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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:14 PM
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Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 5, Part 6 (MASSIVE Crackdown ALL over Libya now!)

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 5, Part 6 (MASSIVE Crackdown ALL over Libya now!)

Previous Day 5 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5


Occasionally, since the people I follow cover Bahrain, Yemen and Jordan also, if I see something really important about those countries, I'll post it here but I plan to mostly focus on Libya because they're having the hardest time getting the word out and Qaddafi's brutality is more systematic and I believe the scale exceeds the brutality in the other country.

They're also the country with the most propagandists on Twitter.

To make sure the Army doesn't swing the revolution to the people, Qaddafi has brought in thousands of mercenaries from Pakistan, Bangladesh and other North African coutries, specifically Chad. There's a Facebook video of a captured mercenary from Chad http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=103697256377254&oid=179449562095105 (Youtube link here) Their confessions are that they've been offered between $12,000 - $30,000 each.

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
URGENT: Libyans please protect our oil refineries. Please protect the oil refineries in Ras Lanuf. #gaddaficrimes #libya #feb13
1 hour ago


MAP of Protests across the Middle East

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iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Breaking reports from Ajdabiya now of jet fighters spotted; Ajdabiya is close to Nafoura oil field #Libya #Feb17
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Libya

F22 - - - Bahi Sidra 20 46 -
F23 - - - Defa Ras Lanuf 14, 24, 30 251 -
F24 - - - Gialo, Fahra Sidra 30, 32 550 -
F25 - - - ELephant field Melita 30 726 -
F26 - - - Jebel Marsa El Brega 24, 36 204 -
F27 - - - Majid, Nafora, Amal Marsa El Hariga 34 - -
F28 - - - Majid, Nafora, Amal Ras Lanuf 14, 20, 32, 30, 36 427 -
F29 - - - Rimal, Intisar Zuetina 30, 40 347 -
F30 - - - Sabah Dahra 10 - -
F31 - - - Wafa field Melita 20 46 -
F32 - - - Wafa Sidra 24 427 -
F30 - - - Bu Attifel Intisar 20, 34 360 -
F31 - - - Defa Marsa El Brega 30, 36 299 -
F3210 - - - Khoms Melita 34 25 -
F33 - - - Marsa El Brega KhomsIntisar - 670 -
F34 - - - Raguba KM110 20 86 -
F35 - - - Sarir Gialo - - -
F36 West Libya Gas Project Wafa field Melita

Please rec if you read these so I know if the effort here is worth it.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:16 PM
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1. Photos of the planes that Gaddafi is using to massacre innocent Libyans.
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Photos of the planes that Gaddafi is using to massacre innocent Libyans. http://yfrog.com/h7x7tlaj http://yfrog.com/h6eqgrj
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Lars77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:21 PM
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9. Mirage F1s nt
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:16 PM
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2. K&R. Thanks for doing this, Catherina!
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:17 PM
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:17 PM
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3. Breaking: Egyptian military announces, Egyptian-Libyan borders are open
RamyYaacoub Ramy Yaacoub
by esraa_ali
Breaking: Egyptian military announces, Egyptian-Libyan borders are open #Egypt #Libya
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:17 PM
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4. Aljazeera now allows any channel to carry its signal due to heavy jamming going on

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Aljazeera now allows any channel to carry its signal due to heavy jamming going on. #Feb17 #Libya
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:18 PM
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5. Ex-army pilot (Libyan) on #AJA: Gaddafi's using missile-armed fighter planes.
marwame Marwa Elnaggar
Ex-army pilot (Libyan) on #AJA: Gaddafi's using missile-armed fighter planes. #Libya #Gaddaficrimes
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Lars77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:18 PM
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6. You are my hero, Catherine. nt
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maryf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:19 PM
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74. +7,000,000,000
humanity thanks Catherina!
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hwmnbn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:19 PM
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7. K&R
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:20 PM
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8. #tripoli neighborhoods basically being bombed by planes, women being raped, int'l calls blocked, it'

AliLePointe Jibreel
(cont.) #tripoli neighborhoods basically being bombed by planes, women being raped, int'l calls blocked, it's utter chaos...truly war now
1 hour ago

AliLePointe Jibreel
contact in #musrata #libya: Musrata is run by the ppl, ppl in #baydha getting fired at by security forces again (cont.) #feb17
1 hour ago
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 10:16 PM
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75. k/r -- Thank you, Catherina --
Horrific news, however!!

