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More than a thousand inmates escaped a prison Saturday in Libya as protesters stormed political party offices across the country, signs of the simmering unrest gripping a nation overrun by militias and awash in weaponry. It wasn’t immediately clear if the jailbreak at al-Kweifiya prison came as part of the demonstrations. Protesters had massed across […]

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Today, U.S. lawmakers are set to look into the attack in Libya. They will hold a hearing about last month’s attack on the US consulate, in Benghazi Libya, which left the U.S. Ambassador and 3 other americans dead. The government initially linked the attack to protests, but administration officials later said it was a planned […]

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A 14-minute anti-Prophet Muhammad film trailer has sent protesters in the Arab world into an uproar against the United States and may have led to an attack that killed four Americans in Libya, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. But who’s behind the film? In a report soon after the protests over the film erupted in Egypt […]

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Today, the U.S. dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli, after the mob attack that killed the US Ambassador, and three americans. Officials are investigating whether the rampage was a backlash toward an anti-islamic video with ties to coptic christians, or a plot to coincide with the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Meanwhile, […]

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There is more trouble in the Middle East, and in Africa. The United States ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed in a rocket attack on the American consulate, in the city of Benghazi yesterday. A contractor working near the area reported this story to the press, after seeing Christopher’s body. Three american security staff […]

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Residences of Libya’s capital, say Moammar Gadhafi’s hold of the country seems to be slipping. This week rebels bolstered their advance, taking control over the strategic western city of Zawiya and also Gharyan, an important outpost to the south. According to reports, most of the main roads to the capital have been closed and  many […]

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The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi recently told El Khabar, an Algerian newspaper, that his father’s administration is in negotiations with the French government about support of rebels who have worked to oust Gaddafi’s government since February. “Our envoy to (Nicolas) Sarkozy said that the French president was very clear and told him ‘We […]

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House Speaker John Boehner warned President Obama in a letter Tuesday that he may face legal repercussions for issuing U.S. military involvement in Libya without authorization from Congress. Boehner requested Obama to justify U.S. involvement, and warned the President that he may be in violation of the 1973 War Powers Resolution if he does not […]

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LIBYA-Former Georgia congresswoman and Green Party presidential nominee, Cynthia McKinney blasted President Barack Obama for his involvement in the bombing of Libya and his economic policies on a pro-Khaddafi television station. CNN reports: “I want to say categorically and very clearly that these policies of war … are not what the people of the United […]

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WASHINGTON – Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has appealed directly to President Barack Obama to halt what the Libyan leader called “an unjust war,” and wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year. In a rambling, three-page letter to Obama obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, Gadhafi implored Obama to stop the NATO-led […]

All eyes have been Libya lately, as the United States and other countries have united to intervene with the standoff between Gaddafi and rebel forces. Libya is not the only country that faces problems with their leader. The people of Ivory Coast are rebelling against their president who refuses to step down even though he […]

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CHICAGO-The head of the Nation Of Islam, Louis Farrakhan addressed the war in Libya yesterday and discussed Momar Qaddafi and Barack Obama: NBC Chicago reports: “I don’t care what Gadhafi has done wrong. He’s not the mad dog of the Middle East,” Farrakhan thundered. “The mad dogs are growling and biting in Washington, D.C.” “It’s […]