{"article":{"id":273232,"heading":"Flashback to 2011: Libya's &quot;liberators&quot; Sarkozy, Cameron and Erdogan congratulate NATO's","author":"Cem Ertr","created":"2015-09-19 16:57:37","modified":"2015-09-19 16:57:37","last_modified":"Sat, 19 Sep 2015 23:57:37","article":"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\nFlashback\r\nto 2011:\r\n&nbsp;Libya's&nbsp;&ldquo;liberators&rdquo; Sarkozy, Cameron and Erdogan\r\ncongratulate NATO's mercenary-terrorists<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPropaganda alert<br>\r\n<br>\r\ncompiled by Cem Ert&uuml;r<br>\r\n<br>\r\n19 September 2015<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">As French President\r\nFrancois Hollande calls for the &ldquo;neutralization\r\nof Bashar&nbsp;Assad&rdquo;, British Defence Minister Michael\r\nFallon announces preparations for &ldquo;Striking\r\nISIL in Syria [...] [to] keep our streets safe here at home&rdquo;\r\nand Turkish media proclaims &ldquo;Aleppo\r\nto become the 82nd province of Turkey&rdquo; ; it is worth\r\nremembering the September 2011 visits by the arch-war criminals French\r\nPresident Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron and\r\nTurkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the NATO-occupied\r\nLibya. <br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Flashback to September\r\n15th, 2011:<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Le Figaro, 16 September\r\n2011<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Libyans wellcome Sarkozy\r\nand Cameron as liberators<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\ncaption:\r\n&nbsp;[French] head of state [Nicolas Sarkozy] and British Prime\r\nMinister&nbsp;[David Cameron]&nbsp;in a street of Benghazi\r\nyesterday.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">&ldquo;This does go beyond\r\nLibya; this is a moment when the Arab spring could become an Arab\r\nsummer and we see democracy advance in other countries too. I believe\r\nyou have the opportunity to give an example to others about what taking\r\nback your country can mean.&rdquo;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">British Prime Minister\r\nDavid Cameron, joint press conference with&nbsp;French\r\nPresident Nicolas Sarkozy and Libya's &ldquo;President&rdquo; Mustafa Abdul Jalil,\r\nCorinthia Hotel, Tripoli, 15\r\nSeptember 2011<\/span>]<br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(source:&nbsp; Cameron\r\nand Sarkozy meet Libya's new leaders in Tripoli, The\r\nGuardian, 15 September 2011)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">&ldquo;Do you know what I was\r\nthinking, walking round the streets of Tripoli and the hospital\r\ncorridors? I was dreaming that one day young Syrians will have the same\r\nopportunity young Libyans are enjoying today, and that one day they too\r\ncan say: &ldquo;democracy and peaceful revolution are for us&rdquo;. So perhaps the\r\nbest thing I can do is dedicate our visit to Tripoli to all those\r\npeople hoping Syria, too, can one day be a free country.&rdquo; <br>\r\n<br>\r\n[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">French\r\nPresident Nicolas Sarkozy, joint press conference with&nbsp;British\r\nPrime Minister David Cameron and Libya's &ldquo;President&rdquo; Mustafa Abdul\r\nJalil, Corinthia Hotel, Tripoli, 15\r\nSeptember 2011<\/span>]<br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(source:\r\n&nbsp;Statements\r\nby Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, at his joint\r\npress conference with David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United\r\nKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Moustafa Abdul\r\nJalil, Chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (excerpts),\r\nFrance in the United Kingdom (official website of the embassy of France\r\nin London), 15 September 2011)<br>\r\n&nbsp;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBritish Prime Minister David Cameron poses with NATO's\r\nmercenary-terrorists, Benghazi Airport, 15 September 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe\r\nIndependent, 16 September 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBritish Prime Minister David Cameron, Libya's &ldquo;President&rdquo; Mustafa Abdul\r\nJalil, French President Nicolas\r\nSarkozy and French author Bernard-Henri Levy (behind) are accompanied\r\nby NATO's mercenary-terrorists, Tripoli, 15 September 2011<br>\r\n&nbsp;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFrench\r\nPresident Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron\r\nshake hands with a wounded NATO mercenary-terrorist, Tripoli Medical\r\nCentre,\r\n15 September 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBritish Prime Minister David Cameron shakes hands with a wounded NATO\r\nmercenary-terrorist as French President Nicolas\r\nSarkozy and Libya's &ldquo;President&rdquo; Mustafa Abdul Jalil stand aside,\r\nTripoli Medical Centre, 15 September 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n___________________________________<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Flashback to September\r\n16th, 2011:<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTurkey's\r\nPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Libya's &ldquo;President&rdquo; Mustafa\r\nAbdul Jalil, Tripoli Airport, 16 September 2011<br>\r\nNATO's top&nbsp;mercenary-terrorist commander <span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">Mahdi\r\nal-Harati<\/span> stands in the background. