At the end of World War II – perhaps the most devastating war in the history of mankind – the world came together and created the United Nations and a system of international legal principles designed to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” and “reaffirm faith in . . . the equal rights . . . of nations large and small”.
It is now incumbent on all of the smaller nations, and indeed, on all governments and people that believe in the concepts of international law and morality, to register a strong protest against the manner in which the operative principles of the UN were flouted and desecrated by the powerful nations of France, Britain and the United States (and their NATO allies) in their actions against the people, government and nation of Libya, and against the late Muammar Gaddafi, between February and October 2011.
These actions were:
• With Western agents already on the ground in Libya, these countries moved with immediacy in February 2011 to exploit and hijack anti-Gaddafi demonstrations in Benghazi and to foment an armed conflict;
• They mobilized an intense untruthful international propaganda campaign that demonised Gaddafi as a “mad dog”, and a vicious dictator who was on the verge of laying siege to Benghazi for the purpose of massacring his opponents;
• They rejected and deliberately stifled all efforts made to bring about a negotiated peaceful resolution of the conflict in Libya by the African Union (AU);
• British, French and US military and intelligence personnel were spirited into Libya for the purpose of organising and training the rebels; funnelling weapons and other military supplies to the rebels; and fighting alongside the rebels;
• In March 2011, they commenced an intense NATO bombing campaign against Libya in which they targetted the state apparatus, and rained down thousands of cruise missiles and bombs on vast areas of Libyan territory, including the densely-populated capital city of Tripoli;
• The political leaders of France, Britain and the United States openly declared that their intention was to effect “regime change” in Libya, and to drive the Gaddafi-led government from power;
• They set out on a campaign to assassinate Gaddafi, targetting his family compounds with missiles and bombs; stalking him with un-manned drones and so-called special operations troops (assassins); resulting in the deaths of many members of Gaddafi’s family;
• They froze and confiscated Libya’s state revenue to the tune of $100 billion;
• Having accused Gaddafi of planning to lay siege to Benghazi, they imposed a month-long siege on Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, and bombed the entire city to the ground, causing immense suffering and loss of life;
• They supported and armed rebel forces who have engaged in a racist genocidal repression of dark-skinned Libyans and sub-Saharan Africans resident in Libya;
• On October 18, 2011, the Secretary of State of the US, Hilary Clinton, openly demanded the death of Gaddafi;
• They are complicit in the October 21, capture and cold-blooded murder of Muammar Gaddafi.
