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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:11 PM Original message |
BREAKING: Gadaffi's regime might fall! |
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AnotherDreamWeaver (917 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sad to hear things got so rough there, |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. If so that would be shocking. I hope the report is right. K & R nt |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. BBC: Protestors may have siezed Benghazi airport |
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AnotherDreamWeaver (917 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Is there a link in English? The one above didn't show in english for me. |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Havent found anything yet. |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is shocking and surprising. Think I'll listen to my BBC radio on XM for a while. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:27 PM Original message |
"Half of Libya is now free" |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. good for them |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. They're going for control of the oil wells now |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gaddafi has now not only jammed #Aljazeera signals but he has now blocked the website as well |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thanks for the updates Catherina :D nt |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. The "Leader of the Revolution" will not be pleased |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. New twitter messages |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. thanks for the updates |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I know huh? We didn't need to bomb Arabs into democracy after all! |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. To quote Bill Maher: |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Ironical more like |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. The names of some of the dead in Benghazi |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Protesters in complete control of #Tobroq, defending against foreign mercenaries |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. No! Not the Colonel! |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. UK stops arms exports to Bahrain, Libya |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. " Ghadaffi's sons are reported to have fled the country...." |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. They're quite the douchebags apparently |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I remember that... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
90. someone's been watching too many Robert Palmer videos |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
91. Interesting that all those female guards are so beautiful. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Say what you will about this family's politics, they are snappy dressers. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Ummmm yeah..... |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
94. They look like they just came from a "Miami Vice" convention. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Good. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. Karma is in the house |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. On a side note: Ghadaffi lookalike |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. That's how it's done.. take over the broadcasting venues |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Exactly. That's what the business roundtable did here. n/t |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:54 PM Original message |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. Latest tweets |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Thank you for posting these |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hoping that the peoples' revolution succeeds. |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Libyan embassy in Cairo surrounded by protestors |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. Website of the Libyan revolutionary movement |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Dear arab league, please suspend ur meetings for a bit, since ur members r currently being replaced |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. Protesters in #Benghazi took over state radio station & are broadcasting live online |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. Going to bed, someone else please take over nt |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
39. Two colonels in Libyan army imprisoned for refusing to follow orders to suppress protests. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Names = Colonel Youssef Dawoud and Colonel Mohamed Bin Ehmayda |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. People on #Benghazi live radio calling people to take over and burn oil rigs to attract intl attn |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. Tank runs over car with 3 pple inside, all murdered. Caused anger, numbers of strikers growing ~60k |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. Amazing coverage on @andersoncooper now, thank you from Libya |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. Who knew the CIA got this one right? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
93. Robert McNamara rolls in his grave. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. Stunning news if it happens |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. 3 Libyan airforce pilots to partake in a raid against protestors in Eastern cities |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. Compilation of all videos out of Libya so far |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. Categorized compilation |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. K&R |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
49. Benghazi doctor has confirmed 70 deaths |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. state's security melting away, siding with the ppl (hence the African mercenaries) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Having seen this dynamic a few times |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I hope you're right Nadin. I don't feel very good about Libya |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. all those frustrated, understand There is Zero indpt media on the ground |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. Benghazi- 20,000 near courthouse, camping out. 3 tanks. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. video and pictures coming out of Libya r delayed by hours, Video |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #54 |
80. Hey thank you for all this work. Everyone monitoring these things - this is quite a job. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
56. The situation with the Army |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. Internet in Libya: Total disappearance of int'l routes. Same strategy as Egypt. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Libyan network prefixes were withdrawn at 23:18 GMT and Libya is off the Internet |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. Interesting times....-nt |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
59. First woman killed was shot dead by a sniper as she took pictures of foreign mercenaries |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. HORRIFIC VIDEO – Teenager shot dead with a bullet to the head in Al Bayda |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. Police in Tarhouna and Bin walid have sided with anti-gaddafi protesters. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
62. protesters have taken control of army tanks in Benghazi |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. like Cairo, youth are organising traffic and guarding property in Benghazi |
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center rising (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
65. All I can say is take him down. |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. from there |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
66. "Streets on Fire" video, (graphic images: viewer discretion advised) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I counted at least five dead |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I have to do this in a very calm, cold, detached and clinical manner |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Yep, I've been in places where people have |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Mercenaries killing ppl in Benghazi as we speak. People being tortured. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
68. Majority of the Protesters in #Libya that have passed were shot in the head. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
69. Gaddafi pledges change in government administrators, pro-gov newspaper says |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
72. office of Gaddafi's Vanguard Lijan Thawriyya burnt down in Zawiyyah & city hall-like bldg in Zawiyya |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
73. Gadhafi Duck is going to gone. This is great news. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Generals refused to use the air force to attack ppl in #Benghazi. They have been arrested. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
78. About time, too |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
79. Libyan Radio set up to get news from inside - broadcasting in arabic |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
81. Police break ranks to help #Libya protesters seize eastern city |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
82. Foreign mercenaries entering homes killing ppl |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
83. Gee, you mean bombing them and killing children didn't do it, so |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
84. Libya appears to have restored Internet as of 6:10 UTC (8:10 local time). Total downtimE 6h25m |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
85. Report: Members of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council have resigned due to escalating violence |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
86. caller on radio says sister is a dr and she says patients showing signs of water poisonin |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
87. Back. Last messages from Twitter |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
88. More tweets |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
89. Reports filtering out of Libya suggest today is the worst day yet. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
92. The kids are doing what Reagan's bombs couldn't do! |
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