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Libya: Popular rebellion and imperialist desgns

Friday 26 August 2011

"In the Libyan situation there is a wide gap between NATO’s blueprint and what we will see on the ground. It won’t be the first time that we have seen such a discrepancy between imperialist designs and the reality. Think of Afghanistan, think of Iraq. It will be the case in Libya as well; all the more so in the absence of Western troops on the ground and in the presence of a genuine popular uprising." Read Gilbert Achcar’s views on what’s happening in Libya in Popular rebellion and imperialist desgns.