News coverage in Libya?

In a New York Times article, Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape, it describes the experience of a Libyan woman, under the name of Eman al-Obeidy, her tragedy with the members of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s militia. She ran to journalist to explain her story of the sexual abuse the men have put her through. She revealed her bruises and scars the 15 men left after mistreating her. “For the members of the foreign news media here at the invitation of the government of Colonel Qaddafi — and largely confined to the Rixos Hotel except for official outings — the episode was a reminder of the brutality of the Libyan government and the presence of its security forces even among the hotel staff”.
Once she escaped after two days, she demanded to speak to the news service Reuters and The New York Times. She admitted that “There is no media coverage outside.” She showed the cameras her bruises to inform the public of the current situation in Libya. While the journalist were interviewing and shielding her, journalist were violated by Libya’s security. Afterwards, authorities said that she was ill and the stories of her assault were “fantasies.”
Attached is the article with a video of the horrific scene:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/world/middleeast/27tripoli.html?_r=1&bl

Obama and the constitution

Fox news published an article, “Lawmakers Angry With Obama Over Libyan Strike, Warn Administration Lacks 'End-Game'” discussing the poor reviews Obama is receiving over the missile strikes onto Libya. President Obama did not turn to congress before finalizing his decision of what to do over the situation, creating disturbance over the people. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has said that this violates the constitution and that “this is a nightmare.” Libya did not threaten America, resulting in America now possibly heading to war with Libya. Many people are angered by the decision Obama carried out and are waiting for him to turn to congress and consult with them. Rep. Jerrold Nadler wrote "the Constitution, rightly, does not allow a single person to commit the nation to war, even where there is a good reason to do so.” Others such as John Boehner, believes it had to be done, although agrees that Obama should have confirmed with congress before doing so. Below is a video from Fox news stating the issues of the power, which were taken, advantaged of.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/21/lawmakers-angry-obama-libyan-strike-warn-administration-lacks-end-game/

Terrorist Attack in Samaria

Here is a video posted by Arutz Sheva of Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking of the horrific stabbings done to the Fogel family in Samaria by Palestinian terrorists.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142849
Also posted, are brutal images of the stabbings (very graphic). The Fogel family released these images to show the world that it was not a house set up for killings, like the world perceives most of the terrorist attacks in Israel.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142846
According to CNN, the Palestinians disregards the terrorist attacks while the United Nations condemned the murder.
Do you believe that by posting these images the world will accept the truth in the terrorist attacks?

Women's rights in Afghanistan

After the Taliban took control, women in Afghanistan lost any hope for equality. They hoped that with the fall of the Taliban, that there will be a change, but now face cultural barriers. Too little is being done to help the women in Afghanistan. The government is very customary and views the women with a lower status, as the society always had.
Many are investing money and time to increase the opportunities for women, particularly focusing on schools. More girls are now attending school than ever before. Due to the lack of motivation, most women stop their education at the sixth grade. Originally there was excitement over the fall of the Taliban, creating more wishful thinking for women that they will one day rise to equality. Women are now a little disappointed due to the lack of support from the government.
Saied Morgan Mustafa, a technical and policy deputy at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs believes that it will take at least ten years for the society to view women less traditionally. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs will begin to set up shelters for women who leave their homes, mostly due to abuse. Many believe that by the government controlling these shelters, it will only be a start of the government controlling all women organizations. Is it worth supporting a country, which plans to manage women shelters, and organizations, which are not progressing (is it worth the time and money spent)?

"CNN CREW WITNESSES AIR BOMBING IN LIBYA"

Earlier in class today, we spoke about how CNN once showed images and videos from the Iraq war. These images and videos in which they presented were very violent, as they showed every bomb and injury, which had occurred on battlegrounds. Here, it is interesting to see CNN post a video of reporters briefly listening to sounds of bombs rather than images but hearing it from a reporter who did in fact whiteness the bombings. I think this shows a big turn in how we, as American citizens, understand the war. We no longer are faced with the emotional reality of the war but rather the facts.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/03/02/exp.am.libya.air.bombing.cnn