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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:21 PM
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10. I am amazed at people's amazement that the international community is just condemning and not preven
Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
I am amazed at people's amazement that the international community is just condemning and not preventing genocide. #Libya #Feb17
12 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:23 PM
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11. Berlesconi says international community must do all it can to prevent Libya descending into civil wa
ITwitius Tim Marshall
#Libya Berlesconi says international community must do all it can to prevent Libya descending into civil war.
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Fuck off Berlusconi. Kiss your oil goodbye. The Arabs will bring you to your knees for your hate.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:39 PM
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23. LIBYA IS NOT HEADED TO A CIVIL WAR, THEY ARE UNITED AGAINST COMMON ENEMY, ARE FIGHTING FOREIGN MERCE
Cyrenaican Libyana Americana
#LIBYA IS NOT HEADED TO A CIVIL WAR, THEY ARE UNITED AGAINST COMMON ENEMY, ARE FIGHTING FOREIGN MERCENARIES, ARMY W/ THE PPL IN THE EAST
8 minutes ago

Fuck off Berlusconi
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:23 PM
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12. URGENT: CALLING ARAB WORLD TO SEND IN MILITARY AID TO #LIBYA. IF YOU DON'T YOU'RE NEXT.
MushuThaLohari MushuThaLohari
RT @ShababLibya: URGENT: CALLING ARAB WORLD TO SEND IN MILITARY AID TO #LIBYA. IF YOU DON'T YOU'RE NEXT. #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:24 PM
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13. I hope these tweets make it to the courts in time
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:25 PM
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14. Extremely graphic footage of #Tripoli victims:
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Extremely graphic footage of #Tripoli victims: http://j.mp/ehHgaB (warning, this made my sick to my gut) #Feb17 #Libya
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These pictures need to be mailed to the White House, the Champs Elysee, Downing St, Buckingham Palace, etc.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:27 PM
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15. No words to describe this crime. Updated videos of the massacre in Libya
ealshafei Esra'a
by monasosh
No words to describe this crime. RT @CrowdVoice Updated videos of the massacre in Libya (NOTE: Graphic!) http://is.gd/bA89x6 #libya #feb17
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http://crowdvoice.org/protesters-in-libya-demand-an-end-to-qaddafis-regime#
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:28 PM
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16. Never thought we'd be tweeting a massacre before it happens, and still intl community is not acting
habibh Habib Haddad
by acarvin
Never thought we'd be tweeting a massacre before it happens, and still international community is not acting.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:32 PM
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17. Juan Cole “The Gates of Hell Have Opened in Tripoli”
jricole Juan Cole
by blakehounshell
“The Gates of Hell Have Opened in Tripoli”: I am watching Aljazeera Arabic, which is calling people in Tripoli o... http://bit.ly/g2p0k8
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The Gates of Hell Have Opened in Tripoli

Posted on 02/21/2011 by Juan

I am watching Aljazeera Arabic, which is calling people in Tripoli on the telephone and asking them what is going on in the capital. The replies are poignant in their raw emotion, bordering on hysteria. The residents are alleging that the Qaddafi regime has scrambled fighter jets to strafe civilian crowds, has deployed heavy artillery against them, and has occupied the streets with armored vehicles and strategically-placed snipers. One man is shouting that “the gates of Hell have opened” in the capital and that “this is Halabja!” (where Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered helicopter gunships to hit a Kurdish city with sarin gas, killing 5000 in 1988).

Two defecting Libyan pilots who flew to Malta confirmed the orders to strafe the crowds from the air and said that they declined to obey the order. Other pilots appear to have been more loyal.

YouTube video shows buildings on fire or burned out in the capital, or with holes in the walls, evidence of violence through the night and into the morning. There are reports of a massacre of protesters in the central Green Square of Tripoli, with “too many bodies to count.”

