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Does the UK have any laws about that? I'm almost certain that it'd be illegal for former soldiers to be doing that in the US. edit: I guess if the UK is officially doing it as well that probably makes it okay, even if Qatar and others are paying for it.
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Brown Moses posted:No poo poo: Yeah, from the sound of it Libya is crawling with special forces and intelligence agents right now, from any number of different countries.
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For a new page Live Blogs August 23rd Guardian BBC AJE LibyaFeb17.com Feb17.info AJE Live Stream (alt) Sky News Live Stream (alt) Journalists in Libya Twitter list Gaddafi's stolen poo poo   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxmjS4s1Nls
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Aug 23, 2011 19:25
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Sir John Falstaff posted:Yeah, from the sound of it Libya is crawling with special forces and intelligence agents right now, from any number of different countries. I kind of doubt the claims they were responsible for storming Tripoli with the rebels only following behind them.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:26
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Did he steal that mighty fine chain too or just had it at the ready? Libyan Thurston Howell III
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demonachizer posted:Did he steal that mighty fine chain too or just had it at the ready? LIBERATED. Not stole.
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ShababLibya Man walks out of Gaddafi's house holding a fridge, albeit struggling a little #Libya #Tripoli 1 minute ago Heritage Foundation Poor in Libya have access to Refrigerators #notreallypoor 58 seconds ago
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Aug 23, 2011 19:32
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farraday posted:I kind of doubt the claims they were responsible for storming Tripoli with the rebels only following behind them. Yeah, although it really wouldn't surprise me if special forces units were significantly involved here and there in opening the path for the rebels. I agree that they probably weren't the main invasion force, though.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:32
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That 24 year old on AJE should be installed as President
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Aug 23, 2011 19:34
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I doubt they were participating in any fighting. A huge amount of SOF work involves training and advising foreign militaries, which is probably what they were doing. And possibly arming them, but I don't think the UK would do that directly.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:34
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Xandu posted:I doubt they were participating in any fighting. A huge amount of SOF work involves training and advising foreign militaries, which is probably what they were doing. And possibly arming them, but I don't think the UK would do that directly. Directly is such an interesting term though, I mean if they happen to know that Qatar has recently acquired several tons of AK-47 Ammo from Albania... I mean they might as well help distribute that.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:37
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I know it probably will, but just in case: I hope that interview with that baller gets on YouTube.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:38
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Is this guy calling the rebels terrorists? I don't think I like this guy.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:38
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farraday posted:I kind of doubt the claims they were responsible for storming Tripoli with the rebels only following behind them. They were probably one of the first ones into high value areas, however. You know that there's a lot of intelligence agencies that were chomping at the bit to get their hands on material and intelligence of the regime. But yeah, they probably were mainly training and advising and letting the rebels do their thing for the most part. Might be why there wasn't a major battle at the compound and might be why there's no sign of the Colonel at this point, but less likely.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:39
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What in the gently caress is this clown AJE is interviewing on about?
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Aug 23, 2011 19:40
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That guy whipping shitties on the giant Gadaffi facade, haha.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:41
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Well it's only fair that France and the U.K. get to keep Libya, seeing as how they did all the hard work. Finders keepers, etc. Firing a gun, well, anyone can do that. But providing air support, weapons, tactical advice, intelligence, and special forces operatives? That's the kind of work that ought to earn you a shiny new Libya.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:41
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Finlander posted:Is this guy calling the rebels terrorists? You have to consider, many African nations have internal divisions which could easily be considered, to an extent, rebel movements. Not all certainly and not only in Africa, but viewed from the perspective of a government in Africa, any western intervention to help a rebel movement overthrow the government is deeply uncomfortable on several levels. Not going to try and defend the Al Qaeda comments.