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nMahdi\r\nal-Harati&nbsp;has played a key role in NATO's invasion of Libya\r\nand then in NATO's covert war on Syria. &nbsp;(see also the\r\n\"Flashback to 2010\" section\r\nbelow)<br>\r\n<br>\r\nMr Erdogan's&nbsp;visit took place the day after\r\nFrench\r\nPresident Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron's\r\nvisit to Tripoli and Benghazi.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLibya's &ldquo;President&rdquo; Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Turkey's Prime Minister\r\nRecep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu,\r\nDeputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz,\r\nEconomy Minister Zafer\r\nCaglayan attend Friday prayers, Green Square, Tripoli, 16\r\nSeptember 2011. Turkey's Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz and Minister of\r\nTransport Binali Yildirim [not seen in this photo] are also present.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTurkey's\r\nPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his speech as Turkey's FM\r\nAhmet\r\nDavutoglu,&nbsp;Libya's &ldquo;President&rdquo; Mustafa\r\nAbdul Jalil, &ldquo;Prime Minister&rdquo; Mahmoud Jibril and NATO's top\r\nmercenary-terrorist commander <span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">Abdel\r\nHakem\r\nBelhaj<\/span> stand aside, Green Square, Tripoli, 16 September\r\n2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAbdel Hakem\r\nBelhaj&nbsp;has played a key role in NATO's invasion of Libya and\r\nthen in NATO's covert war on Syria.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTurkey's\r\nPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to a crowd waving\r\nflags of Turkey and Libya's 'National Transitional Council'\r\n&ldquo;government&rdquo;, Green Square, Tripoli, 16 September 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">&ldquo;I was in Tunisia\r\nyesterday; I greeted people who carried out the Jasmine Revolution. Two\r\ndays before that, I was in Egypt and I greeted people who have\r\ninitiated the Arab Spring. Today, I am with you. [...] &nbsp;<br>\r\nThose who repress their own people in Syria will not survive. The time\r\nof autocracies is over. Totalitarian regimes are disappearing. The rule\r\nof the people is coming.&rdquo;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Turkey's Prime Minister\r\nRecep Tayyip Erdogan, speech at the Green Square, Tripoli, 16 September\r\n2011<\/span>]<br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nsource: &nbsp;Syria&rsquo;s\r\noppressors will not survive, Erdo&#287;an says in Libya, Today's\r\nZaman, 16 September 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n___________________________________<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Flashbach to April 2011:<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Star, 16 April 2011<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Help our country<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n[Turkey's]\r\nPrime Minister Erdogan paid a morale-boosting visit to the wounded\r\n[NATO's mercenary-terrorists] who were brought from Libya [to Ataturk\r\nHospital in Ankara]. One\r\nof the wounded thanked Erdogan and asked for support:&nbsp;&ldquo;Libyans\r\nare\r\nproud\r\nof you and give your name to their newborn babies. Please help our\r\ncountry.&rdquo;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n___________________________________<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Flashbach to 2010:<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDuring&nbsp;Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to\r\nthe wounded passengers of the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara aid flotilla,\r\nLibyan-Irish &ldquo;activist&rdquo; <span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">Mahdi\r\nal-Harati<\/span> kisses him on the forehead, Ataturk Hospital,\r\nAnkara, 3 June 2010 Turkey's\r\nDeputy Prime Minister and Turkey's Minister of Health Recep Akdag are\r\nstanding aside.&nbsp;Qatar's Foreign Minister Ahmed bin\r\nAbdullah al-Mahmoud [not seen in this photo] is also present.