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The Last Country We \u201cLiberated\u201d from an \u201cEvil\u201d Dictator Is Now Openly Trading Slaves<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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(<\/b>ANTIMEDIA<\/b><\/a>)<\/b> It is widely known that the U.S.-led NATO intervention to topple Libya\u2019s Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 resulted in a power vacuum that has allowed<\/a> terror groups like ISIS to gain a foothold in the country.<\/p>\n

Despite the destructive consequences of the 2011 invasion, the West is currently taking a similar trajectory with regard to Syria. Just as the Obama administration excoriated Gaddafi in 2011, highlighting his human rights abuses and insisting he must be removed from power to protect the Libyan people, the Trump administration is now pointing to the repressive policies of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and warning<\/a> his regime will soon come to an end<\/a> \u2014 all in the name of protecting Syrian civilians.But as the U.S. and its allies fail to produce legal grounds for their recent air strike \u2014 let alone provide concrete evidence to back up their claims Assad was responsible for a deadly chemical attack last week \u2014 more hazards of invading foreign countries and removing their heads of state are emerging.<\/p>\n

This week, new findings revealed<\/a> another unintended consequence of \u201chumanitarian intervention\u201d: the growth of the human slave trade.<\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/i> reports<\/a> that while \u201cviolence, extortion and slave labor\u201d have been a reality for people trafficked through Libya in the past, the slave trade has recently expanded. Today, people are selling other human beings out in the open.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe latest reports of \u2018slave markets\u2019 for migrants can be added to a long list of outrages [in Libya],<\/i>\u201d said Mohammed Abdiker, head of operation and emergencies for the International Office of Migration, an intergovernmental organization that promotes \u201chumane and orderly migration for the benefit of all<\/em>,\u201d according<\/a> to its website. \u201cThe situation is dire. The more IOM engages inside Libya, the more we learn that it is a vale of tears for all too many migrants<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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