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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:25 AM Original message |
UNICEF: Snipers targeting kids in Libya |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. If an eighteen-year-old with a gun gets killed |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You missed the point. |
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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Having now been removed as part of a deleted sub-thread... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Thanks. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Maybe you missed the point of Reply # 2? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Odd. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Yes, that's the point I was trying to make in post 2 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. An 18-year old is an adult -- !! And only YOU are suggesting these "children" are armed!! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. We are being propagandized... |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. So you think UNICEF is lying? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. UNICEF is a front for the Koch Brothers and the PNAC |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. 'the PNAC?" That's a new one. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. PNAC: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
74. Absolved 5 years ago. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. Saying that insults all the good work UNICEF has done. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. .. . |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It is true that children are victimized all over the globe... |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. True. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. Think you missed the fact that Libyans ASEKED FOR NFZ ... and help -- !! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. UNICEF has been telling us for years about the wars in central Africa, |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. All of those calls were pre-R2P. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. "The information was based on local sources" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. All information is based on "local sources" -- !!! That's why the investigations come about--!! |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. this is where I disagree |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Who would possibly try to "justify" Iraq or Afghanistan? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. You think Libya is a humanitarian war? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. You think UN and NATO have declared "war" on Libya? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Thank you! I completely agree. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And that holds true even if 100% of the incidents are completely true. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Why was the response to Libya quicker? Because Right to Protect was signed in 2005, 9 years after... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Oh. THAT explains our lighting response in Darfur, too, then. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Sorry, I don't do conspiracy theories. n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. PNAC is not a conspiracy theory. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Your linking of the Libyan intervention to PNAC = A Conspiracy Theory. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Again - READ the damned thing. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. There is no f***ing connection. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Using that logic, we should also be involved in the Ivory Coast. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. The UN is and has been for years. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. No, the reason action was swift was that an opportunity presented itself |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Yawn! |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I read what you wrote at your link, thank you |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You're welcome. I said "so may times" because there was a fashion for it when it started |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. Welcome for what? You said nothing. This isn't a war, it is a renegotiation of contracts |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #77 |
81. You said thank you, I said you're welcome. Just being polite. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. The true conspiracy re OIL, is that anyone is still burning it!! Notice Global Warming -- !!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. "There is no better propaganda than the truth." Brilliant. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. See post #30. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Because there is a different group of people |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Exactly. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. You do realize, don't you, that PNAC is a bi-partisan neocon organization, |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. FYI: 219 Arab Organizations Called For A Libya No-fly Zone & A U.N. Investigation Into Atrocities |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You know, I'll bet I could come up with an equally impressive list from most of those |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Dupe. Here's a pretty picture instead... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. This is about Libya and what was looking like an impending massacre on Benghazi |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. This is a UN humanitarian aid mission -- based on Libyans asking for NFZ -- !! |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. two terms that have been abused so much they've lost all meaning |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Then, obviously, they don't exist ... right? |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. no, it's not a genocide |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. This is not a "civil war" -- this is an uprising by Libyan's against a dictator -- |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. As said above - lost all meaning. |
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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I agree w/ you, sir, that the conflict in Libya has not yet risen... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. There are two different points here - |
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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Picking up the thread... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. You're always being "propagandized" -- the trick is to find out where truth lies... |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. that's silly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. It is, only if you haven't given non-violence much thought .... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. So let's start bombing the snipers |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. What an unbelievably well considered |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. I do what I can |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. A lot more detail on what's been going on in Misurata, for anyone who may have missed it... |
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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Another recent video from Misrata |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Thanks to you and Turborama -- DU'ers need to be seeing much more of what is happening in Libya!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. How pathetically superficial. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. There'll be US boots on the ground by Easter. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
22. Glad I don't have to make decisions like libya. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. Kicked and recommended. |
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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. ICRC Update (from libyafeb17.com) |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. K/R -- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
72. LOL so now UNICEF is part of the conspiracy? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Seriously. WTF. |
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