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    Alexandra Bruce Comment:

    The most even-handed reports I’ve seen and heard say that the Tripoli-area people are pro-Gaddafi because he gives Libyans free healthcare, education & is building affordable housing. Eastern Libya out of this loop and there are allegations that the local leaders have stolen the funds. These are the same leaders who are behind the rebellion.

    Gaddafi has been trying to model Libya on the United Arab Emirates – but he would have to allow general transparency and things like the right to private property, in order to actually be like the UAE.

    But is any of this our business? Why are US bombs killing civilians in Libya? How can we just sit there and allow more of this BS to be done in our name? This has got to stop! Don’t we have enough problems than to go creating more?

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    by liamh2
    June 25, 2011

    On June 24, 2011 the “Eyewitness Libya” forum sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition was held in Washington, D.C.

    It featured Investigative Reporter, Wayne Madsen. He’d just returned from a fact-finding mission to that country with former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.

    He explains how the corporate media reports about Libya are false.

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    From the ANSWER Coalition website:

    The Eyewitness Libya nationwide tour featuring Cynthia McKinney was a huge success, drawing large crowds in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Syracuse.

    McKinney just returned from the second trip to Libya during the NATO bombing. During her time in Libya, McKinney visited several hospitals, and has conducted video interviews with doctors and the wounded.

    Throughout the tour, McKinney shed light on the devastating impact of the U.S./NATO bombing of Libya and the extensive civilian casualties that the White House, Pentagon and the media have persistently denied. Several other speakers were featured, including Akbar Muhammad, Nation of Islam; Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General; Viola Plummer, December 12th Movement; and Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

    Below is a report from the Los Angeles event, and photos from the tour stops around the country.

    On Saturday, June 18, a vibrant, multinational crowd of over 200 people packed into the Los Angeles meeting of the “Eyewitness Libya” national speaking tour, featuring former congresswoman and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney. McKinney returned to the United States from Libya only hours before the event began.

    The successful meeting, organized by the ANSWER Coalition in Los Angeles and held at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, also featured speeches by Akbar Muhammad, Nation of Islam; Mike Prysner, Iraq war veteran, co-founder of March Forward! and ANSWER organizer, and Dedon Kamathi, KPFK Pacifica radio host of “Freedom Now.”

    ANSWER Coalition organizer Peta Lindsay emceed and opened the event: “ANSWER is proud to be hosting this speaking tour in many cities around the country. We are committed to organizing, spreading the word and taking to the streets to fight back against U.S./NATO intervention in Libya, as long as the bombing continues and until the right to self-determination for the people of Libya is upheld.”

    In a rousing speech, Akbar Muhammad of the Nation of Islam highlighted the destructive nature of the U.S./NATO mission targeting Libya. He spoke of the need to unite the African continent and pointed out that the war on Libya is doing the opposite. Muhammad said: “The dollars going to this war come directly out of our communities. And, as the polls now show, the reality is that most people in the United States do not want war with Libya.”

    Radio host Dedon Kamathi spoke about his eyewitness experiences in Libya and urged solidarity with the people struggling to survive as NATO bombs drop around them each day.

    Iraq war veteran Mike Prysner discussed the false “humanitarian” motives behind the war on Libya and what U.S. activists can do to stop it. Prysner said: “We must explain to our friends, neighbors, co-workers, that this war, which we never had any say in starting, is being waged with our money, with the great wealth that could be used for our jobs, our communities, our schools. We must use their blatant hypocrisy to expose the U.S. government and build a movement that will stop this war machine in its tracks once and for all.”

    Keynote speaker Cynthia McKinney opened powerfully, recounting why she became an activist: “My father always talked with me about people who lived their lives without purpose. I didn’t want to be one of those people. I wanted to tell the truth and be on the side of the people demanding justice.”

    Receiving several standing ovations as she spoke, McKinney discussed what she saw in her two recent delegations to Libya in great detail. She recounted meeting with teachers, students and university professors. McKinney also spoke about hearing dozens of NATO bombs falling around Tripoli, Libya’s capital, each day. “As the bombs fell, each time buildings shook violently. Tripoli is under heavy aerial bombardment in all areas, in civilian areas,” she said.

    McKinney presented a new video with analysis and first-hand footage from Libya taken during the NATO bombing.

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