Lobster Issue 49 (Summer 2005) £££
[…] lacked clarity’ (p. 36). I disagree.While Copsey half-heartedly describes some 1980s initiatives such as throwing out biological separatism, forging links with Black separatists and ideological sympathy for Libya (p.44), he misses out far more of relevance to today: discussions of technology, Green politics, economic policy, the role of front groups, state repression and, indeed, […]
Lobster Issue 49 (Summer 2005) £££
[…] while its brand recognition, in an ever more crowded market, remains high. Watch out for CIA merchandise! US irritations with the Italian government included its links with Libya, and the announcement that Rucco Buttiglione, Italy’s Minister for Europe, a senior Christian Democrat and friend of Pope John Paul II had said he was ready […]
Lobster Issue 49 (Summer 2005) £££
[…] to Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon.) Ledeen was the principal source of the ‘Billygate’ stories that helped undermine the Jimmy Carter White House by suggesting links between Libya and Carter’s brother Billy. As we have seen, he was also a key figure in spreading the KGB plot to kill the Pope story soon after […]
Lobster Issue 26 (1993) £££
[…] Freda.(23) Though the influence on NF policy of Roberto Fiore and the other Italian exiles is clear, what these other links meant, and how far links with Libya and Iran went in this period is not yet clear. While Martin Webster alluded in July 1984 to a projected (but unrealised) trip by Joe Pearce […]
Lobster Issue 47 (Summer 2004) £££
[…] FRU also provided some of their arms, apparently believing that this was the only way to redress the balance of forces after the IRA received arms from Libya. (p. 191) The behaviour of Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair and his gang goes some of the way to illustrate the claims of those who defend the […]
Lobster Issue 25 (1993) £££
[…] Thomas was acquitted. Arthur Scargill — smeared all over the media as recepient of a cheap morgage (in some versions a morgage paid for by Moscow and/or Libya) which didn’t exist. (It astonishes me that Terry Pattinson at the Daily Mirror and Roger Cook at Central TV, in particular, have stayed in their jobs […]
Lobster Issue 45 (Summer 2003) £££
[…] Iranian border, to Erzurum‘ – to carry Iranian gas. This ‘brought criticism from the US for political reasons. The deal also initially appeared to violate the Iran- Libya Sanctions act (ILSA). ….However, because Iran will only receive transit fees for moving the gas to Turkey, the United States determined that Turkey was not in […]
Lobster Issue 44 (Winter 2002/3) £££
[…] quoted in The Guardian, 24 October 2002 exploding the hypocrisy of both governments. The Arab League: The Independent 25 October 2002 said that President Gaddafi had pulled Libya out of the League and was now looking to Africa for some of his strategic alliances. This was interesting for two reasons. Firstly, because it is […]
Lobster Issue 42 (Winter 2001/2) £££
[…] meeting Bavrada, he also met his overthrower, Rabuka. During Bavrada’s short spell in office, a bogus ‘ Libyan scare’ campaign suddenly broke out in the Pacific area (Libya in the Pacific?). Rabuka used this to justify his coup. Immediately before the coup, various CIA-linked labour unions turned up in the area; as did the […]
Lobster Issue 10 (1986) £££
[…] 1943 POLITICAL WARFARE EXEC POLITICAL INTELL DEPT FO (ITALIAN SECTION) 1944 BRUSSELS INTELLIGENCE WORK 1945 STOOD FOR PARLIAMENT (CON) 1940s EDUCATIONAL ADVISER TO KUWAIT OIL CO AND LIBYA 1950- SET UP A FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL BRIGHTON MURDERED IN FRANCE IN SOMEWHAT STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES CAVENDISH, ANTHONY JOHN B 20.7.27 CARLTON SPECIAL FORCES, TRAVELLERS MI6 (‘C’ […]
