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Unusual Sources
It worked out so great, let's do it again!
Interview
Maximilian Forte
 Unusual Sources  Contact Contributor
Feb. 15, 2012, 6:56 p.m.
As calls for military intervention in Syria multiply, Maximilian Forte takes us back to the devastation left behind in Libya, site of the previous intervention.

Has enough of the world learned from Libya to stop an attack on Syria?
Articles referenced:

Libya militias, army torturing detainees: watchdogs
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Africa/Libya-militias-army-torturing-detainees-watchdogs/Article1-802677.aspx

Libya: TNC releases anti-democratic draft electoral laws
http://wsws.org/articles/2012/jan2012/liby-j13.shtml

Libya fighters-turned-jailors face heat over prisons
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/10/us-libya-prisons-idUSTRE8190YR20120210

MSF quits prisons in Libya city over "torture"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/26/us-libya-torture-idUSTRE80P1KN20120126

Most Syrians back President Assad, but you'd never know from western media
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/17/syrians-support-assad-western-propaganda

Syria is not Iraq. And it is not always wrong to intervene
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/10/syria-not-iraq-wrong-intervene?fb_action_ids=10150635619995141&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_source=other_multiline

Canada urged to pressure Libya’s new leaders on torture reports
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canada-urged-to-pressure-libyas-new-leaders-on-torture-reports/article2316388/print/

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00:33:30 1 Feb. 14, 2012
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