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By August the ''New York Times'' reported [[Christian]] churches were openly praying to protect Gaddafi as NATO bombs fell.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa/07tripoli.html?_r=0 In Libya's Capital, Straight Talk From Christians,] By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, ''The New York Times'', August 6, 2011.</ref>
By August the ''New York Times'' reported [[Christian]] churches were openly praying to protect Gaddafi as NATO bombs fell.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa/07tripoli.html?_r=0 In Libya's Capital, Straight Talk From Christians,] By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, ''The New York Times'', August 6, 2011.</ref>
===Manufacturing Consent===
===Manufacturing Consent===
{{See also|Manufacturing Consent}}
"On how the western media makes the case for war. Our consent has been manufactured by the criminalization of Gaddafi and his government, and the Libyan people cannot believe it when I tell them what is said about him in the west. And if only you could see how they live, they are far more free than us in England in many ways, this does not fit in with the oppressive image of Gaddafi portrayed in the west.
"On how the western media makes the case for war. Our consent has been manufactured by the criminalization of Gaddafi and his government, and the Libyan people cannot believe it when I tell them what is said about him in the west. And if only you could see how they live, they are far more free than us in England in many ways, this does not fit in with the oppressive image of Gaddafi portrayed in the west.
So for example, I have had Libyans coming up to me asking me about a report in the popular French newspaper Le Figaro that came out about 3 days ago saying 10,000 people have been killed in Tripoli over the past 3 months by government forces. They are astonished, because this is complete and utter lies. " [https://lizziesliberation.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/letter-from-libya-to-a-close-friend/ Letter from Libya to a close friend.]
So for example, I have had Libyans coming up to me asking me about a report in the popular French newspaper Le Figaro that came out about 3 days ago saying 10,000 people have been killed in Tripoli over the past 3 months by government forces. They are astonished, because this is complete and utter lies. " [https://lizziesliberation.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/letter-from-libya-to-a-close-friend/ Letter from Libya to a close friend.]
=== Gaddafi's murder and aftermath ===
=== Gaddafi's murder and aftermath ===
[[File:Power-rice-rodham-clinton-2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Architects of the humanitarian catastrophe in Libya - [[Samantha Power]] (top) Susan Rice (left) and Hillary Clinton (right). President Obama initially billed US intervention "to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe," however after Gaddafi's murder the Black-African slave trade re-emerged in open slave markets in Libya. NATO was used to give cover for the Obama administration's direct involvement.]]
[[File:Power-rice-rodham-clinton-2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Architects of the humanitarian catastrophe in Libya - [[Samantha Power]] (top) Susan Rice (left) and Hillary Clinton (right). President Obama initially billed US intervention "to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe," however after Gaddafi's murder the Black-African slave trade re-emerged in open slave markets in Libya. NATO was used to give cover for the Obama administration's direct involvement.]]