Sunday, March 18, 2012

#Libya: #Gaddafi Loyalists and Militia clash outside Tripoli

At least one person was killed outside Tripoli in a fight between a powerful militia group from Zintan and local residents loyal to slain leader Muammar Gaddafi, reports the Associated Press.

­The two sides are continuing to exchange automatic rifle fire in the Tripoli neighborhood of Abu Salim, a pro-Gaddafi stronghold, says Zintan militia commander Mohammed el-Rebay. The one person reported dead was a member of his group.

The well-equipped fighters from Zintan, a province in Libya’s western mountains, took over a school in the capital and turned it into a military base after Tripoli fell in August 2011. The Zintan militia remains one of the numerous Libyan groups operating outside of the new government’s control.

Post-revolutionary Libya is still striving for peace.

 
On Friday, the cradle of the anti-Gaddafi uprising, Benghazi, witnessed clashes between pro-federalism supporters and its opponents. Hundreds demonstrated in favor of splitting the country into three self-governing regions, which sparked fury with the supporters of the ruling National Transitional Council. Conflicting reports suggest at least one person was killed in the clashes, as the sides took up guns, knives and rocks against each other.

 
The new wave of protests comes after Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital of Tripoli on March 6. This prompted concerns the country might break up.

 

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

#Libya #Gaddafi #Sarkozy :Back Stabber Nicolas Sarkozy received £42million from Muammar Gaddafi for 2007 election

Nicolas Sarkozy received £42 million from Muammar Gaddafi in funding for his 2007 presidential election campaign, it was claimed on Monday.


  
Nicolas Sarkozy 'received £42 million from Muammar Gaddafi for 2007 election'
Nicolas Sarkozy provoked outrage among opposition figures and some members of his government when he welcomed Gaddafi to Paris in late 2007 when the Libyan dictator was permitted to pitch his tent next to the Elysée Palace Photo: THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images
The “terms” for handing over the money were agreed in a meeting between the two men in Libya two years before Mr Sarkozy’s election, documents published by a French investigative website suggest.A memo obtained by the Mediapart site and handed to a judge alleges that the meeting on Oct 6, 2005 resulted in “campaign financing” of “NS [Nicolas Sarkozy]” being “totally paid”.
At the time Mr Sarkozy was France’s interior minister with well-documented ambitions to succeed Jacques Chirac. Political financing laws ban candidates from receiving cash payments above €7,500 (£6,300) but Mediapart claims that €50 million mentioned in the memo were laundered through bank accounts in Panama and Switzerland.
The Swiss account, it is alleged, was opened in the name of the sister of Jean-Francois Copé, the leader of Mr Sarkozy’s ruling UMP party and one of the most active campaigners for his re-election.
The memo claims that “ZT”, believed to be an arms dealer called Ziad Takieddine, known to have close ties with several of Mr Sarkozy’s most loyal aides, was “in charge of arrangements”.
It also mentions “several previous meetings” between Mr Takieddine and Saif-al Islam Gaddafi, Gaddafi’s son and former heir, who last year claimed that Libya had funded Mr Sarkozy’s election. ...read more

Sunday, March 11, 2012

#Libya : #Obama Impeachment - Congress Files To Impeach Obama

112th Congress has filed an impeachment motion against President Obama for his abuse of power regarding his military offensive on Libya leader Gaddafi without an act of congress.


The filing reads as below:

112th Congress

2d Session

H. CON. RES. 107

Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. JONES submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.

Whereas the cornerstone of the Republic is honoring Congress’s exclusive power to declare war under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that, except in response to an actual or imminent attack against the territory of the United States, the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress violates Congress’s exclusive power to declare war under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution and therefore constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.

Library of Congress Direct Link>> HERE

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