News stories by Johan Galtung, page 5

The attack on Libya was long in the works. Since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi seized power in a military coup in 1969, overthrowing King Idris and forcing the American military out of Libya, the US has been planning to overthrow him, writes Johan Galtung, Founder of TRANSCEND, a Peace Development Environment Network, and author of "The Fall of the US Empire - And Then What?"

We are far from the Hippocratic oath in world affairs. What is happening now in Libya is intervention supporting one side against the other. This is normally called war, writes Johan Galtung, Rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University and author of "A Theory of Conflict" and "A Theory of Development".

The warnings from the people who suffered nuclear genocide in Hiroshima and Nagasaki fell on deaf ears. Many of its 55 nuclear power plants were built close to beaches to use the nearby sea water for cooling -in the country that gave the giant flood-wave its name, tsunami. The scientists knew the risk of tsunamis yet did not shout DON'T DO IT!! to the nuclear enthusiasts committed criminal neglect, writes Johan Galtung, director of the TRANSCEND Peace University and author of "A Theory of Conflict" and "A Theory of Development".

After 18 days of massive nonviolent demonstrations, Egypt's president Mubarak finally stepped down. This historic achievement by a million heroes was inspired by Tunisia, wrtites Johan Galtung, Rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University, is author of "The Fall of the US Empire - And Then What?"

For a long time, the US-Israel alliance (inspired by Isaiah 2:1- 5, "out of Zion shall go forth the law... and he shall judge among the nations...") has created --by force or bribes or both- -"friendly governments", or "allies in the peace process" as US Vice President Joe Biden - Obama's foreign policy expert- says. This pattern is now unraveling before our eyes, writes Johan Galtung, professor of Peace Studies and author of "A Theory of Conflict".