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Africa North

U.S. faces bloody war if enters Libya: Gaddafi

2011-03-03

[Ennahar] Muammar Qadaffy said on Wednesday that Libyans would die in thousands if the United States or other foreign powers enter Libya, and he was ready to discuss constitutional and legal changes without violence.

"Do they want us to become slaves once again like we were slaves to the Italians?" the Libyan leader said, referring to Libya's former colonial power. "We will never accept it. We will enter a bloody war and thousands and thousands of Libyans will die if the United States enters or NATO enters."

On al Qaeda, he said: "I am ready to debate anyone one of them, one of their 'emirs', whomsoever appoints himself, who comes to me to debate with me, but they do not debate ... they do not have demands at all."

Posted by:Fred

#7 Will a Line of Death drawn in the sands of the desert be more effective than a Line of Death drawn in the waters of the Mediterranean? The last one seemed rather...permeable.

Posted by: SteveS 2011-03-03 21:29

#6 Why would the US even consider going into Libya?

We tried to assassinate Old Nutbag at least twice, we bombed the crap out of the country and Italy is sucking down most of the oil anyway.

Let THEM go fight for their boy. We don't have a dog in that fight.

Posted by: mojo 2011-03-03 11:32

#5 ...thousands and thousands of Libyans will die if the United States enters or NATO enters.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the Libyan army, Mo. But, in PC World, this is a bigger deterrent than nuclear weapons.

Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-03 10:07

#4 Facilitates the link up of the Muslim Brotherhood with groups like al-Qaeda in the Mahgreb.

Posted by: lotp 2011-03-03 06:23

#3 What's wrong with encouraging Egypt to invade Libya?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-03-03 04:02

#2 Let me see : no triple canopy jungle, no direct land border with a hostile Red China, no 30+ years of guerrilla warfare experience before fighting the US, no Soviet Union pumping billions of dollars worth of weapons a year to the Libyans, and no LBJ around to micromanage. Other than that, Libya is exactly like Vietnam.

Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-03-03 01:25

#1 Muammar warns that His demise + US-NATO mil intervention will:

> Libya = another "VIETNAM", espec for US Milfors.
> Cause Libyuh, North Africa, + the entire Mediterranean region to become unstable. Instability in Libya = instability in Mediterranean.
> Africans will march into, agz Europe, + the EURO WILL HAVE NO WAY TO STOP IT.
> Mediterranean = SOMALIA = CENTER, BASE FOR REGIONAL PIRACY AGZ INTERNAT COMMERCE.
> THREATENS CHINA + ASIA.
> EMPOWERS IRAN.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-03 01:01

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