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Here's some better ones from Sana'a (capital city) http://www.al-tagheer.com/news27325.html And to scare the islamophobes: edit: I know they're protesting for their rights, but something about wearing a niqab and a hat makes me laugh. There's also one on the page showing people waving Tunisian and Egyptian flags, but the post was getting long. Xandu fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Mar 2, 2011 |
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And from Mauritania, though I know almost nothing about the protests here. http://taqadoumy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8161&Itemid=1
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A little more about what a crazy fucker Gaddahfi is:quote:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-01/libyas-gadaffi-tried-to-execute-me/2/ And a little bit about my favorite revolution in Ivory Coast: quote:Amid continuing political deadlock, nine newspapers suspend publishing and RTI transmitter attacked I'm not going to quote the rest of the article, which goes into rather dull detail about what happened to each and every one of the nine newspapers that have decided to shut down. I'll summarize and say that on top of the threats and intimidation, some newspapers have been suspended and fined by the government for printing “unbearable and shocking images” and making comments “defending violence” and “revolt” in their coverage of current events. It's all here if you want to read it: http://en.rsf.org/cote-d-ivoire-amid-continuing-political-deadlock-01-03-2011,39652.html More Ivory Coast news: quote:Ivory Coast families trapped in church without food, water: UNHCR http://www.thejournal.ie/ivory-coast-families-trapped-in-church-without-food-water-unhcr-2011-3/ How are those families going to convince their children to go to Sunday School after this And this---this is the Ivory Coast story that has it all---looting, robberies, xenophobia and racist, and "invisible commandos": quote:Shops looted by mobs in Abidjan http://www.thestar.co.za/shops-looted-by-mobs-in-abidjan-1.1034531 The part that I bolded is what's probably going to bring this revolution to an end. If none of the government workers get paid, they will instantly turn on Gbagbo, according to some analysis I read last week when the banks closed. And back to Libya. There are thousands of Nigerians stranded at the airport in Tripoli, with no way to get home: quote:7, 0000 Nigerians Still Stranded At Tripoli Airport In Libya -CRND http://saharareporters.com/press-re..._medium=twitter I could have sworn I got an email the other day that started out just like this and ended asking me to pay some sort of transfer fees... Actually, that's pretty cold. This news is heartbreaking. How hard it must be, sitting at the airport day after day, with no food, no money, watching the lucky citizens of other countries board airplanes or ships, and having nobody come for you. In addition, these Nigerians are likely to be severely beaten or killed if they leave the airport, since Gaddahfi has hired so many sub-saharan Africans as mercenaries. Indeed, sub-Saharans are being targeted by the opposition: quote:North Africa: Dozens Feared Killed in Reprisal Attacks On African Migrants in Libya http://allafrica.com/stories/201103010896.html This is a tragedy. You really can't blame the protesters because of what Gaddahfi has done, but these are innocent people, working for slave wages, who are being slaughtered for nothing. For reference, the number of African migrant workers in Libya is only a little smaller than the population of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More reports that Gaddahfi's people are beating and robbing foreigners as they flee Libya: quote:Indian evacuees from Libya say they were beaten up by army http://truthdive.com/2011/03/01/Indian-evacuees-from-Libya-say-they-were-beaten-up-by-army.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Stealing from children is pretty loving cold. What are Gaddahfi's people going to do with a half-full bottle of Similac and some used onesies? They're useless to anyone else. Those things were taken to be cruel; there's no other reason that makes any sense. Is anyone surprised that the French are being dicks about things? quote:Refugees Not Welcome by French Right http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/refugees-not-welcome-by-french-right-52198.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter gently caress you, France, fuuuuck yoooouuuuu Immigrants in the US should try that whole "24 hours without us" thing, btw. If it worked, millions of dollars would be lost by big businesses in that single day, and I can just imagine the distress among the rich when their nannies don't show up, then they have to get a babysitter, and the babysitters are gone too, so they have to spend an entire day with their own hopelessly spoiled, obnoxious children. The cutest demonstrator in Yemen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAHxbS8jyQk Turns out we are not the only ones who have noticed this: quote:
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/767/the-arabs-in-africa This is a fairly long, well-written article that discusses the history of racism in Arab-controlled Africa; it's well worth reading, if you're interested.
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Apology posted:
Thanks for the link. Jadaliyya is pretty new, but along with the MidEast Channel, one of the better/more academic blogs on the Arab world. If you're feeling too knowledgable after reading Apology's links, enjoy a new Thomas Friedman op-ed, where he credits Google Earth, Obama, Israel, the Beijing Olympics, and just about everybody except for the Arab people for the revolutions' success.
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poo poo just got real http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12617774 BBC News posted:Libya unrest: Huge explosions in capital Tripoli
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rolleyes posted:poo poo just got real Apparently http://twitter.com/NicRobertsonCNN posted:Turns out fuel truck rolled on its side at traffic intersection and four fuel compartments exploded. #Libya
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Damnit, I was really hoping the protesters had managed to blow up an ammo dump or something.
