randombattle posted:

A picture will do infinitely more good for the people not shot in the head.

Putting your hand on a bullet wound to the head isn't going to do much for the guy but at least the pictures and videos will be proof of what is going on to everyone else. The greater good and all that.

Brown Moses posted:

Press conference on AJE from State TV.

farraday posted:

Looking from Tripoli toward the east you see lots of smoke and fire across the Gulf of Sidra, obviously it must be from Egypt.

The Brown Menace posted:

Still in basements throughout the US and Europe?

Brown Moses posted:

Earwicker posted:

Partly this and I think technology also plays a role. Not that I think any of this stuff is a "Facebook revolution" the way some in the media have called it, but for most of recent history the only mass media in these countries was state controlled media, so people had much less ability to communicate and more importantly much less awareness of what was going on in other countries.

The internet - and more specifically, mobile access to it - has largely taken away the state's monopoly on communication, and that has helped these things dramatically (it's also why we are less likely to see this sort of thing happen in a place like North Korea where the state still has that monopoly).

Shageletic posted:

What's interesting is showing how little slack there is in the market. I think Libya provides something like 2% to oil imported from abroad (in the US). But a little hint of trouble there, and boom, prices rise 30 cent. That just isn't sustainable.

DevNull posted:

If you want to really depress yourself watch Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire to learn more about this. It eventually drove Roméo Dallaire into depression and alcoholism, as he was stuck watching it happen and couldn't get help from the rest of the UN.

euphronius posted:

Only one country has Nimitz size carriers.

Unless Britain got some since I last read anything.

DevNull posted:

I want to see this resolved with as little outside interference as possible. Outside interference is what put a lot of these countries in the position they are currently in. However, I did see this on twitter...
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euphronius posted:

You could understand why the US would be hesitant to support such a precedent.

Brown Moses posted:

From the Guardian

Brown Moses posted:

Bit of an update on the drugs:



If all the protesters were on Tramadol they'd all be at home drooling and watching State TV, not on the streets.

Brown Moses posted:

Jack Napier posted:

'm sorry but Gmail is SSL secured, how exactly do they obtain transcripts of something like that? Is the content unsecured when you send it, did they get it from an unsecured source destination, or did Gmail give them access?

Pajser posted:

Is it out of the realm of possibility, that someone could kamikaze this human being?

Nonsense posted:

Na, this is going to get extremely messy, and awful, but the rebels have a shot. Civilians are cheering right now, but they really do need to seek cover very soon.

farraday posted:

That seems like an unlikely trio. One of these things is not like the others.

Cartouche posted:

Pretty much. And what are we prepared to do in response?

Nenonen posted:

People should stop treating anonymous Twitter feeds as sources for facts. To me they're just as credible as Libyan government sources. It's impossible to tell what is correct and what is rumour, hyperbole or intentional propaganda.

dj_clawson posted:

Am I the only one with the "shoot Gaddaffi in the drat head" strategy? I know, I know, we're not supposed to assassinate heads of state, it's not in the rules.....