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*'''17 July.''' Alexandra Valiente, living in Tripoli, writes:<ref>https://libyadiary.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/nato-and-the-ingratitude-of-the-libyan-people/ </ref> | *'''17 July.''' Alexandra Valiente, living in Tripoli, writes:<ref>https://libyadiary.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/nato-and-the-ingratitude-of-the-libyan-people/ </ref> | ||
{{Quotebox|The Coalition of the Willing had come to Libya to spare civilians from Gaddafi’s murderous madness. Four months later, the Libyan crowds have deserted “Liberated Benghazi” and are staging gigantic anti-NATO demonstrations. ...<!--The political and social structures in Libya stem from the authoctonous culture and are beyond the compehension of many Westerners. They are composed of a one-chamber system of participative democracy – which is particularly effective at the local level – in conjunction with a tribal forum, which is devoid of any legislative power but serves to integrate clan solidarities into political life. To this structure must be added “Leader” figure who exerts no legal power, only moral authority. No one is compelled to obey him, but the majority of the people do, just as they would spontaneously obey a senior member of their own family. On the whole, the political system runs smoothly and people display no fear of the police, except on occasions such as a coup attempt or the Abou Salim prison riot, both of which were violently repressed.--> at present, the Libyan people are convinced that such a crackdown never took place and that the Libyan air force never attacked any residential area either in Benghazi or in Tripoli. That portion of the population who believed at first the information relayed through [[mainstream media|international television networks]] now thinks very differently. In the meantime, people have had the chance to obtain direct testimonies from family and friends scattered throughout the country and have reached the conclusion that it was all a disinformation campaign....<!--Be that as it may, the principal NATO leaders have openly evoked another aim of this war, which certain members of the Coalition appear reluctant to endorse: Col. Gaddafi’s resignation, a euphemism for “regime change”. This has opened the door to a realm of confusion. On one hand, such a requirement has no legal foundation under the relevant UN resolutions nor is it in any way linked to the declared objective of protecting civilian populations. On the other hand, Col. Gaddafi’s resignation is neither here nor there since he does not exercise an institutional function, but only a moral authority derived from the social, and not political, structures. Finally, by what right are NATO members standing in the way of a democratic process and pretend to decide for the Libyan people that one of its leaders must be removed? | {{Quotebox|The Coalition of the Willing had come to Libya to spare civilians from Gaddafi’s murderous madness. Four months later, the Libyan crowds have deserted “Liberated Benghazi” and are staging gigantic anti-NATO demonstrations. ...<!--The political and social structures in Libya stem from the authoctonous culture and are beyond the compehension of many Westerners. They are composed of a one-chamber system of participative democracy – which is particularly effective at the local level – in conjunction with a tribal forum, which is devoid of any legislative power but serves to integrate clan solidarities into political life. To this structure must be added “Leader” figure who exerts no legal power, only moral authority. No one is compelled to obey him, but the majority of the people do, just as they would spontaneously obey a senior member of their own family. On the whole, the political system runs smoothly and people display no fear of the police, except on occasions such as a coup attempt or the Abou Salim prison riot, both of which were violently repressed.--> at present, the Libyan people are convinced that such a crackdown never took place and that the Libyan air force never attacked any residential area either in Benghazi or in Tripoli. That portion of the population who believed at first the information relayed through [[mainstream media|international television networks]] now thinks very differently. In the meantime, people have had the chance to obtain direct testimonies from family and friends scattered throughout the country and have reached the conclusion that it was all a disinformation campaign....<!--Be that as it may, the principal NATO leaders have openly evoked another aim of this war, which certain members of the Coalition appear reluctant to endorse: Col. Gaddafi’s resignation, a euphemism for “regime change”. This has opened the door to a realm of confusion. On one hand, such a requirement has no legal foundation under the relevant UN resolutions nor is it in any way linked to the declared objective of protecting civilian populations. On the other hand, Col. Gaddafi’s resignation is neither here nor there since he does not exercise an institutional function, but only a moral authority derived from the social, and not political, structures. Finally, by what right are NATO members standing in the way of a democratic process and pretend to decide for the Libyan people that one of its leaders must be removed? | ||
