A video released last week is making its way around the Internet showing Libyan rebels horribly mistreating black Africans. These are the same Libyan Rebels that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and formed the Libya’s National Transitional Council.

President Obama addressed an audience at a campaign fundraiser in New York City on Thursday, March 1. “We ended torture, we promoted human rights. We made it clear America’s a Pacific power,” Obama told an audience. “We are leading by the power of our moral example.”

As the war in Iraq ends, the war in Afghanistan continues to rage on. The U.S. invasion on Afghanistan that began the war on terror was launched on Oct. 7, 2001 in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. In subsequent years to follow, U.S. and NATO forces have engaged in vicious combat against insurgent operatives throughout the Afghan region, which has led to many countless lives lost, including civilians. In response to the conflict occurring in the region, other groups have become involved.