This from an OpEd pice in the New York Times, March 16th, by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida:
"The uprisings in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt were precipitating events, but the resistance has drawn its core motivation from Libya’s brutal experience of colonialism. What is most striking about the rhetoric of the rebellion is how the anticolonialist theme that Colonel Qaddafi once deployed has now been turned against him and is being used on Twitter and Facebook. Even as they are assaulted by Colonel Qaddafi’s forces, the rebels have resisted calling for forceful Western intervention, though they support the imposition of a no-flight zone."
And The Daily Whistle:
Back when whistleblower Dr. Walter Tamosaitis first was unceremoniously discharged for voicing his concerns about safety at the Hanford nuclear site, many of us caught a whiff of corruption on the federal level. Turns out that our suspicions have been confirmed. In the course of the subsequent trial it appears that the Department of Energy may have had a hand in the firing of Dr. Tamosaitis. But wait! There’s more! The contractors, from Bechtel to URS and everything in between may well have been having their way with the dog. Wagging the tail here could be a new source of wind energy…www.thenewstribune.com/2011/03/23/1596164/emails-raise-questions-about-does.html
- KBOO