James Petras and Robin E. Abaya
Many critics of the ongoing Euro-US wars in the Middle East and, now, North Africa, have based their arguments on clichés and generalizations devoid of fact. The most common line heard in regard to the current US-Euro war on Libya is that it’s “all about oil”—the goal is the seizure of Libya’s oil wells.

On the 8th anniversary of what it described as the disastrous US led invasion of Iraq in 2003 the Irish Anti-war Movement released the following statement:
• Western military intervention in Libya could make things worse for the Libyan peoples' struggle for freedom and democracy
• Do not trust western leaders stated intentions
• US-backed Saudi invasion of Bahrain exposes hypocrisy of western leaders
• Support the Arab peoples' protests for genuine freedom and democracy