What’s So Important About a Declaration of War?
NOVANEWS by Tom Mullen Presidential hopeful Ron Paul insists that the U.S. government shouldn’t go to war without a declaration of war. His son Rand has also taken this position, as have several […]
Category: Libya
Report: NATO Air Strike in Brega Kills 11 Imams
NOVANEWS antiwar.com According to reports coming out of the disputed city, a NATO air strike has hit a peace delegation in Brega, Libya, killing 11 Muslims clerics as they slept. Images of the slain […]
US seeks to bomb Libya past deadline
NOVANEWS U.S. President Barack Obama and his legal advisers are deliberating about how the United States military may lawfully continue participating in NATO’s bombing campaign in Libya after next week, when the air […]
Libyan Rebels Killing Civilians in Benghazi
NOVANEWS by Stephen Lendman In London, at a June 1999 anti-Yugoslavia war rally, Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter scathed US and UK leaders, saying: “Let us face the truth….(N)either Clinton nor Blair gives a damn […]
NATO chief envisions role in reconstruction of Libya
NOVANEWS English.news.cn WASHINGTON, May 12 (Xinhua) — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday envisioned a role for the military alliance in the reconstruction of Libya after the government of Muammar Gaddafi is toppled. […]
Bin Laden’s Death Won’t End His Toll on American Taxpayers, Poll Shows
NOVANEWS Bloomberg Even in death, Osama bin Laden will be taking revenge on American taxpayers for years to come. The U.S. government spent $2 trillion combating Osama Bin Laden over the past decade, more than […]
Gaddafi Arrest Warrant Expected By Italy
NOVANEWS Associated Press ROME — Italy’s foreign minister says he expects the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at the end of the month. Franco Frattini said […]
Libya war costs surpass US estimate’
NOVANEWS US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the aerial war on Libya has cost the United States about 750 million dollars so far, despite the Pentagon’s initial assessment. “It’s probably at this point somewhere […]
Leader of Libyan opposition group to ask White House for recognition
NOVANEWS Mahmoud Gibril Washington (CNN) — A top Libyan opposition leader said Thursday the United States should recognize his group. In an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” Mahmoud Gibril said […]
Libyan Rebels Killing Civilians in Benghazi
NOVANEWS Under rebel control, Benghazi residents are terrorized, many “too frightened to drive through the dark streets at night, fearing a shakedown or worse at the proliferating checkpoints.” One man said unless they know […]