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Racist Mercenary Rats Slaughtering Blacks In Libya
By Samuel Dowell
9-23-11

The following stories document how the NATO 'rebels' are bringing 'democracy' to Libya, Blacks In Libya Still Targeted By Anti-Gaddafi Forces - Killings, Beatings, Abuse


One quarter of indigenous Libyans are black Africans. In addition to that, there were over 1 million workers from Sub-Saharan African countries, including Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria, in Libya at the start of the uprising. On September 13th, Amnesty International reported that:
"'Widespread, but largely unfounded reports that Gaddafi forces were relying on Sub-Saharan African mercenaries to fight the opposition put them at heightened risk in areas that fell under the control of the NTC. Racist and xenophobic rhetoric, already frequent before the unrest, increased as a result of the breakdown of law and order." (p.80)(Link)
"The allegations about the use of mercenaries proved to be largely unfounded. Many captured al-Gaddafi fighters, including those interviewed by Amnesty International in Benghazi and Misratah, were in fact Libyan nationals, including individuals from places such as Sabha in the south-west of Libya and from the Tawargha region east of Misratah. Due to their black skin and Sub-Saharan African features, they were mistaken for foreign mercenaries. However, NTC officials did little to correct the false assumption and instead fed the flames of hatred and resentment.(p.83)
"NTC Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil claimed in media interviews that Colonel al-Gaddafi was using 'African mercenaries' against his own people. Such claims were especially irresponsible in the climate of insecurity and fed existing racism and xenophobia in Libya and signaled that abuses against foreign nationals would be tolerated by the NTC. (p.83) Further, "NTC Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil promised to 'close the borders in front of these Africans'. (Statement by Mustafa Abdel Jalil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX09Lq73e94)(p.89)
"When al-Bayda, Benghazi, Derna, Misratah and other cities first fell under the control of the opposition in the third week of February, house raids, killings, lynching and other violent attacks were perpetrated by supporters of the "17 February Revolution" against individuals believed to be foreign mercenaries on account of their skin color.p.82)
Throughout the 6-month conflict, Sub-Saharan African nationals were attacked on what have proved to be largely unfounded suspicions that they were foreign "mercenaries" hired by Colonel al-Gaddafi, and it hasn't stopped.
Tawergha, A City Of 20,000 Blacks In Libya Emptied By 'Rebels'
http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/135/ARTICLE/7627/2011-09-14.html
Now in Control, Libyan Rebels Take Revenge
http://themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=33315
Black Lives Are Cheap In Libya
http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2011/09/19/black-life-is-cheap-in-libya


Torture, Lynchings, Beheadings Of Blacks In Libya
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=345541
Blacks Hunted Down And Murdered In Libya
http://dailytimes.com.ng/blog/when-west-encourages-genocide-and-xenophobia
Blacks in Libya - Dehumanization of blacks in Libya

http://www.afriquejet.com/blacks-libya-dehumanization-blacks-in-libya-2011091622497.html

Nigerians Being Slaughtered In Libya
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/editorial/2011/sept/13/editorial-13-09-2011-001.html
Killing of Blacks in Libya By NATO-backed Rebels Continues
http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/135/ARTICLE/7623/2011-09-13.html (New York)
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