FORMER US REPREENTATIVE WITNESSED WAR CRIMES IN LIBYA
By Bill White
Former Rep. Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.), who was trapped inside Libya for weeks while rebel forces—with the help of European troops—invaded the country’s capital in late August, has accused NATO soldiers and the "rebels" NATO supports of war crimes and atrocities against Libyan civilians.
Fauntroy,a former member of the House of Representatives, traveled to Libya on his own initiative to witness the NATO-instigated uprising of "militants" against the government of Muammar Qaddafi. He was there to broker a peace agreement between warring factions,but he went missing and had been thought killed.
Now Fauntroy has emerged and is claiming he saw
French and Danish soldiers committing and directing
atrocities by rebels, including mass rapes and the
beheading of civilians.
These reports substantiate claims that rebels were
engaging in ethnic cleansing and systematically killing
anyone they associated with Qaddafi.
Fauntroy’s claims are the first reports of
soldiers partaking in war crimes. If true,
they would be part of a pattern of acts
committed by NATO soldiers during
African interventions that have included the
roasting of Somali prisoners over a fire by
Canadian soldiers, not to mention other acts
of brutality.
NATO encouraged a group of militants
in the eastern Libyan hills to revolt against
Qaddafi’s government, which was hated by
Western powers because of Qadaffi’s anti-
Globalist stance. NATO has—with the assistance of Barack Obama—provided weapons and airstrikes against the Qaddafi government, and organized an amphibious assault on the capital of Tripoli, which met with mixed success.
Despite these efforts, the people of Libya have
remained largely loyal to Qaddafi, and NATO forces
have been unable to consolidate control in any of the
major cities outside of their tribal zone.
——
Bill White is a freelance journalist and publisher based in Virginia. He has also written articles for THE BARNES
REVIEW(TBR) magazine.
By Bill White
Former Rep. Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.), who was trapped inside Libya for weeks while rebel forces—with the help of European troops—invaded the country’s capital in late August, has accused NATO soldiers and the "rebels" NATO supports of war crimes and atrocities against Libyan civilians.
Fauntroy,a former member of the House of Representatives, traveled to Libya on his own initiative to witness the NATO-instigated uprising of "militants" against the government of Muammar Qaddafi. He was there to broker a peace agreement between warring factions,but he went missing and had been thought killed.
Now Fauntroy has emerged and is claiming he saw
French and Danish soldiers committing and directing
atrocities by rebels, including mass rapes and the
beheading of civilians.
These reports substantiate claims that rebels were
engaging in ethnic cleansing and systematically killing
anyone they associated with Qaddafi.
Fauntroy’s claims are the first reports of
soldiers partaking in war crimes. If true,
they would be part of a pattern of acts
committed by NATO soldiers during
African interventions that have included the
roasting of Somali prisoners over a fire by
Canadian soldiers, not to mention other acts
of brutality.
NATO encouraged a group of militants
in the eastern Libyan hills to revolt against
Qaddafi’s government, which was hated by
Western powers because of Qadaffi’s anti-
Globalist stance. NATO has—with the assistance of Barack Obama—provided weapons and airstrikes against the Qaddafi government, and organized an amphibious assault on the capital of Tripoli, which met with mixed success.
Despite these efforts, the people of Libya have
remained largely loyal to Qaddafi, and NATO forces
have been unable to consolidate control in any of the
major cities outside of their tribal zone.
——
Bill White is a freelance journalist and publisher based in Virginia. He has also written articles for THE BARNES
REVIEW(TBR) magazine.