IF ANYONE had any doubt about last week with rorist regime on the planet.
and Libya, military attack on Libyan territory.
The planning for the Wak sativuvus. meu curons On 17 March this year US Secretary Defence Caspar Weinberger was in London. He met here US VI aulA al mee-mr arn eco the commander of the US SICCL Il1 Mediterranean.
On 19 March the USS America, the latest aircraft join the Sixth W.ISFC LO Fleet, arrived in the Mediterranean. It brought in the area to three and gave to Kelso a force of 30 modern warships and avance cran the most powerful naval task force in the Mediterranean since World War II. Weinberger meanwhile had briefed Thatcher, and Minister of Defence George Younger, on the US US fleet entered the Gulf of Sirte — an area of sra surrounded on three ides by Libya.
United States knew they would, Libya defended self with semi-antiquated AM anti-aircraft missies. - which given the size technological superiority of the US fleet was rather like attacking an elephant with ¿shooter. The US easily ucked this pinprick and then a missile on both Libyan ships and radar installations.
To understand what who is the greatest terrorist in the world they should have lost it Reagan's attack Libya. The United States government is the number one terWhat happened in the Gulf of Sirte on Monday and Tuesday 24 and 25 March had nothing whatever to do with a 'spontaneous' clash between US forces For "self-defence' by the United States navy. The whole thing was a perfectly planned provocation by the United States whose goal was a this in the real The Observer represenTaver of C/otas editorial would shiver inthe up to DeLae would be on the brink III.
The the US unte clear since the OI the of LebaIOS. stael WeIC → u Lebanese population backed The United French, to assist. the Israelis.
In tne Iran-Iraq war MEDIA ATTENTION on Central America is rightly troop on combat training, Reagan the Iraqi regime is also clearly getting the worst of the recent fighting which does not represent an advance for either the Iranian or Iraqi working casses DOses senol. problems for US imDebrusu The talks between Jordan and the PLO for joint negotiations with Israel have broken down because Israel has nothing to offer the Palestinian people and the PLO would not accept the total capitulation the US demanded.
Most serious of all the collapse in the world price of oil threatens a serious crisis for 1 cal" tionary Arab regimes in the area. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states are directly dependent on oil. Egypt is directly dependent on US aid and that from the oil states. Egypt, Arab country to have signpeace ECOL with Israel, is already faced WiLt Selous JicHld. 1l1stabilility as last month's rioting by the internal Gadaffi speaks North American terrorists: (from left to right): Weinberger, a US security showed warning, aiose might client regules Firstly East but, the Arab states, progressive. Secondly dare strike present, several to hit against Syria The naturally, all its suppression any dependent HOveuCIL. US OD poses the tor what progressive about it those against French its opposition to its with the Soviet The timing of the US operation was almost certainly directly decided for other .considerations of US policy precisely the United States' international terTonsu oberalons. IULis latios. is deeply involved today ir his task of getting the US Congress to vote military aid the reactionary 'contras' fighting against the Nicaraguan govell ment. A display of military Libya Ivic azalsi azalilol sep ar hysteria in the is up war hysteria in and helping the aid bill for the contras go through the Cortes, il was dn ulic cynical murderous udu civIc. #uduucuvIc The British press ha eared that the ÛS attac will increase support for Libya the Arab states. It deserves to. The entire movement must oppose the assault on Libya - and bring out into the open the reasons for it.
Education Crisis anniversary of the Soweto uprising.
which had been temporarily halted lasi boycott of white shops. members of Chief Buthelezi's Inkatha twenty injured, in the assault. crush resistance. 'contras'.
won a narrow majority in the Senate Nicaraguan government.
Reagan's supporters in the House of place. • Education Cesis Con mittee (NECC) in Durban have called for a three day general strike in South Africa starting on 16 June - the 10th The conference decided not to reimpose the call for a schools boycott in South Africa -December. It instead called for a rent strike and The conference was violently attacked by organisation. Two people were killed, and Violence is continuing to escalate rapidly in South Africa following president Botha's announcement at the weekend that the army and police would adopt a new still harder line Twenty one people were killed in two incidents alone last week. The regime seems to have adopted a policy of 'mini-Sharpevilles' to try to • REAGAN continues to push hard for the ,US Congress to adopt his demand for $100 million of military aid to the Nicaraguan After failing narrowly to gain a majority in the House of Representatives Reagan In reality the differences in the Congress are almost certain to be overcome. The US ruling class is uniting itself behind a policy of open military aid for the contras fighting the Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega made it clear that the FSLN will not negotiate with the contras but only with the 'chief contra' -Reagan. This is a reply to the camouflage that Representatives are putting up — arguing that the Congress should vote the military aid with merely a small delay for 'negotiations' to take Meanwhile the United States, government has moved closer than ever before to direct use of its main military forces against Nicaragua with the
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