Pro-Gaddafi tribes tell rebels to return to fold

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Libyan tribes loyal to Muammar Gaddafi called on rebels on Saturday to 'return to the fold' and stand united with their leader against NATO airstrikes they likened to Italy's colonial rule.

The call came in a meeting of leaders representing some 420 tribes to which Gaddafi's government brought the foreign media it has permitted in Tripoli. Those journalists operate under close supervision from government minders.

"The Zawarah tribes call on our brothers in the east and in the Western Mountains to ... return to the fold of other Libyan tribes," said Mohammed al-Mansouri, speaking on behalf of tribes from the Zawarah area in the west of Libya.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/30/us-libya-tribes-idUSTRE73T1I520110430

[EFerrari]

1. I heard the other day that Italy killed off about a quarter of the population

of Libya during the colonial period.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Correct

note on that subject here ; http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lPaNiy3YisIC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Italy+killed+off+about+a+quarter+of+the+population+of+libya&source=bl&ots=JT4snRd5I9&sig=fSBO_TsRIMs75wE75wh5Rm1Bup8&hl=en&ei=ejm8TeyyIJSx8QO_0NDbBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

[tabatha]

3. And Gaddafi, after declaring himself

Dictator for life of Libya, reversed that godawful policy, and stopped killing, torturing, and disappearing people.

[AlabamaLibrul]

5. The only difference is that our leaders change every four to eight years

because I'm pretty sure the US is killing, torturing and disappearing people right now.

[joshcryer]

4. Zawarah had a mass uprising against Gaddafi.

I find this propagandistic.