Reflections by Comrade
Fidel
NATO’s Genocidal
Role
(Part Five)
On March
9th this year, under the title of “NATO, War, Lies and Business”, I published a
new Reflection about the role of that warlike organization.
I am
selecting some fundamental paragraphs from that Reflection:
“As some may be aware, in
September of 1969, Muammar al-Gaddafi, an Arab Bedouin soldier of a peculiar
character and inspired by the ideas of the Egyptian leader Gamal
Abdel Nasser, promoted in the heart of the armed forces
a movement overthrowing King Idris I of Libya, a
country almost completely covered by desert and having very little population,
located in northern Africa between Tunisia and Egypt.”
“Born to a tribal Bedouin
family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of
“…Even Gaddafi’s
adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his
anti-monarchic activities. He managed to
enrol in another high-school and later graduated in law at the
“He had begun his political
life with events that were without question, revolutionary.
“In March of 1970, after
massive nationalist demonstrations, he managed to have British soldiers
evacuated from the country and in June, the
“In 1970, several western
oil companies and banking companies having the participation of foreign capital
were affected by the Revolution. At the
end of 1971, the famous British Petroleum had the same fate. In the agricultural
sector, all Italian properties were confiscated, and the colonists and their
descendents were expelled from
“The Libyan leader got
involved in extremist theories that were opposed both to communism and
capitalism. It was a stage when Gaddafi dedicated himself to theorizing,
something that doesn’t have any place in this
analysis, other than to point out that the first article of the
Constitutional Proclamation of 1969 established the “Socialist” nature of the
Great Socialist People’s Libya Arab Jamahiriya.
“What I wish to emphasize
is that the
“The hornet’s nest taking
place in the Security Council, at the meeting of the Human Rights Council at
the
“The empire now wants […]
to intervene militarily in
“With the latent Libyan
rebellion being promoted by Yankee intelligence, or by Gaddafi’s own errors, it
is important that the people don’t let themselves be deceived, since very soon
world opinion shall have enough elements to know what to expect.”
“Like many
“As an outline: the
Revolution in Cuba, inspired by Marxist-Leninist principles and those of Marti,
had triumphed in 1959,
“Almost immediately, the
empire promoted the dirty war against our people, counter-revolutionary gangs,
the criminal economic blockade, the mercenary invasion of the
“All the Latin American
countries, with the exception of
“In January of 1986, using
the idea that
“In March, a force of
aircraft carriers in the
“On April 5th, a
“Reagan accused Gaddafi and
ordered the Air Force to retaliate. Three squadrons took off from the Sixth
Fleet aircraft carriers and bases in the
“On
“According to the Yankees,
investigations implicated two Libyan intelligence agents.”
“A sinister legend was
fabricated against him with the participation of Reagan and Bush Sr.”
“The Security Council had
imposed sanctions on
“Libyan delegations began
to be invited to inter-European meetings.
In July of 1999,
“On December 2nd, Prime
Minister Massimo D’Alema of
“With the
“At the beginning of 2002,
the State Department informed that diplomatic talks were going on between the
“As 2003 began, because of
the economic agreement on the compensations reached between
“Before 2003 drew to a
close, Bush and Tony Blair informed about an agreement with
“Gaddafi fulfilled his
promises of disarmament. In a few months
“From October of 2002, the
marathon of visits to
“Gaddafi triumphantly
toured
“In May of 2006, the
“In 2006 and 2007,
“In December of 2007,
Gaddafi made two visits to
“What is it that has now
caused the precipitated withdrawal from the embassies of the
“It’s all extremely odd.
“George W. Bush, father of
the stupid anti-terrorism war, stated on September 20 of 2001 to the
“Our security will require
[...] transforming
the military you will lead, a military that must be ready to strike at a moment
of notice in any dark corner of the world.
And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and
resolute, to be ready for preemptive action when
necessary to defend our liberty [...].”
“We must uncover terror
cells in 60 or more countries[...] Along with our
friends and allies, we must oppose proliferation and confront regimes that
sponsor terror, as each case requires.”
Today I add that
Returning to the Reflection, I pointed out:
“An AFP dispatch from
Kabul, dated today on March 9th, reveals that: “Last year was the most deadly
for civilians in nine years of war between the Taliban and international forces
in Afghanistan, with almost 2,800 dead, 15% more than in
“With exactly 2,777 the
number of civilian deaths in 2010 increased 15% as compared to 2009, indicates
the annual joint report by the UN Assistance Mission in
“President Barack Obama stated on the 3rd of
March his "profound condolences" to the Afghan people for the nine
dead children;
“…the UNAMA report
emphasizes that the number of civilian dead in 2010 is four times greater than
the number of international forces soldiers killed in combat in that same year.
Referring to
“For 10 days, in
“Cuban Minister of Foreign
Affairs Bruno Rodríguez, in his speech on March 1st
before the Foreign Ministers meeting in
“Human
conscience rejects the deaths of innocent people in any circumstance and in any
place.
“If
essential human rights are a right of life, is the Council ready to suspend the
membership of states that unleash war?”
“Will
it suspend states that finance and supply military aid used by the receiving
state in massive, flagrant and systematic violations on human rights and in
attacks on civilian populations, such as what is happening in
“Will
it apply that measure against powerful countries that carry out extra-judicial
executions on the territory of other states, using high technology such as
smart bombs and unmanned planes?
“What
would happen with states that accept on their territory illegal secret prisons, facilitate secret flights carrying kidnapped
persons or participate in acts of torture?”
“We
are against the internal war in
Yesterday,
on October 31st, an event was produced that, among others, bears witness to the
total lack of ethics in Yankee policy.
UNESCO
had just adopted a courageous decision: to grant the heroic people of
The
The
dramatic tone with which the lady announced the decision was totally
unnecessary. Nobody was surprised by the expected and cynical decision.
Moreover,
as if it were not enough, all we need to do is read the AFP cable dated in
“‘After the G20 Summit (...)
the president (Obama) and President Sarkozy will
take part in a ceremony in Cannes to celebrate the US-France alliance’, the
office of the US president indicated, adding that the leaders would also be
meeting with ‘US and French soldiers who had participated together in the
operation’ in Libya.”
I shall continue shortly.
Fidel Castro Ruz
November 1, 2011
4:32 p.m.