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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:30 AM Original message |
Libyan woman (pleas for reporters to help her & is) dragged from press by Gaddafi forces (Pic Heavy) |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Probably just western propaganda... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Are you for real??????????? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I think it was sarcasm but I appreciate your post. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
58. Yeah, I seemed to have jumped the gun. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. You missed my (sarcastic) point... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Sorry, I read so much nonsense here that I thought you were being serious. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like Nurse Nayirah revisited |
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ctsnowman (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Bingo. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You should watch the video. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
67. yeah, isn't it amazing? there are a number of amazing things about the story & the video. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #67 |
119. Wow, we agree on something. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Not funny. The woman claims she was raped by 15 men over 2 days. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Wasn't meant to be funny |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well, I'm sure you have seen the same report I have on Sky News. Hence I am sure this is not fake |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. The propaganda from all sides |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Nah, you have no evidence to support your view, but you chose the side of "she's a liar." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Do you try telling that |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's not fair because the "invasion" has already happend here. She had no reason to be a "witness" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
125. so how long is this intervention going to last, josh? i thought it was about to be wrapped up, |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Absolutely a possibility. If you haven't, the video is very much worth watching. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Don't need to |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
155. doubtful this lady would put herself in harm's way in the center of Tripoli, as a propaganda ploy. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. I don't recall Nayirah having to deal with a threat of disappearance for saying something. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
138. +1,000,000,000. There's no real comparison to the fake "Nurse Nayirah" story, |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. You know, I took heat a few days back for saying there are pro-gaddafi posters on DU |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Not "must," but rather, "might." |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
145. Yep, I'm wondering about this too |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #145 |
159. What cements it for me is the response of the foreign press, and her very real injuries. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Horrible- everyone needs to see that video.Not our job to pay to overthrow their government, though. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I agree this is horrible... Read a story on D.U. yesterday about an 11 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. let me explain why your comparison is farcical |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. She was tackled by the waitresses? How weird is that? |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Hands from hotel employees trying to grab her (pic) |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Not, actually, that weird. In repressive countries it's not uncommon for hotels or... |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Not particulary. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. I hope she's still alive. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's too bad she lives in a country with oil. Otherwise we would be morally obligated to help her |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
18. Sky News: 1st hand account by Lisa Holland (Article & Video) |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. What was she arrested for? |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Not keeping quiet. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Speaking to reporters about her ordeal rather than Gaddafi forces who would've just raped her more. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. The report says she was originally arested at a checkpoint in Tripoli. Anybody know for what? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. She said she was from Benghazi, that is enough to stop her and detain her over. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Where does it say she announced at the checkpoint that she was from Benghazi? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I responded as you wrote, see my 'note' below. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Note: very few autocratic countries allow people to travel freely within the borders. |
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greensleeve (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
40. She is a member of the Obeidat tribe |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Interesting. Any more info or a link? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Thanks for porting that out, I wasn't aware of that until it was posted in the Revolution thread. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. How do you know? Have you got a link? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Posted on twitter by libyan4life. I cannot find any info about that tribe, maybe a diff. spelling... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. Obeidat Tribe Causes Rifts in the Security Forces |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
35. "in the commotion a gun was pointed towards the Sky News team in an attempt to stop them filming" |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. The Sky News report is now in the Videos Forum |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. Well then, |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Asia? |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I know Libya is in Africa, |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
48. If people still don´t understand the difference between this and Afghanistan |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. I keep up with current events and learn about US foreign policy via the internet. |
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chatnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. Distressing that there didn't seem to be much intervention |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. See post #35 |
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chatnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Thanks for pointing out the other video |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Actually, the latest Sky News report is longer than that one & at the beginning you can hear and see |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I cannot imagine many western males who would not react that way instinctivly. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. The NYT managed to get a photo out showing one of the guys who was doing what I described... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
112. what is he supposedly doing? he looks like he's saying, "here, here, |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #112 |
143. Watch the videos. Why are you insisting on mocking their reactions? Is that all you've got left |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
105. why wouldn't they "instinctively" cordon her off with their bodies & |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. They did, but a gun was pulled on them by one of the thugs & a "waitress" pulled a knife |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. a gun & a knife, oh my. this was after the brave foreign correspondents |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:36 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Yes. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #114 |
118. i missed the cordon. can you point me to that footage? |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #118 |
124. At the very begnning of Nic Robertson's video report downthread (& a participant's report 1:44 in) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. i'm sorry, could you give me a post number? i;m not seeing nic in the headers. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #127 |
129. Look harder. It's at the bottom. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #129 |
133. thanks, found it. i see a cordon of about 5 men with their backs to the camera |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #133 |
137. Watch it again, carefully. The camera zooms in from over their shoulders and you can see her. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #118 |
142. Oh, I've noticed that I'd posted it just above in post #109, but you must have simply ignored it |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
