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Brown Moses posted:I bet Hitler wasn't this funny before he shot himself.  I still think we should make a Qaddafi speech GDT a la TFF. There's always a deluge of new posts whenever that crazy fucker goes on the airwaves.
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quote:Benghazi residents say the Libyan oil and product terminals of Ras Lanuf and Marsa Brega are out of Col Gaddafi's control, reports Reuters. They say people have told them the facilities are being protected. Those are actually quite close to a Gaddafi supporter stronghold.
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Cartouche posted:I cannot grasp how this revolution is not a landslide? Cronyism. Some of these people are the local public face of the regime. The local enforcer, or collector or whatever. If they end up locking up or executing Gaddafi, some of these commanders won't be far behind. They are fighting to save their own rear end.
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Key "points" of Gaddafi's speech from the Guardian:quote:•Osama bin Laden and his followers are behind the protests sweeping the country.
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Did Al Jazeera just show a dead Nigerian mercenary?
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Aljazeera reporting that anti-Qaddafi protesters are planning on trying to liberate Tripoli by force through Zawiya, it's not clear whether they will be using the weapons taken from the army. Also, The air marshal of the Libyan air force has called on all pilots to land all aircraft at liberated Misurata as soon as possible. Libyan Minister of justice on aljazeera calling Qaddafi on his bullshit and calling on all Libyans to march on Tripoli to save the country.
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Zawiya is west of Tripoli, not east, so that would suggest there's significant resistance on both sides of Tripoli.
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Just one last comic touch for Gaddafi's speech, from Twitter:quote:after speech, silence. Then Radio went to recording of cheers + music Also: quote:Libyan TV is reporting that authorities in the country have seized ''audio recordings of al-Qaeda members in Zawiya aiming to carry out acts of sabotage". I really want to hear these recordings, something to add to the cavalcade of comedy. Rumours and discussion about Gaddafi planning to fake some terrorist attacks to back up his phoney claims. quote:AJA Libyan expert:I have confirmed reports Qaddafi sons planning car bombs all over country to prove Al Qaeda after revolts Brown Moses fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Feb 24, 2011 |
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His talks about drugs is funny, because Gaddafi looks and sounds like a person who's been doing sniffing glue and cocaine for years. Given his position of power I don't suppose it would be out of the question that he had some sort of addiction because even if others noticed, they couldn't intervene - Hitler's personal physician also gave him all kinds of dope poo poo during his last years. By the way, if you ever wanted drive like a Nenonen fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Feb 24, 2011 |
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That part of Ghadaffi's speech where he calls himself a symbolic leader and compares himself to Queen Elizabeth II is hilariously pathetic. He sees that he has lost virtually all power to lead, so decides to turn lemons into lemonade by becoming a figurehead leader instead, being too insane to realize that the first thing that is going to happen when Tripoli falls is him in a cell or hanging from a lamp-post. And then he refers to himself as the Grandfather of the nation - that he thinks Libyans would ever think of him as kindly and wise ol' Grandpa Ghadaffi is more insane than anything he has said about greasy rats or al-Quaeda crazy drugs.
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Nenonen posted:His talks about drugs is funny, because Gaddafi looks and sounds like a person who's been doing sniffing glue and cocaine for years. Given his position of power I don't suppose it would be out of the question that he had some sort of addiction because even if others noticed, they couldn't intervene - Hitler's personal physician also gave him all kinds of dope poo poo during his last years. This poo poo makes me wish Charles Bronson was still alive. "The Quaddifi Story" would rock with Bronson dressed up like Dolemite, spouting nonsense, and talking about conspiracies. "Hey, you, punk! Al Qaeda is all up in my Libyan grill!"
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Al-Saqr posted:Aljazeera reporting that anti-Qaddafi protesters are planning on trying to liberate Tripoli by force through Zawiya, it's not clear whether they will be using the weapons taken from the army. That is encouraging. It sounds like this might be over sooner that people expected. Hopefully with less bloodshed as well. edit: Just saw this on Twitter posted by Sherine Tadros of Al Jazeera quote:Al jazeera arabic; Officers in the Air Force base in Benghazi, announced they are joining the revolution #libya DevNull fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Feb 24, 2011 |
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I wonder how that liberation of Tripoli will go. Since the rebels are on the attacking side, this time, they've got less defensive options than Gaddafi's croneys, who can easily use guerrila tactics and the like. That, along with the fact that Tripoli seems to have the most and the best trainer pro-Gaddafi troops, could make things pretty messy.
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AP Roud up:quote:The Associated Press has news from Zawiya, Misrata and Tripoli. And from the BBC quote:Libya's state TV, in what appears to be a first, is now airing urgent captions in English.
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It also sounds like the attempts to recapture Misrata and Zawya by the regime have failed. The people of Zawya are planning to push back to Tripoli as well.
