US Sanctions Russia Amid "Proxy War" in "Regime Change" Ruins of Libya

08/20/20 • 18 min

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Greg Shupak, professor of Media Studies at the University of Guelph and author of "The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel, and The Media," to talk about the new sanctions levelled at Russia amid accusations that the country's government has been assisting Libyan Gen. Khalifa Haftar maintain an oil blockade, why there appears to be no end in sight to the violence in Libya, and the role of AFRICOM in the secret coalition airstrike campaign there.

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In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Greg Shupak, professor of Media Studies at the University of Guelph and author of "The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel, and The Media," to talk about the new sanctions levelled at Russia amid accusations that the country's government has been assisting Libyan Gen. Khalifa Haftar maintain an oil blockade, why there appears to be no end in sight to the violence in Libya, and the role of AFRICOM in the secret coalition airstrike campaign there.

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