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| Libya: Gaddafi 'seriously ill' as rebels claim advance towards the capital | |
| 2011-08-17 | |
Libya's embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi is "gravely ill" according to unnamed Libyan and foreign sources cited by pan-Arab daily 'Asharq al-Awasat'. The sources did not provide further details of his medical condition.
According to Asharq al-Awsat, Gaddafi's worsening health prompted him to send the head of his office to Mali and to the Tunisian island of Djerba to meet French and British representatives in a bid to secure his and his family's safety. Rebels claim to be advancing on Gaddafi's stronghold, the Libyan capital Tripoli as the bloody civil war against forces loyal to Gaddafi enters its six month and the Nato-led mission to protect civilians and enforce a no-fly zone over the country continues. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 Monies are on the table yet? |
| Posted by: newc 2011-08-17 22:07 |
| #8 Weeks (in Libya), not months. Heh. Were those regular weeks or Obama weeks? And how much is that in dog years? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-08-17 19:36 |
| #7 The WH says Uncle Muammar will be out of power by this EOM August 2011??? Ala TOPIX + NEWS KERALA > The Brits have already said or inferred it - iff the Libyuhn Rebels fail to dislodge Uncle Muammar from ruling power, he will likely stay in same unless his INNER CIRCLE abandons = kills? him. IMO the Muslim Brotherhood + aligned in EGYPT are deliberat refraining from more active roles in post-Mubarak, Constitutionally-mandated Egyptian elex because they want to see iff Uncle Muammar + Regime will survive or fall. DITTO as per the AQIM - the fall or collapse of the Gaddafi Govt essentially means RADICAL ISLAM WILL LIKELY COME TO DOMINATE ALL OF MUSLIM NORTH AFRICA, + PERHAPS BULK OF CONTESTED CENTRAL AFRICA [Somalia/East Africa => Westward]. MORE IMPORTANTLY, RADICAL ISLAMIST DOMINATION IFF NOT PER SE SOVEREIGN POLITICAL CONTROL OF MOST OR ALL REGIONAL CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS [Energy] FOR LT CONVERSION INTO MILITARY-ORIENTED NUCLEAR PROGRAMS [Strategic Nuclear Arsenals, Asymmetric = Proxy Nuclear Militancy-Terror]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-08-17 19:36 |
| #6 Weeks (in Libya), not months. [B. Obama] |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-08-17 19:09 |
| #5 Actually, I think Fred was being tragically ironic in reference to the Locker B bomber who was released by the caca de pollo Scots judge. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-08-17 17:27 |
| #4 Aw, you're just trying to cheer us up, Fred. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-08-17 17:21 |
| #3 Any reports of his death will be greatly exaggerated. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-08-17 17:21 |
| #2 I wonder if he has prostate cancer with only three months left to live? |
| Posted by: Fred 2011-08-17 17:18 |
| #1 Gaddafi 'seriously ill' And has been for 40 years |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-08-17 16:32 |