− | This confusion in fact reveals that the war is driven by unavowed motives which are not shared by all the members of the Coalition of the Willing.--<br>The National Transitional Council (TNC) has been incapable of constituting a social base. Its provisional capital Benghazi used to be a city of 800 000 inhabitants. In February, hundreds of thousands turned out to celebrate its creation. Today, the “city liberated by the rebels” and “protected by NATO” is virtually a lifeless agglomeration with barely 15 000 inhabitants left, most of whom are people who don’t have the means to leave. The Benghazis did not flee the fighting; they fled from the new regime.<br>...according to most experts, the number of “rebel forces” has dropped to between 800 and 1 000 combatants, armed to the teeth by NATO, but incapable of playing a significant role in the absence of popular support. It is very likely that there are more NATO Special Forces commandos on the ground than the number of Libyan combatants they are supposed to oversee.}} | + | This confusion in fact reveals that the war is driven by unavowed motives which are not shared by all the members of the Coalition of the Willing.--><br>The National Transitional Council (TNC) has been incapable of constituting a social base. Its provisional capital Benghazi used to be a city of 800 000 inhabitants. In February, hundreds of thousands turned out to celebrate its creation. Today, the “city liberated by the rebels” and “protected by NATO” is virtually a lifeless agglomeration with barely 15 000 inhabitants left, most of whom are people who don’t have the means to leave. The Benghazis did not flee the fighting; they fled from the new regime.<br>...according to most experts, the number of “rebel forces” has dropped to between 800 and 1 000 combatants, armed to the teeth by NATO, but incapable of playing a significant role in the absence of popular support. It is very likely that there are more NATO Special Forces commandos on the ground than the number of Libyan combatants they are supposed to oversee.}} |
*'''18 July.''' Clinton sends Sec. of State for the Near East Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz, and a senior director at the [[National Security Council]] Derek Chollet, to meet with Gaddafi envoys in Tunis "to deliver a clear and firm message that the only way to move forward, is for Gaddafi to step down". Libyan representatives are confused as to thinking the US had been an ally in fighting the radical Islamic jihadis the Obama administration now was supporting to overthrow Gaddafi. | *'''18 July.''' Clinton sends Sec. of State for the Near East Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz, and a senior director at the [[National Security Council]] Derek Chollet, to meet with Gaddafi envoys in Tunis "to deliver a clear and firm message that the only way to move forward, is for Gaddafi to step down". Libyan representatives are confused as to thinking the US had been an ally in fighting the radical Islamic jihadis the Obama administration now was supporting to overthrow Gaddafi. | ||
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*'''28 July.''' Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis assassinated by Islamist members of the TNC. | *'''28 July.''' Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis assassinated by Islamist members of the TNC. | ||
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Revision as of 23:15, May 6, 2017
Contents
2009
February 2009
- 6 February. Italian government ratifies historic Friendship Agreement with Libya signed in Benghazi in late 2008 by Gaddafi and Berlusconi.[1] It was Berlusconi's first visit to Libya. The neigboring states have had trade and contact going back to Roman times. Under its terms, Italy would pay $5 billion to Libya as compensation for its military occupation from 1911-1943. In exchange, Libya would take measures to stop illegal immigration coming from Libyan shores.[2] Gaddafi pledges to protect Italian investment in Libya to further domestic economic development, create jobs, and provide a disincentive to emigrate.
March 2009
- 4 March. Obama bows to Saudi King in a breach of protocol for the head of state of a sovereign nation.[3]
June 2009
- June. After being in power for 40 years, for the first time, Mumammar Gaddafi is invented and travels to Rome to visit with Prime Minister Berlusconi, under the terms of the new Italian-Libyan Friendship Agreement.
October 2009
- 26 October. State Department's routine International Religious Freedom Report for 2009 said of Libya under Gaddafi:[4]
The Government tolerates most minority religions but strongly opposes militant forms of Islam, which it views as a security threat... There were no reports of forced religious conversion ...There were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice.
