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Gaddafi's Sirtenly not alive any more!
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 14:49 |
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roundmidnight posted:Dictators either die in bed or on the streets. There's not a whole lot of room for anything else. You forgot in the air - suspended from lamp posts.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 14:51 |
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ThePutty posted:It's almost sad, really. You see these dictators high on their podiums, with fancy clothes, a hundred bodyguards and seemingly intouchable. And now there's Gaddafi, shirtless, balding, covered in blood, dead on the concrete. I don't think any of us saw that one coming. It is a pathetic sight, and the NTC should put a stop to it as soon as possible so that it doesn't start generating sympathy for Gaddafi. Homer posted:It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair. But when dogs shame the gray head and gray chin and nakedness of an old man killed, it is the most piteous thing that happens among wretched mortals.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 14:54 |
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So Mahmoud Jibril will step down now since Sirte is liberated, correct? If he stalls it seems like the NTC would have a major credibility issue.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 14:55 |
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BeigeJacket posted:Mao. Stalin. Stalin had a stroke during sleep but didn't die immediately. His adjutants had orders to not disturb him while in his quarters, so it wasn't until the late evening that a crony wanted to see him and ordered the doors to be opened. He found him lying half paralyzed on the floor in a puddle of piss. Stalin was conscious but couldn't speak properly. Next, Beriya came to check him. Beriya had doctors called; it was already the next dawn by then. Only at that point he got a change to dry pyjamas. He died four days later. So, there's that. 
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:00 |
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Nuclear Spoon posted:Gaddafi's Sirtenly not alive any more! Muammar mia!
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:01 |
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How about our buddy Saif; news reports say he may have been in the convoy with his father. It would be interesting if he was captured, although I would be surprised if he makes it to a court.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:02 |
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henpod posted:How about our buddy Saif; news reports say he may have been in the convoy with his father. It would be interesting if he was captured, although I would be surprised if he makes it to a court. There was an early claim that he was dead too, and that the other son is scrambling around in the desert somewhere.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:06 |
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roundmidnight posted:Is he still alive in that first video? I thought he might be at first - it's kind of hard to tell.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:06 |
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henpod posted:How about our buddy Saif; news reports say he may have been in the convoy with his father. It would be interesting if he was captured, although I would be surprised if he makes it to a court. Judging by his dad, it's not Saif for him in Libya!
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:06 |
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henpod posted:How about our buddy Saif; news reports say he may have been in the convoy with his father. It would be interesting if he was captured, although I would be surprised if he makes it to a court. There are reports that he was killed in a NATO airstrike outside of Bani Walid a few days ago and reports that his convoy was fighting it out with NTC troops on the road outside of Sirte a few hours ago. I'm assuming that that means that no one knows what the gently caress is up with Saif.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:06 |
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Hey Brown Moses- how about Hannah for a name for your daughter?
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:08 |
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Nenonen posted:Judging by his dad, it's not Saif for him in Libya!  I should have seen that coming.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:08 |
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I'm glad it was NTC fighters that got him. Puts a nice finality on it. Fare thee well Gadhafi, I know you have friends in the ANC who will mourn your passing!
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:11 |
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I guess some world leaders are breathing a sigh of relief that he is dead instead of captured. I'm sure if he was in the dock, all kinds of secrets would have come spilling out about his dealings with Tony Blair and the others. I am sure though in the coming months we are going to be hearing about all kinds of poo poo.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:12 |
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Muammar's not Gaddafeelin' so good
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:13 |
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henpod posted:How about our buddy Saif; news reports say he may have been in the convoy with his father. It would be interesting if he was captured, although I would be surprised if he makes it to a court. According to AJ, his convoy is currently surrounded by NTC fighters. So we'll be seeing him soon, dead or alive. Gaddafi is dead, and hopefully his sons will give us all the information about Gaddafi's reign over Libya.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:14 |
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henpod posted:How about our buddy Saif; news reports say he may have been in the convoy with his father. It would be interesting if he was captured, although I would be surprised if he makes it to a court. Right now the Guardian is saying The Guardian posted:More news about Gaddafi's sons: Mutassim is reported to be injured but captured. Saif al-Islam is said to be under attack after fleeing Sirte.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:16 |
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Funny how Gadaffi said he'd hunt down the rebels like rats and he met his end in a sewer pipe.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:16 |
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henpod posted:I guess some world leaders are breathing a sigh of relief that he is dead instead of captured. I'm sure if he was in the dock, all kinds of secrets would have come spilling out about his dealings with Tony Blair and the others. I am sure though in the coming months we are going to be hearing about all kinds of poo poo. There will probably be. We already have all sorts of files and documents that the rebels found in Tripoli. ThePutty posted:According to AJ, his convoy is currently surrounded by NTC fighters. So we'll be seeing him soon, dead or alive. Gaddafi is dead, and hopefully his sons will give us all the information about Gaddafi's reign over Libya. Morale must be high as gently caress right now.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:17 |
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Gaddafi's Sirtenly not alive any more! Muammar mia! it's not Saif for him in Libya! I haven't stop giggling in 10 minutes. You're cracking me up. This is wrong. I mean it's fun...er...it's not...gently caress...it is actually. What can I say!
