In Libya, NATO acted in breach of international law – official

NATO’s arbitrary interpretation of the UN Security Council Libya resolution proved conducive to innumerable international law violations in the North African country, the Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has told a Security Council meeting.

NATO neutralizes 2 pirate mother ships off coast of Oman, Somalia

NAIROBI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — NATO’s counter piracy taskforce said on Monday it has successfully neutralized two ocean going dhows that had been pirated over the past three days off the coast of Somalia and Oman.

Russia: NATO ignored Libyan rebels crime

Laaska news Dec. 29, 2011

Photo: EPA  

NATO has been ignoring crimes by the former Libyan rebels, says a report on injustice and violations around the globe published by Russia’s Foreign Ministry.

Libyan scenario – Model for resolving future conflicts :Cynical example

Laaska news  Dec. 23, 2011

 

Moscow believes that attempts by NATO representatives to portray the Libyan scenario as a model for resolving future conflicts can only be described as cynical, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich stated on Thursday, December 22, 2011

Russia has repeatedly mentioned NATO’s numerous violations in Libya and has called for a probe into NATO’s compliance with the UN Resolution 1973. However, NATO is not in a hurry to do this. © Photo: Vesti.ru

In Libya, death and disappearance still stalk the land

Laaska news  Dec. 22, 2011

People are vanishing in broad daylight in Libya, as the country’s new rulers continue to settle accounts with their opponents. Widespread insecurity means the families of the kidnapped can do no more than hope that their loved ones are still alive.
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­Libya’s conflict is over, and the man who stood in the way of Western-style democracy is dead. Yet atrocities against Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists continue. The images emerging from Libya are disturbing.
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A fighter of Libya’s new regime inspects a body in a field in Sirte on October 22, 2011 (AFP Photo / Philippe Desmazes)

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Laaska news  Dec. 21, 2011
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LIBYA WAR 2011:Killing of civilians by NATO must be investigated – Churkin

Laaska news  Dec. 20, 2011

Vitaly Churkin. Photo: EPA    
 

On Monday Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, demanded a full investigation into civilian deaths in Libya from NATO air strikes.

Libyan in(ter)vention: False facts fatal for Gaddafi

Laaska news  Dec. 2, 2011

Libyan men inspect the destroyed shrine of revered cleric Sidi al-Hammali in Sirte’s main cemetery (AFP Photo / Joseph Eid)

Sanctions against Syria and looming prospects of an intervention into the country are drawing ever more parallels with the war in Libya. But as it turned out, the “facts” used to wage a “humanitarian war” on Tripoli, underwent almost no verification.

Sea alert: Russian warships head for Syria

Laaska news  Nov. 29,2011

 Heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov (image from http://pilot.strizhi.info)

Moscow is deploying warships at its base in the Syrian port of Tartus. The long-planned mission comes, providentially, at the very moment when it could help prevent a potential conflict in the strategically important Middle Eastern country.

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Laaska news  Nov. 29,2011
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USS George H.W. Bush. (AFP Photo/US Navy)

Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush has reportedly anchored off Syria. As an Arab League deadline to allow observers into the country passes with no response from Damascus, the possibility of intervention in Syria seems to be growing.