Report: U.S. ignores human rights in military training programs abroad

Report: U.S. ignores human rights in military training programs abroad

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has ignored human rights and civilian relations in military education programs in the Middle East, a report said. The Government Accountability Office, in a report titled “International Military Education and Training,” asserted that the Defense Department and State Department have ignored human rights in military education programs […]

Kim Jong-Il said unnerved by bloody end to Gadhafi, a close friend with many similarities

Kim Jong-Il said unnerved by bloody end to Gadhafi, a close friend with many similarities

By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, accompanied by his son and heir-apparent Kim Jong-Un, rushed to military fortresses after he heard about the bloody killing of his colleague dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. The two Kims made a “surprise visit” to the People’s Army Unit No. 985, the North’s official […]

Ousted from his sandbox, a petrodollar-funded playboy terrorist is at large in the Sahara

By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS, September 5, 2011 — Two years ago the North African state of Libya was celebrating the 40th anniversary of the military coup which brought Col. Muammar Gadhafi to power and subsequently established the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.  Lavish festivals and garish spectacles, fueled by petrodollars and regime hubris […]

New Libyan PM confirms UN report: Gadhafi had ‘large quantity of … non-conventional weapons’

New Libyan PM confirms UN report: Gadhafi had ‘large quantity of … non-conventional weapons’

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya’s new government has confirmed that ousted Col. Moammar Gadhafi kept chemical weapons in the North African state. Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said chemical weapons (CW) have been found in the military arsenal of the late Gadhafi. Jibril said his interim government planned to cooperate to remove the weapons […]

Kim Jong-Il said unnerved by bloody end to Gadhafi, a close friend with many similarities

NEW: EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM INSIDE NORTH KOREA    By Lee Jong-Heon       East-Asia-Intel.com, October 26, 2011   SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, accompanied by his son and heir-apparent Kim Jong-Un, rushed to military fortresses after he heard about the bloody killing of his colleague dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. The two Kims made a “surprise visit” […]

Hamas said to be getting weapons from Libya with ‘virtually no restrictions’

Hamas said to be getting weapons from Libya with ‘virtually no restrictions’

Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Libya has in effect become the main arms supplier of Hamas. Western intelligence sources said the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has received a huge amount of missiles, rockets and other weapons from Libya since June. They said the weapons taken from the military warehouses of the former regime […]

Qatar confirms it played major military role in NATO’s war against Libya

Qatar confirms it played major military role in NATO’s war against Libya

Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has acknowledged a combat presence in Libya. The Qatar military said hundreds of troops participated in the ground war against the former regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Libya this year. The military said Qatari soldiers joined rebels in attacks on Gadhafi forces throughout the North African state. […]

U.S. funds program to track, destroy Libyan missiles

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported the start of the destruction of Libya’s shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles. The State Department said U.S. inspectors have overseen the destruction of hundreds of missiles in Libya. Officials said the destruction represented a $30 million program to track, intercept and destroy surface-to-air missiles from the arsenal […]

After denying crisis, administration spending millions to find Libyan SAMs

Special to WorldTribune.com from Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — A month after denying the threat, the United States has expanded its operation to find the missing surface-to-air missile arsenal of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi. The administration of President Barack Obama has approved a $30 million allocation to track and intercept SAM systems smuggled out of Libya. […]