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Thu Oct-20-11 07:44 PM
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Seems it was a French plane that strafed Qaddafi's car |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:46 PM
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1. I read that one of his own bodyguards shot him so he would not be beaten to death after capture. |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:47 PM
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But the article I saw seemed to indicate that was only a theory though and not a fact.
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:52 PM
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8. We reap what we sow. He created so much hatred and rage for over 40 years that his being the target |
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of that rage from the people he should have worked to aid should come as no surprise to anyone. The US did not kill him. In a sense he killed himself by creating that much anger and hatred in the people of his country.
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Thu Oct-20-11 08:07 PM
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14. And that is the way it is |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:47 PM
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We lost our morals and our laws today. Wait...it wasn't us? Ok, but I'm still gonna clutch my pearls and wring my hands dammit!!!
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:48 PM
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4. Who's been blaming the US? I thought he executed by NTC troops after his capture? nt |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:51 PM
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7. uh, quite a few here on DU jump right to "we did it" |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:50 PM
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5. So the people trying to credit Obama with this are....wrong? |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:51 PM
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6. Yes, I would say so - nt |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:54 PM
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10. Obama did not kill Quaddafi. n/t |
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Thu Oct-20-11 07:52 PM
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9. Actually it was a drone |
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Thu Oct-20-11 08:01 PM
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11. Still too early for conclusions and judgments |
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We've been through this shit with early reports on events before. A lot of the very credible-sounding early reports will turn out to be totally inaccurate--and we have no way of knowing which reports those will be.
Your money may as well be on one of his tall, bosomed bodyguards doing him in for reasons completely unrelated to the revolution. You might even be right! :)
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Thu Oct-20-11 08:03 PM
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12. One of the Mirage Rafale fighters he refused to buy |
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The Rafale was the first in the air over Lybia, before its anti-air defenses were down, proving its stealth fighting capabilities. And that of the French pilots, who are among the best in the world (and that's not a joke, ask any US fighter pilot what he thinks of the French pilots).
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Thu Oct-20-11 08:05 PM
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13. Correction: it was a 2000 |
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Not a Rafale. The Mirage 2000 is one hell of a plane, getting old, but still very capable.
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Thu Oct-20-11 08:11 PM
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15. Read the comments... Some people will never learn. |
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What was the US doing in 1939 and 1940 when Franch and Britain were taking on the Nazis?
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Fri Oct-21-11 04:48 AM
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17. Sarkozy has to focus on his re-election. Hollande 62% if elections |
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held now. Whow.
For Sarkozy, success in Libya won’t necessarily help his re-election next year.
“Libya is popular on the whole with the French because it plays to their sense of France standing up for human rights,” said Laurent Dubois, a professor at the Paris Political Studies Institute. “But that’s not what’s going to decide the election. It’s not as important as the economy.”
Francois Hollande, who won the Socialist Party’s nomination last weekend, would defeat Sarkozy 62 percent to 38 percent if elections were held now, a poll released Oct. 19 said. Hollande has supported the military operations in Libya.
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