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UN resolution goes far beyond no-fly zone to allow “all necessary measures” against Qaddafi.

Phyllis Bennis - Institute for Policy Studies - March 18, 2011

Libya’s opposition movement faces a ruthless military assault. They have already paid a far higher price in lost and broken lives than activists in any of the other democratic uprisings shaping this year’s Arab Spring. They are desperate. So it is not surprising that they have urged, demanded, pleaded for international support from the powerful countries and institutions most able to provide immediate military aid, even if it threatens their independence. Yesterday the UN Security Council gave them what they asked for.

By Eric S. Margolis - Toronto Sun

September 14, 2010 - The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), is the world's leading think tank for military affairs. It represents the top echelon of defence experts, retired officers and senior military men, spanning the globe from the United States and Britain to China, Russia and India.

I've been an IISS member for over 20 years. IISS's reports are always authoritative but usually cautious and diplomatic, sometimes dull. However, two weeks ago the IISS issued an explosive report on Afghanistan that is shaking Washington and its Nato allies.

December 22, 2010

Dear Friends:

We are sending you the SANTIAGO DECLARATION-THE HUMAN RIGHT TO PEACE.
The Declaration is the culmination of years of discussion and debate among global peace activists to finally enshrine in international law the recognition of humanity’s centuries longing for peace and security.

This is a people’s initiative, another track in the struggle for peace. It lays the foundation for the continued demand to the end of the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq and the conflicts plaguing the world. It forcefully outlines the responsibilities of governance that declares the truism “peace is not only the absence of war”.