Alert! US warships enter Suez Canal, US UK, French covert forces land in Libya! Ready to Invade Libya! **Why we're never learn the past bloody lessons from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Vietnam...? From: Citizens for Legitimate Government 02 Mar 2011 _http://www.legitgov.org_ (http://www.legitgov.org/)
_US warships enter Egypt's Suez Canal_ (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/167786.html) 02 Mar 2011 The USS Kearsarge and the Ponce, two US amphibious assault ships, have entered the Suez Canal on their way to Libya, a canal official says. The two US warships with hundreds of Marines on board headed towards Libya on Tuesday and entered Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The ships were at the southern mouth of the canal, the official said, adding that they were expected to pass through by 3:30 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. local time. _2 US ships move closer to Libya, enter Suez Canal_ (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/02/2-ships-closer-libya-enter-suez-canal/) 02 Mar 2011 Egyptian officials say two U.S. warships have entered the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean, moving closer to the Libyan coast after orders from Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The officials say amphibious assault ships USS Kearsarge and USS Ponce, entered the canal on Wednesday morning from the Red Sea. They say USS Kearsarge is carrying some 42 helicopters on board. _US UK, French forces land in Libya_ (http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=78009) 01 Mar 2011 The United States, Britain and France have sent several hundred "defence advisors" to train and support the anti-Gadhafi forces in oil-rich Eastern Libya where "rebels armed groups" have apparently taken over. According to an exclusive report confirmed by a Libyan diplomat in the region “the three Western states have landed their "special forces troops in Cyrinacia and are now setting up their bases and training centres" to reinforce the rebel forces who are resisting pro-Qaddafi forces in several adjoining areas. A Libyan official who requested not to be identified said that the U.S. and British military gurus were sent on February 23 and 24 night through American and French warships and small naval boats off Libyan ports of Benghazi and Tobruk. _US Senate calls for no-fly zone on Libya_ (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/167797.html) 02 Mar 2011 The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a no-fly zone over Libya as Washington is preparing the ground for military intervention in the oil-rich country. The symbolic resolution, passed on Tuesday, “urges the United Nations Security Council to take such further action as may be necessary to protect civilians in Libya from attack, including the possible imposition of a no-fly zone over Libyan territory.” The US Senate Armed Services Committee has announced that all options, including the military option, should be on the table. _Gadhafi forces seize back rebel-held eastern town_ (http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/gadhafi-forces-seize-back-rebel-held-eastern-town-1.3466 66) --Rebels report that there was an aerial bombardment of Brega by Gadhafi's forces, who managed to take back the city after losing it in violent clashes with the rebels. 02 Mar 2011 Forces loyal to Muammar Gadhafi have recaptured a town in Libya's mostly rebel-held east, rebel military officers said on Wednesday, in an attempt to break the momentum of a popular rebellion against his 41-year-old rule. Forces sent by the Libyan leader had seized back Marsa El Brega after violent clashes with rebels who had controlled the town 800 km east of the capital Tripoli, the rebel officers told Reuters. _Gaddafi loyalists advance to east_ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12618367) 02 Mar 2011 Forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are moving into rebel territory in the east, capturing an oil installation in the town of Brega. The BBC's John Simpson in the nearby city of Ajdabiya says the 100-vehicle convoy is expected to head towards it, and an arms dump there has been bombed. The city's defenders are in a high state of excitement and expecting an attack, our correspondent says. _UK, Germany fly secret missions into Libya_ (http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UK-Germany-fly-secret-missions-into-Libya-20110228) --Secret military missions signal readiness of Western nations to disregard Libya's territorial integrity 28 Feb 2011 British and German military planes swooped into Libya's desert, rescuing hundreds of oil workers and civilians stranded at remote sites, as thousands of other foreigners are still stuck in Tripoli by bad weather and red tape. Three British Royal Air Force planes plucked 150 stranded civilians from multiple locations in the eastern Libyan desert before flying them to Malta on Sunday, the British Defence Ministry said in a statement. _USS Enterprise on its way to Libya as America and Britain ramp up threats to enforce no-fly zone_ (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361600/USS-Enterprise-way-Libya-U-S-Navy-repositions-warships-ahead-sanctions-propose d-fly-zone.html) --David Cameron vows military action if killings continue --Pentagon says ships preparing for no-fly zone or humanitarian aid oil-seizing missions 01 Mar 2011 The U.S. Navy was repositioning its heavy-hitting warships around North Africa tonight as America and Britain dramatically increased pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which had been had been on pirate-hunting duty [?] off the coast of Somalia, has now steamed to the mouth of the Suez Canal in the Red Sea. _U.S. Readies Military Options on Libya_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/africa/01military.html) 01 Mar 2011 The United States began moving warships toward Libya and froze $30 billion in the country’s assets on Monday as the administration declared all options on the table in its diplomatic, economic and military campaign to drive Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from power. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the administration was conferring with allies about imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. Such a move would likely be carried out only under a mandate from the United Nations or NATO. "No option is off the table," Mrs. Clinton told reporters after a special meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, adding "that of course includes a no-fly zone." _Libya's opposition resumes oil exports_ (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/167563.html) 28 Feb 2011 Libya's opposition says that it has resumes oil exports suspended by the revolution in the country, noting that a tanker has been loaded with one million barrels of crude for China. It will be the first cargo of crude to sail from Libya since February 19, after security forces begun a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Rebels in the east of Libya now say they control most of the oil facilities in the world's 12th largest oil exporter. [What excuse will US corpora-terrorists and their GOP-pwned trolls supply NOW for skyrocketing oil prices?] _'540 students abducted in Libya'_ (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/167789.html) 02 Mar 2011 Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have reportedly abducted 540 university students along with a number of other Libyan citizens. The university students were kidnapped from their dormitories in the faculty of aerospace in Misrata, while a number of other Libyan citizens were kidnapped from the city of al-Zawiya, “informed sources” told Iran's Arabic-language news channel Al-Alam. _African commission asked to take case challenging CIA rendition program_ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022803 848.html) 28 Feb 2011 A case filed before an African judicial body could open a new front in efforts by human rights groups to hold the CIA and its partners accountable for what they allege was the torture of innocent victims in secret "black site" prisons around the world. The case involves Mohammed al-Asad, who said he was arrested in late 2003 at his home in Tanzania, blindfolded and flown to a secret prison in Djibouti. 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