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Update from the Guardian:quote:Good morning, welcome to rolling coverage of events in Libya and throughout the Middle East and north Africa. Here's a summary of the latest developments. Gaddafi's forces have apparently retaken 3 towns: quote:Marsa El Brega, about 200km south-west of Benghazi, and Gharyan and Sabratha, both near Tripoli, have all apparently been retaken by Gaddafi forces. The Associated Press has a report on events in Gharyan and Sabratha: These are the three towns taken: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersa_Brega_Seaport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharyan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabratha The next possible target is Abjabiya: quote:The BBC's John Simpson in Adjabiya says: "Two hours ago, a column of about 100 vehicles descended on the town of Brega, which is about 65km (40 miles) west of here, and was being held by a few rebels for several days. When I was there on Monday, there were just four or five lightly armed defenders to be seen. The assumption is that Col Gaddafi's troops will later move on to Ajdabiya, a medium-sized town with a huge military arms dump on its perimeter, which must be an important objective for the loyalist troops. Three efforts have been made to bomb it in the past 12 days. Now the defenders, in a high state of excitement, expect to be attacked." quote:The BBC's John Simpson, on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, says: "We just have seen one of the government's jets bomb the military arms dump here, sending a great plume of black smoke into the air. The opposition forces responded by firing anti-aircraft guns. There is an enormous amount of ordnance at the arms dump, some of it dating back to Libya's war with Chad decades ago. The rebels have deployed three tanks in the area and are just waiting to see what the loyalist troops at Brega will do - whether they will immediately attack Ajdabiya or wait for reinforcements." Live blogs Guardian BBC AJE Brown Moses fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Mar 2, 2011 |
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Sounds like that no-fly zone would be pretty useful:quote:It appears that Ajdabiya did come under air attack, which was when Gaddafi forces seized Brega (which is in Ajdabiya), but those attacks have stopped now. Reuters reports:
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More on Brega:quote:The Guardian's Martin Chulov confirms that Brega, an oil refinery town in the east of Libya, has been re-taken from protesters by Gaddafi forces. Signs the rebels want help: quote:In a sign of mounting frustration among rebel leaders over Col Gaddafi's diminished but unyielding grip on power, rebel leaders here are debating whether to ask for Western airstrikes under the UN banner, the New York Times reports. "He destroyed the army; we have two or three planes," a spokesman for the council, Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, told the newspaper. "If it is with the United Nations, it is not a foreign intervention."
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Some more:quote:The BBC's John Simpson in Ajdabiya says: "According to someone I spoke to by mobile phone in Brega a short time ago, fighting is still going on there as Gaddafi supporters take control of a small airfield in the town, which is attached to an oil refinery. Here in Adjabiya, people are expecting the pro-government forces to attack at any moment. However, an imminent offensive does not seem likely. Still, in the last few minutes, there was a second bombing raid of the morning by a pro-Gaddafi pilot on the enormous arms dump on the edge of town - the fifth in 12 days - though no real damage has so far been caused to it."
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It's real end to end stuff:quote:Tom Rayner of Sky News tweets: "Rebel sources in Benghazi claim Brega civilians mounting fightback against mercenaries&10,000 armed rebels moving from Ajdabiya to assist" quote:Al-Jazeera is now reporting that opposition forces have re-established control of Brega. quote:The Guardian's Martin Chulov tweets: "Benghazi's organising committee has just formally asked UN to help end Ghaddafi's air strikes in eastern #libya"
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More news about the plucky rebels:quote:A rebel coalition has told Reuters Brega is under its control: quote:A worker at the Brega oil facility has just told al-Jazeera English that the rebels are indeed in control of the town. He was clearly emotional and gave a breathless account of clashes with Gaddafi forces who he said had been repelled but were still at the airport. He said 15 people had been killed. At one point he shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is the greatest) and people with him joined in the chanting. When asked who was in control of Brega, the unnamed man said: Brown Moses fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Mar 2, 2011 |
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Interesting Tweet from a reliable source on Twitter:quote:There are reports ("credible", not "confirmed") that Sirt is boiling, only thing stopping it is that it's full of Gaddafi's army. Sirt is meant to be a Gaddafi stronghold, and it's on the route between the East of the country and Tripoli.
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rolleyes posted:Damnit, I was really hoping the protesters had managed to blow up an ammo dump or something. There has been a suggestion that the truck was sabotaged, but nobody's very sure yet. By the way, on the subject of Military plans: http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/03/20113115576219900.html ... USS Ponce? I was once on a tour of Portsmouth Harbour with some Americans who went into fits of giggles over HMS Setter's name, but I think the USN has now trumped the Royal Navy.
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Brown Moses posted:Interesting Tweet from a reliable source on Twitter: I'm not surprised at all. I assumed there was a very strong correlation between loyalty to Gaddafi and presence of Gadaffi's troops.
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More abject Gaddafi's military failures:quote:The excellent Feb17voices has interesting audio from a woman in Zintan, about 90 miles south of Tripoli. She says about 40 people are missing from the city, unaccounted for: Attacking a city, losing, then leaving weapons and vehicles behind for the residents to use next time you attack probably isn't covered by Sun Tzu.
