In
2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US
and its allies, predominantly working under the banner of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC), militarily overran the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
The peaceful civilian protesters they claimed to be intervening
to protect were not really what the US and its cohorts presented to the
world. Many of these so-called “protesters” were armed, and when this
became apparent they eventually began to portray themselves as “rebel
forces.” These so-called “rebels” in Libya were not a military force
that emerged spontaneously for the most part, but an insurgency movement
cultivated and organised before any opposition activities were even
reported in Libya.***Read full article and see video here***
*Libya: From Africa’s Richest State Under Gaddafi, to Failed State After NATO Intervention