Libyan Uprising - Page 106

Gaddafi forces spread thin, revs in Zawiya, Zuara, Misrata, Bani Walid & Nafousa Mts. making advancements, along w/East front #libya #feb17

Zawiya and Zuara started counter offensives against Gaddafi forces to REcapture the cities #libya #feb17

More western cities making moves against Gaddafi forces: Zuara revolutionists destroyed 2 Gaddafi tanks & captured 30 soldiers #libya #feb17

On April 23 2011 02:47 Kukaracha wrote:
I remember seeing something similar in the early stages of the Libyan conflict. Some random french "philosopher" (read "a guy who goes on TV but who gets bashed by true philosophers and specialists") went to Libya to meet the rebels.

I remember seeing that with my GF and being quite astonished. WTF? It was like Lily Allen going there and "demanding justice" to the western authorities.

Some people are just attention whores.

On April 24 2011 09:17 Suisen wrote:



Uuh, didn't that guy trigger the whole western intervention because he is a friend of Sarkozy and he put Sarkozy into contact with leaders of the rebels?

Attention whore? For good or for bad, that guy is making policy. Other French philosophers can only dream about that.

Who was that Greek philosopher that lamented that with great wisdom came an equally great wish for power? French philosophers have quite a reputation of not being all too wise, but surely they all believe they are wise. Yet for a moment this guy actually had the power to start wars and you call it 'attention whoring'? It is what all those 'real' French philosophers dream off.

On April 17 2011 12:30 Petruccio wrote:
Even if you see some footage rebels fighting, they shoot and scream "allah akbar" all the time. No, ordinary Libyans do not do that.

On February 19 2011 07:02 Ilfirin wrote:
Britain is revoking arms exports to Libya and Bahrain, and possibly(??) to Yemen.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/bahrain-protests-1.html

AJDABIYA, Libya – Libyan rebel fighter Jaad Jumaa Hashmi cranks up the volume on his pickup truck's stereo when he heads into battle against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

He looks for inspiration from a growing cadre of amateur rappers whose powerful songs have helped define the revolution.

The music captures the anger and frustration young Libyans feel at decades of repressive rule under Gadhafi, driving the 27-year-old Hashmi forward even though the heavy machine gun bolted on the back of his truck — and other weapons in the rebel arsenal — are no match for Gadhafi's heavy artillery.

"It captures the youths' quest for freedom and a decent life and gives us motivation," Hashmi said as he sat in his truck on the outskirts of the front line city of Ajdabiya. He was listening to "Youth of the Revolution," which the rap group Music Masters wrote just days after the uprising began in mid-February.

On May 01 2011 08:29 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
NATO has hit Gaddafi's house where he and his wife were both escaped but his youngest son and three of his grandchildren have been killed.

On May 01 2011 08:29 Attican wrote:
Isn't that sort of an assassination attempt? I thought that was illegal. Of course it would be great for this to finally end but I would prefer proper justice rather than something like this.

On May 01 2011 10:05 Mortality wrote:
They have the bigger guns, they can do what they want. That's what it really boils down to. "Legalities" are not an issue, just a facade behind which we can make believe that this is some grand battle between good and evil. A weapon is a policymaker. Do not forget that.

On May 03 2011 04:38 Petruccio wrote:
Financial Heist of the Century: Confiscating Libya's Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24479

$32 billion and 45 billion Euros of Libyan funds, not bad. Why the worries about the costs of NATO operation? It is already paid for itself.