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The Libyan Tragedy: lessons for the western left

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(9) UN Human Rights Council (2011) "Report of the Working Group on the Universal

Periodic Review, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya', 4 January, at: http://libyanfreepress.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/report_working_group_universal_periodic_review.pdf

 

(10 )All the major developing countries opposed the attacks on Libya -- see: VOA (2011) "BRICS Nations Oppose Use of Force in Libya', 14 April, at: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/BRICS-Nations-Oppose-Use-of-Force-in-Libya-119833134.html

 

(11) William Blum (2011) "Killing Hope: US Military and CIA

Interventions Since World War II', at: http://killinghope.org/

 

(12) Granma (2011) "Transition Council promised 35% of Libyan oil to France in return for support', at: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/international-i/2sept-Libyan.html

 

(13) (a) Ewan MacAskill (2011) "Gaddafi 'supplies troops with Viagra to encourage mass rape', claims diplomat', at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/29/diplomat-gaddafi-troops-viagra-mass-rape; then (b) "I.C.C. Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo: Gaddafi Personally Ordered Mass Rape, Bought Containers of "Viagra-Type" Drugs for Troops', at: http://morallowground.com/2011/06/08/i-c-c-chief-prosecutor-luis-moreno-ocampo-gaddafi-personally-ordered-mass-rape-bought-containers-of-viagra-type-drugs-for-troops/

 

(14) The Guardian (2010) "US embassy cables: ICC prosecutor alleges Bashir secret fortune of $9bn', at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/198641

 

(15) The sending of foreign troops to East Timor in 1999 was not an imperial intervention. The Timorese did not call in foreign air strikes against Indonesia, they fought and won that battle themselves, taking advantage of big changes within Indonesia. A diverse (eventually UN-backed) force was then called in to police an independence process that had already been won by the Timorese and conceded by the Indonesians.

 

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