dublin Accords, they would have to stay in our country. So when a police officer is in front of an Eritrean who is two metres tall who doesn’t want his fingerprints taken, he can’t break his fingers, but must respect his human rights.’
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  • Last year, most were from sub-Saharan Africa.
  • It’s worth remembering here that the majority of the boat people are Muslims and reports suggest that a small number are Islamic terrorists. The terrorists of ISIS are, we know from their Twitter feeds, obsessed with taking their crusade to Rome.
  • no intention of staying in Italy
  • has been mired in recession for most of the past six years, with an official unemployment rate of 13 per cent (the real rate is probably 20 per cent) and the youth unemployment rate at a staggering 43 per cent.
  • A couple of months ago, there was much talk about UN sanctioned military action by the EU to stop the smugglers’ boats putting to sea from the Libyan coast.
  • The French have ‘closed’ their border with Italy on the Côte d’Azur in defiance of the Schengen Agreement, which guarantees free movement within member nations. They are rigorously checking trains, cars and even footpaths across the mountains, and sending any illegal migrants back to Italy; they say they have sent back 6,000 this year. The justification is simple: the Italians are failing to identify these people and distinguish economic migrants from refugees. Who can argue with that? The Austrians are doing the same at the Brenner Pass in the Alps.
  • ‘an attack against life’ akin to abortion
  • All of us feel it to be our moral duty to save lives where we can. Yet it cannot be our moral duty to ferry such vast numbers across the Mediterranean into Italy and Europe for ever, unless they are genuine refugees.
  • Prime Minister Renzi tried to pretend that the migrant crisis did not exist, but now that it has turned into an emergency he can remain silent no longer. He blames other EU countries for putting the nation before the union — in this latest meltdown of EU collective responsibility — and the British and the French in particular for getting rid of Muammar Gaddafi and turning Libya into a failed state.
  • ‘Plan B’
Ben Mittelberger

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/missing-weapons-from-gadhafi-era-arms-c... - 0 views

This article touches on the monster that the UN and NATO may have created when they decided to assist in the destabilization of Libya. Huge caches of light and heavy arms are missing from the Gadha...

Libya Arms Revolution

started by Ben Mittelberger on 08 Sep 11 no follow-up yet
alisimons

http://internationalmedicalcorps.org/document.doc?id=239 - 1 views

internationalmedicalcorps.org/document.doc

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      alisimons on 04 Dec 15
       
      This very extensive report assesses the prevalence of mental illness in Libya, the at risk and vulnerable groups, attitudes towards mental illness, ways in which people receive help, and more. It also gives background information on the civil war in Libya.
anyak2021

The Ship That Stopped 7,000 Migrants, and Smuggled 700,000 Cigarettes - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ibya-cigarettes-smuggling.html

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  • anyak2021 on 29 Sep 20
     
    An Italian warship called the Caprera aided Italy's anti-migration efforts, intercepting migrant boats off the coast of Libya to prevent them from entering Europe. This boat was caught smuggling contraband cigarettes into Italy to sell for a high markup, launching a series of investigations into Italian warships.
cole_reynolds

The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe | The New Yorker - 3 views

www.newyorker.com/...at-keep-migrants-out-of-europe

Libya Europe immigration

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  • cole_reynolds on 07 Dec 21
     
    European centuries contract with Libya to arrest Europe-bound sub-saharan immigrants. Thy hold them on no or unclear charges in dangerous conditions.
Kay Bradley

Film Backer Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Has Shadowy Past - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...cative-video-are-shrouded.html

Libya nytimes

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Emily Rubin

At Least a Dozen Libyan Officials Flee to Niger - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...07libya.html

libya Quaddafi

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  • Emily Rubin on 07 Sep 11
     
    Libya's leader Colonel Qaddafi has stepped down, which is monumental progress. Now, more leaders have fled to various other locations, including Niger. It is rumored that Qaddafi is traveling through Niger in a large convoy of 200 vehicles, but most think believe this to be untrue.
  • gtjunur on 08 Sep 11
     
    It's interesting to hear all the rumors surrounding escapes of Gaddafi's forces. There seems to be a large span between the rumors of three vehicles in a convoy, to two hundred vehicles including Gaddafi himself. It would be interesting to hear Niger's perspective on the escapees and why they are being allowed to cross the border.
Njeri Kamau-Devers

Arab Spring Movements - Describes importance of social media - 15 views

I am glad that the Arab Spring movement is largely being led by the resident youth in the Arab nations.The US has been notorious for imposing their ideas of democracy onto the Middle East such as w...

started by Annie Wanless on 07 Sep 11 4 follow-ups, last by Njeri Kamau-Devers on 08 Sep 11
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