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 It's really strange how SLOW Libya news travels in the States. Things on the ground are happening so fast that I've had to correct couple of people today who were still under the impression that Gaddafi is in Venezuela - ancient news.
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There's an interesting article on Dwell that talks about how the urban planning of Tahir square helped make it a center for protest http://www.dwell.com/articles/design-and-history-of-tahrir-square.html#ixzz1ErJhxqzE I thought it was great because I remember in some history courses discussing how the layout of France and it's boulevards helped the revolution there as well way back when. Maybe democratic countries should ensure that all their cities are designed "revolution friendly"
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I just heard Gaddafi say "A real man doesn't use arms on innocent people" in reference to opposition.
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Pissboy Geoff posted:I just heard Gaddafi say Apologies, but do you have a link for his last 'speech'? I'm searching AJE and can't find it. I need to laugh at something.
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cioxx posted:
That picture is making me laugh far, far too much. Charles Bronson IS Quaddafi in "Elizabeth: The Glided Age."
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AJE confirms the citizens of Al Baida have taken over the city, and have access to the military barracks, and the weapons with in.quote:Al Jazeera's correspondent in Al Baida reports says that the situation can be described as a "nervous quietness" - with most of the town being under the control of the residents as they've taken over the military barracks and all the weapons there. I think that goes to show that not only are the people in control, but any attempts to retake the city will face armed resistance.
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Brown Moses posted:
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:You know I really wanted to make a joke about blowing up a pile of previously murdered corpses but dang
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thunderspanks posted:Col. Gaddafi's Bomb-in-a-Bucket chicken. Extra crispy. Yknow, that bit by Robin Williams was all I knew of Gaddafi until last year when I did a research paper on him. It's really weird to think of just how long this crazy bastard's been in power with relatively few shakeups until now.
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:You know I really wanted to make a joke about blowing up a pile of previously murdered corpses but dang That is way too much effort. He would just round up a few living people and blow them up. It makes it more authentic that way too.
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I wonder what it's like being the poor guy who has to translate Gaddafi's speeches. He must be constantly doubting if he heard correctly.
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Gaddafi is easily my favorite dictator. His speeches are always golden.* *does not mean I endorse what he's doing to his people.
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It looks like Bengahzi isn't a big fan of this whole internet revolution, no sir. They know this is a print revolution. First Edition of the Benghazi Newspaper Khaaddafi is so very hosed.
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Charles Bronson? I was going to cast Benicio Del Toro
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/41754177 Interesting article about a cable leaked by wikileaks on Libya stashing money in US banks. $32 billion in cash hidden away from the people by a dictator. I can't imagine why they are sick of him.
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Yeah all his children lived decadent lives off it too. Only Saif seemed like a decent guy who was educated abroad and tried to bring some humanity to the country. Of course then he's made to give the first speech about rivers of blood and all that... I wonder how things will work out for him.
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^^^ the whole family will probably be executed on general principles since their patriarch is madder than a March Hare.Steve Yun posted:Charles Bronson? I was going to cast Benicio Del Toro "We can't stop here! This is protester country!"
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Steve Yun posted:Charles Bronson? I was going to cast Benicio Del Toro What a complete opposite role from 'Che'. He'd have to have some serious range as an actor to pull off Gadaffi.
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jesus christ  BBC posted:1753: The Libyan Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Ibrahim Dabbaschi, tells the BBC French for Africa that he has information that mercenaries loyal to Col Gaddafi have been loading the bodies of people killed in Tripoli on planes. He says they are then taken to the desert near the town of Sirte, where they are being dumped.
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CNBC just announced that there is some evidence that he's preparing to flee. I'm not sure what this evidence is.
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SauceNinja posted:CNBC just announced that there is some evidence that he's preparing to flee. I'm not sure what this evidence is. I imagine it's the stupid man running down the street wearing his curtains with a handful of papers screaming "gently caress THIS poo poo" in Arabic.
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Looks like he'll have less spending money:quote:Switzerland has ordered an immediate freeze on any assets that may belong to Col Gaddafi and his entourage, the AFP news agency reports, quoting the Swiss foreign ministry.
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Celexi posted:I doubt he was always insane, at least on this picture when he was younger he does "appear" to be normal: All I can hear when I look at this picture is the audio from a Wu-Tang filler track where they're all sitting around high and rambling.
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Nenonen posted:His talks about drugs is funny, because Gaddafi looks and sounds like a person who's been doing sniffing glue and cocaine for years. Given his position of power I don't suppose it would be out of the question that he had some sort of addiction because even if others noticed, they couldn't intervene - Hitler's personal physician also gave him all kinds of dope poo poo during his last years. Hitler's physician was a quack doctor and fed him amphetamines and other drugs for years, up until his death.
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