Aljazeera English has some video:

VIDEO

...

http://www.juancole.com/2011/02/the-gates-of-hell-have-opened-in-tripoli.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:33 PM
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18. Every genocide, every mass murder, the world promises not to repeat it, that next time will be diffe
Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
by acarvin
Every genocide, every mass murder, the world promises not to repeat it, that next time will be different; apparently not. #Libya #Feb17
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:34 PM
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19. Sheikh #Qaradawi live on Aljazeera: Any Libyan army officer who obeys Gaddafi right now is committin
Edited on Mon Feb-21-11 03:34 PM by Catherina
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Sheikh #Qaradawi live on Aljazeera: Any Libyan army officer who obeys Gaddafi right now is committing a travesty against God #Feb17 #Libya
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Sheikh, those are Godless men. God's lambs are getting mowed down in the alleys.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:35 PM
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20. So Al Qardawi just issued a fatwa to kill Qaddafi on Al Jazeera Arabic?!? Can someone confirm I hear
acarvin Andy Carvin
So Al Qardawi just issued a fatwa to kill Qaddafi on Al Jazeera Arabic?!? Wow. Can someone confirm I heard that right? #libya
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:37 PM
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22. I am issuing a Fatwa now to kill Gaddafi. To any army soldier, to any man who can pull the trigger &
Read from bottom op


Al Jazeera says these protesters were killed by the "Abu Omar Brigade" which is responsible for the protection of Gaddafi & his family.
3 minutes ago


My God, the images of killed Libyan protesters are horrific.
5 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: Save your countrymen from this brutal tyrant. It is wrong of you to stand by while he kills innocent people
6 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: I am issuing a Fatwa now to kill Gaddafi. To any army soldier, to any man who can pull the trigger & kill this man to do so.
6 minutes ago


WOW
7 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: to the Libyan army should not lose their entire population for the sake of one man, one crazy man
7 minutes ago

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Qaradawi: I call upon the Libyan army not to obey Gaddafi's order. The army refused to obey Ben Ali & Mubarak before this
8 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: I thought that Saif Al Islam would have sense but he is an ignorant from the Jahiliya era
9 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: But Gaddafi has brought people from abroad, who have entered people's homes and raped women
10 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: Who is he fighting? His people! By bombing them with planes? These people are supposed to be his family, his relatives...
10 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: The World has changed and he doesn't want to change. He refused to learn the lessons of history, the lessons of his neighbours
11 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: But the Libyans are far more patient. They have waited for 42 years to get rid of Gaddafi.
12 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: All this because he wants to rule longer? I said that Egyptians are patient, they waited for 30 years to get rid of Mubarak ...
12 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: Gaddafi is everything. There are no parties, no parliament, no society. Then he says "I am not a Ruler" then what are you?
13 minutes ago


Al Qaradawi: Gaddafi thinks he is a philosopher like Marx. But he is the joke of the Arab summits with his odd clothes & actions
14 minutes ago
»


Al Qaradawi on Al Jazeera now
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http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:49 PM
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35. Al Qaradawi now praying live on Al Jazeera for the end of Gaddafi & his regime.

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Qaradawi now praying live on Al Jazeera for the end of Gaddafi & his regime.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 10:23 PM
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76. K/R --
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PufPuf23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 03:36 AM
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82. Thanks so much for your dedication. Al Qaradawi is an important man.
I just read his wiki would advise other DUers to do so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_al-Qaradawi


The Middle East is really on a tight-rope as are future relations with USA and other western nations.

I reccomend the book "A Peace to end All Peace - The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and Creation of the Modern Middle East" by David Fromkin.

