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2011-08-21 Africa North
End is Very Near for Al Qathafi Regime as Rebels Strengthen Presence in Tripoli
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Posted by Fred 2011-08-21 12:22|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Great. Now we trade in the nutbag we know for nutbags we don't know. Nice going NATO, O et al. Real leadership from behind. I love it when no a plan comes together.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-08-21 13:49||   2011-08-21 13:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Live blog of these events. Blogsofwar tracks tweets from the region.
Posted by newc 2011-08-21 14:32|| http://concisemagazine.wordpress.com/  2011-08-21 14:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Hours not years?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-08-21 14:36||   2011-08-21 14:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, he probably should look at dumping his contract phone and getting a tracfone, avoid long-term commitments. Maybe go with Boost mobile instead?
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-21 14:41||   2011-08-21 14:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Who gets the sprockets?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-08-21 16:40||   2011-08-21 16:40|| Front Page Top

#6 This is over. Now the real problems for Libya begin.
Posted by newc 2011-08-21 16:57||   2011-08-21 16:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Skynews has the best coverage.
Posted by newc 2011-08-21 17:06|| http://concisemagazine.wordpress.com/  2011-08-21 17:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Looks like its over and Daffy has fled to an unknown location,
Posted by phil_b 2011-08-21 18:11||   2011-08-21 18:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Muammar has left the building.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-08-21 18:48||   2011-08-21 18:48|| Front Page Top

#10 And, of course, the first thing on my mind is what about the fembots?
Posted by tu3031 2011-08-21 19:33||   2011-08-21 19:33|| Front Page Top

#11 CNN + FOXNEWS AM, FREEREPUBLIC > ...

UNCONFIRMED REPORS AT THIS TIME INDIC THAT
> Libyuhn Rebs claim to have captured Gaddafi's son "most prominent" or "modest" SAIF, whom allegedly was the one whom gave Uncle Muammar the idea to give up his WMDS + NucProgs.
> Gaddafi = Loyalist defenses around TRIPOLI has seemingly COLLAPSED???
> GADDAFI > per se has repor FLED TO ALGERIA???
> FREEREPUBLIC > REUTERS = has received UN ICC SPX CONFIRMATION THAT GADDAFI HAS BEEN DETAINED.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-21 19:36||   2011-08-21 19:36|| Front Page Top

#12 ....Say hi to Nicolae and Elena for us, you murdering lunatic.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-08-21 19:41||   2011-08-21 19:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Presum that the above News is correct, it must be remembered that, despite his anti-US, Israeli stance + Cold War support for terror, Uncle Muammar was one of the most modern, laissez -faire or "progressive" Arab Leaders of his time, espec as per Women's Rights + treatment of non-Muslim Minorities, etc. - OTOH, the Libyuhn Rebels are openly supported by AL-QAEDA, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, + HEZBOLLAH, ETC. WHOM HISTORICALLY ARE VEHEMENTLY ANTI-US, ANTI-ISRAEL, + PRO ANTI-PROGRESSIVE SHARIA.

Few analysts doubt that iff Radical Islam comes to dominate a post-Gaddafi Libyan Govt., that it will oer time work to RESTART LIBYA'S DRIVE TO DEV NUKES-WMDS IN SUPPORT OF REGIONAL, GLOBAL JIHAD + THE EXISTENTIAL STRUGGLE AGZ ISRAEL.

ALso keep in mind that the above is happening when AL-QAEDA IS REPOR LINKING UP WID OTHER REGIONAL MILTERR GROUPS TO BEGIN WHAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IS A CONTINENT-WIDE VIOLENT JIHAD CAMPAIGN THROUGHOUT AFRICA.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-21 19:53||   2011-08-21 19:53|| Front Page Top

#14 Spot on Joe! I fear we're about to harvest some very distasteful Libyan, radical mooslim gratitude. Sometimes the no good SOB you know is better than the no good SOB you don't know. I hope I am wrong.
Posted by Besoeker 2011-08-21 21:59||   2011-08-21 21:59|| Front Page Top

#15 Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam arrested - ICC

LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam, for whom the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for crimes against humanity, is in detention, the ICC prosecutor says.

"I have received confidential information stating he has been arrested," Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Agence Franc-Presse.

"We hope he can soon be in the Hague" to face judgment, he said, adding that he planned to contact the "Libyan transitional government" later in the day.

Moreno-Ocampo said the ICC "is ready to help Libyans to deal with their difficult past" and ensure that "no crime remains unpunished".

Earlier, the chairman of Libya's rebel National Transitional Council told Al-Jazeera television from Benghazi he had "information that Seif al-Islam has been captured".


Posted by tipper 2011-08-21 22:00||   2011-08-21 22:00|| Front Page Top

#16 Well it seems to be over:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028664/Gaddafis-sons-held-rebels-Celebrations-Tripoli.html
Posted by Dale 2011-08-21 22:56||   2011-08-21 22:56|| Front Page Top

#17 I want Megrahi dead - painfully
Posted by Frank G 2011-08-21 23:32||   2011-08-21 23:32|| Front Page Top

#18 More ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > REBEL OFFICIALS: TWO OF GADHAFI'S SONS ARRESTED IN TRIPOLI [Saif/Saef al-Islam + Saadi].

Rebels repor claim to control MOST = 90%? OF TRIPOLI NEIGHBORHOODS???

* SAME > LIBYAN [State]NEWS ANCHOR WAVES GUN IN AIR, THREATENS TO DEFEND GADHAFI, or die trying.

Its not a Job, its an Adventure???

* PEOPLE"S DAILY FORUM > GADDAFI SON SEIF AL-ISLAM IN ICC CUSTODY.

D *** NG IT, they have Seif?

versus

SAME > GADDAFI SON FACES ICC JUDGEMENT.

D *** NG IT, they don't = may not have Seif[yet]?

* SAME > LIBYAN REBELS ADVANCE IN EAST [towards Tripoli], SUFFER CASUALTIES IN WEST [Brega].

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* NEWSMAX/FREEREPUBLIC > ANALYSIS: IFF LIBYAN REBELS WIN, CAN THEY RULE?, i.e. prevent Libyuh from descending into chaos.

* FREEREPUBLIC > CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AL-QAEDA + LIBYAN REBELS RUN DEEP.

Methinks its safe to say its not just Al-Qaeda anymore.

* MEMRI.OG > SHARIA MOVEMENT STRUGGLES TO GLOBALIZE CAMPAIGN TO ISLAMIZE WESTERN WORLD, i.e. impose Sharia Law-Rule + replace Democratic States wid Islamic States.

Move along, People, clearly NO JIHAD IN GLOBAL-SCOPE HERE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-21 23:35||   2011-08-21 23:35|| Front Page Top

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