Middle East Thread of Despair: More Broken Than Syria

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dj_clawson: Jan 12, 2004; We are all sinners in the eyes of these popsicle sticks.

He's even got the pimp cane.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:47

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 03:54

Rip Testes: Jan 29, 2004; I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Is that the hat?

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:48

Golbez: Oct 9, 2002; 1 2 3!
If you want to take a shot at me get in line, line
1 2 3!
Baby, I've had all my shots and I'm fine

Xandu posted:

Here we go, they really don't like that statue.

Wait, what? I always thought the jet it was clutching was supposed to be life-sized. It's tiny!

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:48

Riptor: Apr 13, 2003; here's to feelin' good all the time

Sure looks like it. That dude was actually very well spoken and I loved his points about Libyans being civil

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:49

Nill: Aug 24, 2003

Rip Testes posted:

Is that the hat?

Yep, though I'd imagine he probably had a dozen of them.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:49

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

Brown Moses posted:

Gaddafi's hat, chain, and gold thing.

Fight major insurgency, overthrow dictator, break into his inner sanctum, steal hat.

Mission accomplished.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:50

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

Wiping the Slut Clean

edit: he was saying Wiping the Slate Clean and pronounced slate like slut.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:50

Nill: Aug 24, 2003

Official: Gaddafi is not an elephant.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:52

Flayer: Sep 13, 2003; by Fluffdaddy; Buglord

Zeroisanumber posted:

Fight major insurgency, overthrow dictator, break into his inner sanctum, steal hat.

Mission accomplished.

I bet he plays TF2.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:53

Engage!: Apr 21, 2011

Aww, that guy was so sincere about wanting peace and stuff :3:

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:53

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

Rip Testes posted:

Is that the hat?

Looks like.

Brown Moses should see about finding out if one of those is for sale later. Having Gaddafi's hat in his home office would be a fitting trophy, and Goons would probably chip in to get it.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:53

Furious Mittens: Oct 14, 2005; Lipstick Apathy

With all of this going on, I've got to say that Libya looks like a pretty cool country overall and one that I'd like to visit one day, once all the smoke clears. The people are genuinely friendly and passionate, at least the ones I've seen interviewed, and they deserve a real future.

I'll add that to the bucket list, along with Egypt now.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:53

Arkane: Dec 19, 2006; by R. Guyovich

Brown Moses posted:

Gaddafi's hat, chain, and gold thing.

is there a way to make this picture the title of this thread

this is amazing, baller, and hilarious all rolled into one

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:53

Arkane: Dec 19, 2006; by R. Guyovich

Gaddafi's weather machine just hit the East Coast of the United States with an earthquake

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:55

Rip Testes: Jan 29, 2004; I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Off topic, but i think we just had a small earthquake in DC, my apartment was shaking.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:57

Golbez: Oct 9, 2002; 1 2 3!
If you want to take a shot at me get in line, line
1 2 3!
Baby, I've had all my shots and I'm fine

quote:

AJA breaking: Sirte is negotiating with opposition fighters to enter the city without bloodshed #Libya

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:57

Sivias: Dec 12, 2006; I think we can just sit around and just talk about our feelings.

feb17voices twitter posted:

AJA breaking: Sirte is negotiating with opposition fighters to enter the city without bloodshed #Libya

http://live.reuters.com/US/Event/Tripoli_Besieged

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:57

Priapist: Aug 10, 2002; Heeeere's Herbie!

Arkane posted:

Gaddafi's weather machine just hit the East Coast of the United States with an earthquake

People in New York City are reporting feeling it on Twitter. What the gently caress?

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:57

Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

To add to the strangeness of today a few people on my Twitter feed who tweet about Libya just reported an earthquake occuring.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:58

Engage!: Apr 21, 2011

Rip Testes posted:

Off topic, but i think we just had a small earthquake in DC, my apartment was shaking.

That's not off topic. They just got Gaddafi's health bar down to ten percent and he exploded, revealing his true form.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:58

Golbez: Oct 9, 2002; 1 2 3!
If you want to take a shot at me get in line, line
1 2 3!
Baby, I've had all my shots and I'm fine

Guys, that was no small earthquake, it was 5.8. Which for anywhere in the country outside the ring of fire is a big earthquake. I expect a new thread on that to pop up, and there'll probably be some damage.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:59

Rip Testes: Jan 29, 2004; I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Then there definitely was one... I felt it

# ? Aug 23, 2011 18:59

Sir John Falstaff: Apr 13, 2010

Furious Mittens posted:

With all of this going on, I've got to say that Libya looks like a pretty cool country overall and one that I'd like to visit one day, once all the smoke clears. The people are genuinely friendly and passionate, at least the ones I've seen interviewed, and they deserve a real future.

I'll add that to the bucket list, along with Egypt now.