- 27 October. State Dept. cable from Italy says of Italian Prime Minister Sivio Berlusconi "a growing list of scandals, adverse court decisions and health issues have weakened him; and led some erstwhile Berlusconi allies to begin hedging their bets on his political longevity... Berlusconi's frequent late nights and penchant for partying hard mean he does not get sufficient rest." The same cable also says that: "Separately, on October 21, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, commenting on Berlusconi's troubles, told the Ambassador that organized crime figures had probably set the trap for Berlusconi on some of the sex scandals." When Berlusconi accused Washington of "provoking" Moscow by recognizing the independence of Kosovo, a Serbian province, an Italian official visited the US Embassy. A cable from the embassy said the official "took back a terse message to the [Italian Foreign Minister] that such comments risk substantial and lasting damage to Italy's credibility in Washington....Berlusconi was losing credibility for Italy as a reliable partner, which he could ill afford to do," the cable added.[5]
2010
September 2010
- 21 September. Internal email entitled “Obama Leak Investigations” at “global intelligence” company Stratfor claims Obama’s then-White House adviser John Brennan is targeting journalists.[6][7]
"Brennan is behind the witch hunts of investigative journalists learning information from inside the beltway sources,” writes one Stratfor official to another. The email continues: “Note — There is specific tasker from the [White House] to go after anyone printing materials negative to the Obama agenda (oh my.) Even the FBI is shocked. The Wonder Boys must be in meltdown mode…”
- “The Wonder Boys” reportedly refers to the National Security Agency (NSA).[8]
November 2010
- Sarkozy and Cameron sign Lancaster House Treaties to "develop co-operation between British and French Armed Forces, the sharing and pooling of materials and equipment including through mutual interdependence, the building of joint facilities, mutual access to each other’s defence markets, and industrial and technological co-operation."
- Berlusconi sex scandal breaks; Berlusconi responds, "It is better to be fond of beautiful girls than to be gay." The statement is offensive to Barack Obama,[12] Hillary Clinton,[13] and numerous others in mass media.
- 7 November. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi targeted in a number of press and news articles alleging deviant sex lifestyle. [14]
- 23 November. Hillary Clinton suggests murdering Julian Assange.[15]
- 28 November. Wikileaks begins publishing classified information from Bradley Manning revealing, among other matters, that the US is extensively spying on the United Nations.[16]
2011
It is clear in reading Hillary Clinton's emails that, in the glow of the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Hillary embraced the call to spike the football and clearly was planning to use Libya as evidence of her leadership and skill that qualified her to become President.
The attack on US diplomats and CIA officers in Benghazi on 11 September 2012 however, destroyed that dream. The dream became a nightmare and Hillary scrambled to pretend that she was not the mover-and-shaker that destabilized Libya and made it a safe haven for ISIS, uncorking the bottle for the European migrant crisis.
February 2011
- 15 February. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi indicted on sex charges.[17][18]
- 22 February. Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis, Gaddafi regime minister of interior, resigns.
- 23 February. Italian Foreign Minister expressed concern that the amount of Libyan refugees trying to reach Italy might reach between 200,000 and 300,000 people.[19]
- 25 February. Hillary Rodham Clinton announces the suspension of operations of the Libyan embassy in Washington.
- Gaddafi warns former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair by phone if his regime falls the jihadis would be able to use Libya as a springboard for attacks in Europe.[22] After Gaddafi falls attacks multiply.
- 26 February. Hillary Clinton directs efforts to remove all US embassy personnel from Tripoli and orders the closing of the embassy.
- Hillary Clinton makes a series of calls to her foreign counterparts to help secure passage of UNSC 1970, imposing sanctions on Muamma Gaddafi and his family and refers Gaddafi and aides to the ICC.
- 27 February. Transitional National Council announces in the city of Benghazi its purpose is to act as the "political face of the revolution." Spokesman made clear that the Libyan Transitional National Council was not a provisional government and added that the newly formed council was not in contact with foreign governments and did not want them to intervene.[23] He later said that an airstrike purportedly sanctioned by the UNSC 1973 would not be considered a foreign intervention.[24] Vladimir Putin later reported Russian abstention from UNSC 1973 in private talks with Hillary Clinton in no way sanctioned NATO use of aggressive force.
