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Birthday/Daily Gam Shot
Sylva Koscina aka Countess Francesca De Montefiore in "The Secret War of Harry Frigg" aka Iole, bride of Ercole in "Hercules Unchained" aka Iole, Daugher of Pelias in "Le fatiche di Ercole" aka Giulia Marcocci in "Il ferroviere" aka Sophia Lehar in "Lisa and the Devil" aka Barbara Capuana in "So Sweet, So Dead" aka Vlasta Simoneva in "Agent 8 3/4" aka Kenny, FBI Agent in "That Man in Istanbul" aka Nancy in "The Protagonists" (Died in 1994 at age 61)
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] At least 125 people were confirmed dead on Sunday as sectional fighting continued between two feuding tribes in Jonglei state in South Sudan, officials said.
Sixty others perished in fighting between the army and a militia group in Upper Nile state on Saturday, according to the army front man.
The caretaker Justice Minister, John Luk Jok, said 125 bodies were found dead on the ground in Uror County in Jonglei state since the fighting broke out on Thursday.
The Murle of Pibor in the same state attacked the area on Thursday morning, he said.
He said 8 villages were devastated in the fighting and that some children were amputated by the attacking rustics.
The maimed were being evacuated by the Medicines Sans Frontiers.
Over 2,000 heads of cattle were stolen in the process, according to the state Governor, Kuol Manyang Juuk.
Militia group
The Lou-Nuer of Uror and the Murle have longstanding conflicts over cattle and grazing land and have been engaged in sporadic hostilities since North-South war ended with the signing of the 2005 Naivasha Peace deal in Kenya.
Kuol said the police force is weak and that the army was not fully on the ground to quell the festivities.
He however said no confrontation was taking place on Sunday, although he could not say peace had returned.
In the Upper Nile incident where 60 villagers perished on Saturday, a militia group had crossed the borders from Sudan into South Sudan and attacked Kaka village west of the Nile in Shilluk in Upper Nile state, according to the army.
South Sudan's army front man, Col. Philip Aguer, said the militias were a combination of Sudanese Arabs, Nubians and South Sudanese elements loyal to rebel leader George Athor Deng.
He said 53 of the dead were Orcs and similar vermin and 7 were army soldiers. Scores were also maimed.
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[Tripoli Post] Sa'adi Qadaffy, son of Muammar Qadaffy, has been incarcerated. Many former aides of Libya's long time dictator have decamped to Tunisia or incarcerated on trying.
Qadaffy's whereabouts is unknown after the capital Tripoli fell in the hands of the rebels yesterday. The president of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Mr. Mustafa Abdul Jalil said earlier today that the council did not know whether Qadaffy is in Libya or out of it.
There are rumors that Qadaffy may be in Algeria right now. Birds of a feather...
Others maintain that he could still be in the capital away from Aziziya barracks or in the south of Libya.
The arrest of Sa'adi which comes after 24 hours from the arrest of his two brothers Seif Al Islam and Mohammed indicates that the Libyan rebels are indeed bring the country under their control.
While Sa'adi is known for his bizarre short term football career and the holding of a military rank of a general, Seif had played a major political role in Libya in the last seven years introducing himself as a reformer and a savvy diplomat for his father.
Mohammed, the elder son of Qadaffy, is currently under house arrest along with his mother in a villa in Tripoli. He has been until yesterday the head of the most lucrative public communications and Postal Services Company that controls all mobile phones in the country.
A number of other close aides of Qadaffy have also been incarcerated or decamped.
Qadaffy's personal guard, Saad Mas'oud, was incarcerated yesterday near Khums city east of Tripoli as he was trying to flee the country by sea.
Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... Qadaffy's personal secretary and lately the CEO of an investment company worth ten billion Dollars, Bashir Salah, is under investigation after arriving in Tunisia for his attempt to sell large amount of gold to international traders.
The head of Qadaffy's radio and TV apparatus Abdulla Mansour who is also a military officer and a dominant figure in this Libyan important sector for decades also decamped to Tunisia along with Qadaffy's Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac?
Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features. If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng, he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!... Libyan rebels succeeded today to take control of the radio and TV buildings resulting on the cutting of Qadaffy's satellite TV channels of the air.
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Sa'adi is known for ... holding of a military rank of a general
Damn, he outranks his old man.
More than 2,000 angry Egyptians broke down barriers at Israel's embassy in Cairo, burned Israeli flags and raised the Egyptian flag, backing up demands by the provisional military government's cabinet that Egypt expel Israel's ambassador.
Egyptian police outside the embassy did not try to prevent the crowd from pulling down the Israeli flag from the embassy.
The new regime condemned Israel for the deaths of Egyptian soldiers during the IDF's search and destroy operation of the gunnies who staged the sophisticated multi-pronged attack north of Eilat on Thursday. Israel said the gunnies crossed into Egyptian-controlled Sinai from Gazoo and continued on to attack Israelis.
The border fence with Sinai, intended to prevent illegal African infiltrators from entering Israel, is far from comlete. The area posed no security threat until Mubarak's overthrow.Â
Egypt has summoned the Israeli ambassador and said it is not enough for Israel to apologize. The regime's cabinet said, "Egypt lays on Israel the political and legal responsibility for this incident, which constitutes a breach of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel."
Egypt had requested and received permission from Israel last week to place armed forces in the Sinai despite it being against the peace treaty, in an attempt to put down the chaos reigning in the peninsula since Mubarak's fall.Â
Its foreign ministry stated, "Egypt denounces the use of force against civilians in any circumstance and strongly advises Israel to immediately stop its military operations against Gazoo."
Israeli Foreign Ministry front man Yigal Palmor responded, "We hope that the ambassador will not be recalled. He's still here."Â
The Defense and Foreign Ministries said they will carry out a joint investigation with the Egyptian army to determine if there were mistakes in the battle between the IDF and terrorists.
Several eyewitnesses to Thursday's attack said it appeared to them that Egyptian soldiers fired on Israelis, but this has not been confirmed by military officials. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... one of the terrorist attacks began under the noses of Egyptian soldiers in an observation post adjacent to the Israeli border.
Egypt claimed that the IDF killed three Egyptian coppers while chasing the gunnies inside Egyptian territory. The IDF said that its soldiers fired "toward the sources of fire" and did not aim at Egyptian soldiers. Â
Israeli officials have contacted American and French counterparts in an effort to calm down Egypt's diplomatic furor, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak reportedly spoke with the head of Egypt's Supreme Military Council, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi.
"The peace agreement between Israel and Egypt is of great importance and strategic value to stability in the Middle East," Barak said.
[Tripoli Post] The secretary general of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... , Danish Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said that the Muammar Al Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years... regime in Libya is clearly crumbling., and that the sooner Al Qadaffy realises that he cannot win the battle against his own people, the better, so that the Libyan people can be spared further bloodshed and suffering.
