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Africa North
1M Libyans to receive weapons
2011-03-21
"expected the operation to end in the next hours to arm more than a million men and women."
Barb ....
Posted by:gorb

#8  I'm popping as fast as I can.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-03-21 18:28  

#7  What could go wrong? LOL.
Posted by: Hellfish   2011-03-21 18:21  

#6  One bullet, to be kept in the shirt pocket.
Posted by: Oscar Spineck3066   2011-03-21 13:36  

#5  So now the rebels know who they can get weapons from, one way or another. I just wonder, is he also allowing them to have AMMUNITION for those weapons?
Posted by: OId Patriot   2011-03-21 13:20  

#4  A civil war fought with AK47s.

It will be like those SubSaharan civil wars, except more sand.
Posted by: phil_b   2011-03-21 04:41  

#3  No foreigner is going to put a boot on the ground.

Actually, Qadaffy employs quite a lot of foreign mercenaries.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-03-21 04:25  

#2  What about the other 5.4 million Libyans?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-03-21 04:08  

#1  What do you want to bet he's arming his own tribe? No foreigner is going to put a boot on the ground. The only thing left to shoot at are the locals. Probably the rebels. It's going to be interesting.
Posted by: gorb   2011-03-21 04:01  

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