- 28 February. Hillary Clinton travels to Geneva, Switzerland for consultations with European partners on Libya. She gives a major address in which she says: "It is time for Qadhafi to go." Works to secure the suspension of Libya from membership in the Human Rights Council.
March 2011
There is ample documentation by journalists, academics, and human rights groups demonstrating that Black Libyan civilians and sub-Saharan contract workers, a population favored by Gaddafi in his pro-African Union policies, were targets of “racial cleansing” by NATO-backed 'Libyan rebels' who saw Black Libyans as tied closely with the Gaddafi regime.
Many of the so-called 'Libyan rebels', or TNC, that the Obama State Dept. sold to the media and public were a diverse group of outsiders from Libya, which included Sanusi Islamists, Egyptians from the Muslim Brotherhood, and jihadists from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Qatar, Afghanistan and elsewhere (jihadis' whose prime goal in life is to topple the secular regime of their homeland are always on the run seeking sanctuary somewhere). These men were led by two top defectors of the Gaddafi regime, former Justice Minister Mustafa Abdul Jalil, and former Minister of Interior (secret police) Abdul al-Fatah Younis.
Knowing Gaddafi's days were numbered due to advanced age, Jalil and Younis were seeking to preserve the power they emassed as heads of Gaddafi's law enforcement ministries by deposing Gaddafi prematurely using rival tribes internally and outside help from a coalition Hillary Clinton put together of jihadis and NATO. Younis, who made many enemies as Gaddafi's top cop, eventually is murdered by Islamists in the TNC.
- 4 March. A UK SAS (Special Operations Force) and intelligence officer are taken captive by jihadi rebels in Benghazi when they arrive announced to assist them. The news becomes public and is a clear violation of international law, aggressive action and boots on the ground without UNSC vote on the proposed no-fly zone. UK Def. Minister openly states the mission was part of Britain's support for regime change in Libya.[25] The embarrassing flap is hushed up and ironed out.
- CBS News’ Sharyl Attkisson exclusively interviews ATF whistleblower regarding Fast and Furious.[26]
- 5 March. Bernard-Henri Levy shows up in Benghazi, meets with Jilil, and by phone arranges a meeting between Sarkozy and Jilil.[27]
- 8 March. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appoints Special Envoy Chris Stevens as US liaison to jihadis in Benghazi.[28]
- 10 March. Bernard-Henri Levy and Jalil arrive in Paris to Sarkozy.
- 11 March. The President of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, in response to reports that the Obama administration was knowingly and willfully allowing the sale and transfer of weapons across the Mexican border announces "This is a serious violation of international law."[29]
- 13 March. Secretary Clinton travels to Paris for a series of meetings with foreign ministers from the Group of Eight countries. Bernard-Henri Levy is also in attendence to do introductions to the rebel group leaders.[30] She meets with Libyan Transitional National Council leader Mahmoud Jibril and consults with other foreign counterparts on further UN Security Council action.[31] She secretly adds that aggressive action and not just a no-fly zone will be adequate.
- 14-16 March. Sec. Clinton participates in a series of high-level video- and teleconferences. She is a leading voice for strong UNSC action in the name of a NATO "civilian protection" mission. A majority of NATO member states refuse to participate. This was not why the NATO alliance was founded or continues to exist.
- Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov whose country's veto of UNSC 1973 could derail any planned intervention. Lavrov was intentially misled to believe that giving NATO a free hand in Libya could be had in exchange for a Russian free hand in Georgia and the Crimea.
- 15 March. Clinton speaks with Obama by phone as a “strong advocate” for U.S. intervention. Obama, who had been weighing arguments from a divided NSC for days, sides with Clinton.
- 17 March. Clinton secures a deal with Russia to abstain from vetoing UNSC Resolution 1973, supposedly granting authorization to a few NATO members “to take all necessary measures to enforce compliance with the ban on flights” and “pure no-fly zone". Only 12 of NATO's 28 members participate, changing NATOs ostensibly defensive nature, founded on the premise that an attack on one is an attack against all, to an offensive mercenary force for hire in the service of private interests and politicians' quests for approval ratings.[32][33]
- The resolution passes 10-0, with Russia, China, Germany, Brazil and India abstaining. It authorizes a “pure no-fly zone."