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:19 |
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roundmidnight posted:Is he still alive in that first video? Yeah, it looks like his arm is moving in that video but I can't tell if that's from the impact of him hitting the ground or it's a real reaction. Oh, congrats on your daughter, Brown Moses. Young Freud fucked around with this message at Oct 20, 2011 around 15:26 |
| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:22 |
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Ace Oliveira posted:Morale must be high as gently caress right now. Yeah. Al Jazeera posted:
 (Sorry, that probably isn't very relevant, I just wanted an excuse to post that picture)
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:23 |
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Young Freud posted:Yeah, it looks like his arm is moving in that video but I can't tell if that's from the impact of him hitting the ground or it's a real reaction. It looks like he's barely alive in that still image that was posted. In the other one? Looks kinda dead.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:25 |
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Middle-East in Revolt: Now flying to Syria!
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:26 |
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Well, this might be the last time I can play this song in context. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jPsYAkKzjw
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:31 |
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Auritech posted:Well, this might be the last time I can play this song in context. Same here, brother, same here. 
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:38 |
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I'm noticing a lot more confidence here re: Syria than I think might be justified. Do you guys seriously think the Assad regime's in real danger? It seems to me that they've managed to get the situation into a manageable state simply through rampant murder.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:38 |
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ALJAZEERA LIVE UPDATE: Well it looks Like Mu'tassim tried to fight his captors and escape but he got killed in the process Looks like it's just Seif Left, please god let him live so we can see him cry.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:43 |
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Al-Saqr posted:ALJAZEERA LIVE UPDATE:
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:46 |
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Middle-East in Revolt: Celebrating Qaddafi's death with pink cigars With only a bare handful of days before the Tunisian elections I wonder if this will effect those. There were definitely deaths from border violence in the Revolution and just the general euphoria perceived accomplishment could help increase turnout. Definitely likely to see an upswing in tension/violence in other states.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:54 |
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Not very classy dragging his corpse through the streets. ...but then I remember all the mass graves and the fact that every Libiyan is probably 0-2 people removed from someone he and is henchmen have tortured/killed.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 15:56 |
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I noticed that the 'gadhafi dead' thread got righteously gassed, but I wanted to get in one reply to someone that addressed something I said:Crash Bandicoot posted:For the benefit of somebody who is shamefully ignorant about Gadaffi's regime, would you mind outlining specifically why his death is such a great day for those of us in the West? I said nothing about it being a great day for anyone anywhere- although I sure hope on behalf of all the jubilant Libyans we're seeing reported on, it is in fact a good thing for them. I was simply stating that, as someone that reads the news, I 'cared', I was concerned. I know it won't mean much to my cushy Western civilization living conditions (quite comfortable though I dangerously straddle the line between impoverished and lower middle class according to some census somewhere). I can still hope that lives will improve for those directly affected, and that Libya's power vacuum isn't filled by a new cause for the citizen's suffering. I expect there are plenty conservative-slant media sycophants that will probably go out and buy a cake and have some kind of poor-taste death-day party over an event that has little direct impact over their lives, but that's not everyone. People like that, I consider to be assholes, too. Some folks here are a bit prone to overgeneralizing and knee-jerk, poorly supported indignation. I was intending to express that a Westerner can in fact be concerned about the news of a killed despot in a distant country, without also being a degree of bloodthirsty ultranational jingoist.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 16:06 |
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Riptor posted:Muammar's not Gaddafeelin' so good He thought he'd Gadhafeasy.  VVVV Fog Tripper fucked around with this message at Oct 20, 2011 around 16:19 |
| # ? Oct 20, 2011 16:13 |
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I actually can't believe this happened. I thought the rebels had more sense or mercy... Just for christ sake. It's horrific.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 16:13 |
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Zorba the Greek posted:I actually can't believe this happened. I thought the rebels had more sense or mercy... Just for christ sake. It's horrific. Wikipedia posted:In 1969, Gaddafi created Revolutionary committees to keep tight control over internal dissent. Ten to 20 percent of Libyans worked as informants for these committees. Surveillance took place in the government, in factories, and in the education sector.[39] People who formed a political party were executed, and talking about politics with foreigners was punishable by up to 3 years in jail. Arbitrary arrests were common and Libyans were hesitant to speak with foreigners.[40] The government conducted executions and mutilations of political opponents in public and broadcast recordings of the proceedings on state television. Dissent was illegal under Law 75 of 1973, which denied freedom of expression.[39][41] In 2010, Libya's press was rated as 160th out of 178 nations in the Press Freedom Index by Reporters without borders.[42]
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 16:16 |
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Zorba the Greek posted:I actually can't believe this happened. I thought the rebels had more sense or mercy... Just for christ sake. It's horrific. You've got a bunch of people amped and primed, ready to die or kill. Regardless of the cause, that needed some kind of outlet, and who better than the inargued enemy? It's awful, I agree with you, and I do wish people were capable of more restraint, but I don't put the circumstances as unbelievable, myself.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 16:17 |
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Just watched a guy spraying machinegun rounds into the sky in celebration, and the guy next to him getting a face-full of hot brass. Fun turns to tragedy! I suspect Zombie Gadhafi will be a hit this halloween.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 16:18 |
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quote:For the benefit of somebody who is shamefully ignorant about Gadaffi's regime, would you mind outlining specifically why his death is such a great day for those of us in the West? For one thing, Gaddafi was a keen sponsor of terrorist groups (e.g. the IRA, among others), so hopefully Libya will eventually become much more friendly to the West. However, I understand quite a few African countries thought he was a great guy, and some of them may not be too happy about Libya's new management.
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| # ? Oct 20, 2011 16:19 |
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Chortles posted:Whatever happened to Saadi again? He's Saadi after a loss in the family.
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