U.S. weighs no-fly zone, ground forces among options to topple

http://economicrisis.com/u-s-weighs-no-fly-zone-ground-forces-among-options-to-topple-assad-regime/6322 U.S. weighs no-fly zone, ground forces among options to topple Assad regime U.S. commanders have laid out a range of possible options for military involvement in...

112 Ways to Spell 'Muammar Gaddafi'

How Do You Spell Muammar Gaddafi? Moammar Gadhafi? Momar Kaddafi? Keep Going...The death of Muammar Gaddafi has reignited an old joke, as well as renewed quite a bit of newsroom hand-wringing: How do you spell Moammar Gadhafi's name?In a news-consumption environment so...

US Arming Libyan rebels: Ten Questions to Consider beforehand

What is really at stake?Who are the opposition and what do they want?What is it going to cost?Why it is a bad idea.Can the rogue group learn to use sophisticated machinery and the tactics to employ it in time -- and with a clear directive?So is it practical to arm the rebels...

Could Col. Gadhafi's militia be using Rape as a weapon of war?

This question comes to play when a woman burst into a Tripoli Hotel Housing international journalists claiming she had been raped and beaten by Moammar Gadhafi's militia. Whether this is a systematic attempt to weaken the opposition or an isolated incidence is yet to be seem...

Who Are the Libyan Rebels?

US, UK , Britain Take Sides in Libyan Civil War: Do They Know with Whom They Are Siding?Despite continued choruses of "this is not about regime change", the American, British and French involvement in Libya is indeed about unseating Muammar Gaddafi. There's no other clearly...

Libya, Mission Creep and Regime Change

Mission Creep: Libya Echoing Iraq AlreadyFlicking on CNN this morning, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a rerun. Listening to pundits discuss how "the mission is changing" would bring back echoes of Iraq (a US-instigated war that is still going on, if we're...