In a statement on the curren situation in Libya, Rasmussen said: "The Libyan people have suffered tremendously under Al Qadaffy's rule for over four decades. Now they have a chance for a new beginning. Now is the time for all threats against civilians to stop, as the United Nations ...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... Security Council demanded," he said.
The NATO chief webt on to say: "Now is the time to create a new Libya - a state based on freedom, not fear; democracy, not dictatorship; the will of the many, not the whims of a few.
"That transition must come peacefully. It must come now. And it must be led and defined by the Libyan people."
He said that, "NATO is ready to work with the Libyan people and with the Transitional National Council, which holds a great responsibility," adding that they must make sure that the transition is smooth and inclusive, that the country stays united, and that the future is founded on reconciliation and respect for human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions....
Rasmussen added: "Al Qadaffy's remaining allies and forces also have a great responsibility. It is time to end their careers of violence. The world is watching them. This is their opportunity to side with the Libyan people and choose the right side of history.
"We will continue to monitor military units and key facilities, as we have since March, and when we see any threatening moves towards the Libyan people, we will act in accordance with our U.N. Mandate.
"Our goal throughout this conflict has been to protect the people of Libya, and that is what we are doing.
"Because the future of Libya belongs to the Libyan people. And it is for the international community to assist them, with the United Nations and the Contact Group playing a leading role. NATO wants the Libyan people to be able to decide their future in freedom and in peace."
Rasmussen concluded his statement thus: "Today, they can start building that future, "
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Fred,
Thanks for mentioning Wheelus. As a young air force brat I spent many a day at the OC and the swimming pool. Sad to have seen us give it up. Back in those days (50's) Correjon, Azores and Libya were good duty (at least for a kid).
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Jeeeeesuz, another spelling?
Man, will I be glad when this guy's gone...
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I remember the statue of Saddam coming down in Baghdad. But after the glow of the successful invasion faded, people asked President Bush, "what now?"
Turns out Bush had the wrong strategy for the occupation of Iraq, and he was roundly (and correctly) criticized for it.
Now then: NATO, for the past five months, has been helping the Libyan rebels. The Duck of Death will be gone in a day or so.
What now?
I'm sure, just absolutely sure, that NATO has learned from our mistakes in Iraq and will have a splendid post-war plan for Libya.
Right?
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Splendid. Now the poor Libyan Jihadis won't have to travel all the way to Iraq to kill Americans.
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I must have been the one who did it to Anonymoose the other day, because I just did it to Dr. Steve...again by accident. It seems we need an "Are you sure?" button just for me. :-( Here's what he wrote, dear Readers, to keep you until my mistake is fixed.
#5Â Â I remember the statue of Saddam coming down in Baghdad. But after the glow of the successful invasion faded, people asked President Bush, "what now?"
Turns out Bush had the wrong strategy for the occupation of Iraq, and he was roundly (and correctly) criticized for it.
Now then: NATO, for the past five months, has been helping the Libyan rebels. The Duck of Death will be gone in a day or so.
What now?
I'm sure, just absolutely sure, that NATO has learned from our mistakes in Iraq and will have a splendid post-war plan for Libya.
Right?
Posted by: Steve White  2011-08-22 13:27 Â
[Tripoli Post] While world leaders from President B.O. to Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia have called on Muammar Al Qadaffy ...dictator of Libya since 1969. From 1972, when he relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorifics Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution. With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on 8 June 2009, he became the longest serving of all current non-royal national leaders. He is also the longest-serving ruler of Libya since Tripoli became an Ottoman province in 1551. When Chairman Mao was all the rage and millions of people were flashing his Little Red Book, Qadaffy came out with his own Little Green Book, which didn't do as well. Qadaffy's instability has been an inspiration to the Arab world and to Africa, which he would like to rule... to step aside, the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, condemned the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... campaign Sunday, calling it an attempt to claim the country's oil resources.
British prime minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... has said that Colonel Muammar Al Qadaffy's regime is "falling apart and in full retreat" and he should stop fighting now. We really need a pic of a bandwagon for the Burg... Speaking after chairing a meeting of the National Security Council's Libya Group, David Cameron said the UK could be 'proud' of its role in helping the uprising
He went on to say that "the vast majority" of Tripoli is now in rebels' hands and that the NATO mission to protect civilians would continue as long as needed. He further urged a quick transition to a "democratic and inclusive" Libya, and praised British pilots, air staff and ground crew for their "bravery, great professionalism and dedication".
Mr Cameron confirmed there was no confirmation of Al Qadaffy's whereabouts but at least two of his sons had been jugged. He said the Government would establish a "diplomatic presence" in Tripoli as soon as it was safe to do so.
World leaders have been increasing the pressure on Colonel Muammar Al Qadaffy to accept the end of his 42-year rule, after rebels seized control of most of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. He added that Al Qadaffy needs to acknowledge the reality that he no longer controls Libya. He needs to relinquish power once and for all.
Ahead of the Security Council meeting, UK foreign office minister Alistair Burt said that the first and most important thing is to make sure civil order is preserved, that there's food and power, all the things that people need to make sure their daily lives go on.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said it was "Welcomed news for all of us who believe brutality should not be allowed to stand," adding that the "situation in Libya is fragile but it's clear that the regime is crumbling".
Hundreds of people - many of them of Libyan descent - this morning flocked to London's Edgware Road to celebrate the Libyan rebels' apparent victory. There has also been jubilation in countries including Egypt and Tunisia, where crowds have gathered in solidarity with Libya's revolutionary forces.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said: "We continue to call on Colonel Al Qadaffy to get out of the way, and of course we believe that he should face the international charges that are against him."
South Africa, a leading power on the continent to which Al Qadaffy devoted much of Libya's wealth and influence, denied it had sent a plane for Al Qadaffy or was planning to shelter a leader who has been indicted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... in The Hague, foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Monday.
Nkoana-Mashabane also denied at a media briefing in Johannesburg that South Africa had sent aircraft to Libya for Al Qadaffy's exit and said the Libyan leader's current whereabouts are not known
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said: "We are watching history." But cited the example of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and warned: "There is a risk for actions of Dire Revenge™, and uncontrollable violence. These are tribal groups who are fighting against their oppressors. One knows what one is against, but it is not always equally clear what one is for and people can be for different things."
However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... Venezuelan His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez, who is a staunch ally of Al Qadaffy, condemned NATO's role in the dictator's apparent overthrow. "We are seeing images of the democratic governments of Europe, along with the supposedly democratic government of the United States destroying Tripoli with their bombs," he said.
"Today they dropped I don't know how many bombs, and they're falling in a shameless and open way," Mr. Chavez said. The bombs were falling, he said, "on schools, hospitals, homes, work places, factories, farm fields at this very moment. They're practically demolishing Tripoli with their bombs. It's the excuse to intervene and seize a country and its riches."
Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... NATO has just released its daily operational media update for August 21. It said that 126 sorties were flown on Sunday, with 46 being strike sorties.
NATO says it hit three command and control facilities, one military facility, two radar facilities, nine surface-to-air missile launchers, one tank and two armed vehicles in Tripoli.
