Government’s Laying Siege to Town Exposes West’s Indifference to Human Rights
Libya and the Human Rights Double Standard

By DANIEL KOVALICK; October 23, 2012 – Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/10/23/libya-and-the-human-r…

For some time to come, Libya shall stand as an enduring symbol of the West’s hypocrisy, and indeed duplicity, on the issue of human rights. While the West, and especially the United States, justified its aerial bombardment of Libya last year on the pretense of saving civilians from a possible, future (rather than actual) attack by Gaddafi forces, the West is silent about the real and ongoing attack of the new Libyan

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