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2019-04-24 Africa North

At least 264 dead in battle for Libya capital: WHO

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 264 going on three weeks. This is what desultory fighting looks like. In this time interval, Mexicans, with an assist from drug cartels, have quite literally piled up a body count 6x as high.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2019-04-24 16:12|| 2019-04-24 16:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Libya is a massive country with a teensy population (~6m). Without Uncle Sam in the picture, I expect it would rapidly become a province of Egypt. Or Algeria.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2019-04-24 16:14|| 2019-04-24 16:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Needs to revert to a province of Rome.

Posted by AlanC 2019-04-24 16:29|| 2019-04-24 16:29|| Front Page Top

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