It also hit one radar facility near Bin Ghashir and five surface-to-air missiles near al-Azizyah, while 15 NATO ships have been enforcing the arms embargo on Libya in the Mediterranean. Fourteen vessels were hailed and two boardings conducted on August 21.
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[Tripoli Post] A day after jubilant rebel forces surged into the symbolic heart of the capital, heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual light or sporadic fighting... raged Monday near the Tripoli compound of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Al Qadaffy ...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere... , while fighting was also heard overnight in the south of the capital, with exchanges of heavy weaponry and automatic rifle fire.
Rebel leaders had earlier warned that pockets of resistance remained despite most of Al Qadaffy's defenders vanishing during the rebels' lightning charge through Tripoli on Sunday.
The whereabouts of the Libyan leader, who now seems to have been deprived of any real leadership were unknown on Monday, while his second eldest son, and 'heir-apparent', Seif al-Islam slept under surveillance by his captors after his arrest, and eldest son Mohamed was under house arrest, cowering in his house, afraid to leave.
Al Qadaffy himself, hold up somewhere for fear of being caught, had broadcast three defiant audio messages on Sunday, vowing he would not surrender and urging the people of Tripoli to "purge the capital, even as rebel forces swept through the capital and took over the symbolic Green Square at the waterfront. But he has not been seen in public for weeks. He was nowhere to be seen and called for his supposed supporters to fight on his behalf.
Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... in a written statement, US President Barack B.O. Obama said that Al Qadaffy's 42-year autocratic regime was at a "tipping point" and that the "tyrant" must go. He called on the rebels to respect human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... , show leadership, preserve the institutions of the Libyan state and move towards democracy.
"Tonight, the momentum against the Al Qadaffy regime has reached a tipping point. Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant," Obama said as he took a vacation at the resort of Martha's Vineyard.
"The Al Qadaffy regime is showing signs of collapsing. The people of Libya are showing that the universal pursuit of dignity and freedom is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator."
Earlier, as the battle to end four decades of dictatorship neared its end.Mahmud Jibril, who forms part of the National Transitional Council had also called on the bully boyz to act responsibly. "The fight is not over yet," he said on rebel television Al-Ahrar. "God willing, in few hours our victory will be complete."
Government front man Moussa Ibrahim told a presser that 1,300 people had been killed in the rebel assault on the capital, describing the fighting as a "real tragedy." There's no way anybody could confirm the high number of casualties he quoted, nor any immediate indication of how much resistance may have been put up against the rebels.
Libyans laughed at Ibrahim's insisted that Libya's regime "is still strong and thousands of volunteers and soldiers are ready to fight". The reality on the ground seemed to belie his boasts.
In The Hague, the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... confirmed that Muammar Al Qadaffy's son, Seif al-Islam, for whom the ICC had issued arrest warrants for crimes against humanity, is in detention, with Luis Moreno-Ocampo saying he had received confidential information stating he had been set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock.
"We hope he can soon be in the Hague" to face justice, he said, adding that he planned to contact the "Libyan transitional government" later in the day.
Earlier, the chairman of Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Al-Jazeera TV from Benghazi, that Seif was "being kept in a secure place under close guard until he is handed over to the judiciary."
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The Rebs holding "90% of Tripoli" is still NOT holding 100% of Tripoli.
IMO iff the Libyuhn Rebs don't force Uncle Muammar to surrender or flee into self-exile soon, this could end up being ala a MEDIEVAL-ERA CITY SIEGE, e.g. SIEGE(S) OF VIENNA, MALTA, CONSTANTINOPLE, ETC. WHERE UNCLE MUAMMAR MAY STILL BE A PESKY, SERIOUS THORN IN THE SIDE OF THE LRC = LIBYUHN REBELS.
EVERYTHING IN LIBYA DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY GOES THRU THE PORTS OF TRIPOLI - THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR TRIPOLI IN LIBYA, + THE REBS DON'T HAVE THE MUCHO $$$ ON THEIR OWN TO BUILD ANY ALTERNATE.
Libya's economic "twin" is EGYPT, AKA WHERE THE ANTI-US-WEST, ISRAELI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ETAL. IS.
[Tripoli Post] Jubilant Libyan opposition fighters and Tripoli residents celebrated in grand style in he the capital's main square, named by Libyan leader Muammar Al Qadaffy ...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere... as Green Square after the First of September Revolution in 1969 an now being renamed by Libyans as Martyrs' Square.
Celebrations began immediately the shooting around the area between the rebels and the Al Qadaffy forces died down. Sunday night.
Until very recently Libyans were not sure that they they would really live the moment many of them have longed for over more than forty years under the ruthless dictator Muammar Al Qadaffy, whose sheer oppression in close to 42 years made it almost impossible that a new dawn would break over Libya, living live out of Al Qatahfi's iron grip.
Euphoric Libyan rebels were joined by Tripoli residents as they moved to the centre of the capital, as soon as Al Qathaf's defenders melted away into the night. Thousands of Tripoli civilians rushed out of their homes to cheer the long convoys of pickup trucks packed with fighters shooting in the air by way of celebration.
The rebels' surprising and speedy leap forward, after six months of largely deadlocked conflict was packed into just a few dramatic hours, as by nightfall on Sunday, they not only advanced more than 32km to Tripoli, but began to take over as the the residents expressed their support and flooded to the Green Square.
As a prelude to the celebrations, hundreds of people were on the streets, most of them armed. A great number of them fighters who came down from the mountains in western areas of Libya. They entered the capital and along with opposition within the capital, had managed to liberate the city from the regime's control.
The Libyan people were in charge of most of Tripoli and a party atmosphere could be felt throughout, not just in Tripoli, but also in various towns and cities that in recent days and throughout the six-month long conflict fought their way to get rid of the Al Qadaffy presence. Shouts of "We're free" echoed around the centre of Tripoli while others took delight in firing their rifles in the air or aiming shots at a large poster of Muammar Al Qadaffy.
Television footage from Green Square, renamed by rebels as Martyrs Square, that had been the site of night rallies by Al Qadaffy supporters throughout the uprising, showed men ripping down posters of the Libyan leader and setting them on fire along with the green flag of his regime. Others applauded, danced in delight flashing V-signs for victory, and waving the rebels' tricolour flag of independent Libya.
The Tripoli battalion commander for the opposition National Transition Council, Abdul Hakim Belhaj, openly thanked God for this victory, then called on the residents to protect the city. "We call on remaining parts of the regime to surrender and join the opposition," he said
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"...Abdul Hakim Belhaj, openly thanked God for this victory."
Abdul should have thanked NATO. If Qadaffy was given as much leeway as Assad in Syria, Abdul and his friends would probably be dead or in hiding.
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[Tripoli Post] Early Monday morning Libyan rebels began their battle against Muammar Al Qadaffy's ...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere... forces in the highly fortified Bab Al-Azziziyah barracks in Tripoli.
