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2011-08-19 Africa North

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wants to leave Power

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is ill and ready to hand over power to Justice Minister Mohammed al-Qamoodi.
"You can't throw me out of office! I'm a sick man!"
A statement to that effect came from an anonymous source in that country's armed forces.
Oh, well. If it's an anonymous source somewhere in the Libyan armed forces it must be true...
Gaddafi has also agreed to move to Venezuela together with his family.
Because like clings to like...
Among conditions set forth by the Colonel is an immediate ceasefire and end to the NATO operation.
And after that his hard boyz will cease fire and end operations. Trust him on that.
The Libyan president has apparently begun packing his belongings, since, according to a number of Arab media, two airbuses landed at the Tripoli airport on Wednesday - one carrying the government delegation and another one empty. The latter will presumably take Gaddafi, his family and closest associates to Venezuela.
... where he'll feel perfectly at home. What's more like Tripoli than Caracas?
Details of the Libyan leader's escape from his country were allegedly discussed the day before by Gaddafi's spokespeople and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's envoy on the Tunisian Djerba Island. Chavez himself, by the way, vows to have overcome cancer after undergoing treatment on Cuba and feels great now.
Must have gone to the same doctor as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi...
At the same time, it turned out that Muammar Gaddafi's chief aide Bashir Saleh was sent to meet with British and French diplomats, in order to search for a way "to get Gaddafi and his family out of Libya."
How about the traditional manner: on a plane, in the dead of night, the national treasury among their baggage? Maybe a battalion or two of true loyalists left behind to get killed covering the getaway?
Libya's domestic situation started developing at a higher pace following the beginning of talks between Tripoli and Benghazi that have been under way since Sunday, if we believe Western media reports.
And when has the Western media ever been wrong?
Deciding upon the country's fate are allegedly two emissaries sent by each of the sides - Gaddafi and the Transitional National Council (TNC) recognized as Libya's one and only legitimate government by over 20 countries. At the same time, none of the parties have officially confirmed the fact that negotiations are under way, except for Abdel Ilah Al-Khatib, the special United Nations envoy to Libya, who claimed to have met with representatives of both sides.

Posted by tipper 2011-08-19 07:38|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 How long before one of the about-to-be-former underlings figures out that delivering the still-steaming head of the tyrant will make for one hell of a get-out-of-being-massacred-free card? *Signaling* that you're packing your shit seems designed to make sure that you never actually make it onto the plane.

Unless stories like this are ploys intended to shake traitors and weaklings out of the wainscotting. Maybe that explains reports of random gunbattles in the nighttime streets of Tripoli? Rolling purges playing out?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-08-19 08:54|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-08-19 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting.
Chavez dying, pulling all the gold back onshore, consolidating paper money accounts, and his oil buddy coming to town.
Is he going to give Vz to Gaddafi?
Think there will be some incoming Libyan gold on those boats?

Posted by Skidmark 2011-08-19 09:42|| 2011-08-19 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 speaking of Megrahi, perhaps we could put an extra piece of luggage on that plane. Karma is a bitch

Posted by Frank G on the road 2011-08-19 10:32|| 2011-08-19 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 My guess is he's going to open a bicycle repair shop.

It's all in a day's work for Bicycle Repairman

Posted by Spot 2011-08-19 11:42|| 2011-08-19 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 gr(o)mgoru, you have not put monies on the table.

I am not much of a betting man, but I see the end.

Posted by newc 2011-08-19 12:57|| 2011-08-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

#6 "Any day now" Been hearing that since may. What's the under/over on the collapse of NATO -- I'm looking for a quicker pay off.

Posted by regular joe 2011-08-19 13:08|| 2011-08-19 13:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Other than an occasional "plague on both their houses" snort of disgust I cannot come up with the proper response here.

This feels like nothing less than supporting Stalin against Hitler. Can't they all lose?

Posted by AlanC 2011-08-19 13:52|| 2011-08-19 13:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Alan, they will.

The big plan is coming together ;)

Posted by newc 2011-08-19 14:25|| 2011-08-19 14:25|| Front Page Top

#9 According to "reliable sources"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-08-19 15:06|| 2011-08-19 15:06|| Front Page Top

#10 newc, I love it when a plan comes together.

Is this more from g(r)om's reliable sources?

Posted by AlanC 2011-08-19 15:33|| 2011-08-19 15:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Alan, he has some good bits here - in fact very smart.

Posted by newc 2011-08-19 21:31|| 2011-08-19 21:31|| Front Page Top

#12 We'll be wishing he were back six months after his departure.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-08-19 21:34|| 2011-08-19 21:34|| Front Page Top

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