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2011-10-20 Africa Subsaharan

UPDATE -- Video: Gaddafi Was Captured Alive

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Posted by Sherry 2011-10-20 16:55|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Joyous government fighters fired their weapons in the air, shouted "Allahu Akbar" and posed for pictures.

If a single Sunni Arab Islamist empire arises along the Mediterranean, we'll know who to credit - the Three Stooges - Obama, Sarkozy and Cameron.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-10-20 17:28|| 2011-10-20 17:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Died of pronoun trouble.

Posted by Choluse Graling8806 2011-10-20 17:37|| 2011-10-20 17:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Daniel Pipes on Gaddafi:

Qaddafi kicked off what was then known as the Islamic revival and also still continues. At a time when no one else was ready to do so, he proudly and provocatively advanced Islamic causes by applying aspects of Islamic law, calling on Muslims worldwide to do likewise, and assisting any Muslims in conflict with non-Muslims.

Gaddafi's objective had been a Sunni Arab Islamist empire with himself and later his family as dynastic rulers.

Whatever happens in Libya and North Africa (I'm not optimistic), new hostile forces will now not be able to use Gaddafi's terror and WMD infrastructure.

Gaddafi never surrendered all of his nuclear weapons material. He openly defied the US in Iraq by giving aid and comfort to Saddam. And by 2009 he was confident enough to openly threaten the West with terror attacks.

If Gaddafi had survived then the entire Arab Spring would have been nothing but an anti Western rout. That development has been averted.

Posted by Gomez Glurong9396 2011-10-20 19:18|| 2011-10-20 19:18|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm-A-Dinner-Jacket, you're next!

Posted by Creregum Glolump8403 2011-10-20 19:21|| 2011-10-20 19:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Obviously he was killed in the crossfire like the Interim PM continues to claim, nothing to do with the bullet hole in his forehead. Move along.

Posted by Charles 2011-10-20 19:36|| 2011-10-20 19:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Given the penchant of modern + post-modern leaders to employ both natural or surgically-altered, highly trained lookalikes, the best confirmation remains independent scientific + DNA analysis + autopsy.

Pragmatically, presum that Uncle Muammar is gone, whom is the US-WEST/ALLIED going to use as offset iff Radical Islam takes over Libyuh's Govt legally electorally, + RESUMES LIBYA'S NUKE-WMDS PROGS???

IIRC FREEREPUBLIC > WITH GADDAFI GONE, WHO WILL REPLACE THE DEVIL WE KNEW?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-10-20 22:25|| 2011-10-20 22:25|| Front Page Top

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