The son of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi warned in a nationally televised address early on Monday that continued anti-government protests might lead to a civil war that could send the country’s oil wells up in flames.
Archive for Category: "Foreign Policy"
February 18, 2011 06:22
Free Trade with Protectionist China Cheats America
The whole notion of free trade with China is dishonest. China is pumping public funds into its government-run companies, such as the airlines and steel mills, and the proportion of industrial production controlled and subsidized by the government is increasing rapidly.
February 17, 2011 05:06
Bahrain Crackdown: Riot police storm protest camp on Manama Pearl Square
Riot police firing tear gas and wielding clubs stormed a landmark square occupied by anti-government protesters before dawn on Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. The main opposition group Al Wefaq said at least two people were killed in the assault on Pearl Square, which was littered with flattened tents, trampled banners and broken glass.
February 16, 2011 06:26
Libya: Protests ‘rock city of Benghazi’
There are reports of violent protests in the Libyan city of Benghazi, said to have followed the arrest of a government critic, amid ongoing Middle East unrest.
February 16, 2011 05:45
Iran’s man in Ecuador
Documentary evidence now suggests that Hugo Chavez’s junior partner in Ecuador, Rafael Correa, is apparently forging his own dangerous alliance with the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regime …
February 15, 2011 07:19
Obama gives up Colombia trade to China
America’s string-along -and-dither policy on a free-trade pact with Colombia is not only costing U.S. firms; it’s exacting a strategic price. China is now exploiting the void with a dry canal at a strategic choke point.
February 15, 2011 05:14
Allen West goes On the Record
After an energizing closing at CPAC 2011 Allen West tells Greta his views on multiculturalism, spending cuts and national security.
February 15, 2011 04:45
Drug submarine seized by Colombian navy
The Colombian navy has seized a submarine believed to have been built to smuggle cocaine to Mexico.
February 14, 2011 07:54
More warming? South Korea chaos after ‘heaviest’ snowfall
The heaviest snowfall in more than a century on South Korea’s east coast is causing widespread chaos.
February 11, 2011 05:21
Is our Director of National Intelligence clueless?
DNI James Clapper downplaed the Muslim Brotherhood saying it is mostly non secular and has eschewed violence. Is he clueless or being told what to say by the White House? David Asman discusses the Egypt situation.