There are unconfirmed reports that Qadaffy could very well be inside the barracks directing the remaining of his forces. But rebel spokesmen voiced doubt at the presence of Qadaffy in this headquarters making it seem insignificant militarily.
There are speculations that Qadaffy could be somewhere in unknown location in the capital or he might even be in the south of the country.
But Nab Al Snazzily remains a symbol of Al Qadaffy's oppression of his people for 42 years.
The forces withdrawn yesterday from Tripoli streets under pressure from the rebels' attack and took refuge there.
Eyewitnesses reported that a tank moved out of the barracks and fired aimlessly at nearby buildings in Sidi Khalifa area.
There are expectations that today's battle will be rather heavy.
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REBELS' VOW TO PUSH UNCLE MUAMMAR "INTO
THE SEA" ....
versus
* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > REPORT: AFRICAN UNION OFFERING GADDAFI EXILE [options = choice] IN ANGOLA OR ZIMBABWE.
* SAME > HEAD OF LIBYAN SECURITY SERVICES CALLS OUT NATO FOR SUPPORTING AL-QAEDA. THE AMERICAN WAR ON TERROR IS A "SHAM" DESIGNED TO STRIP FREEDOMS FROM AMERICANS WHILE CONSOLIDATING WEALTH + POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE ELITE.
The Many, versus the Few???
Lest we fergit, 9-11 + GWOT > among other, WAR FOR OWG-NWO = WAR FOR PRO-US-VS-ANTI-US NWO = includ, by extension, WAR FOR PRO-US-VS-ANTI-US COMMIE-SOCIALIST WORLD ORDER.
[RED DAWN [original], "AMERIKA" TV Mini-Series, + "UNDER SIEGE" TV Movie? Mini-Series? here].
LIBYAN rebels have taken control of Green Square in Tripoli but senior Libyan rebel figure Mahmud Jibril said there were still pockets of resistance in the capital from forces loyal to strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
"I warn you, there are still pockets of resistance in and around Tripoli," Jibril said in a speech on rebel television Al-Ahrar early today.
"You have to be aware that some pockets are coming from the east and you have to be cautious. The fight is not over yet.
"God willing, in few hours our victory will be complete."
He called on police and security forces not to leave their posts and to keep doing their jobs, staying alert to protect the people and their property.
And as it looked as if Gaddafi's rule was now to be measured in hours and not days Jibril urged rebels to act with magnanimity toward the vanquished.
"The world is watching us," he added. "Do not avenge yourselves."
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He called on police and security forces not to leave their posts and to keep doing their jobs, staying alert to protect the people and their property.
Our newly formed and fully sprocketed revolutionary security apparatus will replace you deal with you later, so stay PUT!
Contents: one (1) lamp-post, one (1) 50' coil of 1" manila rope
Additional materials needed: one (1) despot
Some assembly required.
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ION > RENSE > [YouTube] THE REBELS HAVEN'T SECURED ANYTHING, THEY'RE JUST SHOOTING - [by] MAHDI NAZEMROAYA.
Shooting at everything + nothing???
[1960's TV "ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW" > MIGHTY "BATTLE OF MAYBERRY" = No Yanks or Rebs were killed in this great + holy battle of the US Civil war save for a FEW COWS = CAMELS?, + perhaps a Goat or Pig???].
D *** NG IT, DOES THIS MEAN "GREEN ACRES" ARNOLD THE PIG WENT AWOL???
* FREEREPUBLIC > LIBYA: NOW THE HARD PART [Medias admit (post-Gaddafi] Libya will be ruled by SHARIA LAW.
IIUC, prepare to say "SAYONARA" = "HASTA LA VISTA, FATIMA" to all those sexy slinky Libyuhn Babes with modern looks, dress, Jobs + Net accounts, etc.
and
* MEMRI.ORG > EGYPTIAN ISLAMIST TAREQ AL-ZUMAR: WE'RE AGAINST WOMEN, CHRISTIANS FOR [Non-Muslims = Egyptian] PRESIDENT, + IN FAVOR OF CHOPPING OFF HANDS [limbs] TO DETER THEFT.
* SAME > [Video]EGYPTIAN TV PRESENTER SAYYED ALI: NO MORE NEGOTIATIONS WID ISRAEL, NO MORE SUBSERVIENCE TO THE US, + NO MORE ACCURSED US AID.
* WORLDNEWS > THE BATTLE FOR LIBYA HAS JUST BEGUN.
Tripoli + the Post-Gaddafi era.
* SAME > PRAISE THE ARAB SPRING, BUT PREPARE FOR THE ARAB FALL.
Democratic or Islamist, the ancient or historical "TIES THAT BOUND", i.e. which kept the various Religious + Ethnic, etc. Groups together in Muslim States MAY NOT BE THERE ANYMORE ONCE THE "ARAB SPRING" [Springs] = JASMINE/COLOR REVOLUTIONS HAVE RUN THEIR FULL COURSE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD???
[An Nahar] Libyan rebels entered the capital on Sunday and were greeted by residents who ran alongside their convoy, an Agence La Belle France Presse correspondent said.
The welcome followed gunbattles with fighters loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years....
On their way into Tripoli from the west, the rebels advanced in a convoy of around 100 vehicles as onlookers fired celebratory gunfire into the air, the correspondent said.
Earlier on Sunday, rebels snuck into Tripoli by sea to launch the first salvos in the fight for the capital.
A regime front man acknowledged a small band of cut-throats had penetrated the capital but insisted that Tripoli was well-defended by "thousands" of troops.
The dawn assault by the advance party, who were joined by Tripoli rebels, marked the start of what the opposition has dubbed "Operation Mermaid" and which it vows will end only when the veteran strongman surrenders or departs.
Rebel front man Abdullah Melitan said the covert operation, more than six months after an uprising turned into civil war, was launched from their western enclave of Misrata, 200 kilometers from Tripoli.
An advance party "from Misrata reached Tripoli this dawn by sea and joined Tripoli rebels. They are now fighting alongside them," front man Abdullah Melitan told Agence La Belle France Presse in Misrata.
A separate rebel party seized control of an army barracks at a western entrance to Tripoli, raiding missiles and other ammunition, AFP correspondents at the scene said.
They also released dozens of prisoners held in Maya, 25 kilometers west of Tripoli, they said.
And the eastern Tripoli suburb of Tajoura also fell to rebels, according to a witness. He said forces loyal to Qadaffy were shelling the suburb since its capture by rebels.
"Between now and tomorrow we expect it (Tripoli) to fall in our hands," said rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj.
Intermittent gunfire crackled in Tripoli shortly after four strong blasts were heard at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) as NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... warplanes flew overhead, an AFP journalist said. This was followed by more gunfire and further blasts.
The targets were not immediately identifiable but witnesses reported festivities in several districts between cut-throats and Qadaffy supporters, especially the eastern suburbs of Soug Jomaa, Arada and Tajoura.
Government front man Moussa Ibrahim said on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
there had been "small festivities" that lasted 30 minutes and the "situation is under control."
