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quote:Chris Stephen in Misrata reports Libyan rebel units from the city racing by land and sea to the aid of opposition forces in Tripoli.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:27 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 16:01 |
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Wiz posted:Clearly this means that the rebels are coming to liberate Lebanon and Syria and CNN is the first to report this story. I take it all back, it's all part of their master plan to report the news that no one saw coming.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:28 |
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Wiz posted:Clearly this means that the rebels are coming to liberate Lebanon and Syria and CNN is the first to report this story. Lizzie Phelan will be using this as evidence of a huge plot in her next report to Russia Today.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:29 |
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Brown Moses posted:Lizzie Phelan will be using this as evidence of a huge plot in her next report to Russia Today. Somehow that makes this a lot less funny. Doesn't matter though, propagandists always find something to focus on.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:31 |
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Jonny Hallamquote:Just spoke to a man from #Brega who claims he was paid in Amphetamine tablets to go to Pro-Gad Demos I wonder if he put them in his Nescafe?
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:31 |
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Here is the "Russian official" who claims to have spoken with Gaddafi by phone today: He is a bit of a nutcase himself, so he could very well be making the whole thing up: quote:But on Sunday evening, as NATO air strikes continued on the Libyan capital, the besieged Colonel took the time to entertain a Russian politician named Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, best known for his claims that extraterrestrials took him on a mystical tour of the galaxy in their spaceship in 1997. Far from convincing Gaddafi to step down, the visit seemed geared toward giving him a confidence boost — and an unlikely lesson in the game of kings.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:32 |
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Is it even possible for Russians to play more chess than they do already?
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Arkane posted:AJE just had stunning live images from their embed, who said she is with hundreds and perhaps thousands of rebels who are 300 meters from the entrance to the Gaddafi compound and are preparing to advance. It's sad that they're still basically in plain clothes and are just going to have to mob any remaining forces, surely losing lives for the rebels. But Gaddafi's power looks pretty disenfranchised so he could well be a sitting duck soon.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:39 |
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Arkane posted:CNN isn't even trying anymore Hah! That's like if presidents Obama and Medvedev met in St. Petersburg, and the map shows St. Petersburg, Florida.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:41 |
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Is Lizzie Phelan a Trot? Only Trot cultists seem to be so passionately reality distortingly pro-Gaddafi, most of the hard anti-cap left seem to at least be able to tut tut Gaddafi before blasting Nato.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:44 |
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Brown Moses posted:Lizzie Phelan will be using this as evidence of a huge plot in her next report to Russia Today. Speaking of http://libya360.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/lizzie-phelan-report-from-tripoli-august-22-2011/ Lizzie Phelan posted:I have now from RELIABLE sources that the Libyan army is still in control of Tripoli. Al J footage of Green Sq was FAKE. Gaddafi went to Green Sq with one of his sons. Things much calmer now. More info soon. – L.P. She's still on the "this was all a planned trap to bring those RATS into the city for their final annihilation!" trip. Hehe... in the comments Danijela Dorado posted:I hope it’s not a lie… I wouldn't bet money on that, Danijela Dorado.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:44 |
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Nenonen posted:Hah! That's like if presidents Obama and Medvedev met in St. Petersburg, and the map shows St. Petersburg, Florida. On the other hand if the rebels were actually in the other Tripoli it would explain why they haven't caught Qaddafi yet.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:44 |
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CNN has a long and storied history of loving up maps: http://sheikyermami.com/wp-content/uploads/qtas.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2JhGoX_i6Qo/Rn4BUeSKPrI/AAAAAAAAAV4/e39i9uylrAE/s320/syriaasafghanistan.jpg http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/images/stories/pictures/cnnsfrance.jpg http://maptd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CNN-map-fail-1024x575.jpg Then again, it's not just CNN. http://img3.ranker.com/user_node_img/5908/1000102779/full/fox-news-needs-a-lesson-in-geography-photo-u1.jpg
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:48 |
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Scratch Monkey posted:Speaking of Wow. I've never seen someone so full of bullshit like that since the Iraqi Information Minister. The rebels rolling into Tripoli by sea and land was all a ruse set up by the regime just to get their names and faces? Seems like someone didn't think their cunning plan all the way through.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:49 |
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Furious Mittens posted:Wow. I've never seen someone so full of bullshit like that since the Iraqi Information Minister. The rebels rolling into Tripoli by sea and land was all a ruse set up by the regime just to get their names and faces? Seems like someone didn't think their cunning plan all the way through. Many Bothans died to get the rebels into Tripoli at the right time.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 15:51 |
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Holy poo poo, could hear the bullets whiz right past the live Al Jazeera reporter!