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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:35 PM
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21. Stood across the villa, took out my phone to snap a shot, armed security guy was staring @ me so I p
ShereefAbbas عباس
Stood across the villa, took out my phone to snap a shot, armed security guy was staring @ me so I pretended to make a fone call..
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:42 PM
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24. ITALIANS. 2 frgnrz came out greeted sec. in what sounded Italian!!
ShereefAbbas عباس
Told so by a shopkeeper, went myself, saw the heavy sec. presence, limo parked, 2 frgnrz came out greeted sec. in what sounded Italian!!
12 minutes ago


ShereefAbbas is a well travelled man and no idiot


Born in Cairo raised in the UAE, studied Pol.Sci@AUC, Researcher @ Al-Ahram Center for Pol. & Strategic Studies for yrs, Intellectual Property Specialist
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:42 PM
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25. I called the Liquor store close to #QaddafelDam's villa; they're moving parked cars of neighbors to
ShereefAbbas عباس
I called the Liquor store close to #QaddafelDam's villa; they're moving parked cars of neighbors to garages & other streets!!
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:43 PM
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26. k&r with thanks. Coming to DU to see what you've posted about Libya. Aw fuck.
Edited on Mon Feb-21-11 03:52 PM by uppityperson
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:44 PM
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27. Video Arabic: They egyptian Army refused to get us into the borders of Libya with medical AI...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S333TWWEU0I

They egyptian Army refused to get us into the borders of Libya with medical AIDs , so we protest infront of the border town gate , then we faced with protest from the locals to help us get in the city i will post some new videos


I think they're through now. Don't know for sure
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:45 PM
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28. More than 700 are estimated to be killed today in Libya
Zeinobia Zeinobia
More than 700 are estimated to be killed today in Libya
16 minutes ago
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:45 PM
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29. This will probably be a very unpopular post
but I'm concerned that Libya without Khaddafi will be a far worse place than Libya under Khaddafi.

I've been to Libya. It truly is a tribal country, with warring clans that believe in absolute male dominance. Ironically enough, Khaddafi is far more liberal than his countrymen when it comes to women's rights. While in Tripoli, I spoke with women university students who laughed and conversed freely with their male classmates. Yes, they wore headscarves, but their faces were uncovered and they seemed relaxed and at ease with us. Khaddafi, in fact, uses women as his personal bodyguards because he trusts women more than men. He has faced resistance from Bedouin tribes precisely because they dislike his relatively liberal attitude toward women's rights.

If Khaddafi is overthrown, I fear that tribal influences will predominate and women will find their lives much worse.
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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:46 PM
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31. I think you're right
About this being an unpopular post, that is.
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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:51 PM
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37. You see? What she said -----v
:thumbsdown:
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:57 PM
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42. Good grief
You haven't a clue what Libyans have had to deal with under Khaddafi.
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:57 PM
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44. Have you been to Libya? I have.
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thewiseguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:59 PM
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48. And that makes a big fucking difference!
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:59 PM
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50. Ignorance vs. knowledge does make a big difference
So does an understanding of the geopolitics of the area.
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:05 PM
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59. If you were as obtuse in Libya...
as you've proven to be here, then your worldly observations mean nothing to me.
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:57 PM
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And you all believed we were right to depose Saddam, too?
Didn't you? Because of course Iraq now, with Shia fighting Sunni, is SO much better for everyone.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:58 PM
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47. There is always the possibility that things will get worse when a regime changes
Like in Afghanistan. Were the women better off under warring tribes or the Taliban? However, I do not think this is the right topic to express this in as it is about what is going on as far as the revolution, overthrow, slaughter, etc.
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:01 PM
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53. How sad that full discussion is outlawed here
I'm only trying to offer a sober assessment of what the future might hold. During the Russian revolution, I'm sure that it was similarly impossible to discuss the sad possibilities. In the heat of revolution, common sense sometimes gets trampled.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:04 PM
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58. However, I'd've posted it on its own topic, or another, since this one is about what is happening
right now rather than next week.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:05 PM
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60. maybe try starting your own thread
but I expect in the heat of the fucking slaughter, you aren't going to find much agreement - and I imagine that includes from Libyan women too.
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:07 PM
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61. This is a log of tweets. If you want to argue in favor of Khaddafi, post a separate topic.
Please don't litter this one.
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thewiseguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:11 PM
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62. I dare you to open a thread about this
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:16 PM
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64. There's no point. Minds are closed.
I just thought that, as one who's familiar with Libya, I might have something to share. But after getting called an asshole and told to fuck off, it's clear no one wants to hear anything that tarnishes the vision of the Libyan paradise that will follow this revolution.
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:19 PM
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65. Alerted. You just made it clear you're most interested in disrupting this thread,
not in discussing the opinion you keep trying to insert here in a separate topic.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:20 PM
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66. It isn't the right time OR the right thread. Hence the "fuck off"s
Try later, or post another topic about it. Having a discussion about how things can be, if they are better or not, is fine. Just not the right time or place here. Rather like putting a rant into a topic about someone being killed.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:23 PM
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67. Most constructive response. n/t
Edited on Mon Feb-21-11 04:25 PM by Adsos Letter
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:24 PM
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68. one of these days I'm going to ruin my reputation as an uppityperson.
kicking the thread again here
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:26 PM
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71. Your response nailed it, and in a constructive way.
Edited on Mon Feb-21-11 04:27 PM by Adsos Letter
Always the best type of comment; not always available in the heat of the moment.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 10:27 PM
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78. And what role has US/CIA played in those often "sad possibilities" actually occurring...???
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 10:00 AM
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83. We initiated the "sad possibilities" in Iraq by toppling Saddam
"Fuck you" was Cheney's response to those of us who were worried about a post-Saddam Iraq.