Ibrahim later told news hounds "thousands" of professional and volunteer soldiers were defending the capital against rebels, whom he accused of carrying out "34 executions" and raping women in the western coastal town of Sorman.
Qadaffy himself earlier Sunday aired a message urging supporters to "march by the millions" to liberate cities held by "traitors and rats."
"These scum enter mosques to cry 'God is great.' They are dirty. They are defiling the mosques," the embattled strongman said in an audio message carried on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
Rebel front man Ahmed Jibril said "Operation Mermaid" was a joint effort between the Benghazi-based rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), cut-throats fighting in and around Tripoli and NATO forces.
In Dubai, rebel envoy Aref Ali Nayad said the National Transitional Council had urged NATO to join the final battle with Apache assault helicopters.
Rebel fighters told an AFP correspondent that they were battling Qadaffy loyalists in the Gadayem forest some 24 kilometers west of Tripoli which they hoped to reach later Sunday.
"We want to go to Tripoli today," one of the fighters, Bassam, said, adding that NATO forces had been attacking the forest all night.
Another rebel, Mohammed, later said: "We have taken the forest."
Fighting was later centered on a strategic bridge, a rebel fighter, Tareq Gazel, told AFP.
"We are fighting the Khamis brigade (named after and headed by Qadaffy's son Khamis) on the bridge 27," he said. "We are fighting for control of the bridge. We have had some injuries but no deaths."
The rebels have been moving from the center of Zawiyah, one of three strategic towns on the road to Tripoli which cut-throats claim to have captured last week. The other two are Brega and Zliten.
In his eastern stronghold of Benghazi, rebel chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil claimed that victory was within reach, six months after the insurgency was launched.
"We have contacts with people from the inner circle of Qadaffy," the chairman of the NTC said. "All evidence (shows) that the end is very near, with God's grace."
His words prompted celebrations in rebel-held towns, including Sabratha, 50 kilometers west of Tripoli, and in Benghazi, where people crowded in front of television sets to follow the news, AFP correspondents said.
"Goodbye Qadaffy," they chanted in the rebel-capital, Benghazi.
The White House, too, predicted Qadaffy's day was nearing the end of the road. "We believe that Qadaffy's days are numbered," said White House front man Josh Earnest.
Another sign of the regime's frailty came as fighters said former premier Abdessalam Jalloud, a popular figure who fell out of favor with the Libyan strongman in the mid-1990s, had defected and joined their ranks.
Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa confirmed the reports.
Jalloud piled the pressure on Qadaffy in statements broadcast Sunday on Al-Jazeera news, calling on his tribe to disown him, saying the "tyrant" Qadaffy will go. "The noose has tightened around him."
Striking another blow to Qadaffy's regime, Tunisia, Libya's neighbor to the west, on Sunday decided to recognize the NTC as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, the news agency TAP reported.
A rebel front man in Benghazi, Fathi Baja, said Tunisia's recognition of the NTC was a clear message to Qadaffy that his end was near.
In Warsaw, Polish ministry spokeswoman Paulina Kapuscinska told AFP that the Maltese boat MV Triva 1 which was due to evacuate foreign nationals from Libya was unable to enter the port of Tripoli on Sunday morning.
"It was swept by gunfire and it returned to its anchorage," she said.
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I can't wait for all the nonsense we are going to hear about Obama getting credit for overthrowing Qaddafi. There will also be dismissal of the obvious fact. This was a war for oil.
The only credit he deserves is that no US personnel were killed in the war.
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Darn, but what will happen to his babe brigade?
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The only credit he deserves is that no US personnel were killed in the war.
Actually, there are more Jihadis per capita coming from Lybia (from the rebels stringholds not from Khadafi's) than from Saudi Arabia or Yemen. I fear that overthrowing Khadafi will carry many desths of Americans and Europeans both servicemen and civilians. Khadafi was no longer dangerous (Bush 43 instilled hil the fear of God and made him dismantle his nuclear program) and even when he was, he ever was hostile to the Muslim Brotherhood and cracked on it.
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Since there seems to be no sign right now of on-going massacres in the capital, despite the presence of thousands of amped-up armed Berbers, and the rebels have shown the organizational capacity to raise the city en masse in a single night, I'm sanguine today.
The thing about all those Libyan al Queda gunnies who marched off to Iraq last decade - the overwhelming majority of those guys are *dead*. They died like flies. I'm not inclined to demand the eternal enslavement of their cousins under the watchful, paranoid, lidless gaze of armed tyranny just because of their participation in a prior war.
I hated Gaddafi & rooted for his overthrow, not because he got into a shooting war with my country twenty-five years ago, but because he is a psychotic cunt who exports poison wholesale - guns, ideology and pure evil. He is and was an enemy of liberal civilization, and a blot upon the third world, funding & training lunatic fascist cults throughout Africa and Latin America.
If Libya becomes an al Queda caliphate, then we'll bomb that bridge when we come to it. Right now, I'm more concerned about Yemen, which has an *actual* al Queda insurgency occupying the back-country as we speak.
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#9 - Looks like Fredo Corleone, only taller...
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It appears to be Mutassim al Qadaffy, about whom The Telegraph writes
Mutassim is the country's National Security Adviser who met Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State. Described as "not intellectually curious", he commanded Libyan forces in the fierce battles around Brega.
The link is to a profile of the dapper colonel's children.
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Mutassim is the country's National Security Adviser who met Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State. Described as "not intellectually curious"...
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Gaddafi paid a price, and in return the sanctions were lifted.
A couple of years later he demanded that whatever he paid or conceded be returned to him and the West complied.
So the deal was off.
By 2008-2010 Gaddafi was a ticking time bomb, a rational actor who could be deterred who had come to the reasonable conclusion that the West could be attacked with impunity. He had lost any respect of fear by that time.
The choice was to forcibly remove Gaddafi before or after the next Lockerbie. When an arab-islamic dictator declares Jihad we should take him seriously.
I don't like Obama. I wouldn't have voted for him. I believe his presidency will have terrible consequences for the world (i.e. nuclear Iran), but if the Obama administration gets something right I will not criticize them for criticism's sake.
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#14: "It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!"
"Then quit wearing that pimp suit"
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By 2008-2010 Gaddafi was a ticking time bomb, a rational actor who could be deterred who had come to the reasonable conclusion that the West could be attacked with impunity. He had lost any respect of fear by that time.
In other words he came to that conclusion when Obama became president.
I don't like Obama. I wouldn't have voted for him. I believe his presidency will have terrible consequences for the world (i.e. nuclear Iran), but if the Obama administration gets something right I will not criticize them for criticism's sake.
That is Obama brought a solution , possibly a jihadist solution, to a problem he created
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"Bush 43 instilled hil the fear of God and made him dismantle his nuclear program"
Really? More that fact that Libya was going to the crapper with the sanctions levied by the Euros. That's why he gave up his dream of a nuke (which wasn't even close to happening). You give Bush wayyyy to much credit.