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:06 |
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Rip Testes posted:Holy poo poo, could hear the bullets whiz right past the live Al Jazeera reporter! "And that's why we just ducked down."
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:08 |
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NOBEARD posted:"And that's why we just ducked down." He was quite calm about continuing his reporting. I would have at least let out an expletive or two. Kudos to him.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:09 |
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quote:Libyan rebels seen firing into air inside Gadhafi compound in celebration -Reuters reporters
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:11 |
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Reuters is tweeting in caps again!quote:LIBYAN REBELS ENTER MUAMMAR GADDAFI BAB AL-AZIZIYA COMPOUND - REUTERS REPORTERS AT COMPOUND
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:11 |
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I am F5ing the entire internet right now.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:15 |
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Nuclear Spoon posted:I am F5ing the entire internet right now.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:19 |
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quote:To recap, Libyan rebels have stormed into Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli and have been seen firing in the air in celebration, Reuters reporters on the scene said. Pro-Gaddafi forces initially tried to defend the compound but their resistance later ended, the reporters said.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:23 |
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"Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy tweets: Former high-ranking Libyan official claimed earlier that the tunnels beneath Bab al-Aziziya are booby-trapped."
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:23 |
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more drudge sirens quote:AJA Breaking: Opposition fighteres enter #Gaddafi's house within Bab Alazizia #Tripoli #Libya
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:25 |
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Nuclear Spoon posted:"Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy tweets: Former high-ranking Libyan official claimed earlier that the tunnels beneath Bab al-Aziziya are booby-trapped." Which will hopefully lead to video of a dead CQ snapped by one of his own diabolically huge mousetraps.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:25 |
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well, clearly they abandoned the defenses to lure the rebels into gadaffis malevolent murder maze , where they will have to contend with his magic djinn army. It's all going according to plan. For real though, I would give anything to be a fly on gadaffis wall right now, im imagining saif just shuffling around while playing dust in the wind. Ghetto Prince fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Aug 23, 2011 |
# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:26 |
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I'm guessing the lack of live coverage at the moment is because all the journalists are rushing into the compound to prepare for any images of Gaddafi emerging from his hole. And a lynching.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:28 |
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Ggabo, Ben Ali, Mubarak and Ghaddafi gone and Saleh & Assad facing strong resistance. What a good year.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:32 |
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Lizzie Phelan, unable to cope with the imminent downfall of the Gaddafi regime, has fled in a time machine back to 1950s Russia.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:32 |
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Oh hey I didn't know Reuters had a live blog http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tripoli_Besieged
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:32 |
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I remember fondly one of my social studies textbooks in junior high that stated that Mussolini resigned from his post. This is _technically true_.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:32 |
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I hope this doesn't all go "the princess is in another castle" on us.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:32 |
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I can't get over that Google Battle of Tripoli map. It'd be totally unfathomable 30 years ago. The magic of the Internet.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:33 |
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CNN just reported that reporters are being "held hostage" at the Rixos and strong explosions from that area. Not sure if they are just conjecturing/sensationalizing or have some new information to report. As usual, they just mention it and move on without following up. Keeping an eye on this.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:34 |
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Why does this poo poo always have to happen when I'm about to get the bus home.
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:34 |
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Alarabya Breaking: sources say independence flag has been raised on Gaddfi's house #Tripoli #Libya
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:38 |
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!!!!!!!!!quote:Alarabya Breaking: sources say independence flag has been raised on Gaddfi's house #Tripoli #Libya
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:38 |
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Seems slightly irrelevant now, but here's Zeina Khodr's reporting from just outside earlier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJp1syzmvMY
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:42 |
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CNN Breaking News posted:Rebels say they have taken Gadhafi compound, Sara Sidner reports quote:Alarabya: live picture showing opposition vehicles streaming into #Gaddafi's Bab Alzizia compound in #Tripoli
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# ? Aug 23, 2011 16:44 |