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British Army ready for Libya mission at 24 hours’ notice

Cem Ertür | 07.03.2011 18:27 | Other Press | Terror War | Sheffield

Unlike the non-violent protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia, the armed insurgency in Eastern Libya is directly supported by foreign powers with a view to justifying a "humanitarian intervention".

A military intervention is now contemplated by US NATO forces under a "humanitarian mandate". US and NATO military advisers and special forces are already on the ground.

The operation was planned to coincide with the protest movement in neighbouring Arab countries. Public opinion was led to believe that the protest movement had spread spontaneously from Tunisia and Egypt to Libya.

The real objective of "Operation Libya" is not to establish democracy but to take possession of Libya's oil reserves, destabilize the National Oil Corporation (NOC) and eventually privatize the country's oil industry, namely transfer the control and ownership of Libya's oil wealth into foreign hands.

The Daily Telegraph, 5 March 2011
The Daily Telegraph, 5 March 2011


Libya: British Army ready for mission at 24 hours’ notice


[propaganda alert]

6 March 2011

compiled by Cem Ertür




1) British Army ready for Libya mission at 24 hours’ notice (5 March 2011)

2) Former UK Foreign Minister Straw: Gaddafi makes me glad we toppled Saddam (5 March 2011)

3) UK Prime Minister Cameron: We do not in any way rule out the use of military force against Libya (28 February 2011)

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Sources confirmed that The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, had been placed on heightened readiness, prepared to deploy to North Africa at 24 hours’ notice. [1] [UK] Special Forces soldiers and MI6 officers are thought to be on standby for deployment to Libya. [2]

Government sources said that British diplomats and specialist advisers could be deployed to Benghazi in eastern Libya to work with leaders trying to co-ordinate efforts to oust the Libyan dictator. British diplomats would help "support the transition" of power, sources said. [...] [Prime Minister] David Cameron this week suggested that Britain was considering giving military assistance to the opposition groups, telling MPs he was prepared to look at supplying weapons. [2]





“Without full and prompt compliance with the [United Nations] Security Council Resolution 1441, or the military action, Saddam would, as the ISG [Iraq Survey Group] concluded, have re-armed with WMD [weapons of mass destruction]. That would have meant that today in the Middle East, there would have been not just one highly dangerous proliferator but two: Iraq and Libya. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi without nuclear and chemical weapons is bad enough. With them, the situation today would be terrifying.”


[Former UK Foreign Minister Jack Straw (2001-2006), article in The Times, 5 March 2011. Mr Straw was the Foreign Minister of UK during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.] [3]





“For the future of Libya and its people, Colonel Gaddafi’s regime must end and he must leave. To that end we are taking every step possible to isolate the Gaddafi regime, deprive it of money, shrink its power [...] With respect to all these actions, Britain is taking a lead. [...]

And we do not in any way rule out the use of military assets [against Libya]. [...] I have asked the [UK] Ministry of Defence and the [UK] Chief of the Defence Staff to work with our allies on plans for a military no-fly zone [in Libya].”


[UK Prime Minister David Cameron, statement on the situation in Libya, The House of Commons of the British Parliament, London, 28 February 2011] [4]


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notes:


[1] Libya: British Army ready for mission at 24 hours’ notice

by James Kirkup and Richard Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 5 March 2011

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8363012/Libya-British-Army-ready-for-mission-at-24-hours-notice.html



[2] Libya: Britain to step up support for rebel forces fighting Gaddafi

by James Kirkup and Adrian Blomfield, Daily Telegraph, 5 March 2011

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8362636/Libya-Britain-to-step-up-support-for-rebel-forces-fighting-Gaddafi.html



[3] Gaddafi makes me glad we toppled Saddam

As the Libyan people struggle for freedom, there is at least one new democracy finding its way in the Middle East

by Jack Straw, The Times, 5 March 2011



[4] Prime Minister’s statement on Libya

Number10.gov.uk (the official website of the UK Prime Minister’s Office), 28 February 2011

 http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/speeches-and-transcripts/2011/02/prime-ministers-statement-on-libya-61450


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related articles:



Insurrection and Military Intervention: The US-NATO Attempted Coup d'Etat in Libya?

by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 7 March 2011

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23548



NATO’s inevitable war (part II)

by Fidel Castro Ruz, Granma International, 4 March 2011

 http://www.granma.cu/ingles/reflections-i/4marzo-NATO-2.html



NATO’s inevitable war (part I)

by Fidel Castro Ruz, Granma International, 3 March 2011

 http://www.granma.cu/ingles/reflections-i/3marzo-nato.html



The tide of media disinformation: Who is behind the military insurrection in Libya?

by Marjaleena Repo, Global Research, 2 March 2011

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23456



NATO involvement in Libya and the African continent

radio interview with Rick Rozoff, Global Research, 2 March 2011

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23466



UK Prime Minister Cameron: We will use military force to free Libya

propaganda alert compiled by Cem Ertür, 911Blogger, 2 March 2011

 http://911blogger.com/news/2011-03-01/uk-prime-minister-cameron-we-will-use-military-force-free-libya



Petroleum and empire in North Africa. NATO invasion of Libya underway

Muamar Gaddafi accused of genocide

by Keith Harman Snow, Conscious Being Alliance, 1 March 2011 (revised & updated 4 March 2011)

 http://www.consciousbeingalliance.com/2011/03/petroleum-empire-maps-for-north-africa/



Libya: Is Washington pushing for civil war to justify a US-NATO military intervention?

by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Global Research, 25 February 2011

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23375


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video:


Libya operation: Foreign oil interests prompt invasion

interview with Darius Mahdi Nazemroaya, Global Research TV, 3 March 2011

 http://tv.globalresearch.ca/2011/03/libya-operation-foreign-oil-interests-prompt-invasion

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