by Piper Bayard | Apr 7, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Since the middle of February, when the fledgling protest movement coalesced into an active rebellion in Libya, many Western observers have been asking, “Who are the Libyan rebels?” Many Libyans, North Africans, and Middle Easterners are...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 31, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes As the White House’s “days not weeks” line has evolved to “don’t worry, just a few months,” the missile and aircraft attacks have degraded Gadhafi’s goon squad enough to allow the Benghazi-based rebels to push west to...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 24, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes As the Coalition of the Hesitant continues to exercise a “we fly, you no fly” zone over Libya today, several ironies and opportunities seem apparent to me. Before the ink was dry on the German surrender document that ended the European phase...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 12, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In 2004, Moammar Gadhafi realized that he had to make a fundamental choice. Islamic fundamentalist terrorist groups were on the rise in the Sahara. Moammar could no longer live in conflict with the oil-consuming, cash-delivering Western nations while...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 10, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In 1984, the United Kingdom broke off relations with Libya when a Libyan Embassy staff member gunned down London policewoman, Yvonne Fletcher, in front of the Libyan Embassy. The British SAS was called in to storm the Libyan Embassy. US Navy Sixth Fleet...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 8, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In 1970, the last US base in Libya closed. The American troops were happy to let oil tycoon Armand Hammer work his deals without them having to hang out in a place filled with sand, heat, more sand, more heat, and little water. Moammar Gadhafi had just...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 3, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Events in Libya are fast and furious right now, and many are wondering what Libya will look like in the near future. Let’s start with a brief history so as to remind ourselves that beyond the painful glaring light that is Gadhafi, there is a...
Recent Comments