Middle East Thread of Despair: More Broken Than Syria

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Dieting Hippo: Jan 5, 2006; THIS IS NOT A PROPER DIET FOR A HIPPO

Hey, did you hear about the protests in the capital of Bahrain?

"Manama? Nah."

# ¿ Feb 18, 2011 01:15

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# ¿ May 5, 2024 02:43

Dieting Hippo: Jan 5, 2006; THIS IS NOT A PROPER DIET FOR A HIPPO

ShortStack posted:

http://www.libyafeb17.com/ says that people were getting shot during the speech, twitter reports snipers in Tripoli and that mercenaries have started attacking people in their homes

Well hello there: http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=1283

Gaddafi has already fled the country to Venezuela or Brazil. My money is on the former.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2011 02:08

Dieting Hippo: Jan 5, 2006; THIS IS NOT A PROPER DIET FOR A HIPPO

Petey posted:

well, this owns
http://allafrica.com/stories/201102210060.html

from EC in LF

but....but SOCIALISM :supaburn:

# ¿ Feb 21, 2011 05:26

Dieting Hippo: Jan 5, 2006; THIS IS NOT A PROPER DIET FOR A HIPPO

RoofieMyselfForFun posted:

I will laugh so loving hard if Egypt becomes a more respectable and stable economy in five years, especially providing regular humanitarian needs like heathcare. I would love to see opponents to UHC dispute that

You can easily dispute that. Their socialized death panel care money comes from terrorist organizations because, let's face it, they're brown people in the middle east. What do you mean they have no ties to terrorist organizations, they speak in the funny little squiggles like all the terrorists do!

# ¿ Feb 21, 2011 05:32

Dieting Hippo: Jan 5, 2006; THIS IS NOT A PROPER DIET FOR A HIPPO

Brown Moses posted:

the direct oil pipeline between #Libya and Italy - the so-called "Green Stream" has completely "dried up".

Uh oh. Gaddafi's loving over one of his closest buddies.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2011 12:59

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# ¿ May 5, 2024 02:43

Dieting Hippo: Jan 5, 2006; THIS IS NOT A PROPER DIET FOR A HIPPO

Any other sources on this? It's an Iranian site, which is why I'm a bit skeptical, but they they are reporting that Saif (Gaddafi's youngest son) has joined the protesters: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/166900.html

quote:

According to the reports, Saif al-Arab, Gaddafi's youngest son, who was sent by his father to cooperate with Libyan security forces in the massive crackdown on pro-democracy protesters joined forces with the demonstrators in the eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday.

Saif al-Arab, who is widely regarded as the most low-profile of Gaddafi's sons have also hinted that his father would commit suicide or flee to Latin America in the face of rising public outcry over his tyrannical rule.

Saif al-Arab is said to have had the backing of combat troops and had military equipment that was dispatched to the eastern parts of turmoil-hit Libya.

The move comes as several intelligence and military officials in the third largest city, al-Bayda have stepped down , while a major general in the eastern city of Tobruk has castigated Gaddafi's regime for its heavy-handed assault on protesters.

Major General Suleiman Mahmoud, the commander of the armed forces in Tobruk, has stated that he has resigned and now has sided with protesters, adding that soldiers and civilians are under fire from aircraft, and this was an important reason for him to join the people.

"We are on the side of the people�I was with him [Gaddafi] in the past but the situation has changed�he's a tyrant." Mahmoud told Al Jazeera, adding that the troops led by him had switched loyalties.

"We are supporting the Libyan people and the soldiers and civilians are hand in hand we are against any aggressions," he added.

At least 1,000 people have been killed in Tripoli by airstrikes conducted by the Libyan military in a desperate move meant to quell the popular uprising, according to some reports.

Meanwhile, a total of 130 Libyan soldiers have been executed for refusing to open fire on protesters.

Pro-democracy demonstrations inspired by the popular revolutions that deposed decades-long rulers in neighboring Egypt and Tunisia, have engulfed Libya since Feb 15.

Tens of thousands of people have continued to spill out into the streets of the eastern city of Benghazi and other major cities calling for the ouster of the 68-year-old Gaddafi.

Gaddafi, who came to power 41 years ago in a bloodless military coup, delivered a televised address on Tuesday in which he vowed to fight on to his "last drop of blood" and called on his supporters to take to the streets to confront the protesters.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2011 12:37

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