- 19 March. Sarkozy convenes meeting in the Westin Hotel to solicit agreement for the immediate deployment of military aircraft to stop Gaddafi's efforts to put down the rebellion in Benghazi, and the establishment of a US no-fly zone in the country.
- Before the meeting is over, French fighter planes attack Gaddafi forces outside Benghazi. Italian and Russian participants protest the French government's insistence on convening the meeting before agreeing to air strikes, and then launching strikes before the meeting was over.
- Vladimir Putin later charges Obama and cohorts "violated the UN Security Council resolution on Libya, when instead of imposing the so-called no-fly zone over it they started bombing it too."[34]
- The early attack so upset Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who recently signed a Friendship Pact with Libya, he warned of cutting access to Italian air bases vital to French, British, and American warplanes.
- The Washington Post says, “It nearly broke up the coalition,” according to an eyewitness. "Yet the rift was quickly patched, thanks to a frenzied lobbying effort that kept the coalition from unraveling in its opening hours. 'That,' the source said, 'was Hillary.'... She spent hours on the phone and in person with Berlusconi."[35] [36]
**29 October 2013. At a Goldman Sachs summit Hillary recounts, "Leaders who shall remain nameless, who were characterized as vain, egotistical, power hungry, corrupt. And we knew they were. This was not fiction. And I had to go and say, you know, our ambassadors, they get carried away, they want to all be literary people. They go off on tangents. What can I say. I had grown men cry. I mean, literally." Then, in a mocking Italian accent, "I am a friend of America, and you say these things about me."
- Washington Post later reports Berlusconi "eventually provided air bases as staging grounds for attacks."
- French officials claim that meeting participants were informed of the operation. The strikes clearly had been planned and coordinated with the knowledge of the United States and UK.[37]
- That night, the first U.S. air strikes halt the advance of Gaddafi's forces on Benghazi and target Libya's air defenses. Members of Libya's Christian Coptic community are later decapitated en masse once Secretary Clinton and President Obama's objectives are met.[38]
- 21 March. Obama announces US forces commenced operations in Libya two days earlier, on March 19, "to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe." Sec. Robert Gates warned establishment of a no-fly zone meant attacking Libya.[39] National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough opposed attacking Libya; but Hillary Clinton "won the bureaucratic battle to use Department of Defense resources to achieve what's essentially the State Department's objective... and Obama let it happen".[40]
- United Nations Charter, Article 2(4), prohibits the “threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence” of a member state, and many observers object that Obama's actions violate this prohibition.
- Congressional Research Services advises that a no-fly zone imposed against a state that has not carried out an attack on its neighbors may consider the imposition an “armed attack.” CRS warns that even if a no-fly zone does not constitute an armed attack, "that state, and other members of the international community, might consider them a violation of the prohibition of the 'threat or use of force,' as well as of the customary duty of non-intervention in the affairs of other sovereign states."
- NATO's Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee days before President Obama publicly admitted to intervention that US intelligence community knew of al Qaeda and Hezbollah elements among Libyan rebels.[41]
- 22 March. Obama appears on Univision to deny that neither he nor Eric Holder authorized Operation Fast and Furious.[42]
- 23 March. Video of Berlusconi 'bunga bunga party' hits American cable news.[43]
- 24 March. Clinton engages with Sarkozy, Cameron, and others to secure the transition of command and control of the "civilian protection mission" to NATO. She announces the transition in a statement.
- 26 March. A report from Rep. Dennis Kucinich corroborates the claim of Franco Bechis in Italy that "plans to spark the Benghazi rebellion were initiated by French intelligence services in November 2010."[44]
- 18-30 March. Hillary Clinton engages with UAE, Qatar, and Jordan to seek their participation in coalition operations. Over the course of several days, all three devote aircraft to the mission.
- 27 March. An intelligence brief sent to Hillary by Sidney Blumenthal contains clear evidence of war crimes on the part of US-backed rebels. Citing a rebel commander source “speaking in strict confidence” Blumenthal reports:[45]
Under attack from allied Air and Naval forces, the Libyan Army troops have begun to desert to the rebel side in increasing numbers. The rebels are making an effort to greet these troops as fellow Libyans, in an effort to encourage additional defections. (Source Comment: Speaking in strict confidence, one rebel commander stated that his troops continue to summarily execute all foreign mercenaries captured in the fighting…).
