Why the West is Committed to the Murderous Rebels in Libya
Submitted on August 1, 2011
By PATRICK COCKBURN - August 1, 2011
The nature of the civil war in Libya has been persistently underplayed by foreign governments and media alike. The enthusiasm in some 30 foreign capitals to recognize the mysterious self-appointed group in Benghazi as the leaders of Libya is at this stage probably motivated primarily by expectations of commercial concessions and a carve-up of oilfields.