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"The only credit he deserves is that no US personnel were killed in the war yet."
FTFY, Penguin.
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thx Etienne. Who knew those dreaded EU-sanctions could do so much? Ask Tehran.
*bzzzt* nice try
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Does anyone remember NYC talk radio host Bob Grant? Even in the 1970s, he would end each of his shows with, "Your influence counts. Use it! Get Qaddafi!"
Bob is having a very good week.
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[Tripoli Post] At least 90 percent of the capital city of Tripoli is now under complete rebel control, according to eyewitnesses. There are rumours that Al Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years... could have decamped the country. This based on the fact that a yacht and a ship have left Tripoli harbour this afternoon.
Most of the Libyan capital has now fallen into rebel hands as Al Qadaffy makes another speech in less than 24 hours. There are rumours that Al Qadaffy could have decamped the country based on the fact that a yacht and a ship have left Tripoli harbour this afternoon.
In another dramatic turn of events in Tripoli, Al Qadaffy's right hand man Abdullah Sanussi who is also the head of the Al Qadaffy intelligence, held a presser at 7:40 p.m. local time saAl Qadaffy's regime.
Commentators in Tripoli said the first appearance of Sanoussi could indicate this situation is totally fluid and it is not clear who is running the affairs in Al Qadaffy's camp.
Many of Al Qadaffy's military commanders who have until now run the war against his people have either been tossed in the calaboose, killed or decamped the country.
Aaccording to eyewitnesses., a least 90 percent of the city is now under complete rebel control.
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Head of Libyan rebel government confirms the arrest of Seif Al Islam Qadaffy ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received... saying he is now in a secure location.
Mr. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), has just confirmed that Seif Al Islam, the most active son of Qadaffy has been incarcerated.
Speaking live to Al-jazeera, Abdul Jalil said the council was informed that Seif was incarcerated by the rebels in Tripoli and now he is now in secure hands.
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Al Jizz:Earlier Al Jazeera spoke to Mohammad Gaddafi, after he had surrendered. There was the sound of gunfire before the phone line went down.
But the head of the opposition National Transitional Council told Al Jazeera he was not hurt.
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I haven't paid a lot of attention to Libya. Does anyone know what kind of folk the rebels are? Are they decent chaps we can do business with or are we going to look back fondly on the days when Quadaffi ran things.
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I haven't paid a lot of attention to Libya. Does anyone know what kind of folk the rebels are? Are they decent chaps we can do business with or are we going to look back fondly on the days when Quadaffi ran things.
LOL. Good question. Nobody seems to have an answer.
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Are they decent chaps we can do business with or are we going to look back fondly on the days when Quadaffi ran things.
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"Decent chaps" be hard to kom by in these parts Richard. Claims that the West was to blame will soon be heraled, followed by demands for reconstruction aid, followed by political turmoil, trials of revenge, requests for Russian or Chinese military aid, and sectarian violance. Rince - repeat.
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Does anyone know what kind of folk the rebels are? Are they decent chaps we can do business with or are we going to look back fondly on the days when Quadaffi ran things.
Rj, as far as I can tell there are three groups: jihadis possibly connected to Al Qaeda and/or the Musim Brotherhood, exiles returned to take their homeland to freedom and democracy, and the Berber tribes taking advantage of the situation to gain some level of independence. The "rebel government" is mostly returned exiles, I believe -- NPR did a piece on the finance minister, who left an economics professorship in California or Oregon or someplace lime that.
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Al Jizz: Reports say Mohammad Gaddafi, son of the Libyan leader has escaped from custoday after being captured by opposition fighters yesterday. He was aided by Gaddafi loyalists.
[Tripoli Post] Rebels have already entered the Green Square in the center of Tripoli indicating that the end of the regime is soon.
Ishkal is the commander of Imhemed Maghrief brigade that is responsible for the protection of Muammar Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland....
The news led to rumors that Qadaffy himself has been set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock.
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[Tripoli Post] Report from Tripoli says Mohammed Sannusi, son of Abdullah Sannusi, who is also a commander of the ruthless military brigades has been killed by the rebels.
Abdullah Sannusi is the right hand man of Qadaffy ...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere... and indicted by the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity.
He held a presser this evening saying Qadaffy and his regime would continue to fight.
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[Tripoli Post] Fighters from inside Tripoli battling to help in the ousting of the Libyan leader Muammar Al Qadaffy ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received... , have been reinforced by some 200 more fighters from Misrata who docked into Tripoli harbour on a boat. They joined up in the final push as a challenge was launched to the Al Qadaffy troops in the fight for the capital and to rid themselves of the regime that seems to be really shaking.
It is not an easy battle as Tripoli is well-defended by "thousands" of troops. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... the start of what the opposition has dubbed "Operation Mermaid" in which they vow will only end when Al Qadaffy surrenders or departs has already brought some successes, and the rebels have so far managed to take up control of three Tripoli neighbourhoods, namely, Fashloum, Zawiyat Dahmani, and Mansoura.
Rebel front man Ahmed Jibril explained that "Operation Mermaid" is a joint effort between the Benghazi-based rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), bully boyz fighting in and around Tripoli and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... forces. He said: "The operation is also in coordination with NATO."
Another rebels front man, Abdullah Melitan said the covert operation by sea was launched from the rebels' western enclave of Misrata, 200 kilometres from Tripoli, when an advance party reached the capital at the down by sea and joined the Tripoli rebels.
They are now all fighting alongside each other. However, ars longa, vita brevis... the assertion by some of the rebels that Tripoli could fall into their heads before the night is out, looks a bit far fetched.
On Sunday the two warring sides appeared to be jockeying for control of roof terraces to use as firing positions, possibly in preparation for a new burst of fighting after dark, and a rebel activist in the city said pro-Al Qadaffy forces had put snipers on the rooftops of buildings around Bab al-Azziziyah, the Libyan leader's compound, and on the top of a nearby water tower.
Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch, Butch and the Kid finally brought their horses under control... government front man Moussa Ibrahim told journalists that Tripoli is being defended by "thousands" of professional and volunteer soldiers. He also accused the rebels of carrying out "34 executions" and raping women in the western coastal town of Sorman.
One of the bully boyz said they are fighting the Khamis brigade (named after and headed by Al Qadaffy's son Khamis) on the bridge 27. "We are fighting for control of the bridge. We have had some injuries but no deaths," he said, a claim that could not be independently verified.
The rebels' NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil has claimed that victory was within reach, a claim that prompted celebrations in rebel-held towns. "Goodbye Al Qadaffy," the people chanted at Freedom Square in the rebel-capital, Benghazi.
In the meantime, though faced with defeat, another of the Libyan leader's sons, Seif al-Islam remained as defiant as his father. He said: "We have a long breath. We are in our land and in our country.
"We will resist for six months, one year, two years... and we will win," he said on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
. Rumours had it that his remarks were recorded a day earlier.
