Russian missiles in Venezuela

Russian missiles incoming to Venezuela:

http://slide.mil.news.sina.com.cn/slide_8_300_22538.html#p=1

04/05/2013
(Infodefensa.com) Caracas – arrived at the port of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, from Russia, mobile system components long range anti-aircraft missile S-300VM Antey-2500, according to local newspaper Notitarde. In the images that illustrate the note, there are trucks transporting on trailers, launch tubes for missiles 9M82M. The newspaper counted at least twelve tubes and precisely who came on board Socol 6.

http://www.infodefensa.com/?noticia=la-defensa-aerea-de-venezuela-recibe-primeros-sistemas-misilisticos-rusos-s-300vm-antey-2500

. . . we are at war [...]

CNS News: As of today, according to both a senior administration official and a State Department spokesperson, this U.S. citizen remains imprisoned in post-Qaddafi Libya.

Terence P. Jeffrey
CNS News
March 26, 2013

On Feb. 12, about two years after the U.S. government first militarily intervened in Libya to advance the cause of Libyan revolutionaries and five months after Libyan terrorists murdered Amb. Chris Stevens and three other Americans in that country, the post-revolutionary Libyan government arrested a U.S. citizen for allegedly “proselytizing” Christianity in Benghazi. As of today, according to both a senior administration official and a [...]

Revealed: Ringleader behind ‘al-Qaeda attack that killed U.S. ambassador was former Guantanamo inmate handed over to Libya by America’

Sufyan Ben Qumu was classified as a ‘medium to high’ national security risk before his release from American custody
Qumu reportedly was Osama bin Laden’s driver and worked for the al-Qaeda founder’s company in Sudan
Libyans promised to keep him behind bars, but he was released in 2010
Qumu was a former Libyan army tank driver and became a leader of the rebels during the uprising

A former al-Qaeda terrorist released from Guantanamo Bay [...]

Chaos Grows – Militias Are Now Running Libya

Anthony Shadid
New York Times
February 10, 2012

TRIPOLI, Libya — As the militiamen saw it, they had the best of intentions. They assaulted another militia at a seaside base here this week to rescue a woman who had been abducted. When the guns fell silent, briefly, the scene that unfolded felt as chaotic as Libya’s revolution these days — a government whose authority extends no further than its offices, militias whose swagger [...]

Herman Cain Again Proves That He Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy

Pizza man struggles to recall memorized sound bites on Libya situation

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
November 15, 2011

Herman Cain’s cringe inducing stumble over a question concerning Libya once again goes to show that he knows absolutely nothing about foreign policy and geopolitics and is literally being told what to say by advisors.

The video of Cain (below) bumbling over the facts concerning Obama’s policy toward Libya quickly went viral yesterday, drawing comparisons to Rick [...]

Western Companies See Prospects for Business in Libya

SCOTT SHANE
The New York Times
October 30, 2011

The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO’s military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli.

Western security, construction and infrastructure companies that see profit-making opportunities receding in Iraq and Afghanistan have turned their sights [...]

Moamer Gaddafi captured alive, but murdered by participants of operation

Libya’s former leader Moamer Gaddafi was first captured alive, but was later murdered by shootings of participants of operation, the Aljazeera reported.

His dead body was brought to the city of Misrata.

Former Libya’s Defense Minister Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr was also killed during the air strikes. Mass demonstrations demanding for the ouster of Qaddafi, who has been ruling the country for more than 40 years, started in Libya in mid-February and subsequently [...]

Libyan Rebel Commander Killed by Bani Walid Defenders

NATO-backed rebels suffer further losses in Bani Walid as field commander Daw Saleheen is killed by Libyan forces.

Tony Cartalucci
Infowars.com
September 29, 2011

As reported earlier, rebel fighters tasked by NATO to take Bani Walid have begun filtering back home after frustrating and continuous defeat by the city’s defenders. A recent rocket barrage managed to kill rebel commander Daw Saleheen, who was leading operations against Bani Walid, Associated Press [...]

CONFUSION IN LIBYA: Loyalists strike back

Moises Saman for The New York Times

Rebel fighters took cover during a firefight in Tripoli on Monday. Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi remained at large, but there was little doubt that the Libyan leader’s four-decade grip on power was ending.

TRIPOLI, Libya — The euphoria that followed the rebels’ triumphant march in Tripoli gave way to confusion and wariness on Monday, as Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi remained at large, his [...]

Gadhafi control ‘shows signs of unraveling’

ZAWIYAH, Libya — Rebel soldiers fought running street battles on Friday with troops loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the heart of this strategically important city, just a half-hour’s drive from the Libyan capital of Tripoli, and there were new signs that worried foreigners in Tripoli were urgently trying to leave.

The fighting centered on the city’s central Martyrs Square, where snipers and other Qaddafi loyalists have taken [...]

Libya Revolt Sidelines Women, Who Led It

BENGHAZI, Libya — In recent days, after weeks of delays and closed-door meetings, rebel leaders here have announced a slate of new appointments, including a defense chief and a minister for reconstruction and infrastructure. They have added members to a national council, to represent areas in southern, central and western Libya, all in an effort to bolster the revolution, better represent the country as [...]

NATO AIRSTRIKES GET NEW SCRUTINY AFTER GADHAFI FAMILY DEATHS

BENGHAZI, Libya — NATO’s campaign of airstrikes against Libya came under the most intense criticism yet on Sunday, with Russian officials accusing the alliance of using “disproportionate” force in civilian areas a day after a strike on central Tripoli was reported to have killed a son and three grandchildren of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi

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Although NATO commanders insisted that they had struck a legitimate military target on Saturday [...]

SKY NEWS: QADDAFI SON KILLED IN NATO AIRSTRIKE

Source: Sky News

Worldwatch: Latest developments on the crisis in Libya

Libyan rebels arrive at the frontline on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, March 21, 2011.

(Credit: AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

At a briefing by the British Defense Ministry this morning, Maj. Gen. John Lorimer said the launch of allied military operations is having “a very real effect protecting Benghazi from Col. Qaddafi’s forces.” Lorimer said Qaddafi’s attack on the city and its population has been stopped in its tracks. [...]

Kucinich: Obama could be impeached for attacking Libya

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) says President Barack Obama did not have the constitutional authority to order U.S. forces to participate in an attack on Libya.

In a conference call with other liberal lawmakers Saturday, Kucinich asked why the U.S. missile strikes were not impeachable offenses, according to two Democratic lawmakers who spoke to Politico.

The U.S. unleashed a barrage of strikes against the Libyan regime’s air defenses [...]

Farrakhan to Obama: ‘Be Careful, Brother. Who The Hell Do You Think You Are?’

Farrakhan goes on a rant on Chicago radio about Obama calling for Qaddafi to step down, this is from yesterday

Louis Farrakhan with radio host Cliff Kelley on WVON-AM 1690 Chicago

FARRAKHAN: “I warn my brother do you let these wicked demons move you in a direction that will absolutely ruin your future with your people in Africa and throughout the world…Why don’t you organize a group of [...]

CLINTON: Libya must stop ‘unacceptable bloodshed’ now…

Libya’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations has denounced his country’s ruler Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, in protest to escalating violence unleashed by Libyan security forces against anti-government protesters that has killed several hundred people.

The United States condemned the mounting violence, and on Monday ordered Embassy family members and non-essential staff to evacuate the country.

“The world is watching the situation in Libya with alarm,” Secretary of [...]