- Extra-judicial killings are conventionally called “death squads."
- 29 March. Clinton travels to London for a conference on Libya, where Clinton is a driving force behind the creation of a Contact Group comprising 20-plus countries to coordinate efforts to "protect civilians" and plan for a post-Gaddafi Libya. She is instrumental in setting up a rotating chair system to ensure regional buy-in.
- Russia and China accuse US of exceeding UNSC 1973 mandate.[46]
- 31 March. Reuters reports "President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi...Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks"[47]
- Spring. Obama intel officials capture and record private communications between Rep. Kucinich, and a Libyan official.[48][49]
April 2011
- 14 April. According to a Hillary staff email, Sec. of State Clinton travels to Berlin for NATO meetings. Clinton is the driving force behind NATO adopting a communiqué that calls for Gaddafi's departure as a political objective, and lays out three clear military objectives: (1) end of attacks and threat of attacks on civilians; (2) the removal of Gaddafi forces; (3) [redacted from original]. Germans refuse to go along.[50]
- 15 April. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Berlin conference accuses Obama administration of exceeding UNSC 1973 mandate and the agreements at the Paris summit. What started out as a mission to “protect civilians and enforce a no-fly zone,” has transformed into an effort at "regime change" without having a clear understanding as to the nature of the rebel opposition.
May 2011
- 5 May. Sec. Hillary Clinton travels to Rome for a Contact Group meeting. The Contact Group establishes a coordination system and a temporary financial mechanism to funnel money to the National Transitional Council.
- 20 May. Washington Post reports Obama ignored the legal deadline set in the 1973 law that required him to obtain Congressional approval for U.S. military operations in Libya. Under the Nixon-era War Powers Resolution, the president must obtain Congressional authorization of military action within 60 days, or else begin withdrawing forces.[51][52][53]
- May. White House recruits democratic operative Eric Schultz to promote fake news reporting on Fast and Furious and to counter House Oversight Committee’s investigative work. Schultz previously worked for Sen. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton.[54]
June 2011
- 8 June. Sec. of State Clinton travels to Abu Dhabi for another Contact Group meeting and holds a series of intense discussions with jihadi and rebel leaders.
- 12 June. Clinton travels to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for consultations and a speech before the African Union, pressing the case for a "democratic transition" in Libya.
- Late June. Clinton meets with House Democrats and Senate Republicans to persuade them not to de-fund the Libya operation.
July 2011
- 12 July. Obama administration targets' Iraqis with new visa and background checks after terrorists residing in Bowling Green, Kentucky were discovered.[55]
- 15 July. Hillary Clinton travels to Istanbul and announces that the US recognizes the Transitional National Council as the legitimate government of Libya. She also secures recognition of the TNC from the other members of the Contact Group.
- 17 July. Alexandra Valiente, living in Tripoli, writes:[56]
The Coalition of the Willing had come to Libya to spare civilians from Gaddafi’s murderous madness. Four months later, the Libyan crowds have deserted “Liberated Benghazi” and are staging gigantic anti-NATO demonstrations. ... at present, the Libyan people are convinced that such a crackdown never took place and that the Libyan air force never attacked any residential area either in Benghazi or in Tripoli. That portion of the population who believed at first the information relayed through international television networks now thinks very differently. In the meantime, people have had the chance to obtain direct testimonies from family and friends scattered throughout the country and have reached the conclusion that it was all a disinformation campaign....
The National Transitional Council (TNC) has been incapable of constituting a social base. Its provisional capital Benghazi used to be a city of 800 000 inhabitants. In February, hundreds of thousands turned out to celebrate its creation. Today, the “city liberated by the rebels” and “protected by NATO” is virtually a lifeless agglomeration with barely 15 000 inhabitants left, most of whom are people who don’t have the means to leave. The Benghazis did not flee the fighting; they fled from the new regime.
