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The old style naked theft and plundering of our resources is back with a force
European Union and NATO officials said on Tuesday they had started talks on funding the rebels with Libyan Government assets in overseas banks, but they also admitted it was too early to declare the Libyan Government has fallen. NATO Col. Roland Lavoie said the Libyan army "gives no sign of giving up". He added NATO, which planes already have flown some 20,000 sorties over the Northern African country and still keep destructing it, will continue "targeting forces in Libya". Also EU foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton admitted NATO hasn't won its war against Libya yet, calling it therefore "very urgent" to give the overseas assets of the Libyan Central Bank, its sovereign wealth fund and other important entities to the Libyan rebels - especially now that NATO runs out of money for its war against Libya. Germany is to begin funding the rebels with 100 million euros (140 million dollars) within days, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said, because otherwise "Libya will sink into chaos." Westerwelle also called for the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution on Libya "as soon as possible", so that more stolen billions can be used fighting Libya and its people, therewith emphasizing the real reasons for NATO's war on Libya. Under an accord agreed last month and signed Monday in rebel stronghold Benghazi, the tranche of the money stolen by Germany will be sent to the rebels' National Transitional Council. Germany alone is holding Libyan Government assets worth 7.2 billion euros. Meanwhile Austria also plans to ask the UN Libya sanctions committee shortly to allow the "unfreezing" of some of the Libyan Government funds on request of the rebels, a Vienna foreign ministry spokesman said. With their announcements, the two countries joined France and the Netherlands, which have made similar statements in recent weeks. France announced at the beginning of August that it would hand over $259 million in funds confiscated from the Libyan Government to the rebels. The Netherlands last week said that they had released €100 million of stolen money for "humanitarian aid". The US already gave $30 billion of Libyan Government money to the rebels in July. Leaders from the EU, UN and Arab League will meet Friday on this topic in New York. |
