[Heretic Productions present CNI Centre for the National Interest... Slave! http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/costs.html] Our uniquely massive support for Israel has cost trillions of dollars and multitudes of lives. It has diminished our moral standing in the world, lessened our domestic freedoms, and exposed us to unnecessary and growing peril. us-casketsThe majority of Americans -- as well as our diplomatic and military experts -- oppose this unique relationship. Yet, the lobby for Israel continues to foment policies that are disastrous for our nation and tragic for the region. If we are to have Middle East policies that serve the national interest, that represent the highest values of our founders and our citizens, and that work to sustain a nation of honor, decency, security, and prosperity, then it is essential that all Americans become active and informed.

Gaddafi loyalists were also targets of apparent extrajudicial killings. Those deaths have cast a dark shadow over Libya's new-found freedom and call into question whether the rebels will break with Colonel Gaddafi's blood-soaked style of governance or merely mimic it. - Diana Eltahawy, Libya researcher for Amnesty International, said a trail of abuse, torture and the extrajudicial killing of captured pro-Gaddafi fighters had followed the rebels from east to west as they took over the country. In the wreckage of a Tripoli fire station and field hospital on Friday, five fighters loyal to Colonel Gaddafi lay in agony and blood, apparently left to die by their vanquishers. They had been without food, water or medical attention for two days. Rebel fighters patrolling the compound knew the men were there, but scarcely seemed to care. ''We would take them to the hospital, but there are no hospitals,'' said Salah Mansoor, a law school graduate and shopkeeper. ''There are no cars to take them,'' he added, as a taxi cruised by. A few minutes' drive from the fire station, at least 15 bodies, most of them Colonel Gaddafi's black African supporters, lay rotting in the sun at a traffic junction outside his Bab al-Aziziyah complex. Several of the dead wore green pieces of cloth wrapped around their wrists to signal loyalty to Gaddafi.

Zimbabwe Mail: Black Africans executed in cold-blood by rebels in Libya
Stephen Lendman: Rebel Assassins Terrorizing Libyans

Living conditions in Tripoli are becoming increasingly desperate, with most of Libya's capital without water, electricity or proper sanitation. - Hospitals are running short of stocks, and food and fuel are difficult to come by, reporters say. The National Transitional Council (NTC) said fuel to power electricity and water supplies will arrive on Sunday. Spokesman Mahmoud Shammam said the council was doing its best to restore stability but to not expect "miracles". "We're going to make this difficult period as short as we can," he told a news conference.

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Links to Tripoli 1.7.2011 Protest Againt NATO Aggression/NATO War On Libya HERE.

MathabaNet: ARCO - Open Letter To Brother Leader Mummar Gaddafi

Voters in two Vermont towns on Tuesday approved a measure that would instruct police to arrest President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for "crimes against our Constitution," local media reported. - The nonbinding, symbolic measure, passed in Brattleboro and Marlboro in a state known for taking liberal positions on national issues, instructs town police to "extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them." Vermont, home to maple syrup and picture-postcard views, is known for its liberal politics. State lawmakers have passed nonbinding resolutions to end the war in Iraq and impeach Bush and Cheney, and several towns have also passed resolutions of impeachment. None of them have caught on in Washington. Bush has never visited the state as president, though he has spent vacations at his family compound in nearby Maine. Roughly 12,000 people live in Brattleboro, located on the Connecticut River in the state's southeastern corner. Nearby Marlboro has a population of roughly 1,000.