Reply #181: I believe she is referring to the Libyan diaspora. Those Gaddafi drove out. [View All]

[ellisonz]

My guess is that the Pennsylvania reference is to this story:

Expat Pair Among Libyan Rebels Fighting For Zawiya

July 12, 2011
by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

"It wasn't really much of a decision," says the chemical engineering student. "It's the summertime, and we saw that ... it's going to be a long war possibly, and there's still something we can do to help, we said, 'We are going to go.' "

Malik's father, Mabruk, originally hails from Zawiya. He left when he was 18, eventually settling in the United States and marrying. He became an imam and taught Islam in state penitentiaries in Pennsylvania. He got a real estate business going.

Six of the brothers he left behind, though, still lived in Zawiya. They all took part in the uprising.

About two weeks into the rebellion, Mabruk received a call from Libya with terrible news: One of his brother's sons had been killed.

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/12/137799678/american-father-son-join-libyan-rebels

They both died in August on the road to Zawiya when a mortar round struck the vehicle they were in. They died for their family.

Bizarre, isn't it? ;-)