Another sign of the regime's frailty came as fighters said former premier Abdulsalam Ahmed Jalloud, a popular figure who fell out of favour with the Libyan strongman in the mid-1990s, had "defected" and joined their ranks.
In Italia, the country's defence minister, Ignazio La Russa confirmed reports that Abdulsalam Ahmed Jalloud, a former close aide of Al Qadaffy before falling out with the leader in the 1990s, and who enjoys popularity among the Libyans, was in Rome and that he was supporting whole-heartedly the rebels.
In a statement on Al Jizz Sunday, Jalloud called on Al Qadaffy's tribe to disown him, saying the "tyrant" Al Qadaffy will go. "The noose has tightened around him."
In another development, the official news agency TAP of neighbouring Tunisia has reported that Tunisia has decided to recognise the NTC as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people. "The political decision has been taken," a Tunisian government source told AFP.
Tunisian's recognition has been interpreted as a clear message to the Libyan leader that his end was near.
Earlier in the day, a Maltese ship, MV Triva 1, heading for Tripoli to pick up refugees came under fire and could not dock in the port, Polish foreign ministry officials were quoted saying by Polish state news agency PAP on Sunday. "The ship is waiting for a better moment to enter the port because during it was swept by gunfire and it returned to its anchorage ," Paulina Kapuscinska, a spokeswoman from the ministry, told PAP.
When it comes to NATO, it said in a statement, that the situation in Libya is changing quickly and it is becoming more difficult to identify and engage targets for air strikes as the uprising against Muammar Al Qadaffy gains momentum.
NATO front man Col. Roland Lavoie said that because the situation on the ground had become so fluid in recent days it was difficult to track all developments. He added that, "there is no longer a traditional front line as we had in other phases of the conflict."
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[An Nahar] Eleven Yemeni rustics were killed overnight in two suicide kabooms in the southern province of Abyan, a stronghold of Al-Qaeda, tribal sources and medics told AFP on Sunday.
Tribal sources accused Al-Qaeda members of carrying out the attacks in two villages of Abyan province, where Yemeni rustics and the army have been battling Death Eaters from the "Partisans of Sharia (Islamic law)" who are believed to be close to the Al-Qaeda network.
A jacket wallah killed Sheikh Abu Bahr Ashal, the chief of Ashal tribe, and two others as he detonated an boom belt he was wearing when he approached them while they chewed the local soft narcotic qat in Moudia, east of Zinjibar -- the picturesque provincial capital mostly seized by Death Eaters since May.
The bodies of Ashal and one of his lover companions were torn into pieces due to the intensity of the kaboom, while the third, a soldier, succumbed to his wounds in hospital, a tribal source told AFP.
A medical source confirmed the corpse count.
Meanwhile, ...back at the mall, Clarissa spent the day shopping for new underwear. Tonight was going to be a special occasion... eight people were killed and 20 others maimed when a suicide bomber rammed an car bomb into a post of armed rustics in the area of Arkub, near the town of Shaqra, which was taken over by myrmidonDeath Eaters last week, a tribal source said.
A medical source said that seven of the maimed sustained serious injuries and were taken to a hospital in the neighboring province of Baida.
Yemeni rustics siding with government forces have in past weeks been locked in battle with suspected Al-Qaeda Death Eaters in Abyan, especially in Zinjibar.
The army has been battling the Partisans of Sharia hard boys, who have besieged its 25th Mechanized Brigade base in Zinjibar since May.
Apart from Shaqra and Zinjibar, Islamist gunnies control the village of Jaar.
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A large Mexican Army convoy entered Juarez, Chihuahua Sunday afternoon along a major thoroughfare,according to Mexican news sources.
Local press estimates between 1,000 and 1,500 troops aboard 40 vehicles, including armored vehicles travelled en convoy along avenida Tecnologico.
The website of the Secretaria Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) the controlling agency for the Mexican Army, did nor have any information about the new troops. None of the troops currently billeted in Juarez have left, so it appears the force is in fact a reinforcement of federal efforts to crack down on crime.
Violent cartel related deaths have fallen all long the Mexican border states since last June, albeit with an increase in the deaths of women in Juarez: 10 in the last week alone.
Press reports were last week that since the capture of Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez AKA "El Diego", a new commander may have stepped in to continue security operations for La Linea, the Juarez Cartel's armed enforcement wing. The new cartel replacement along with continuing federal security operations at a higher tempo may have been a factor in reinforcing Juarez.
Since he hired his new police chief, Julian Leyzaola Perez, the mayor of Juarez, Hector Murguia Lardizabal has been demanding that all Mexican Federal forces including the army leave Juarez.
Murguia Lardizabal has a long history of heated relations with the local Policia Federal detachment, and apparently wanted to continue his predecessor's demands that the army steer clear of the city.
However, since the prison riot at the Juarez municipal Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) late last month, Murguia Lardizabal's security policies have been found wanting. The week of the riot, local businessmen asked Chihuahua governor and the visiting head of the Mexican Ministry of Inteior (SEGOB) Francisco Blake Mora, to retain federal security forces in the city now that the security situation has improved.
[An Nahar] An Al-Qaeda suspect plotted to poison tourists' water supplies to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden a Spanish judge said Saturday as he remanded the man in jug.
Abdellatif Aoulad Chiba, a 36-year-old Moroccan, had gone so far as to obtain manuals on poisons, toxins and explosives on jihadist websites, the judge said.
Police swooped soon after the suspect appeared to be saying farewell to his wife.
Chiba's online comments on jihadist websites "expressed a clear desire to carry out an attack against 'infidels' by poisoning human water supplies", he said in a written ruling. The online comments indicated that he wanted to strike "at camp sites and tourist resorts", most likely in Spain, said the judge of the National Court, Spain's highest authority for hearing terrorist cases.
"The risk increased after he entered in contact with other users of the forum who supplied him with manuals on how to make and use poisons, toxins and explosives."
Police locked away Chiba on Wednesday in the southern town of Linea de la Concepcion. He was remanded in jug Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a terrorist killing and of being a member of a terrorist organization. Formal charges have not yet been laid.
In one online post found by police he swore his allegiance to Al-Qaeda's North African offshoot, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The suspect had "expressed his intention to continue the organization's efforts to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden and other key members of Al-Qaeda", the court said.
"It is considered probable that all the actions carried out by Abdellatif Aoulad could be the steps taken according to a plan whose goal could be to carry out a terrorist act," the judge said.
Chiba called for attacks to be carried out in Europe and the United States in the online postings but the court said the plot to poison water supplies "probably concerned Spain since that is where he lives".
In one post he wrote on August 11, he urged members of the jihadi forum "to kill the enemies in the heart of Europe and the USA ... attack their houses, poison their water, set off explosives in their markets and the places where they meet".
Police found information about poison and water deposits on his computer, the court said.
Chiba telephoned his wife in Girona, northeastern Spain, in the early hours of August 12, the ruling said.
"During the conversation he did not discuss any topic which would justify the urgency of calling at this hour," the court said. "But between the lines you can detect a need to express his love in what appeared to be a tacit farewell."
