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| Top Libyan cleric supports uprising |
| 2011-04-19 |
| [Maghrebia] Leading Libyan holy man Sheikh al-Sadek al-Ghariani is calling on the people of Tripoli and other cities under the control of Muammar Qadaffy ... Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years ... to prove their presence and demonstrate. In a video message released last Thursday, he said it was their religious duty to show support for their brothers in the western mountains, Misrata, Zintan and other places besieged by Qadaffy's battalions. He also called on Libyan tribes to support the revolution, saying that the uprising was not directed against any one tribe or person, but rather against injustice and tyranny. In what many saw as a response to the holy man's message, large-scale demonstrations in all Libyan provinces on Friday (April 15th) called for the departure of Qadaffy and his sons. Protestors demanded that the international community do more to protect civilians. Tripoli residents say that if the international community doesn't intervene quickly in the Libyan capital, it will face a real humanitarian food crisis, now that the stores shelves are empty. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Tripoli residents say that if the international community doesn't intervene quickly in the Libyan capital, it will face a real humanitarian food crisis, now that the stores shelves are empty. So whats that again? There's a potential food crisis on the horizon? Huh...what's that? Ya say it could become a humanitarian food crisis. Whoa...and it's a real one ta boot. Well then...lets just check our handy-dandy R2P handbook then. Yep...right there...see...under food crisis it clearly says humanitarian all right. Ok then we better start armming the rebels with some of the heavy shit then. Oops did I say rebels? Silly me...I meant to say we better arm the reluctant civilian warriors. Just make sure it says defensive weapons on the crates. We got a narrow mandate ya know. After all...we're the international community...we require legitimacy dammit! |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2011-04-19 10:27 |
| #1 See also WAFF [old] > LIBYANS ORDERED TO ATTACK NATO [including NATO ally Muslim Turkey], by "Core" Al-Qaeda #2 AYMAN ZAWAHIRI. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > GOVT. SPOKEMAN: AL-QAEDA INVOLVED IN LIBYAN CONFLICT, |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-19 00:55 |