Definitely. However, I wouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves yet--as much as getting rid of Gaddafi is a positive development, the next stage may be at least as difficult, in preventing Libya from splintering along tribal or rebel group lines, in establishing a functioning democracy, etc., etc. Getting rid of Saddam was not the most difficult part of Iraq, not that I think they're really comparable.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:00

Rip Testes: Jan 29, 2004; I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

My phone's been knocked out somehow..

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:00

Nill: Aug 24, 2003

Oblig USGS link
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/at00lqe6x3.php

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:00

Golbez: Oct 9, 2002; 1 2 3!
If you want to take a shot at me get in line, line
1 2 3!
Baby, I've had all my shots and I'm fine

Quake thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3432906

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:01

dj_clawson: Jan 12, 2004; We are all sinners in the eyes of these popsicle sticks.

In NYC, didn't feel anything.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:02

Furious Mittens: Oct 14, 2005; Lipstick Apathy

Golbez posted:

Guys, that was no small earthquake, it was 5.8. Which for anywhere in the country outside the ring of fire is a big earthquake. I expect a new thread on that to pop up, and there'll probably be some damage.

I'm in Northeast Tennessee and I felt it, along with a few colleagues. Dispatch asked if it was construction as I walked into the building and there was none to be found. Sure enough, Earthquake - rare here!

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:02

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

I'm in Finland and I didn't feel a disturbance in force, so it clearly mustn't be true.

Meanwhile I was wondering what the guy with a pistol in the background on AJE was trying to say as the reporter was interviewing two other Libyans. He certainly seemed like he had a lot to say.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:05

Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

Sky News is just repeating old stuff, anywhere got new stuff atm?

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:08

Rip Testes: Jan 29, 2004; I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Ok, back to Libya coverage for me.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:10

A Tartan Tory: Mar 26, 2010; You call that a shotgun?!

Looks like Gaddafi has descended into cartoonish supervilliany and has unleashed his earthquake machine.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:11

Zedsdeadbaby: Jun 14, 2008; You have been called out, in the ways of old.

A Tartan Tory posted:

Looks like Gaddafi has descended into cartoonish supervilliany and has unleashed his earthquake machine.

Looks like people made this joke four or five times already.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:13

Engage!: Apr 21, 2011

A Tartan Tory posted:

Looks like Gaddafi has descended into cartoonish supervilliany and has unleashed his earthquake machine.

Back in dictator school, they all said I was maaaad. I'll show them who's mad now, I'll show them all!

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:14

Lustful Man Hugs: Jul 18, 2010

So, what's the context behind Gaddafi calling the President of the Russian Chess Federation? Or is there no context?

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:17

Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

ChaosSamusX posted:

So, what's the context behind Gaddafi calling the President of the Russian Chess Federation? Or is there no context?

The President of the Russian Chess Federation thinks he was kidnap by aliens once, that's your context.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:19

Arkane: Dec 19, 2006; by R. Guyovich

Zedsdeadbaby posted:

Looks like people made this joke four or five times already.

I made it mid-earthquake :smug:

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:19

Xandu: Feb 19, 2006; It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.

You just know that everybody in DC is going to be focusing on this for the next week instead of on Libya or Syria, though.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:20

Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

No poo poo:

quote:

SAS troopers help co-ordinate rebel attacks in Libya
The Guardian has learned that a number of serving British special forces soldiers, as well as former SAS troopers, are advising and training rebel forces, although their presence is officially denied.

The Guardian has previously reported the presence of former British special forces troops, now employed by private security companies and funded by a number of sources, including Qatar. They have been joined by a number of serving SAS soldiers.

They have been acting as forward air controllers � directing pilots to targets � and communicating with Nato operational commanders. They have also been advising rebels on tactics, a task they have not found easy.

For the SAS it is a return to old stamping grounds. In one of their first successful missions in the second world war, they attacked airfields in Libya, destroying 60 aircraft. SAS battle honours include Tobruk in 1941 and a raid on Benghazi in 1942.

They returned to Libya in February this year, even before the UN mandate urging states to protect civilians from Gaddafi's forces. Shortly afterwards, a group of SAS soldiers were seized, though quickly released, by nervous rebels south of Benghazi when their Chinook helicopter landed two MI6 officers with communications equipment.

SAS soldiers later advised Misrata-based rebel forces who secured the port city and helped to pass on details of the locations of Gaddafi's forces to British commanders in the UK and the Naples headquarters of Canadian commander of Nato forces, Lt Gen Charles Bouchard.

In what is hoped to be the endgame in the Libyan conflict and the fight to oust Gaddafi, a number of SAS soldiers are now advising the rebels as they storm the capital, Tripoli.

France is understood to have deployed special forces in Libya and Qatari and Jordanian special forces are believed to have also played a role.

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:20

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Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

Gaddafi's golf cart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxmjS4s1Nls

# ? Aug 23, 2011 19:22

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