I'm sorry to say that I was right about what would happen in Iraq after Saddam was gone.

And now that I'm trying to think a few chess moves ahead of this horrifying situation in Libya, I'm getting the "fuck you" once again, right here. Just for being concerned about what the future holds for Libyan women under complete tribal control.


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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:02 PM
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56. Qaddafi's reaction to the protests is many orders of magnitude worse than every other recent case.
Liberal, my ass. It looked like he had softened up for a time. But now, fuck him.

(Offtopic, Firefox recommended that spelling for Qaddafi.)
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:45 PM
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30. More graphic footage from #Tripoli hospital

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
More graphic footage from #Tripoli hospital: http://j.mp/hB7SEh (graphic footage warning) #Feb17 #Libya
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTwlgqr3cXc
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:47 PM
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32. Situation in suburbs of Tripoli is calm but tense. Neighbours are patrolling in shifts, nobody is sl
lisang Lisa Goldman
by blakehounshell
Situation in suburbs of Tripoli is calm but tense. Neighbours are patrolling in shifts, nobody is sleeping much. He is armed with a crowbar
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:47 PM
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33. None of what we went through in #Egypt stands anywhere near the horrors and grievances of the Libyan
arwasm Arwa Mahmoud
by litfreak
None of what we went through in #Egypt stands anywhere near the horrors and grievances of the Libyans. Nothing compares #libya #feb17 #jan25
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:52 PM
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39. French Ambassador to Tunisia, the young one, defends Gaddafi
12fevrier Ouled Eldzair
MinuteBuzz - L’ambassadeur de France en Tunisie (le nouveau jeune tout excité!) a défendu Kadhafi : http://bit.ly/f2Uw7a #Libya
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Quick google chrome

The Ambassador of France in Tunisia defended Gaddafi

Libya is beset by violent clashes between protesters and the army. Some rumors even claim that Colonel Gaddafi, in power for 32 years, trying to reach Venezuela . In France, the controversy surrounding France's ambassador to Tunisia, Boris Boillon, continues to swell . After being seen on the site of "the boys before", shirtless and abdominal air , our Youth Ambassador also considered rude remarks about the Tunisian Journalists. The website The Post has unearthed this morning an extract more than an embarrassment for French diplomacy.

If Nicolas Sarkozy was greeted Colonel Gaddafi in a more than respectable, Boris Boillon had faroucheme nt supported during his visit on the set of Grand Journal de Canal + , implying that the terrorist past of Libyan dictator was " a mistake ". Within months, the French government has accumulated diplomatic blunders , even degrading its relations with Mexico in particular. If Le Pen had only to demand the resignation of Boris Boillon yesterday evening, the announcement of further slippage is likely to increase the number of its detractors.

http://www.minutebuzz.com/2011/02/21/lambassadeur-de-france-en-tunisie-a-defendu-kadhafi/
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:55 PM
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40. If the Libyan martyrs were of another religion there would be a shit storm of Tomahawk missles going
JijiMMXI Simon O
by 12fevrier
If the Libyan martyrs were of another religion there would be a shit storm of Tomahawk missles going after #Gaddafi #Libya #feb17
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:56 PM
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41. #AJA receiving reports that Zawya being bombarded now.

