Jun 12
The Libyan Conflict – The Moment of Truth for the Caribbean ‘Anti-Imperialist’ Left? Mervyn Claxton
2 Comments »Mervyn Claxton argues that “Uninformed internet readers who closely followed the “debate” on the Libyan conflict, on this website, in the hope of gaining some understanding of the nature of that very complex issue, and what is at stake in the various possible outcomes, would have been completely and utterly misled”.
In my response to Kali Akuno”™s article on Libya (on theBlackList) I made it clear that I was not supporting the Gaddafi regime. I acknowledged that the people had genuine grievances but that these people had been sidelined by the CIA sponsored gangs. Don”™t take my word for it. Here is a link :-
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27817.htm
I also outlined reports of the racist anti Black nature of the so called ” rebels” as reported on the BBC from Turkish Construction workers, who witnessed the slaughter of their fellow Black skinned workers by these so called ” rebels”
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Iran, Iraq, Libya Oil and the Dollar; by Lee Barnes
Sharing this–another riposte to Mr Claxton.
One of the main debates about the real basis of the US and NATO attack on Libya has focused on the most obvious reasons, that being Libyan oil, but specualtion is now focusing on the even more interesting issue of Colonel Gadaffi”™s attempt to create a new gold currency for Arab and African states to trade with instead of the dollar.
“ Some believe it [the NATO/US-led Libyan invasion] is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi”™s plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth.
Gaddafi did not give up. In the months leading up to the military intervention, he called on African and Muslim nations to join together to create this new currency that would rival the dollar and euro. They would sell oil and other resources around the world only for gold dinars.
It is an idea that would shift the economic balance of the world.
Continue reading at http://leejohnbarnes.blogspot.com/2011/05/iraq-iran-libya-oil-and-dollar.html