HuffPost World Daily Brief: NATO Bombing.. Libya Looting.. Gitmo Transparency

Thursday, October 6, 2011
BRUSSELS -- NATO's bombing campaign in Libya, now in its seventh month, will continue despite the collapse of Moammar Gadhafi's regime, alliance officials said Thursday.
Hundreds March In Afghanistan, Demand Foreign Troops To Leave
Gaddafi Animals Rescued At Farm (VIDEO)
Guantanamo Trials Will Be More Transparent, Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins Says
Nicaragua's President Asked To Stop Using 'Stand By Me'
UN: Death Toll In Syria Climbs To 2,900
BLOG POSTS
Bernard-Henri Lévy: The Pharmacy of Europe
That Europe is both the name of what ails us and its remedy, that it is among the origins of the crisis and the means of surmounting it should come as no surprise to those who remember the lessons of our masters.
Evelyn Leopold: No More Mr. Nice Guy -- Europeans Force Vote on Syria at UN
Tuesday's proceedings showed divisions among Security Council members severe enough to be uttered in an open session. They also pointed to a future deadlock on Middle East issues as well as human rights violations elsewhere in the world.
Robert Reich: Follow the Money: Behind Europe's Debt Crisis Lurks Another Giant Bailout of Wall Street
If Greece goes down, investors will flee Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. All of this sends big French and German banks reeling. If one of these banks collapses, or show signs of major strain, Wall Street is in big trouble.
Ken Blackwell: Back in the USSR (You Don't Know How Lucky You Are)
Vladimir Putin's Russian nickname would not be Vlad, but Vova. And the Russian word for what he is is vozhd. That's what Russians call the Boss. And Boss he is, to be sure.
Tom Hayden: Going Through Withdrawals in Afghanistan and Iraq
Ending the current wars will save trillions of dollars and thousands of lives, but does not guarantee the dawn of a more democratic and equitable America future.
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