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
#AJA receiving reports that Zawya being bombarded now. #libya #gaddaficrimes
28 seconds ago go
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:57 PM
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43. @BarackObama If a massacre happens tonight in #Libya, and you've still not said a word, you should r
LeShaque Shakeeb Al-Jabri
by esraa_ali
@BarackObama If a massacre happens tonight in #Libya, and you've still not said a word, you should really give back that Nobel Peace Prize.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:57 PM
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45. URGENT! Two military planes sent to Benghazi have landed in military airport refusing to bomb!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
URGENT! Two military planes sent to Benghazi have landed in military airport refusing to bomb! #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:59 PM
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49. Breaking Aljazeera: Two Libyan fighter jets land in #Benghazi airport after refusing to bomb city
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Breaking Aljazeera: Two Libyan fighter jets land in #Benghazi airport after refusing to bomb the city #Feb17 #Libya
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Now circle around to the Palace.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:00 PM
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51. +1000
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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:25 PM
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69. YES!!!!!
:thumbsup: :yourock:
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 10:33 PM
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79. k/r -- YES!
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:58 PM
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46. Reports of airstrikes in Azzaweya, west of tripoli
SherineT Sherine Tadros
Reports of airstrikes in Azzaweya, west of tripoli #libya #feb17
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:01 PM
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52. Damn You WORLD LEADERS!!!! U guys are pathetic. Go stuff your faces and hide while #Libya's Civilian
LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
Damn You WORLD LEADERS!!!! U guys are pathetic. Go stuff your faces and hide while #Libya's Civilians die. DAMN YOU ALL.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:02 PM
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54. Breaking Aljazeera: #Misurata, #Libya's third largest city, being bombed right now by fighter jets
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Breaking Aljazeera: #Misurata, #Libya's third largest city, being bombed right now by fighter jets #Feb17
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:02 PM
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55. Misurata region in the east of Tripoli is being bombed both by aircrafts & tanks

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Sources: Misurata region in the east of Tripoli is being bombed both by aircrafts & tanks #Libya
3 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:04 PM
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57. Anyone in #Libya calling Al Jazeera don't mention your name. They are killing any anti-regime caller
AmoonaE ~ امونه بترد عليكم ~
by Zeinobia
URGENT - Anyone in #Libya calling Al Jazeera don't mention your name. They are killing any anti-regime callers. via @Marwabenhalim
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:13 PM
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63. Video: He set the bodies on fire. Being dead wasn't enough (graphic, fuzzy pic in post)
Burned bodies found in Benghazi Army Barracks

This is about the soldiers who were savagely slaughtered then burned by Qaddafi's thugs for refusing to shoot their unarmed civilians on the first day of the protests.




ZTLFIRE ZTLFIRE
by litfreak@
@monaeltahawy Mona did you see the bodies? They posted them up on AJ Mona I cant stop crying he set bodies on fire. Being dead wasnt enough!
7 minutes ago


HE is Susseni, the Head of Intelligence and of Qaddafi's personal guards. He personally supervised the soldier's execution. Report that night were that around 200 soldiers were executed.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:26 PM
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70. Part 7 here
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:27 PM
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72. thanks...n/t
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:27 PM
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73. part 7
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 10:26 PM
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77. This is getting too horrific...
Edited on Mon Feb-21-11 10:27 PM by JCMach1
Way past that point.
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 11:02 PM
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80. Al Jazeera has great REPORTING!
Walter would be proud. Even discussed what the UN Security Council could do about Libya!
For Direct TV it's on LinkTV 375
for other channels try connecttv or linktv
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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 11:37 PM
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81. K&R Your OPs are much much more than just "worth it", they are INDISPENSABLE!
And extremely informative, thank you so much for all your hard work.

:pals:


http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/libya/">

&...

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya">

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