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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:10 PM Original message |
An odd thing happened on the way to the Libyan 'revolution'... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lots of people were pretty stunned by that at the time. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. If you mean "not too many conspiracy theorists left who doubt it," you might be right. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Except it wasn't a 'popular uprising'. But keep on believing |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Given your long history of believing things that are factually wrong even when proven false... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Personal attacks are against the rules here. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You did not acknowledge your error, and continued repeating the same line for days. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Dragging old threads into other threads is also against the rules |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rec'd to zero |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. same here. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Obviously not if your are this gullible.... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Happy to have you lay out for us the alternative interpretation of that story. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What is it that people are gullible about? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. If you believe the rebels who have been organized for months are "rag tag" and incapable of anything |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. LOL. No kidding. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. And the rebels had been selling us oil since June! Quite a precocious lot, aren't they? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. They needed the money to feed their people. DUH. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think it has more to do with establishing Islamic banking, which is probably a good thing. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. What happens in practice is that interest is simply renamed and charged |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Except that Libya was one of the few countries who were |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So what do you think is up? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Yes, I believe that is the reason. The article linked in the OP |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Thanks! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. You're repeating falsehoods again. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Actually I am repeating reports from the UN among other |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Gadaffi already practiced Islamic banking. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. The reason is simple, duh! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. You have made a statement that means nothing. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. What right did one city have to steal the entire country's resources? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Answers: |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. At this point I know a great deal about Africa and Libya |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You speak in vague generalities. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You speak in generalities yourself. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Who is who is 'NATO's' Rebel Libya? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. thanks, good information. I hope he keeps updating it. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. Ask yourself this, how was that in a matter of days we were awash in twitter feeds, blogs |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Right, because there's NO tweets, blogs, or photos online of Occupy Wall Street. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Are they being aired daily by the MSM? |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. not a bad question |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. And the other question that has already been asked, but never |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Maybe these guys could answer that. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Mmm, I remember that. It would explain |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. Hahhahaha .................... |
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