Dennis Kucinich for the Guardian today: Time to end Nato's war in Libya

Dennis Kucinich for the Guardian today: Time to end Nato's war in Libya →

Libyan rebels are now advancing on the capital city of Tripoli with the aid of Nato strikes; this is sure to result in a real bloodbath, as opposed to the one that was conjured in Benghazi this past winter. Nato is assisting rebels who are blocking food, water and medical supplies from coming into the capital city, and is stopping those who need advanced medical care from traveling to Tunisia to access it. Nato is bombing power stations, creating blackouts, and using Apache helicopters to attack Libyan police checkpoints to clear roads for rebels to advance.

Regardless of whether Muammar Gaddafi is ousted in coming days, the war against Libya has seen countless violations of United Nations security council resolutions (UNSCRs) by Nato and UN member states. The funnelling of weapons (now being air-dropped) to Libyan rebels was, from the beginning of the conflict, in clear violation of UNSCR 1970. The use of military force on behalf of the rebels, in an attempt to impose regime change, has undermined international law and damaged the credibility of the United Nations. Countless innocent civilians have been killed, and Nato air strikes continue to place many at great risk.

So much for the humanitarian-inspired UNSCR 1973 as a means to protect civilians. The people of Libya cannot take another month of such humanitarian intervention.

Read on.

From NYT:

Musa Ibrahim, the spokesman for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, just claimed that more than 1,300 people had been killed on Sunday in Tripoli. He said that “NATO is attacking the heart of a peaceful, civilian city; it is attacking an army that has taken defensive positions.” He also accused NATO of giving direct air cover to “armed gangs who have no political project, no real dream for Libya; what they want now is vendetta and revenge.”