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Xandu posted:I doubt they were participating in any fighting. A huge amount of SOF work involves training and advising foreign militaries, which is probably what they were doing. And possibly arming them, but I don't think the UK would do that directly. Well, they were definitely involved in that at least. We may never really know the extent of their involvement. Not all of the ex-SAS and other special forces units are associated with foreign governments, though--the NTC apparently hired them from security firms as well. That some of these may have launched the occasional discrete attack on a particularly troublesome target wouldn't surprise me, is all I'm saying.
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ChaosSamusX posted:So, what's the context behind Gaddafi calling the President of the Russian Chess Federation? Or is there no context? They're good buddies. At one point when Ilyumzhinov was the president of the international chess federation, he wanted to hold the world championship in Libya--unfortunately this didn't happen since Gaddafi wasn't so keen on letting Jewish chessplayers in.
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So what's going on right now? the Reuters live feed hasn't updated in 20 minutes. I was used to them popping every couple of minutes.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:45
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The comment section on this is pretty funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd6T7XtqiTc
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Aug 23, 2011 19:47
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Rip Testes posted:Off topic, but i think we just had a small earthquake in DC, my apartment was shaking. I'm in my apartment in Columbia, SC and we felt it a while ago, although it was pretty mild.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:48
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Arkane posted:The comment section on this is pretty funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd6T7XtqiTc Those guys sure think Allah is pretty Akbar. I'm glad they cleared that up.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:48
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I'm sure this will be an interesting case:quote:A London law firm, which has been appointed to advise Muammar Gaddafi, has defended taking on the Libyan dictator as a client.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:51
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Finlander posted:Is this guy calling the rebels terrorists? Gadaffi had close ties to a lot of African governments, and routinely made lots of diplomatic trips around the African continent, promoting himself. It's unsurprising that an African commentator is critical of his removal from power.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:51
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Furious Mittens posted:They were probably one of the first ones into high value areas, however. You know that there's a lot of intelligence agencies that were chomping at the bit to get their hands on material and intelligence of the regime. Good point. Those who aren't directly involved with the rebels ongoing combat operations are probably really busy scanning and uploading anything that they can get their hands on in that compound.
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Has anyone heard any news from / about the Rixos in the past hour? Last news that I saw an hour ago said that it seemed the gunfight had moved to the hotel.
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Arkane posted:The comment section on this is pretty funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd6T7XtqiTc DO NOT BELIEF THIS VIDEO. it is Hollywood. Gadaffi control the country, he is good man and he is powerful man. These rats, these rebel rats are not in control, they are not even in Tripoli. krf7 7 minutes ago iam in libya and i swear in name of god ..most of libya is in hands of gaddafi forces ....dont trust the western media ...this is all propganda imranhk786786 8 minutes ago Don't worry guys, nothing going on here.
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ookuwagata posted:Gadaffi had close ties to a lot of African governments, and routinely made lots of diplomatic trips around the African continent, promoting himself. It's unsurprising that an African commentator is critical of his removal from power. Libya under Gaddafi also threw around significant amounts of money to African countries and the African Union. As a result, much of Africa is not entirely keen on his removal.
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quote:AJA: Jaloud says that #Gaddafi probably left #Tripoli.. says most proably hidding in Azyziya [FYI: the City NOT the compound ] #Libya
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Nuclear Spoon posted:I know it probably will, but just in case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhoGNlWsObg
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quote:AJA Jaloud says #Gaddafi probably not spending more than 3 hours in same location, hiding in civilian residences # Saddam 2.0
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I get the feeling we are not going to see the Col. for a while, but the thought that as long as he lives will be spent in mediocrity and fear still makes me feel comfortable with it. I wonder how that feels after 40 years.
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Exhausted after watching coverage non-stop for the past several days.
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Slave posted:I get the feeling we are not going to see the Col. for a while, but the thought that as long as he lives will be spent in mediocrity and fear still makes me feel comfortable with it. I wonder how that feels after 40 years. He's probably going to be spending the rest of his life muttering to himself about how he was betrayed by everyone around him.
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