\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLibyan-Irish &ldquo;activist&rdquo; Mahdi\r\nal-Harati (*) was supposedly injured during Israeli army's assault on\r\nthe\r\nGaza-bound Mavi Marmara aid flotilla on May 31, 2010 and then brought\r\nto Turkey for treatment. In reality, this assault, which resulted in\r\nthe massacre 10&nbsp;passangers (**), was a&nbsp;joint\r\nfalse-flag operation by\r\nIsrael, Turkey, Britain and U.S. launched nine months before NATO's\r\novert invasion of Libya and covert war on Syria.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(*) &nbsp;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">see the\r\n\"Flashback to September 16th, 2011\" section above<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n(**) &nbsp;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">passenger\r\nS&uuml;leyman Ugur S&ouml;ylemez succombed to his injuries in May 2014<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Haberturk, 4 June 2010<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">caption: <\/span>&nbsp;Yesterday,\r\n[Turkey's Prime Minister] Erdogan visited the wounded. Libyan [Mahdi]\r\nHarati kissed Erdogan.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n___________________________________<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Flashbach to 2014:<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIsraeli\r\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with a wounded\r\nmercenary-terrorist, Israeli military field hospital&nbsp;in the\r\noccupied Golan near Israel's border with Syria, 18 February 2014<br>\r\nIsraeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon stands aside.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nJerusalem Post, 19 February 2014<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">&ldquo;On the day that the world\r\npowers are opening talks in Vienna with Iran, it is important for the\r\nworld to see pictures from this place.&nbsp;This place separates\r\nthe good in the world from the evil in the world. The good is Israel,\r\nwhich saves lives from the daily slaughter taking place in Syria. This\r\nis the true face of Israel. The evil,&nbsp;is Iran, which is arming\r\nthose carrying out the slaughter. All the children wounded, to say\r\nnothing of those killed, were harmed as a result of Iran arming,\r\nfinancing and training the Assad regime in the mass slaughter it is\r\nperpetrating. From here, I want to say to the world, as the talks\r\nbetween the major powers and Iran are being resumed, that Iran has not\r\nchanged its aggressive policies. Iran has not changed its brutal\r\ncharacter; Iran continues to support the Assad regime, which is\r\nslaughtering its citizens. This is the true face of Iran, and the world\r\nmust not forget that.&rdquo;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Israeli Prime Minister\r\nBenjamin Netanyahu, remarks to the press during his visit to a wounded\r\nNATO mercenary-terrorist who receivess treatment in a Israeli military\r\nfield hospital in the occupied Golan near Israel's border with Syria,\r\n18 February 2014<\/span>]<br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n___________________________________<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Related:<\/span><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n&ldquo;End\r\nof a tyrant&rdquo;: The Independent and The Guardian jubilant over the\r\nassassination of Libya&rsquo;s deposed President Gaddafi<br>\r\n<br>\r\ncompiled by Cem\r\nErt&uuml;r, Indybay, 21 October 2011<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\r\n<br>\r\nTurkey&rsquo;s top officials: A new regime should\r\nbe established in\r\nLibya<br style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\r\n<br style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\r\ncompiled by Cem\r\nErt&uuml;r, Indybay, 25 May 2011 &nbsp;<br style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nUK\r\nPrime Minister: There is no question of an invasion or occupation of\r\nLibya<br>\r\n<br>\r\ncompiled by Cem\r\nErt&uuml;r, Indybay, 21 April 2011 &nbsp;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n___________________________________<br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"cem.ertur@gmail.com","link":"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2015\/09\/19\/18777850.php","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"As French President Francois Hollande calls for the \u201cneutralization of Bashar Assad\u201d, British Defence Minister Michael Fallon announces preparations for \u201cStriking ISIL in Syria [...] [to] keep our streets safe here at home\u201d and Turkish media proclaims \u201cAleppo to become the 82nd province of Turkey\u201d ; it is worth remembering the September 2011 visits by the arch-war criminals French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the NATO-occupied Libya. \r\n\r\n\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2015\/09\/273232.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}