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In other words, war will be waged to prevent it, to protect Libyans and save lives by killing them, as well as inflicting widespread destruction, what's always planned when America attacks.
On March 18, Stratfor Global Intelligence headlined, "Libya Crisis: Implications of the Cease-Fire," saying:
Gaddafi's action "complicates (Western) efforts to spearhead a campaign against Libyan government troops," especially after Tripoli said it's ready to open "all dialogue channels with everyone interested in the territorial unity of Libya."
Moreover, it stressed protecting civilians and said it's inviting international community and NGO representatives "to check the facts on the ground by sending fact-finding missions so that they can take the right decision."
In other words, Gaddafi hopes his reversal neutralizes the West's will for war, weakening its resolve, isolating America, Britain and France, the main three co-belligerents. Without just cause to attack, doing so will be clear naked aggression.
Al Jazeera's War on Libya
Increasingly, Al Jazeera sounds more like BBC and America's media, providing managed, not real news. It fell far short covering uprisings in Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Algeria, and since mid-February, Libya.
Professor As'ad AbuKhalil's Angry Arab News Service called its Arabic coverage "blatantly political." As for Bahrainians, they're "on their own now: there is no Al Jazeera to support their cause and expose the regime, and the US and EU will do their best to rationalize and support government repression. Shame on Al Jazeera Arabic for abandoning the people of Bahrain, and for even invoking a sectarian element in their coverage, implying that only Shi'ites are protesting."
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