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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 02:40 PM Aug 2014

Libyan unrest "much worse" than 2011 war

Libya is descending into a civil war spiral that is "much worse" than the NATO-backed war that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, residents fleeing the country said Saturday.

"We have gone through (war) before, with Gaddafi, but now it's much worse," Paraskevi Athineou, a Greek woman living in Libya, told AFP.

"Chaos reigns. There is no government, we have no food, no fuel, no water, no electricity for hours on end," she said.

Athineou was part of a group of 186 people evacuated from Tripoli by a Greek navy frigate which reached the port of Piraeus early on Saturday.

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Libyan unrest "much worse" than 2011 war (Original Post) n2doc Aug 2014 OP
it is sad hfojvt Aug 2014 #1
ThunderDome AngryAmish Aug 2014 #2
And Hillary Clinton. And Susan Rice. And that was the last time Obama TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #3

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
1. it is sad
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 02:49 PM
Aug 2014

Seems like when the dust clears they will have been better off under Gaddafi, and how long will it take for the "dust" to clear?

What a messed up world we live in.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
3. And Hillary Clinton. And Susan Rice. And that was the last time Obama
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 03:27 PM
Aug 2014

really listened to at least two of them.

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