Obama's War Turned Once Prosperous & Peaceful Libya Into Land Of Torture & Despair

Torture and Abuse in Libya - by Stephen Lendman

NATO's alleged "responsibility to protect" was subterfuge. Months of terror bombings left Libya a charnel house.

Africa's most developed country was ravaged. Tens of thousands were killed, multiples more injured, and millions left on their own sink or swim.

When is war not war? It's when mass killing and destruction are called the right thing. It's also when terrorizing and traumatizing an entire population goes unaddressed.

Add horrific torture to other crimes and abuses, according to Amnesty International (AI), Doctors Without Borders, and Human Rights Watch (HRW).

In its World Report 2012: Libya, HRW said:

Post-Gaddafi prison conditions are "sub-standard, with overcrowding, inadequate food and water, and consistent reports about abuse, including beatings (and) use of electric shock."

Investigator Sidney Kwiram said HRW documented "ongoing torture" used "to force confessions or for punishment."

HRW left unaddressed that most held are pro-Gaddafi political prisoners. Doing so is lawless repression. It's also more proof of NATO and its puppet NTC regime's contempt for human rights.

On January 26, 2012 AI headlined, "Libya: Deaths of detainees amid widespread torture," saying:

Libyan detainees are tortured and abused. As a result, some died. Victims are pro-Gaddafi loyalists. AI met detainees "in and around Tripoli, Misrata and Gheryan."

Torture marks were visible, including "open wounds on the head, limbs, back and other parts of the body."

It's inflicted "by officially recognized military and security entities as well as a multitude of armed militias operating outside any legal framework."

AI knows international law prohibits torture and abuse committed by any authority at all times, under all conditions with no allowed exceptions. Nonetheless, it didn't explain.

AI's Donatell Rovera called it "horrifying to find that there has been no progress to stop the use of torture. We are not aware of any proper investigations into (these cases), and neither the survivors or relatives of those who have died in detention have had any recourse to justice or redress for what they have suffered."

"While many detainees have described their experiences of torture to us, some have proved too scared to speak - fearing harsher torture" by doing so. Instead, they just showed their wounds.

They came from being "suspended in contorted positions, beaten for hours with whips, cables, plastic hoses, metal chains and bars and wooden sticks, and given electric shocks with live wires and Taser-like electro-shock weapons."




Despite AI's requests for months, NTC authorities "failed to conduct effective investigations into cases of torture and suspicious deaths in custody."

Moreover, the "police and judiciary remain dysfunctional across the country." AI's Donatella Rovera said there's been "a complete failure on the part of those in power to take concrete steps to end torture and other ill-treatment of detainees and to hold those accountable responsible for such crimes."

On January 26, 2012 a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) press release headlined, "Libya: Detainees Tortured and Denied Medical Care," saying:

MSF confirmed torture and abuse against Misrata detainees. They're also denied "urgent medical care." As a result, MSF suspended operations.




MSF's performed medical services in Libya since February 2011. Under NATO/NTC-imposed conditions, it's no longer able to treat torture and war-wounded victims by providing emergency care, surgeries, and orthopedic follow-up treatment.

A Final Comment

Libya was developed and peaceful until NATO arrived on cruise missiles, bombs, shells, other munitions, depleted and enriched uranium, other terror weapons, fifth column infiltrators, media liars, and other rogue tactics.

It's another imperial trophy to colonize, plunder and exploit. State-sponsored terror continues. Human misery is incalculable.

Libyans wanting to live free are vulnerable. Keep their freedom flame alive no matter how NATO monsters try to destroy it.

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[noobasaurusrex1]

i dislike obama as much as the next guy, but dont blame him for your countrys problems. Blame nato, and the European jew illumanatis who use the US military as their personal army, and make US citizens look bad, while theyre pockets get fat. Theyre just trying to get promote nationalism so that we'll go to war agaisnt each other while they sit far away from the battle and take the benefits.

[CrushTheNewOrder]

And the same will happen to Syria, if the Turk/NATO-sponsored agents of chaos get their way.

Torture and murder - democracy the american way!

[pepnutty]

The Satanic parasites AKA nato rats are the biggest degenerate piece of shits in the world..Dangle some cheese in front of them and they will torture there own mothers. Long Live Mummar Gaddafi