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Brown Moses posted:Attacking a city, losing, then leaving weapons and vehicles behind for the residents to use next time you attack probably isn't covered by Sun Tzu. I think it is part of that chapter where you intentionally try to lose to out your incompetent leadership.
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Brown Moses posted:Attacking a city, losing, then leaving weapons and vehicles behind for the residents to use next time you attack probably isn't covered by Sun Tzu. "If a fight is fair, your tactics are terrible." Herstory Begins Now fucked around with this message at 12:33 on Mar 2, 2011 |
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Bit more about the current situation in the East:quote:The situation in Brega remains unclear. Libyan state TV is reporting that Gaddafi's forces are in control of the airport and seaport, contradicting rebel accounts that they have been repelled. An al-Jazeera correspondent in Ajdabiya (75km from Brega) said thousands are gathering there to prepare to help out their fellow rebels in Brega. People in Ajabiya could be heard firing their weapons, apparently to test them in preparation. Gaddafi is also giving a speech, spouting the "I'm not in charge, it's the people" crap.
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Gotta love Gaddafi's speeches:quote:"I heard news reports mentioning my name directly. I laughed. What does it have to do with me? I carried out the revolution and then stood down. Now, power and authority is in the hands of the people." I think the people Gaddafi is speaking about are the voices he hears in his head.
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Brown Moses posted:Bit more about the current situation in the East: Ironically that's becoming the case.
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"Millions of the Libyan people marched chanting my name." True, but they were mainly chanting "Death to Gaddafi".
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# ? Mar 2, 2011 12:55 |
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The room Gaddafi is speaking to looks bored as gently caress
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Jamsque posted:The room Gaddafi is speaking to looks bored as gently caress Once you've heard one account of how American backed Islamic fundamentalist terrorists are drugging the population via Nescafe causing them to rise up against their leader, you've heard them all.
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Not one person in that room is buying what he is selling.
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RunningOnEmpty posted:Not one person in that room is buying what he is selling. Also, this. They're probably struggling to keep a straight face. I mean, just look at this: quote:I decided that all weapons depots should be destroyed to avoid them falling into the hands of "terrorists", says Gaddafi.
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An update if it interests anyone, my Dad is going to be leaving Benghazi in two hours on HMS York to Valetta. C'mon Gadaffi, times awaisting! You don't want me thinking Dictators can't even be relied on, do you?
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quote:Here is a lunchtime summary from Adam Gabbatt:
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RunningOnEmpty posted:Not one person in that room is buying what he is selling. How much of his own crap does everyone think Gaddafi actually believe? I mean, any dictator is going to believe some of their own lies, but I get the feeling Gaddafi buys into his own poo poo more than most.
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quote:Gaddafi talks about Britain freezing his assets. He says: "I swear, I just woke up one morning and all these palaces and stylish clothes appeared out of nowhere! I was just looking after them until I could find the real owner!" [edit] quote:He can't imagine anybody in Libya could insult or vilify Muammar Gaddafi, he says. As he speaks, al-Jazeera is showing pictures of protesters in Benghazi holding up anti-Gaddafi banners. Brown Moses fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Mar 2, 2011 |
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What is it with the cheerleaders, those 40-something women that keep getting up and chanting? At first I thought it was the protests on the other side of the screen, but it isn't. Who in this entourage thought that it was a good idea? About an hour and forty-five minutes now.
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The crowd is looking fidgety, tired, sweaty and restless. How long do we think CQ can go? Another hour at least, I would assume.
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Gaddafi is a real little bitch:quote:Col Gaddafi said there had been a multi-billion dollar development plan earmarked for Benghazi, but it was now on hold because of the revolt. The scheme would have made the other cities really jealous, he said, and left them asking, 'why Benghazi?". "I was going to give you this cool thing, but it's clear you don't want it, which is a pity, because it was really cool and it would make everyone else really jealous of how cool you are, but you don't want to be cool, so fine." [edit]Also: quote:Gaddafi's still speaking, to occasional applause, about directing investment away from western nations toward Russia, China and India. He tells the west: He's so butthurt.
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The rebels just recaptured Brega airport as well:quote:Brega's airport is back in the hands of Gaddafi's opponents, Libya's former interior minister, Abdel Fattah Younes al Abidi, has told al-Arabiya TV. Abidi stood down from the government in order to join the movement seeking to oust the Libyan leader. Libyan state TV reported earlier (see 11.23am) that the airport was in control of Gaddafi forces after their attempts to retake the town from rebels.
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# ? Mar 2, 2011 14:29 |
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Wonder what will happen to all the higher-ranking officials who fled the sinking ship.
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Whats sickening is that he said anyone asking for aid supplies is a traitor and will be treated as such aka executed.
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Brown Moses posted:Gaddafi is a real little bitch: He's such a baby, holy poo poo. This is unreal that someone like this is in control of so much military power. It'd be better if he started exchanging insults personally from an opposition leader about how much the other guy smells like poop.
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# ? Mar 2, 2011 14:46 |
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He's spent the last 2 hours explaining why everything is fine in Libya, and it's all made up by the foreign media.
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There's reports of Brega and Benghazi benig bombed at this very moment, no more information yet.
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