Tag: Libya
Scapegoating in Libya
It’s a year and a half since the ouster of dictator Muammar Gaddafi but the country’s descent into chaos continues unabated, as most recently shown by the rape of three British aid
Women’s struggle for rights in Libya
Nureddin Sabir highlights the plight of women in Libya where social and cultural backwardness, and the rising influence of religious bigots, are rapidly eroding the few rights they have.
Say “no” to the Saudis and their Gulf allies
Nureddin Sabir views the Saudi role in promoting Islamist cults, criminal groups and deviant, primitive variants of Islam in Arab societies, and calls for mass actions to expose and eradicate Saudi influence.
Mis-analysing Libya
Nureddin Sabir shows how lack of understanding of Libyan history and society can lead to flawed conclusions regarding the propriety of the UN-authorized intervention to save Libyans from Gaddafi’s murderous intentions.
Syria’s Assad plays Israel card, apes Gaddafi
Nureddin Sabir looks at how Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has learned nothing from the other fallen Arab dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, but is aping them, almost word by word.
Libya on the edge of a precipice
Nureddin Sabir says failure to disarm Libya’s 1,700 militias is putting it on the edge of a precipice and that only an international peacekeeping force can disarm the militias and establish security.
The Arab Spring: was it worth it?
Nureddin Sabir says there is no alternative to the pain unleashed by the Arab Spring if Arabs are to realize their aspirations for democracy, accountability, civil society and the rule of law.
Libyans say no to Islamist gangsters in Benghazi
Fed up with the lawlessness of armed gangs, on 21/22 September 2012 Libyans stormed the headquarters of the Islamist "Ansar al-Sharia Brigade" and "Rafallah Sahati Islamic Brigade" in Benghazi.
Israeli film-maker, Jewish donors and the Salafis
Nureddin Sabir considers the possible motives of the Israeli creator and Jewish financiers of a film which gratuitously insults the Prophet Muhammad and Islam and has sparked riots in Egypt and Libya.
Libya in peril
Today a huge car bomb exploded near Al-Jalaa Hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghaz, killing and wounding dozens of people, including children. The attack is the latest in a wave