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Africa North
The fool of Libya bombed protesters
2011-02-22
That's the original headline...
[Ennahar] The Libyan aviation bombed yesterday protesters in Tripoli making many dead, whose number is still unknown. The raid targeted the Republic Avenue, which, according to reports, caused 200 people dead and many maimed.

Moreover, Libyan officers blew up a plane last night at the airport of Benina when it was landing with onboard African mercenaries, according to the newspaper "Asharq Al Awsat."

According to knowledgeable Libyan sources, Colonel Qadaffy reportedly appealed to the commander Abdesslam Djelloud, former number two of the regime in the nineties, who had left the Libyan political scene for over 20 years, in order to intervene to stop the troubles that have caused a large number of deaths.

The same sources added in this sense that Djelloud had a violent argument with Qadaffy informing him that he refused to intervene if he did not stop the carnage committed by the army, police and African mercenaries against Libyan civilians. "I reject these proposals, but I'm ready to go to Benghazi and do everything in my power to stop the protests if a number of urgent demands are taken into consideration," he said.
Posted by:Fred

#12  Splainit: that's his way of having fun. Deel with it.
Posted by: Ebbung McGurque7987   2011-02-22 18:51  

#11  he cant kill enough people to make it go away.

I wouldn't bet on that. Gaddafi did not inherit his position. To get to the top of a dictatorship, you have to have some awe-inspiring political skills. Mubarak served until he was physically unable to, for health reasons. Ditto with Ben Ali.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-02-22 18:29  

#10  Actually, Egypt intervening in Libya might be the least worst solution in a long list of bad solutions -- like when Vietnam invaded Cambodia and stopped the Kymer Rouge.
Posted by: Pollyandrew   2011-02-22 15:39  

#9  Justice for PAN AM-103 finally arriving.

Yes. And how about a "compassionate execution" of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi while you are taking care of Qadaffy? The guy that was part of Great Britain's catch and release program.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-02-22 14:26  

#8  That's one of the problems with being a despised dictator. Hard to retire.
Posted by: gorb   2011-02-22 13:52  

#7  Hopefully this evil SOB will be swinging froma lampost by tomorrow morning. Justice for PAN AM-103 finally arriving.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-02-22 13:00  

#6  I was thinking more in terms of the Peace Loving Egyptian army invading Libya to liberate the oppressed oil wells.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-02-22 12:31  

#5  Now it's the time for Peace Loving People of Egypt to save their Libian Brothers from the Blody Handed Tyrant!!!

FWIW, I heard an NPR report that some are loading up their cars with aid and driving to the border with Libya and giving it to the demonstrators.
Posted by: gorb   2011-02-22 12:13  

#4  he cant kill enough people to make it go away.

We're going to find out a bout that.
Posted by: Spaising Thaiting6528   2011-02-22 10:19  

#3  Now it's the time for Peace Loving People of Egypt to save their Libian Brothers from the Blody Handed Tyrant!!!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-02-22 10:09  

#2  He's had some pretty violent insurrections in the past. I'm betting he thinks he can repress this one. Expect lots more blood.
Posted by: Water Modem   2011-02-22 09:28  

#1  He's never going to get this cat back in the bag. Its not going to quiet down and he cant kill enough people to make it go away.

He needs to fill his suitcase with gold and get a quick private jet to anyplace that will take him. Who will take him? I will bet he doesnt have a soul out there who will be a friend in need. Not even Chavez will touch him. He hasnt got anyplace he can go.

He will cut and run as soon as he has a place that seems to offer haven. But with none available he will hold out until his own military hangs him on a guthook.
And the end result of his life will be what's scrawled on a toilet door.
In southern Russia there once was a general of the Whites who failed and was executed by his own men. A slang term in that part of Russia may still refer to rural outdoor privies as "Dershensky's Headquarters". Kadaffy should be so lucky.
Posted by: Dribble2716   2011-02-22 08:15  

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