139. Here's that video of the longer Sky News report I mentioned |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. OMG |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I bet you bucks |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. K&R |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
62. NYT: Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Thanks Turbo, was looking for the NYT article that was mentioned but forgot about looking. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
64. America's own example of human rights is compromised. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
66. I'll say it. I think something about this is fake. Just my opinion. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Which part? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:26 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. What, faked by whom? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:13 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. funny that the thugs didn't confisticate the reporters' cameras & recording |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. They did. In fact they destroyed CNN's camera. See the article and videos I've just posted |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. there must have been a few more cameras there, then. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Doesn't change the fact that they tried it. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. the terrible thugs "tried"? oh my. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Yeah, they're going to shut down the whole hotel to make sure the video doesn't leak. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:57 AM Response to Reply #88 |
99. but they couldn't see the other ones, or the woman as she "slipped" into |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:59 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Yep, idiots. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. yes, 15 men for two days. why didn't they kill her? she's obviously upper class, as well. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:16 AM Response to Reply #102 |
108. She was held for two days, not raped for two days. Fail. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. only going by what i saw upthread. i saw it at du, it must be true. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #79 |
90. There were. The article I posted comes with a video where reporter tells of how he handed a cell ... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. I believe you're misinformed. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. it didn't look very chaotic to me. and it's my impression that more than *one* got out. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. I've only seen one high def feed, the other looks like a cell phone. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. not very efficient thugs, are they? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:33 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Not very thoughtful, sure, no one claimed they were smart. The woman was smart. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:34 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. stupid thugs. they just don't think these things through. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Yeah, idiots tried taking a camera when there were several around, pretty retarded. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. yep, really dumb. i guess that's how khaddafi held onto power so long, |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. That's why he didn't allow foreign reporters for decades. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. right, but now that he's at war, well, let them in. i wonder that he hasn't |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. He needs an arm for his propaganda machine. "Civilians being slaughtered" etc. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:55 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. what? cnn is an arm for khaddafis propaganda machine? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:59 AM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Ahh, uninformed opinions really don't matter to me. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. you;re the one who said cnn is in tripoli because khaddafi needs someone to |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Amanpour most certainly wasn't going to actually get in the line of fire we know that much. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Their constant kicking of the thread and helping to expose the brutality is appreciated though n/t |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Only reason I don't mind responsing to the babble. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Likewise. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #110 |
123. another question i have is about those women in the white headgear. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #107 |
116. babble like khaddafi excluded all foreign press until recently & the people |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:48 AM Response to Reply #116 |
121. Wow, more than one sentence. Good job. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #81 |
153. it looked chaotic to me and the woman looked TRUE-ly distraught |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #74 |
120. So, you are claiming that all those people are anti-Gaddafi Libyans, who infiltrated the hotel? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Nah, she just doesn't think it's thuggish to violently push people around and smash their cameras. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #120 |
126. i'm not claiming anything. just asking questions. got a problem with that? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. No, you made a claim: "I think something about this is fake. Just my opinion" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #128 |
130. i do think something about it is fake. i didn't say i'd pinned down what. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #130 |
134. We tried 'answering you questions' |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. muriel, it's only your assumption that everyone on the hotel staff had |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. Deleted message |
Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #136 |
147. i watched one of the videos & something rang false to me. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #147 |
148. No need for speculation |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. something is here, but not my motivations. believe what you like; your opinion |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. One of the things I like about you is that you always have to have the last word |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #150 |
151. Deleted message |
Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. I haven't speculated about your motivations. I have stated a fact that your M.O. is all here |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:04 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. The video is disturbing enough on its own..Your reaction is just as disturbing |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. you think so? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:21 AM Response to Reply #66 |
77. Oh you reviled person you |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I agree, I think we've been quite civilized. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #77 |
92. ive been abused and ive been scorned |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:45 AM Response to Reply #92 |
96. But not |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. winner! for our grand prize today, two tickets to the war zone of your choice. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
71. CNN International: Nic Robertson's report on this very disturbing incident (VIDEO) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:01 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. These journalists are heros for how they acted. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
75. CNN International:Libyan woman bursts into hotel to tell her story of rape (article & longer video) |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
115. Al Jazeera English on this (Video) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Yep, officials are treating it as a rape case (as well they should), but I wouldn't be surprised... |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #115 |
156. background info. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
131. Libyan State TV's view: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
140. Libyan government is calling her a prostitute now, womans mother said she was bribed to change story |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Interesting & disturbing, thanks. Well, apparently 5 men have been arrested... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. Nic Robertson calls it a "total character assassination"... |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
146. Some footage of her was just on CNN. |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
154. Doesn't pass the smell test. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Thank you for declaring yourself. YOu go immediately to the ignore list. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. She didn't "escape" she was released. Do you think they'd release her naked? |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
160. Her lengthy interview with Anderson Cooper from last night... |
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