The Salon article In a pure coincidence, Gaddafi impeded U.S. oil interests before the war, Glenn Greenwald ties this coincidence to several factors.

But now, in a pure coincidence, there is hope on the horizon for these Western oil companies, thanks to the war profoundly humanitarian action being waged by the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner and his nation’s closest Western allies

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The reason — the only reason — we know about any of this is because WikiLeaks (and, allegedly, Bradley Manning) disclosed to the world the diplomatic cables which detail these conflicts.

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Is there anything easier to understand than why U.S. Government officials are so eager to punish WikiLeaks and deter future transparency projects of this sort?

This article makes reference to an article in The Washington Post,  Conflict in Libya: U.S. oil companies sit on sidelines as Gaddafi maintains hold

As I have asked in previous posts, “Is there some higher power than the President of The United States. that makes President Obama behave this way?”