ALSO AVAILABLE: FULL VIDEO PROGRAMS: HARLEM RALLY: http://politube.org/show/3237 BRECHT FORUM DEBATE: http://politube.org/show/3235
SINCE THE MARCH 17 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DECLARING A NO-FLY ZONE OVER LIBYA WITH STATED GOALS OF ACHIEVING "AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE AND A STOP TO ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIANS", NATO HAS CONDUCTED SEVERAL THOUSANDS AIR STRIKES JUST OVER LIBYAS CAPITAL, TRIPOLI, WHERE COLONEL MUAMAR QADDAFI, LIBYAS LEADER, IS BELIEVED TO BE LOCATED.
MEANWHILE, THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP IN LATE MAY AGREED TO A VOTE ON A RESOLUTION BY CONGRESSMAN DENIS KUCINICH INSTRUCTING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO REMOVE ALL U.S. FORCES FROM LIBYA IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WAR POWERS ACT.
ON TUESDAY JUNE 7, A FACT FINDING MISSION LED BY FORMER GEORGIA CONGRESSWOMAN CYNTHIA MCKINNEY WITNESSED A TWELVE HOUR BOMBING OF TRIPOLI AND REPORTED HEARING 98 EXPLOSIONS. THEY VISITED INJURED CIVILIANS AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, WBAI FRED NGUYEN ATTENDED A PUBLIC RALLY SPONSORED BY THE FREEDOM PARTY IN HARLEM TO DEMAND A STOP TO NATO AGGRESSION AGAINST LIBYA AND, LATER THE SAME EVENING AT THE BRECHT FORUM IN MANHATTAN, A DISCUSSION ON THE SITUATION IN THAT COUNTRY. HE FILES THIS REPORT: