BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN The alleged purpose of U.N. Security Council resolution 1973, passed on March 17, was to seek to protect Libyan civilians from violent attacks by both sides. In NATO’s eager hands, it has rapidly mutated into a straightforward bid to destroy Gadhafi’s regime, specifically to murder Gadhafi, by missile or bombardment and no doubt by land-based teams of Special Force assassins now deployed in the desert. NATO says more than 10,000 sorties have […]

Does NATO Have Any Pretext For Its Libyan Onslaught?
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