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There WILL be others.
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[Dawn] A US drone strike targeting a vehicle in Pakistain's northwestern tribal belt on Monday killed at least three bad turbans, local security officials said.
The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles, hitting a vehicle in the Nurak area of North Wazoo, part of the notorious tribal badlands that Washington calls a global headquarters of Al-Qaeda, the Pak officials told AFP.
"The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at the vehicle and killed at least three forces of Evil in the strike," one security official told AFP on the condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to media.
Nurak area is 20 kilometers east of Miranshah, the main town of the district of North Waziristan, considered a bad turban stronghold.
The security official said initial reports suggested that a group of forces of Evil were travelling in the vehicle at the time of the attack.
Two other Pak intelligence officials confirmed the drone strike and corpse count.
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[Dawn] Fourteen more people, including two children, were killed in fresh incidents of violence since Saturday night in the country's financial capital, DawnNews reported.
Police recovered two dead bodies from Orangi Town on Sunday. Both the victims, identified as Faisal and Zeeshan, were residents of Qasba Colony.
Police also recovered the dead body of Rizwan, a Garden area resident, from Pak Colony on Sunday. After he was kidnapped from outside his residence on Saturday morning, Rizwan's family had reported the kidnapping to police and CPLC authorities, but to no avail. According to the family members, the kidnappers had told them that Rizwan would be punished with death for being a member of the Urdu-speaking community.
Meanwhile, ...back at the scene of the crime, Lieutenant Queeg had an idea: there was a simple way to tell whether Manetti had been the triggerman -- just look at his shoes!... two children were rubbed out while a man was severely injured when person or persons unknown opened fire in Mehmoodabad on Saturday night.
A young man also suffered fatal wounds and another was maimed when unidentified armed attackers opened fire near Safari park on University Road. Another dead body was found in a gunny bag from under the Teen Hatti Bridge.
The wave of ethnic violence and bloodshed that has engulfed Bloody Karachi since August 17 has so far claimed 87 lives in the past five days.
Moreover, DawnNews received images of the assailants who attacked a police van in Chakra village in Korangi area of Bloody Karachi.
The assailants are under police arrest and cases have also been registered against them in court.
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[Dawn] Militants carried out a series of attacks against soldiers in Pakistain's rugged tribal region along the Afghan border Sunday, killing two troops and wounding more than a dozen others, intelligence officials said.
The attacks took place in the North and South Wazoo tribal areas, both of which are strongholds for Pak Taliban fighters who have waged a deadly war against the government. The region is also home to gun-hung tough guys who stage cross-border attacks against US troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
A group of gun-hung tough guys attacked an army checkpoint early Sunday in the town of Ladha in South Waziristan, killing one soldier and wounding another, said intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
A second soldier was killed when troops engaged gun-hung tough guys in a gunbattle in the Pasht Ziarat area on the border of North and South Waziristan, the officials said. Three gun-hung tough guys were killed during the fight. Six soldiers and seven gun-hung tough guys were also maimed.
A roadside kaboom struck an army convoy near Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, wounding five soldiers, said the officials.
South Waziristan was the main stronghold for the Pak Taliban until the military launched a major offensive in the fall of 2009. Periodic attacks still occur in the area, and many of the gun-hung tough guys fled to North Waziristan.
The US has urged Pakistain to conduct a similar offensive in North Waziristan, but the military has declined, saying its troops are stretched too thin by operations in other parts of the tribal region.
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[Dawn] Three alleged hard boyz were placed in long-term storage in Torghar district by security personnel, sources said here on Saturday.
They said that the placed in long-term storage turbans, who were shifted to unspecified location for interrogation, were real brothers. They said that security personnel raided a house in Gagai area of Torghar and placed in long-term storage three brothers -- Mukaram Shah, Hikmat Shah and Afzal Shah.
The placed in long-term storage brothers were wanted by law enforcement agencies in several subversive acts in Shangla and Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... districts, sources claimed.
They added that father of the alleged turbans, Dornunu Shah, who was also wanted for subversive activities in Hazara and Shangla, was still on the lam.
Sources said that placed in long-term storage turbans, who belonged to Shangla, had gone underground after an operation was launched in Malakand and Shangla.
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[Dawn] A government primary school was blown up in Toorkhel area of Baizai tehsil in Mohmand ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... tribal region, officials said here on Saturday.
They said that unidentified beturbanned goons had planted explosives at the building of Government Primary School Toorkhel that went off on the night between Friday and Saturday.
O brave, brave Lions of Islam, destroying a defenseless school!
The building was completely destroyed. No loss of life was reported.
Assistant Political Agent Baizai Maqsood Hassan Khan confirmed the incident.
So far, at least 80 schools have been blown up by beturbanned goons in Mohmand Agency, depriving around 25,000 students of education.
Because to jihadis, barefoot and ignorant is just how Allah wants Muslims to be.
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Hamas security and political officials have gone to underground tunnels in the fear that Israel may try to attack them, according to a report in Al-Quds Al-Arabi cited by Israel Radio.
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and senior official Mahmoud Zahar are now restricting their movement within the Gaza Strip, according to Hamas sources quoted in the report. According to that report, Hamas sources said that the organization is still interested in a ceasefire.
(KUNA) -- Israeli troops jugged five Paleostinians in the city of Bethlehem on Sunday, including two who have been maimed by the shelling.
Paleostinian security sources said in a press statement that the occupation forces jugged two Paleostinians in the Diheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem and transported them to an unknown destination.
The sources added that Israeli forces stormed the houses and opened fire, wounding two Paleostinians and later arresting them.
In the town of Al-Khidr, south of Bethlehem, Israeli troops jugged three youths after raiding their homes.
On the other hand, a young boy was maimed earlier today when Israeli troops shot up Beit Lahia, north of Gazoo Strip.
Spokesman of the Supreme Committee for ambulance and emergency in the Gazoo Strip Adham Abu Selmiya told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the boy, 12, was injured by Israeli shelling on the Shaimaa area, north of Beit Lahiya.
Furthermore, Israeli troops jugged more than 120 Paleostinians in the city Hebron, including figures and politicians from Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, in addition to five other Paleostinians in Bethlehem.
Paleostinian security sources said in press statements that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the houses in Hebron and searched and jugged more than 120 Paleostinians, including Hamas politician Muhammad Abu Jihaisha and other dignitaries.
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A volunteer army ranger on Monday was gunned down in Narathiwat province while working in a rubber plantation. Nirosuenan Jehnu, 31, was shot three times and died immediately. His body was found lying in a pool of blood near a rubber tree.
Initial investigation revealed that Nirosuenan was on vacation, visiting his family for a few days. While helping his parents tap rubber trees on Monday morning, two terrorists attackers arrived, parked their motorcycle, walked up to the victim and fired twice in his torso. When Nirosuenan collapsed, the gunman shot once at the victim's head.
The terrorists assailants fled the scene immediately.
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