...according to most experts, the number of “rebel forces” has dropped to between 800 and 1 000 combatants, armed to the teeth by NATO, but incapable of playing a significant role in the absence of popular support. It is very likely that there are more NATO Special Forces commandos on the ground than the number of Libyan combatants they are supposed to oversee.
- 18 July. Clinton sends Sec. of State for the Near East Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz, and a senior director at the National Security Council Derek Chollet, to meet with Gaddafi envoys in Tunis "to deliver a clear and firm message that the only way to move forward, is for Gaddafi to step down". Libyan representatives are confused as to thinking the US had been an ally in fighting the radical Islamic jihadis the Obama administration now was supporting to overthrow Gaddafi.
- Former Clinton administration State Dept. Spokesman Jamie Rubin, husband of CNN’s Christiane Amanpour emails Hillary:
"Again, congratulations are in order...It is a pleasure to see the State Department again leading the administration on this. Syria, too...
...the White House doesn’t seem like it cares very much. In general, the NSC seems uncomfortable with creative applications of American power and influence. And we all know the military and the Pentagon resist limited military operations, especially airpower-only engagements. So, it must be you and your colleagues at State. Well done. . . .
... even a small success like the one that is coming in Libya will turn around the steady decline in American influence in the region and around the world. I suspect that you know this, but European elites, Gulf elites, East Europeans and many others regard the Administration as weak.
- 26 July. Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News reports during a Congressional hearing on Operation Fast and Furious, an ATF whistleblower told Congress he discussed approval of the illegal sale of weapons with a White House National Security staffer as early as September 2010.[57] Attkisson is later put under surveillance by the Obama administration.
- 28 July. Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis assassinated by Islamist members of the TNC.
October 2014
- 20 October. In Quebec, Canada, a homegrown jihadist struck two soldiers with his car in a shopping mall parking lot killing one and injuring the other.[58]
- 22 October. Canadian Parliament Hill attack, Ottawa. A Canadian born jihadi shot and killed an honor guard in the back at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the grounds of the National War Memorial. The jihadi fled to the Parliament building where Members of Parliament were caucusing. In an exchange of gunfire he was shot and killed by the of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons. Three others sustained injuries in the melee.
2015
January 2015
- 7 January. Charlie Hedbo attacks. 12 dead, 10 wounded. A dozen people slaughtered by gunmen 'avenging' the prophet at a Paris newspaper office which printed satirical cartoons about the Islamic system.
- 8 January. In France a policewoman investigating a traffic accident is ambushed and killed by a Muslim extremist.
- 9 January. In Paris, France four hostages are taken and killed by an Islamic gunman at a Jewish grocery.
- 29 January. In North Belfast, Ireland, an immigrant from Somalia stabs a man to death on the street while yelling a 'Jihadi war cry'.
February 2015
- 3 February. In Nice, France three French soldiers standing guard at a Jewish center are stabbed by a radical Muslim.
- 14 February. In Copenhagen, Denmark a gunman praises Allah and fires into a cafe hosting a free speech event organized by a cartoonist critical of Islam, killing one participant.
- 15 February. In Copenhagen a 37-year-old Jewish man guarding a synagogue is gunned down by a Muslim radical.
April 2015
- 16 April. Enroute to Sicily, Italy, twelve Christians on a refugee boat are thrown to their deaths by Muslims.
May 2015
- 10 May. In Macedonia, along the Western Balkan route Muslim terrorists wage a running battle with police, killing at eight and wounding thirty-seven.
November 2015
- 13 November. Islamic terrorists open fire and throw bombs during a concert at a music hall, killing 89 people and injuring 322 while shouting 'Allah Akbar' (Bataclan).
- In Paris Muslims murder 19 and wounded 9 at a restaurant (Belle Equipe).
- In Paris Islamic terrorists massacre 15 innocents and injure 10 at two restaurants (Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge).
- In Paris Islamic terrorists shoot up a bar and pizzeria, killing 5 patrons and injuring 8 (La Bonne Biere, Casa Nostra).
- In Paris Islamic terrorists stage a suicide bombing outside a cafe (Comptoir Voltaire).
- In Paris Islamic terrorists kill a passerby with two suicide blasts outside a soccer stadium (Stade de France) and a nearby McDonalds's.
