Mar 2. 2015, Taylor Report
Stephen Gowans refers to an article by Ottawa Citizen writer David Pugliese who obtained Canadian intelligence documents about Libya. In 2011, Canadian intelligence services understood that Libya’s opposition was dominated by fundamentalists and extremists, and that intervention would likely create chaos. The Canadian government chose to create chaos.
Learn the story of how Canada became “Al Qaeda’s air force,” as Gowans traces Canada’s contribution to Libya’s destruction. NATO hopes that Libya will serve as a ‘lesson’ for Syria: do what we say, or we’ll keep the Al-Qaeda spigot turned on.”
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See: NATO knew its intervention in Libya would create chaos and aid al-Qaeda-aligned Islamists