Democratic Palestine : 16 (ص 3)
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Editorial: Yankee Terror Against Libya
The April 15th US aggression against Libya leaves not a
shadow of doubt as to the Reagan Administration's intention to
overthrow the Libyan government and assassinate President
Qaddafi. The only reason presented by Yankee imperialism, in
justifying its attack, is Libyan aid for liberation movements and
progressive governments around the globe.
Reagan and his administration consider Libyan aid to the
revolutionary government in Nicaragua as an act of terror, but
they consider their own support to the reactionary contras as a
moral act in support of «freedom»! Reagan and his officials
consider Libyan support to the people of New Caledonia as an
act of terror, but they consider French colonisation of that
country as an act of «freedom»! The Reagan Administration
sees Libyan support to SWAPO as an act of terror, but they
consider the practices of the apartheid regime in South Africa
as legal acts to protect «law and order». The Reagan Administ-
ration regards Libyan support to the people of Chad as an act
of terror, while considering French intervention and military
presence there to be legal!
If we try to mention all of Yankee imperialism’s military
operations against other peoples, for «defending freedom»,
the list will be very long. The massive US intervention in Viet-
nam would not be the first on the list; nor will this list end with
the most recent aggression against Libya. Such a list would
include US support for the deposed Shah of Iran who was very
famous for his «love of freedom»! It would also include the unli-
mited US support for «democratic» rulers such as Somoza, ths
former dictator of Nicaragua, Sadat of Egypt, Marcos of the
Philippines and Batista of Cuba, not to mention ongoing US
military support and economic aid to «very democratic» Latin
American regimes, such as those of El Salvador, Honduras,
Guatemala, Columbia and Chile.
While noting US enthusiasm for defending these figures
and their likes, we do not forget the US’s fervent support for the
Zionist rulers of ‘Israel’. Isn't it the US government that stands
almost alone in the UN, supporting and protecting ‘Israel’?
Wasn't it the US administration that vetoed the UN Security
Council resolution condemning the Israeli occupation of South
Lebanon? Wasn't it the US and its imperialist allies and proxies
who voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which
considered Zionism as a form of racism? Wasn't it the US
administration that vetoed a UN Security Council resolution
condemning the Israeli massacre of Palestinian and Lebanese
civilians in Sabra and Shatila? Doesn't US economic and milit-
ary aid to ‘Israel’ reach $ 3.5 billion annually? Wasn't it US-
made Israeli jets that bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor near
Baghdad, and the PLO headquarters in Tunisia, which is 3500
kilometers from ‘israel’?
Since all these aggressive acts are justified from the
Reagan Administration's point of view, it is then not strange for
US fleets and bombers to travel thousands of miles to hit Libya,
even if young American pilots might be killed, their wives
widowed and their children orphaned -.in addition to the 39
Libyan civilians killed and over 90 wounded.
Condemning the US aggression
Before Reagan ordered the strike on Libya, he consulted
his allies in the so-called free world, especially his Maggie in
Britain. Obviously, he did not consult the thousands of citizens
of the ‘free world’ who poured into the streets to protest the
US air strike - in Athens, Rome, Amsterdam, Ottawa, Dacca,
San Jose (Costa Rica) and scores of other cities around the
world. Nor had Thatcher created a national consensus for hav-
ing the aggression launched from British soil. Besides heated
debate in the parliament, 10,000 demonstrated in London,
while thousands more gathered at military bases, including
Lakenheath where the 18 US F-111 bombers started their mur-
derous mission; over 150 demonstrators were arrested by the
British police. The matter is highly sensitive, for the British
people know that the arrangements, whereby the US gained
clearance for launching its aggression from bases in Britain,
are the same as those which gover the US's getting consent
to fire the nuclear missiles installed on British soil. Polls indi-
cated that the majority of British opposed the aggression, as
did the majority of West Germans.
The Arab masses also showed their outrage. A US
Embassy employee was shot in Khartoum the same day as the
raid. Two British citizens were stabbed in Morocco. Over
10,000 Sudanese marched towards the US embassy in protest
of US aggression. However, reactionary rulers curtailed the
masses in several countries. Hundreds of Tunisians marched
in protest but were prevented from reaching the US embassy;
20 citizens were arrested. Five opposition parties called for
cutting relations with the USA. Palestinians demonstrated in
protest, despite the occupation. In Amman, demonstrations on
two different days were dispersed by the police and citizens
were arrested. In Cairo, 100 lawyers gathered in their union to
burn the US flag and issue a communique demanding a total
boycott of the USA. There were three days of demonstrations
staged by students and unionists; the police tried to disperse
the protests and arrested 44.
We consider the US aggression against Libya extremely
dangerous and call on progressive and peace-loving forces, all
over the world, to raise their arms and voices against this
aggression, demanding its halt before more innocent blood is
shed and more damage inflicted. - هو جزء من
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