2016
March 2016
- 22 March. Brussels Airport bombing in Belgium. Fourteen people are murdered and 92 injured when two suicide bombers detonate nail-packed explosives at crowded airline counters.
- Maelbeek (Molenbeek) metro station in Brussels. a Muslim suicide bomber on a subway train incinerates 21 commuters and injures 130 others.
July 2016
- 14 July. In Nice, France, on Bastille Day, literally called The National Celebration commemorating the turning point of the French Revolution and the unity of the French people with parades and fireworks throughout France. a Muslim migrant driving a truck runs over and kills 86 people, including 10 children while shouting praises to Allah. 202 are injured.
- 24 July. In Ansbach, Germany a Syrian 'asylum seeker' detonates a nail-packed suicide bomb injuring fifteen people at a wine bar outside a music festival.
August 2016
- 3 August. In London a Somali teen runs out of a mosque and stabs an American tourist to death while chanting 'Allah, Allah.' Five others are injured.
- 19 August. In Strasbourg, seat of the European Parliament, a rabbi in orthodox clothing is stabbed by a man shouting praises to Allah.
September 2016
- 8 September. In Boussy-Saint-Antoine, France a Muslim woman stabs a police officer after planting explosives outside a cathedral.
December 2016
- 19 December. In Berlin an 'asylum seeker' murders a driver, steals his truck, and drives over 11 patrons of a festive Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Church on the Kurfürstendammon, Berlin's most famous street. 56 others are injured. The outdoor Christmas market tradition is over 600 years old. The Kaiser Wilhelm Church spire was not rebuilt after World War II and left standing as a war memorial and a symbol of reconciliation. The attack took place in the shadow of the national monument.
- 25 December. Archbishop of Austria delivers a Christmas Day message: "Europe’s Christian legacy is in danger, because we Europeans have squandered it. That has absolutely nothing to do with Islam nor with the refugees. It is clear that many Islamists would like to take advantage of our weakness, but they are not responsible for it. We are.”
- 29 December. In Austria an Austrian woman is stabbed for reading the Bible at a refugee center.
2017
February 2017
- 3 February. In Paris at the Louvre a man with a machete charges visitors while shouting 'Allah Akbar!' The man was shot by soldiers guarding the world renowned attraction. Two soldiers were injured in the attack. The attacker travelled to France a tourist visa.[62] The Louvre is the world's largest museum and a central landmark of the city, a crown jewel among Paris's historic and cultural monuments. It is the world's most visited museum with more than 20,000 visitors a day.
March 2017
- 22 March. At Westminster, which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a policeman was stabbed to death by a Muslim after he used his car to run over pedestrians, killing 5 and causing serious injuries to 50 others. The 52 year old Muslim was born and raised in England.[63] In a final text message minutes before the attack, he declared he was waging jihad in revenge against Western military action in Muslim countries in the Middle East.
April 2017
- 4 April. In Paris a young Muslim man throws a 66-year-old Jewish woman to her death from a balcony while praising Allah.[64]
- 7 April. In Stockholm, Sweden a 'radicalized' Muslim steals a truck and runs over pedestrians, killing 5 including an 11-year-old girl, and injuring 14.
- 20 April. In Paris an Islamic extremist sprays a police car with an AK-47 along the Champs-Elysees, Paris' most famous street within yards of the Arc de Triomphe, killing a police officer and seriously injuring two others. The killer was 'known to police', born in 1977 in the Paris suburbs, had been jailed four times between 2001 and 2014 for attempted murder on police officers, violence and robbery. He served 12 years. He was arrested in February of 2017 in a counter-terror investigation for threatening police, but was released shortly thereafter.[65][66][67] ABC News reported the Islamic State]] took credit for 5he attack.[68] The attacked occured less than 3 days before France's presidential election.
- 29 April. In Germany a Muslim woman is stabbed to death in front of her two children over her decision to accept Christianity.[70]
See also
- European migrant crisis
- Obamagate timeline
- Obamagate timeline 2009-2015
- Barack Obama Controversies
- Barack Hussein Obama's unlawful acts
- Obama's second term agenda
- Clinton scandal
- Obamagate
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